Richard Birdsey, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Oliver L. Phillips, Richard A. Houghton, Jingyun Fang, Pekka E. Kauppi, Heather Keith, Werner A. Kurz, Akihiko Ito, Simon L. Lewis, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Anatoly Shvidenko, Shoji Hashimoto, Bas Lerink, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Andrea Castanho, Daniel Murdiyarso. 2024. The enduring world forest carbon sink
• Lara T. Murray, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Andrew J. Lister, Keith Stockmann, Hongmei Gu, Shawn P. Urbanski, Karin Riley, Eric J. Greenfield, Christopher Farley, Hans Andersen, Linda S. Heath, Jeff W. Atkins, Grant M. Domke, Andrew C. Oishi, James Smith, Richard Birdsey, David Skole, Stephen Prisley, Anthony D’Amato, Ethan Belair, Eric Marland, Prakash Nepal, Poonam Khatri, Indroneil Ganguly, Richard Bergman, Kamalakanta Sahoo, John D. Shaw, Jens Stevens, Thomas Buchholz, John Gunn, Lisa McCauley, Joe Fargione, Alexis Ellis, David J. Nowak, Mark Majewsky, Christopher Mihiar. 2024. Quantifying greenhouse gas sources and sinks in managed forest systems
• Yude Pan, Robert B. Jackson, David Hollinger, Oliver L. Phillips, Robert S. Nowak, Richard J. Norby, Ram Oren, Peter B. Reich, Andreas Lüscher, Kevin E. Mueller, Clenton Owensby, Richard Birdsey, John Hom, Yiqi Luo. 2022. Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO₂ as water supply varies
• Richard Birdsey, Alexa J. Dugan, Sean P. Healey, Karen Dante-Wood, Fangmin Zhang, Gang Mo, Jing M. Chen, Alexander J. Hernandez, Crystal Raymond, James McCarter. 2019. Assessment of the influence of disturbance, management activities, and environmental factors on carbon stocks of U.S. national forests
• Erin Berryman, Melanie K. Vanderhoof, John B. Bradford, Todd J. Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Sean P. Burns, John M. Frank, Richard Birdsey, Michael G. Ryan. 2018. Estimating soil respiration in a subalpine landscape using point, terrain, climate, and greenness data
• María Soriano-Luna, Gregorio Ángeles-Pérez, Mario Guevara, Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan, Humberto Vaquera-Huerta, José Valdez-Lazalde, Kristofer Johnson, Rodrigo Vargas. 2018. Determinants of Above-Ground Biomass and Its Spatial Variability in a Temperate Forest Managed for Timber Production
• Alexa J. Dugan, Richard Birdsey, Vanessa S. Mascorro, Michael Magnan, Carolyn E. Smyth, Marcela Olguin, Werner A. Kurz. 2018. A systems approach to assess climate change mitigation options in landscapes of the United States forest sector
• Zhaohua Dai, Carl C. Trettin, Steve Frolking, Richard Birdsey. 2018. Mangrove carbon assessment tool: Model development and sensitivity analysis
• Zhaohua Dai, Carl C. Trettin, Steve Frolking, Richard Birdsey. 2018. Mangrove carbon assessment tool: Model validation and assessment of mangroves in southern USA and Mexico
• David N. N. Bengston, Jonathan Peck, Robert Olson, Melissa Barros, Richard Birdsey, Daniel R. Williams, Juan Carlos Leyva Reyes, Francisco José Zamudio. 2018. North American Forest Futures 2018-2090: Scenarios for Building a More Resilient Forest Sector
• Rodrigo Vargas, Domingo Alcaraz-Segura, Richard Birdsey, Nathaniel A. Brunsell, Carlos O. Cruz-Gaistardo, Bernardus de Jong, Jorge Etchevers, Mario Guevara, Daniel J. Hayes, Kristofer Johnson, Henry W. Loescher, Fernando Paz, Youngryel Ryu, Zulia Sanchez-Mejia, Karla P. Toledo-Gutierrez. 2017. Enhancing interoperability to facilitate implementation of REDD+: case study of Mexico
• Kristofer Johnson, Grant M. Domke, Matthew B Russell, Brian F. Walters, John Hom, Alicia Peduzzi, Richard Birdsey, Katelyn Dolan, Wenli Huang. 2017. Estimating aboveground live understory vegetation carbon in the United States
