Breshears, D.D., Field, J. P., Law, D. J., Villegas, J.C., Allen, C. D., Cobb, N.S., Bradford, J.B. In Press. Rapid Broad-scale Ecosystem Changes and Their Consequences for Biodiversity. In: Climate Change and Biodiversity. Editors Lovejoy, T.E., and Hannah, L. Yale University Press.
Snyder, K. A., Evers, L., Chambers, J. C., Dunham, J., Bradford, J. B., & Loik, M. E. 2019. Effects of Changing Climate on the Hydrological Cycle in Cold Desert Ecosystems of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 72(1), 1-12.
Law, D. J., H. D. Adams, D. D. Breshears, N. S. Cobb, J. B. Bradford, C. B. Zou, J. P. Field, A. A. Gardea, A. P. Williams, and T. E. Huxman. 2019. Bioclimatic Envelopes for Individual Demographic Events Driven by Extremes: Plant Mortality from Drought and Warming. International Journal of Plant Sciences 180:53-62.
Gremer, J. R., C. Andrews, J. R. Norris, L. P. Thomas, S. M. Munson, M. C. Duniway, and J. B. Bradford. 2018. Increasing temperature seasonality may overwhelm shifts in soil moisture to favor shrub over grass dominance in Colorado Plateau drylands. Oecologia 188:1195-1207.
Copeland, S. M., S. M. Munson, J. B. Bradford, and B. J. Butterfield. 2018. Influence of climate, post-treatment weather extremes, and soil factors on vegetation recovery after restoration treatments in the southwestern US. Applied Vegetation Science 0.
Berryman, E. M., M. K. Vanderhoof, J. B. Bradford, T. J. Hawbaker, P. D. Henne, S. P. Burns, J. M. Frank, R. A. Birdsey, and M. G. Ryan. 2018. Estimating Soil Respiration in a Subalpine Landscape Using Point, Terrain, Climate, and Greenness Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123:3231-3249.
Copeland, S. M., Bradford, J. B., Duniway, M. C., & Butterfield, B. J. 2018. Life history characteristics may be as important as climate projections for defining range shifts: An example for common tree species in the intermountain western US. Diversity and Distributions, 24(12), 1844-1859.
Munson, S. M., Bunting, E. L., Bradford, J. B., Butterfield, B. J., & Gremer, J. R. 2018. Plant Production Responses to Precipitation Differ Along an Elevation Gradient and Are Enhanced Under Extremes. Ecosystems.
Palmquist, K. A., Bradford, J. B., Martyn, T. E., Schlaepfer, D. R., & Lauenroth, W. K. 2018. STEPWAT2: an individual-based model for exploring the impact of climate and disturbance on dryland plant communities. Ecosphere, 9(8), e02394.
Shriver Robert, K., M. Andrews Caitlin, S. Pilliod David, S. Arkle Robert, L. Welty Justin, J. Germino Matthew, C. Duniway Michael, A. Pyke David, and B. Bradford John. 2018. Adapting management to a changing world: Warm temperatures, dry soil, and interannual variability limit restoration success of a dominant woody shrub in temperate drylands. Global Change Biology.
Bradford, J. B., J. L. Betancourt, B. J. Butterfield, S. M. Munson, and T. E. Wood. 2018. Anticipatory natural resource science and management for a changing future. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16:295-303.
Describing Past and Future Soil Moisture in National Park Units from the Southern Colorado Plateau. 2018. National Park Service Reports.
Wilson, S. D., D. R. Schlaepfer, J. B. Bradford, W. K. Lauenroth, M. C. Duniway, S. A. Hall, K. Jamiyansharav, G. Jia, A. Lkhagva, S. M. Munson, D. A. Pyke, and B. Tietjen. 2018. Functional Group, Biomass, and Climate Change Effects on Ecological Drought in Semiarid Grasslands. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.
Rottler Caitlin, M., C. Burke Ingrid, A. Palmquist Kyle, B. Bradford John, and K. Lauenroth William. 2017. Current reclamation practices after oil and gas development do not speed up succession or plant community recovery in big sagebrush ecosystems in Wyoming. Restoration Ecology 26:114-123.
