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Tara L. Keyser, PhD

Tara L. Keyser, PhD

Station Director

Southern Research Station

0000-0001-8967-9344

tara.keyser@usda.gov

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Miranda T. Curzon, John M. Lhotka, Tara L. Keyser, Gregory J. Edge, Bradley M. Hutnik, Jacob J. Muller, Jodi A. Forrester. 2026. Irregular Shelterwood Methods for Achieving Ecological and Climate Adaptation Objectives in the Central Hardwood Forest Region
Ruiqi Li, Tara L. Keyser, Thomas Elder, Qiangu Yan, Zhiyong Cai, Yucheng Peng. 2026. Lead ion removal from aqueous solutions using biochar materials from different wood species
David Schnake, Jodi Forrester, Tara L. Keyser, Andrew Sanchez Meador. 2025. Light patterns align with successful Quercus and Carya regeneration but reveal continued challenges in managing dry-mesic southern Appalachian uplandhardwood forests
Shriya Reddy, Morgan Arteman, Jodi Forrester, Tara L. Keyser. 2025. Canopy gaps increase species-dependent edge tree diameter growth in a mature southern Appalachian mixed hardwood forest
Morgan Arteman, Jodi Forrester, Andrew C. Oishi, Tara L. Keyser. 2025. Canopy gap edge effects on overstory sap flux in a temperate mixed-hardwood forest
Morgan L. Arteman, Jodi A. Forrester, Tara L. Keyser. 2025. Carbon emissions from stumps vary by species but not sprouting in a temperate hardwood forest
Brandy Lyn L. Benz, Jodi A. Forrester, Tara L. Keyser, Cathryn H. Greenberg. 2025. Changes in ground‐layer plant species assemblages and successional patterns following a decade of oak regeneration restoration
Michael Ulyshen, Cory K. Adams, Jacqui Adams, Susan B. Adams, Mickey Bland, Don C. Bragg, Chuck Burdine, Mac A. Callaham, Richard Chaney, Gregg Chapman, Patsy Clinton, Cinnamon Dixon, Jacob Floyd, Phillip Jordan, Tara L. Keyser, Stephanie H. Laseter, Rachel Mallinger, Virginia McDaniel, Bryan Mudder, C. Dana Nelson, Katherine Odanaka, A. Christopher Oishi, Shawna L. Reid, Samm Reynolds, Kevin Robertson, Daniel Saenz, Mary Anne Sayer, Nathan Schiff, Brian Scholtens, Joel Scott, Martin Spetich, Melanie K. Taylor, John Willis, Andrew D. Young. 2024. Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States
Tara L. Keyser, Jodi Forrester. 2024. Living on the Edge: Development of an Oak Seedling Bank in Response to Silviculturally Created Openings in a Productive Mixed Hardwood Forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Stacy Byrd, Tara L. Keyser, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Arnold Saxton. 2024. Planted White Oak (Quercus alba) Response to Spacing Density and Orientation in Gap Openings in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
Tara L. Keyser, Cathryn H. Greenberg. 2024. Season of burn has minimal effect on groundlayer community structure and composition in an Appalachian mixed‐oak forest
Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Robert M. Jetton, Bryan Mudder, William A. Whittier, Tara L. Keyser, James R. Rhea. 2023. Silvicultural canopy gaps improve health and growth of eastern hemlocks infested with Adelges tsugae in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Z.S. Grover, J.A. Forrester, Tara L. Keyser, J.S. King, J. Altman. 2023. Growth response, climate sensitivity and carbon storage vary with wood porosity in a southern Appalachian mixed hardwood forest
Christen Beasley, David Carter, T. Adam Coates, Tara L. Keyser, Katie H. Greenberg. 2022. Impacts of oak-focused silvicultural treatments on the regeneration layer nine years post treatment in a productive mixed-oak southern Appalachian forest
Margaret Woodbridge, Tara L. Keyser, Christopher M. Oswalt. 2022. Stand and environmental conditions drive functional shifts associated with mesophication in eastern US forests
Tara L. Keyser, MacDonald Amelia L. 2022. Effects of planting stock on growth and survival in an artificially regenerated shortleaf pine forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Tara L. Keyser, Jason A. Rodrigue. 2022. Legacy of thinning on woody species composition and structure in southern Appalachian Mountain hardwood forests: restoration implications
Stacy Byrd, Scott Schlarbaum, Tara L. Keyser, Arnold Saxton. 2022. Seven-year response of planted northern red oak (Quercus rubra) seedlings to regeneration harvesting, burning, and herbicide treatments in western North Carolina
Kimberly Novick, Insu Jo, Loïc D'Orangeville, Michael Benson, Tsun Fung Au, Mallory Barnes, Sander Denham, Songlin Fei, Kelly Heilman, Taehee Hwang, Tara L. Keyser, Justin Maxwell, Chelcy F. Miniat, Jason McLachlan, Neil Pederson, Lixin Wang, Jeffrey Wood, Richard P. Phillips. 2022. The drought response of eastern US oaks in the context of their declining abundance
Mary A. Arthur, J. Morgan Varner, Charles Lafon, Heather D. Alexander, Daniel C. C. Dey, Craig A. Harper, Sally P. Horn, Todd F. Hutchinson, Tara L. Keyser, Marcus A. Lashley, Christopher E. Moorman, Callie Schweitzer. 2021. Fire Ecology and Management in Eastern Broadleaf and Appalachian Forests
G. Báez Rivera, Ray E. Cruz Aguilar, Anthony Pérez Méndez, Jennifer Rivera San Antonio, Génesis Z. Túa Ayala, Tara L. Keyser, Oscar J. Abelleira Martínez. 2021. Preliminary estimate of the immediate effects of Hurricane María on the tree structure and species composition of novel forests in the moist lowlands of Puerto Rico
Tara L. Keyser, David Loftis. 2021. Long-term effects of alternative partial harvesting methods on the woody regeneration layer in high-elevation Quercus rubra forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains
Tara L. Keyser, Beverly S. Collins, Katie H. Greenberg. 2021. Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests
Virginia McDaniel, Tara L. Keyser, Gabriel L. De Jong, Jim M. Guldin. 2020. Managed wildfire, drought, and overstory survival: a case study in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas
Henry McNab, Tara L. Keyser. 2020. A vegetative index of stand productivity based on tree inventory for predicting oak site index in the Central Hardwood Region
C. Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Michelle C. Agne, Robert A. Andrus, Matthew P. Ayres, Bruce D. Ayres, Jonathan D. Bakker, Michael A. Battaglia, Barbara J. Bentz, Carolyn R. Breece, James Brown, Daniel R. Cluck, Tom Coleman, R. Gregory Corace, W. Wallace Covington, Douglas S. Cram, James Cronan, Joseph E. Crouse, Adrian J. Das, Ryan S. Davis, Darci M. Dickinson, Stephen A. Fitzgerald, Peter Z. Fulé, Lisa M. Ganio, Lindsay M. Grayson, Charles B. Halpern, Jim L. Hanula, Brian J. Harvey, J. Kevin Hiers, David W. Huffman, MaryBeth Keifer, Tara L. Keyser, Leda N. Kobziar, Thomas E. Kolb, Crystal A. Kolden, Karen E. Kopper, Jason R. Kreitler, Jesse K. Kreye, Andrew M. Latimer, Andrew Lerch, Maria J. Lombardero, Virginia McDaniel, Charles W. McHugh, Joel D. McMillin, Jason J. Moghaddas, Joseph J. O’Brien, Daniel D. B. Perrakis, David W. Peterson, Susan J. Prichard, Robert Progar, Kenneth F. Raffa, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joseph Restaino, John P. Roccaforte, Brendan M. Rogers, Kevin C. Ryan, Hugh D. Safford, Alyson E. Santoro, Timothy M. Shearman, Alice M. Shumate, Carolyn H. Sieg, Sheri L. Smith, Rebecca J. Smith, Nathan L. Stephenson, Mary Stuever, Jens Stevens, Michael T. Stoddard, Walter G. Thies, Nicole M. Vaillant, Shelby A. Weiss, Douglas J. Westlind, Travis J. Woolley, Micah C. Wright. 2020. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
David Gwaze, Marcella Windmuller-Campione, Tara L. Keyser, Carrie Sweeney. 2020. National Advanced Silviculture Program: A panel discussion
John M. Kabrick, Ken Clark, Anthony W. D'Amato, Bethany L. Muñoz Delgado, Daniel C. C. Dey, Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Tara L. Keyser, Benjamin O. Knapp, David A. MacLean, Patricia Raymond, Callie Schweitzer, Lance A. Vickers. 2020. Research and management partnerships for resolving regeneration and recruitment challenges in hardwood-softwood mixtures in eastern North America
Joshua J. Granger, David S. Buckley, Terry L. Sharik, John M. Zobel, William W. DeBord, Jason P. Hartman, Jason G. Henning, Tara L. Keyser, Jordan M. Marshall. 2019. Twenty-five-year effects of cutting and prescribed fire on northern red oak regeneration in Michigan oak and pine stands
