Robert Deal
Note: this person is no longer a Forest Service Research & Development employee.
Featured Publications & Products
- Deal, Robert L.; Cochran, Bobby; LaRocco, Gina. 2012. Bundling of ecosystem services to increase forestland value and enhance sustainable forest management.
- Smith, Nikola; Deal, Robert; Kline, Jeff; Blahna, Dale; Patterson, Trista; Spies, Thomas A.; Bennett, Karen. 2011. Ecosystem services as a framework for forest stewardship: Deschutes National Forest overview.
- Simonèiè, Tina; Spies, Thomas A.; Deal, Robert L.; Bonèina, Andrej. 2015. A conceptual framework for characterizing forest areas with high societal values: experiences from the Pacific Northwest of USA and Central Europe.
- LaRocco, Gina L.; Deal, Robert L. 2011. Giving credit where credit is due: increasing landowner compensation for ecosystem services.
- Deal, Robert; Fong, Lisa; Phelps, Erin, tech. eds..; Weidner, Emily; Epstein, Jonas; Herbert, Tommie; Snieckus, Mary; Smith, Nikola; Ellersick, Tania; Arthaud, Greg, authors. 2017. Integrating ecosystem services into national Forest Service policy and operations.
- Deal, Robert L.; Hennon, Paul; O'Hanlon, Richard; D'Amore, David. 2014. Lessons from native spruce forests in Alaska: managing Sitka spruce plantations worldwide to benefit biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Oliver, Marie; Deal, Robert; Smith, Nikola; Blahna, Dale; Kline, Jeff. 2016. What people value: an ecosystem services approach to managing public lands.
- Deal, Robert; Orlikowska, Ewa; D’Amore, David; Hennon, Paul. 2017. Red alder-conifer stands in Alaska: An example of mixed species management to enhance structural and biological complexity.
- Deal, Robert L.; Raymond, Crystal; Peterson, David L.; Glick, Cindy. 2010. Ecosystem services and climate change: Understanding the differences and identifying opportunities for forest carbon.
- Deal, Robert L.; Harrington, Constance A., eds. 2006. Red alder: a state of knowledge..
Publications
- Deal, Robert L.; Smith, Nikola ; Gate, Joe . 2020. Connecting the dots: Moving frameworks for ecosystem services from USDA Forest Service national programs to forest and project scales.
- Pile, Lauren S.; Deal, Robert L.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David ; Kabrick, John M.; Palik, Brian J.; Schuler, Thomas M. 2020. Forest Management Research Partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 National Silviculture Workshop.
- Deal, Robert L.; Romanova, Olga . 2020. Forest industry sector: A panel discussion.
- Deal, Robert L. 2020. Integrating ecosystem services into sustainable forest management of public lands.
- Nicholls, David L.; Deal, Robert L.; Warren, Andrew . 2020. Oregon s biomass producer tax credit impacts of land ownership on woody bioenergy use.
- Pile, Lauren S.; Deal, Robert L.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David ; Kabrick, John M.; Palik, Brian J.; Schuler, Thomas M. 2020. The 2019 National Silviculture Workshop: A focus on forest management-research partnerships.
- Dey, Daniel C.; Knapp, Benjamin O.; Battaglia, Mike A.; Deal, Robert L.; Hart, Justin L.; O'Hara, Kevin L.; Schweitzer, Callie J.; Schuler, Thomas M. 2019. Barriers to natural regeneration in temperate forests across the USA.
- Phalan, Benjamin T.; Northrup, Joseph M.; Yang, Zhiqiang ; Deal, Robert L.; Rousseau, Josée S.; Spies, Thomas A.; Betts, Matthew G. 2019. Impacts of the northwest forest plan on forest composition and bird populations.
- Binder, Seth; Haight, Robert G.; Polasky, Stephen; Warziniack, Travis; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Deal, Robert L.; Arthaud, Greg. 2017. Assessment and valuation of forest ecosystem services: State of the science review.
- Deal, Robert L. 2017. Continuous cover forestry as part of sustainable forest management in the Pacific Northwest, USA.
- Deal, Robert L.; Smith, Nikola; Gates, Joe. 2017. Ecosystem services to enhance sustainable forest management in the US: moving from forest service national programmes to local projects in the Pacific Northwest.
- Schroder, Svetlana A. (Kushch); Toth, Sandor F.; Deal, Robert L.; Ettl, Gregory J. 2016. Multi-objective optimization to evaluate tradeoffs among forest ecosystem services following fire hazard reduction in the Deschutes National Forest, USA.
