Current Research

Ecohydrology, forest-climate-land use interactions, science and policy syntheses, fire ecology, hemlock woolly adelgid impacts on ecosystem structure and function

Research Interests

My research approach spans the continuum from leaves to landscapes, and includes determination of the roles of species and natural and anthropogenic disturbances in regulating watershed ecosystem processes. This includes conducting and leading numerous interdisciplinary studies investigating ecosystem responses to prescribed burning, evaluating the effectiveness of riparian zone restoration and buffer widths, and quantifying ecosystem responses to climate change, forest management activities, and insect outbreaks. My current research with the Center for Integrated Forest Science builds on this foundation of research to address interactions between disturbance and ecosystem processes at larger spatial scales.

Why This Research is Important

Rapid changes in social and biophysical conditions in the U.S. and throughout the globe are impacting the ability of forest ecosystems to provide the services necessary to sustain human well-being. This has resulted in a pressing need for better and more integrated management and policy relevant information. This requires synthesizing information and collaborating across multiple disciplines, including social and economic sciences. For example, to address this need, I co-led a national assessment of climate change impacts on the nation's forests and developed management options to deal with those impacts on forests in the southern U.S. Currently, I am leading efforts to examine the interactions among climate, land use change, and water resources at river basin scales; and assessing the effectiveness of best management practices and policies for mitigating undesirable impacts.

Education

• North Carolina State University, Ph.D. Forest Ecology 1987
• Northern Arizona University, M.S. Forest Ecology 1984
• Southern Illinois University, B.S. Forestry 1982

Featured Publications & Products

• Hwang, Taehee; Song, Conghe; Vose, James , M..; Band, Lawrence , E. 2011. Topography-mediated controls on local vegetation phenology estimated from MODIS vegetation index.
• Wei, Xiaohua; Sun, Ge; Vose, James , M..; Otsuki, Kyoichi; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Smetterm, Keith. 2011. Preface. Forest ecohydrological processes in a changing environment..
• Churchel, Melissa; Hanula, James; Berisford, C. Wayne; Vose, James; Dalusky, Mark. 2011. Impact of Imidacloprid for control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on nearby aquatic macroinvertebrate asseblages..
• Vose, James , M..; Sun, Ge; Ford, Chelcy , R..; Bredemeier, Michael; Ostsuki, Kyoichi; Wei, Adam; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Zang, Lu. 2011. Forest ecohydrological research in the 21st century: what are the critical needs.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James. 2010. The contribution of the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory to developing and understanding of long-term (1934-2008) changes in managed and unmanaged forests.

Publications

• Hwang, Taehee ; Band, Lawrence E.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Song, Conghe ; Bolstad, Paul V. 2020. Climate change may increase the drought stress of mesophytic trees downslope with ongoing forest mesophication under a history of fire suppression.
• Saia, Sheila M.; Suttles, Kelly M.; Cutts, Bethany B.; Emanuel, Ryan E.; Martin, Katherine L.; Wear, David N.; Coulston, John W.; Vose, James M. 2019. Applying climate change risk management tools to integrate streamflow projections and social vulnerability.
• Lin, Laurence ; Band, Lawrence E.; Vose, James M.; Hwang, Taehee ; Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Bolstad, Paul V. 2019. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: Influence of flowpath patterns of canopy ecophysiology on emergent catchment water and carbon cycling.
• Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; Luce, Charles H.; Patel-Weynand, Toral . 2019. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: translating science into management responses.
• Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; Luce, Charles H.; Patel-Weynand, Toral . 2019. Executive Summary.
• Vose, James M. 2019. Forest and water in the 21st century: a global perspective.
• McNulty, Steven ; Baca, Aurelia ; Bowker, Michael ; Brantley, Steven ; Dreaden, Tyler ; Golladay, Steven W.; Holmes, Tom ; James, Natasha ; Liu, Shan ; Lucardi, Rima ; Mayfeld, Albert ; Sun, Ge ; Treasure, Emrys ; Conner, L. Mike; Smith, Lora L.; Vose, James M. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought in the Southeast United States.
• Luce, Charles H.; Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; Patel-Weynand, Toral . 2019. Managing Effects of Drought: Introduction and Definition of Key Terms and Concepts.
• Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; Luce, Charles H. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought: Key Messages and Conclusions.
• Suttles, Kelly M.; Singh, Nitin K.; Vose, James M.; Martin, Katherine L.; Emanuel, Ryan E.; Coulston, John W.; Saia, Sheila M.; Crump, Michael T. 2018. Assessment of hydrologic vulnerability to urbanization and climate change in a rapidly changing watershed in the Southeast U.S..
• Laseter, Stephanie H.; Vose, James M.; Guldin, James M.; Bragg, Don C.; Spetich, Martin A.; Keyser, Tara L.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Sayer, Mary Anne S.; Sung, Shi-Jean Susana. 2018. Experimental forests of the Southern Research Station: highlights of foundational silviculture studies.
