Robert Deal, PhD
Former Employee
Research Forester and Ecosystem Services Team Leader
Treesearch Publications
- Justin S. Crotteau, William J. Beese, John-Pascal Berrill, Robert Deal, Constance A. Harrington, Kellen Nelson. 2024. Ecological silviculture for North American Pacific coastal temperate rainforests [Chapter 15]
- Robert Deal, Nikola Smith, Joe Gate. 2020. Connecting the dots: Moving frameworks for ecosystem services from USDA Forest Service national programs to forest and project scales
- Robert Deal, Olga Romanova. 2020. Forest industry sector: A panel discussion
- Robert Deal. 2020. Integrating ecosystem services into sustainable forest management of public lands
- Lauren S. Pile, Robert Deal, Daniel C. C. Dey, David Gwaze, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2020. The 2019 National Silviculture Workshop: A focus on forest management-research partnerships
- Lauren S. Pile, Robert Deal, Daniel C. C. Dey, David Gwaze, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2020. Forest Management – Research Partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 National Silviculture Workshop
- David L. Nicholls, Robert Deal, Andrew Warren. 2020. Oregon’s biomass producer tax credit—impacts of land ownership on woody bioenergy use
- Benjamin T. Phalan, Joseph M. Northrup, Zhiqiang Yang, Robert Deal, Josée S. Rousseau, Thomas Spies, Matthew G. Betts. 2019. Impacts of the northwest forest plan on forest composition and bird populations
- Daniel C. C. Dey, Benjamin O. Knapp, Michael A. Battaglia, Robert Deal, Justin L. Hart, Kevin L. O'Hara, Callie Schweitzer, Thomas M. Schuler. 2019. Barriers to natural regeneration in temperate forests across the USA
- Robert Deal, Ewa Orlikowska, David V. D'Amore, Paul Hennon. 2017. Red alder-conifer stands in Alaska: An example of mixed species management to enhance structural and biological complexity
- Robert Deal, Nikola Smith, Joe Gates. 2017. Ecosystem services to enhance sustainable forest management in the US: moving from forest service national programmes to local projects in the Pacific Northwest
- Seth Binder, Robert G. Haight, Stephen Polasky, Travis Warziniack, Miranda H. Mockrin, Robert Deal, Greg Arthaud. 2017. Assessment and valuation of forest ecosystem services: State of the science review
- Robert Deal. 2017. Continuous cover forestry as part of sustainable forest management in the Pacific Northwest, USA
- Robert Deal, Lisa Fong, Erin Phelps, Emily Weidner, Jonas Epstein, Tommie Herbert, Mary Snieckus, Nikola Smith, Tania Ellersick, Greg Arthaud. 2017. Integrating ecosystem services into national Forest Service policy and operations
- Svetlana A. (Kushch) Schroder, Sandor F. Toth, Robert Deal, Gregory J. Ettl. 2016. Multi-objective optimization to evaluate tradeoffs among forest ecosystem services following fire hazard reduction in the Deschutes National Forest, USA
- Marie Oliver, Robert Deal, Nikola Smith, Dale Blahna, Jeffrey D. Kline. 2016. What people value: an ecosystem services approach to managing public lands
- Robert Deal, Sharon Stanton, Matthew Betts, Zhiqiang Yang. 2015. Early-seral stand age and forest structural changes in public and private forestlands in Western Oregon and Washington
- Tina Simonèiè, Thomas Spies, Robert Deal, Andrej Bonèina. 2015. A conceptual framework for characterizing forest areas with high societal values: experiences from the Pacific Northwest of USA and Central Europe
- Robert Deal. 2014. Role of online journals and peer-reviewed research
- Robert Deal, Paul Hennon, Richard O'Hanlon, David V. D'Amore. 2014. Lessons from native spruce forests in Alaska: managing Sitka spruce plantations worldwide to benefit biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Robert Deal, Bobby Cochran, Gina LaRocco. 2012. Bundling of ecosystem services to increase forestland value and enhance sustainable forest management
- Robert Deal, Rachel White. 2012. Integrating forest products with ecosystem services: a global perspective
- William F. Anderson, Jeffery Steiner, Randy Raper, Ken Vogel, Terry Coffelt, Brenton Sharratt, Robert Rummer, Robert Deal, Alan W. Rudie. 2011. The Creation and Role of the USDA Biomass Research Centers
- Nikola Smith, Robert Deal, Jeffrey D. Kline, Dale Blahna, Trista Patterson, Thomas Spies, Karen Bennett. 2011. Ecosystem services as a framework for forest stewardship: Deschutes National Forest overview
- Gina L. LaRocco, Robert Deal. 2011. Giving credit where credit is due: increasing landowner compensation for ecosystem services
- Robert Deal, Crystal Raymond, David L. Peterson, Cindy Glick. 2010. Ecosystem services and climate change: Understanding the differences and identifying opportunities for forest carbon
- Louise S.Y. Levy, Robert Deal, John C. Tappeiner. 2010. The density and distribution of Sitka spruce and western hemlock seedling banks in partially harvested stands in southeast Alaska
- Robert Deal. 2010. Climate change and carbon sequestration opportunities on national forests
- Robert Deal, Troy Heithecker, Eric K. Zenner. 2010. Comparison of tree size structure and growth for partially harvested and even-aged hemlock-spruce stands in southeast Alaska
- Robert Deal. 2009. Forestry in Japan has similarities to PNW
- Robert Deal. 2008. Integrated restoration of forested ecosystems to achieve multiresource benefits: proceedings of the 2007 national silviculture workshop.
- Takashi Gomi, Adelaide C. Johnson, Robert Deal, Paul Hennon, Ewa H. Orlikowska, Mark S. Wipfli. 2006. Factors affecting distribution of wood, detritus, and sediment in headwater streams draining managed young-growth red alder-conifer forests in southeast Alaska
- Thomas Hanley, Robert Deal, Ewa H. Orlikowska. 2006. Relations between red alder composition and understory vegetation in young mixed forests of southeast Alaska.
- Robert Deal, Constance A. Harrington. 2006. Red alder: a state of knowledge.
- Robert Deal, Seth White. 2005. Understanding key issues of sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest.
- Robert Deal, Paul Hennon, Ewa H. Orlikowska, David V. D'Amore. 2004. Stand dynamics of mixed red alder-conifer forests of southeast Alaska.
- Robert Deal, R. James Barbour, Michael H. McClellan, Dean L. Parry. 2003. Development of epicormic sprouts in Sitka spruce following thinning and pruning in south-east Alaska.
- Mark S. Wipfli, Robert Deal, Paul Hennon, Adelaide C. Johnson, Richard T. Edwards, Toni L. De Santo, Takashi Gomi, Ewa H. Orlikowska, Mason Bryant, Mark E. Schultz, Christian LeSage, Ryan Kimbirauskus, David V. D'Amore. 2003. Compatible management of red alder-conifer ecosystems in southeastern Alaska.
- Robert Deal, J.C. Tappeiner, Paul Hennon. 2002. Developing silvicultural systems based on partial cutting in western hemlock–Sitka spruce stands of southeast Alaska.
- Robert Deal, John C. Tappeiner. 2002. The effects of partial cutting on stand structure and growth of western hemlockSitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska.
- Mark S. Wipfli, Robert Deal, Paul Hennon, Adelaide C. Johnson, Toni L. de Santo, Thomas Hanley, Mark E. Schultz, Mason Bryant, Richard T. Edwards, Ewa H. Orlikowska, Takashi Gomi. 2002. Managing young upland forests in southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes: problem analysis and study plan.
- Robert Deal. 2001. The effects of partial cutting on forest plant communities of western hemlockSitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska.
- Michael H. McClellan, Douglas N. Swanston, Paul Hennon, Robert Deal, Toni L. de Santo, Mark S. Wipfli. 2000. Alternatives to clearcutting in the old-growth forests of southeast Alaska: study plan and establishment report.
- Robert Deal. 1997. Understory plant diversity in riparian alder-conifer stands after logging in southeast Alaska.
- Oregon State University, Ph.D., Forest Resources, 1999
- University of Washington, M.S., Silviculture, 1987
- The Evergreen State College, B.S., Biology, 1978
Last updated March 10, 2026