Natalie S. van Doorn, PhD
Research Urban Ecologist
0009-0004-2972-6144natalie.vandoorn@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Lara Roman, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ӧstberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles, Deborah Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jess Vogt. 2025. Surveillance des arbres urbains : guide de terrain
- Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Östberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John Battles, Debra J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jessica M. Vogt. 2025. Surveillance des arbres urbains: guide des ressources
- Luisa Velasquez-Camacho, Natalie S. van Doorn, Haiganoush Preisler, Maddi Etxegarai, Oriol Alas, Jose M. Gonzalez Castro, Sergio de-Miguel. 2025. Monitoring temporal changes in large urban street trees using remote sensing and deep learning
- Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Rachael Gallagher, Carlo Calfapietra, Paloma Cariñanos, Cynnamon Dobbs, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Diego Esperon Rodriguez, Ali Jahani, Elizaveta Litvak, Stephen J. Livesley, Gabriel Manoli, Renee M. Marchin, Timon McPhearson, Christian Messier, Johan Östberg, Lara Roman, Alessio Russo, Maryam Saffariha, Charlie Shackleton, Henrik Sjöman, Ingjerd Solfjeld, Jonah Susskind, Jens-Christian Svenning, Natalie S. van Doorn, Björn Wiström, Jun Yang, Mark G. Tjoelker. 2025. Barriers and opportunities for resilient and sustainable urban forests
- Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ostberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard A. Hallet, John E. Sanders, John Battles, Debra J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jessica M. Vogt. 2024. Monitoreo de árboles urbanos: una guía de recursos
- Lara Roman, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ӧstberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles, Deborah J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jess Vogt. 2024. Monitoreo de árboles urbanos: una guía de campo
- Mohammad A. Rahman, Stefan Arndt, Felipe Bravo, Pui K. Cheung, Natalie S. van Doorn, Eleonora Franceschi, Miren del Río, Stephen J. Livesley, Astrid Moser-Reischl, Nayanesh Pattnaik, Thomas Rötzer, Heiko Paeth, Stephan Pauleit, Yakir Preisler, Hans Pretzsch, Puay Yok Tan, Shabtai Cohen, Chris Szota, Patricia R. Torquato. 2024. More than a canopy cover metric: Influence of canopy quality, water-use strategies and site climate on urban forest cooling potential
- Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Camilo Ordoñez, Natalie S. van Doorn, Andrew Hirons, Christian Messier. 2022. Using climate analogues and vulnerability metrics to inform urban tree species selection in a changing climate: The case for Canadian cities
- Manuel Esperon‐Rodriguez, Paul D. Rymer, Sally A. Power, David N. Barton, Paloma Cariñanos, Cynnamon Dobbs, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Francisco J. Escobedo, Richard Hauer, Martin Hermy, Ali Jahani, Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Johan Östberg, Diane Pataki, Thomas B. Randrup, Tørres Rasmussen, Lara Roman, Alessio Russo, Charlie Shackleton, Ingjerd Solfjeld, Natalie S. van Doorn, Matthew J. Wells, Björn Wiström, Pengbo Yan, Jun Yang, Mark G. Tjoelker. 2022. Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate
- Jane Cowles, Laura Templeton, John J. Battles, Peter J. Edmunds, Robert C. Carpenter, Stephen R. Carpenter, Michael Paul Nelson, Natalie L. Cleavitt, Timothy J. Fahey, Peter M. Groffman, Joe H. Sullivan, Maile C. Neel, Gretchen J. A. Hansen, Sarah Hobbie, Sally J. Holbrook, Clare E. Kazanski, Eric W. Seabloom, Russell J. Schmitt, Emily H. Stanley, Alan J. Tepley, Natalie S. van Doorn, Jake M. Vander Zanden. 2021. Resilience: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research network
- Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman. 2021. New USDA Forest Service monitoring guides emphasize tracking individual trees to assess change over time
- Natalie L. Cleavitt, John J. Battles, Timothy J. Fahey, Natalie S. van Doorn. 2021. Disruption of the competitive balance between foundational tree species by interacting stressors in a temperate deciduous forest
- Lara Roman, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ӧstberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles, Deborah J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula Peper, Jess Vogt. 2020. Urban tree monitoring: a field guide
- Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Östberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John Battles, Debra J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula Peper, Jessica M. Vogt. 2020. Urban tree monitoring: a resource guide
- Daniel Laumer, Nico Lang, Natalie S. van Doorn, Oisin Mac Aodha, Pietro Perona, Jan Dirk. Wegner. 2020. Geocoding of trees from street addresses and street-level images
- E. Gregory McPherson, Allison Berry, Natalie S. van Doorn, James Downer, Janet Hartin, Darren Harver, Erica Teach. 2020. Climate-ready tree study: update for Southern California communities
- Lara Roman, Andrew K. Koeser, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn, Deborah R. Hilbert. 2019. Urban tree mortality: What the literature shows us
