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Mann, T.A., R.D. Yanai, T.J. Fahey, and A.B. Reinmann. 2024. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition Affect Soil Respiration in Northern Hardwood Forests. Ecosystems 27: 765–778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-024-00912-1

Pu, G., J.L. Campbell, M.B. Green, J.L. Merriam, D. Zietlow, and R.D. Yanai. 2023. Uncertainty in stream water fluxes of solutes at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Hydrological Processes, 37(8), e14961 doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14961 | PDF

Rastetter, E.B., B.L. Kwiatkowski, D.W. Kicklighter, A. Barker Plotkin, H. Genet, J. B. Nippert, K. O'Keefe, S.S. Perakis, S. Porder, S.S. Roley, R.W. Ruess, J.R. Thompson, W.R. Wieder, K. Wilcox, and R.D. Yanai. 2022. N and P constrain C in ecosystems under climate change: role of nutrient redistribution, accumulation, and stoichiometry. Ecological Applications, e2684. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2684 |PDF

Yanai, R.D. T.A. Mann, D. Hong, G. Pu, and J.M. Zukswert. 2021. The Current State of Uncertainty Reporting in Ecosystem Studies: A Systematic Evaluation of Peer-Reviewed Literature.Ecosphere,12( 6):e03535.Ecosphere Volume 12 Issue 6 link

Gonzales, K.E.* and R.D. Yanai. 2019. Nitrogen-phosphorus interactions in young northern hardwoods indicate P limitation: foliar concentrations and resorption in a factorial N by P addition experiment.Oecologia, 189(3):829-840.Ecosystem Ecology Journal Article link PDF

Yang, Y.*, R.D. Yanai, C.R. See, and M.A. Arthur. 2017. Sampling effort and uncertainty in leaf litterfall mass and nutrient flux in northern hardwoods.Ecosphere, 8(11):e01999. 10.1002/ecs2.1999.PDF

Yanai, R.D., G.E. Walsh*, Y. Yang*, C.A. Blodgett*, K. Bae*, and B.B. Park*. 2017. Nutrient concentrations of roots vary with diameter, depth, and site in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48: 32-41. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0223.PDF

Aulenbach, B.T.,D.A. Burns, J.B. Shanley, R.D. Yanai, K. Bae, A.D. Wild, Y. Yang, and D. Yi. 2016. Approaches to stream solute load estimation for solutes with varying dynamics from five diverse small watersheds. 2016.Ecosphere, 7(6) e01298. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1298PDF

Kang, H., T.J. Fahey, K. Bae, M. Fisk, R.E. Sherman, R.D. Yanai, and C.R. See. 2015. Response of forest soil respiration to nutrient addition depends on site fertility. Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0172-6 |PDF

Falster, DS , RA Duursma, MI Ishihara, DR Barneche, RG FitzJohn, A Vårhammar, M Aiba, M Ando, N Anten, MJ Aspinwall, JL Baltzer, C Baraloto, M Battaglia, JJ Battles, B Bond-Lamberty, M van Breugel, J Camac, Y Claveau, L Coll, M Dannoura, S Delagrange, J-C Domec, F Fatemi, W Feng, V Gargaglione, Y Goto, A Hagihara, JS Hall, S Hamilton, D Harja, T Hiura, R Holdaway, LS Hutley, T Ichie, EJ Jokela, A Kantola, JW G Kelly, T Kenzo, D King, BD Kloeppel, T Kohyama, A Komiyama, J-P Laclau, CH Lusk, DA Maguire, G le Maire, A Mäkelä, L Markesteijn, J Marshall, K McCulloh, I Miyata, K Mokany, S Mori, RW Myster, M Nagano, SL Naidu, Y Nouvellon, AP O'Grady, KL O'Hara, T Ohtsuka, N Osada, OO Osunkoya, PL Peri, AM Petritan, L Poorter, A Portsmuth, C Potvin, J Ransijn, D Reid, SC Ribeiro, SD Roberts, R Rodríguez, A Saldaña-Acosta, I Santa-Regina, K Sasa, NG Selaya, SC Sillett, F Sterck, K Takagi, T Tange, H Tanouchi, D Tissue, T Umehara, H Utsugi, MA Vadeboncoeur, F Valladares, P Vanninen, JR Wang, E Wenk, R Williams, F de Aquino Ximenes, A Yamaba, T Yamada, T Yamakura, RD Yanai, and RA York (2015) BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants. Ecology96:1445-1445. Ecology Journal Article linkThe complete data sets corresponding to abstracts published in the Data Papers section of the journal are available:Ecological Archives E096-128.

