Peer Reviewed Articles
Peer Reviewed Articles
Alex A, Kizha AR, George AK, Bick S, Wang J, Klein S, Louis LT, Li L, Perera P, Manohar KA. 2024. Carbon footprint of the predominant mechanized timber harvesting methods in the Northeast U.S. Cleaner and circular bioeconomy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2024.100097
Alex A, Kizha AR, George AK, Louis LT, Bolding MC, Bick S, Rogers N. 2024. Timber harvesting economics in early commercial thinning and group selection prescriptions. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering. 45(2):251-262. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2024.2425
Alex A, Kizha AR, Louis LT, George AK. 2024. Production Economics and Carbon Footprint of an Integrated Timber Harvesting Operation in the Northeastern US. Energy Nexus. 2024 Dec 1;16:100336. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2024.100336
Louis LT, Daigneault A, Kizha AR. 2024. Constraints and opportunities in harvesting woody biomass: perspectives of foresters and loggers in the Northeastern United States. International Journal of Forest Engineering. Jan 10:1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14942119.2023.2299158
Manohar Kandileri A, Shukla G, Louis LT, Kizha AR, Husen A, Chakravarty S. 2024. Influence of Hydro, Mechanical, and Chemical Treatments to Seed for Germination and Seedling Growth of Saraca asoca (Roxb. De Wilde). Seeds. 3(1):88-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds3010007
Louis LT, Kizha AR, Daigneault A, Han SH, Weiskittel AR. 2022. Factors affecting operational cost and productivity of ground-based timber harvesting machines; A meta-analysis. Current Forestry Reports. Jan 21:1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-021-00156-5.
Kizha AR, Nahor ER, Coogen N, Louis LT, George AK. 2021. Residual Stand Damage under Different Harvesting Methods and Mitigation Strategies. Sustainability. Jan;13(14):7641. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147641.
Louis LT & Kizha AR. 2021. Wood biomass recovery cost under different harvesting methods and market conditions. International Journal of Forest Engineering. pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/14942119.2021.1874206.
Kizha AR, Han HS, Anderson N, Koirala A, Louis LT. 2020. Comparing Hot and Cold Loading in an Integrated Biomass Recovery Operation. Forests. Apr;11(4):385. https://doi.org/10.1080/14942119.2021.1874206.
Louis LT, Ramankutty N, Seufert V, Kunhamu TK, Rhemtulla JM. 2024. Landscape context mediates biodiversity-productivity trade-offs in organic vs conventional rice paddy wetlands. (In preparation).
George AK, Kizha AR, Shaler S. Alex A. Louis LT, Gu H. Li L. O’Neil S., Life cycle assessment of feedstocks for the forest products industry: four case studies accounting for a circular bioeconomy. (In preparation).
George AK, Kizha AR, Louis LT, Alex A, Perera P. Soil Erosion Potential of Major Timber Harvesting Methods in the Northeastern United States. (In preparation).
1. Louis LT, Kizha AR. 2019. Comparing the cost of harvesting sawlog and small-diameter trees from different silvicultural prescriptions utilizing two harvesting methods. Session: Forest harvesting systems. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) and 52nd International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC), 6-9 October 2019, Sopron, Hungary.
Rubert-Nason K., Louis, L.T, Landry S. (2024). Empowering Maine’s Rural Workforce to Advance Forest & Community Resiliency. University of Maine System's Rural Issues Symposium, Orono, ME November 01.
Alex A, Kizha AR, George AK, Louis TL. (2024). Carbon footprint of timber harvesting methods in the Northeastern United States. XXVI World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). 23-29 June 2024. Stockholm, Sweden.
Nasheeda Yasmin, Louis, L.T, Kizha, A.R, Daigneault A, Alex A. (2023). Soil Carbon Sequestration Dynamics Post-Harvesting: Effect of Stand Characteristics and Site Factors. SOMENS and NEMO 2023, Knoxville, TN October 9-11.
Nasheeda Yasmin, Louis, L.T, Kizha, A.R, Daigneault A, Alex A. (2023). Soil Carbon Sequestration Dynamics Post-Harvesting: Effect of Stand Characteristics and Site Factors. CFRU Fall Advisory Meeting 2023, Orono, ME October 18.
Louis, L.T, Kizha, A.R., George, A.K., Alex, A. (2022). Economics of harvesting hardwood pulp stands using Hybrid Cut-to-length and Whole-tree harvesting. COFE-FORMEC-IUFRO 2022, Corvallis, OR, September 20-24.
George, A.K., Kizha, A.R., Alex, A., Louis, L.T. (2022). Forest certification programs: perspectives of forest managers in the northeast U.S. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Baltimore, MD, September 20-24.
Louis, LT, (2021). Economics and Operational Decision Constraints of Small-Diameter Tree Harvesting (Doctoral Dissertation). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3509. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3509. (Doctoral Thesis)
Louis LT, Daigneault A, Kizha AR. 2021. Biomass harvesting amidst market and policy constraints: perspectives of foresters and loggers in the Northeastern United States. COFE-FORMEC. Sep 27-30. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Louis LT, Kizha AR, Daigneault A. 2020. Uncertainty in Timber Harvesting Cost and Productivity: A Review. Society of American Foresters National Conference. Providence, RI. Oct 18-Nov 1.
Kizha AR, Alex A, George AK, Louis LT. 2020. Cost of Harvesting Small-diameter Trees: Comparing Semi-Mechanized and Mechanized Harvesting Operation. Society of American Foresters National Conference. Providence, RI. Oct 18-Nov 1.
Louis TL, Kizha AR. 2020. Woody Biomass Harvest: Comparing Conventional with Exclusive Cost Apportioning Methods. UMaine 2020 Student Symposium. Bangor, ME. Oct 2nd.
Louis LT, Kizha AR, Daigneault A. 2019. Global sensitivity analysis of integrated harvesting cost under various stand conditions and machine attributes. 42nd Annual Meeting of the COFE and 52nd International Symposium on FORMEC, 6-9 October 2019, Sopron, Hungary. Page 245. https://www.formec.org/images/proceedings/2019/FORMEC2019_PROCEEDINGS.pdf.
Kizha AR, Nahor E, Coogen N, Louis LT, George AK. 2019. Residual stand damage under different silvicultural prescriptions. Session: Environmental impacts of forest operations. 42nd Annual Meeting of the COFE and 52nd International Symposium on FORMEC, 6-9 October 2019, Sopron, Hungary.
George AK, Kizha AR, Kenefic L, Louis LT. 2019. Comparison of Timber Harvesting Costs across Wet and Sturdy Grounds. High Resolution Wet Areas Mapping Workshop. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. June 11. Orono, ME.
George AK, Kizha AR, Kenefic L, Louis LT. 2019. Northern white cedar: Harvesting cost and productivity. Northern White-Cedar: Linking Research and Management Meeting. Cedar club. April 24. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Louis, LT. (2018). Biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and landscape context in organic vs conventional rice paddy wetlands in Kerala, India (Masters Thesis). UBC. Retrieved from https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0363920.
Louis LT, Rhemtulla J. 2017. Conserving wetland biodiversity landscape context for reducing biodiversity-productivity trade-off. International Congress on Conservation Biology. 2017 Book of Abstracts, Cartagena, Colombia, 23-27 July 2017, Page 312. https://conbio.org/images/content_conferences/ICCB2017_Abstract_Book_web_w_doi.pdf. (Masters Thesis)