Publications

Hvenegaard GT, McIntosh ACS, Hood GA, Bourgeous KD, Cook CA. In press. One landscape, many habitats for supporting bird diversity in a mixed-use landscape in east-central Alberta, Canada. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.

Ochoa‐Hueso R, Delgado‐Baquerizo M, Risch AC, Ashton L, Augustine D, Bélanger N, Bridgham S, Britton AJ; Bruckman VJ; Camarero JJ; Cornelissen G, Crawford JA; Dijkstra FA; Diochon A; Earl S; Edgerley J; Epstein H; Felton A; Fortier J; Gagnon D; Greer K; Griffiths HM; Halde C; Hanslin HM; Harris LI; Hartsock JA; Hendrickson P; Hovstad KA; Hu J; Jani AD; Kent K; Kerdraon‐Byrne D; Khalsa SDS; Lai DYF; Lambert F; LaMontagne JM; Lavergne S; Lawrence BA; Littke K; Leeper AC; Licht MA; Liebig MA; Lynn JS; Maclean JE; Martinsen V; McDaniel MD; McIntosh ACS; Miesel JR; Miller J; Mulvaney MJ; Moreno G; Newstead L; Pakeman RJ; Pergl J; Pinno BD; Piñeiro J; Quigley K; Radtke TM; Reed P; Rolo V; Rudgers J; Rutherford PM; Sayer EJ; Serrano‐Grijalva L; Strack M; Sukdeo N; Taylor AFS; Truax B; Tsuji LJS; van Gestel N; Vaness BM; Van Sundert K; Vítková M; Weigel R; Wilton MJ; Yano Y; Teen E; Bremer E. 2023. Bioavailability of macro and micronutrients across global topsoils: Main drivers and global change impacts. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 10.1029/2022GB007680. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007680

Rude M, Ricard C, Lupardus R, McIntosh ACS. June 2022, posting date. Arrested succession? Assessing plant community recovery on reclaimed oil and natural gas well pads in Alberta's boreal forests using multivariate analyses. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 18: Practice #1 [online]. LINK

McIntosh A and Rintoul J. 2022. Special Place Assignments: Connecting Ecological Concepts to Each Student’s Unique Locale Through Scaffolded Portfolio Assignments. Article 65 In: Boone E and Thuecks S, eds. Advances in biology laboratory education. Volume 42. Publication of the 42nd Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE). LINK.

Cardou F, Munson AD, Boisvert-Marsh L, Anand M, Arsenault A, Bell FW, Bergeron Y, Boulangeat I, Delagrange S, Fenton NJ, Gravel D, Hamel B, Hébert F, Johnstone JF, Kumordzi BB , Macdonald SE, Mallik A, McIntosh ACS, McLaren JR, Messier C, Morris D, Shipley B,Sirois L, Thiffault N, Aubin I. 2022. Above- and belowground drivers of intraspecific traits variability across subcontinental gradients for five ubiquitous forest plants in North America. Journal of Ecology. LINK

Segura-Totten M, Dewsbury B, Lo S, Bailey EG, Beaster-Jones L, Bills RJ, Brownell SE, Caporale N, Dunk R, Eddy SL, García-Ojeda ME, Gardner SM, Green LE, Hartley L, Harrison C, Imad M, Janosik AM, Jeong S, Josek T, Kadandale P, Knight J, Ko ME, Kukday S, Lemons P, Litster M, Lom B, Ludwig P, McDonald KK, McIntosh ACS, Menezes S, Nadile EM, Newman SL, Ochoa SSD, Olabisi O, Owens MT, Price RM, Reid JW, Ruggeri N, Sabatier C, Sabel JL, Sato BK, Smith-Keiling BL, Tatapudy SD, Theobald EJ, Tripp B, Pradhan M, Venkatesh MJ, Wilton M, Warfa AM, Wyatt BN, Raut SA. 2021. Chronicling the Journey of the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) in its Effort to Become Antiracist: From Acknowledgement to Action. Frontiers in Education. LINK

Hood G, McIntosh ACS, Hvenegaard GT. 2021. Ecological compromise: Can alternative beaver management maintain aquatic biodiversity? Wetlands. 41:112.LINK

Gray AN, McIntosh ACS, Garman SL, Shettles MA. 2021. Predicting canopy cover of diverse forest types from individual tree measurements. Forest Ecology and Management Download

Steinke J, McIntosh ACS, Schroeder L, Macdonald SE. 2020. Understory vegetation responses to simulated mountain pine beetle attack and salvage logging in grey attack stage lodgepole pine stands. Forest Ecology and Management. Link

Azeria ET, Santala K, McIntosh ACS, Aubin I. 2020. Plant traits as indicators of recovery of reclaimed wellsites in forested areas: slow but directional succession trajectory. Forest Ecology and Management.Link

Lupardus R, Santala K, Azeria E, Aubin I, McIntosh ACS. 2020. Uncovering traits in recovering grasslands: A functional assessment of oil and gas well pad reclamation. Ecological Engineering X 100016. Link