• Jianxiao Zhu, Huifeng Hu, Shengli Tao, Xiulian Chi, Peng Li, Lai Jiang, Chengjun Ji, Jiangling Zhu, Zhiyao Tang, Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Xinhua He, Jingyun Fang. 2017. Carbon stocks and changes of dead organic matter in China's forests
• Fangmin Zhang, Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Jing M. Chen, Alexa Dugan. 2017. Seeking potential contributions to future carbon budget in conterminous US forests considering disturbances
• Bing Xu, Yude Pan, Alain F. Plante, Kevin McCullough, Richard Birdsey. 2017. Modeling forest carbon cycle using long-term carbon stock field measurement in the Delaware River Basin
• Alexa J. Dugan, Richard Birdsey, Sean P. Healey, Yude Pan, Fangmin Zhang, Gang Mo, Jing Chen, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Alexander J. Hernandez, Kevin McCullough, James B. McCarter, Crystal Raymond, Karen Dante-Wood. 2017. Forest sector carbon analyses support land management planning and projects: Assessing the influence of anthropogenic and natural factors
• Bing Xu, Yude Pan, Alain F. Plante, Arthur Johnson, Jason Cole, Richard Birdsey. 2016. Decadal change of forest biomass carbon stocks and tree demography in the Delaware River Basin
• Randy Kolka, D. Murdiyarso, J. B. Kauffman, Richard Birdsey. 2016. Tropical wetlands, climate, and land-use change: adaptation and mitigation opportunities
• Fangmin Zhang, Jing M. Chen, Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Shuanghe Shen, Weimin Ju, Alexa J. Dugan. 2015. Impacts of inadequate historical disturbance data in the early twentieth century on modeling recent carbon dynamics (1951-2010) in conterminous U.S. forests
• William R. L. Anderegg, Ashley P. Ballantyne, W. Kolby Smith, Joseph Majkut, Sam Rabin, Claudie Beaulieu, Richard Birdsey, John P. Dunne, Richard A. Houghton, Ranga B. Myneni, Yude Pan, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Nathan Serota, Elena Shevliakova, Pieter Tans, Stephen W. Pacala. 2015. Tropical nighttime warming as a dominant driver of variability in the terrestrial carbon sink
• Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan, Fangmin Zhang. 2015. The future of the U.S. forest carbon sink
• Alexa J. Dugan, Richard Birdsey, Sean P. Healey, Christopher Woodall, Fangmin Zhang, Jing M. Chen, Alexander Hernandez, James B. McCarter. 2015. Utilizing Forest Inventory and Analysis Data, Remote Sensing, and Ecosystem Models for National Forest System Carbon Assessments
• Z. Dai, Kristofer Johnson, Richard Birdsey, J.L. Hernandez-Stefanoni, J.M. Dupuy. 2015. Assessing the effect of climate change on carbon sequestration in a Mexican dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula
• Chad Babcock, Andrew O. Finley, John B. Bradford, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Michael G. Ryan. 2015. LiDAR based prediction of forest biomass using hierarchical models with spatially varying coefficients
• Craig Wayson, Kris D. Johnson, Jason Cole, Marcela I. Olguin, Oswaldo I. Carrillo, Richard Birdsey. 2015. Estimating uncertainty of allometric biomass equations with incomplete fit error information using a pseudo-data approach: methods
• Alan V Sample, Richard Birdsey, Richard A. Houghton, Chris Swanston, David Hollinger, Mike Dockry, Pete Bettinger. 2015. Forest carbon conservation and management: integration with sustainable forest management for multiple resource values and ecosystem services
• Kristofer Johnson, Richard Birdsey, Jason Cole, Anu Swatantran, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Ralph Dubayah, Andrew J. Lister. 2015. Integrating LIDAR and forest inventories to fill the trees outside forests data gap
• Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan. 2015. Trends in management of the world's forests and impacts on carbon stocks
• Tao Zhang, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Richard Birdsey. 2014. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the dynamics of eastern U.S. forests: Implications for developing broad-scale forest dynamics models
• José Hernández-Stefanoni, Juan Dupuy, Kristofer Johnson, Richard Birdsey, Fernando Tun-Dzul, Alicia Peduzzi, Juan Caamal-Sosa, Gonzalo Sánchez-Santos, David López-Merlín. 2014. Improving Species Diversity and Biomass Estimates of Tropical Dry Forests Using Airborne LiDAR
• Kenneth E. Skog, Duncan C. McKinley, Richard Birdsey, Sarah J. Hines, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Elizabeth Reinhardt, James Vose. 2014. Chapter 7: Managing Carbon
• Nicholas Skowronski, Ken Clark, Michael R. Gallagher, Richard Birdsey, John Hom. 2014. Airborne laser scanner-assisted estimation of aboveground biomass change in a temperate oak-pine forest
• Coeli Hoover, Richard Birdsey, Bruce Goines, Peter Lahm, Yongming Fan, David J. Nowak, Stephen Prisley, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Kenneth E. Skog, David Skole, James Smith, Carl C. Trettin, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2014. Chapter 6: quantifying greenhouse gas sources and sinks in managed forest systems
• Zhaohua Dai, Richard Birdsey, Kristofer Johnson, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Jose Luis Hernandez-Stefanoni, Karen Richardson. 2014. Modeling carbon stocks in a secondary tropical dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
• Kristofer Johnson, Richard Birdsey, Andrew O Finley, Anu Swantaran, Ralph Dubayah, Craig Wayson, Rachel Riemann. 2014. Integrating forest inventory and analysis data into a LIDAR-based carbon monitoring system
• Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan, Maria Janowiak, Susan Stewart, Sarah J. Hines, Linda Parker, Stith Gower, Jeremy Lichstein, Kevin McCullough, Fangmin Zhang, Jing Chen, David Mladenoff, Craig Wayson, Chris Swanston. 2014. Past and prospective carbon stocks in forests of northern Wisconsin: a report from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework
• Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan, Richard Houghton. 2013. Sustainable landscapes in a world of change: tropical forests, land use and implementation of REDD+: Part I
• Richard Birdsey, Gregorio Angeles-Perez, Werner A Kurz, Andrew J. Lister, Marcela Olguin, Yude Pan, Craig Wayson, Barry T. (Ty) Wilson, Kristofer Johnson. 2013. Approaches to monitoring changes in carbon stocks for REDD+
• Jason Cole, Kristofer Johnson, Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan, Craig Wayson, Kevin McCullough, Coeli Hoover, David Hollinger, John B. Bradford, Michael G. Ryan, Randy Kolka, Peter Wieshampel, Ken Clark, Nicholas Skowronski, John Hom, Scott V. Ollinger, Steve McNulty, Michael Gavazzi. 2013. Database for landscape-scale carbon monitoring sites
• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Oliver L. Phillips, Robert B. Jackson. 2013. The structure, distribution, and biomass of the world's forests
• F. Deng, J.M. Chen, Yude Pan, W. Peters, Richard Birdsey, Kevin McCullough, J. Xiao. 2013. The use of forest stand age information in an atmospheric CO₂ inversion applied to North America
• Lisa Dilling, Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan. 2013. Opportunities and challenges for carbon management on U.S. public lands. Chapter 18
• Connie I. Millar, Kenneth E. Skog, Duncan C. McKinley, Richard Birdsey, Chris Swanston, Sarah J. Hines, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Elizabeth Reinhardt, David L. Peterson, James Vose. 2012. Adaptation and mitigation