Katie H. Greenberg, Tara L. Keyser, Henry McNab, Patrick Scott. 2019. Breeding bird response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest
Tara L. Keyser. 2019. Resprouting by seedlings of four North American deciduous broadleaved tree species following experimental burning
Tara L. Keyser, Cathryn H. Greenberg, W. Henry McNab. 2019. Season of burn effects on vegetation structure and composition in oak-dominated Appalachian hardwood forests
Stephanie H. Laseter, James Vose, Jim M. Guldin, Don C. Bragg, Marty Spetich, Tara L. Keyser, Katherine Elliott, Mary Anne Sword Sayer, Shi-Jean Susana Sung. 2018. Experimental forests of the Southern Research Station: highlights of foundational silviculture studies
Joshua J. Granger, David S. Buckley, Terry L. Sharik, John M. Zobel, William W. DeBord, Jason P. Hartman, Jason G. Henning, Tara L. Keyser, Jordan M. Marshall. 2018. Northern red oak regeneration: 25-year results of cutting and prescribed fire in Michigan oak and pine stands
Katie H. Greenberg, Tyler Seiboldt, Tara L. Keyser, Henry McNab, Patrick Scott, Janis Bush, Christopher E. Moorman. 2018. Reptile and amphibian response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest
Tara L. Keyser, Virginia McDaniel, Robert N. Klein, Dan G. Drees, Jesse A. Burton, Melissa M. Forder. 2018. Short-term stem mortality of 10 deciduous broadleaved species following prescribed burning in upland forests of the southern US
Seth Ex, Frederick Smith, Tara L. Keyser, Stephanie Rebain. 2017. Estimating canopy bulk density and canopy base height for conifer stands in the interior Western United States using the Forest Vegetation Simulator Fire and Fuels Extension.
John Westby-Gibson, Katie H. Greenberg, Christopher E. Moorman, T.G. Forrest, Tara L. Keyser, Dean M. Simon, Gordon S. Warburton. 2017. Short-term response of ground-dwelling macroarthropods to shelterwood harvests in a productive Southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
Tara L. Keyser, Virginia McDaniel, Robert Klein, Dan Drees, Jesse Burton, Melissa Forder. 2017. Validation and development of postfire mortality models for upland forest tree species in the southeastern United States
Chad E. Keyser, Tara L. Keyser. 2017. Proceeding of the 2017 Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) e-Conference
Tara L. Keyser, Mary Arthur, David Loftis. 2017. Repeated burning alters the structure and composition of hardwood regeneration in oak-dominated forests of eastern Kentucky, USA
Tara L. Keyser, Peter M. Brown. 2016. Drought response of upland oak (Quercus L.) species in Appalachian hardwood forests of the southeastern USA
Seth A. Ex, Frederick W. Smith, Tara L. Keyser, Stephanie A. Rebain. 2016. Estimating canopy bulk density and canopy base height for interior western US conifer stands
Cathryn H. Greenberg, Christopher E. Moorman, Amy L. Raybuck, Chad Sundol, Tara L. Keyser, Janis Bush, Dean M. Simon, Gordon S. Warburton. 2016. Reptile and amphibian response to oak regeneration treatments in productive southern Appalachian hardwood forest
Tara L. Keyser, Katie H. Greenberg, Dean Simon, Gordon S. Warburton. 2016. Assessing the regeneration potential of productive mixed-hardwood stands following single and repeated prescribed fire
Stacy Byrd, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Tara L. Keyser, Callie Schweitzer, Marty Spetich, Dean Simon, Gordon S. Warburton. 2016. Response of planted northern red oak seedlings to regeneration harvesting, Midstory removal, and prescribed burning
Tara L. Keyser, David Loftis. 2015. Stump sprouting of 19 upland hardwood species 1 year following initiation of a shelterwood with reserves silvicultural system in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
Katie H. Greenberg, Kathleen Franzreb, Tara L. Keyser, Stan Zarnoch, Dean Simon, Gordon Warburton. 2015. Short-term response of breeding birds to oak regeneration treatments in upland hardwood forest.
Tara L. Keyser, Peter M. Brown. 2015. Long-term response of yellow-poplar to thinning in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Tara L. Keyser. 2015. Effects of season of cut and residual overstory density on stump sprout growth and development
