PUBLICATIONS

* indicates a student or postdoc under my supervision

2025

Munro, H.L., C.W. Woodall, W.R.L. Anderegg, J.W. Atkins, C.M. Beier, B.P. Bullock, K. DeLyser, D. D. Diaz, B. Eskelson, M.E.K. Evans, J.D. Foppert, B.C. Foster, T.R. Fox, J.M. Frank, R.E. Froese, G.C. Gaines III, P. Gould, T. Hailemariam, E.S. Hall, K.A. Heckman, E.H. Helmer J.A. Hogan, C.M. Hoover, S.M. Kinane, D.W. MacFarlane, L.T. Murray, G. Paradis, K.P. Poudel, S.P. Prisley, J.L. Rakestraw, H. Restrepo, A. Sharma, J.D. Shaw, E. Smith-Mateja, C.L. VanderSchaaf, C. Vatandaslar, A.R. Weiskittel, and S. Yang. 2025. Forest modeling at the forefront: Complexities of carbon modeling and ecosystem dynamics. Journal of Forestry 123:703-734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44392-025-00048-7.

Kafle, A., B.D. Pinno, and R.E. Froese. 2025. Commercial thinning and nitrogen fertilization increases merchantability in 68-year-old lodgepole pine: 20-year results. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 55:1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0091.

Sperling, A.J., B.D. Pinno and R.E. Froese. 2025. Pre-commercial thinning in boreal mixedwoods increases temperature extremes without affecting extreme soil moisture values. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 40:85–94. https:doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2025.2466605.

*Bassil, S., R.E. Froese, and B.D. Pinno. 2025. Little recovery of the residual stand after mountain pine beetle disturbance in old stands in the northern Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 576:122408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122408.

2024

*Ara, M., B.D. Pinno, R.E. Froese, and F. Scaria. 2024. Precommercial thinning but not commercial thinning increases the merchantable and large sawlog volume production of lodgepole pine on a fair site. Forest Science 70:376-384. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxae025.

*Rice, A.C. and R.E. Froese. 2024. Incorporating climate adaptation into a forest management plan: a case study on the research and teaching forest of Michigan Technological University. Forest Science 70(3):215-227. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxae012.

2023 
*An, Z., and R.E. Froese. 2022. Tree stem volume estimation from terrestrial LiDAR point cloud by unwrapping. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 53:60-70. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0153.

*Ara, M., B.D. Pinno, F. Scaria, R.E. Froese, and M. Bokalo. 2023. Thinning increases individual tree growth while reducing the growth heterogeneity of lodgepole pine. Forestry 14(6):1091. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061091.

Bartlick, C.I., J.I Burton, C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese and Y.L. Dickinson. 2023. An experimental approach to identify drivers of tree regeneration diversity, composition, and heterogeneity in northern hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 546:121320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121320.

*Premer, M.I., N.S. Rogers, and R.E. Froese. 2023. Long-term stability of northern hardwoods across a topographic gradient and variation in harvest methods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0014.

Bartlick, C.I., J.I. Burton, C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, S.F. Hupperts, and Y.L. Dickinson. 2023. Artificial tip-up mounds influence tree seedling composition in a managed northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0252.

Webster, C.R., Y.L. Dickinson, and R.E. Froese. 2023. Introducing the NH-SEED: A Holistic Experiment to Revisit Classical and Test Novel Silvicultural Systems in a Changing World. In: Kern, C.C. and Y.L. Dickinson, eds. Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: Bridging science and management for the future. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-211. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 131–135. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper27.

Bartlick, C.I., R.E. Froese, C.R. Webster, and Y.L. Dickinson. 2023. Early Vegetation Responses to Canopy and Soil Disturbances.   In: Kern, C.C. and Y.L. Dickinson, eds. Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: Bridging science and management for the future. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-211. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 28–31. https://doi. org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper7.

2022

Monahan, W.B., C.E. Arnspiger, P. Bhatt, *Z. An., F.J. Krist, Jr., T. Liu, R.P. Richard, C. Edson, R.E. Froese, J. Steffenson, T.C. Lammers, and R. Frosh. 2022. A three-dimensional color space model of tree crown health. PLOS ONE 17(10):e0272360. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272360.

