Todd Hutchinson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Alexis A. Bernal, Scott L. Stephens, Mac A. Callaham, Brandon M. Collins, Justin S. Crotteau, Matthew B. Dickinson, Donald L. Hagan, Rachelle Hedges, Sharon M. Hood, Todd Hutchinson, Melanie K. Taylor, T. Adam. Coates. 2025. The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel treatments in the Western and Eastern United States after 20 years
• Aaron J. Rudolph, Brian C. McCarthy, Todd Hutchinson, Rebecca S. Snell. 2025. Positive regeneration responses of oak, hickory, and American chestnut to repeated prescribed fires and mechanical thinning 22 years after study initiation
• Moses R. Shafer, Pamela Puppo, Todd Hutchinson, Kyle A. Palmquist. 2025. Fire effects on floral abundance of bumble bee host plants in mixed-oak forests
• Todd Hutchinson, Bryce T. Adams, Matthew B. Dickinson, Maryjane Heckel, Alejandro A. Royo, Melissa A. Thomas‐Van Gundy. 2024. Sustaining eastern oak forests: Synergistic effects of fire and topography on vegetation and fuels
• Andrea Brandon, Todd Hutchinson. 2024. Long-Term Ecological Effects of Prescribed Burning and Mechanical Treatments on Eastern Oak Forests
• Lauren S. Pile, David R. Coyle, Daniel C. Dey, Jacob S. Fraser, Todd Hutchinson, Michael A. Jenkins, Christel C. Kern, Benjamin O. Knapp, Dacoda T. Maddox, Cornelia Wilson, G. Geoff. Wang. 2023. Invasive plant management in eastern North American Forests: A systematic review
• Sarah J. Smith, Brian C. McCarthy, Todd Hutchinson, Rebecca S. Snell. 2022. Individual-level variation in reproductive effort in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)
• Lauren S. Pile, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Jacob S. Fraser, Cornelia Wilson. 2022. Controlling an Invasive Tree with a Native Fungus: Inoculating Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-Heaven) with Verticillium nonalfalfae in Highly Disturbed Appalachian Forests of Ohio
• Lauren S. Pile, Rebecca Snell, Lance A. Vickers, Todd Hutchinson, John M. Kabrick, Michael A. Jenkins, Brad Graham, Joanne Rebbeck. 2021. The 'other' hardwood: Growth, physiology, and dynamics of hickories in the Central Hardwood Region, USA
• S. J. Smith, B. C. McCarthy, Todd Hutchinson, R. S. Snell. 2021. Both weather and resources influence masting in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)
• Todd Hutchinson, James Dyer. 2021. American chestnut in Ohio's historic woodlands
• T. Adam Coates, Thomas A. Waldrop, Helen Mohr, Todd Hutchinson. 2020. The development of a Southern Appalachian Mountain fuels photo series
• Don C. Bragg, Brice Hanberry, Todd Hutchinson, Steven B. Jack, John M. Kabrick. 2020. Silvicultural options for open forest management in eastern North America
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Joan Jolliff. 2019. Methods to tame Ailanthus in mixed oak forests, what works: prescribed fire, herbicides, or biological control?
• Todd Hutchinson, Joanne Rebbeck. 2019. Effectiveness of herbicide and fire to favor oak regeneration in Ohio shelterwood stands
• Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Todd Hutchinson, Jarel Bartig, Joanne Rebbeck, Dan Yaussy, Susan L. Stout, Greg Nowacki. 2019. Adapting oak management in an age of ongoing mesophication but warming climate
• Patrick Brose, Todd Hutchinson. 2019. The fundamentals of release burning in mixed oak forests with emphasis on the shelterwood-burn technique
• Louis Iverson, Joanne Rebbeck, Matthew Peters, Todd Hutchinson, Timothy Fox. 2019. Predicting Ailanthus altissima presence across a managed forest landscape in southeast Ohio
• Todd Hutchinson, Michael C. Stambaugh, Joseph M. Marschall, Richard P. Guyette. 2019. Historical fire in the Appalachian Plateau of Ohio and Kentucky, USA, from remnant yellow pines
• Louis Iverson, Jarel L. Bartig, Gregory J. Nowacki, Matthew Peters, James M. Dyer, Todd Hutchinson, Stephen Matthews, Bryce T. Adams. 2019. USDA Forest Service section, subsection, and landtype descriptions for southeastern Ohio
• T. Adam Coates, Thomas A. Waldrop, Todd Hutchinson, Helen Mohr. 2019. Photo guide for estimating fuel loading in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson. 2019. Effects of prescribed fire and stem-injection herbicide on Ailanthus altissima demographics and survival
• James M. Dyer, Todd Hutchinson. 2019. Topography and soils-based mapping reveals fine-scale compositional shifts over two centuries within a central Appalachian landscape
• Brice Hanberry, Don C. Bragg, Todd Hutchinson. 2018. A reconceptualization of open oak and pine ecosystems of eastern North America using a forest structure spectrum
• Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Jarel L. Bartig, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Stephen Matthews, Susan L. Stout. 2018. Spatial modeling and inventories for prioritizing investment into oak-hickory restoration
