Robert Pattison, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Sean MP. Cahoon, Patrick F. Sullivan, Annalis H. Brownlee, Robert Pattison, Hans Andersen, Kate Legner, Teresa Hollingsworth. 2018. Contrasting drivers and trends of coniferous and deciduous tree growth in interior Alaska
• Chad Babcock, Andrew O. Finley, Hans Andersen, Robert Pattison, Bruce D. Cook, Douglas C. Morton, Michael Alonzo, Ross Nelson, Timothy Gregoire, Liviu Ene, Terje Gobakken, Erik Næsset. 2018. Geostatistical estimation of forest biomass in interior Alaska combining Landsat-derived tree cover, sampled airborne lidar and field observations
• Robert Pattison, Hans Andersen, Andrew Gray, Bethany K. Schulz, Robert Smith, Sarah Jovan. 2018. Forests of the Tanana Valley State Forest and Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: results of the 2014 pilot inventory
• Patrick F. Sullivan, Robert Pattison, Annalis H. Brownlee, Sean MP. Cahoon, Teresa Hollingsworth. 2017. Limited evidence of declining growth among moisture-limited black and white spruce in interior Alaska
• Geoffrey Koch, Robert Pattison. 2017. Look again: Revising ideas about the greening of Alaska’s arctic tundra
• Tara M. Barrett, Robert Pattison. 2017. No evidence of recent (1995-2013) decrease of yellow-cedar in Alaska
• Patrick F Sullivan, Robert Pattison, Annalis H Brownlee, Sean MP. Cahoon, Teresa Hollingsworth. 2016. Effect of tree-ring detrending method on apparent growth trends of black and white spruce in interior Alaska
• Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Madhu Gyawali, Reddy L. N. Yatavelli, Apoorva Pandey, Adam C. Watts, Joseph Knue, Lung-Wen A. Chen, Robert Pattison, Anna Tsibart, Vera Samburova, Hans Moosmuller. 2016. Brown carbon aerosols from burning of boreal peatlands: microphysical properties, emission factors, and implications for direct radiative forcing
• Robert Pattison, Janet C. Jorgenson, Martha K. Raynolds, Jeffery M. Welker. 2015. Trends in NDVI and tundra community composition in the Arctic of NE Alaska between 1984 and 2009
• Patrick F Sullivan, Robin L Mulvey, Annalis H Brownlee, Tara M. Barrett, Robert Pattison. 2015. Warm summer nights and the growth decline of shore pine in Southeast Alaska
• Robert Pattison, Andrew Gray, Lori Tango. 2015. A baseline assessment of forest composition, structure, and health in the Hawai‘i experimental tropical forests
• Robert Pattison, Andrew Gray, Patrick F. Sullivan, Kristen L. Manies. 2015. Down woody material, soil and tree core collection and analysis from the 2014 Tanana pilot plots
• Hans-Erik Andersen, Chad Babcock, Robert Pattison, Bruce Cook, Doug Morton, Andrew Finley. 2015. The 2014 tanana inventory pilot: A USFS-NASA partnership to leverage advanced remote sensing technologies for forest inventory
• Robert Pattison, Jeffrey M. Welker. 2014. Differential ecophysiological response of deciduous shrubs and a graminoid to long-term experimental snow reductions and additions in moist acidic tundra, northern Alaska
• Hans Andersen, Robert Pattison. 2012. Characterizing environmental change in interior Alaska (1982-2012) using multi-temporal, multi-scale remote sensing data and field measurements
• Robert Pattison, C.M. D'Antonio, T.L. Dudley. 2011. Biological control reduces growth, and alters water relations of the saltcedar tree (Tamarix spp.) in western Nevada, USA
• Robert Pattison, Carla M. D'Antonio, Tom L. Dudley, Kip K. Allander, Benjamin Rice. 2010. Early impacts of biological control on canopy cover and water use of the invasive saltcedar tree (Tamarix spp.) in western Nevada, USA

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Pattison RR, Gray AN, Sullivan PF, Manies KL (2015) Downed woody material, soil and tree core collection and analysis from the 2014 Tanana pilot plots. Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium 2015. PNW-GTR-931.
