Melissa A. Pastore, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• J. Adam Langley, Samantha K. Chapman, Le Wang, Tania L. Maxwell, Phillip Rivera, M. F. Adame, Ariane Arias‐Ortiz, Christina Asanopoulos, J. F. Blanco, Josh L. Breithaupt, Steve W. J. Canty, Lisa G. Chambers, Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Christopher Craft, Sandra Cross, Ilka C. Feller, Daniel A. Friess, Anthony Grey, James Holmquist, Scott F. Jones, Johanna L. J. Jupin, Brian P. Kelleher, Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Matthew L. Kirwan, Ken W. Krauss, Catherine E. Lovelock, S. Alex McClellan, J. Patrick Megonigal, James T. Morris, Hannah Morrissette, Scott C. Neubauer, Melissa A. Pastore, Kerrylee Rogers, Andre S. Rovai, A. C. Ruiz‐Fernandez, Neil Saintilan, Joan‐Albert Sanchez‐Cabeza, Loraé T. Simpson, Craig Smeaton, Amanda C. Spivak, Havalend E. Steinmuller, Nathaniel B. Weston. 2026. Blue Nitrogen Follows the Fate of Tidal Wetlands
• Lucas B. Harris, Melissa A. Pastore, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2026. Shifting balance between natural mortality and harvesting in forests of the northeastern USA
• Michael Stemkovski, Michael H. Cortez, Joey R. Bernhardt, Kelvyn K. Bladen, John B. Bradford, Kyra Clark‐Wolf, Margaret E. K. Evans, Loretta C. Johnson, Abigail J. Lynch, Melissa A. Pastore, Malin L. Pinsky, Christine R. Rollinson, Oliver Selmoni, Anthony P. Walker, John W. Williams, Peter B. Adler. 2026. Linking Community‐Climate Disequilibrium to Ecosystem Function
• Julia M Hammer, Mirindi Eric Dusenge, Nick Bither, Andrew Cook, André G Duarte, Kiana Lee, Bridget K Murphy, Melissa A. Pastore, Stephanie C Schmiege, Robyn Swartman, Raimundo Bermudez, Norman P A Hüner, Peter B Reich, Danielle A Way. 2025. Photosynthetic capacity is reduced by warming but unaffected by elevated CO₂ in seedlings of five boreal tree species
• Michael Stemkovski, Joey R. Bernhardt, Benjamin Wong Blonder, John B. Bradford, Kyra Clark‐Wolf, Laura E. Dee, Margaret E. K. Evans, Virginia Iglesias, Loretta C. Johnson, Abigail J. Lynch, Sparkle L. Malone, Brooke B. Osborne, Melissa A. Pastore, Michael Paterson, Malin L. Pinsky, Christine R. Rollinson, Oliver Selmoni, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Anthony P. Walker, Nicole K. Ward, John W. Williams, Claire M. Zarakas, Peter B. Adler. 2025. Ecological acclimation: A framework to integrate fast and slow responses to climate change
• Melissa A. Pastore, Ashley Lang, John D. Shaw, Sean MP. Cahoon, Hayley Peter-Contesse, Suzanne M. Owen, Randall Morin, Jonathan Knott, Grant M. Domke, Belinda Esham, Erin Berryman. 2025. Beneath the surface: A 25-year review of soil monitoring in the U.S
• Melissa A. Pastore, Sarah J. Nelson, Elizabeth A. Burakowski, Alexandra R. Contosta, Anthony W. D'Amato, Sarah Garlick, Edward Lindsey, David A. Lutz, Toni Lyn Morelli, Alexej P. K. Sirén, Grace A. Smith, Aaron Weiskittel. 2025. Snow refugia: Managing temperate forest canopies to maintain winter conditions
• Lucas B. Harris, Melissa A. Pastore, Anthony W. D’Amato. 2025. Effects of browsing by white-tailed deer on tree regeneration vary by ontogeny and palatability in forests of the northeastern USA
• Ashley Lang, Melissa A. Pastore, Brian F. Walters, Grant M. Domke. 2025. Bulk density calculation methods systematically alter estimates of soil organic carbon stocks in United States forests
• Jenna Zukswert, Melissa A. Pastore, Jane Foster. 2024. A Breath of Cold Air: Surprising Forest Patterns Hint at Climate Change Refuges
• Melissa A. Pastore, Aimée T. Classen, Anthony W. D'Amato, Marie E. English, Karin Rand, Jane Foster, E. Carol. Adair. 2024. Frequent and strong cold‐air pooling drives temperate forest composition