• Vose, J.M. ; Peterson, D.L. ; Domke, G.M. ; Fettig, C.J. ; Joyce, L.A. ; Keane, R.E. ; Luce, C.H. ; Prestemon, J.P ; Band, L.E. ; Clark, J.S. ; Cooley, N.E. ; D’Amato, A. ; Halofsky, J.E. . 2018. Forests.
• Brantley, Steven T.; Vose, James M.; Wear, David N.; Band, Larry. 2018. Planning for an uncertain future: Restoration to mitigate water scarcity and sustain carbon sequestration.
• Martin, Katherine L.; Emanuel, Ryan E.; Vose, James M. 2018. Terra incognita: the unknown risks to environmental quality posed by the spatial distribution and abundance of concentrated animal feeding operations.
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; See, Craig R.; Vose, James M.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Clark, James S. 2018. Total C and N pools and fluxes vary with time, soil temperature, and moisture along an elevation, precipitation, and vegetation gradient in southern Appalachian forests.
• Oishi, A. Christopher; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Novick, Kimberly A.; Brantley, Steven T.; Vose, James M.; Walker, John T. 2018. Warmer temperatures reduce net carbon uptake, but do not affect water use, in a mature southern Appalachian forest.
• Maier, Chris A.; Albaugh, Timothy J.; Cook, Rachel I.; Hall, Kevin; McInnis, Daniel; Johnsen, Kurt H.; Johnson, John; Rubilar, Rafael A.; Vose, James M. 2017. Comparative water use in short-rotation Eucalyptus benthamii and Pinus taeda trees in the southern United States.
• Holmes, Thomas P.; Vose, James; Warziniack, Travis; Holman, Bill. 2017. Forest Ecosystem services: Water resources.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Brantley, Steven T.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne. 2017. Water yield following forest-grass-forest transitions.
• Martin, Katherine L.; Hwang, Taehee; Vose, James M.; Coulston, John W.; Wear, David N.; Miles, Brian; Band, Lawrence E. 2017. Watershed impacts of climate and land use changes depend on magnitude and land use context.
• Golladay, S.W.; Martin, K.L.; Vose, J. M.; Wear, D. N. ; Covich, A.P.; Hobbs, R.J.; Klepzig, Kier; Likens, G.E.; Naiman, R.J.; Shearer, A.W. 2016. Achievable future conditions as a framework for guiding forest conservation and management.
• Vose, James M.; Martin, Katherine L.; Barten, Paul K. 2016. Applications of forest hydrological science to watershed management in the 21st century.
• Luce, Charlie; Pederson, Neil; Campbell, John; Millar, Connie; Kormos, Patrick; Vose, James M.; Woods, Ross. 2016. Characterizing drought for forested landscapes and streams.
• Luce, Charlie; Vose, James M.; Pederson, Neil; Campbell, John; Millar, Connie; Kormos, Patrick; Woods, Ross. 2016. Contributing factors for drought in United States forest ecosystems under projected future climates and their uncertainty.
• Novick, Kimberly A.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Vose, James M. 2016. Drought limitations to leaf-level gas exchange: results from a model linking stomatal optimization and cohesion-tension theory.
• Vose, James M.; Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Luce, Charles H.; Asbjornsen, Heidi; Caldwell, Peter V.; Campbell, John L.; Grant, Gordon E.; Isaak, Daniel J.; Loheide, Steven P., II.; Sun, Ge. 2016. Echohydrological implications of drought for forests in the United States.
• Vose, James M.; Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Luce, Charlie. 2016. Ecohydrological implications of drought.
• Vose, James; Clark, J.S.; Luce, Charlie; Patel-Weynand, Toral, eds. 2016. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: a comprehensive science synthesis.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 2016. Effects of riparian zone buffer widths on vegetation diversity in southern Appalachian headwater catchments.
• Sun, Ge; Vose, James M. 2016. Forest management challenges for sustaining water resources in the Anthropocene.
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M.; Jackson, William A.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Zarnoch, Stan. 2016. High elevation watersheds in the southern Appalachians: indicators of sensitivity to acidic deposition and the potential for restoration through liming.
• Vose, James M.; Elliott, Katherine. 2016. Oak, fire, and global change in the eastern USA: what might the future hold.
• Elliott, Katherine; Vose, James M. 2016. Riparian area harvesting impacts on vegetation composition and diversity.
• Knoepp, Jennifer; Elliott, Katherine J.; Jackson, William A.; Vose, James M.; Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Zarnoch, Stan. 2016. Soil and stream chemistry relationships in high elevation waters.
• Kelly, Charlene N.; McGuire, Kevin J.; Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Vose, James M. 2016. Streamflow response to increasing precipitation extremes altered by forest management.
• Rice, Joshua S.; Emanuel, Ryan E.; Vose, James M. 2016. The influence of watershed characteristics on spatial patterns of trends in annual scale streamflow variability in the continental U.S..
• Nippgen, Fabian; McGlynn, Brian L.; Emanuel, Ryan E.; Vose, James M. 2016. Watershed memory at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory: the effect of past precipitation and storage on hydrologic response.
