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Curriculum Vitae

Marc D. Abrams

Birthdate: April 17, 1954 Address

Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York School of Forest Resources
The Pennsylvania State University
Marital Status: married with 307 Forest Resources Building
three children University Park, PA 16802
Tel. (814) 865-4901
email: agl@psu.edu
Educational background

Michigan State University Ph.D. Forestry 1982
Michigan State University M.S. Forestry 1979
S.U.N.Y. Binghamton B.S. Biology 1976

Employment history

7/01 - present: Nancy and John Steimer Endowed Professor in Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

7/97 - present: Full Professor, Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University.

9/94 - 6/97: Assistant Director for Graduate Studies and Research, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University.

7/93 - 6/97: Associate Professor, Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University.

8/87 - 6/93: Assistant Professor, Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University.

8/85 - 8/87: Assistant Professor, Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Taught courses in Forest Ecology, Tree Physiology and Dendrology.

3/83 - 7/85: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Division of Biology, Kansas State University. Plant ecologist for Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project on Konza Prairie.

8/82 - 3/83: Instructor of undergraduate and graduate courses in Forest Ecology, Michigan State University.

Professional societies, activities and awards
Sigma Xi
Xi Sigma Pi
Ecological Society of America (ESA) (1980-present)
Society of American Foresters (1980-1992)

Ad-hoc Reviewer -
Granting Agencies: National Academy of Sciences COBASE Program, National Science Foundation Ecology Program and Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Program, USDA Forest Biology and NRI Competitive Grants, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada Strategic Grants.

Scientific Journals: Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Ecological Applications, Journal of Ecology, Bioscience, Oecologia, The American Naturalist, Functional Ecology, Journal of Experimental Botany, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Forest Science, Tree Physiology, Trees-Structure and Function, American Journal of Botany, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, American Midland Naturalist, International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vegetatio, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Annales des Sciences Forestieres, The Southwestern Naturalist, The Natural Areas Journal, Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Forestry Chronicle, Restoration Ecology, EcoScience, New Forests, Castanea, Plant Ecology, Plant Sciences.

Judge for M. F. Buell and E. L. Braun Awards for ESA (1989,1991)

Associate Editor for Canadian Journal of Forest Research (June 1991- May 1995)

Session Moderator - 1991 Eighth Central Hardwood Forest Conference, University Park, PA.

Session Moderator - 1992 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Reviewer of proposals for new Forest Ecology textbooks being considered by Academic Press,
Chapman & Hall, and John Wiley and Sons (1992-1995).

Scientific Committee for comprehensive ecosystem management study, USDA-Forest
Service, Northeast Forest Experiment Station, January 1994, Warren, PA.

Scientific Committee and Editorial Review Board of Annales des Sciences Forestieres
for the International Symposium and Proceedings "Environmental Constraints and Oaks:
Ecological and Physiological Aspects", September 1994, Nancy, France.

Session Organizer and Moderator for the 21st Annual Natural Areas Conference,
October 1994, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Scientific Committee for Shawangunk Ridge and Panther Knob Ecosystem Research Program,
The Nature Conservancy, Eastern New York Chapter (1995-95).

National Science Foundation , Division of Environmental Biology, Panel Member for
Collaborative Research for Undergraduate Institutions (CRUI) Grants. (1994-95)

Ecological Society of America, Member of Vegetation Classification Panel (national level), to
support and facilitate the creation of a standardized North American vegetation classification
system. (1995-2002)

Invited Participant, National Science Foundation Sponsored Workshop on "Large-scale Vegetation
Mapping and Classification", Houston, Texas. (June 1995)

Associate Editor- Trees-Structure and Function (Springer-Verlag; November 1995 - Dec. 2000)

Editorial Review Board - Tree Physiology (Heron Publishing; January 1997 - present)

External Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure Dossiers for the University of Michigan (1996),
Virginia Tech University (1998), University of Kentucky (1999), State of Israel, Agricultural
Research Organization, The Volcani Center (1999), Northern Arizona University (2001),
University of Putra Malaysia (2002), Michigan State University (2003, 2007), University of Missouri-
Columbia (2003), Ohio State University (2003), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2005),
University of Vermont (2006), Ohio University (2006), University of Minnesota (2007, 2009), University of Reno, Nevada (2008).

International Union of Forestry Research Organization (IUFRO)- Canopy Processes and Genetics of Oak
working group member and meeting participant (1992-present). Helped organize meeting in Nancy France
and University Park, PA.

Program Committee for Eastern Old-Growth Conference, June 1997, Clarion, PA.

Hokkaido Japan Guest Researcher Award (June-September 1997) - to fund living expenses and
research during a sabbatical in Bibai, Japan.

Program Committee and Field Trip Organizer for IUFRO Conference on "Diversity and Adaptations
of Oak Species". October, 1997, State College, PA.

Harvard University, Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research. May - August 1998.

Editorial Review Board - Ecology and Ecological Monographs (1998- 2001)

External Reviewer for Ph.D. Dissertation - The University of Western Australia, Nedlands (1998)

New York Times- Science Times section lead article entitled “Eastern forests change color as
red maples proliferate”, based on my research and interview provided. April 27, 1999

Served as a panel Chair assessing research and management priorities at the Holden Arboretum
(Kirtland Ohio), September 1999.

Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award (2000) - Penn State Chapter

Committee member for “State of the Nation’s Ecosystems - Forests”, The H. John Heinz Center
for Science, Economics and the Environment. (July 2000 – present). In 2004, this work was selected
for the 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation.

Gamma Sigma Delta Faculty Awards Committee (2001)

Biosphere-Atmosphere Research Training, National Science Foundation IGERT- University of
Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI. Faculty Participant and Mentor (May 2001- 2004)

2002 recipient of the Alex and Jesse C. Black Award for Excellence in Research by the Penn State
College of Agricultural Sciences.

Invited Participant, National Science Foundation sponsored LTER Workshop on "Disturbance,
Ecological Legacies, and Disequilibrium", Sevilleta Field Station, New Mexico (May 2003).

Invited Participant, The Nature Conservancy sponsored fire and pitch pine ecosystems workshop.
New Paltz, New York (November 2004).

Editorial Board - Tree Physiology (Heron Publishing; January 2007 - present)

Department of Energy- National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR) Grant Review Panel member (2007, 2008).

National Science Foundation- Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Grant
Review Panel member (June 2008).

Faculty Participant- Woskob International Research in Agriculture (WIRA) coordinated by the College of Ag. Sci. Pennsylvania State University (July 2008-present)

Editorial Board for International Journal of Forestry Research (August 2008- present)

Research grants

1978-81 - Research on early plant succession on jack pine sites. U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Cooperative Research Agreement, with D. I. Dickmann. ($20,000)

1983-84 - Research on the use of prescribed burning for Kirtland's warbler habitat. Michigan Dept.of Natural Resources - Wildlife Division, with D. I. Dickmann. ($8,400)
1986-88 - The effects of fire on community dynamics and ecophysiology in the northern red oak type. University of Wisconsin Consortium for Extension and Research in Agriculture and Natural Resources, with C. G. Lorimer. ($26,312)

1986-87 - The effects of fire on community dynamics, soils and ecophysiology in a northern hardwood stand. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Program for the Development of University Personnel. ($5,120)