Powers, M., R. Kolka, J. Bradford, B. Palik, and M. Jurgensen. 2018. Forest Floor and Mineral Soil Respiration Rates in a Northern Minnesota Red Pine Chronosequence. Forests 9.
Dymond, S. F., J. B. Bradford, P. V. Bolstad, R. K. Kolka, S. D. Sebestyen, and T. M. DeSutter. 2017. Topographic, edaphic, and vegetative controls on plant-available water. Ecohydrology 10:e1897.
Copeland Stella, M., M. Munson Seth, S. Pilliod David, L. Welty Justin, B. Bradford John, and J. Butterfield Bradley. 2017. Long‐term trends in restoration and associated land treatments in the southwestern United States. Restoration Ecology 26:311-322.
Bradford, J. B., D. R. Schlaepfer, W. K. Lauenroth, C. B. Yackulic, M. Duniway, S. Hall, G. Jia, K. Jamiyansharav, S. M. Munson, S. D. Wilson, and B. Tietjen. 2017. Future soil moisture and temperature extremes imply expanding suitability for rainfed agriculture in temperate drylands. Scientific Reports 7:12923.
Gleason, K. E., J. B. Bradford, A. Bottero, A. W. D'Amato, S. Fraver, B. J. Palik, M. A. Battaglia, L. Iverson, L. Kenefic, and C. C. Kern. 2017. Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients. Ecosphere 8:e01849-n/a.
Copeland, S. M., J. B. Bradford, M. C. Duniway, and R. M. Schuster. 2017. Potential impacts of overlapping land-use and climate in a sensitive dryland: a case study of the Colorado Plateau, USA. Ecosphere 8:e01823-n/a.
Pennington, V. E., K. A. Palmquist, J. B. Bradford, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2017. Climate and soil texture influence patterns of forb species richness and composition in big sagebrush plant communities across their spatial extent in the western U.S. Plant Ecology 218:957-970.
Petrie, M. D., J. B. Bradford, R. M. Hubbard, W. K. Lauenroth, C. A. Andrews, and D. R. Schlaepfer. 2017. Climate change may restrict dryland forest regeneration in the 21st century. Ecology 19: 1548-1559.
Whitney, K. M., E. R. Vivoni, M. C. Duniway, J. B. Bradford, S. C. Reed, and J. Belnap. 2017. Ecohydrological role of biological soil crusts across a gradient in levels of development. Ecohydrology 10:e1875-n/a.
Tietjen, B., D. R. Schlaepfer, J. B. Bradford, W. K. Lauenroth, S. A. Hall, M. C. Duniway, T. Hochstrasser, G. Jia, S. M. Munson, D. A. Pyke, and S. D. Wilson. In Press. Climate change-induced vegetation shifts lead to more ecological droughts despite projected rainfall increases in many global temperate drylands. Global Change Biology 23:2743-2754.
Chambers, J. C., J. L. Beck, J. B. Bradford, J. Bybee, S. Campbell, J. Carlson, T. J. Christiansen, K. J. Clause, G. Collins, M. R. Crist, J. B. Dinkins, K. E. Doherty, F. Edwards, S. Espinosa, K. A. Griffin, P. Griffin, J. R. Haas, S. E. Hanser, D. W. Havlina, K. F. Henke, J. D. Hennig, L. A. Joyce, F. M. Kilkenny, S. M. Kulpa, L. L. Kurth, J. D. Maestas, M. Manning, K. E. Mayer, B. A. Mealor, C. McCarthy, M. Pellant, M. A. Perea, K. L. Prentice, D. A. Pyke, L. A. Wiechman, and A. Wuenschel. 2017. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions, Part 1. Science basis and applications. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-360. Fort Collins, CO. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
Itter, M.S., Finley, A.O., D'Amato, A.W., Foster, J.R., Bradford, J.B. In Press. Development and Application of a Dynamic Hierarchical Model to Assess the Effects of Climate on Tree Growth. Ecological Applications 27:1082-1095.
Bottero, A., D'Amato, A., W., Palik, B. J., Bradford, J. B., Fraver, S., Battaglia, M. A., Asherin, L. A. 2017. Density-dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought. Journal of Applied Ecology 54 (6), 1605-1614.