Tara L. Keyser, Peter M. Brown. 2014. Long-term response of yellow-poplar to thinning in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Tara L. Keyser, Peter M. Brown. 2014. Climate-growth relationships for yellow-poplar across structural and site quality gradients in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Tara L. Keyser, Katie H. Greenberg, Henry McNab. 2014. Prescribed fire in upland harwood forests
John M. Kabrick, Jason L. Villwock, Daniel C. C. Dey, Tara L. Keyser, David R. Larsen. 2014. Modeling and mapping oak advance reproduction density using soil and site variables
Tara L. Keyser, Stanley J. Zarnoch. 2014. Stump sprout dynamics in response to reductions in stand density for nine upland hardwood species in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Kurt Johnsen, Tara L. Keyser, John Butnor, Carlos A. Gonzalez-Beenecke, Donald J. Kaczmarek, Christopher A. Maier, Heather R. McCarthy, Ge Sun. 2014. Productivity and carbon sequestration of forests in the southern United States
Tara L. Keyser, Joy Malone, Claudia Cotton, Jeffrey Lewis. 2014. Outlook for Appalachian-Cumberland forests: a subregional report from the Southern Forest Futures Project
Tara L. Keyser, Chad E. Keyser. 2013. Modeling the long-term effects of oak shelterwood regeneration treatments on species diversity and oak abundance in southern Appalachian forests of North Carolina
Stacy Byrd, Kathleen Franzreb, Katie H. Greenberg, Tara L. Keyser, Susan Loeb, David Loftis, Henry McNab, Joy M. O'Keefe, Callie Schweitzer, Marty Spetich. 2012. Researching effects of prescribed fire in hardwood forests
Tara L. Keyser, Tracy Roof, Jacquelyne Adams, Dean Simon, Gordon Warburton. 2012. Effects of prescribed fire on the buried seed bank in mixed-hardwood forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains
Tara L. Keyser, Stan Zarnoch. 2012. Thinning, Age, and Site Quality Influence Live Tree Carbon Stocks in Upland Hardwood Forests of the Southern Appalachians
Katie H. Greenberg, Tara L. Keyser, Stan Zarnoch, Kris Connor. 2012. Acorn viability following prescribed fire in upland hardwood forests
Tara L. Keyser. 2012. Patterns of growth dominance in thinned yellow-poplar stands in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
David Loftis, Callie Schweitzer, Tara L. Keyser. 2011. Chapter 5 Structure and Species Composition of Upland Hardwood Communities After Regeneration Treatents Across Environmental Gradients.
Tara L. Keyser. 2011. Chapter 15 Carbon Dynamics Following the Creation of Early Successional Habitats in Forests of the Central Hardwood Region
Katie H. Greenberg, Tara L. Keyser, James Speer. 2011. Temporal Patterns of Oak Mortality in a Southern Appalachian Forest (1991-2006).
Tara L. Keyser. 2010. Thinning and site quality influence aboveground tree carbon stocks in yellow-poplar forests of the southern Appalachians.
Tara L. Keyser, Fredrick Smith, Wayne Shepperd. 2010. Growth Response of Pinus ponderosa following a Mixed-Severity Wildfire in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Tara L. Keyser, Frederick Smith. 2009. Influence of Crown Biomass Estimators and Distribution on Canopy Fuel Characteristics in Ponderosa Pine Stands of the Black Hills
Tara L. Keyser, Fredrick W Smith, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2009. Short-term impact of post-fire salvage logging on regeneration, hazardous fuel accumulation, and understorey development in ponderosa pine forest of the Black Hills, SD, USA
Tara L. Keyser, Leigh B. Lentile, Frederick W. Smith, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2008. Changes in forest structure after a large, mixed-severity wildfire in ponderosa pine forests of the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Tara L. Keyser, Frederick W. Smith, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2005. Trembling aspen response to a mixed-severity wildfire in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

Colorado State University, Ph.D., Forest Sciences, 2007
Colorado State University, M.S., Forest Sciences, 2005
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Forest Ecology and Management, 1994

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