• Coulston, John W.; Wear, David N.; Vose, James M. 2015. Complex forest dynamics indicate potential for slowing carbon accumulation in the southeastern United States.
• Schlesinger, William H.; Dietze, Michael C.; Jackson, Robert B.; Phillips, Richard P.; Rhoades, Charles C.; Rustad, Lindsey E.; Vose, James M. 2015. Forest biogeochemistry in response to drought.
• Caldwell, Peter; Segura, Catalina; Laird, Shelby Gull; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven G.; Sandercock, Maria; Boggs, Johnny; Vose, James M. 2015. Short-term stream water temperature observations permit rapid assessment of potential climate change impacts.
• Hwang, Taehee; Band, Lawrence E.; Hales, T. C.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Vose, James M.; Bolstad, Paul V.; Miles, Brian; Price, Katie. 2015. Simulating vegetation controls on hurricane-induced shallow landslides with a distributed ecohydrological model.
• Holmes, Thomas P.; McNulty, Steve; Vose, James M.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Li, Harbin. 2014. A conceptual framework for adaptive forest management under climate change.
• Dymond, Salli F.; Aust, W. Michael; Prisley, Stephen P.; Eisenbies, Mark H.; Vose, James M. 2014. Application of a distributed process-based hydrologic model to estimate the effects of forest road density on stormflows in the Southern Appalachians.
• Webster, Jackson, R..; Swank, Wayne , T..; Vose, James , M..; Knoepp, Jennifer , D..; Elliott, Katherine , J. 2014. Bridging the gap between ecosystem theory and forest watershed management.
• Brantley, Steven T.; Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Elliott, Katherine J.; Laseter, Stephanie H.; Vose, James M. 2014. Changes to southern Appalachian water yield and stormflow after loss of a foundation species.
• Skog, Kenneth E.; McKinley, Duncan C.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Hines, Sarah J.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Vose, James M. 2014. Chapter 7: Managing Carbon.
• Vose, James M.; Klepzig, Kier D. 2014. Climate change adaptation and mitigation options a guide for natural resource managers in southern forest ecosystems.
• Hwang, Taehee; Band, Lawrence E.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Song, Conghe; Bolstad, Paul V .; Vose, James M.; Love, Jason P. 2014. Divergent phenological response to hydroclimate variability in forested mountain watersheds.
• Laseter, Stephanie; Miniat, Chelcy; Vose, James. 2014. Flow Down! Can managing forests help maintain water supplies in the face of climate change.
• Ryan, Michael G.; Vose, James M.; Hanson, Paul J.; Iverson, Louis R.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Luce, Charles H.; Band, Lawrence E.; Klein, Steven L.; McKenzie, Don; Wear, David N. 2014. Forest processes Chapter 3.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Clinton, Barton D.; Kloeppel, Brian D. 2014. Functional role of the herbaceous layer in eastern deciduous forest.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Holmes, Thomas P.; Stanturf, John A.; Vose, James M.; Sun, Ge. 2014. Future wildfire trends, impacts, and mitigation options in the Southern United States.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Rankin, Duke. 2014. Herbaceous species composition and richness of mesophytic cove forests in the southern Appalachians: synthesis and knowledge gaps.
• Novick, K.; Brantley, S.; Miniat, C. Ford; Walker, J.; Vose, J.M. 2014. Inferring the contribution of advection to total ecosystem scalar fluxes over a tall forest in complex terrain.
• Vose, James M.; Klepzig, Kier D. 2014. Introduction to climate change adaptation and mitigation management options.
• Vose, James M.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V. 2014. Potential implications for expansion of freeze-tolerant eucalyptus plantations on water resources in the southern United States.
• Swank, Wayne , T..; Knoepp, Jennifer , D..; Logic exception within f_get_listOfAuthors30(). Could not calculate fullname.; Logic exception within f_get_listOfAuthors30(). Could not calculate fullname.; Webster, Jackson, R. 2014. Response and recovery of water yield and timing, stream sediment, abiotic parameters, and stream chemistry following logging.
• Ojima, Dennis S.; Iverson, Louis R.; Sohngen, Brent L.; Vose, James M.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Domke, Grant M.; Peterson, David L.; Littell, Jeremy S.; Matthews, Stephen N.; Prasad, Anantha M.; Peters, Matthew P.; Yohe, Gary W.; Friggens, Megan M. 2014. Risk assessment Chapter 9.
• Vose, James M.; Gull Laird, Shelby; Choice, Zanethia D.; Klepzig, Kier D. 2014. Summary of findings, management options, and interactions.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Adams, Mary Beth; Amatya, Devendra; Campbell, John; Johnson, Sherri; Swanson, Frederick J.; Kolka, Randy; Lugo, Ariel E.; Musselman, Robert; Rhoades, Charles. 2014. The role of experimental forests and ranges in the development of ecosystem science and biogeochemical cycling research.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Adams, Mary Beth; Amatya, Devendra; Campbell, John; Johnson, Sherri; Swanson, Frederick J.; Kolka, Randy; Lugo, Ariel E.; Musselman, Robert; Rhoades, Charles. 2014. The role of experimental forests and ranges in the development of ecosystem science and biogeochemical cycling research Chapter 17.
