Selected Publications

Hanson, C. and M. North.  In press.  Postfire survival and flushing in three Sierra Nevada conifers with high initial crown scorch.  International Journal of Wildland Fire. [PDF]

Bigelow, S.W., M.P. North, and W.R. Horwath.  2009.  Resource-Dependent Growth Models for Sierran Mixed-Conifer Saplings.  The Open Forest Science Journal 2: 31-40. [PDF]

Hurteau, M. and M. North.  2009.  Fuel treatment effects on tree-based forest carbon storage and emissions under modeled wildfire scenarios.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.  7: 409-414. [PDF]

Hurteau, M., M. North, and T. Foines.  2009.  Modeling the influence of precipitation and nitrogen deposition on forest understory fuel connectivity in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest.  Ecological Modelling 220: 2460-2468. [PDF]

North, M., M. Hurteau, and J. Innes.  2009. Fire suppression and fuels treatment effects on mixed-conifer carbon stocks and emissions.  Ecological Applications 19: 1385-1396. [PDF]

North, M., P. Stine, K. O’Hara, W. Zielinski, and S. Stephens.  2009.  An ecosystem management strategy for Sierran mixed-conifer forests.  USDA Forest Service, PSW General Technical Report.  PSW-GTR-220. [PDF]

Soung-Ryoul, R., A. Concilio, J. Chen, M. North, and S. Ma.  2009. Prescribed burning and mechanical thinning Effects on belowground conditions and soil respiration in a mixed-conifer forest, California.  Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1324–1332. [PDF]

Hurteau, M. and M. North.  2009. Response of Arnica dealbata to climate change, nitrogen deposition, and fire.  Plant Ecology 202: 191-194. [PDF]

Rambo, T. and M. North. 2009. Canopy microclimate response to pattern and density of thinning in a Sierra Nevada forest. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 435-442. [PDF]

Concilio, M., J. Chen, S. Ma, and M. North.  2009.  Precipitation drives interannual variation in summer soil respiration in a Mediterranean-climate, mixed-conifer forest.  Climatic Change 92: 109-122. [PDF]

North, M. and W. Keeton. 2008. Emulating natural disturbance regimes: an emerging approach for sustainable forest management. Chapter 17 in R. Lafortezza, J. Chen, G. Sanesi, and T. Crow (eds. ) Landscape Ecology: Sustainable Management of Forest Landscapes, Springer-Verlag Press. Pages 341-372. [PDF]

Meyer, M., M. North, and S. Roberts. 2008. Truffle abundance in recently prescribed burned and unburned forests in Yosemite National Park:  Implications for mycophagous mammals. Fire Ecology 4: 24-33. [PDF]

Rambo, T. and M. North. 2008. Spatial and temporal variability of canopy microclimate in a Sierra Nevada riparian forest. Northwest Science 82: 259-268. [PDF]

Plamboeck, A., M. North, and T. Dawson. 2008. Conifer seedling survival under closed-canopy and manzanita patches in the Sierra Nevada. Madrono 55: 193-203. [PDF]

Maloney, P., T. Smith, C. Jensen, J. Innes, D. Rizzo, and M. North. 2008. Initial tree mortality, and insect and pathogen response to fire and thinning restoration treatments in an old growth, mixed-conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada, California. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 3011-3020. [PDF]

Zald, H., A. Gray, M. North, and R. Kern. 2008. Initial regeneration responses to fire and thinning treatments in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 168-179. [PDF]

Hurteau, M. and M. North. 2008. Mixed-conifer understory response to climate, nitrogen, and fire. Global Change Biology 14:1543-1552. [PDF]

Meyer, M., D. Kelt, and M. North. 2007. Effects of burning and thinning on lodgepole chipmunks (Neotamias speciosus) in the Sierra Nevada, California. Northwestern Naturalist 88: 61-72. [PDF]

Meyer, M., M. North, A. Gray, and H. Zald. 2007. Influence of soil thickness on stand characteristics in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Plant and Soil 294: 113-123. [PDF]

Hurteau, M., H. Zald, and M. North. 2007. Species-specific response to climate reconstruction in upper-elevation mixed-conifer forests of the western Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1681-1691. [PDF]

North, M., J. Innes, and H. Zald. 2007. Comparison of thinning and prescribed fire restoration treatments to Sierran mixed-conifer historic conditions. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 331-342. [PDF]

Plamboeck, A. H., T. E. Dawson, L. M. Egerton-Warburton, M. North, T. D. Bruns, and J. I. Querejeta. 2007. Water transfer via ectomycorrhizal fungal hyphae to conifer seedlings. Mycorrhiza 17: 439-447. [PDF]

Meyer, M. D., M. P. North, and D. A. Kelt. 2007. Nest trees of northern flying squirrels in Yosemite National Park, California. The Southwestern Naturalist 52: 157-161. [PDF]

Wayman, R. and M. North. 2007. Initial response of a mixed-conifer understory plant community to burning and thinning restoration treatments. Forest Ecology and Management 239: 32-44. [PDF]

Meyer, M., D. Kelt, and M. North. 2007. Microhabit associations of northern flying squirrels in burned and thinned stands of the Sierra Nevada. American Midland Naturalist 157: 202-211. [PDF]

Innes, J., M. North, and N. Williamson. 2006. Effect of thinning and prescribed fire restoration treatments on woody debris and snag dynamics in a Sierran old-growth mixed-conifer forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 3183-3193. [PDF]

North, M. and A. Rosenthal. 2006. Restoring forest health:  Fire and thinning effects on mixed-conifer forests. USDA PSW Science Perspective 7. [PDF]

Oakley, B., M. North, and J. Franklin. 2006. Facilitative and competitive effects of a N-fixing shrub on white fir saplings. Forest Ecology and Management 233: 100-107. [PDF]

Concilio, A., S. Rhu, S. Ma, M. North, and J. Chen. 2006. Soil respiration response to experimental disturbances over three years. Forest Ecology and Management 228: 82-90. [PDF]

Hansen, C. and M. North. 2006. Post-fire epicormic branching in Sierra Nevada Abies concolor (white fir). International Journal of Wildland Fire 15: 31-35. [PDF]

Concilio, A., S. Ma, Q. Li, J. LeMoine, J. Chen, M. North, D. Moorhead, and R. Jensen. 2005. Soil respiration response to prescribed burning and thinning in mixed conifer and hardwood forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 1581–1591. [PDF]

Meyer, M. D. and M. North. 2005. Truffle abundance in riparian and upland forests of California’s southern Sierra Nevada. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 1015-1020. [PDF]

Meyer, M. D., M. P. North, and D. A. Kelt. 2005. Short-term effects of fire and forest thinning on truffle abundance and consumption by Neotamias speciosus in the southern Sierra Nevada of California. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 1061-1070. [PDF]

Meyer, M., D. Kelt, and M. North. 2005. Nest trees of northern flying squirrels in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Mammalogy 86: 275-280. [PDF]

North, M., B. Oakley, R. Fiegener, A. Gray, and M. Barbour. 2005. Influence of light and soil moisture on Sierran mixed-conifer understory communities. Plant Ecology 177(1): 13-24. [PDF]

Meyer, M. D., M. North, and D. A. Kelt. 2005. Fungi in the diets of northern flying squirrels and lodgepole chipmunks in the Sierra Nevada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 1581-1589. [PDF]

North, M. and J. Chen. 2005. Introduction to the Teakettle Special Issue. Forest Science 51(3): 185-186. [PDF]

North, M., M. Hurteau, R. Fiegener, and M. Barbour. 2005. Influence of fire and El Niño on tree recruitment varies by species in Sierran mixed conifer. Forest Science 51(3): 187-197. [PDF]

Gray, A., H. Zald, R. Kern, and M. North. 2005. Stand conditions associated with tree regeneration in Sierran mixed-conifer forests. Forest Science 51(3): 198-210. [PDF]

Ma, S., J. Chen, J. Butnor, M. North, E. Euskirchen, and B. Oakley. 2005. Biophysical controls on soil respiration in the dominant patch types of an old-growth, mixed-conifer forest. Forest Science 51(3): 221-232. [PDF]

Izzo, A. D., M. D. Meyer, J. M. Trappe, M. North, and T. Bruns. 2005. Hypogeous ectomycorrhizal fungal species on roots and in small mammal diet in a mixed-conifer forest. Forest Science 51(3): 243-254. [PDF]

