Ruth Yanai's Publications

Ruth D. Yanai's Publications

Journal Articles:

Yanai, R.D, K.J. McFarlane, M.S. Lucash, J.D. Joslin, and S.E. Kulpa. Nutrient uptake by Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir at two Colorado subalpine forests. Forest Ecology and Management HTML/PDF (Corrected proof. "Please note access to the full text of this article will depend on your personal or institutional entitlements.")

Yanai, R.D., R.H. Germain, N.M. Anderson, T.A. Coates, and A.K. Mishler. 2009. Heart size of sugar maple sawlogs across the northeastern United States. Journal of Forestry 107(2): 95-100 HTML/PDF ( JOF subscribers) E-print (All other PC users; What's an e-print?)

Wood, D.M, R.D. Yanai, D.C. Allen, and S. Wilmot. 2009. Sugar maple decline following defoliation by forest tent caterpillar. Journal of Forestry 107(1): 29-37 HTML/PDF ( JOF subscribers) E-Print (All other PC users; What's an e-print?)

Nezat, C.A., J.D. Blum, R.D. Yanai, S.P. Hamburg, and B.B. Park. 2008. Mineral sources of calcium and phosphorus in soils of the northeastern USA. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72(6): 1786–1794 PDF

Yanai, R.D., M.C. Fisk, T.J. Fahey, N.L. Cleavitt, and B.B. Park. 2008. Identifying roots of northern hardwood species: patterns with diameter and depth. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(11): 2862-2869 PDF

Lucash, M.S., R.D. Yanai, and J.D. Joslin. 2008. Nutrient uptake by intact and disturbed roots of loblolly pine seedlings. Environmental and Experimental Botany 64: 15-20 PDF

Homyak, P.M., R.D. Yanai, D.A. Burns, R.D. Briggs, and R.H. Germain. 2008. Nitrogen immobilization by wood chip application: protecting water quality in a northern hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 2589-2601. PDF

Blum, J., A.A. Dasch, S.P. Hamburg, R.D.Yanai, and M.A. Arthur. 2008. Use of foliar Ca/Sr discrimination and 87Sr/86Sr ratios to determine soil Ca sources to sugar maple foliage in a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry 87(3):287-296 PDF From SU/ESF: HTML

Park, B.B., R.D. Yanai, T.J. Fahey, T.G. Siccama, S.W. Bailey, J.B. Shanley, and N.L. Cleavitt. 2008. Fine root dynamics and forest production across a calcium gradient in northern hardwood and conifer ecosystems. Ecosystems 11(2):325-341 PDF

Lucash, M.S., D.M. Eissenstat, J.D. Joslin, K.J. McFarlane and R.D. Yanai. 2007.Estimating nutrient uptake by mature tree roots under field conditions: challenges and opportunities. Trees - Structure and Function 21(6):593-603. PDF

Nezat, C.A., J.D. Blum, R.D. Yanai and S.P. Hamburg. 2007. A sequential extraction to selectively dissolve apatite for determination of soil nutrient pools with an application to Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Applied Geochemistry 22: 2406–2421 PDF

Park, B.B., R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, and S.P. Hamburg. 2007. Estimating root biomass in rocky soils using pits, cores and allometric equations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:206-213. PDF

Yanai, R.D., B.B. Park, and S.P. Hamburg. 2006. The vertical and horizontal distribution of roots in northern hardwoods of varying age. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 450-459. PDF

McFarlane, K.J. and R.D. Yanai. 2006. Measuring nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by intact roots of mature Acer saccharum Marsh., Pinus resinosa Ait., and Picea abies (l.) Karst. Plant and Soil 279(1-2): 163-172. PDF

Wang, X., D.A. Burns, R.D. Yanai, R.D. Briggs, R.H. Germain. 2006. Changes in Stream Chemistry and Nutrient Export Following a Partial Harvest in the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA. For. Ecol. Manag. 223:103-112. PDF

Lucash, M.S., R.D. Yanai, and J.D. Joslin. 2005. Temporal variation in nutrient uptake capacity by intact roots of mature loblolly pine. Plant and Soil 272:253-262. PDF

Fahey, T.J., T.G. Siccama, C.T. Driscoll, G.E. Likens, J. Campbell, C.E. Johnson, J.D. Aber, J.J. Cole, M.C. Fisk, P.M. Groffman, R.T. Holmes, P.A. Schwarz, and R.D. Yanai. 2005. The biogeochemistry of carbon at Hubbard Brook. Biogeochemistry. 75 (1): 109-176.PDF