1987-88 - Post-fire changes in community structure and ecophysiology in a northern hardwood stand. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Program for the Development of University Personnel. ($3,500)
1988 - Needle water status of Douglas Fir Christmas trees sold in Pennsylvania: A comparison of west-coast versus Pennsylvania sources. Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers' Association. ($3,000)
1988-92 - Stress-mediated interaction among oaks, the gypsy moth, and a baculovirus. National Science Foundation, Ecology Panel, with J. C. Schultz. ($300,000)

1988-90 - Vegetation survey of Friendship Hill: A national historic site in Pennsylvania. U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. ($20,519)
1989 - Keepability of Douglas-fir Christmas trees in the Northeastern United States. Northeastern Christmas Tree Grower's Associations, with J. C. Finley. ($6,700)

1989-1992 - Effects of watering regime, fertilization and cover type on nutrient export at Circleville Student Farm. Program for Experiential Learning, Penn State University,
with J. R. Pratt and H. Elliott. ($11,000)

1989-90 - Strategies for drought and drought responses of woody plants in south-central Florida. Archbold Biological Station, with E. S. Menges. ($3,000)

1989-91 - Woody vegetation and fuel survey for evaluating wildfire hazard in Spotsylvania National Military Park, U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. ($24,324)

1990-93 - Factors affecting regeneration of northern red oak. College Research Initiatives Program, College of Agriculture, Penn State University, with K. C. Steiner, and R. H. Yahner. ($114,955)

1990 - Analysis of biological data on eight national historic sites in Pennsylvania. U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. ($12,792)

1990-95 - Post-fire ecology of red oak and competing hardwood regeneration in Wisconsin. USDA Forest Biology Competitive Research Grants Program, with P. Reich and S. Gower. ($130,000)

1991-96 - Woody vegetation and fuel survey for evaluating wildfire hazard in three battlefields of the Fredericksburg National Military Park. U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. ($110,000)

1991-93 - Historical and ecological analysis of early charcoal pits at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. ($30,000)

1992-94 - Ecological classification of forest types on the Monongahela National Forest,
West Virginia. USDA Forest Service ($27,000)

1994-1999 - Plant responses to the environment: biochemical basis, physiological responses and ecological consequences. National Science Foundation BIO Research Training Group Program. Faculty Participant (J. C. Schultz and E. J. Pell, PI's). ($1,250,000)

1994 - Ecological classification for remote sensing application in the Monongahela National Forest. Life Sciences NASA Space Grant, with D.Hurst. ($2,500)

1995-96 - Pre-European settlement warrant tree analysis for sugar maple. USDA Forest Service, Warren, PA. ($4,072)

1996-2000 - A re-evaluation of multiple successional pathways and the impact of regional climate variations on a post-fire jack pine chronosequence. USDA Forest Service Cooperative Agreement. ($50,000)

1996-98 - Ecosystem-based assessment of biodiversity associated with eastern hemlock
forests and the hemlock woolly adelgid. U.S.D.I. National Park Service and National Biological Service. ($207,000)
1997 - Hokkaido Japan Guest Researcher Award. To support forest ecology research and teaching in Japan. Hokkaido Government, Japan. ($50,000)
1998 - Fire ecology and management evaluations of five National Parks in the mid-Atlantic region. U.S.D.I. National Park Service. ($10,000)

1998 - Dendroecological investigation of an old-growth mixed-oak forest at the Great Falls National Park, Virginia. U.S.D.I. National Park Service . ($7,500)

1998 - Charles Bullard Research Fellowship, Harvard University. To support forest ecology research at Harvard Forest, MA during a sabbatical visit. ($15,000)

1999 - Dendroecological analysis of a mature loblolly pine-mixed hardwood forest at the George Washington Birthplace NM eastern Virginia. U.S. National Park Service. ($7,500)
2000-01 - Investigating the role of fire in red maple proliferation and decline of oak forests in Pennsylvania. Penn State College of Ag. Sci. Seed Grant. ($10,000)
2000-03 - Stem recruitment patterns in oak forests following the 1985 Tionesta Tornado.
U.S.D.A. Forest Service. ($56,000)

2002-2004 – Forest canopy, ecosystem and atmospheric responses to insect defoliation in the northern hardwood forest. National Science Foundation Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Grant Program ($64,000)

2002-04 - Investigating the role of fire history in the development of vegetation types at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. ($101,000)

2004-05 – Incorporating global change issues into the forestry ecology curriculum at Penn State University. Office of International Programs, Penn State to fund trips to Iceland and northwest Russia. ($6000)

2004-07 - Investigating fire history and landscape ecology at Fort Indiantown Gap, Penn. Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. ($217,000)

2004-05 – Impacts of Benlate DF on growth of citrus trees in plantations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Tico Fruit consulting agreement ($125,000)

2005-06 – Hazard tree criteria and evaluation on utility Rights-of-way. Asplundh Tree Care Company consulting agreement ($86,000)

2005-07 – Forest stand age, composition, and structure associated with the endangered northern flying squirrel in Pennsylvania. Wild Resources Conservation Fund. Subcontract for tree-ring work through Carolyn Mahan (PI) ($5545)

2006-09 - Forest composition and structure, fire history and soils analysis for oak-hickory and oak-beech forests on the Mashomack Preserve, Shelter Island, New York. The Nature Conservancy ($130,000)

2006-08 - Assessing historical fire regimes and prescribed fire for fuel management and forest health on the Menominee Indian Tribal Lands; Bureau of Indian Affairs. ($80,000)

2007-2010 - Impacts of soil warming on ecosystem and physiological responses in contrasting tree species. DOE National Institute for Climate Change Research (NICCR), with Margot Kaye and Jason Kaye. ($325,000)

2008 - Field Survey, Dendroecological Analysis, and Baseline Land Use History for Identified Vegetation (Canopy and Sub-Canopy Trees) at Totopotomoy Creek Battlefield/ Rural Plains. National Park Service. ($10,000)

2008-09 – Using indicator plant species to identify early Native American archaeological sites in the eastern U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Program, with Laurie Rush ($89,000)
2009 – Chestnut oak forest regeneration survey and management recommendations for the Mohonk Preserve, New York. Loewy Fellowship ($5,000)

2010 - An evaluation of existing vegetation data and data gaps leading to inventories and forest management recommendations for the desired conditions at Mount Joy and Mount Misery at Valley Forge National Historical Park. ($45,000 – pending)

Research presentations at scientific meetings

i. Invited Papers and International Presentations:

1988: INVITED PAPER: Western Forest Insect Work Conference. Flagstaff, AZ. "Osmotic adjustment as a drought adaptation in trees".

1989: INVITED PAPER: Tall Timbers Research Station's 17th Fire Ecology Conference, Tallahassee, FL. "Post-fire revegetation of jack pine sites in Michigan: An example of successional complexities".

1990: INVITED PAPER: Northeast Regional Christmas Tree Growers Meeting. White Haven, PA. "Keepability of Pennsylvania versus west-coast grown Douglas-fir in relation to subfreezing temperatures".

1991: IUFRO Meeting. Biological Systems in Tree Breeding. Finland and Sweden. "Physiological and morphological responses to shade and drought in two contrasting genotypes of Prunus serotina", with B. D. Kloeppel and M. E. Kubiske.

1992: INVITED TALK: USDA Forest Service. Workshop on Ecological Processes and Functions. Eastern Regional University, Milwaukee, WI. "Introduction to the concepts of succession".

1992: INVITED PAPER: 19th Annual Natural Areas Conference. Bloomington, IN. "Can oak be maintanied in old-growth forests without fire?".

1992: Eighth International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Wageningen, The Netherlands. "Impact of water and nutrient stress on oak leaf quality and gypsy moth performance", with K.W. Kleiner and J. C. Schultz.

