Todd A. Ontl, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Jacy S. Bernath‐Plaisted, Stephen Handler, Marissa Ahlering, Leslie Brandt, Scott B. Maresh Nelson, Neal D. Niemuth, Todd A. Ontl, Courtney L. Peterson, Christine A. Ribic, Delane Strohmeyer, Benjamin Zuckerberg. 2025. A climate adaptation menu for North American grasslands
• Maria Janowiak, Danielle Shannon, Kristen Schmitt, Madeline Baroli, Leslie Brandt, Stephen Handler, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Todd A. Ontl, Courtney Peterson, Annamarie Rutledge, Chris Swanston. 2022. Guía rápida de planificación para la adaptación al cambio climático para profesionales de recursos naturales: Versión internacional
• Maria Janowiak, Danielle Shannon, Kristen Schmitt, Madeline Baroli, Leslie Brandt, Stephen Handler, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Todd A. Ontl, Courtney Peterson, Annamarie Rutledge, Chris Swanston. 2022. A Quick Guide to Adaptation Planning for Land Trusts
• Maria Janowiak, Danielle Shannon, Kristen Schmitt, Madeline Baroli, Leslie Brandt, Stephen Handler, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Todd A. Ontl, Courtney Peterson, Annamarie Rutledge, Chris Swanston. 2022. A quick guide to adaptation planning for natural resources professionals
• Lucas E. Nave, Kendall DeLyser, Grant M. Domke, Scott M. Holub, Maria Janowiak, Brian Kittler, Todd A. Ontl, Eric Sprague, Eric B. Sucre, Brian F. Walters, Chris Swanston. 2022. Disturbance and management effects on forest soil organic carbon stocks in the Pacific Northwest
• Laura Marx, Chris Zimmerman, Todd A. Ontl, Maria Janowiak. 2021. Healthy Forests for our future: a management guide to increase carbon storage in Northeast forests
• Maria Janowiak, Leslie Brandt, Kathleen Wolf, Mattison Brady, Lindsay Darling, Abigail Derby Lewis, Robert T. Fahey, Kristen Giesting, Eboni Hall, Molly Henry, Maise Hughes, Jason W. Miesbauer, Kailey Marcinkowski, Todd A. Ontl, Annamarie Rutledge, Lydia Scott, Chris Swanston. 2021. Climate adaptation actions for urban forests and human health
• Lilli Kaarakka, Meredith Cornett, Grant M. Domke, Todd A. Ontl, Laura E. Dee. 2021. Improved forest management as a natural climate solution: A review
• Kristen M. Schmitt, Todd A. Ontl, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, Leslie Brandt, Patricia R. Butler-Leopold, P. Danielle Shannon, Courtney L. Peterson, Chris Swanston. 2021. Beyond Planning Tools: Experiential Learning in Climate Adaptation Planning and Practices
• W. Keith Moser, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Constance Hausman, Louis Iverson, Todd A. Ontl, Leslie Brand, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad. 2020. The impact of climate change on forest systems in the northern United States: Projections and implications for forest management [Chapter 8]
• Daniel O'Toole, Leslie Brandt, Maria Janowiak, Kristen M. Schmitt, P. Danielle Shannon, Patricia R. Leopold, Stephen Handler, Todd A. Ontl, Chris Swanston. 2019. Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Outdoor Recreation
• Luke Nave, Erika Marin-Spiotta, Todd A. Ontl, Matthew Peters, Chris Swanston. 2019. Soil carbon management [Chapter 11]
• P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Maria Janowiak, Stephen Handler, Kristen M. Schmitt, Leslie Brandt, Patricia R. Butler-Leopold, Todd A. Ontl. 2019. Adaptation strategies and approaches for forested watersheds
• Todd A. Ontl, Maria Janowiak, Chris Swanston, Jad Daley, Stephen Handler, Meredith Cornett, Steve Hagenbuch, Cathy Handrick, Liza Mccarthy, Nancy Patch. 2019. Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration and Climate Adaptation
• Heidi Asbjornsen, John Campbell, Anthony W. D’Amato, Jeff Garnas, John S. Gunn, Louis Iverson, Todd A. Ontl, Neil Pederson, Matthew Peters, P. Danielle. Shannon. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought in the Midwest and Northeast United States
• J. Angel, Chris Swanston, B.M. Boustead, K.C. Conlon, K.C. Hall, J.L. Jorns, K.E. Kunkel, M.C. Lemos, B. Lofgren, Todd A. Ontl, J. Posey, K. Stone, G. Takle, D. Todey. 2018. Midwest
• Chris Swanston, Leslie Brandt, Maria Janowiak, Stephen Handler, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, Todd A. Ontl, P. Danielle Shannon. 2018. Vulnerability of forests of the Midwest and Northeast United States to climate change
• Todd A. Ontl, Chris Swanston, Leslie Brandt, Patricia R. Butler, Anthony W. D’Amato, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon. 2018. Adaptation pathways: ecoregion and land ownership influences on climate adaptation decision-making in forest management
• Colleen M. Iversen, Joanne Childs, Richard J. Norby, Todd A. Ontl, Randy Kolka, Deanne J. Brice, Karis J. McFarlane, Paul J. Hanson. 2018. Fine-root growth in a forested bog is seasonally dynamic, but shallowly distributed in nutrient-poor peat
• Maria Janowiak, W.J. Connelly, K. Dante-Wood, Grant M. Domke, Christian P. Giardina, Zachary Kayler, K. Marcinkowski, Todd A. Ontl, Carlos Rodriguez-Franco, Chris Swanston, Christopher W. W. Woodall, M. Buford. 2017. Considering Forest and Grassland Carbon in Land Management

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Ontl TA, CA Cambardella, LA Schulte, RK Kolka. 2015. Factors influencing soil aggregation and particulate organic matter responses to bioenergy crops across a topographic gradient. Geoderma 255:1─11. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.04.016.
• Ontl TA, KS Hofmockel, CA Cambardella, LA Schulte, RK Kolka. 2013. Topographic and soil influences on root productivity of three bioenergy crops. New Phytologist 199:727─737. doi: 10.1111/nph.12302.
• Schulte LA, TA Ontl, GLD Larsen. 2013. Biofuels and Biodiversity, Wildlife Habitat Restoration, In: Levin, S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2^nd edition, Volume 1, pp.540-551. Academic Press, Waltham, MA.
• Ontl TA, LA Schulte. 2012.  Soil carbon storage. Nature Education Knowledge 3(7):22.

• Iowa State University, Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2013
• Colorado State University, M.S., Rangeland Ecosystem Science, 2006
• University of Iowa, B.S., Microbiology (with Honors), 1996