Megan S. Matonis, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Molly R. Roske, Linda A. Joyce, Linda M. Nagel, Lara K. Peterson, Courtney L. Peterson, Megan S. Matonis. 2019. The Rio Grande National Forest Climate Change Plan Revision Workshop: Designing a science-management collaborative process to address 2012 planning rule climate change concerns at the forest plan scale
• Miranda H. Mockrin, Susan I Stewart, Megan S. Matonis, Kenneth M. Johnson, Roger B. Hammer, Volker C. Radeloff. 2018. Sprawling and diverse: The changing U.S. population and implications for public lands in the 21st Century
• Yvette L. Dickinson, Rob Addington, Greg Aplet, Mike Babler, Michael A. Battaglia, Peter Brown, Tony Cheng, Casey Cooley, Dick Edwards, Jonas Feinstein, Paula J. Fornwalt, Hal Gibbs, Megan S. Matonis, Kristen A. Pelz, Claudia Regan. 2014. Desirable forest structures for a restored Front Range
• Megan S. Matonis, Sharlene E. Sing, Sarah Ward, Marie F. S. Turner, David Weaver, Ivo Tosevski, Andre Gassmann, Patrice Bouchard. 2014. Toadflax stem miners and gallers: The original weed whackers
• Sarah J. Hines, Megan S. Matonis. 2014. Overview of the Future Forest Webinar Series [Chapter 1]
• Russell A. Parsons, W. Matt Jolly, Paul Langowski, Megan S. Matonis, Sue Miller. 2014. Post-epidemic fire risk and behavior [Chapter 3]
• Megan S. Matonis, Robert M. Hubbard, K. Gebert, Beth Hahn, C. Regan. 2014. Future Forests Webinar Series, Webinar Proceedings and Summary: Ongoing Research and Management Responses to the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
• Megan S. Matonis, Charlie H. Luce, Zack Holden, Penny Morgan, Emily K. Heyerdahl. 2013. Our forests in the [water] balance
• Richard T. Reynolds, Andrew J. Sanchez Meador, James A. Youtz, Tessa Nicolet, Megan S. Matonis, Patrick L. Jackson, Donald G. DeLorenzo, Andrew D. Graves. 2013. Restoring composition and structure in Southwestern frequent-fire forests: A science-based framework for improving ecosystem resiliency
• Vita Wright, Andrea Thode, Anne Mottek-Lucas, Jacklynn Fallon, Megan S. Matonis. 2012. A social network approach to understanding science communication among fire professionals (Abstract)

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Matonis, M.S., D. Binkley, M. Tuten, and T. Cheng. 2014. The forests they are a-changin’—Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests on the Uncompahgre Plateau in 1875 and 2010-13. Technical Brief. Colorado State University, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Fort Collins, CO. 27 pp. Available online at http://coloradoforestrestoration.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014_UP-Forestry-Forensics-Final.pdf; last accessed July 2015.
  Millington, J.D.A, M.B. Walters, M.S. Matonis, J. and Liu. 2013. Filling the gap: A compositional gap regeneration model for managed northern hardwood forests. Ecological Modelling 253:17–27.
  Millington, J.D.A, M.B. Walters, M.S. Matonis, J. and Liu. 2013. Modelling for forest management synergies and trade-offs: Northern hardwood tree regeneration, timber and deer. Ecological Modelling 248:103–112.
  Millington, J.D.A., M.B. Walters, M.S. Matonis, E.J. Laurent, K.R. Hall, and J. Liu. 2011. Combined long-term effects of variable tree regeneration and timber management on forest songbirds and timber production. Forest Ecology and Management 262:718–729.
  Matonis, M.S., M.B. Walters, and J.D.A. Millington. 2011. Gap-, stand-, and landscape-level factors contribute to low sugar maple sapling density following selection harvesting. Forest Ecology and Management 262:286–298.
  Millington, J.D.A., M.B. Walters, M.S. Matonis, and J. Liu. 2010. Effects of local and regional landscape characteristics on wildlife distribution across managed forests. Forest Ecology and Management 259:1102–1110.

• Colorado State University, Ph.D., Forest Ecology, 2015
• Colorado State University, Bachelors Science, Natural Resource Management, 2007
• Michigan State University, Masters, Forestry