Bae, K.*, T.J. Fahey, R.D. Yanai, and M.Fisk. 2015. Soil Nitrogen Availability Affects Belowground Carbon Allocation and Soil Respiration in Northern Hardwood Forests of New Hampshire.Ecosystems18: 1179-1191 DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9892-7 |PDF

Rastetter, E. B., R. D. Yanai, R. Q. Thomas, M. A. Vadeboncoeur, T. J. Fahey, M. C. Fisk, B. L. Kwiatkowski, and S. P. Hamburg. 2013. Recovery from disturbance requires resynchronization of ecosystem nutrient cycles.Ecological Applications23:621-642.Ecological Applications Journal article link PDF Appendix

Vadeboncoeur MA, SP Hamburg, JD Blum, MJ Pennino, RD Yanai, and CE Johnson. 2012. The Quantitative Soil Pit Method for Measuring Belowground Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J,76(6):2241-2255Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Article link PDF

Levine, C.R.*, R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, A.M. Melvin, C.L. Goodale, B.M. Rau, and D.W. Johnson. 2012. Assessing the suitability of using rotary corers for sampling cations in rocky soils.Soil Science Society of America Journal.76(5): 1707-1718Soil Science Society of America Journal Volume 76 Issue 5 Article link 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): 448-456Journal of Forestry Journal Article link

Fatemi, F.R.,R.D. Yanai, S.P Hamburg, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, M.A. Arthur, R.D. Briggs and C.R. Levine. 2011. Allometric equations for young northern hardwoods: the importance of age-specific equations for estimating aboveground biomass.Can. J. For. Res. 41: 881-891.CJFR Journal Article link 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. Canadian Journal of Forest Research42(8): 1597-1610.CJFR Journal Article link.

Wielopolski, L., R.D. Yanai, C.R. Levine, S. Mitra, and M.A Vadeboncoeur. 2010. Rapid, non-destructive carbon analysis of forest soils using neutron-induced gamma-ray spectroscopy. For. Ecol. Manag. 260(7): 1132-1137PDF

Vadeboncoeur, M.A., S.P. Hamburg, and R.D. Yanai. 2007. Validation and refinement of allometric equations for roots of northern hardwoods. Can. J. For. Res. 37: 1777-1783PDF

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):325-341PDF(as published)PDF(Figure 1 appended)

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.

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

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. In: J.M. Kimble et al., Eds., The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect, pp. 135-157. Lewis, Boca Raton, FL. DOI: 10.1201/9781420032277.ch9PDF

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.SoilSci. Soc. Am. J.67:1583-1593.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., M.A. Arthur, T.GSiccama, and C.A.Federer. 2000. Challenges of measuring forest floor organic matter dynamics: repeated measures from achronosequence. 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

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

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Zukswert, J.M., T.J. Fahey, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, D.S. Hong, and R.D. Yanai. 2025. Changes in foliar chemistry and nutrient resorption in northern hardwood forests in response to long-term experimental nitrogen and phosphorus addition. Oikos e10867. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10867 | PDF

Zukswert, J.M., M.A. Vadeboncoeur, , T.J. Fahey, and R.D. Yanai. 2025. Treatment effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on foliar traits in six northern hardwood tree species. Oecologia 207, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05664-w

Young, A.R., B.N. Innusa, R. Biche, and R.D. Yanai. 2024. Exploring effects of nutrient availability, species composition, stand age, and mesofaunal exclusion on leaf litter decomposition in northern hardwood forests. Forests, 15(11):1911. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15111911 | PDF

Bashian-Victoroff, C., R.D. Yanai, T.R. Horton, L.J. Lamit. Nitrogen and phosphorus availability affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest. Fungal Ecology, 73:101388.doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101388 | PDF

Young, A.R., R. Minocha, S. Long, J. E. Drake, and R.D. Yanai. 2023. Responses of physical, chemical, and metabolic leaf characteristics to depth within mature sugar maple crowns and to nitrogen and phosphorus addition. Tree Physiology, tpad043. DOI:10.1093/treephys/tpad04 | PDF

Gonzales, K.E.*, R.D. Yanai, T.J. Fahey, and M.C. Fisk. 2023. Evidence for P limitation in eight northern hardwood stands: Foliar concentrations and resorption by three tree species in a factorial N by P addition experiment.Forest Ecology Management,529: 120696,Forest Ecology and Management Volume 529 Journal Article |PDF

Hong D.S.*, K.E. Gonzales, T.J. Fahey, and R.D. Yanai.2022.Foliar nutrient concentrations of six northern hardwood species responded to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization but did not predict tree growth.PeerJ10:e13193Plant Biology Journal Article|PDF

Shan, S., H. Devens, T.J. Fahey, R.D. Yanai, and M.C. Fisk. 2022. Fine root growth increases in response to nitrogen addition in phosphorus-limited northern hardwood forests.Ecosystems.Ecosystems Journal Article link |PDF

See, C.R., R.D. Yanai, and T.J. Fahey. 2019. Shifting N and P concentrations and stoichiometry during autumn litterfall: Implications for ecosystem monitoring. Ecological Indicators, 103:488-492.Ecological Indicators Volume 103 Article link. PDF

Goswami S, M.C. Fisk, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, M. Johnston, R.D. Yanai, and T.J. Fahey. 2018. Phosphorus limitation of aboveground production in northern hardwood forests. Ecology, 99(2):438-449. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2100.PDF

Yang, Y.*, R.D. Yanai, C.R. See, and M.A. Arthur. 2017. Sampling effort and uncertainty in leaf litterfall mass and nutrient flux in northern hardwoods.Ecosphere, 8(11):e01999. 10.1002/ecs2.1999.PDF

Yanai, R.D., G.E. Walsh, Y. Yang, C.A. Blodgett, K. Bae, and B.B. Park. 2017. Nutrient concentrations of roots vary with diameter, depth, and site in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48: 32-41. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0223.PDF

Yang, Y.*, R.D. Yanai,F.R. Fatemi, C.R. Levine, P.J. Lilly, and R.D. Briggs.2016. Sources of variability in tissue chemistry in northern hardwood species.Canadian Journal of Forest Research.46(3):285-296 DOI:10.1139/cjfr-2015-0302PDF

See,C.R., R.D. Yanai, M.C. Fisk, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, B.A. Quintero, and T.J. Fahey. 2015. Soil nitrogen affects phosphorus recycling: foliar resorption and plant-soil feedbacks in a northern hardwood forest.Ecology96:2488-2498. Ecology Volume 96 Issue 9 Article link|PDF

Wild, A.D.*, and R.D. Yanai. 2015. Soil Nutrients Affect Sweetness of Sugar Maple Sap.For. Ecol. Manag.341: 30-36DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.022PDF

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, K. Fukushima.Sources of uncertainty in estimating stream solute export from headwater catchments at three sites. Hydrological Processes. in press(Early View & Open Access). DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10265Abstract|HTML|PDF

Vadeboncoeur, M.A.,S.P.Hamburg ,R.D.Yanai ,J.D.Blum. 2014. Rates of sustainable forest harvest depend on rotation length and weathering of soil minerals.Forest Ecology and Management318: 194-205. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.012PDF

Fisk, M.C., T.J. Ratliff, Goswami, S., and R.D. Yanai. 2014. Synergistic soil response to nitrogen plus phosphorus fertilization in hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry 118(1-3): 195-204. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9918-1PDF

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. From Missing Source to Missing Sink: Long-Term Changes in a Forest Nitrogen Budget.Environmental Science & Technology.47(20): 11440-11448Environmental Science & Technology Article link

Yanai, R.D., C.R. Levine*, M.B. Green, and J.L. Campbell. 2012. Quantifying uncertainty in forest nutrient budgets. J. For.110(8): 448-456Journal of Forestry article link 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. Canadian Journal of Forest Research42(8): 1597-1610.CJFR article link.PDF.