- Deal, Robert L; Stanton, Sharon; Betts, Matthew; Yang, Zhiqiang. 2015. Early-seral stand age and forest structural changes in public and private forestlands in Western Oregon and Washington.
- Deal, Robert L. 2014. Role of online journals and peer-reviewed research.
- Deal, Robert L.; White, Rachel. 2012. Integrating forest products with ecosystem services: a global perspective.
- Anderson, William F.; Steiner, Jeffery; Raper, Randy; Vogel, Ken; Coffelt, Terry; Sharratt, Brenton; Rummer, Bob; Deal, Robert L.; Rudie, Alan. 2011. The Creation and Role of the USDA Biomass Research Centers.
- Deal, R.L. 2010. Climate change and carbon sequestration opportunities on national forests.
- Deal, Robert L.; Heithecker, Troy; Zenner, Eric K. 2010. Comparison of tree size structure and growth for partially harvested and even-aged hemlock-spruce stands in southeast Alaska.
- Levy, Louise S.Y.; Deal, Robert L.; Tappeiner, John C. 2010. The density and distribution of Sitka spruce and western hemlock seedling banks in partially harvested stands in southeast Alaska.
- Deal, Robert L. 2009. Forestry in Japan has similarities to PNW.
- Deal, Robert L. 2008. Integrated restoration of forested ecosystems to achieve multiresource benefits: proceedings of the 2007 national silviculture workshop..
- Gomi, Takashi; Johnson, Adelaide C.; Deal, Robert L.; Hennon, Paul E.; Orlikowska, Ewa H.; Wipfli, Mark S. 2006. Factors affecting distribution of wood, detritus, and sediment in headwater streams draining managed young-growth red alder-conifer forests in southeast Alaska.
- Hanley, Thomas A.; Deal, Robert L.; Orlikowska, Ewa H. 2006. Relations between red alder composition and understory vegetation in young mixed forests of southeast Alaska..
- Deal, Robert L.; White, Seth M., eds. 2005. Understanding key issues of sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest..
- Deal, Robert L.; Hennon, Paul E.; Orlikowska, Ewa H.; D'Amore, David V. 2004. Stand dynamics of mixed red alder-conifer forests of southeast Alaska..
- Wipfli, Mark S.; Deal, Robert L.; Hennon, Paul E.; Johnson, Adelaide C.; Edwards, Richard T.; De Santo, Toni L.; Gomi, Takashi; Orlikowska, Ewa H.; Bryant, Mason D.; Schultz, Mark E.; LeSage, Christian; Kimbirauskus, Ryan; D'Amore, David V. 2003. Compatible management of red alder-conifer ecosystems in southeastern Alaska..
- Deal, Robert L.; Barbour, R. James; McClellan, Michael H.; Parry, Dean L. 2003. Development of epicormic sprouts in Sitka spruce following thinning and pruning in south-east Alaska..
- Deal, Robert L.; Tappeiner, J.C.; Hennon, Paul E. 2002. Developing silvicultural systems based on partial cutting in western hemlock Sitka spruce stands of southeast Alaska..
- Wipfli, Mark S.; Deal, Robert L.; Hennon, Paul E.; Johnson, Adelaide C.; de Santo, Toni L.; Hanley, Thomas A.; Schultz, Mark E.; Bryant, Mason D.; Edwards, Richard T.; Orlikowska, Ewa H.; Gomi, Takashi. 2002. Managing young upland forests in southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes: problem analysis and study plan..
- Deal, Robert L.; Tappeiner, John C. 2002. The effects of partial cutting on stand structure and growth of western hemlockSitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska..
- Deal, Robert L. 2001. The effects of partial cutting on forest plant communities of western hemlockSitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska..
- McClellan, Michael H.; Swanston, Douglas N.; Hennon, Paul E.; Deal, Robert L.; de Santo, Toni L.; Wipfli, Mark S. 2000. Alternatives to clearcutting in the old-growth forests of southeast Alaska: study plan and establishment report..
- Deal, Robert L. 1997. Understory plant diversity in riparian alder-conifer stands after logging in southeast Alaska..
Research Highlights
Highlight | Title | Year |
![]() PNW-2017-187 | A strategy for ecosystem services The Forest Service is poised to be a leader in the integration of ecosystem services concepts for forestland managers. This report demonstrates ... | 2017 |