Hupperts, S.F., C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, B. Bal, and Y.L. Dickinson. 2022. Deer enclosures are more important than harvest type when comparing short-term sapling recruitment in strip clearcuts to strip selection cuts in northern hardwood forests. Forests 13:1149. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071149.

*Premer, M.I and R.E. Froese. 2022. The recurring role of site challenges assumptions about regeneration under selection systems in northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54(4):463-473. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0179.

2021

*Draper, M.C., C.C. Kern, and R.E. Froese. 2021. Growth, yield, and financial return through six decades of various management approaches in a second-growth northern hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 499:119633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119633. 

*Draper, M.C. and R.E. Froese. 2021. Six decades of growth and yield and financial return in a silviculture experiment in northern hardwoods. Forest Science 67(5):607-617. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxab024. Selected for Editor’s Choice, October 2021 Issue.

2020

*Deng, C., S. Zhang, Y. Lu, R.E. Froese, J. Zheng, A. Ming, X. Liu, Y. Xie, and Q. Li. 2020. Thinning effects on forest evolution in Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) conversion from pure plantations to mixed forests. Forest Ecology and Management 477:118503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118503.

Hupperts, S.F., C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, E.A. Lilleskov, A.M. Marcarelli, and Y.L. Dickinson. 2020. Increasing ground-layer plant taxonomic diversity masks declining phylogenetic diversity along a forest disturbance severity gradient. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 50(12):1259-1267. doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0055. Selected for Editors’ Choice, 14 May 2021 (see https://cdnsciencepub.com/do/10.1139/news.2021.05.14/full/).

*Deng, C., R.E. Froese, S. Zhang, Y. Lu, X. Xu, and Q. Li. 2020. Development of improved and comprehensive growth and yield models for genetically improved stands. Annals of Forest Science 77:89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00995-5.

Hupperts, S.F., C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, and Y.L. Dickinson. 2020. Seedling and sapling recruitment following novel silvicultural treatments in Great Lakes northern hardwoods. Forest Ecology and Management. 462: 117983. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117983.

2019

*Deng, C., S. Zhang, Y. Lu, R.E. Froese, A. Ming, and Q. Li. 2019. Thinning effects on the tree height-diameter allometry of Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.). Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10121129.

*Premer, M.I., R.E. Froese and E.D. Vance. 2019. Whole-tree harvest and residue recovery in commercial aspen: Implications to forest growth and soil productivity across a rotation. Forest Ecology and Management 447:130-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.002.

2018

*Premer, M.I. and R.E. Froese. 2018. Incidental effects of cut-to-length harvest systems and residue management on Populus tremuloides (Michx.) regeneration and yield. Forest Science 64(4):442-451. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxx019.

2016

*Deo, R.K., R.E. Froese, M.J. Falkowski and A.T. Hudak. 2016. Optimizing variable radius plot size and LiDAR resolution to model standing volume in conifer forests. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 42(5):428-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2016.1220826.

*Premer, M.I., R.E. Froese, C.R. Webster and L.M. Nagel. 2016. Vegetation response to logging residue removals in Great Lakes aspen forests: Long-term trends under operational management. Forest Ecology and Management 382:257-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.09.048.

Sullivan, A.R., D.J. Flaspohler, R.E. Froese and D. Ford. 2016. Climate variability and the timing of spring raptor migration in eastern North America. Journal of Avian Ecology 47: 208-218. doi: 10.1111/jav.00692.

Zhang, F., D.M. Johnson, M.T. Johnson, D.M. Watkins, R.E. Froese, and J. Wang. 2016. Decision support system integrating GIS with simulation and optimization for a biofuel supply chain. Renewable Energy 85:740-748. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.07.041.

2015

*Antón-Fernández, C. and R. E. Froese. 2015. An improved estimator for the sampling error of local competition variables. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45(12): 1860-1865. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0162.

*Pond, N.C. and R.E. Froese. 2015. Interpreting stand structure through diameter distributions. Forest Science 61(3):429-437. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.14-056.