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Timothy Fox. 2017. Distribution and demographics of Ailanthus altissima in an oak forest landscape managed with timber harvesting and prescribed fire
• Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Matthew Peters, Daniel Yaussy. 2017. Long-term response of oak-hickory regeneration to partial harvest and repeated fires: influence of light and moisture
• Matthew B. Dickinson, Todd Hutchinson, Mark A. Dietenberger, Frederick Matt, Matthew Peters, Jian Yang. 2016. Litter Species Composition and Topographic Effects on Fuels and Modeled Fire Behavior in an Oak-Hickory Forest in the Eastern USA
• Todd Hutchinson, Joanne Rebbeck, Susan L. Stout. 2016. The devil is in the small dense saplings: A midstory herbicide treatment has limited effects on short-term regeneration outcomes in oak shelterwood stands
• Joanne Rebbeck, Aaron Kloss, Michael Bowden, Cheryl Coon, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Greg Guess. 2015. Aerial detection of Ailanthus altissima: a cost-effective method to map an invasive tree in forested landscapes
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Daniel Yaussy, Michael Bowden, Greg Guess, Aaron Kloss. 2014. Ailanthus and prescribed fire: Is it a volatile combination?
• Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Joanne Rebbeck, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Daniel Yaussy. 2014. Repeated fires, canopy gaps, and tree regeneration in Appalachian mixed oak forests
• Cynthia Huebner, Jim Steinman, Todd Hutchinson, Todd Ristau, Alejandro A. Royo. 2014. The distribution of a non-native (Rosa multiflora) and native (Kalmia latifolia) shrub in mature closed-canopy forests across soil fertility gradients
• Cynthia Huebner, Todd Hutchinson, Todd Ristau, Alejandro A. Royo, James Steinman. 2012. Documenting the Regional and local distribution of Kalmia latifolia and Rosa multiflora in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Forests along a soil fertility gradient
• Todd Hutchinson, Daniel Yaussy, Robert P. Long, Joanne Rebbeck, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2012. Long-term (13-year) effects of repeated prescribed fires on stand structure and tree regeneration in mixed-oak forests
• Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Joanne Rebbeck, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel Yaussy. 2012. Repeated prescribed fires alter gap-phase regeneration in mixed-oak forests
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Robert Boyles, Michael Bowden. 2010. Studying the effects of management practices on Ailanthus populations in Ohio forests: A research update
• Daniel C. Dey, Alejandro A. Royo, Patrick Brose, Todd Hutchinson, Marty Spetich, Scott H. Stoleson. 2010. An ecologically based approach to oak silviculture: a synthesis of 50 years of oak ecosystem research in North America
• Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Robert Ford, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland. 2009. Fire history and the establishment of oaks and maples in second-growth forests
• Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2009. Oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in Ohio: some limited success after thinning, two fires, and seven years
• Todd Hutchinson. 2009. Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference
• Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Robert Ford, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland. 2008. Fire history and the establishment of oaks an maples in second-growth forests
• Thomas A. Waldrop, Daniel Yaussy, Ross Phillips, Todd Hutchinson, Lucy Brudnak, Ralph E.J. Boerner. 2008. Fuel reduction treatments affect stand structure of hardwood forests in Western North Carolina and Southern Ohio, USA
• Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2008. Thinning, fire, and oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in the eastern U.S.: 7-year results
• Ross Phillips, Todd Hutchinson, Lucy Brudnak, Thomas Waldrop. 2007. Fire and fire surrogate treatments in mixed-oak forests: Effects on herbaceous layer vegetation
• Ryan W. McEwan, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Robert Ford, Brian C. McCarthy. 2007. Temporal and spatial patterns in fire occurrence during the establishment of mixed-oak forests in eastern North America
• Ryan W. McEwan, Todd Hutchinson, Robert Ford, Brian C. McCarthy. 2007. An experimental evaluation of fire history reconstruction using dendrochronology in white oak (Quercus alba)
• Daniel Yaussy, Todd Hutchinson, Matthew B. Dickinson, Joanne Rebbeck. 2006. Fire research on the Raccoon Ecological Management Area
• Ryan w. McEwan, Todd Hutchinson, Robert Ford, Brian C. McCarthy. 2006. Experimental evaluation of fire history reconstruction using dendrochronology in white oak (Quercus alba)