Butterfield, B. J., J. B. Bradford, S. M. Munson, and J. R. Gremer. 2017. Aridity increases below-ground niche breadth in grass communities. Plant Ecology 218:385-394.
Schlaepfer, D. R., J. B. Bradford, W. K. Lauenroth, S. M. Munson, B. Tietjen, S. A. Hall, S. D. Wilson, M. C. Duniway, G. Jia, D. A. Pyke, A. Lkhagva, and K. Jamiyansharav. 2017. Climate change reduces extent of temperate drylands and intensifies drought in deep soils. Nature Communications 8:14196.
Bradford, J. B., and D. M. Bell. 2017. A window of opportunity for climate-change adaptation: easing tree mortality by reducing forest basal area. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15:11-17.
Bottero, A., A. W. D'Amato, B. Palik, J., C. C. Kern, J. B. Bradford, and S. S. Sherer. 2017. Influence of repeated prescribed fire on tree growth and mortality in Pinus resinosa forests, northern Minnesota. Forest Science 63:94-100.
Palmquist, K. A., D. R. Schlaepfer, J. B. Bradford, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2016. Spatial and ecological variation in dryland ecohydrological responses to climate change: implications for management. Ecosphere 7:e01590-n/a.
Martyn, T. E., J. B. Bradford, D. R. Schlaepfer, I. C. Burke, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2016. Seed bank and big sagebrush plant community composition in a range margin for big sagebrush. Ecosphere 7:e01453-n/a.
Palmquist, K. A., D. R. Schlaepfer, J. B. Bradford, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2016. Mid-latitude shrub steppe plant communities: climate change consequences for soil water resources. Ecology 97:2342-2354.
Pennington, V. E., D. R. Schlaepfer, J. L. Beck, J. B. Bradford, K. A. Palmquist, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2016. Sagebrush, Greater Sage-Grouse, and the Occurrence and Importance of Forbs. Western North American Naturalist 76:298-312.
Dymond, S. F., A. W. D'Amato, R. K. Kolka, P. V. Bolstad, S. D. Sebestyen, and J. B. Bradford. 2016. Growth–climate relationships across topographic gradients in the northern Great Lakes. Ecohydrology 9:918-929.
Berryman, E., M. G. Ryan, J. B. Bradford, T. J. Hawbaker, and R. Birdsey. 2016. Total belowground carbon flux in subalpine forests is related to leaf area index, soil nitrogen, and tree height. Ecosphere 7.
Foster, J. R., A. O. Finley, A. W. D'Amato, J. B. Bradford, and S. Banerjee. 2016. Predicting tree biomass growth in the temperate–boreal ecotone: Is tree size, age, competition, or climate response most important? Global Change Biology 22:2138-2151.
Flathers, K. N., T. E. Kolb, J. B. Bradford, K. M. Waring, and W. K. Moser. 2016. Long-term thinning alters ponderosa pine reproduction in northern Arizona. Forest Ecology and Management 374:154-165.
Butterfield, B. J., J. B. Bradford, C. Armas, I. Prieto, and F. I. Pugnaire. 2016. Does the stress-gradient hypothesis hold water? Disentangling spatial and temporal variation in plant effects on soil moisture in dryland systems. Functional Ecology 30:10-19.
Petrie, M. D., A. M. Wildeman, J. B. Bradford, R. M. Hubbard, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2016. A review of precipitation and temperature control on seedling emergence and establishment for ponderosa and lodgepole pine forest regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 361:328-338.
Gremer, J. R., J. B. Bradford, S. M. Munson, and M. C. Duniway. 2015. Desert grassland responses to climate and soil moisture suggest divergent vulnerabilities across the southwestern US. Global change biology 21:4049-4062.
Babcock, C., A. O. Finley, J. B. Bradford, R. Kolka, R. Birdsey, and M. G. Ryan. 2015. LiDAR based prediction of forest biomass using hierarchical models with spatially varying coefficients. Remote Sensing of Environment 169:113-127.
Sinclair, J., D. Kashian, J. Bradford, and D. Freeman. 2015. Variation in Fractal Symmetry of Annual Growth in Aspen as an Indicator of Developmental Stability in Trees. Symmetry 7:354-364.
Schlaepfer, D. R., K. A. Taylor, V. E. Pennington, K. N. Nelson, T. E. Martyn, C. M. Rottler, W. K. Lauenroth, and J. B. Bradford. 2015. Simulated big sagebrush regeneration supports predicted changes at the trailing and leading edges of distribution shifts. Ecosphere 6:art3.
Junttila, V., T. Kauranne, A. O. Finley, and J. B. Bradford. 2015. Linear Models for Airborne-Laser-Scanning-Based Operational Forest Inventory With Small Field Sample Size and Highly Correlated LiDAR Data. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on 53:5600-5612.
Bell, D. M., J. B. Bradford, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2015. Scale dependence of disease impacts on quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) mortality in the southwestern United States. Ecology 96:1835-1845.
Speckman, H. N., J. M. Frank, J. B. Bradford, B. L. Miles, W. J. Massman, W. J. Parton, and M. G. Ryan. 2015. Forest ecosystem respiration estimated from eddy covariance and chamber measurements under high turbulence and substantial tree mortality from bark beetles. Global change biology 21:708-721.
Russell, M.B., Woodall, C. W., D’Amato, A. W., Fraver, S., Bradford, J.B. 2014. Technical Note: Linking climate change and downed woody debris decomposition across forests of the eastern United States. Biogeosciences 11: 6417-6425.
Lauenroth, W. K., Schlaepfer, D. R. & Bradford, J. B. 2014. Ecohydrology of Dry Regions: Storage versus Pulse Soil Water Dynamics. Ecosystems, 17, 1469-1479.
Russell, M. B., D'Amato, A. W., Schulz, B. K., Woodall, C. W., Domke, G. M. & Bradford, J. B. 2014. Quantifying understorey vegetation in the US Lake States: a proposed framework to inform regional forest carbon stocks. Forestry, 87, 629-638.
Reich, P.B., Luo, Y, Bradford, J. B., Poorter, H., Perry, C. H., Olekzyn, J. 2014. Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass allocation in leaves, stems and roots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111: 13721-13726.
Bradford, J. B., Schlaepfer, D. R., Lauenroth, W. K. & Burke, I. C. 2014. Shifts in plant functional types have time-dependent and regionally variable impacts on dryland ecosystem water balance. Journal of Ecology, 102, 1408-1418.
Bell, D.M., Bradford, J.B., and Lauenroth, W.K. 2014. Forest structure, productivity, and age mediate climatic effects on aspen decline. Ecology 95(8): 2040-2046.
Schlaepfer, D. R., Lauenroth, W. K., and Bradford, J. B. 2014. Natural regeneration processes in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). Rangeland Ecology and Management 67: 344-357.
Kurth, V.J., Bradford, J.B. , Slezak, R. A., and D’Amato, A.W. 2014. Initial soil respiration response to biomass harvesting and green-tree retention in aspen-dominated forests of the Great Lakes region. Forest Ecology and Management 328: 242-252.
Schlaepfer, D. R., Lauenroth, W. K., and Bradford, J. B. 2014. Modeling regeneration responses of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) to abiotic conditions. Ecological Modeling 286: 66-77.
Hurteau, M. D., J. B. Bradford, P. Z. Fulé, A. H. Taylor, and K. L. Martin. 2014. Climate change, fire management, and ecological services in the southwestern US. Forest Ecology and Management 327: 280-289.
Kurth, V.J., D’Amato, A.W., Palik, B.J., and Bradford, J.B. 2014. Fifteen-year patterns of soil carbon and nitrogen following organic matter removal. Soil science society of America Journal 78(2): 624-633.
Beever, E. A., Mattsson, B. J., Germino, M. J., Burg, M. P. V. D., Bradford, J. B. & Brunson, M. W. (2014) Successes and Challenges from Formation to Implementation of Eleven Broad-Extent Conservation Programs. Conservation Biology, 28, 302-314.
Bradford, J. B., Schlaepfer, D. R., and Lauenroth, W. K. 2014. Ecohydrology of adjacent sagebrush and lodgepole pine ecosystems: the consequences of climate change and disturbance. Ecosystems 17:590-605.
Foster, J.R., D’Amato, A.W., Bradford, J.B. 2014. Looking for age-related growth decline in naturally established forests: biomass increment patterns from tree rings and simulated tree mortality. Oecologia 175:363-374.
Klockow, P. A., D’Amato, A.W., Bradford, J. B., and Fraver, S. 2014. Nutrient concentrations in coarse and fine woody debris in Populus tremuloides-dominated forests, northern Minnesota, U.S.A. SilvaFennica 48(1) 962.
Bell, D.M., Bradford, J.B., and Lauenroth, W.K. 2014. Mountain landscapes offer few opportunities for high elevation tree species migration. Global Change Biology 20:1441-1451.
Fraver, S., D’Amato, A. W., Bradford, J. B., Jonsson, B. G., Jönsson, M., Esseen, P-A. 2014. Tree growth and competition in an old-growth Picea abiesforest of boreal Sweden. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 374-385.
Bell, D. M., J. B. Bradford, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2014. Early indicators of change: divergent climate envelopes between tree life stages imply range shifts in the western United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23:168-180.
Reinikainen, M., D’Amato, A. W., Bradford, J. B., and Fraver, S. 2014. Influence of canopy disturbance, forest age, stocking, and composition on sub-boreal aspen mixedwood carbon stores. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44(3): 230-242.
D'Amato, A. W., J. B. Bradford, S. Fraver, and B. J. Palik. 2013. Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems. Ecological Applications 23:1735-1742.
Magruder, M., S. Chhin, B. Palik, and J. B. Bradford. 2013. Thinning increases climatic resilience of red pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43:878-889.
Peters, E. B., K. R. Wythers, S. Zhang, J. B. Bradford, and P. B. Reich. 2013. Potential climate change impacts on temperate forest ecosystem processes. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43:939-950.
Bradford, J. B., N. R. Jensen, G. M. Domke, and A. W. D’Amato. 2013. Potential increases in natural disturbance rates could offset forest management impacts on ecosystem carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 308:178-187.
Fraver, S., A.M. Milo, J.B. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato, L. Kenefic, B.J. Palik, C.W. Woodall, and J. Brissette. 2013. Woody debris volume depletion through decay: Implications for biomass and carbon accounting. Ecosystems 16(7):1262-1272.
Berger, A. L., Palik, B. J., D’Amato, A.W., Fraver, S., Bradford, J.B., King, D. I., Nislow, K., Brooks, R. T. 2013. Ecological impacts of energy-wood harvests: Lessons fro Whole-Tree Harvesting and Natural Disturbance. Forest Science 111(2): 139-153.
Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S., Cook, B.D., Bradford, J.B. 2013. Hierarchical spatial models for predicting multiple forest variables using waveform LiDAR, hyperspectral imagery, and large inventory datasets. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 22 147-160.
Wythers, K.R., Reich, P.B., and Bradford, J.B. 2013. Incorporating respiration acclimation modifies modeled ecosystem responses to global change. Journal of Geophysical Research 118: 1-14.
Peters, E. B., K. R. Wythers, J. B. Bradford, and P. B. Reich. 2013. Influence of Disturbance on Temperate Forest Productivity. Ecosystems 16:95-110.
Silver E.J., D’Amato A.W., Fraver S., Palik B.J., & Bradford J.B. 2013. Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 291:110-118.
Klockow P.A., D’Amato A.W., & Bradford J.B. 2013. Impacts of post-harvest slash and live-tree retention on biomass and nutrient stocks in Populus tremuloides Michx.-dominated forests, northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 291:278-288.
Junttila V., Finley A.O., Bradford J.B., & Kauranne T. 2013. Strategies for minimizing sample size for use in airborne LiDAR-based forest inventory. Forest Ecology and Management 292:75-85.
Wells, F. H., Lauenroth, W.K., and Bradford, J. B. 2012. Recreational trails as corridors for alien plants in the Rocky Mountains, USA. Western North American Naturalist 72(4): 507-533.
Schlaepfer, D. R., Lauenroth, W. K., and Bradford, J. B. 2012. Ecohydrological niche of sagebrush steppe. Ecohydrology 5:453-466.
Powers, M.D., Kolka, R. D., Bradford, J. B., Palik, B. J., Fraver, S., and Jurgensen, M. F. 2012. Carbon storage across a chronosequence of thinned and unmanaged red pine (Pinus resinosa) stands. Ecological Applications 22(4): 1279-1307.
Schlaepfer, D. R., Lauenroth, W. K., and Bradford, J. B. 2012. Consequences of declining snow accumulation for water balance of mid-latitude dry regions. Global change biology 18:1988-1997.
Schlaepfer, D. R., W. K. Lauenroth, and J. B. Bradford. 2012. Effects of ecohydrological variables on current and future ranges, local suitability patterns, and model accuracy in big sagebrush. Ecography 35:374-384.
Bradford, J. B. and A. W. D'Amato. 2012. Recognizing trade-offs in multi-objective land management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10:210-216.
Bradford, J.B., Fraver, S., Milo, A., D’Amato, A.W., Palik, B. J., Shinneman, D. 2012. Effects of multiple interacting disturbances and salvage logging on forest carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 267: 209-214.
Lauenroth, W.K. and J.B. Bradford. 2012. Ecohydrology of dry regions of the United States: Pulse dynamics, partitioning AET, and wet days. Ecohydrology 5: 46-53.
Bradford, J.B. 2011. Potential influence of forest management on regional carbon storage: an assessment of alternative scenarios in the northern Lake States, USA. Forest Science 57(6): 479-488.
Bradford, J. B. 2011. Divergence in Forest-Type Response to Climate and Weather: Evidence for Regional Links Between Forest-Type Evenness and Net Primary Productivity. Ecosystems 14(6): 975-986.
D’Amato, A. W., Fraver, S. and Palik, B. J. and Bradford, J. B. 2011. Singular and interactive effects of blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire in sub-boreal pine systems. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 2070-2078.
Fraver, S., Jain, T., Bradford, J.B., D’Amato, A. W., Kastendick, D., Palik, B. J., Shinneman, D., Stanovick, J. 2011. The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA. Ecological Applications 21: 1895-1901.
Woodall, C. W., D’Amato, A. W., Bradford, J.B., and Finley, A.O. 2011. Effects of Stand and Inter-Specific Stocking on Maximizing Standing Tree Carbon Stocks in the Eastern U.S. Forest Science 57(5):365-378.
D’Amato, A. W., Bradford, J. B., Fraver, S. and Palik, B. J. 2011. Forest management for mitigation and adaptation to climate change: insights from several long-term experiments. Forest Ecology and Management 262(5): 803-816.
Fraver, S., Bradford, J.B., and B. J. Palik. 2011. Improving tree age estimates derived from increment cores: a case study of Pinus resinosa. Forest Science 57(2):164-170.
Janowiak, Maria K.; Swanston, Christopher W.; Nagel, Linda M.; Webster, Christopher R.; Palik, Brian J.; Twery, Mark J.; Bradford, John B.; Parker, Linda R.; Hille, Andrea T.; Johnson, Sheela M. 2011. Silvicultural decisionmaking in an uncertain climate future: a workshop-based exploration of considerations, strategies, and approaches. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-81. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 14 p..
Powers, M. D., Palik, B. J., Bradford, J. B., Fraver, S. and Webster, C. R. 2010. Thinning method and intensity influence long-term mortality trends in a red pine forest: implications for climate change mitigation. Forest Ecology and Management 260(7): 1138-1148.
Kolka, R., Sebestyen, S., and J.B. Bradford. 2010. An Evolving Research Agenda of the Marcell Experimental Forest. In Peatland Biogeochemistry and Watershed Hydrology at the Marcell Experimental Forest: Results from 50 Years of Scientific Research, R.K. Kolka, S.S. Sebestyen, E.S. Verry, and K.N. Brooks (eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Bradford, J.B., D'Amato, A. W., Palik, B, J., and S. Fraver. 2010. A new method for evaluating forest thinning: growth dominance in managed Pinus resinosa stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40 (5): 843-849.
