Publications

Publications

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2026

[28] Li, Y., Xiao, J., Chu, C., Jiang, Y., He, F., Wright, J., Mayfield, M., Godoy, O., Alex, J., Anderson-Teixeira, A., Baltzer, J., Birch, J.D., Both, S., Bourg, N., Brockelman, W., Burslem, D., Cao, M., Du, Q., Ediriweera, S., Fernando, E., Geoffrey, P., Gilbert, G.S., Hao, Z., Holik, J., Jiang, M., Jin, G., Johnson, D., Kral, K., Larson, A.J., Li, B., Li, M., Lian, J., Lin, L., Liu, F., Liu, Z., Lutz, J.A., McMahon, S., McShea, W., Mi, X., Myers, J.A., Nasardin, M., Nathalang, A., Norden, N., O’Brien, M., Quao, X., Ren, H., Reynolds, G., Rodriguez, L.J.V., Samonil, P., Shen, G., Shu, Z., Shue, J., Swanson, M.E., Thompson, J., Uriate, M., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang., Y., Ye, W., Yao, T.L., Zhang., M., Zimmerman, J., and Y. Zhu. (2026). Higher-order biotic interactions enhance the global latitudinal tree diversity gradient. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10434-6

[27] Xu, H., Detto, M., Hogan, J.A., Alonso, A., Birch, J.D., Bissiengou, P., Chu, C., Davies, S.J., Fischer, G.A., Hau, B.C., Kenfack, D., Li, B., Lian, J., Lin, Mingxian., Liu W., Loi, Y., Liu Z., Lutz, J.A., Memiaghe, H.R., Mi. X., Novotny, V., Ren, H., Su, J., Thompson, J., Uriate, M., Valencia, R., Yao, T.L., Yap, S.L., Zhang, Y., Zimmerman, J.K., Weiblen G. D., Li, Y., Fang, S., and Fangliang He. (2026).The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10349-2

[26] Birch, J.D., Dickinson, M., Knapp, E., Ewell, C., and J.R. Miesel. (2026). Post-wildfire fuel dynamics and overstory structural changes pose risks to forest carbon in future fires. Fire Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00510-7

[25] Batista, E.K.L., Birch, J.D., Dickinson, M. B., Hoffman, C. M., Lutz, J.A., Larson, A.J., and J. R. Miesel. (2026). Benchmarking and calibrating FVS diameter growth predictions with tree-rings and forest inventory data in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 618 (123981). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123981

[24] Birch, J.D., Miesel, J.R., Batista, E.K., and M.B Dickinson. (2026). Canopy cover limits cheatgrass invasion after wildfire in a mixed conifer forest. Fire Ecology. 22(18). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-025-00445-5 

[23] Birch, J.D., Chikamoto, Y., and J.A., Lutz, J.A. (2026). Large projected increases in area burned and wildfire frequency by 2050 in Utah, USA. Climatic Change. 179(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-04086-0

[22] Lutz, J.A., Struckman, S., and J.D Birch. (2026). American graffiti: Spatial distribution and ecological consequences of aspen arborglyphs. Trees, Forests and People. 24(101188).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2026.101188 

2025

[21] DeRose, R. J., Jess, R. D., Bekker, M.F., Lutz, J. A., and J.D. Birch. (2025). Dendrochronology of curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercoarpus ledifolius Nutt.). Dendrochronologia. 126434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126434

[20] Birch, J.D., Lutz, J. A., Dickinson, M. B., Franklin, J., Larson, A. J., Swanson, M. E., and J. R. Miesel. (2025). Small scale fire refugia increase soil bacterial and fungal richness and increase community cohesion nine years after fire. Science of the Total Environment. 966:178677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.17867  

[19] Hupperts, S., Rodriguez-Ramos, J. C., Ishangulyyeva, G., Wasyliw, J., Birch, J.D., Franklin, J., Kwak, J., Chang, S. C., Erbilgin, N., and J. Karst. (2025). Long-term inorganic nitrogen     addition increases soil fungal necromass in a deciduous dominated boreal forest. Functional Ecology. 00:1 – 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14730  

2024

[18] Birch, J.D., DeRose, R.J., and J. Lutz. (2024). Spruce up your climate analysis: dendroclimatology of Picea engelmannii and Picea pungens.  Ecosphere. 15(11): e70047. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70047 

[17] Wright, T., Chikamoto, Y., Birch, J.D., and Lutz, J.A. (2024). Remote sensing detection of growing season freeze-induced defoliation of montane quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in southern Utah, USA. Remote Sensing. 16(18):3477. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183477