1993: IUFRO Meeting. Ecophysiology and genetics of trees and forests in a changing environment. Viterbo, Italy. "Genotypic and phenotypic variation as stress adaptations in woody plants".

1993: INVITED TALK: Biology of Trees and Shrubs-USDA Soil Conservation Service, University Park, PA. "Physiology, Ecology and Morphology of Woody Plants".

1994: INVITED TALK: Botanical Society of America-Symposium. The Ecological Society of America 79th Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN. "Fire and the successional status of eastern oak forests".

1994: INVITED PLENARY LECTURE: Environmental constraints and oaks: Ecological and physiological aspects. Nancy, France. "Relating ecological distribution and community dynamics to ecophysiological adaptations in North American oak species".

1994: VI International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL). Manchester, England. "Land-use history and tree species recruitment in mixed-oak forests".

1994: INVITED PAPER: 21st Annual Natural Areas Conference, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. "Composition, structure, and dynamics of old-growth oak and pine forests in the mid-Atlantic Region".

1995: INVITED KEYNOTE PAPER: IUFRO Meeting. Interactive environmental effects on forest stands. Christchurch, New Zealand. "Physiological and morphological responses to interactions among light, site and drought in contrasting temperate tree species".

1995: INVITED PAPER: Forest Resources Issues Conference. Ecosystem Management: Translating Concepts to Practice. State College, PA. "History of Eastern Forests: Pre- and Post-European Settlement".

1995: INVITED PAPER: IUFRO XX World Congress. Tampere, Finland. "Dendroecological and ecophysiological attributes of mixed-oak forests in the eastern U.S".

1996: INVITED PAPER: The IV New York Natural History Conference. Albany, New York. "Dendroecology and recent climatic variations of a 320-year-old Pinus rigida community".

1996: 14th North American Forest Biology Workshop. Quebec City, Canada. "Radial growth dynamics and successional status of mesic versus xeric old-growth oak forests on the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia".

1996: INVITED PAPER: 13th Fire and Meteorology Conference. Lorne, Australia. "Historical changes of fire impacts in the ecology of oak forests, eastern USA".

1997: INVITED PAPER: 4th Conference on Ancient Eastern U.S. Old-Growth Forest. Clarion, PA. "Dendroecological studies of old-growth forests in the mid-Atlantic region".

1997: INVITED PAPER: IUFRO Working Party - Diversity and Adaptation in Oak Species. State College, PA. "Ecology and ecophysiological attributes of Quercus in the eastern U.S.

1998: INVITED PAPER: Native Plants in the Landscape Conference. Millersville University, PA. “Impacts of changing land-use history in Pennsylvania Forests”.

1999: INVITED PAPER: The 5th Eastern U.S. Old-Growth Forest Conference. Duluth, MN.”Dendroecology, dynamics, and species recruitment in old-growth bottomland and bog forests”.

1999: INVITED PAPER: The Ecological Society of America 84th Annual Meeting. Spokane, WA. “Directions for restoration ecology in the mid-Atlantic region: Lessons from old-growth forests.”

2000: INVITED PAPER: The Fire, People, and the Central Hardwood Landscape Conference. Richmond, KY. “The roles of fire and land-use history in the historical development and ecology of oak forests in eastern United States”.

2000: INVITED KEYNOTE LECTURE: International Conference on Dendrochronology for the Third Millenium. Mendoza, Argentina. “Dendroecological applications in the study of forest stand dynamics”.

2001: BENNETT LECTURE IN BOTANY at the University of Michigan Biological Station, Douglas Lake, MI. “The Red Maple Paradox”.

2001: INVITED KEYNOTE LECTURE. Plant Health Symposium, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. “The role of red maple, a native invasive, in the health of eastern oak forests”.

2002: INVITED KEYNOTE LECTURE: Oak Ecology and Management Symposium. The Chicago Botanic Garden and the Morton Arboretum, Glencoe, IL. “Recent changes in the ecology of eastern oak forests”.

2003: INVITED LECTURE: Advances in Forest Health Workshop, Enfield, CT. “The historical development of red maple dominance in the eastern U.S.”

2003: INVITED PAPER: Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA. “A boundary-line approach to determine tree ring releases following disturbance events in old-growth forests.”
2004: INVITED LECTURE: DCNR Eco-Management Advisory Committee Meeting, University Park, PA. “Fire and the historical development of mid-Atlantic oak and pine forests.”
2005: TRACE 2005: Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Meeting, Fribourg, Switzerland. “Application of the boundary-line release criteria for North American tree species.”

2005: INVITED LECTURE: USDA Biology of Trees and Shrubs Workshop. North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. “Physiological ecology of woody plants.”
2005: INVITED LECTURE: USDA Fire in Eastern Oak: Delivering Science to Land Managers. Ohio State University, Columbus OH. “Ecological and physiological adaptations and responses to fire in eastern oak species.”

2006: Ecological Society of America Meeting- Era of Globalization. Merida, Mexico
“Annual tree rings and the impact of Benlate 50 DR on citrus tree growth in north-central Costa Rica”, with Winand Hock.

2006: INVITED LECTURE: Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry- Silviculture section annual meeting. State College, PA. “The historical role of fire in the ecology and management of upland oak forests in the mid-Atlantic region.”

2006: 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology, Beijing, China. “Tales from the blackgum: on being the consummate subordinate.”

2006: INVITED LECTURE: 3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. San Diego, CA. “Fire ecology of eastern oak forests and recent impacts of native invasive species.

2007: 4th International Wildland Fire Conference. Seville, Spain. The demise of fire and mesophication of the eastern U.S. forest biome.

2007: Ist International meeting of the Asian Dendrochronology Association. Bangkok, Thailand. “Using dendroecology to monitor long-term forest change and restoration ecology efforts in oak forests of the eastern U.S.”
2008: TRACE 2008 tree ring meeting, Zakopane, Poland. “Age and growth rate relationships: Are young trees growing faster than their predecessors?” Sarah Johnson (co-author)
2009: Sustaining Military Readiness (SMR) Conference, Phoenix, AZ "Using Indicator Species for identification of prehistoric archeological sensitivity and potential site integrity". Sarah Johnson (co-author).

ii. Contributed papers in last 10 years (80 total since 1980):

1998: Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, MD. “Impacts of volcanic activity on the dendroecology of a sub-boreal Quercus-Abies old-growth forest in Hokkaido, Japan”,
with C. Copenheaver, K. Terazawa, K. Umeki, M. Takiya, and A. Nobuhiro.

1998: Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, MD. “Fire history and dendroecology of old-growth oak forests in western Maryland”, with D. Shumway (presenter) and C. Ruffner.

1998: Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, MD. “Physiographic analysis of pre-European settlement witness tree data and present forest cover of Lancaster County, PA”, with B. Black (presenter).

1998: Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, MD. “Impacts of land-use and edaphic factors on pre- and post-settlement forests of northern lower Michigan”, with C. Copenheaver (presenter).

1998: Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, MD. “Native American influences on pre- European settlement forests of the Allegheney Plateau from witness tree analysis”, with C. Ruffner (presenter).

1999: The 5th Eastern U.S. Old-Growth Forest Conference. Duluth, MN.”Fire History and Dendroecology of Two Old-growth Oak Stands in Western Maryland”, with D. Shumway and C. Ruffner (presenter).