• Liming He, Jing M. Chen, Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Jens Kattge. 2012. Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests
• Fangmin Zhang, Jing M. Chen, Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Shuanghe Shen, Weimin Ju, Liming He. 2012. Attributing carbon changes in conterminous U.S. forests to disturbance and non-disturbance factors from 1901 to 2010
• David P. Turner, Graham Stinson, Daniel J. Hayes, A. David Mcguire, Yaxing Wei, Tristram O. West, Linda S. Heath, Bernardus Dejong, Brian G. McConkey, Richard Birdsey, Werner A. Kurz, Andrew R. Jacobson, Deborah N. Huntzinger, Yude Pan, W. Mac Post, Robert B. Cook. 2012. Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data
• Leslie Brandt, Chris Swanston, Linda Parker, Maria Janowiak, Richard Birdsey, Louis Iverson, David Mladenoff, Patricia Butler. 2012. Climate change science applications and needs in forest ecosystem management: a workshop organized as part of the northern Wisconsin Climate Change Response Framework Project
• Richard Birdsey, Yude Pan. 2011. Ecology: Drought and dead trees
• Liming He, Jing M. Chen, Shaoliang Zhang, Gustavo Gomez, Yude Pan, Kevin McCullough, Richard Birdsey, Jeffrey G. Masek. 2011. Normalized algorithm for mapping and dating forest disturbances and regrowth for the United States
• Duncan C. McKinley, Michael G. Ryan, Richard Birdsey, Christian P. Giardina, Mark E. Harmon, Linda S. Heath, Richard A. Houghton, Robert B. Jackson, James F. Morrison, Brian C. Murray, Diane E. Pataki, Kenneth E. Skog. 2011. A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States
• Jeffrey G. Masek, Warren B. Cohen, Donald Leckie, Michael A. Wulder, Rodrigo Vargas, Ben de Jong, Sean P. Healey, Beverly Law, Richard Birdsey, R. A. Houghton, David Mildrexler, Samuel Goward, Brad Smith. 2011. Recent rates of forest harvest and conversion in North America
• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Jingyun Fang, Richard Houghton, Pekka E. Kauppi, Werner A. Kurz, Oliver L. Phillips, Anatoly Shvidenko, Simon L. Lewis, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Robert B. Jackson, Stephen W. Pacala, A. David McGuire, Shilong Piao, Aapo Rautiainen, Stephen Sitch, Daniel Hayes. 2011. A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests
• Yude Pan, J.M. Chen, Richard Birdsey, Kevin McCullough, L. He, F. Deng. 2011. Age structure and disturbance legacy of North American forests
• Michael G. Ryan, Mark E. Harmon, Richard Birdsey, Christian P. Giardina, Linda S. Heath, Richard A. Houghton, Robert B. Jackson, Duncan C. McKinley, James F. Morrison, Brian C. Murray, Diane E. Pataki, Kenneth E. Skog. 2010. Síntesis del estado del conocimiento del ciclo de carbono en ecosistemas boscosos de los Estados Unidos
• Allen Solomon, Richard Birdsey, Linda A. Joyce. 2010. Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy, 2009-2019 Implementation Plan
• Richard Birdsey, R. Lucas, Yude Pan, Ge Sun, Eric J. Gustafson, A.H.  Perera. 2010. Managing landscapes at multiple scales for sustainability of ecosystem functions (Preface)
• Michael G. Ryan, Mark E. Harmon, Richard Birdsey, Christian P. Giardina, Linda S. Heath, Richard A. Houghton, Robert B. Jackson, Duncan C. McKinley, James F. Morrison, Brian C. Murray, Diane E. Pataki, Kenneth E. Skog. 2010. A synthesis of the science on forests and carbon for U.S. Forests
• Sarah J. Hines, Linda S. Heath, Richard Birdsey. 2010. An annotated bibliography of scientific literature on managing forests for carbon benefits
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Scott V. Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2010. Carbon pools and fluxes in small temperate forest landscapes: Variability and implications for sampling design
• Yude Pan, J.M. Chen, Richard Birdsey, Kevin McCullough, L. He, F. Deng. 2010. Age structure and disturbance legacy of North American forests
• Wilfred M. Post, James E. Amonette, Richard Birdsey, Charles T. Jr. Garten, R. Cesar Izaurralde, Philip Jardine, Julie Jastrow, Rattan Lal, Gregg Marland. 2009. Terrestrial biological carbon sequestration: science for enhancement and implementation
• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, John Hom, Kevin McCullough. 2009. Separating effects of changes in atmospheric composition, climate and land-use on carbon sequestration of U.S. mid-Atlantic temperate forests
• Allen Solomon, Richard Birdsey, Linda A. Joyce, Jennifer Hayes. 2009. Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy, 2009-2019
• Richard Birdsey, Nick Bates, MIke Behrenfeld, Kenneth Davis, Scott C. Doney, Richard Feely, Dennis Hansell, Linda S. Heath, et al. 2009. Carbon cycle observations: gaps threaten climate mitigation policies
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Scott V. Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Scott V. Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment
• Chris Potter, Richard Birdsey. 2008. Study site characterization. Chapter 2
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, David Hollinger, Richard Birdsey, Scott Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2008. Landscape-scale carbon sampling strategy-lessons learned. Chapter 17
• Peter S. Murdoch, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Richard Birdsey. 2008. 9.0 Conclusions
• Peter S. Murdock, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Richard Birdsey. 2008. 1.0 Executive summary
• Peter S. Murdoch, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Richard Birdsey. 2008. 2.0 Introduction to the Delaware River Basin pilot study
• Jennifer C. Jenkins, Peter S. Murdoch, Richard Birdsey, John Hom. 2008. 4.0 Measuring and monitoring forest carbon stocks and fluxes
• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, Jing Chen, Kevin McCullough. 2008. Forest carbon changes of the United States in response to impacts of disturbances, succession, climate variability and atmospheric chemistry
• John B. Bradford, Richard Birdsey, L.A. Joyce, M.G. Ryan. 2008. Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests
• M.G. Ryan, S.R. Archer, Richard Birdsey, C.N. Dahm, Linda S. Heath, J.A. Hicke, David Hollinger, T.E. Huxman, G.S. Okin, R. Oren, J.T. Randerson, W.H. Schlesinger. 2008. Land resources: forests and arid lands
• Dale Bosworth, Richard Birdsey, Linda Joyce, Connie I. Millar. 2008. Climate Change and the Nation's Forests: Challenges and Opportunities
• Michael G. Ryan, S. R. Archer, Richard Birdsey, C. N. Dahm, L. S. Heath, J. A. Hicke, D. Y. Hollinger, T. E. Huxman, G. S. Okin, R. Oren, J. T. Randerson, W. H. Schlesinger. 2008. Land resources: Forest and arid lands [Chapter 3]
• Jennifer C. Jenkins, Richard Birdsey, Peter S. Murdoch. 2008. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative: Foundation Document
• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, John Hom, Kevin McCullough. 2007. Modeling complex effects of multiple environmental stresses on carbon dynamics of Mid-Atlantic temperate forests
• Richard Birdsey, Robert Cook, Scott Denning, Peter Griffith, Beverly Law, Jeffrey Masek, Anna Michalak, Stephen Ogle, Dennis Ojima, Yude Pan, Christopher Sabine, Edwin Sheffner, Eric Sundquist. 2007. Investigators share improved understanding of the North American carbon cycle
• Timothy R.H. Pearson, Sandra L. Brown, Richard Birdsey. 2007. Measurement guidelines for the sequestration of forest carbon