• Novick, K., A..; Walker, J.; Chan, W.S.; Schmidt, A.; Sobek, C.; Vose, J.M. 2013. Eddy covariance measurements with a new fast-response, enclosed-path analyzer: Spectral characteristics and cross-system comparisons.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Jackson, William A. 2013. Effects of future sulfate and nitrate deposition scenarios on Linville Gorge and Shining Rock Wildernesses.
• Lockaby, Graeme; Nagy, Chelsea; Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Pete; Cohen, Erika; Moore Myers, Jennifer . 2013. Forests and water.
• Brantley, Steven; Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M. 2013. Future species composition will affect forest water use after loss of eastern hemlock from southern Appalachian forests.
• Vose, James M.; Wear, David N.; Mayfield, Albert E., III.; Nelson, C. Dana. 2013. Hemlock woolly adelgid in the southern Appalachians: Control strategies, ecological impacts, and potential management responses.
• Dymond, Salli F.; Aust, W. Michael; Prisley, Steven P.; Eisenbies, Mark H.; Vose, James M. 2013. Influence of forest roads standards and networks on water yield as predicted by the distributed hydrology-soil-vegetation model.
• Elliott, Katherine; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M.; Jackson, William A. 2013. Interacting effects of wildfire severity and liming on nutrient cycling in a southern Appalachian wilderness area.
• Millar, Constance I.; Skog, Kenneth E.; McKinley, Duncan C.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Swanston, Christopher W.; Hines, Sarah J.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Peterson, David L.; Vose, James M. 2012. Adaptation and mitigation.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 2012. Age and distribution of an evergreen clonal shrub in the Coweeta basin: Rhododendron maximum L.
• Serengil, Yusuf; Swank, Wayne T.; Vose, James M. 2012. Alterations on flow variability due to converting hardwood forests to pine.
• Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Laseter, Stephanie; Dymond, Salli; Sun, Ge; Adams, Mary Beth; Sebestyen, Stephen; Campbell, John; Luce, Charlie; Amatya, Devendra; Elder, Kelly; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources.
• Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Laseter, Stephanie; Dymond, Salli; Sun, GE; Adams, Mary Beth; Sebestyen, Stephen; Campbell, John; Luce, Charles; Amatya, Devendra; Elder, Kelly; Heartsill-Scalley, Tamara. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change impacts on water resources.
• Peterson, David L.; Vose, James M. 2012. Conclusions.
• Jones, Julia A.; Creed, Irena F.; Hatcher, Kendra L.; Warren, Robert J.; Adams, Mary Beth; Benson, Melinda H.; Boose, Emery; Brown, Warren A.; Campbell, John L.; Covich, Alan; Clow, David W.; Dahm, Clifford N.; Elder, Kelly; Ford, Chelcy R.; Grimm, Nancy B.; Henshaw, Donald L; Larson, Kelli L.; Miles, Evan S.; Miles, Kathleen M.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Spargo, Adam T.; Stone, Asa B.; Vose, James M.; Williams, Mark W. 2012. Ecosystem processes and human influences regulate streamflow response to climate change at long-term ecological research sites.
• Hwang, Taehee, Band.; Vose, James M.; Tague, Christina. 2012. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: hydrologic vegetation gradient as an indicator for lateral hydrologic connectivity of headwater catchments.
• Band, Lawrence E.; Hwang, T.; Hales, T.C.; Vose, James; Ford, Chelcy. 2012. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: mapping and modeling ecohydrological controls.
• Ryan, Michael G.; Vose, James M. 2012. Effects of climatic variability and change.
• Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; Patel-Weynand, Toral. 2012. Effects of climatic variability and change on forest ecosystems: a comprehensive science synthesis for the U.S.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Jackson, William. 2012. Effects of wildfires and liming of pine-oak-heath communities in the Linville Gorge Wilderness, western North Carolina.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Cohen, Erika C. 2012. Geographic considerations for fire management in the Eastern United States: geomorphology and topography, soils, and climate.
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M.; Michael, Jerry L.; Reynolds, Barbara C. 2012. Imidacloprid movement in soils and impacts on soil microarthropods in southern Appalachian eastern hemlock stands.
• Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L. 2012. Improving scientific knowledge.
• Peterson, David L.; Vose, James M. 2012. Introduction.
• Bain, Daniel, J..; Green, Mark B.; Campbell, John L.; Chamblee, John F.; Chaoka, Sayo; Fraterrigo, Jennifer M.; Kaushal, Sujay S.; Kaushal, Sujay S.; Martin, Sherry L.; Jordan, Thomas E.; Parolari, Anthony J.; Sobczak, William V.; Weller, Donald E.; Wolheim, Wilfred M.; Boose, Emery R.; Duncan, Jonathan M.; Gettel, Gretchen M.; Hall, Brian R.; Kumar, Praveen; Thompson, Jonathan R.; Vose, James M.; Elliott, Emily M.; Leigh, David S. 2012. Legacy effects in material flux: structural catchment changes predate long-term studies.