2000: International Conference on Dendrochronology for the Third Millenium. Mendoza, Argentina. “Geographical and seasonal variation in tree ring-climate relationships in northern lower Michigan”, with C. Copenheaver (presenter).

2000: Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, UT. “Disturbance history and stand dynamics along a topographic gradient in old-growth hemlock-northern hardwood forests of the Allegheny Plateau, USA”, with C. Ruffner (presenter).

2001: Third North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Duluth, MN. “Mid-succession vegetation development in Pinus banksiana stands in northern lower Michigan”, with C. Copenheaver (presenter).

2002: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. “Evaluating release criteria and climate impacts in old-growth hemlock”, with B. Black (presenter).
2002: 6th Annual International Tree Ring Meeting, Quebec Canada. “A new approach to determining tree ring releases following disturbance events in old-growth forests”, with B. Black.

2003: Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, LA. “Native American influences on the forests of the Allegheny Plateau, northwest Pennsylvania”, with C. Ruffner and B. Black (poster presentation).

2004: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. “Application of boundary-line release criteria to North American tree species”, with B. Black (presenter).

2004: 14th Intensive Training Area Management (ITAM) meeting, San Francisco, CA. “Fire effects on forest composition and structure at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA”, with Steve Signell, Joe Hoevis, and Shannon Henry.

2006: 15th Intensive Training Area Management (ITAM) meeting, Manhattan, KS. “Habitat Islands in a Regime of Frequent Fire: Influence of Rocky Features on Vegetation Dynamics in Central Appalachian Quercus Forests”, with Steve Signell, Joe Hoevis, and Shannon Henry.

2008: Midwest Region- Joint Annual Fire and Forestry Conference, Menominee, WI. “Assessing the impact of historical fire regimes on forest composition, structure, and regeneration on the Menominee Reservation”, with Ben Sands (presenter).

2008: Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Milwaukee, WI. “Age class, longevity and growth rate relationships: Protracted increases in radial growth in young and old trees”, with Sarah Johnson (presenter).

2009: Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Albuquerque, NM. “Native American Legacies in Archaeological Sites: Evidence of Early Land Use in Current Vegetation”, with Sarah Johnson (presenter).

2009: Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Albuquerque, NM. “Response of northeastern forest tree species composition in a warmer and wetter climate”, with Rebecca Wagner (presenter).

Invited Talks in Seminar Series:

University of California, Berkeley (1982)
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada (1983)
University of Florida, Gainesville (1984)
Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Cary Arboretum, NY (1984)
Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida (1990)
Penn State University (four times from 1987- present)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1991)
University of Vermont, Burlington (1992)
Millersville University, PA (1993, 2004)
Bucknell University, PA (1994)
Ohio University, Athens (1994)
Duke University, Durham, NC (1995)
University of Georgia, Athens (1995)
Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken, SC (1995)
McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1996)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1996)
Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA (1996, 1998)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1996)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1997)
University of Pittsburgh, PA (1997)
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan (1997)
Environmental Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan (1997)
Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan (1997)
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan (1997)
Kyoto University, Institute for Ecological Research, Kyoto, Japan (1997)
University of Hakodate, Hakodate City, Japan (1997)
Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Bibai, Japan (1997)
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (1997)
Forestry and Forest Products Institute, Sapporo, Japan (1997)
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (1997)
Tottori University, Tottori, Japan (1997)
University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources, Ann Arbor, MI (1998)
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1999)
University of Chile, Department of Systematics and Ecology, Santiago, Chile (2000)
Michigan Technological University, School of Forestry, Houghton, MI (2000)
University of Michigan Biological Station, Douglas Lake, MI (2001, 2002)
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD (2002)
University of Iceland, Environmental Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland (2003)
Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (2004)
Saint Petersburg State Forest Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia (2004)
University of Pennsylvania-Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA (2005)
University of Pittsburgh-Pymatuning Lab, Linesville, PA (2005)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN (2005)
University of Beijing, Department of Geography, Beijing, China (2006)
Colorado State University, Forest Restoration Institute, Ft. Collins, CO (2006)
University of Lisbon, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal (2007)
Kasetsart University, School of Forestry, Bangkok, Thailand (2007)
Thailand Institute for the Environment, Bangkok, Thailand (2007)
National Agricultural University, Institute of Forestry, Kiev, Ukraine (2008)
Nikita Botanical Garden, Crimea, Ukraine (2008)
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (2009)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Graduate Research Training

Greg J. Nowacki, M.S. Thesis. 1988. Composition, structure and historical development of northern red oak stands along a moisture gradient in north-central Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Mark E. Kubiske, M.S. Thesis. 1990. Effects of rehydration on pressure-volume relationships in temperate woody plants. Penn State University.

Julie A. Downs, M.S. Thesis. 1990. Composition and structure of an old-growth versus a young-mature white oak forest in southwestern Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

David A. Orwig, M.S. Thesis. 1991. Age structure and composition of successional forests of Spotsylvania Battlefield, Virginia. Penn State University.

Brian D. Kloeppel, M.S. Thesis. 1992. Seasonal plant ecophysiology and morphology of four successional Pennsylvania barrens species in open versus understory environments. Penn State University.

Mark E. Kubiske, Ph. D. Dissertation. 1993. Ecophysiological responses of tree species of contrasting temperate communities during wet and dry growing seasons. Penn State University.

Carl J. Mikan, M.S. Thesis. 1993. Edaphic properties relating to altered succession on historic charcoal hearths in Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Deanna M. Hurst, M.S. Thesis. 1994. Ecological classification and gradient analysis in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. Penn State University.

David A. Orwig, Ph. D. Dissertation. 1995. Community and dendroecological attributes of mixed-oak forests of northern Virginia. Penn State University.

Scott A. Mostoller, M.S. Thesis. 1995. Ecophysiological responses of early versus late successional tree species to drought. Penn State University.

Charles M. Ruffner, M.S. Thesis. 1995. Early plant succession following wildfire in Pennsylvania mixed-oak forests. Penn State University.

Greg J. Nowacki, Ph. D. Dissertation. 1995. Historical development, disturbance dynamics, and community ecology of oak-dominated forests of central Pennsylvania. Penn State Univ.

Michael J. Dockry, M.S. Thesis. 1996. Ecophysiology and leaf morphology of temperate tree species across a landscape gradient in wet and dry years. Penn State University.

Bryan A. Black, M. S. Thesis. 1998. Physiographic analysis of witness tree distribution and surveyor bias in the pre-European settlement forests of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Charles A. Ruffner. Ph. D. Dissertation. 1999. Anthropogenic and physiographic influences on the composition and structure of pre-European settlement forests of Pennsylvania. Penn State.

Carolyn A. Copenheaver. Ph. D. Dissertation. 2000. Vegetation dynamics of Pinus banksiana in northern lower Michigan. Penn. State University.

Misty E. Kaufmann. M. S. Thesis. 2002. Stand dynamics following a tornado in an oak-dominated forest in the Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Bryan A. Black. Ph. D. Dissertation. 2003. A boundary-line approach to dendroecological release criteria. Penn State University.

Stephen A. Signell. M. S. Thesis. 2005. Influence of wildfire on community composition and tree regeneration in mixed-oak forests of Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Margaret M. O’Neil. M. S. Thesis. 2005. Impacts of land-use history and edaphic factors on the pine-scrub oak barrens of Scotia Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Jeff Kuhn. Ph. D. Dissertation. 2006. Community dynamics of streamside forests: Lessons from the Conestoga River drainage, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Christine D. Shook. M. S. Thesis. 2007. Variation in radial growth responses to recent and repeated fire in mixed-oak forests in Pennsylvania. Penn State University.