Park, B. B.*, M.S. Cho, S.W.Lee, R.D. Yanai, and D.K. Lee. 2012.Minimizing nutrient leaching and improving nutrient use efficiency of Liriodendron tulipifera and Larix leptolepis in a container nursery system.New Forests43: 57-68.New Forests Journal article link.PDF

Yanai, R.D., J.J. Battles, A.D. Richardson, E.B. Rastetter, D.M. Wood, and C. Blodgett. 2010. Estimating uncertainty in ecosystem budget calculations. Ecosystems 13(2): 239-248.PDF

Yanai, R.D, K.J. McFarlane, M.S. Lucash, J.D. Joslin, and S.E. Kulpa. 2009. Nutrient uptake by Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir at two Colorado subalpine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 258(10): 2233-2241PDF

Park, B.B.* and R.D. Yanai. 2009. Nutrient concentrations in roots, leaves and wood of seedling and mature sugar maple and American beech at two contrasting sites. Forest Ecology and Management.258 (7): 1153-1160PDF

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 Botany64: 15-20PDF

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

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

McFarlane, K.J.* and R.D. Yanai. 2006. Measuring nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by intact roots of matureAcer saccharumMarsh.,Pinus resinosaAit., andPicea abies(l.) Karst. Plant and Soil 279(1-2): 163-172. DOI 10.1007/s11104-005-0838-2PDF

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.doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.060PDF

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

Park, B.B.*, R.D. Yanai, J.M.Sahm, D.K. Lee and L.P. Abrahamson.2005.Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willowbioenergyplantation.Biomass andBioenergy. 28(4):355-365.PDF

Park, B.B.*, R.D. Yanai, J.M.Sahm, D.K. Lee and L.P. Abrahamson.2005.Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willowbioenergyplantation.Biomass andBioenergy. 28(4):355-365. 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.09.001PDF

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

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

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Bashian-Victoroff, C., R.D. Yanai, T.R. Horton, L.J. Lamit. 2024. Nitrogen and phosphorus availability affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest. Fungal Ecology, 73:101388. doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101388 | PDF

Mann, T.A., R.D. Yanai, T.J. Fahey, and A.B. Reinmann. 2024. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition Affect Soil Respiration in Northern Hardwood Forests. Ecosystems 27: 765 778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-024-00912-1

Young, A.R.*, R. Minocha, S. Long, J. E. Drake, and R.D. Yanai. 2023. Responses of physical, chemical, and metabolic leaf characteristics to depth within mature sugar maple crowns and to nitrogen and phosphorus addition. Tree Physiology, tpad043. DOI:10.1093/treephys/tpad04 | PDF

Yang, Y.*, R.D. Yanai, C.R. See, and M.A. Arthur. 2017. Sampling effort and uncertainty in leaf litterfall mass and nutrient flux in northern hardwoods.Ecosphere, 8(11):e01999. 10.1002/ecs2.1999.PDF

Falster, DS , RA Duursma, MI Ishihara, DR Barneche, RG FitzJohn, A Vårhammar, M Aiba, M Ando, N Anten, MJ Aspinwall, JL Baltzer, C Baraloto, M Battaglia, JJ Battles, B Bond-Lamberty, M van Breugel, J Camac, Y Claveau, L Coll, M Dannoura, S Delagrange, J-C Domec, F Fatemi, W Feng, V Gargaglione, Y Goto, A Hagihara, JS Hall, S Hamilton, D Harja, T Hiura, R Holdaway, LS Hutley, T Ichie, EJ Jokela, A Kantola, JW G Kelly, T Kenzo, D King, BD Kloeppel, T Kohyama, A Komiyama, J-P Laclau, CH Lusk, DA Maguire, G le Maire, A Mäkelä, L Markesteijn, J Marshall, K McCulloh, I Miyata, K Mokany, S Mori, RW Myster, M Nagano, SL Naidu, Y Nouvellon, AP O'Grady, KL O'Hara, T Ohtsuka, N Osada, OO Osunkoya, PL Peri, AM Petritan, L Poorter, A Portsmuth, C Potvin, J Ransijn, D Reid, SC Ribeiro, SD Roberts, R Rodríguez, A Saldaña-Acosta, I Santa-Regina, K Sasa, NG Selaya, SC Sillett, F Sterck, K Takagi, T Tange, H Tanouchi, D Tissue, T Umehara, H Utsugi, MA Vadeboncoeur, F Valladares, P Vanninen, JR Wang, E Wenk, R Williams, F de Aquino Ximenes, A Yamaba, T Yamada, T Yamakura, RD Yanai, and RA York (2015) BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants. Ecology 96:1445-1445. Ecology Journal Article linkThe complete data sets corresponding to abstracts published in the Data Papers section of the journal are available:Ecological Archives E096-128.