Yanai, R.D., J.D. Blum, S.P. Hamburg, M.A. Arthur, C.A. Nezat, T.G. Siccama. 2005. New insights into calcium depletion in northeastern forests. Journal of Forestry. 103: 14-20. PDF

Yanai, R.D., R.P. Phillips, M.A. Arthur, T.G. Siccama, and E. Hane. 2005. Spatial and temporal variation in calcium and aluminum in northern hardwood forest floors. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 160: 109-118. PDF

Park, B.B., R.D. Yanai, J.M. Sahm, D.K. Lee and L.P. Abrahamson. 2004. Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willow bioenergy plantation. Biomass and Bioenergy. 28(4):355-365. PDF

Nyland, R.D, Ray, D.G., R.D. Yanai. 2004. Height Development of upper-canopy trees within even-aged Adirondack northern hardwood stands. N. J. Appl. For. 21:117-122. PDF

Park, B.B., R.D. Yanai, J.M. Sahm, B.D. Ballard, and L.P. Abrahamson. 2004. Wood ash effects on soil solution and nutrient budgets in a willow bioenergy plantation. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 159:209-224. PDF

Phillips, R.P. and R.D. Yanai. 2004. The effects of AlCl₃ additions on rhizosphere soil and fine root chemistry of sugar maple (Acer saccharum). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 159: 339-356. PDF

Yanai, R.D., D.G. Ray, and T.G. Siccama. 2004. Lead reduction and redistribution in the forest floor in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. J. Environ. Qual. 33:141-148. PDF

Yanai, R.D., H. Majdi, and B.B. Park. 2003. Measured and modeled nutrient concentrations in bulk and rhizosphere soil in a Norway spruce stand. Plant and Soil 257:133-142. PDF

Yanai, R.D., S.V. Stehman, M.A. Arthur, C.E. Prescott, A.J. Friedland, T.G. Siccama, and D. Binkley. 2003. Detecting change in forest floor carbon. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:1583-1593. PDF

Hamburg, S,P., R.D. Yanai, M.A. Arthur, J.D. Blum and T.G. Siccama. 2003. Biotic control of calcium cycling in northern hardwood forests: acid rain and aging forests. Ecosystems 6: 399-404. PDF

Yanai, R.D., W.S. Currie, and C.L. Goodale. 2003. Soil carbon dynamics following forest harvest: an ecosystem paradigm reviewed. Ecosystems 6:197-212. PDF

Yanai, R.D. and D.M. Eissenstat. 2003. Coping with herbivores and pathogens: a model of optimal root turnover. Functional Ecology 16:865-869. PDF

Bouma, T.J., D.M. Eissenstat, R.D. Yanai, U. Hartmond, L. Wang, D. Flores, and A. Elkin. 2001. Estimating age-dependent costs and benefits of roots with contrasting lifespan: comparing apples and oranges. New Phytol. 150:685-695. PDF

Yanai, R.D., M.A. Arthur, T.G Siccama, and C.A. Federer. 2000. Challenges of measuring forest floor organic matter dynamics: repeated measures from a chronosequence. For. Ecol. Manage. 138:273-283. PDF

Arthur, M.A., and R.D. Yanai. 2000. Distinguishing the effects of environmental stress and forest succession on changes in the forest floor. Korean J. Ecol. 23:83-88. PDF

Eissenstat, D.M., C. E. Wells, R.D. Yanai and J. L. Whitbeck. 2000. Building roots in a changing environment: implications for root longevity. New Phytol. 147:33-42. PDF

Nyland, R.D., D.G. Ray, R.D. Yanai, R.D. Briggs, L. Zhang, R. Cymbala, and M.J. Twery. 2000. Early cohort development following even-age reproduction method cuttings in New York northern hardwoods. Can. J. For. Res. 30:67-75. PDF

Yanai, R.D., T.G Siccama, M.A. Arthur, C.A. Federer, and A.J. Friedland. 1999. Accumulation and depletion of base cations in forest floors in the northeastern US. Ecology 80:2774-2787. PDF

Arthur, M. A., T.G. Siccama, and R.D. Yanai. 1999. Calcium and magnesium in wood of six northern hardwood forest species: relations to site characteristics. Can. J. For. Res. 29:339-346. PDF

Taylor, L. A., M.A. Arthur, and R.D. Yanai. 1999. Forest floor microbial biomass across a northern hardwood successional sequence. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:431-439. PDF

Ray, D.G., R.D. Nyland, and R.D. Yanai. 1999. Patterns of early cohort development following shelterwood cutting in three Adirondack northern hardwood stands. Forest Ecol. Manag. 119:1-11. PDF

Yanai, R.D., M.Twery, and S.L. Stout. 1998. Woody understory reponse to changes in overstory density: thinning in Allegheny Hardwoods. Forest Ecol. Manag. 102:45-60. PDF