Rebekah J. Wagner. M. S. Thesis. 2007. Water regime impacts on tree rings, wood chemistry and physiological responses in four temperate tree species. Penn State University.

Sarah E. Johnson. M. S. Thesis. 2007. Comparison of growth rate and longevity among a variety of eastern tree species. Penn State University.

Ben Sands. M. S. Thesis 2008. Assessing the impacts of historical fire regimes and logging on forest composition, structure, regeneration, and radial growth on the Menominee Tribal Lands, Menominee County, Wisconsin. Penn State University.

Postdoctoral Training

Karl W. Kleiner (1988-1992).
Carolyn G. Mahan (1996-1998)

Refereed Scientific Publications

1. Abrams, M. D. 1982. Early plant succession on clearcut and burned jack pine sites in northern lower Michigan. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University. 191 p.

2. Abrams, M. D. and D. I. Dickmann. 1982. Early revegetation of clearcut and burned jack pine sites in northern lower Michigan. Canadian Journal of Botany 60:946-954.

3. Abrams, M. D. and D. I. Dickmann. 1983. Response of understory vegetation to fertilization on mature and clearcut jack pine sites in northern lower Michigan. American Midland Naturalist 110:194-200.

4. Abrams, M. D. and D. I. Dickmann. 1984. Apparent heat stimulation of buried seeds of Geranium bicknellii Britt. on jack pine sites in northern lower Michigan. The Michigan Botanist 23:81-88.

5. Abrams, M. D. 1984. Uneven-aged jack pine in Michigan. Journal of Forestry 82:306-307.

6. Abrams, M. D. and D. I. Dickmann. 1984. Floristic composition before and after prescribed fire on a jack pine clearcut site in northern lower Michigan. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 14:746-749.

7. Abrams, M. D., D. G. Sprugel and D. I. Dickmann. 1985. Multiple successional pathways on recently disturbed jack pine sites in Michigan. Forest Ecol. and Manage. 10:31-48.

8. Abrams, M. D. 1985. Fire history of oak gallery forests in a northeast Kansas tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 114:188-191.

9. Knapp, A. K., M. D. Abrams, and L. C. Hulbert. 1985. An evaluation of beta attenuation for estimating aboveground biomass in a tallgrass prairie. J. Range Manage. 38:556-558.

10. Abrams, M. D. 1985. Age-diameter relationships of Quercus species in relation to edaphic factors in gallery forests in northeast Kansas. Forest Ecol. and Manage. 13:181-193.

11. Abrams, M. D. 1986. Historical development of gallery forests in northeast Kansas. Vegetatio 65:29-37.

12. Abrams, M. D. and A. K. Knapp. 1986. Seasonal water relations of three gallery forest hardwoods in northeast Kansas. Forest Science 32:687-696.

13. Abrams, M. D., A. K. Knapp, and L. C. Hulbert. 1986. A ten-year record of aboveground biomass in a Kansas tallgrass prairie: Effects of fire and topographic position. American Journal of Botany 73:1509-1515.

14. Abrams, M. D. 1986. Physiological plasticity in water relations and leaf structure of understory versus open-grown Cercis canadensis L. in northeast Kansas. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 16:1170-1174.

15. Abrams, M. D. and L. C. Hulbert. 1987. Effect of topographic position and fire on tallgrass prairie species composition in northeast Kansas. Amer. Midland Naturalist 117:442-445.

16. Abrams, M. D. 1987. Leaf structural and photosynthetic pigment characteristics of three gallery forest hardwood species in northeast Kansas. For. Ecol.& Manage. 22:261-266.

17. Abrams, M. D. 1988. Effects of burning regime on viable buried seed pools and canopy coverage in a northeast Kansas tallgrass prairie. Southwestern Naturalist 33:65-70.

18. Abrams, M. D. 1988. Genetic variation in leaf morphology and plant and tissue water relations during drought in Cercis canadensis L. Forest Science 34:200-207.

19. Abrams, M. D. 1988. Effects of prescribed fire on woody vegetation in a gallery forest understory in northeast Kansas. Transactions Kansas Academy of Science 91:63-70.

20. Abrams, M. D. 1988. Comparative plant and tissue water relations of three successional hardwood species in Central Wisconsin. Tree Physiology 4:263-273.

21. Abrams, M. D. 1988. Sources of variation in osmotic potentials with special reference to North American tree species. Forest Science 34:1030-1046.

22. Abrams, M. D. and M. L. Scott. 1989. Disturbance-mediated accelerated succession in two Michigan forest types. Forest Science 35:42-49.

23. Abrams, M. D. and M. E. Kubiske. 1990. Leaf structural characteristics of 31 hardwood and conifer tree species in central Wisconsin: Influence of light regime and shade tolerance rank. Forest Ecology and Management. 3l: 245-253.

24. Nowacki, G. J., M. D. Abrams and C. G. Lorimer. 1990. Composition, structure and historical development of northern red oak stands along an edaphic gradient in north-central Wisconsin. Forest Science 36:276-292.

25. Kubiske, M. E., M. D. Abrams and J. C. Finley. 1990. Keepability of Pennsylvania versus west coast grown Douglas-fir Christmas trees: Genotypic variation in relation to subfreezing temperatures. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 7:86-89.

26. Abrams, M. D., M. E. Kubiske and K. C. Steiner. 1990. Drought adaptations and responses in five genotypes of Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.: Photosynthesis, water relations and leaf morphology. Tree Physiology 6:305-3l5.

27. Abrams, M. D., J. C. Schultz and K. W. Kleiner. 1990. Ecophysiological responses in mesic versus xeric hardwood species to early-season drought in Central Pennsylvania. Forest Science 36:970-981.

28. Reich, P. B., M. D. Abrams, T. J. Tabone, D. S. Ellsworth and E. L. Kruger. 1990. Fire affects ecophysiology and community dynamics of central Wisconsin oak forest regeneration. Ecology 71:2179-2190.

29. Abrams, M. D. and J. A. Downs. 1990. Successional replacement of old-growth white oak by mixed-mesophytic hardwood species in southwestern Pennsylvania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20:1864-1870.

30. Abrams, M. D. and M. E. Kubiske. 1990. Photosynthesis and water relations during drought in Acer rubrum genotypes from contrasting sites in central Pennsylvania. Functional Ecology 4:727-733.

31. Abrams, M. D. 1990. Adaptations and responses to drought in Quercus species of North America. Tree Physiology 7:227-238.

32. Kubiske, M. E. and M. D. Abrams. 1990. Pressure-volume relationships in non-rehydrated tissue at various water deficits. Plant, Cell and Environment 13:995-1000.

33. Down, J. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1991. Composition and structure of an old-growth versus a second-growth white oak forest in southwestern Pennsylvania. Eighth Central Hardwood Forest Conference (L. McCormick and K. Gottschalk, ed.) pp. 207-223.

34. Nowacki, G. J. and M. D. Abrams. 1991. Community and edaphic analysis of mixed oak forests in the ridge and valley province of central Pennsylvania. Eighth Central Hardwood Forest Conference (L. McCormick and K. Gottschalk, ed.) pp. 247-260.

35. Kubiske, M. E. and M. D. Abrams. 1991. Rehydration effects on pressure-volume relationships in four temperate woody plants: variability with site, time of season and drought conditions. Oecologia (Berlin) 85:537-542.