• Laseter, Stephanie H.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M.; Swift, Lloyd W., Jr. 2012. Long-term temperature and precipitation trends at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, North Carolina, USA.
• Wu, Wei; Clark, James S.; Vose, James M. 2012. Response of hydrology to climate change in the southern Appalachian mountains using Bayesian inference.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Clinton, Barton D. 2012. Restoration of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) - hardwood ecosystems severely impacted by the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis).
• Neary, Daniel; Hayes, Deborah; Rustad, Lindsey; Vose, James; Gottfried, Gerald; Sebesteyn, Stephen; Johnson, Sherri; Swanson, Fred; Adams, Mary. 2012. US Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges Network: a continental research platform for catchment-scale research.
• Ford, Chelcy , R..; Laseter, Stephanie , H..; Swank, Wayne, T..; Vose, James , M. 2011. Can forest management be used to sustain water-based ecosystem service in the face of climate change.
• Lockaby, Graeme; Nagy, Chelsea; Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Pete; Cohen, Erika; Moore Meyers, Jennifer. 2011. Chapter 13: Water and Forests.
• Serengil, Yusuf; Swank, Wayne T.; Riedel, Mark S.; Vose, James M. 2011. Conversion to pine: Changes in timing and magnitude of high and low flows..
• Vose, James , M..; Ford, Chelcy , R. 2011. Early successional forest habitats and water resources.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Clinton, Barton D.; Kloeppel, Brian D.; Vose, James M. 2011. Forest dynamics following eastern hemlock mortality in the southern Appalachians.
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M.; Clinton, Barry; Hunter, Nark D. 2011. Hemlock infestation and mortality: impacts on nutrient pools and cycling in Appalachian forests.
• Laird, Shelby G.; Ford, C.R.; Laseter, S.H.; Vose, J.M. 2011. Long-term forest management and climate effects on streamflow.
• Rao, L.Y.; Sun, G.; Ford, C.R.; Vose, J.M. 2011. Modeling potential evapotranspiration of two forested watersheds in the southern Appalachians.
• Berg, Erik; Clinton, Barry; Vose, Jim; Swank, Wayne. 2011. Ten-year responses of oak regeneration to prescribed fire.
• Warren, Robert J., III. 2010. An experimental test of well-described vegetation patterns across slope aspects using woodland herb transplants and manipulated abiotic drivers.
• Wu, Wei; Clark, James , S..; Vose, James , M. 2010. Assimilating multi-source uncertainties of a parsimonious conceptual hydrological model using hierarchical Bayesian modeling.
• Clinton, Barton , D..; Vose, James , M..; Knoepp, Jennifer , D..; Elliott, Katherine , J..; Reynolds, Barbara , C..; Zarnock, Stanley , J. 2010. Can structural and functional characteristics be used to identify riparian zone width in southern Appalachian headwater catchments.
• Brookshire, E.N. Jack; Gerber, Stefan; Webster, Jackson R.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 2010. Direct effects of temperature on forest nitrogen cycling revealed through analysis of long-term watershed records.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Fowler, Dick L. 2010. Flat Branch monitoring project: stream water temperature and sediment responses to forest cutting in the riparian zone.
• Swank, Wayne; Vose, James. 2010. Long-term forest ecosystem research: a programmatic view.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Hubbard, Robert M.; Vose, James M. 2010. Quantifying structural and physiological controls on variation in canopy transpiration among planted pine and hardwood species in the southern Appalachians.
• Elliott, Katherine; Vose, James. 2010. Short-term effects of prescribed fire on mixed oak forests in the southern Appalachians: vegetation response.
• Narayanaraj, G.; Bolstad, P.V.; Elliott, K.J.; Vose, J.M. 2010. Terrain and landform influence on Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere (Eastern Hemlock) distribution in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Reynolds, Barbara C.; Vose, James. 2010. Xylem transport models optimize effectiveness of systemic insecticide applications for controlling hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae).
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 2009. Effects of prescribed fire in mixed oak forests of the southern Appalachians: forest floor, soil, and soil solution nitrogen responses.
• Elliott, K.J.; Vose, J.M.; White, Alan S. 2009. Pine regeneration following wildland fire.
• Hales, T.C.; Ford, C.R.; Hwang, T.; Vose, J.M.; Band, L.E. 2009. Topographic and ecologic controls on root reinforcement.
• Nedlo, Jason E.; Martin, Timothy A.; Vose, James M. 2009. Growing season temperatures limit growth of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings across a wide geographic transect..
• Elliott, Katherine , J.; Logic exception within f_get_listOfAuthors30(). Could not calculate fullname.; Logic exception within f_get_listOfAuthors30(). Could not calculate fullname. 2009. Long-term effects of high intensity prescribed fire on vegetation dynamics in the Wine Spring Creek Watershed, Western North Carolina, USA.
• Pangle, Luke; Vose, James M.; Teskey, Robert O. 2009. Radiation use efficiency in adjacent hardwood and pine forests in the southern Appalachians.
