Linda S. Heath

Chen, Jiaxin; Colombo, Stephen J.; Ter-Mikaelian, Michael T.; Heath, Linda S. 2008. Future carbon storage in harvested wood products from Ontario's Crown forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 1947-1958.

Smith, James E., Heath, Linda S. 2008. Carbon stocks and stock changes in U.S. forests, and Appendix C. P. 65-80, C-1-C-7 In: U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2005. Technical Bulletin No. 1921. Washington, DC: 65-80.

Smith, Peter; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Janssens, Ivan A.; Reis, Stefan; Marland, Gregg; Soussana, Jean-Francois;Christensen, Torben R.; Heath, Linda; Apps, Mike; Alexeyev, Vlady; Fang, Jingyun; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Guerschman, Juan Pablo; Huang, Yao; Jobbagy, Esteban; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Ni, Jian; Nobre, Antonio; Peng, Changhui; Walcroft, Adrian; Wang, Shao Qiang; Pan, Yude; Zhou, Guang Sheng . 2008. Sectoral approaches to improve regional carbon budgets. Climate Change. 88: 209-249.

Upton, Brad; Miner, Reid; Spinney, Mike; Heath, Linda S. 2008. The greenhouse gas and energy impacts of using wood instead of alternatives in residential construction in the United States. Biomass and Bioenergy. 32: 1-10.

Woodall, C.W.; Heath, L.S.; Smith, J.E. 2008. National inventories of down and dead woody material forest carbon stocks in the United States: Challenges and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management. 256: 221-228.

Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2008. Spatial distribution of forest aboveground biomass estimated from remote sensing and forest inventory data in New England, USA. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2: 021502.

Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2008. Satellite detection of land-use change and effects on regional forest aboveground biomass estimates. Environmental Monitoring Assessment 144:67-79.

Woodbury, P. B.; Heath, L. S.; Smith. 2007. Effects of land use change on soil carbon cycling in the conterminous United States from 1900 to 2050. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 21: GB3006, doi:10.1029/2007GB002950.

Woodbury, Peter B.; Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2007. Carbon sequestration in the U.S. forest sector from 1990 to 2010. Forest Ecology and Management 241:14-27.

Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2007. Forest biomass estimated from MODIS and FIA data in the Lake States: MN, WI and MI, USA. Forestry. 80: 265-278.

Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Skog, Kenneth E.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2006. Methods for Calculating Forest Ecosystem and Harvested Carbon with Standard Estimates for Forest Types of the United States. Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, General Technical Report NE-343. 216 p.

Woodbury, Peter B.; Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2006. Land Use Change Effects on Forest Carbon Cycling Throughout the Southern United States. Journal of Environmental Quality. 35: 1348-1363.

Garber, Sean M.; Brown, John P.; Wilson, Duncan S.; Maguire, Douglas A.; Heath, Linda S. 2005. Snag longevity under alternative silvicultural regimes in mixed-species forests of central Maine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 787-976

Proctor, Patrick; Heath, Linda S.; Van Deusen, Paul; Gove, Jeffrey H; Smith, James E. 2005. COLE: A web-based tool for interfacing with forest inventory data. In: McRoberts, Ronald E. and others, eds. Proceedings of FIA Symposium, North Central GTR. NC-252. St. Paul, MN; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 167-172.

Proctor, P.; Van Deusen, P.C.; Heath, L.S.; Gove, J.H. 2005. The open-source movement: an introduction for forestry professional. P. 203-208, in McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, G.A. Van Deusen, P.C.; McWilliams, W.H., eds. Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 222 p.

Zhang, Lianjun; Bi, Huiquan; Gove, Jeffrey H.; Heath, Linda S. 2005. A comparison of alternative methods for estimating the self-thinning boundary line. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35: 1507-1514

Zhang, Lianjun; Gove Jeffrey H.; Heath Linda S. 2005. Spatial residual analysis of six modeling techniques. Ecological Modelling. 186(2): 154-177

Chojnacky, David C.; Mickler, Robert A.; Heath, Linda S.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2004. Estimates of down woody material in eastern US forests. Environmental Management 33 Supplement 1: S44-S55.