• Pattison RR, Jorgenson JC, Raynolds MK, Welker JM (2015) Trends in NDVI and tundra community composition in the Arctic of NE Alaska between 1988 and 2009. Ecosystems. 18:707-719.
• Sullivan PF, Mulvey RL, Brownlee A, Barrett TM, Pattison RR. (2015) Warm summer nights and the growth decline of shore pine in Southeast Alaska. Environmental Research Letters. 10(12):124007.
• Pattison RR, Jorgenson JC, Raynolds MK, Welker JM (2015) Trends in NDVI and tundra community composition in the Arctic of NE Alaska between 1988 and 2009. Ecosystems. 18:707-719.
• Pattison RR, Welker JM (2014) Differential ecophysiological response of deciduous shrubs and a graminoid to long-term experimental snow reductions and additions in moist acidic tundra, Northern Alaska. Oecologia. 174:339-350.
• Pattison RR, Andersen HE (2013) Reviving an old inventory to understand changes in Alaska's boreal forest. Western Forester. Nov/Dec 2013.
• Andersen HE, Pattison RR (2012) Characterizing environmental change in interior Alaska (1982-2012) using multi-temporal, multi-scale remote sensing data and field measurements. Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium 2012. GTR-NRS-P-105.
• Dudley, T.L., Bean, D.W., Pattison, RR., Caires, A. (2012) Selectivity of a biological control agent, Diorhabda carinulata Desbrochers, 1870 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for host species within the genus Tamarix Linneaus, 1753. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 88(3):319-341. 2012
• Pattison RR, D’Antonio CM, Dudley TL, Allander K, Rice B (2011) Early impacts of biological control on canopy cover and water use of the invasive saltcedar tree (Tamarix spp.) in western Nevada, USA. Oecologia 165: 605-616.
• Pattison RR, D’Antonio CM, Dudley TL (2011) Biological control reduces growth, and alters water relations of the saltcedar tree (Tamarix spp.) in western Nevada, USA.. (2011) Journal of Arid Environments 75:346-352.
• Pattison RR, and Mack RN (2009) Environmental constraints on the invasion of Triadica sebifera in the eastern U.S.: an experimental field assessment. Oecologia 158:591-602.
• Pattison RR, and Mack RN (2008) Potential distribution of the invasive Triadica sebifera in the United States: evaluating CLIMEX predictions with field trials. Global Change Biology. 14:813-826.
• Gotthardt T, McClory J. Fields T, Jansen A, Coray C, Booz M, Weigner H, Davies E, Pattison R.(2007) Partnership in Nongame Wildlife Research and Data Management for the State of Alaska's Wildlife Conservation Plan, 2004 - 2007. Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
• Gotthardt T, McClory J. Fields T, Jansen A, Coray C, Booz M, Weigner H, Davies E, Pattison R.(2007) Partnership in Nongame Wildlife Research and Data Management for the State of Alaska's Wildlife Conservation Plan, 2004 - 2007. Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
• Hudgeons J, Knutson A, Heinz K, DeLoach J, Dudley T, Pattison R, Kiniry J (2007) Defoliation by introduced Diorhabda elongata leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reduces carbohydrate reserves and regrowth of Tamarix (Tamaricaceae). Biological Control. 43:213-221.
• Baruch Z, Pattison RR, Goldstein G (2000) Responses to light and water availability of four invasive Melastomataceae in the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 161(1):107-118.
• Pattison RR, Goldstein G, Ares A (1998) Growth, biomass allocation and photosynthesis of invasive and native rainforest species. Oecologia. 117:449-459.
• Kitayama K, Pattison R, Cordell S, Webb D, Mueller-Dombois D (1997) Ecological and genetic implications of foliar polymorphism in Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud. (Myrtaceae) in a habitat matrix on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Annals of Botany. 80:491-497.

• Washington State University, Ph.D. Biology, Biology, 2003
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, M.S., Botany, 1997
• University of Oregon, B.S., Biology, 1991