See,C.R., R.D. Yanai, M.C. Fisk, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, B.A. Quintero, and T.J. Fahey. Soil nitrogen affects phosphorus recycling: foliar resorption and plant-soil feedbacks in a northern hardwood forest.Ecology,In press.AbstractatEcology Volume 96 Issue 9 Journal Article link|PDF

Rastetter, E. B., R. D. Yanai, R. Q. Thomas, M. A. Vadeboncoeur, T. J. Fahey, M. C. Fisk, B. L. Kwiatkowski, and S. P. Hamburg. 2013. Recovery from disturbance requires resynchronization of ecosystem nutrient cycles. Ecological Applications 23:621-642.Journal Article link PDF Appendix

Lucash, M.S.*, R.D. Yanai, J.D. Blum and B.B. Park. 2012. Foliar nutrient concentrations related to soil sources across a range of sites in the northeastern United States. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.76(2): 674-683.Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Volume 76 Issue 2 Journal Article link PDF

Park, B.B.*, M.S. Cho, S.W.Lee, R.D. Yanai, and D.K. Lee. 2012. Minimizing nutrient leaching and improving nutrient use efficiency of Liriodendron tulipifera and Larix leptolepis in a container nursery system. New Forests 43: 57-68.New Forests Journal Article link.PDF

Fatemi, F.R., R.D. Yanai, S.P Hamburg, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, M.A. Arthur, R.D. Briggs and C.R. Levine. 2011. Allometric equations for young northern hardwoods: the importance of age-specific equations for estimating aboveground biomass.Can. J. For. Res. 41: 881-891.Canadian Journal of Forest Research Journal Article link PDF

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): 1786-1794PDF

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 Geochemistry22: 2406-2421PDF

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.doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.060PDF

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

Park, B.B.*, R.D. Yanai, J.M.Sahm, D.K. Lee and L.P. Abrahamson.2005.Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willowbioenergyplantation.Biomass andBioenergy. 28(4):355-365.PDF

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

Kelly, J.M. and R.D.Yanai. 1997. Modeling nutrient uptake as a component of loblolly pine response to environmental stress. In: R.A.Micklerand S. Fox, eds. The Productivity andSustainabilityofSouthern ForestEcosystems in a Changing Environment. Ecological Studies Volume 128, pp. 293-304. Springer-VerlagNew York, Inc.Full Text (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

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

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

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Yanai, R.D., J.E. Drake, H.L. Buckley, B.S. Case, P. Lilly, and R.C. Woollons. 2024. Propagating uncertainty in predicting individuals and means illustrated with foliar chemistry and forest biomass. Ecosystems, 27:259-264. https://10.1007/s10021-023-00886-6 | PDF

Yang, Y*., R.D. Yanai, C.R. See, and M.A. Arthur. 2017. Sampling effort and uncertainty in leaf litterfall mass and nutrient flux in northern hardwoods.Ecosphere, 8(11):e01999. 10.1002/ecs2.1999.PDF

Campbell, J.L., R.D. Yanai, M.B. Green, G.E. Likens, C.R. See, A.S. Bailey, D.C. Buso, and D. Yang. 2016. Uncertainty in the net hydrologic flux of calcium in a paired-watershed harvesting study. Ecosphere, 7(6): e01299. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.1299PDF

Wild, A.D.*, and R.D. Yanai. 2015. Soil Nutrients Affect Sweetness of Sugar Maple Sap.For. Ecol. Manag.341: 30-36DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.022PDF

Pitel, N.E.*, and R.D. Yanai. 2014. Abiotic and biotic factors influencing sugar maple health: soils, topography, climate and defoliation.Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78:2061-2070. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.06.0240PDF

Yanai, R.D., C.R. Levine, M.B. Green, and J.L. Campbell. 2012. Quantifying Uncertainty in Forest Nutrient Budgets.J. For. 110(8): 448-456Journal of Forestry Journal Article link

Levine, C.R.*, R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, A.M. Melvin, C.L. Goodale, B.M. Rau, and D.W. Johnson. 2012. Assessing the suitability of using rotary corers for sampling cations in rocky soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal.76(5): 1707-1718Soil Science Society of American Journal Volume 76 Issue 5 link PDF