• Stephen Pacala, Richard Birdsey, Scott D. Bridgham, Richard T. Conant, Kenneth Davis, Burke Hales, Richard A. Houghton, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Mark Johnston, Gregg Marland, Keith Paustian, John Caspersen, Robert Socolow, Richard S. Tol. 2007. The North American carbon budget past and present
• Richard Birdsey, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Mark Johnston, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Brian Amiro, Ben de Jong, Jorge D. Etchevers Barra, Nancy French, Felipe Garcia-Oliva, Mark Harmon, Linda S. Heath, Victor J. Jaramillo, Kurt Johnsen, Beverly E. Law, Erika Marin-Spiotta, Omar Masera, Ronald Neilson, Yude Pan, Kurt S. Pregitzer. 2007. North American forests
• Yude Pan, Richard Birdsey, John Hom, Kevin McCullough, Ken Clark. 2006. Improved estimates of net primary productivity from MODIS satellite data at regional and local scales
• Richard Birdsey. 2006. Carbon accounting rules and guidelines for the United States Forest Sector
• Richard Birdsey, Kurt Pregitzer, Alan Lucier. 2006. Forest carbon management in the United States: 1600-2100
• James Smith, Linda S. Heath, Kenneth E. Skog, Richard Birdsey. 2006. Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States
• Richard Birdsey, Richard Birdsey. 2004. Data gaps for monitoring forest carbon in the United States: an inventory perspective
• Yude Pan, John Hom, Richard Birdsey, Kevin Mccullough. 2004. Impacts of Rising Nitrogen Deposition on N Exports from Forests to Surface Waters in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Kenneth Stolte, Peter Murdoch, Jennifer Jenkins, Richard Birdsey, Richard Evans. 2004. Multi-scale evaluation of watershed health in the Delaware River basin and CEMRI
• Yude Pan, John Hom, Jennifer Jenkins, Richard Birdsey. 2004. Importance of Foliar Nitrogen Concentration to Predict Forest Productivity in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• Jennifer C. Jenkins, David C. Chojnacky, Linda S. Heath, Richard Birdsey. 2004. Comprehensive database of diameter-based biomass regressions for North American tree species
• Alexeyev V.A., Markov M.V., Richard Birdsey, Birdsey R.A. 2004. Statistical data on forest fund of Russia and changing of forest productivity in the second half of XX century
• Yude Pan, Tianxiang Luo, Richard Birdsey, John Hom, Jerry Melillo. 2004. New estimates of carbon storage and sequestration in China's forests: effects of age-class and methods on inventory-based carbon estimation
• Jennifer C. Jenkins, David C. Chojnacky, Linda S. Heath, Richard Birdsey. 2003. National scale biomass estimators for United States tree species
• Linda S. Heath, James Smith, Richard Birdsey. 2003. Carbon trends in U.S. forestlands: a context for the role of soils in forest carbon sequestration
• David W. Williams, Richard Birdsey. 2003. Historical patterns of spruce budworm defoliation and bark beetle outbreaks in North American conifer forests: an atlas and description of digital maps
• Richard Birdsey, George Lewis. 2003. Carbon in U.S. forests and wood products, 1987-1997: state-by-state estimates
• Richard Birdsey, David Hollinger, Linda S. Heath, Coeli Hoover, Randy Kolka, M. L. Smith, M. Ryan. 2003. Pilot Studies for Enhanced Forest Land Measurement
• Linda S. Heath, John M. Kimble, Richard Birdsey, Rattan Lal. 2003. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon
• Christine L. Goodale, Michael J. Apps, Richard Birdsey, Christopher B. Field, Linda S. Heath, Richard A. Houghton, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Gundolf H. Kohlmaier, Werner Kurz, Shirong Liu, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Sten Nilsson, Anatoly Z. Shvidenko. 2002. Forest carbon sinks in the Northern Hemisphere