Heath, Linda S. and Kenneth E. Skog. 2004. Criterion 5, Indicator 28: Contribution of forest products to the global carbon budget. 10 p. In: Darr, David R., coord. Data report: A supplement to the national report on sustainable forests—2003. FS-766A. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.fs.fed.us/research/sustain/contents.htm (8 June).

Heath, Linda S. and James E. Smith. 2004. Criterion 5, Indicator 26: Total forest ecosystem biomass and carbon pool, and if appropriate, by forest type, age class and successional change. 14 p. In: Darr, David R., coord. Data report: A supplement to the national report on sustainable forests—2003. FS-766A. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.fs.fed.us/research/sustain/contents.htm (8 June).

Heath, Linda S. and James E. Smith. 2004. Criterion 5, Indicator 27: Contribution of forest ecosystems to the total global carbon budget, including absorption and release of carbon. 7 p. In: Darr, David R., coord. Data report: A supplement to the national report on sustainable forests—2003. FS-766A. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.fs.fed.us/research/sustain/contents.htm (8 June).

Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2004. Comprehensive Database of Diameter-based Biomass Regressions for North American Tree Species. Research Paper NE-319. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 45 p.

Mickler, Robert A.; Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2004. Forest Carbon Trends in the Southern United State. In: Rauscher, H. Michael; Johnsen, Kurt, eds. Southern forest science: past, present, and future. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-75. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 383-394

Smith, James, E.; Heath, Linda S. 2004. Carbon Stocks and Projections on Public Forestlands in the United States, 1952–2040. Environmental Management. Vol. 33, No. 4. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-9101-x, 433-442.

Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Woodbury, Peter B. 2004. How to estimate forest carbon for large areas from inventory data. Journal of Forestry. 102(5), 25-31

Smith, James E.; Woodbury, Peter B.; Heath, Linda S. 2004. Forest carbon sequestration and products storage, and Appendix C-1. In: U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2001. Tech. Bull. 197. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture: 80-93, C-1, References.

Chojnacky, David C.; Mickler, Robert A.; Heath, Linda S. 2003. Carbon in down woody materials of eastern U.S. forests. In: Proceedings of second annual conference on carbon sequestration: Developing & validating the technology base to reduce carbon intensity [CD-ROM]. Washington. DC. U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory. Additional information at http://www.carbonsq.com/history.cfm

Heath, Linda S.; Kimble, John M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Lal, Rattan. 2003. The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon. The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press. Chapter 23, pp 385-394.

Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. Carbon Trends in the U.S. Forestlands: A Context for the Role of Soils in Forest Carbon Sequestration. The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press. Chapter 3, pp 35-45.

Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. National-Scale Biomass Estimators for United States Tree Species. Forest Science., 49(1): 12-35.

Smith, J.E.; Heath, L.S.; Jenkins,J.C. 2003. Forest Tree Volume-to-Biomass Models and Estimates for Live and Standing Dead Trees of U.S. Forests. Gen. Tech. Rep., USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Newtown Square, PA.

Chojnacky, D.C., HeathLinda S. 2002. Estimating down dead wood from FIA forest inventory variables in Maine. Environmental Pollution 116 (2002): S25-S30.

Goodale, Christine L.; Apps, Michael J.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Field, Christopher B.; Heath, Linda S.; Houghton, Richard A.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Kohlmaier, Gundolf H.; Kurz, Werner; Liu, Shirong; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Nilsson, Sten; Shvidenko, Anatoly Z. 2002. Forest carbon sinks in the northern hemispere. Ecological Applications 12(3): 891-899.

Heath, Linda S. 2002. Down dead wood in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont: Regional Characteristics (1993-1995). P. 5-7 in Bennett, Karen P. (compiler). 2001 Proceedings from Workshop series on Forest Measurements for Natural Resource Professionals. Held Oct. 12, 2001. Fox State Forest, NH. University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. 58 pp.

Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S., 2002, A model of forest floor carbon mass for United States forest types. Research Paper NE-722. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Newtown Square PA. 37 p.

Baldwin, V.C.,Jr.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Heath, Linda S. 2001. Southern United States Forest Carbon Stock Changes, 1987 - 1997. In: Johnsen, K; Rauscher, H.M.; Hubbard, W.G. (Eds) Proceedings of the Southern Forest Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, 26-28 Nov 2001. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC. On CD.