Lucash, M.S.*, R.D. Yanai, J.D. Blum and B.B. Park. 2012. Foliar nutrient concentrations related to soil sources across a range of sites in the northeastern United States. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.76(2): 674-683.Soil Science Society of America Journal Volume 76 Issue 2 link 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

Park, B.B.*, R.D. Yanai, J.M.Sahm, D.K. Lee and L.P. Abrahamson.2005.Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willowbioenergyplantation.Biomass andBioenergy. 28(4):355-365.PDF

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

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., T.GSiccama, M.A.Arthur,C.A.Federer, and A.J.Friedland. 1999. Accumulation and depletion of basecationsin forest floors in the northeastern US. Ecology 80:2774-2787.

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

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

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**K(*indicates student contributor):**

Yang, Y.*, R.D. Yanai, C.R. See, and M.A. Arthur. 2017. Sampling effort and uncertainty in leaf litterfall mass and nutrient flux in northern hardwoods.Ecosphere, 8(11):e01999. 10.1002/ecs2.1999.PDF

Wild, A.D.*, and R.D. Yanai. 2015. Soil Nutrients Affect Sweetness of Sugar Maple Sap.For. Ecol. Manag.341: 30-36DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.022PDF

Yanai, R.D., C.R. Levine, M.B. Green, and J.L. Campbell. 2012. Quantifying Uncertainty in Forest Nutrient Budgets.J. For. 110(8): 448-456Journal of Forestry Journal Article link

Levine, C.R.*, R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, A.M. Melvin, C.L. Goodale, B.M. Rau, and D.W. Johnson. 2012. Assessing the suitability of using rotary corers for sampling cations in rocky soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal.76(5): 1707-1718Soil Science Society of American Journal Volume 76 Issue 5 link PDF

Park, B.B.*, M.S. Cho, S.W.Lee, R.D. Yanai, and D.K. Lee. 2012.Minimizing nutrient leaching and improving nutrient use efficiency of Liriodendron tulipifera and Larix leptolepis in a container nursery system. New Forests 43: 57-68.New Forests Journal Article link.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 Botany64: 15-20PDF

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

Park, B.B.*, R.D. Yanai, J.M.Sahm, D.K. Lee and L.P. Abrahamson.2005.Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willowbioenergyplantation.Biomass andBioenergy. 28(4):355-365.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., T.GSiccama, M.A.Arthur,C.A.Federer, and A.J.Friedland. 1999. Accumulation and depletion of basecationsin forest floors in the northeastern US. Ecology 80:2774-2787.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

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

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Yanai, R.D., G.E. Walsh, Y. Yang*, C.A. Blodgett*, K. Bae*, and B.B. Park*. 2017. Nutrient concentrations of roots vary with diameter, depth, and site in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48: 32-41. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0223.PDF

Vadeboncoeur, MA, Hamburg SP, Yanai RD, Blum JD. 2014. Rates of sustainable forest harvest depend on rotation length and weathering of soil minerals. Forest Ecology and Management 318: 194-205. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.012PDF

Yanai, R.D., C.R. Levine, M.B. Green, and J.L. Campbell. 2012. Quantifying Uncertainty in Forest Nutrient Budgets.J. For. 110(8): 448-456Journal of Forestry Journal Article link

Levine, C.R.*, R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, A.M. Melvin, C.L. Goodale, B.M. Rau, and D.W. Johnson. 2012. Assessing the suitability of using rotary corers for sampling cations in rocky soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal.76(5): 1707-1718Soil Science Society of American Journal Volume 76 Issue 5 link PDF

Lucash, M.S., R.D. Yanai, J.D. Blum and B.B. Park. 2012. Foliar nutrient concentrations related to soil sources across a range of sites in the northeastern United States. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.76(2): 674-683.Soil Science Society of America Journal Volume 76 Issue 2 link 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 Botany64: 15-20PDF

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

Phillips, R.P.* and R.D. Yanai. 2004. The effects of AlCl₃additions on rhizosphere soil and fine root chemistry of sugar maple (Acer saccharum). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 159: 339-356.PDF

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

Yanai, R.D., T.GSiccama, M.A.Arthur,C.A.Federer, and A.J.Friedland. 1999. Accumulation and depletion of basecationsin 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

