R. Justin DeRose, PhD
Former Employee
Research Ecologist
Treesearch Publications
- Courtney Giebink, R. Justin DeRose, Mark Castle, John D. Shaw, Margaret E.K. Evans. 2024. Climatic sensitivities derived from tree rings improve predictions of the Forest Vegetation Simulator
- Courtney L. Giebink, R. Justin DeRose, Mark Castle, John D. Shaw, Margaret E. K. Evans. 2022. Climatic sensitivities derived from tree rings improve predictions of the Forest Vegetation Simulator growth and yield model
- Rebecca Lee Molinari, Matthew F. Bekker, Benjamin D. St. Clair, Jason Bartholomew, R. Justin DeRose, Stanley G. Kitchen, Samuel B. St. Clair. 2022. Facilitation differentially affects competitive responses of aspen and subalpine fir through stages of stand development
- Kelly A. Heilman, Michael C. Dietze, Alexis A. Arizpe, Jacob Aragon, Andrew Gray, John D. Shaw, Andrew O. Finley, Stefan Klesse, R. Justin DeRose, Margaret E. K. Evans. 2022. Ecological forecasting of tree growth: Regional fusion of tree-ring and forest inventory data to quantify drivers and characterize uncertainty
- Emily L. Schultz, Lisa Hulsmann, Michiel D. Pillet, Florian Hartig, David D. Breshears, Sydne Record, John D. Shaw, R. Justin DeRose, Pieter A. Zuidema, Margaret E. K. Evans. 2021. Climate-driven, but dynamic and complex? A reconciliation of competing hypotheses for species’ distributions
- Margaret E. K. Evans, R. Justin DeRose, Stefan Klesse, Martin P. Girardin, Kelly A. Heilman, M. Ross Alexander, Andre Arsenault, Flurin Babst, Mathieu Bouchard, Sean MP. Cahoon, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Michael Dietze, Louis Duchesne, David C. Frank, Courtney L. Giebink, Armando Gomez-Guerrero, Genaro Gutierrez García, Edward H. Hogg, Juha Metsaranta, Clementine Ols, Shelly A. Rayback, Anya Reid, Martin Ricker, Paul Schaberg, John D. Shaw, Patrick F. Sullivan, Sergio Armando Villela Gaytan. 2021. Adding tree rings to North America's National Forest Inventories: An essential tool to guide drawdown of atmospheric CO2
- Christopher Witt, John D. Shaw, Jim Menlove, Sara A. Goeking, R. Justin DeRose, Kristen A. Pelz, Todd A. Morgan, Steven W. Hayes. 2019. Montana’s forest resources, 2006-2015
- George P. Malanson, R. Justin DeRose, Matthew F. Bekker. 2019. Individual variation and ecotypic niches in simulations of the impact of climatic volatility
- Jesse L. Morris, R. Justin DeRose, Thomas Brussel, Simon Brewer, Andrea Brunelle, James N. Long. 2019. Stable or seral? Fire-driven alternative states in aspen forests of western North America
- Stefan Klesse, R. Justin DeRose, Christopher H. Guiterman, Ann M. Lynch, Christopher D. O'Connor, John D. Shaw, Margaret E. K. Evans. 2018. Sampling bias overestimates climate change impacts on forest growth in the southwestern United States
- Christopher Witt, R. Justin DeRose, Sara A. Goeking, John D. Shaw. 2018. Idaho’s forest resources, 2006-2015
- James N. Long, Marcella Windmuller-Campione, R. Justin DeRose. 2018. Building resistance and resilience: Regeneration should not be left to chance
- Joseph L. Pettit, R. Justin DeRose, James N. Long. 2018. Climatic drivers of ponderosa pine growth in central Idaho
- Flurin Babst, Paul Bodesheim, Noah Charney, Andrew D. Friend, Martin P. Girardin, Stefan Klesse, David J. P. Moore, Kristina Seftigen, Jesper Bjorklund, Olivier Bouriaud, Andria Dawson, R. Justin DeRose, Michael C. Dietze, Annemarie H. Eckes, Brian Enquist, David C. Frank, Miguel D. Mahecha, Benjamin Poulter, Sydne Record, Valerie Trouet, Rachael H. Turton, Zhen Zhang, Margaret E. K. Evans. 2018. When tree rings go global: Challenges and opportunities for retro- and prospective insight
- R. Justin DeRose, John D. Shaw, Sara A. Goeking, Kate Marcille, Chelsea P. McIver, James S. Menlove, Todd A. Morgan, Christopher Witt. 2018. Wyoming’s forest resources, 2011-2015
- Danielle M. Malesky, Barbara J. Bentz, Gary R. Brown, Andrea R. Brunelle, John M. Buffington, Linda M. Chappell, R. Justin DeRose, John C. Guyon, Carl L. Jorgensen, Rachel A. Loehman, Laura L. Lowrey, Ann M. Lynch, Marek Matyjasik, Joel D. McMillin, Javier E. Mercado, Jesse L. Morris, Jose Negron, Wayne G. Padgett, Robert Progar, Carol B. Randall. 2018. Effects of climate change on ecological disturbances [Chapter 8]
- Steve L. Voelker, R. Justin DeRose, Matthew F. Bekker, Chalita Sriladda, Nisa Leksungnoen, Roger K. Kjelgren. 2018. Anisohydric water use behavior links growing season evaporative demand to ring-width increment in conifers from summer-dry environments
- Jesse L Morris, Stuart Cottrell, Christopher J. Fettig, R. Justin DeRose, Katherine M Mattor, Vachel A Carter, Jennifer Clear, Jessica Clement, Winslow D Hansen, Jeffrey A Hicke, Philip E Higuera, Alistair WR Seddon, Heikki Seppä, Rosemary L Sherriff, John D Stednick, Steve J. Seybold. 2018. Bark beetles as agents of change in social-ecological systems
- J. H. Stagge, D. E. Rosenberg, R. Justin DeRose, T. M. Rittenour. 2018. Monthly paleostreamflow reconstruction from annual tree-ring chronologies
- Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Craig Miller, Sarah E. Null, R. Justin DeRose, Peter Wilcock, Maura Hahnenberger, Frank Howe, Johnnie Moore. 2017. Decline of the world's saline lakes
- R. Justin DeRose, Matthew F. Bekker, James N. Long. 2017. Traumatic resin ducts as indicators of bark beetle outbreaks
- Daniel Barandiaran, S.-Y. Simon Wang, R. Justin DeRose. 2017. Gridded snow water equivalent reconstruction for Utah using Forest Inventory and Analysis tree-ring data
- Michael T. Thompson, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt, Charles E. Werstak, Michael C. Amacher, Sara A. Goeking, R. Justin DeRose, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson, Steven W. Hayes, James S. Menlove. 2017. Colorado's forest resources, 2004-2013
- Vachel A. Carter, Andrea Brunelle, Thomas A. Minckley, John D. Shaw, R. Justin DeRose, Simon Brewer. 2017. Climate variability and fire effects on quaking aspen in the central Rocky Mountains, USA
- Yan Sun, Matthew F. Bekker, R. Justin DeRose, Roger Kjelgren, S. -Y. Simon Wang. 2017. Statistical treatment for the wet bias in tree-ring chronologies: A case study from the InteriorWest, USA
- April M. Brough, R. Justin DeRose, Mary M. Conner, James N. Long. 2017. Summer-fall home-range fidelity of female elk in northwestern Colorado: Implications for aspen management
- R. Justin DeRose, John D. Shaw, James N. Long. 2017. Building the Forest Inventory and Analysis Tree-Ring Data set
- James S. Menlove, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt, Charles E. Werstak, R. Justin DeRose, Sara A. Goeking, Michael C. Amacher, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson. 2016. Nevada's forest resources, 2004-2013
- Jesse L. Morris, Stuart Cottrell, Christopher J. Fettig, Winslow D. Hansen, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Vachel A. Carter, Jennifer L. Clear, Jessica Clement, R. Justin DeRose, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Philip E. Higuera, Katherine M. Mattor, Alistair W. R. Seddon, Heikki T. Seppä, John D. Stednick, Steve J. Seybold. 2016. Managing bark beetle impacts on ecosystems and society: priority questions to motivate future research
- Justin M. Britton, R. Justin DeRose, Karen E. Mock, James N. Long. 2016. Herbivory and advance reproduction influence quaking aspen regeneration response to management in southern Utah, USA
- Charles E. Werstak, John D. Shaw, Sara A. Goeking, Christopher Witt, James S. Menlove, Mike T. T. Thompson, R. Justin DeRose, Michael C. Amacher, Sarah Jovan, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson, Steven W. Hayes, Chelsea P. McIver. 2016. Utah's forest resources, 2003-2012
- R. Justin DeRose, Matthew F. Bekker, Roger Kjelgren, Brendan M. Buckley, James H. Speer, Eric B. Allen. 2016. Dendrochronology of Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little)
- Jesse L. Morris, R. Justin DeRose, Andrea R. Brunelle. 2015. Long-term landscape changes in a subalpine spruce-fir forest in central Utah, USA
- Thorsten Zeppenfeld, Miroslav Svoboda, R. Justin DeRose, Marco Heurich, Jorg Muller, Pavla Cizkova, Martin Stary, Radek Bace, Daniel C. Donato. 2015. Response of mountain Picea abies forests to stand-replacing bark beetle outbreaks: Neighbourhood effects lead to self-replacement
- Robert R. Gillies, Oi-Yu Chung, S.-Y. Simon Wang, R. Justin DeRose, Yan Sun. 2015. Added value from 576 years of tree-ring records in the prediction of the Great Salt Lake level