Kumordzi B, Aubin I, Shipley B, Violle C, Johnstone J, Cardou F, Anand M, Arsenault A, Bell W, Bergeron Y, Boulangeat I, Brousseau M, de-grandpre L, Delagrange S, Fenton N, Gravel D, Macdonald SE, Hamel B, Higelin M, Hebert F, Isabel N, Mallik A, McIntosh ACS, McLaren J, Messier C, Morris D, Thiffault N, Tremblay J-P, and Munson A. In press. Geographic scale and disturbance influence intraspecific trait variability in leaves and roots of North American understory plants. Functional Ecology. Link

A blog post about this functional ecology paper BLOG

Lupardus R, McIntosh, ACS, Janz, A, Farr, D. 2019. Succession after reclamation: Identifying and assessing ecological indicators of forest recovery on reclaimed oil and natural gas well pads. Ecological Indicators. 106, 105515 Link

McIntosh ACS, Drozdowski B, Degenhardt D, Powter CG, Small CC, Begg J, Farr D, Janz A, Lupardus RC, Ryerson D, Schieck J. 2019. Monitoring ecological recovery of reclaimed wellsites: protocols for quantifying recovery on forested lands. MethodsX. Link.

Davis K, Callaway RM, Fajardo A, Pauchard A, Nuñez MA, Brooker RW, Maxwell BD, Dimarco RD, Peltzer DA, Mason B, Ruotsalainen S, McIntosh ACS, Pakeman RJ, Smith AL, Gundale MJ. 2018. Severity of impacts of an introduced species corresponds with regional eco-evolutionary experience. Ecography. 42: 1-11.Link

Hird JN, Montaghi A, McDermid GJ, Kariyeva J, Moorman B, Nielsen SE, McIntosh ACS. 2017. Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for monitoring recovery of forest vegetation on petroleum well sites. Remote Sensing. 9(5), 413 (Open Access). Link

Quideau SA, McIntosh ACS, Norris CE, Lloret E, Swallow MJB, Hannam K. 2016. Extraction and analysis of microbial phospholipid fatty acids in soils. Journal of Visualized Experiments.LINK

McIntosh ACS, Macdonald SE, Quideau S. 2016. Diverse understory plant communities are linked to fine-scale above- and below-ground heterogeneity within mature lodgepole pine forests. Plos ONE. Available HERE. Data are also available for download HERE.

Solymos, P, Morrison SF, Kariyeva J, Schieck J, Haughland DL, Azeria E, Cobb T, Hinchliffe R, Kittson J, McIntosh A, Narwani T, Pierossi P, Roy M, Sandybayev T, Boutin S, Bayne E. 2015. Data and information management for the monitoring of biodiversity in Alberta. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 39(3):472-479. Available HERE

McIntosh ACS, Macdonald SE. 2013. Short-term resistance of ecosystem properties and processes to simulated mountain pine beetle attack in a novel region. Ecosphere. 4(6): article 68. PDF

McIntosh ACS, Macdonald SE, Quideau S. 2013. Linkages between the forest floor microbial community and resource heterogeneity within mature lodgepole pine forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 63: 61-72. PDF

McIntosh ACS, Macdonald SE. 2013. Potential for lodgepole pine regeneration after mountain pine beetle attack in newly invaded Alberta stands. Forest Ecology and Management. 295: 11-19. PDF

McIntosh ACS. 2012. PhD Dissertation. Ecology of understory and below-ground communities in lodgepole pine forests under changing disturbance regimes. University of Alberta PDF

McIntosh ACS, Macdonald SE, Gundale MJ. 2012. Tree species versus regional controls on ecosystem properties and processes: an example using introduced Pinus contorta in Swedish boreal forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42: 1228-1238. PDF

McIntosh ACS, Gray AN, Garman SL. 2012. Estimating canopy cover from standard forest inventory measurements in western Oregon. Forest Science, 58(2): 154-167. PDF

McIntosh ACS, Gray AN, Garman SL. 2009. Canopy structure on forest lands in western Oregon: differences among forest types and stand ages. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-794. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 35 p.PDF

Nadkarni, N.M., McIntosh ACS, Cushing JB. 2008. A framework to categorize forest structure concepts. Forest Ecology and Management, 256: 872-882. PDF

McIntosh ACS., Cushing, J.B., Nadkarni, N.M., & Zeman, L.. 2007. Database design for ecologists: composing core entities with observations. Ecological Informatics 2:224-236. PDF

Cushing, J.B., Nadkarni, N.M., Finch, M., Fiala, A.C.S., Murphy-Hill, E., Delcambre, L., and Maier, D. 2007. Component-based end-user database design for ecologists. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems. 29(1): 7-24. PDF

Fiala ACS Garman SL, Gray AN. 2006. Comparison of five canopy cover estimation techniques in the western Oregon Cascades. Forest Ecology and Management. 232: 188-197.

Fiala ACS. 2003. Master of Science Thesis. Forest canopy structure in western Oregon: characterization, methods for estimation, prediction, and importance to avian species. Oregon State University. 335 pp." PDF