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

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

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**S(*indicates student contributor):**

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

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**Sr(*indicates student contributor):**

Lucash, M.S.*, R.D. Yanai, J.D. Blum and B.B. Park. 2012. Foliar nutrient concentrations related to soil sources across a range of sites in the northeastern United States.Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.76(2): 674-683.http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0160 PDF

Blum, J.D., S.P. Hamburg, R.D. Yanai,M.A. Arthur. 2012. Determination of foliar Ca/Sr discrimination factors for six tree species in northern hardwood forests, New Hampshire, USA.Plant Soil356(1): 303-314http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-1122-2. PDF

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): 1786-1794PDF

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):287-296PDF From SU/ESF:HTML

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Howe H., N. Schoch, Y. Yang, R.D. Yanai, V.L. Buxton, D.C. Evers, C.T. Driscoll, K.E. Gonzales, and G.G. Lampman. 2020. Adirondack Loons: Have they benefitted from mercury emissions controls? Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation Science Summary Report 2020-1. Saranac Lake, NY.PDF

Yanai, R.D., Y. Yang, A.D. Wild, K.T. Smith, and C.T. Driscoll. 2020. New Approaches to Understand Mercury in Trees: Radial and Longitudinal Patterns of Mercury in Tree Rings and Genetic Control of Mercury in Maple Sap.Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 231(5): 248.DOI: 10.1007/s11270-020-04601-2|PDF

Yang, Y., R.D. Yanai, N. Schoch, V.L. Buxton, K.E. Gonzales, D.C. Evers, and G.G. Lampman. 2019. Determining optimal sampling strategies for monitoring mercury and reproductive success in common loons in the Adirondacks of New York.Ecotoxicology, DOI: 10.1007/s10646-019-02122-1 |PDF

Schoch, N.*, Y. Yang, R.D. Yanai, V.L. Buxton, D.C. Evers, and C.T. Driscoll. 2019. Spatial patterns and temporal trends in mercury concentrations in common loons (Gavia immer) from 1998 to 2016 in New York's Adirondack Park: Has this top predator benefitted from mercury emission controls? Ecotoxicology,DOI: 10.1007/s10646-019-02119-w |PDF

Yang, Y.*, L. Meng, R.D. Yanai, M. Montesdeoca, P.H. Templer, H. Asbjornsen, L.E. Rustad, and C.T Driscoll. 2019. Climate change may alter mercury fluxes in northern hardwood forests.Biogeochemistry, 146:1-16.DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00605-1 |PDF

Yang, Y.*, R.D. Yanai, C.T. Driscoll, M. Montesdeoca and K. Smith. 2018. Concentrations and content of mercury in bark, wood, and leaves in hardwoods and conifers in four forested sites in the northeastern USA.PLOS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196293.PDF

Yang Y.*, R.D. Yanai, M. Montesdeoca and C.T. Driscoll. 2017. Measuring mercury in wood: challenging but important.International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 456-67: DOI:10.1080/03067319.2017.1324852.PDF

Levine, C.R.*, R.D. Yanai, G.G. Lampman, D.A. Burns, C.T. Driscoll, G.B. Lawrence, J.A. Lynch, and N. Schoch. 2014. Evaluating the efficiency of environmental monitoring programs. Ecological Indicators.39: 94 - 101. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.12.010PDF HTML

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Kattge, J., et.al. 2020. Twelve years of TRY - towards a third generation of plant trait data assimilation and sharing. Global Change Biology, 26(1):119-188.DOI:10.1111/gcb.14904 |PDF

Levine, C.R.*, R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, A.M. Melvin, C.L. Goodale, B.M. Rau, and D.W. Johnson. 2012. Assessing the suitability of using rotary corers for sampling cations in rocky soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal.76(5): 1707-1718Element:Nahttp://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0425 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): 448-456http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/jof.11-087 PDF

Lucash, M.S.*, R.D. Yanai, J.D. Blum and B.B. Park. 2012. Foliar nutrient concentrations related to soil sources across a range of sites in the northeastern United States.Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.76(2): 674-683.Elements: alhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0160 PDF

Phillips, R.P.* and R.D. Yanai. 2004. The effects of AlCl₃additions on rhizosphere soil and fine root chemistry of sugar maple (Acer saccharum). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 159: 339-356.Element:Al.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.Element:Pb.PDF

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