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Pastore, MA, Classen, AT, Frey, SD, English, ME, Rand, K, Adair, EC. Soil microbial legacies influence freeze-thaw responses of soil. Functional Ecology. (2023). https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.14273.
• Hudson, AR, Peters, DPC, Blair, JM, Childers, DL, Doran, PT, Geil, K, Gooseff, M, Gross, KL, Haddad, NM, Pastore, MA, Rudgers, JA, Sala, O, Seabloom, EW, Shaver, G. Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US Long-term Ecological Research network. BioScience (IF: 11.566). biab134 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab134.
• Pastore, MA. Bringing the underground to the surface: Climate change stressors negatively affect plant growth, with contrasting above and belowground physiological responses. Plant, Cell & Environment. 45: 2267-2270 (2022). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pce.14379.
• Pastore, MA, Adair, EC, Classen, AT, D’Amato, AW, Foster, JR. Cold-air pools as microrefugia for ecosystem functions in the face of climate change. Ecology. 103: e3717 (2022). https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.3717.
• Pastore, MA, Hobbie, SH, Reich, PB. Sensitivity of grassland carbon pools to plant diversity, elevated CO2, and soil nitrogen addition over 19 years. In revision at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118: e2016965118 (2021). https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2016965118​.
• Reich, PB, Hobbie, SH, Lee, TD, Rich, R, Pastore, MA, Worm, K. Synergistic effects of four climate change drivers on terrestrial carbon cycling. Nature Geoscience. 13: 787-793 ​(2020). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-00657-1​.
• ​Pastore, MA, Lee, TD, Hobbie, SH, Reich, PB. Interactive effects of elevated CO2, warming, reduced rainfall, and increased nitrogen on leaf gas exchange in five perennial grassland species. Plant, Cell & Environment. 43: 1862 1878 (2020). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pce.13783?af=R.
• Pastore, MA, Lee, TD, Hobbie, SH, Reich, PB. Strong photosynthetic acclimation and enhanced water-use efficiency in grassland functional groups persist over 21 years of CO2 enrichment, independent of nitrogen supply. Global Change Biology. 25: 3031-3044 (2019). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.14714.
• Reich, PB, Hobbie, SH, Lee, TD, Pastore, MA. Unexpected reversal of C3 vs C4 grass response to elevated CO2 during a 20-year field experiment. Science. 360: 317-320 (2018). http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6386/317.abstract.
• Science published two technical comments that address the above Reich et al. 2018 article. Each appears with a response from Reich, Hobbie, Lee, and Pastore in Science 361: eeau8982 and eaau1300 (2018). http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6407/eaau8982. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6402/eaau1300.
• Pastore, MA, Megonigal, JP, Langley, JA. Elevated CO2 and nitrogen addition accelerate net carbon gain in a brackish marsh. Biogeochemistry. 133: 73-87 (2017). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-017-0312-2.
• Pastore, MA, Megonigal, JP, Langley, JA. Elevated CO2 promotes long-term nitrogen accumulation only in combination with nitrogen addition. Global Change Biology. 22: 391-403 (2016). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.13112.
• McCormack, ML, Gaines, KL, Pastore, MA, Eissenstat, DM. Early season root production in relation to leaf production among six diverse temperate tree species. Plant and Soil. 389: 121-129 (2015). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-014-2347-7.
• Pastore, MA. The impact of nitrogen eutrophication on Caribbean coral reefs: a review. CONCEPT. 37 (2014). https://concept.journals.villanova.edu/article/view/1725.

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  Mercury-Sulfur Research

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/mercury-sulfur-research
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  Northern Research Station

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• University of Minnesota, Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 2020
• Villanova University, M.S., Biology, 2015
• Penn State University, B.S., Biology, 2013