Yanai, R.D. 1998. The effect of whole-tree harvest on phosphorus cycling in a northern hardwood forest. Forest Ecol. Manag. 104:281-295. PDF

Eissenstat, D.M. and R.D. Yanai. 1997. Ecology of root lifespan. Adv. Ecol. Res. 27:1-60. PDF

Williams, M., and R.D. Yanai. 1996. Multi-dimensional sensitivity analysis and ecological implications of a nutrient uptake model. Plant and Soil 180:311-324. PDF

Muetzelfeldt, R. and R.D. Yanai. 1996. Model transformation rules and model disaggregation. Science of the Total Environment 183:25-31. PDF

van Heerden, K. and R.D. Yanai. 1995. Effects of stresses on forest growth in models applied to the Solling spruce site. Ecological Modeling 83:273-282. PDF

Yanai, R.D. 1994. A steady-state model of nutrient uptake improved to account for newly-grown roots. Soil. Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:1562-1571. PDF

Weinstein, D.A. and R.D. Yanai. 1994. Integrating the effects of simultaneous multiple stresses on plants using the simulation model TREGRO. J. Environ. Qual. 23:418-428. PDF

Siccama, T.G., S.P. Hamburg, M.A. Arthur, R.D. Yanai, F.H. Bormann, and G.E. Likens. 1994. Corrections to allometric equations and plant tissue chemistry for Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Ecology 75:246-248. PDF

Yanai, R.D. 1992. The phosphorus budget of a 70-year old northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry 17:1-22. PDF

Yanai, R.D. 1992. Competitive interactions between Norway Spruce and Scots Pine at Gisburn Forest, North England. Forestry 65:435-451. PDF

Yanai, R.D. 1991. Soil solution phosphorus dynamics in a whole-tree-harvested northern hardwood forest. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:1746-1752. PDF

Weinstein, D.A., R.M. Beloin, and R.D. Yanai. 1991. Modeling changes in red spruce carbon balance and allocation in response to interacting ozone and nutrient stress. Tree Phys. 9:127-146. PDF

Book Chapters and Reports

Eissenstat, D.M. and R.D. Yanai. 2002. Root lifespan, turnover and efficiency. Pp. 221-238 in: Y. Waisel, A. Eshel, and U. Kafkafi (eds.). Plant Roots: The Hidden Half. 3rd Edition. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. PDF

Currie, W.S., R.D Yanai, K. Piatek, C. Prescott and CL. Goodale. 2003. Processes affecting carbon sstorage in the forest floor and in downed woody debris, Pp. 135-147 in Kimble, J.M. et al., Eds., The Potential for U.S. Forests to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. Lewis, Boca Raton, FL.PDF

Kelly, J.M. and R.D. Yanai. 1997. Modeling nutrient uptake as a component of loblolly pine response to environmental stress. In: R.A. Mickler and S. Fox, eds. The Productivity and Sustainability of Southern Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Ecological Studies Volume 128, pp. 293-304. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Full Text (PDF)

Yanai, R.D., C.G. Zollweg, and R.C. Santore 1998. Using the soil model YASE alone or in combination with TREGRO. Final report, TR-110331, Electric Power Research Institute. PDF

Yanai, R.D., R.C. Santore, and C.G. Zollweg. 1998. Using the soil model YASE alone or in combination with TREGRO. Model Description and User's Guide, Version 3.0.2. Electric Power Research Institute. PDF

Yanai, R.D., T.J. Fahey, and S.L. Miller. 1995. Efficiency of nutrient acquisition by fine roots and mycorrhizae. In: Smith, W.K. and T.M. Hinckley, eds. Resource Physiology of Conifers, pp. 75-103. Academic Press, New York. PDF

Weinstein, D.A., R.M. Beloin, R.D. Yanai, and C.G. Zollweg. 1992. The Response of Plants to Interacting Stresses: TREGRO Version 1.74. Description and Parameter Requirements. Electric Power Research Institute TR-101061.

Weinstein, D.A., R.D. Yanai, C.W. Chen, and L.E. Gomez. 1991. Models to assess the response of vegetation to global change. Topical Report EN-7366. Electric Power Research Institute. PDF

Reviews

Yanai, R.D., P. Sollins, and M.S. Lucash. 2003. Ecosystem ecology: in pursuit of principles. Ecology 84:1640. PDF

Yanai, R.D. 2008. Making a difference in ecological conservation. Ecology 89(7): 2069-2076. PDF

See CV for lists of Publications in Review, revision, in preparation, and that could yet be prepared; papers presented at meetings (last 5 years); and Invited presentations.