Birdsey, R.A. and Heath, L.S. 2001. Forest inventory data, models, and assumptions for monitoring carbon flux. P. 125-135.In: Lal, R., ed. Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect.SSSA Special publication No. 57. Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Madison, WI. 236 p.

Heath, Linda S.; Chojnacky, David C. 2001. Down dead wood statistics for Maine timberlands, 1995. USDA Forest Service, Resource Bulletin NE-150. 80 p.

Martin, Phillipe H.; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Aubinet, Marc; Karjalainen, Timo; Vine, Edward L.; Kinsman, John; Heath, Linda S. 2001. Carbon sinks in temperate forests. Annu. Rev. Energy Environ. 26: 435-46

Mickler, Robert A.; Earnhardt, Todd S.; Moore, Jennifer A.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S. 2001. Regional Modeling of Live and Dead Woody Biomass for the Eastern U.S. Proceedings of the Southern Forest Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 26-28, 2001.

Pacala, S.W.; Hurtt, G.C. ; Houghton, R.A.; Birdsey, R.A.; Heath, L.; Sundquist, E. T.; Stallard, R. F.; Baker, D.; Peylin, P.; Ciais, P.; Moorcroft, P.; Caspersen, J.; Shevliakova, E.; Moore, B.; Kohlmaier, G.; Holland, E.; Gloor, M.; Harmon, M.E.; Fan, S.-M.; Sarmiento, J. L.; Goodale, C.; Schimel, D.; Field, C. B. 2001. Consistent land- and atmosphere-based U.S. carbon sink estimates. Science 292: 2316-2320

Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2001. Identifying influences on model uncertainty: an application using a forest carbon budget model. Environmental Management 27(2): 253-267.

Birdsey, R.A.; Mickler, R.A.; Hom, J.; Heath, L.S. 2000. Summary of prospective global change impacts on northern U.S. forest ecosystems. P. 543-568. In: Mickler, R.A., R.A. Birdsey, and J. Hom, eds. Responses of northern U.S. forests to environmental change. Ecological Studies Series 139 Springer-Verlag, New York. 578 p.

Eav, B.; Birdsey, R.A.; Heath, L.S. 2000.The Kyoto Protocol and Forestry Practices in the United States. P. 566-576, In: Forests and Society: The Role of Research, Sub-plenary sessions. Vol. 1. Proceedings of the XXI IUFRO World Congress, 7-12 August 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Heath, L.S.; Smith, J. E. 2000. An assessment of uncertainty in forest carbon budget projections. Environmental Science & Policy 3: 73-82.

Heath, L.S.; Smith, J.E. 2000. Soil carbon accounting and assumptions for Forestry and Forest-related Land Use Changes. P. 89-101. In: Joyce LA and R. Birdsey, eds. The Impact of Climate Change on America's Forests, USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-59. 134 p.

Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2000. Considerations for interpreting probabilistic estimates of uncertainty of forest carbon. P. 102-111. In: Joyce LA and R. Birdsey, eds. The Impact of Climate Change on America's Forests, USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-59. 134 p.

Smith, J.; Heath, L.S. 1998. Multidisciplinary views in modeling response to climate change: A workshop summary. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, General Technical Report NE-251. 18 p.

Heath, L.S., L.A. Joyce. 1997. Carbon sequestration in forests as a national policy issue, p. 29-36. In: Communicating the roles of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop, May 19-21, 1997, Warren, PA. USDA Forest Service Northern Forest Experimental Station, General Technical Report NE-238. 205 p.

Heath, L.S.; Birdsey, R.A.; Row, C.; Plantinga, A. J. 1996. Carbon pools and flux in U.S. forest products. In: Apps, M.J., and D.T. Price, eds. Forest ecosystems, forest management, and the global carbon cycle. NATO ASI Series I: Global Environmental Changes 40 Springer-Verlag, P. 271-278.

Birdsey, R.A.; Heath, L.S. 1995. Carbon changes in U.S. forests. P. 56-70 in: Joyce, L.A., ed. Productivity of America’s forests and climate change.USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report RM-271, Ft. Collins, CO.

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