- R. Justin DeRose, John D. Shaw, James N. Long. 2015. Spatiotemporal patterns of ring-width variability in the northern interior west
- R. Justin DeRose, M. F. Bekker, S.-Y. Wang, B. M. Buckley, R. K. Kjelgren, T. Bardsley, T. M. Rittenour, E. B. Allen. 2015. A millennium-length reconstruction of Bear River stream flow, Utah
- R. Justin DeRose, Karen E. Mock, James N. Long. 2015. Cytotype differences in radial increment provide novel insight into aspen reproductive ecology and stand dynamics
- R. Justin DeRose, S. Wang, John D. Shaw. 2014. Using inventory-based tree-ring data as a proxy for historical climate: Investigating the Pacific decadal oscillation and teleconnections
- R. Justin DeRose, A. Joshua Leffler. 2014. Simulation of quaking aspen potential fire behavior in Northern Utah, USA
- R. Justin DeRose, Shih-Yu Wang, Brendan M. Buckley, Matthew F. Bekker. 2014. Tree-ring reconstruction of the level of Great Salt Lake, USA
- R. Justin DeRose, James N. Long. 2014. Resistance and resilience: A conceptual framework for silviculture
- Matthew F. Bekker, R. Justin DeRose, Brendan M. Buckley, Roger K. Kjelgren, Nathan S. Gill. 2014. A 576-year Weber River streamflow reconstruction from tree rings for water resource risk assessment in the Wasatch Front, Utah
- Eric B. Allen, Tammy M. Rittenour, R. Justin DeRose, Matthew F. Bekker, Roger Kjelgren, Brendan M. Buckley. 2013. A tree-ring based reconstruction of Logan River streamflow, northern Utah
- R. Justin DeRose, Barbara J. Bentz, James N. Long, John D. Shaw. 2013. Effect of increasing temperatures on the distribution of spruce beetle in Engelmann spruce forests of the Interior West, USA
- Giorgio Vacchiano, R. Justin DeRose, John D. Shaw, Miroslav Svoboda, Renzo Motta. 2013. A density management diagram for Norway spruce in the temperate Europe montane region
- Jesse L. Morris, Andrea Brunelle, R. Justin DeRose, Heikki Seppa, Mitchell J. Power, Vachel Carter, Ryan Bares. 2013. Using fire regimes to delineate zones in a high-resolution lake sediment record from the western United States
- R. Justin DeRose, Shih-Yu Wang, John D. Shaw. 2013. Feasibility of high-density climate reconstruction based on Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) collected tree-ring data
- R. Justin DeRose, W. Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, John D. Shaw. 2012. Investigating Forest Inventory and Analysis-collected tree-ring data from Utah as a proxy for historical climate
- R. Justin DeRose, James N. Long. 2012. Drought-driven disturbance history characterizes a southern Rocky Mountain subalpine forest
- Patrick T. Moore, R. Justin DeRose, James N. Long, Helga van Miegroet. 2012. Using silviculture to influence carbon sequestration in southern Appalachian spruce-fir forests
- R. Justin DeRose, Robert S. Seymour. 2012. Leaf area and structural changes after thinning in even-aged Picea rubens and Abies balsamea stands in Maine, USA
- R. Justin DeRose, James N. Long. 2012. Factors influencing the spatial and temporal dynamics of engelmann spruce mortality during a spruce beetle outbreak on the Markagunt Plateau, Utah
- Seth A. Ex, R. Justin DeRose, James N. Long. 2011. Stand development and population dynamics of curlleaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.) woodlands in Utah's Bear River Mountains
- Larry DeBlander, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt, James S. Menlove, Mike T. T. Thompson, Todd A. Morgan, R. Justin DeRose, Michael C. Amacher. 2010. Utah's forest resources, 2000-2005
- Terry L. Sharik, William Adair, Fred A. Baker, Michael A. Battaglia, Emily J. Comfort, Anthony W. D'Amato, Craig Delong, R. Justin DeRose, Mark J. Ducey, Mark Harmon, Louise Levy, Jesse A. Logan, Joseph J. O'Brien, Brian J. J. Palik, Scott D. Roberts, Paul C. Rogers, Douglas J. Shinneman, Thomas Spies, Sarah L. Taylor, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Andrew Youngblood. 2010. Emerging themes in the ecology and management of North American forests
Data and Tools
- Utah State University, Ph.D., Ecology, 2009
- University of Maine, M.S., Forestry, 2004
- Utah State University, B.S., Forestry, 2002
Last updated March 10, 2026