Bradford, J. B. and D. J. Kastendick. 2010. Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon cycling in pine and aspen ecosystems of Northern Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(3): 401–409.
Bradford, J.B., Weishampel, P., Smith, M.L., Kolka, R. K, Birdsey, R.A., Ollinger, S.V. and M.G.Ryan. 2010. Carbon pools and fluxes in temperate forests: spatial variability and sampling requirements. Forest Ecology and Management: 259: 1245-1254.
Lauenroth, W.K. and J.B. Bradford. 2009. Ecohydrology of dry regions of the United States: Precipitation pulses and intraseasonal drought. Ecohydrology2: 173–181.
Bradford, J.B., Weishampel, P., Smith, M.L., Kolka, R. K, Birdsey, R.A., Ollinger, S.V. and M.G.Ryan. 2009. Detrital Carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 802-813.
Bradford, J.B., and B.J Palik. 2009. A comparison of thinning methods in red pine: consequences for stand-level growth and tree diameter. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 489-496.
Bradford, J.B., Birdsey, R. A., Joyce, L. A., and M. G. Ryan. 2008. Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests. Global Change Biology 14: 2882-2897.
Bradford, J. B. & Ryan, M. G. 2008. Quantifying Soil Respiration at Landscape Scales. Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring (ed C. M. Hoover), pp. 143-162. Springer, New York, NY.
Bradford, J. B., Weishampel, P. A., Smith, M. L., Kolka, R. K., Hollinger, D. Y., Birdsey, R. A., Ollinger, S. V. & Ryan, M. G. 2008. Landscape-Scale Carbon Sampling Strategy – Lessons Learned. Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring (ed C. M. Hoover), pp. 227-238. Springer, New York, NY.
Sherrill, K. R., Lefsky, M. A., Bradford, J. B. & Ryan, M. G. 2008. Forest structure estimation and pattern exploration from discrete-return lidar in subalpine forests of the central Rockies. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38, 2081-2096.
Bradford, J.B. and N. T. Hobbs. 2008. Analysis of options for elk population management in Rocky Mountain National Park. Journal of Environmental Management 86:520-528.
Binkley, D., Kashian, D. M., Boyden, S., Kaye, M. W., Bradford, J. B., Arthur, M. A., Fornwalt, P. J., and M. G. Ryan. 2006. Patterns of Growth Dominance in Forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 236: 193-201.
Bradford, J.B. Lauenroth, W.K., Burke, I.C. and J.M. Paruelo. 2006. The influence of climate, soils, weather and land-use on primary production and biomass seasonality in the U.S. Great Plains. Ecosystems 9: 934-950.
Bradford, J.B. and W. K. Lauenroth. 2006. Controls over cheatgrass invasion: the importance of climate, soils, disturbance and seed availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 693-704.
Lauenroth, W.K. and J.B. Bradford. 2006. Ecohydrology and the Partitioning of AET between transpiration and evaporation in a semiarid steppe. Ecosystems 9: 956-967.
Bradford, J.B., Lauenroth, W.K., and I.C. Burke. 2005. The impact of cropping on net primary production in the U.S. Great Plains. Ecology 86(7) 1863-1872.
Bradford, J.B., Hicke, J., and W. K. Lauenroth. 2005. The relative importance of light-use efficiency modifications from environmental conditions and cultivation for estimation of large-scale net primary productivity. Remote Sensing of Environment 96(2) 246-255.
Hobbs, N.T. and Bradford, J.B. 2004. Contraceptive control of wild horse populations: analysis of options. Bureau of Land Management internal report.
Bradford, J.B. 2004. The influence of climate, soils, and land-use on primary productivity and cheatgrass invasion in semi-arid ecosystems. Doctoral Dissertation: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Hobbs, N.T. and Bradford, J.B. 2003. Analysis of options for elk population management in Rocky Mountain National Park. National Park Service internal report.
Adler, P.B. and J.B. Bradford. 2002. Compensation: an alternative method for analyzing diversity-productivity experiments. Oikos 96: 411-420.