36. Abrams, M. D. 1991. Post-fire revegetation of jack pine sites in Michigan: An example of successional complexities. Proceedings 17th Annual Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, Tallahassee, FL. pp. 197-209.

37. Abrams, M. D. and D. J. Gibson. 1991. Effects of fire exclusion on tallgrass prairie and gallery forest communities in eastern Kansas. Symposium on Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives (C. Nedvin and T. Waldrop, ed.) U.S.D.A. Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69. pp. 3-10.

38. Kubiske, M. E. and M. D. Abrams. 1991. Seasonal, diurnal and rehydration-induced variation of pressure-volume relationships in Pseudotsuga menziesii. Physiologia Plant. 83:107-116.

39. Shumway, D. L., K. C. Steiner and M. D. Abrams. 1991. Effects of drought stress on xylem architecture of seedlings from five populations of green ash. Canadian Journal of Botany 69:2158-2164.

40. Abrams, M. D. and G. J. Nowacki. 1992. Historical variation in fire, oak recruitment, and post-logging accelerated succession in Pennsylvania. Bull. Torrey Botanical Club 119:19-28.

41. Abrams, M. D. 1992. Fire and the development of oak forests. Bioscience 42:346-353.

42. Abrams, M. D., B. D. Kloeppel and M. E. Kubiske. 1992. Ecophysiological and morpho-logical responses to shade and drought in two contrasting ecotypes of Prunus serotina.
Tree Physiology 10:343-355.

43. Abrams, M. D. and E. S. Menges. 1992. Leaf aging and plateau effects on pressure-volume relationships in three sclerophyllous Quercus species in southeastern U.S. Functional Ecology 6: 353-360.

44. Nowacki, G. J. and M. D. Abrams. 1992. Community, edaphic, and historical analysis of mixed-oak forests in the Ridge and Valley province of central Pennsylvania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22: 790-800.

45. Kubiske, M. E. and M. D. Abrams. 1992. Photosynthesis, water relations and leaf morphology of xeric versus mesic Quercus rubra ecotypes in central Pennsylvania in relation to moisture stress. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22: 1402-1407.

46. Kleiner, K. W., M. D. Abrams and J. C. Schultz. 1992. The impact of water and nutrient deficiencies on the growth, gas exchange and water relations of red oak and chestnut oak. Tree Physiology 11: 271-287.

47. Kleiner, K. W., M. D. Abrams and J. C. Schultz. 1992. The impact of water and nutrient stress on oak leaf quality and gypsy moth performance. Eighth International Symposium on insect-plant relationships (S. B. J. Menker, J. H. Visser and P. Harrewijn, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 52-54.

48. Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1993. Temperate forests of the eastern United States. Book chapter in: Conservation and Resource Management (S.K. Majumber, E.W. Miller, D E. Baker, E.K. Brown, J.R. Pratt and R.F. Schmalz, editors), The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, pages 97-116.

49. Kloeppel, B. D., M. D. Abrams and M. E. Kubiske. 1993. Seasonal ecophysiology and leaf morphology of four successional Pennsylvania barrens species in open versus understory environments. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23: 181-189.

50. Steiner, K. C., M. D. Abrams, and T. W. Bowersox. 1993. Advance reproduction and other stand characteristics in Pennsylvania and French stands of northern red oak. Nineth Central Hardwood Forest Conf. (A. R. Gillespie, G. R. Parker and P. E. Pope, eds) pp.473-483.

51. Kubiske, M. E. and M. D. Abrams. 1993. Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations of photo-synthesis in 19 temperate tree species on contrasting sites during wet and dry years. Plant, Cell and Environment 16: 1123-1129.

52. Abrams, M. D., M. E. Kubiske and S. A. Mostoller. 1994. Relating wet and dry year ecophysiology to leaf structure in contrasting temperate tree species. Ecology 75: 123-133.

53. Kloeppel, B. D., M. E. Kubiske and M. D. Abrams. 1994. Seasonal water relations of four successional Pennsylvania barrens species in open versus understory environments. International Journal of Plant Sciences (formerly Botanical Gazette) 155: 73-79.

54. Abrams, M. D. and M. E. Kubiske. 1994. Synchronous changes in tissue water parameters of mature foliage from well-watered and periodically droughted tree seedlings. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 171-177.

55. Mikan, C. J., D. A. Orwig and M. D. Abrams. 1994. Age structure and successional dynamics of a presettlement-origin chestnut oak forest in the Pennsylvania Piedmont. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 121: 13-23.

56. Abrams, M. D. 1994. Genotypic and phenotypic variation as stress adaptations in temperate tree species: A review of several case studies. Tree Physiology 14: 833-842.

57. Abrams, M. D. and M. E. Kubiske. 1994. Quercus rubra ecotypes revisited: A reply. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24: 644-645.

58. Abrams, M. D. and D. A. Orwig. 1994. Temperate Hardwoods. Book chapter in: Encyclopedia of Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 4 (C. J. Arntzen, editor). Academic Press, N.Y.pp. 289-302.

59. Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1994. Land-use history (1720-1992), composition, and dynamics of oak-pine forests within the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of northern Virginia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24: 1216-1225.

60. Nowacki, G. J. and M. D. Abrams. 1994. Forest composition, structure and disturbance history of the Alan Seeger Natural Area, Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 121: 277-292.

61. Kubiske, M. E. and M. D. Abrams. 1994. Ecophysiology analysis of woody species in contrasting temperate communities during wet and dry years. Oecologia (Berlin) 98(3-4):
303-312.

62. Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1994. Contrasting radial growth and canopy recruitment patterns in Liriodendron tulipifera and Nyssa sylvatica: gap-obligate versus gap- facultative tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24: 2141-2149.

63. Abrams, M. D., D. A. Orwig and T. E. DeMeo. 1995. Dendroecological analysis of successional dynamics for a presettlement origin white pine-mixed oak forest in the southern Appalachians, U.S.A. Journal of Ecology 83: 123-133.

64. Abrams, M. D. and D. A. Orwig. 1995. Structure, radial growth dynamics and recent climatic variations of a 320 year-old Pinus rigida rock outcrop communtiy. Oecologia 101: 353-360.

65. Abrams, M. D. and S. A. Mostoller. 1995. Gas exchange, leaf structure and nitrogen in contrasting successional tree species growing in open and understory sites during a drought. Tree Physiology 15: 361-370.

66. Abrams, M. D. and C. M. Ruffner. 1995. Physiographic analysis of witness tree distribution (1765-1798) and present forest cover through north-central Pennsylvania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25: 659-668.

67. Mikan, C. J. and M. D. Abrams. 1995. Altered forest composition and soil properties of historic charcoal hearths in southeastern Pennsylvania. Canadian Journ. Forest Research 25: 687-696.

68. Kloeppel, B. D. and M. D. Abrams. 1995. Ecophysiological attributes of the native Acer saccharum and the exotic Acer platanoides in urban oak forests in Pennsylvania, USA. Tree Physiology 15: 739-746.

69. Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1995. Dendroecological and ecophysiological analysis of gap environments in mixed-oak understories of northern Virginia. Functional Ecol. 9: 799-806.

70. Abrams, M. D. and D. M. McCay. 1996. Vegetation-site relationships of witness trees (1780-1856) in the presettlement forests of eastern West Virginia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26: 217-224.

71. Abrams, M. D. and D. A. Orwig. 1996. A 300-year history of disturbance and canopy recruitment for co-occurring white pine and hemlock on the Allegheny Plateau, U.S.A. Journal of Ecology 84: 353-363.

72. Abrams, M. D. and D. A. Orwig. 1996. A review of dendroecology and successional dynamics of old-growth and second-growth oak and pine forests in the eastern United States. In Dean, J. S., Meko, D. M. and Swetnam, T. W., eds. Tree Rings, Environment and Humanity. Tucson, Arizona, Radiocarbon, pages 343-352.

73. Abrams, M. D. 1996. Distribution, historical development and ecophysiological attributes of oak species in the eastern United States. Annales des Sciences Forestieres 53: 487-512.

74. Young, M. J., J. E. Johnson. and M. D. Abrams. 1996. Vegetative and edaphic characteristics on relic charcoal hearths in the Appalachians Mountains. Vegetatio 125: 43-50.

75. Mikan, C. J. and M. D. Abrams. 1996. Mechanisms inhibiting the forest development of historic charcoal hearths in southeastern Pennsylvania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26: 1893-1898.

76. Kubiske, M. E., M. D. Abrams and S. A. Mostoller. 1996. Stomatal and nonstomatal limitations of photosynthesis in relation to the drought and shade tolerance of tree species in open and understory environments. Trees-Structure and Function 11: 76-82.

77. Nowacki, G. J. and M. D. Abrams. 1997. Ring-width averaging criteria for reconstructing disturbance histories in old-growth oak trees. Ecological Monographs 67: 225-249.

78. Abrams, M. D. and F. K. Seischab. 1997. Does the absence of sediment charcoal provide substantial evidence against the fire and oak hypothesis? Journal of Ecology 85: 373-375.

79. McCay, D. M., M. D. Abrams, and T. E. DeMeo. 1997. Gradient analysis of secondary forests of eastern West Virginia. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 124: 160-173.

80. Abrams, M. D., D. A. Orwig, and M. J. Dockry. 1997. Dendroecology and successional status of two contrasting old-growth oak forests in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 994-1002.

81. Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1997. Variation in radial growth responses to drought among species, site, and vertical strata. Trees-Structure and Function 11: 474-484.

82. Ruffner, C. M., A. Slutyer, M. D. Abrams, C. Crothers, J. McLaughlin, R. Kandare. 1997. Assessing Native American disturbances in mixed-oak forests of the Allegheny Plateau. National Silvicultural Workshop Proceedings, May 19-22, 1997, Warren PA (D. Murphy and N. Loftus, eds). USFS NE Forest Experiment Station GTR-238, pages 96-103.

83. Abrams, M. D. 1998. The red maple paradox. BioScience 48: 355-364.

84. Abrams, M. D., C. M. Ruffner and Thomas E. DeMeo. 1998. Dendroecology and species co-existence in an old-growth Quercus-Acer-Tilia talus slope forest in the central Appalachians, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 106: 9-18.

85. Ruffner, C. M. and M. D. Abrams. 1998. Relating land-use history and climate to the dendroecology of a 326-year old Quercus prinus talus slope forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28: 347-358.

86. Ruffner, C. M. and M. D. Abrams. 1998. Lightning strikes and resultant fires from archival (1912-1917) and current (1960-1997) information in Pennsylvania. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125: 249-252.

87. Abrams, M. D., T. A. Morgan and C. M. Ruffner. 1998. Tree ring responses to drought across species and contrasting sites in the Ridge and Valley of central Pennsylvania. Forest Science
44: 550-558.

88. Abrams, M. D. 1999. Red maple taking over the eastern forests. Journal of Forestry 97: 6 (invited FOCUS paper)

89. Abrams, M. D. and C. A. Copenheaver. 1999. Temporal variation in species recruitment and dendroecology of an old-growth white oak forest in the Virginia Piedmont, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 124: 275-284.

90. Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1999. Impacts of early selective logging on the dendroecology of an old-growth hemlock-white pine-hardwood forest on the Allegheny Plateau. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126: 234-244.

91. Abrams, M. D., C. A. Copenheaver, K. Terazawa, K. Umeki, M. Takiya, and N. Akashi. 1999.
A 370-year dendroecological history of an old-growth Quercus-Abies-Acer forest in northern Japan. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29: 1891-1899.

92. Abrams, M. D. 2000. Meeting the challenge of a changing landscape. A book review of “The Northeast’s Changing Forest”, by Lloyd C. Irland. Harvard University Press.
BioScience 50: 169-172.

93. Abrams, M. D. and B. A. Black. 2000. Dendroecological analysis of a mature loblolly pine-mixed hardwood forest at the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, eastern Virginia. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 127: 139-148.

94. Abrams, M. D. S. van de Gevel, R. C. Dodson, C. A. Copenheaver. 2000. The dendroecology and climatic impacts for old-growth white pine and hemlock on the extreme slopes of the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts. Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 851-861.

95. Abrams, M. D. 2000. Fire and the ecological history of oak forests in the eastern United States.
Proceeding: Workshop on Fire, People, and the Central Hardwood Landscape, Editor- D. A. Yaussey. Forest Service GTR NE-274, pages 46-55.

96. Quigley, M. F. and M. D. Abrams. 2001. Natural areas assessment and research opportunities at the Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science 101: 28-29.

97. Abrams, M. D. C. A. Copenheaver, B. A. Black and S. van deGevel. 2001. Dendroecology and climatic impacts for a relict, old-growth, bog forest in the central Ridge and Valley Province. Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 58-69.

98. Black, B. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2001. Analysis of temporal variation and species-site relationships of witness tree data southeastern Pennsylvania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 419-429.

99. Black, B. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2001. Influences of physiography, surveyor bias, and Native American catchments on witness tree distribution in southeastern Pennsylvania. Ecology 82: 2574-2586.

100. Shumway, D. L., M. D. Abrams, and C. M. Ruffner. 2001. A 400-year history of fire in an old-growth oak forest in western Maryland, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 1437-1443.

101. Abrams, M. D. 2001. Eastern white pine versatility in the presettlment forest. BioScience 51: 967-979.

102. Abrams, M. D. 2001. Synthesis and quantification of the physical aspects of fire. A book review of “Forest Fires - Behavior and Ecological Effects”, by E. A. Johnson and K. Miyanishi. Academic Press. Ecology 82: 3267-3269.

103. Rodewald, A. D. and M. D. Abrams. 2002. Floristics and avian community structure: implications for regional changes in eastern forest composition. Forest Science 48(2):
267-272.

104. Abrams, M. D. 2002. The postglacial history of oak forests in eastern North America. Book Chapter in “The Ecology and Management of Oaks for Wildlife”, Editors- W. J. Mc Shea and W. M. Healy. John Hopkins University Press, pages 34-45.

105. Jennings, M., O. Loucks, D. Glenn-Lewin, R. Peet, D. Faber-Langendoen, D. Grossman, A. Damman, M. Barbour, R. Pfister, M. Walker, S. Talbot, J. Walker, G. Hartshorn, G. Waggoner, M. Abrams, A. Hill, D. Roberts, D. Tart. 2002. Standards for associations and alliances of the National Vegetation Classification. Special Publication of the Ecological Society of America Bulletin, Version 1, 126 pages. http://vegbank.nceas.ucsb.edu/vegbank/panel/standards v1.pdf.

106. Ruffner, C. M. and M. D. Abrams. 2002. Dendrochronological investigation of disturbance history for a Native American site in northwestern Pennsylvania. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 129: 251-260.

107. Abrams, M. D. 2002. A book review of “Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes-Studies from temperate evergreen-deciduous forests.” L. E. Frelich. 266 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 295-296.