Banskota, A., N. Kayastha, M.J. Falkowski, M.A. Wulder, R.E. Froese and J.C. White. 2015. Forest monitoring using Landsat time-series data – A review. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 40:362-384. doi: 10.1080/07038992.2014.987376. 

2014

*Pond, N.C. and R.E. Froese. 2014. Evaluating published approaches for modelling diameter at breast height from stump dimensions. Forestry 87(5):683-696. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpu029.

*Brosofske, K.D., R.E. Froese, M.J. Falkowski and A. Banskota. 2014. A review of methods for mapping and prediction of inventory attributes for operational forest management. Forest Science 60(4):733-756. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.12-134.

Vance, E.D., W.M. Aust, R.E. Froese, R.B. Harrison, L.A. Morris and B.D. Strahm. 2014. Biomass harvesting and soil productivity: is the science meeting our policy needs? Soil Science Society of America Journal 78:S95-S104. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2013.08.0323.

*Pond, N.C., R.E. Froese, *R.K. Deo and M.J. Falkowksi. 2014. Multiscale validation of an operational model of forest inventory attributes developed with constrained remote sensing data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 40:51-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2014.917581.

*Pond, N.C., R.E. Froese and L.M. Nagel. 2014. Sustainability of the selection system in northern hardwood forests. Forest Science 60(2):374-381. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.12-113.

2012

Witt, J.C., C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, T.D. Drummer and J.A. Vucetich. 2012. Scale-dependent drivers of ungulate patch use along a temporal and spatial gradient of snow depth. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 972-983. doi: 10.1139/Z2012-065.

2011

Barnes, D., R.E. Froese, R.G. Mannes and B. Warner. 2011. Combined sustainable biomass feedstock combustion, CO₂/EOR, and saline reservoir geological carbon sequestration in Northern Lower Michigan, USA: towards negative CO₂ emissions. Energy Procedia 4:2955-2962. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.204.

2010

Froese, R.E., D.R. Shonnard, *C.A. Miller, K.P. Koers and D.M. Johnson. 2010. Mitigation options for greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants in the US Great Lakes States. Biomass & Bioenergy 34(3): 251-262. doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.10.013.

2009

Johnson, D.M, R.E. Froese, J. Waterstraut, A. Martin-Garcia J.H. Whitmarsh and *C.A. Miller. 2009. Business viability of biomass co-firing and gasification for electricity generation. International Journal of Environmental Engineering 1(4): 405-431. doi: 10.1504/IJEE.2009.027984. 

Holmes, S.A., C.R. Webster, D.J. Flaspohler and R.E. Froese. 2009. Death and Taxus: the cost of high palatability for a declining evergreen shrub, Taxus canadensis. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 1366-1374. doi: 10.1139/X09-064.

*Pokharel, B and R.E. Froese. 2009. Representing site productivity in the basal area increment model for FVS-Ontario. Forest Ecology and Management 258:657-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.040.

2008

Webster, C.R., J.H. Rock, R.E. Froese and M.A. Jenkins. 2008. Drought-herbivory interaction disrupts competitive displacement of native plants by Microstegium vimineum, 10 year results. Oecologia 157: 497-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1085-z.

Froese, R.E., J.R. Waterstraut, D.M. Johnson, D.R. Shonnard, J.H. Whitmarsh and *C.A. Miller. 2008. Lignocellulosic ethanol: Is it economically and financially viable as a fuel source? Environmental Quality Management 18(1): 23-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.20194.

*Pokharel, B. and R.E. Froese. 2008. Evaluating alternative implementations of the Lake States FVS diameter increment model. Forest Ecology and Management 255(5-6): 1759-1771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.035.

2007

Froese, R.E. and A.P. Robinson. 2007. A validation and evaluation of the Prognosis individual- tree basal area increment model. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1438-1449. https://doi.org/10.1139/X07-002.

2004

Robinson, A.P. and R.E. Froese. 2004. Model validation using equivalence tests. Ecological Modelling 176: 349-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.01.013.