• Walker, John T.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer; Geron, Christopher D. 2009. Recovery of Nitrogen Pools and Processes in Degraded Riparian Zones in the Southern Appalachians.
• Walker, John T.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer; Geron, Christopher D. 2009. Recovery of nitrogen pools and processes in degraded riparian zones in the southern Appalachians.
• Hales, T.C.; Ford, C.R.; Hwang, T.; Vose, J.M.; Band, L.E. 2009. Topographic and ecological controls on root reinforcement.
• Sun, Ge; Zuo, Changqing; Liu, Shiyu; Liu, Mingliang; McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M. 2009. Watershed evapotranspiration increased due to changes in vegetation composition and structure under a subtropical climate..
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M. 2009. Woolly bully: estimating the effect of an invasive insect on an area s water cycle.
• Zhou, Guoyi; Sun, Ge; Wang, Xu; Zhou, Chuanyan; McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M.; Amatya, Devendra M. 2008. Estimating forest ecosystem evapotranspiration at multiple temporal scales with a dimension analysis approach.
• Nuckolls, April E.; Wurzburger, Nina; Ford, Chelcy R.; Hendrick, Ronald L.; Vose, James M.; Kloeppel, Brian D. 2008. Hemlock declines rapidly with hemlock woolly adelgid infestation: impacts on the carbon cycle of the Southern Appalachian forests.
• Sun, Ge; Boggs, Johnny; McNulty, Steven G.; Amatya, Devendra M.; Trettin, Carl C.; Dai, Zhaohua; Vose, James M.; La Torre Torres, Ileana B.; Callahan, Timothy. 2008. Hydrologic processes of forested headwater watersheds across a physiographaic gradient in the southeastern United States.
• Sun, Ge; Vose, James M.; Amatya, Devendra M.; Trettin, Carl; McNulty, Steven G. 2008. Implications of groundwater hydrology to buffer design in the southeastern U.S..
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 2008. Nitrogen deposition and cycling across an elevation and vegetation gradient in southern Appalachian forests.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; White, Alan S. 2008. Pine regeneration following wildland fire.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; White, Alan S. 2008. Pine regeneration following wildland fire (P-53).
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Johnson, Dale W.; Swank, William T.; Jackson, William. 2008. Simulated effects of sulfur deposition on nutrient cycling in class I wilderness areas.
• Sun, Ge; Zuo, Changqing; Liu, Shiyu; Liu, Mingliang; McNulty, Steven G; Vose, James M. 2008. Watershed evapotranspiration increased due to changes in vegetation composition and structure under a subtropical climate.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M. 2007. Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr, mortality will impact hydrologic processes in southern Appalachian forest ecosystems.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Hubbard, Robert M.; Kloeppel, Brian D.; Vose, James M. 2007. A comparison of sap flux-based evapotranspiration estimates with catchment-scale water balance.
• Vose, James M.; Bolstad, Paul V. 2007. Biotic and abiotic factors regulating forest floor CO2 flux across a range of forest age classes in the southern Appalachians.
• Love, Jason P.; Vose, James M.; Elliott, Katherine J. 2007. Effects of restoration burns on macroinvertebrates in southern Appalachian pine-oak forests.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 2007. Fuels consumption and nitrogen loss following prescribed fire: a comparison of prescription types in the Southern appalachians.
• Knoepp, Jennifer d.; Vose, James M. 2007. Regulation of nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in Southern Appalachian ecosystems: separating the relative importance of biotic vs. abiotic controls.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M.; Daley, Michael; Phillips, Nathan. 2007. Use of water by eastern hemlock: implications for systemic insecticide application.
• Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M. 2006. Eastern hemlock transpiration: patterns, controls, and implications for its decline in southern Appalachian forests.
• Bolstad, Paul; Jenks, Andrew; Riedel, Mark; Vose, James M. 2006. Estimating sediment yield in the southern Appalachians using WCS-SED.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 2006. Fire effects on water quality: a synthesis of response regulating factors among contrasting ecosystems.
• Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven; Lu, Jianbiao; Vose, James; Amayta, Devendra; Zhou, Guoyi; Zhang, Zhiqiang. 2006. Modeling hydrologic responses to deforestation/forestation and climate change at multiple scales in the Southern US and China.
• Sun, Ge; Zhou, Guoyi; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Wei, Xiaohua; McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M. 2006. Potential water yield reduction due to forestation across China.
• Sun, Ge; Lu, Jianbiao; McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M.; Amayta, Devendra M. 2006. Using the hydrologic model mike she to assess disturbance impacts on watershed process and responses across the Southeastern U.S..
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 2006. Variation in streamwater quality in an Urban Headwater Stream in the Southern Appalachians.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 2005. Effects of understory prescribed burning on shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.)/mixed-hardwood forests.
• Bolstad, Paul V.; Vose, James M. 2005. Forest and pasture carbon pools and soil respiration in the southern Appalachian mountains.
• Sun, Ge; Zhou, Guoyi; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Wei, Xiaohua; McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James. 2005. Forest and water relationships: hydrologic implications of forestation campaigns in China.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 2005. Initial effects of prescribed fire on quality of soil solution and streamwater in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
• Vose, James M.; Geron, Chris; Walker, John; Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten. 2005. Restoration effects on N cycling pools and processes.