2023

[16] Birch, J. D., Reiner, A., Dickinson, M., and J. Miesel. (2023). Prescribed fire reduced bark beetle impacts and had mixed effects on fuels 13-years after combined mastication and fire treatment in a Sierra mixed-conifer forest. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121510 

[15] Birch, J.D. and Lutz, J.A. (2023). Fire regime attributes of Utah: past as prolog. Fire. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6110423 

[14] Birch, J. D., Dickinson, M., Reiner, A., Knapp, E., Lutz, J. A., and J. Miesel. (2023). Heading and backing fire behaviors mediate the influence of fuels on wildfire energy. International Journal of Wildland Fire.  https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22010

[13] Birch, J.D. and Lutz, J.A. 2023. Spatial patterns of seedlings dominated by proximity to deadwood and adult trees for Pinus flexilis and Pinus longaeva. Forest Ecology and Management. 540:121049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121049

[12] Birch, J.D., Lutz, J.A., Struckman, S., Miesel, J.R., and J. Karst. (2023). Large-diameter trees and deadwood correspond with belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal richness. Ecological Processes. 12:3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00415-8 

[11] Birch, J. D., Chikamoto, Y., DeRose, R. J., Manvailer, V., Hogg, E. H., Karst, J., Love, D. M., and J. A. Lutz. (2023). Frost-induced defoliation in Populus tremuloides causes repeated growth reductions over 185 years. Ecosystems. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00799-w

2022

[10] Reiner, A. L., Baker, C., Wahlberg, M., Rau, B. M., Birch, J. D. (2022). Region-Specific Remote-Sensing Models for Predicting Burn Severity, Basal Area Change, and Canopy Cover Change following Fire in the Southwestern United States. Fire. 5(5) 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050137

[9] Birch, J. D., Lutz, J. A., and J. Karst. (2022). Dancing with Douglas-fir: Determinism dominates fungal community assembly processes. Journal of Ecology. 110 (8) https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13910

[8] Haughland, D.L., Hood, A., Thauvette, D., Toni, S.A., Cao, M., Birch, J. D., Wasyliw, J., Hjartarson, L., Villeneuve, M., Stordock, A., Fielder, D.A., Lewis, M., Evans, D., Royko, D., Bolduc, R., Webster, H., Singh, J. D., Schafer, K. A., Davidson, H. E., and C. Shier. (2022) Getting to know our neighbours: 108 urban lichens of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and an initial assessment of their utility as community-science indicators. Opuscula Philolichenum.

2021

[7] Birch, J. D., J. A. Lutz, B. L. Turner, and J. Karst. 2021. Divergent, age-associated fungal communities of Pinus flexilis and Pinus longaeva. Forest Ecology and Management. 494:119277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119277

[6] Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., V. Herrmann, C. R. Rollinson, B. Gonzalez, E. B. Gonzalez-Akre, N. Pederson, M. R. Alexander, C. D. Allen, R. Alfaro-Sánchez, T. Awada, J. L. Baltzer, P. J. Baker, Birch, J. D., S. Bunyavejchewin, P. Cherubini, S. J. Davies, C. Dow, R. Helcoski, J. Kašpar, J. A. Lutz, E. Q. Margolis, J. T. Maxwell, S. M. McMahon, C. Piponiot, S. E. Russo, P. Šamonil, A. E. Sniderhan, A. J. Tepley, I. Vašíčková, M. Vlam, and P. A. Zuidema. (2021). Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree-ring records of ten globally distributed forests. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15934

[5] Karst, J., J. Wasyliw, Birch, J. D., J. Franklin, S. X. Chang, and N. Erbilgin. (2021). Long-term nitrogen addition does not sustain host tree stem radial growth but doubles the abundance of high-biomass ectomycorrhizal fungi. Global Change Biology. 27:4125-4138. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15713

[4] Birch, J. D., S. W. Simard, K. J. Beiler, and J. Karst. (2021). Beyond seedlings: Ectomycorrhizal fungal networks and growth of mature Pseudotsuga menziesii. Journal of Ecology 109:806-818. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13507

[3] Lutz, J. A., Struckman, S., Furniss, T. J., Birch, J. D., Yocom, L. L., and D. J. McAvoy. (2021). Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA. Ecological Processes 10:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00275-0

2019

[2] Birch, J. D., J. A. Lutz, S. W. Simard, R. Pelletier, G. H. LaRoi, and J. Karst. (2019). Density-dependent processes fluctuate over 50 years in an ecotone forest. Oecologia. 191:909-918.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04534-6

[1] Birch, J. D., J. A. Lutz, E. Hogg, S. W. Simard, R. Pelletier, G. H. LaRoi, and J. Karst. (2019). Decline of an ecotone forest: 50 years of demography in the southern boreal forest. Ecosphere. 10:e02698. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2698