Ruth D. Yanai's Publications
Journal Articles:
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 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. 2007A 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.J. Battales, J.D.Aber, J.J. Cole, M.C. Fisk, P.M. Groffman, S.P. Hamburg, 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
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., P. Sollins, and M.S. Lucash. 2003. Ecosystem ecology: in pursuit of principles. Ecology 84:1640. PDF
Yanai,
R.D., H. Majdi, and
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
Yanai,
R.D., T.G Siccama, M.A.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Currie, W.S., R.D. Yanai, K. Piatek, C. Prescott and C.L. Goodale. 2003. Processes affecting carbon storage 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
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.
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,
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
Publications in Revision/Review:
Lucash, M.S., R.D. Yanai, and J.D. Joslin. Nutrient uptake by intact and disturbed roots of loblolly pine seedlings. Environmental and Experimental Botany (in revision)
Park, B.B. and R.D. Yanai. Site quality affects nutrient concentrations of seedling and mature sugar maple and American beech. Tree Physiology. (in revision)
Ray, David, R.D. Yanai and Ralph Nyland. The link between shade tolerance and growing space occupancy: evidence from developing northern hardwood stands. Forest Ecology and Management (in revision)
Nezat, C.A., J.D. Blum, R.D. Yanai, S.P. Hamburg, and B.B. Park. Mineral sources of calcium and phosphorus in soils of the northeastern USA. Soil Science Society of America Journal (in review)
Yanai, R.D., M.C. Fisk, T.J. Fahey, N.L. Cleavitt, and B.B. Park. Identifying roots of northern hardwood species: patterns with diameter and depth. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (In review)
Papers Presented at Meetings (Last Five Years):
Yanai, R.D., S.P. Hamburg, J.D. Blum, M.A. Arthur, M. Acker, F.R. Fatemi, and M.A. Vadeboncoeur. 2006. What controls calcium budgets in northern hardwood forests: species composition or parent material? Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Bohn, K.K. and R.D. Yanai. 2006. Effects of different partial cutting treatments on structural dynamics in uneven-aged northern hardwood stands. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Homyak, P.M., R.D. Yanai, D. Burns, R.H. Germain, and R.D. Briggs. 2006. Woodchips: a potential best management practice to protect water quality following forestry operations. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Park, B. B., R.D. Yanai, and R.H. Germain. 2006. Effects of silvicultural treatments on carbon and nutrient storage of coarse woody debris in the Catskill region. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Fatemi, F.R., R.D. Yanai, S.P. Hamburg, and M.A. Arthur. 2006. Nutrient contents and aboveground biomass in developing northern hardwood stands. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D., P.J. Lilly, and B.B. Park. 2006. Patterns of soil acidity and base saturation 14 to 40 years following in northern hardwood sites in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D., B.B. Park, C.A. Nezat, and J.D. Blum. 2005. Apatite as a Calcium Source to Forests in NY State. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Protection Annual Conference.
Yanai, R.D., B.B. Park, C.A. Nezat and J.D. Blum. 2005. Apatite as a Calcium Source to Forests. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Bohn, K.K. and R.D. Yanai. 2005. Spatial distribution of trees in northern hardwoods after simulated selection system silviculture and diameter-limit cutting. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Fatemi, F.R. and R.D. Yanai. 2005. Aboveground biomass and nutrient content in developing northern hardwood stands. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Homyak, P.M. and R.D. Yanai. 2005. Nitrogen immobilization by woodchip application: protecting water quality in a northern hardwood forest. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting
Park, B.B. and R.D. Yanai. 2005. Cross-site study of fine root biomass and productivity along a calcium supply gradient in north temperate forest
. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D., B.B. Park, and S.P. Hamburg. 2004. Root distribution with depth in young and old northern hardwood stands measured using quantitative soil pits. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Park, B.B., R.D. Yanai, and T.J. Fahey. 2004. Biomass and distribution of fine roots in hardwoods and softwoods across a calcium gradient in northeastern America. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash, M.S., J.D. Joslin, and R.D. Yanai. 2004. Respiratory costs of ammonium and nitrate uptake in intact roots of white pine seedlings. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash, M.S., R.D. Yanai, J.D. Joslin, and K.J. McFarlane. 2004. Measuring uptake by mature trees: challenges and opportunities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D. and K.J. McFarlane. 2004. Site more important than species in predicting nutrient uptake capacity in two Colorado Rocky Mountain forests. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D., M.S. Lucash, S.E. Kulpa, J.D. Joslin, and K.J. McFarlane. 2003. Diameter distributions of fine roots of twelve tree species. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash, M.S., J.D. Joslin, O. Abelleira, R.D. Yanai, and J.M. Scholberg. 2003. Measuring nutrient uptake in intact plant-soil systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash, M.S., O. Abelleira, J.D. Joslin, R.D. Yanai, and J.M. Scholberg. 2003. Effects of disturbance on nitrate uptake of loblolly pine seedlings. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D., J.D. Blum, M.A. Arthur and S.P. Hamburg. 2003. Whether repeated harvest and acid rain threaten Ca supply in northern hardwood forests may depend on weathering of apatite. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash, M.S., R.D. Yanai, and J.D. Joslin. 2003. Diurnal Changes in Nitrogen uptake and root respiration in Loblolly pine seedlings. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai, R.D., S.E. Kulpa, and J.D. Joslin. 2003. Diameter distributions of fine roots of twelve tree species. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
McFarlane, K.M., R.D. Yanai, J.D. Joslin, and M.S. Lucash. 2003. Measuring nutrient uptake: do roots deplete solution to a constant concentration? Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash, M.S., J.M.S. Scholberg, and R.D. Yanai. 2003. Using SUM columns to measure nutrient uptake and root respiration of loblolly pine seedlings. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Invited Presentations (Last Five Years):
Forestry Commission,
Northern Research Station,
EECB Colloquium,
Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative,
Forestry and Forest
Products Research Institute,
University of
last updated
04/18/2008