- Deborah R. Hilbert, Lara Roman, Andrew K. Koeser, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn. 2019. Urban Tree Mortality: A Literature Review
- Jie Du, Jianzhi Niu, Zhaoliang Gao, Xiongwen Chen, Linus Zhang, Xiang Li, Natalie S. van Doorn, Ziteng Luo, Zhijun Zhu. 2019. Effects of rainfall intensity and slope on interception and precipitation partitioning by forest litter layer
- Lara Roman, Hamil Pearsall, Theodore S. Eisenman, Tenley M. Conway, Robert T. Fahey, Shawn Landry, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn, Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke, Adrina C. Bardekjian, John J. Battles, Mary L. Cadenasso, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Meghan Avolio, Adam Berland, G. Darrel Jenerette, Sarah K. Mincey, Diane E. Pataki, Christina Staudhammer. 2018. Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis
- E. Gregory McPherson, Qingfu Xiao, Natalie S. van Doorn, Nels G. Johnson, Shannon Albers, Paula Peper. 2018. Shade factors for 149 taxa of in-leaf urban trees in the USA
- Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson. 2018. Demographic trends in Claremont California’s street tree population
- E. Gregory McPherson, Alison M. Berry, Natalie S. van Doorn. 2018. Performance testing to identify climate-ready trees
- E. Gregory McPherson, A.M. Berry, Natalie S. van Doorn, J. Downer, J. Hartin, D. Haver, E. Teach. 2017. Climate-ready tree study – update for Central Valley communities
- E. Gregory McPherson, Qingfu Xiao, Natalie S. van Doorn, John de Goede, Jacquelyn Bjorkman, Allan Hollander, Ryan M. Boynton, James F. Quinn, James H. Thorne. 2017. The structure, function and value of urban forests in California communities
- Xiang Li, Qingfu Xiao, Jianzhi Niu, Salli Dymond, E. Gregory McPherson, Natalie S. van Doorn, Xinxiao Yu, Baoyuan Xie, Kebin Zhang, Jiao Li. 2017. Rainfall interception by tree crown and leaf litter: an interactive process
- E. Gregory McPherson, Q. Xiao, Natalie S. van Doorn, P. Peper, E. Teach. 2017. Surface storage of rainfall in tree crowns: not all trees are equal
- E. Gregory McPherson, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Teach. 2017. Evaluation of six drought tolerant trees 17 years after planting in Northern California
- Xiang Li, Jianzhi Niu, Linus Zhang, Qingfu Xiao, E. Gregory McPherson, Natalie S. van Doorn, Xinxiao Yu, Baoyuan Xie, Salli Dymond, Jiao Li, Chen Meng, Ziteng Luo. 2016. A study on crown interception with four dominant tree species: a direct measurement
- E. Gregory McPherson, Natalie S. van Doorn, Paula Peper. 2016. Urban tree database and allometric equations
- Carrie R. Levine, Flora Krivak-Tetley, Natalie S. van Doorn, Jolie-Anne S. Ansley, John J. Battles. 2016. Long-term demographic trends in a fire-suppressed mixed-conifer forest
- E. Gregory McPherson, Natalie S. van Doorn, John de Goede. 2016. Structure, function and value of street trees in California, USA
- Xiang Li, Qingfu Xiao, Jianzhi Niu, Salli Dymond, Natalie S. van Doorn, Xinxiao Yu, Baoyuan Xie, Xizhi Lv, Kebin Zhang, Jiao Li. 2016. Process-based rainfall interception by small trees in Northern China: The effect of rainfall traits and crown structure characteristics
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Pietrzykowski, M., J. Socha, N.S. van Doorn. 2015. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) site index in relation to physico-chemical and biological properties in reclaimed mine soils. New Forests 46: 247-266. doi: 10.1007/s11056-014-9459-z
- Pietrzykowski, M., J. Socha, N.S. van Doorn. 2014. Linking heavy metal bioavailability (Cd, Cu, Zn, and Pb) in Scots pine needles to soil properties in reclaimed mine areas. Science of the Total Environment 470: 501-510. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.008.
- van Doorn, N.S., J.J. Battles, T.G. Siccama, P. Schwarz, T.J. Fahey. 2011. Links between biomass and tree demography in a northern hardwood forest: A decade of stability and change in Hubbard Brook Valley, New Hampshire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 1369-1379. doi: 10.1139/x11-063
- Fonti, Patrick; Solomonoff, Natalie; García-González, Ignacio 2007. Earlywood vessels of Castanea sativa record temperature before their formation. New Phytologist 173: 562–570. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01945.x
Data and Tools
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Dataset
https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/dataandtools/silvics-north-america
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Program
https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/programs/southzone -
Project
https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/projects/schoolyard-trees -
Project
https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/projects/value-urban-forests
Multimedia
- University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D., Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2014
- University of California at Berkeley, M.S., Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2007
- University of California at Berkeley, B.S., Resource Management (emphasis in forestry), 2004
Last updated March 10, 2026