Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
115 Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN  55108-6112

612.624.7420
612.625.5212
frweb@umn.edu

Publications

Peer Reviewed

D’Amato, A.W., D.A. Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2009. Understory vegetation in old-growth and second-growth Tsuga canadensis forests in western Massachusetts. Forest Ecology and Management 257:1043-1052.

D’Amato, A.W., and D.A. Orwig. 2008. Stand and landscape-level disturbance dynamics in western Massachusetts. Ecological Monographs 78:507-522.

D’Amato, A.W., D.A Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2008. The influence of successional processes and disturbance on the structure of Tsuga canadensis forests. Ecological Applications 18:1182-1199.

Puettmann, K.J., A.W. D’Amato, M. Arikian, and J.C. Zasada. 2008. Spatial impacts of soil disturbance and residual overstory on density and growth of regenerating aspen. Forest Ecology and Management 256:2110-2120.

Kittredge, D.B., A.W. D’Amato, P.F. Catanzaro, J. Fish, and B. Butler. 2008. Estimating ownerships and parcels on non-industrial private forest in Massachusetts. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 25:93-98.

Orwig, D.A., R.C. Cobb, A.W. D’Amato, M.L. Kizlinski, and D.R. Foster. 2008. Ecosystem response to hemlock woolly adelgid outbreaks in southern New England forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:834-844.

D’Amato, A.W., D.A. Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2006. New estimates of Massachusetts old-growth forests: Useful data for regional conservation and forest reserve planning. Northeastern Naturalist 13:495-506.

D’Amato, A.W., and K.J. Puettmann. 2004. The relative dominance hypothesis explains interaction dynamics in mixed species Alnus rubra/Pseudotsuga menziesii forests. Journal of Ecology 92:450-463.

Puettmann, K.J., and A.W. D’Amato. 2002. Selecting plot sizes when quantifying growing conditions in understories. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 19:137-140.

Proceedings & Other Articles

Domke, G.M, A.W. D’Amato, A.J. David, and A.R. Ek. 2008. Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration. In Proceedings of the Short Rotation Crops International Conference, eds., Zalesny Jr., R.S., R. Mitchell, and J. Richardson. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-31. USDA, Forest Service.

Domke, G.M., A.R. Ek, D. R. Becker, J. F. Espeleta, A.W. D’Amato, P. B. Reich, S. Suh, M. A. Kilgore, D. A. Current, H. M. Hoganson, T. E. Burk, and C. R. Blinn. 2008. Assessment of carbon flows associated with forest management and biomass procurement for the Laskin Biomass Facility. Staff Paper Series No. 198. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.

Kelty, M.J., A.W. D’Amato, and P.K. Barten. 2008. Silvicultural and ecological considerations of forest biomass harvesting in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Initiative, Technical Report.

Pederson, N., A.W. D’Amato, and D.A. Orwig. 2007. Central hardwood natural history from dendrochronology: maximum ages from rarely studied species. In Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, eds., Clatterbuck, W.K. and D.S. Buckley. USDA, Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-101.

D.A. Orwig, and A.W. D’Amato. 2007. Southern New England old-growth forests: how much is left and can they inform management decisions? New England Society of American Foresters News Quarterly 68(4):10-11.

Kelty, M.J., and A.W. D’Amato. 2006. An historical perspective on diameter-limit cutting in the Northeast. In Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests, eds., Kenefic, L.S. and R.D. Nyland. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-342. USDA Forest Service.

Foster, D.R., D.B. Kittredge, B. Donahue, G. Motzkin, D. Orwig, A. Ellison, B. Hall, B. Colburn, and A. W. D’Amato. 2005. Wildlands and woodlands: a vision for the forests of Massachusetts. Harvard Forest Paper no. 26.

Outreach Publications

Catanzaro, P.F., D.T. Damery, A.W. D’Amato, and K. Ferrare. 2007. The economic viability of ownerships in the Deerfield River Watershed. Kohlberg Foundation and New England Forestry Foundation Pamphlet.

D’Amato, A.W., and P. Catanzaro. 2007. Restoring old-growth characteristics. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet.

Catanzaro, P.F., and A.W. D’Amato. 2006. High-grade harvesting: know the impacts and know your options. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet.