Faculty Profile
Ruth Yanai
Ruth Yanai
Professor
176 Baker
Highest Education
Ph.D. Yale University (Forest Ecology), 1990.
Areas of Study
- Multiple-Element Limitation in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE)
- Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies (QUEST)
- Forest ecology, ecosystem nutrient cycling, roots, and forest soils.
Courses Taught
- Writing for Scientific Publication (FOR 694)
- Capstone in Natural Resources (FOR 692)
Current Graduate Advisees
Oswaldo Carrillo
oicarril@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai
- Area of Study: Forest Resources Management
Erin Cornell
ecorne01@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai
- Area of Study: Ecology and Ecosystems
Scott Dai
sdai03@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai
- Area of Study: FRM Ecology and Ecosystems
Kelley Gilhooly
kagilhoo@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai
- Area of Study: Environmental Science
Mar�a Fernanda Gonzalez Montes
mgonza61@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai and Stehman
- Area of Study: Forest Resources Management
Ana Medina
avmedina@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai and Stehman
- Area of Study: Forest Resources Management
Jenna Zukswert
jmzukswe@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Yanai
- Area of Study: ESC Environmental Monitoring
Selected Publications
Yanai, R.D., G.E. Walsh, Y. Yang, C.A. Blodgett, K. Bae, and B.B. Park. 2018. Nutrient concentrations of roots vary with diameter, depth, and site in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. Can. J. For. Res., 48: 32-41. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0223 PDF
Yanai, R.D., C.R. See, J. L. Campbell. 2018. Current practices in uncertainty analysis in ecosystem ecology. Ecosystems, 21(5): 971-981. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0197-x PDF
Yanai, R.D., N. Tokuchi, J.L. Campbell, M.B. Green, E. Matsuzaki, S.N. Laseter, C.L. Brown, A.S. Bailey, P. Lyons, C.R. Levine, D.C. Buso, G.E. Likens, J. Knoepp, and K. Fukushima. 2015. Sources of uncertainty in estimating stream solute export from headwater catchments at three sites. Hydrol. Processes 29: 1793–1805. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10265 PDF
Yanai, R.D., M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, M.A. Arthur, M.A. Fuss, P.M. Groffman, T.G. Siccama, and C.T. Driscoll. 2013. From missing source to missing sink: long-term changes in a forest nitrogen budget. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47(20): 11440–11448. DOI: abs/10.1021/es4025723 PDF
Yanai, R.D., C.R. Levine, M.B. Green, and J.L. Campbell. 2012. Quantifying uncertainty in forest nutrient budgets. J. For. 110(8): 448–456. DOI: 10.5849/jof.11-087 PDF
Yanai, R.D., M.A. Arthur, M. Acker, C.R. Levine, and B.B. Park. 2012. Variation in mass and nutrient concentration of leaf litter across years and sites in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. Can. J. For. Res. 42(8): 1597–1610. DOI:10.1139/x2012-084 PDF
Yanai, R.D., J.J. Battles, A.D. Richardson, E.B. Rasetter, D.M. Wood and C. Blodgett 2010. Estimating uncertainty in ecosystem budget calculations. Ecosystems 13(2): 239–248 PDF
Yanai, R.D., W.S. Currie, and C.L. Goodale. 2003. Soil carbon dynamics after forest harvest: an ecosystem paradigm reconsidered. Ecosystems 6: 197–212 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
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
Yanai, R.D. 1992. Phosphorus budget of a 70-year old northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry 17: 1–22 PDF