Smith, T., D. Rizzo, and M. North. 2005. Patterns of Mortality in an Old-Growth Mixed-Conifer Forest of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Science 51(3): 266-275. [PDF]

Oakley, B., M. North, J. Franklin, B. Hedlund, and J. Staley. 2004. Diversity and distribution of Frankia strains symbiotic with Ceanothus in California. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 6444-6452. [PDF]

North, M., J. Chen, B. Oakley, B. Song, M. Rudnicki, A. Gray, and J. Innes. 2004. Forest stand structure and pattern of old-growth western hemlock/Douglas-fir and mixed-conifer forest. Forest Science 50(3): 299-311. [PDF]

J. Chen, B. Song, M. Rudnicki, M. Moeur, K. Bible, M. North, D.C. Shaw, J.F. Franklin, and D.M. Braun. 2004. Spatial relationship of biomass and species distribution in an old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forest. Forest Science 50(3): 364-375. [PDF]

Ma, S., J. Chen, M. North, H. Erickson, M. Bresee, and J. Le Moine. 2004. Short-term effects of experimental treatments on soil respiration in an old-growth, mixed-conifer forest. Environmental Management 33(1): 148-159. [PDF]

Oakley B., M. North, and J. Franklin. 2003 The effects of fire on soil nitrogen associated with patches of the actinorhizal shrub Ceanothus cordulatus. Plant and Soil 254: 35-46. [PDF]

North, M. 2002. The Teakettle Experiment. pp 47-54 in Jared Verner (tech. editor). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-183. [PDF]

North, M., B. Oakley, J. Chen, H. Erickson, A. Gray, A. Izzo, D. Johnson, S. Ma, J. Marra, M. Meyer, K. Purcell, T. Rambo, B. Roath, D. Rizzo, and T. Schowalter. 2002. Vegetation and ecological characteristics of mixed-conifer and red-fir forests at the Teakettle Experimental Forest. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-186. [PDF]

North, M. 2002. Seasonality and abundance of truffles from oak woodlands to red fir forests. p 91-98 in Jared Verner (tech. editor). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-183. [PDF]

North, M. 2002. Environmental factors associated with Spotted Owl reproduction. pp 117-120 in Jared Verner (tech. editor). Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress and Current Status. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-183. [PDF]

North, M., G. Steger, R. Denton, G. Eberlein, T. Munton, and K. Johnson. 2000. Association of weather and nest-site structure with reproductive success in California spotted owls. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 797-807. [PDF]

Lyons, B., N. Nadkarni, and M. North. 2000. Spatial distribution and succession of epiphytes on Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock) in old-growth Douglas-fir forest. Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 957-968. [PDF]

North, M., J. Franklin, A. Carey, E. Forsman, and T. Hamer. 1999. Forest structure of the northern spotted owl’s foraging habitat. Forest Science 45: 520-527. [PDF]

Van Pelt, B. and M. North. 1999. Testing a ground-based canopy model using the Wind River Canopy Crane. Selbyana 20: 357-362. [PDF]

North, M. P. and J. Greenburg. 1998. Stand conditions associated with truffle abundance in western hemlock/Douglas-fir forests. Forest Ecology and Management 112: 55-66. [PDF]

North, M. P., J. Trappe, and J. Franklin. 1997. Standing crop and animal consumption of fungal sporocarps in Pacific Northwest forests. Ecology 78: 1543-1554. [PDF]

North, M. P. and J. Reynolds. 1996. Microhabitat analysis using radio telemetry locations and polytomous logistic regression. Journal of Wildlife Management 60(3): 639-653. [PDF]

North, M. P., J. Chen, G. Smith, and L. Krakowiak. 1996. Initial response of understory plant diversity and overstory tree diameter growth to a green tree retention harvest. Northwest Science 70(1): 24-35. [PDF]

Van Pelt, B. and M. P. North. 1996. Analyzing canopy structure in Pacific Northwest old-growth forests using a stand-level crown model. Northwest Science 70 (special issue): 15-30. [PDF]

North, M. P. and J. M. Trappe. 1994. Small mammal exclosures for studies of hypogeous fungi. Mycologia 86: 583-585. [PDF]