• Vose, James M.; Laseter, Stephanie H.; McNulty, Steve G. 2005. Stream nitrogen responses to fire in the Southeastern U.S..
• Riedel, Mark S.; Vose, James M.; Bolstad, Paul V. 2004. Characterizing Hysteretic Water Quality in Southern Appalachian Streams.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Vroblesky, Don A.; Harvey, Gregory J. 2004. Determination of the Relative Uptake of Ground vs. Surface Water by Populus deltoides During Phytoremediation.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Clinton, Barton D.; Knoepp, Jennifer D. 2004. Effects of Understory Burning in a Mesic Mixed-Oak Forest of the Southern Appalachians.
• Tian, Guanglong; Vose, James M.; Coleman, David C.; Geron, Christopher D.; Walker, John T. 2004. Evaluation of the effectiveness of riparian zone restoration in the southern Appalachians by assessing soil microbial populations.
• Vroblesky, Don A.; Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Casey, Clifton C.; Harvey, Gregory J.; Bradley, Paul M. 2004. Ground water chlorinated ethenes in tree trunks: case studies, influence of recharge, and potential degradation mechanism.
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 2004. Long-Term Soil Responses to Site Preparation Burning in the Southern Appalachians.
• Hubbard, Robert M.; Vose, James M.; Clinton, Barton D.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Knoepp, Jennifer D. 2004. Stand restoration burning in oak-pine forests in the southern Applachians: effects on aboveground biomass and carbon and nitrogen cycling.
• Riedel, Mark S.; Vose, James M. 2003. Collaborative Research and Watershed Management for Optimization of Forest Road Best Management Practices.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 2003. Differences in Surface Water Quality Draining Four Road Surface Types in the Southern Appalachians.
• Kloeppel, Brian D.; Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Cooper, Aaron R. 2003. Drought impacts on tree growth and mortality of southern Appalachian forests.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Elliott, Katherine J. 2003. Stream Nitrate Response to Different Burning Treatments in Southern Appalachian Forests.
• Riedel, Mark S.; Vose, James M. 2002. Forest Road Erosion, Sediment Transport, and Model Validation in the Southern Appalachians.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Clinton, Barton D. 2002. Growth of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) related to forest floor consumption by prescribed fire in the Southern Appalachians.
• Walker, John T.; Geron, Christopher D.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 2002. Nitrogen trace gas emissions from a riparian ecosystem in southern Appalachia.
• Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Vose, James M. 2002. Quantitative comparison of in situ soil CO2 flux measurement methods.
• Vose, James M.; Ryan, Michael G. 2002. Seasonal respiration of foliage, fine roots, and woody tissues in relation to growth, tissue N, and photosynthesis.
• Riedel, Mark S.; Vose, James M. 2002. The dynamic nature of sediment and organic constituents in TSS.
• Swank, Wayne T.; Vose, James M. 2001. Long-term nitrogen dynamics of Coweeta forested watersheds in the southeastern United States of America.
• Bolstad, Paul V.; Vose, James M.; McNulty, Steven G. 2000. Forest Productivity, Leaf Area, and Terrain in Southern Appalachian Deciduous Forests.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Harvey, Gregory J.; Clinton, Barton D.; Sobek, Christine. 2000. Leaf water relations and sapflow in eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.) trees planted for phytoremediation of a groundwater pollutant.
• Vose, James M. 2000. Perspectives on using prescribed fire to achieve desired ecosystem conditions.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 2000. Plant succession and community restoration following felling and burning in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
• Vose, James M.; Maass, Jose Manuel. 1999. A comparative analysis of hydrologic responses of tropical deciduous and temperate deciduous watershed ecosystems to climatic change.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 1999. Fine root respiration in mature eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) in situ: the importance of CO2 in controlled environments..
• Bolstad, Paul V.; Mitchell, Katherine; Vose, James M. 1999. Foliar Temperature-Respiration Response Functions for Broad-Leaved Tree Species in the Southern Appalachians.
• Eberts, Sandra M.; Schalk, Charles W.; Vose, James; Harvey, Gregory J. 1999. Hydrologic effects of cottonwood trees on a shallow aquifer containing trichloroethene.
• Mitchell, Katherine A.; Bolstad, Paul V.; Vose, James M. 1999. Interspecific and environmentally induced variation in foliar dark respiration among eighteen southeastern deciduous tree species.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Bolstad, Paul V. 1999. Long-term patterns in vegetation-site relationships in a southern Appalachian forest.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Clinton, Barton D.; Knoepp, Jennifer D.; Swift, Lloyd W. 1999. Using stand replacement fires to restore southern Appalachian pine-hardwood ecosystems: effects on mass, carbon, and nutrient pools.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Hendrick, Ronald L.; Major, Amy E.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 1999. Vegetation dynamics after a prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Berg, Erik C.; Loftis, David L. 1998. Fuel consumption and fire characteristics during understory burning in a mixed white pine-hardwood stand in the Southern Appalachians..
