Recent Publications from the Ashton Lab Group
2013
Alcott, E, Ashton, M.S., and B.S. Gentry (Editors). 2013. Natural and Engineered Solutions for Drinking Water Supplies: Lesson from the Northeastern United States and Directions for Global Watershed Management. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 290 p. Link
Troxel, B., Piana, M., Ashton, M.S., Murphy-Dunning, C., 2013. Relationships between bole and crown size for young urban trees in the northeastern USA. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. In Press. Link
2012
Ashton, M.S., Tyrrell, M.L., Spalding, D., & B. Gentry (Editors). 2012. Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate. Springer Verlag, New York. 410p.
DuVal, A., Muruetagoiena, T., & M.S. Ashton (Editors). 2012. Multiple-Use Management of Protected Natural Areas: Integrating Conservation, Restoration and Recreation in the Spanish Basque country. Nova Publ., New York.
2011
Craven, D., Dent, D., Braden, D., Ashton, M.S., Berlyn, G.P., Hall, J.S., 2011. Seasonal variability of photosynthetic characteristics influences growth of eight tropical tree species at two sites with contrasting precipitation in Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 1643-1653. Link
Garen, E.J., Saltonstall, K., Ashton, M.S., Slusser, J.L., Mathias, S., Hall, J.S., 2011. The tree planting and protecting culture of cattle ranchers and small-scale agriculturalists in rural Panama: Opportunities for reforestation and land restoration. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 1684-1695. Link
Griscom, H.P., Ashton, M.S., 2011. Restoration of dry tropical forests in Central America: A review of pattern and process. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 1564-1579. Link
Hall, J.S., Ashton, M.S., Garen, E.J., Jose, S., 2011. The ecology and ecosystem services of native trees: Implications for reforestation and land restoration in Mesoamerica. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 1553-1557. Link
Hall, J.S., Love, B.E., Garen, E.J., Slusser, J.L., Saltonstall, K., Mathias, S., van Breugel, M., Ibarra, D., Bork, E.W., Spaner, D., Wishnie, M.H., Ashton, M.S., 2011. Tree plantations on farms: Evaluating growth and potential for success. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 1675-1683. Link
James, T.M., 2011. Temperature sensitivity and recruitment dynamics of Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) and Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) in northern Mongolia's boreal forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 262, 629-636. Link
Martin, M.P., Peters, C.M., Palmer, M.I., Illsley, C., 2011. Effect of habitat and grazing on the regeneration of wild Agave cupreata in Guerrero, Mexico. For. Ecol. Manage. 262, 1443-1451. Link
Milakovsky, B., Frey, B.R., Ashton, M.S., Larson, B.C., Schmitz, O.J., 2011. Influences of gap position, vegetation management and herbivore control on survival and growth of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) seedlings. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 440-446. Link
van Breugel, M., Hall, J.S., Craven, D.J., Gregoire, T.G., Park, A., Dent, D.H., Wishnie, M.H., Mariscal, E., Deago, J., Ibarra, D., Cedeno, N., Ashton, M.S., 2011. Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 261, 1580-1589. Link
2010
Bastien-Henri, S., Park, A., Ashton, M., Messier, C., 2010. Biomass distribution among tropical tree species grown under differing regional climates. For. Ecol. Manage. 260, 403-410. Link
Ellum, D.S., Ashton, M.S., Siccama, T.G., 2010. Spatial pattern in herb diversity and abundance of second growth mixed deciduous-evergreen forest of southern New England, USA. For. Ecol. Manage. 259, 1416-1426. Link
Ilany, T., Ashton, M.S., Montagnini, F., Martinez, C., 2010. Using agroforestry to improve soil fertility: effects of intercropping on Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate) plantations with Araucaria angustifolia. Agrofor. Syst. 80, 399-409. Link
Park, A., van Breugel, M., Ashton, M.S., Wishnie, M., Mariscal, E., Deago, J., Ibarra, D., Cedeno, N., Hall, J.S., 2010. Local and regional environmental variation influences the growth of tropical trees in selection trials in the Republic of Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 260, 12-21. Link
Piotto, D., Craven, D., Montagnini, F., Alice, F., 2010. Silvicultural and economic aspects of pure and mixed native tree species plantations on degraded pasturelands in humid Costa Rica. New Forests 39, 369-385. Link
2009
Goodale, E., Lalbhai, P., Goodale, U.M., Ashton, P.M.S., 2009. The relationship between shelterwood cuts and crown thinnings and the abundance and distribution of birds in a southern New England forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 258, 314-322. Link
Griscom, H.P., Griscom, B.W., Ashton, M.S., 2009. Forest Regeneration from Pasture in the Dry Tropics of Panama: Effects of Cattle, Exotic Grass, and Forested Riparia. Restoration Ecology 17, 117-126. Link
Piotto, D., Montagnini, F., Thomas, W., Ashton, M., Oliver, C., 2009. Forest recovery after swidden cultivation across a 40-year chronosequence in the Atlantic forest of southern Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecol. 205, 261-272. Link
2008
Ediriweera, S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Ashton, M.S., 2008. Variation in canopy structure, light and soil nutrition across elevation of a Sri Lankan tropical rain forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 256, 1339-1349. Link
Panditharathna, P., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Griscom, H.P., Ashton, M.S., 2008. Change in leaf structure in relation to crown position and size class for tree species within a Sri Lankan tropical rain forest. Botany-Botanique 86, 633-640. Link
Piotto, D., 2008. A meta-analysis comparing tree growth in monocultures and mixed plantations. For. Ecol. Manage. 255, 781-786. Link
2007
Aikens, M.L., Ellum, D., McKenna, J.J., Kelty, M.J., Ashton, M.S., 2007. The effects of disturbance intensity on temporal and spatial patterns of herb colonization in a southern New England mixed-oak forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 252, 144-158. Link
Craven, D., Braden, D., Ashton, M.S., Berlyn, G.P., Wishnie, M., Dent, D., 2007. Between and within-site comparisons of structural and physiological characteristics and foliar nutrient content of 14 tree species at a wet, fertile site and a dry, infertile site in Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 238, 335-346. Link
Frey, B.R., Ashton, M.S., McKenna, J.J., Ellum, D., Finkral, A., 2007. Topographic and temporal patterns in tree seedling establishment, growth, and survival among masting species of southern New England mixed-deciduous forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 245, 54-63. Link
Griscom, B.W., Daly, D.C., Ashton, M.S., 2007. Floristics of bamboo-dominated stands in lowland terra-firma forests of southwestern Amazonia. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134, 108-125. Link
Piotto, D., 2007. Growth of native tree species planted in open pasture, young secondary forest and mature forest in humid tropical Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 19, 92-102.
Poulos, H.M., Taylor, A.H., Beaty, R.M., 2007. Environmental controls on dominance and diversity of woody plant species in a Madrean, Sky Island ecosystem, Arizona, USA. Plant Ecol. 193, 15-30. Link
Poulos, H.M., Goodale, U.M., Berlyn, G.P., 2007. Drought response of two Mexican oak species, Quercus laceyi and Q-sideroxyla (Fagaceae), in relation to elevational position. American Journal of Botany 94, 809-818. Link
Poulos, H.M., Camp, A.E., Gatewood, R.G., Loomis, L., 2007. A hierarchical approach for scaling forest inventory and fuels data from local to landscape scales in the Davis Mountains, Texas, USA. For. Ecol. Manage. 244, 1-15. Link
Poulos, H.M., Berlyn, G.P., 2007. Variability in needle morphology and water status of Pinus cembroides across an elevational gradient in the Davis Mountains of west Texas, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134, 281-288. Link
Wishnie, M.H., Dent, D.H., Mariscal, E., Deago, J., Cedeno, N., Ibarra, D., Condit, R., Ashton, P.M.S., 2007. Initial performance and reforestation potential of 24 tropical tree species planted across a precipitation gradient in the Republic of Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 243, 39-49. Link
2006
Ashton, M.S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Gamage, H.K., 2006. Interaction between light and drought affect performance of Asian tropical tree species that have differing topographic affinities. For. Ecol. Manage. 221, 42-51. Link
Griscom, B.W., Ashton, P.M.S., 2006. A self-perpetuating bamboo disturbance cycle in a neotropical forest. J. Trop. Ecol. 22, 587-597. Link
Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I., Esufali, S., Harms, K.E., Ashton, P.M.S., Burslem, D., Ashton, P.S., 2006. Species-habitat associations in a Sri Lankan dipterocarp forest. J. Trop. Ecol. 22, 371-384. Link
Shibayama, T., Ashton, M.S., Singhakumara, B., Griscom, H.P., Ediriweera, S., Griscom, B.W., 2006. Effects of fire on the recruitment of rain forest vegetation beneath Pinus caribaea plantations, Sri Lanka. For. Ecol. Manage. 226, 357-363. Link
2005
Griscom, H.P., Ashton, P.M.S., Berlyn, G.P., 2005. Seedling survival and growth of native tree species in pastures: Implications for dry tropical forest rehabilitation in central Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 218, 306-318. Link
Hooper, E., Legendre, P., Condit, R., 2005. Barriers to forest regeneration of deforested and abandoned land in Panama. Journal of Applied Ecology 42, 1165-1174. Link
Tennakoon, M.M.D., Gunatilleke, I., Hafeel, K.M., Seneviratne, G., Gunatilleke, C.S., Ashton, P.M.S., 2005. Ectomycorrhizal colonization and seedling growth of Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) species in simulated shade environments of a Sri Lankan rain forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 208, 399-405. Link
2004
Ellum, D.S., Ashton, P.M.S., Berlyn, G.P., 2004. Between and within genera comparisons of morphological plasticity for Betula and Acer seedlings grown under varying light conditions.
Hall, J.S., McKenna, J.J., Ashton, P.M.S., Gregoire, T.G., 2004. Habitat characterizations underestimate the role of edaphic factors controlling the distribution of Entandrophragma. Ecology 85, 2171-2183. Link
Piotto, D., Viquez, E., Montagnini, F., Kanninen, M., 2004. Pure and mixed forest plantations with native species of the dry tropics of Costa Rica: a comparison of growth and productivity. For. Ecol. Manage. 190, 359-372. Link