• Linda S. Heath, Richard Birdsey, D. W. Williams. 2002. Methodology for estimating soil carbon for the forest carbon budget model of the United States, 2001
• Richard Birdsey, Ralph Alig, Darius Adams. 2000. Mitigation activities in the forest sector to reduce emissions and enhance sinks of greenhouse gases
• Linda A. Joyce, Richard Birdsey. 2000. Overview: assessing the impacts of climate change on U.S. forests
• Linda A. Joyce, Richard Birdsey. 2000. The impact of climate change on America's forests
• Coeli Hoover, Richard Birdsey, Linda S. Heath, Susan L. Stout. 2000. How to estimate carbon sequestration on small forest tracts estimate carbon sequestration on small forest tracts
• Jennifer C. Jenkins, Richard Birdsey. 2000. Validation databases for simulation models: aboveground biomass and net primary productive, (NPP) estimation using eastwide FIA data
• Richard Birdsey, Robert A. Mickler, John Hom, Linda S. Heath. 2000. Summary of prospective global change impacts on northern U.S. forest ecosystems
• Bov B. Eav, Richard Birdsey, Linda S. Heath. 2000. The Kyoto Protocol and forestry practices in the United States
• V.A. Alexeyev, Richard Birdsey, [Editors]. 1998. Carbon storage in forests and peatlands of Russia
• Richard Birdsey, Robert Mickler, David Sandberg, Richard Tinus, John I. Zerbe, Kelly O'Brian. 1997. USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995
• Richard Birdsey, John Hom, Marla R. Emery. 1996. The northern global change research program
• Linda S. Heath, Richard Birdsey, Clark Row, Andrew J. Plantinga. 1996. Carbon pools and flux in U.S. forest products
• John Hom, Richard Birdsey, Kelly O'Brian, eds. 1996. Proceedings, 1995 meeting of the Northern Global Change Program; 1995 March 14-16; Pittsburgh, PA. : Introduction/Environmental Change
• Richard Birdsey, Linda S. Heath. 1995. 4. Carbon Changes in U.S. Forests
• Richard Birdsey. 1992. Carbon storage and accumulation in United States forest ecosystems
• P.L. Weaver, Richard Birdsey. 1990. Growth of Secondary Forest in Puerto Rico Between 1980 and 1985
• P. L. Weaver, Richard Birdsey. 1990. Growth of Secondary Forest in Puerto Rico Between 1980 and 1985.
• Richard Birdsey, Dennis M. May. 1988. Timber resources of East Oklahoma
• Richard Birdsey, Daniel F. Bertelson. 1987. Forest statistics for Southeast Oklahoma counties - 1986
• Richard Birdsey, Daniel F. Bertelson. 1987. Forest statistics for Northeast Oklahoma counties - 1986
• Richard Birdsey, Peter Weaver. 1987. Forest Area Trends in Puerto Rico
• Victor A. Rudis, Richard Birdsey. 1986. Forest resource trends and current conditions in the lower Mississippi Valley
• William H. McWilliams, Richard Birdsey. 1986. Midsouth timber statistics
• Richard Birdsey, William H. McWilliams. 1986. Midsouth forest area trends
• Ralph Alig, Herbert A. Knight, Richard Birdsey. 1986. Recent Area Changes in Southern Forest Ownerships and Cover Types
• Richard Birdsey, D. Jiménez. 1985. The Forests of Toro Negro
• Richard Birdsey, W. Frank Miller, Jon Clark, Robert Smith. 1984. Forest area estimates from landsat MSS And forest inventory plot data
• Robert L. Anderson, Richard Birdsey, Patrick J. Barry. 1982. Incidence of damage and cull in Puerto Rico's timber resource, 1980
• Richard Birdsey, Peter Weaver. 1982. The forest resources of Puerto Rico
• Richard Birdsey, Willem W.S. van Hees, Roy C. Beltz. 1981. Pine Regenerationin Southwest Arkansas
• Richard Birdsey. 1979. Tennessee forest resources

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S., Anthropology, 1971
• State University of New York, M.S., World Forestry (Economics), 1975
• State University of New York, Ph.D., Forest Management (Quantitative Methods), 1989