• Bolstad, Paul V.; Swank, Wayne; Vose, James. 1998. Predicting Southern Appalachian overstory vegetation with digital terrain data.
• McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 1998. Predictions and Projections of Pine Productivity and Hydrology in Response to Climate Change Across the Southern United States.
• McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 1997. Regional hydrologic response of loblolly pine to air temperature and precipitation changes.
• Vose, James M.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Johnson, Dale W.; Tingey, David T.; Johnson, Mark G. 1997. Soil respiration response to three years of elevated CO2 and N fertilization in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Doug. ex Laws.).
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Clinton, Barton D.; Hendrick, Ronald L.; Major, Amy E. 1997. Using fire to restore pine/hardwood ecosystems in the Southern Appalachians of North Carolina.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M. 1996. Effects of Rhododendron maximum L. on Acer rubrum L. Seedling Establishment.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 1996. Shifts in Aboveground and Forest Floor Carbon and Nitrogen Pools After Felling and Burning in the Southern Appalachians.
• Vose, James M.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Johnson, Dale W.; Walker, Roger F.; Johnson, Mark G.; Tingey, David T. 1995. Effects of elevated CO2 and N fertilization on soil respiration from ponderosa pine (Pine ponderosa) in open-top chambers.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 1995. Evaluation of the Competitive Environment for White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) Seedlings Planted on Prescribed Burn Sites in the Southern Appalachians.
• Vose, James M.; Clinton, Barton D.; Emrick, Verl. 1995. Forest Floor CO2 Flux From Two Contrasting Ecosystems in the Southern Appalachians.
• Vose, James M.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Johnson, D.W. 1995. Soil CO2 flux in response to elevated atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen fertilization: patterns and methods.
• Vose, James M.; Sullivan, Neal H.; Clinton, Barton D.; Bolstad, Paul V. 1995. Vertical leaf area distribution, light transmittance, and application of the Beer-Lambert Law in four mature hardwood stands in the southern Appalachians.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 1994. Photosynthesis, water relations, and growth of planted Pinus strobus L. on burned sites in the southern Appalachians.
• Johnson, Dale; Geisinger, Donn; Walker, Roger; Newman, John; Vose, James; Elliott, Katherine; Ball, Timothy. 1994. Soil pCO2, soil respiration, and root activity in CO2 - fumigated and nitrogen-fertilized ponderosa pine.
• Vose, J.M.; Clinton, B.D.; Swank, W.T. 1993. Fire, Drought, and Forest Management Influences on Pine/Hardwood Ecosystems in the Southern Appalachians.
• Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M. 1993. Site preparation burning to improve southern Appalachian pine-hardwood stands: photosynthesis, water relations, and growth of planted Pinus strobus during establishment.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 1991. A Soil Temperature Model for Closed Canopied Forest Stands.

Research Highlights

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SRS-2014-161	Book Published to Help Managers of Southern Forests Cope with the Effects of Climate Change Resource managers and policy makers require new insights into the implications of a rapidly changing climate on forest ecosystems and their valu ...	2014
SRS-2016-173	Carbon Accumulation by U.S. Forests May Slow Over the Next 25 Years U.S. forests currently help offset carbon emissions and reduce the overall costs of achieving emission targets but that could change over the ne ...	2016
SRS-2019-29	Climate Change and Our Nation’s Forests: the Forests Sector Report of the Fourth National Climate Assessment It is very likely that more frequent extreme weather events will increase the frequency and magnitude of severe ecological disturbances, driving ...	2019
SRS-2018-51	Complex landscapes and extreme precipitation events: the role of forests in mitigating responses In many regions of the U.S., forests are a component of complex landscapes that also include developed and agricultural land uses. Watersheds wh ...	2018
SRS-2016-192	Drought Impacts on Forest and Rangelands in the United States: A State-of-the-Science Synthesis Recent droughts have contributed to insect outbreaks, tree death, reduced tree growth, increased wildfire risk and increased area burned by wild ...	2016
SRS-2014-162	Forest Service Scientists Assess Potential Impacts of Eucalyptus on Water Resources in the Southern U.S. At the request of the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Center for Integrated Forest Science led interdisciplinary analyses t ...	2014
SRS-2017-168	New research reveals that mixed land use watersheds are most vulnerable to forest loss Forest Service scientists developed a novel land use model and integrated modeling framework that represents a significant advancement for evalu ...	2017
SRS-2014-167	Science in supports of the National Climate Assessment A synthesis of research findings provided the foundation for the analysis of climate change on forest conditions, land use, and forest carbon in ...	2014
SRS-2019-22	Scientists Develop a New Approach for Identifying Human Communities at Risk from Climate and Land Use Change Identifying vulnerable human communities is critical for climate change planning and mitigation. USDA Forest Service scientists at the agency's ...	2019
SRS-2017-152	Water yield following forest to grass to forest transitions Forested watersheds are important sources of drinking water. However, species identity affects water yield from deciduous forests. Through old-f ...	2017