• Joanne Rebbeck, Daniel Yaussy, Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Anthony Bova, Matthew B. Dickinson. 2006. Use of temperature-sensitive paints as an index of heat output from fire
• Todd Hutchinson. 2006. Fire and the herbaceous layer of eastern oak forests
• Todd Hutchinson, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel A. Yaussy. 2005. Effects of repeated prescribed fires on the structure, composition, and regeneration of mixed-oak forests in Ohio
• Todd Hutchinson, Ralph E.J. Boerner, Steve Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Marilyn Ortt, Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson. 2005. Prescribed fire effects on the herbaceous layer of mixed-oak forests
• Vanessa L. Artman, Todd Hutchinson, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Jeffrey D. Brawn. 2005. Fire ecology and bird populations in eastern deciduous forests
• Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Anantha M. Prasad. 2004. A comparison of thermocouples and temperature paints to monitor spatial and temporal characteristics of landscape-scale prescribed fires
• Todd Hutchinson, Joanne Rebbeck, Robert P. Long. 2004. Abundant Establishment of Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-heaven) after Restoration Treatments in an Upland Oak Forest
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Todd Hutchinson, Joanne Rebbeck, Daniel Yaussy. 2004. Fire and Thinning in an Ohio Oak Forest: Grid-Based Analyses of Fire Behavior, Environmental Conditions, and Tree Regeneration Across a Topographic Moisture Gradient
• Todd Hutchinson, Darrin Rubino, Brian C. McCarthy, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland. 2003. History of forests and land-use
• Ralph E. J. Boerner, Sherri J. Morris, Kelly L. M. Decker, Todd Hutchinson. 2003. Soil and forest floor characteristics
• Todd Hutchinson, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Charles Scott. 2003. Composition and abundance of tree regeneration
• Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Daniel Yaussy, Todd Hutchinson. 2003. Structure, composition, and condition of overstory trees
• Steve Sutherland, Todd Hutchinson, Jennifer L. Windus. 2003. Understory vegetation
• Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Todd Hutchinson, Daniel Yaussy. 2003. Introduction, study area description, and experimental design
• Daniel Yaussy, Joanne Rebbeck, Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long. 2003. Comparison of a low-tech vs. a high-tech method to evaluate surface fire temperatures
• Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Brian McCarthy, Cynthia Riccardi, Anantha M. Prasad. 2003. Spatial and temporal distribution of fire temperatures from prescribed fires in the mixed oak forests of southern Ohio
• Elaine K. Sutherland, Todd Hutchinson. 2003. Characteristics of mixed-oak forest ecosystems in southern Ohio prior to the reintroduction of fire
• Elaine K. Sutherland, Todd Hutchinson. 2002. The restoration of oak-hickory forests in the central hardwoods: results of a landscape-scale prescribed burning experiment in Ohio
• Louis Iverson, Todd F. Hutchinson, Todd Hutchinson. 2002. Soil temperature and moisture fluctuations during and after prescribed fire in mixed-oak forests, USA
• Ralph E. J. Boerner, Sherri Jeakins Morris, Elaine K. Sutherland, Todd Hutchinson. 2000. Spatial variability in soil nitrogen dynamics after prescribed burning in Ohio mixed-oak forests
• Todd Hutchinson, Ralph E.J. Boerner, Louis Iverson, Steve Sutherland, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Landscape patterns of understory composition and richness across a moisture and nitrogen mineralization gradient in Ohio (U.S.A.) Quercus forests

• Project
  

  Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings (PHiLL)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/phill
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/forestsandranges/locations/vintonfurnace
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  Ecological Sustainability of Central Appalachian Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/appalachian
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Mapping Past, Present, and Future Hydro-Ecology, Fire, and Vegetation for Oak Ecosystem Restoration

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/hydro-ecology-fire-vegetation-oak
  Station

  Northern Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Long-term ecological effects of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments on eastern oak forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/long-term-ecological-effects-prescribed-burning-and-mechanical-treatments-eastern-oak

• Ohio State University, Ph.D., Ecology, 2004
• Miami University, M.S., Botany, 1995
• University of Louisville, B.A., Biology, 1988