108. Copenheaver, C. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2002. Post-European settlement forest changes in Oscoda and Ogemaw Counties, Michigan. Michigan Botanist 41: 147-163.

109. Black, B.A., Foster, H.T., Abrams, M.D. 2002. Combining environmentally dependent and independent analyses of witness tree data in east-central Alabama. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 2060-2075.

110. Noss, R., M. Abrams, T. Bancroft, J. Bullock,T. Fox, D. Grossman, D. Knight, A. Lucier, E. Palola, and B. Smith. 2002. The State of the Nation’s Forest Ecosystems. Chapter 9, pages 121-142. The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. Heinz Center Publication-The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems, 296 pages.

111. Ruffner, C. M. and M. D. Abrams. 2003. Disturbance history and stand dynamics along a topographic gradient in old-growth hemlock-northern hardwood forests on the Allegheny Plateau, USA. Natural Areas Journal 23: 98-113.

112. Copenheaver, C. A. and Abrams, M. D. 2003. Dendroecology of young stands: Case studies from jack pine in northern lower Michigan. Forest Ecology and Management. 182: 247-257.

113. Black, B. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2003. Use of boundary-line growth patterns as a basis for dendroecological release criteria. Ecological Applications 13: 1733-1749.

114. Abrams, M. D. 2003. Where has all the white oak gone? BioScience 53: 927-939.

115. Foster, T. H., B. Black, and M. D. Abrams. 2004. A witness tree analysis of the effects of Native American Indians on the pre-European settlement forests in east-central Alabama. Human Ecology 32: 27-47.

116. Abrams, M. D. 2004. From land and lake and air: The ecological breadth of Harvard Forest. A book review of “Forests in Time- The Environmental Consequences of 1000 years of Change in New England” edited by D. R. Foster and J. D. Aber. BioScience 54: 961-963.

117. Black, B. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2004. Development and application of boundary-line release criteria. Dendrochronologia 22:31-42.

118. Black, B. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2005. Dendroecological history and climatic responses of an old-growth hemlock forest in Schall’s Gap, central Pennsylvania. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 132: 103-114.

119. Abrams, M. D. 2005. INVITED PAPER: Prescribing fire in eastern oak forests: Is time running out? Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 22: 190-196.

120. Signell, S., M. Abrams, J. Hovis, and S. Henry. 2005. The impacts of fire on stand structure and tree regeneration in Central Appalachian mixed-oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management 218: 146-158.

121. Black, B.A. and M.D. Abrams. 2006. An evaluation of boundary-line release criteria for eleven North American tree species. In: Heinrich, I., Gärtner, H., Monbaron, M. & G. Schleser (Eds.) TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Vol. 4: 120-126.

122. Abrams, M. D. 2006. Ecological and ecophysiological adaptations to fire in eastern oak species. Fire in Eastern Oak Forests: Delivering Science to Land Managers. Edited by M. Dickinson. 2005 November 15-17; Columbus, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S.D.A Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Pages 74-89.

123. Black, B. A., C. M. Ruffner and M. D. Abrams. 2006. Native American influences on forest composition of the Allegheny Plateau, northwest Pennsylvania. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 1266-1275.

124. Abrams, M. D. and W. K. Hock. 2006. Annual growth rings and the impact of Benlate 50 DF fungicide on citrus trees in seasonally dry tropical plantations of northern Costa Rica. Forest Ecology and Management 227: 96-101.

125. Signell, S. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2006. Influence of rocky land features and fire regime on vegetation dynamics in Appalachian Quercus forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 675-684.
126. Copenheaver, C. A., Pokorski, E. A., Currie, J. E., and M. D. Abrams. 2006. Causation of false ring formation in Pinus banksiana: a comparison of age, canopy class, climate and growth rate. Forest Ecology and Management 236:348-355.

127. Signell, S. A. and M. D. Abrams. 2007. Interactions between landscape features, disturbance and vegetation between in frequently burned Appalachian oak forests. New Research in Forest Ecology (F. Columbus, editor). Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY. Pages 147-166.

128. Abrams, M. D. 2007. Tales from the blackgum: a consummate subordinate tree. BioScience 57: 347-359.

129. Nowacki, G. J. and M. D. Abrams. 2008. Demise of fire and mesophication of eastern U.S. forests. BioScience 58: 123-138.

130. Abrams, M. D. and V. L. W. Hayes. 2008. Impacts of contrasting land-use history and soils on the composition and dynamics in mixed-oak, coastal plain forests on Shelter Island, New York, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 135: 37-52.

131. Abrams, M. D. and G. J. Nowacki. 2008. Native Americans as active and passive promoters of mast and fruit trees in the eastern USA. The Holocene 18: 1123-1137.

132. Black, B. A., M. D. Abrams, P. Gould and J. Rentch. 2009. Properties of boundary-line release criteria in North American tree species. Annals of Forest Science 66: DOI: 10.1051/forest/2008087; 19 pages.

133. Johnson, S. and M. D. Abrams. 2009. Basal area increment trends across age classes for two long-lived species in the eastern U.S. Kaczka R, Malik I, Owczarek P, Gärtner H, Helle G, Heinrich I (eds.). TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Vol. 7. GFZ Potsdam, Scientific Technical Report STR 09/03, pp. 126-134.

134. Close, D.C., N. J. Davidson, D.W. Johnson, M.D. Abrams, S.C. Hart, I.D. Lunt, R.D. Archibald, B. Horton, M.A. Adams. 2009. Premature decline of Eucalyptus and altered ecosystem processes in the absence of fire in some Australian forests. Botanical Review 75:191–202 (DOI 10.1007/s12229-009-9027-y).

135. Jennings, M.D., D. Faber-Langendoen, R.K. Peet, O.L. Loucks, D.C. Glenn-Lewin, A. Damman, M.G. Barbour, R. Pfister, D.H. Grossman, D. Roberts, D. Tart, M. Walker, S.S. Talbot, J. Walker, G.S. Hartshorn, G. Waggoner, M.D. Abrams, A. Hill, M. Rejmank. 2009. Description, documentation, and evaluation of associations and alliances within the U.S. national vegetation classification. Special publication. Ecolgical Society of American, Washington, D.C. 79 pages

136. Abrams, M. D. 2009. Impacts of land-use history and climate change on vegetation biodiversity in North America and Asia. Asia Pacific Mountain Network Bulletin Volume 14 (6), 4 pages.

Paper submitted:

Johnson, S. and M. D. Abrams. 200_. Age class and growth relationships: Are young trees growing faster than their predecessor. Tree Physiology (in revision).

Wagner, RJ, MD Abrams, MW Kaye, PJ Hanson, M Martin. 200_. Tree ring growth
and wood chemistry response to interannual and manipulated precipitation variation for two temperate Quercus species. Tree Physiology (submitted).
Sands, B. and M. D. Abrams. 200_. The effects of stump diameter on sprout number and size for three oak species in a Pennsylvania clearcut. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry (submitted).
Abrams, M. S. and B. A. Sands. 200_. Oak forest overstory and regeneration survey on contrasting soil types at the Mohonk Preserve, eastern New York: implications for ecological management. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry (submitted).

Enumeration of services to the University (UP), College of Agricultural Sciences, (CAS), and School of Forest Resources (SFR) (1992 - present):

Faculty of Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (1988-present)
Faculty of Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (1988-2000)
Faculty for the Center of BioDiversity Research (1988-present).
Faculty Mentor for student independent research projects for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School of
Agriculture (1988-2000)
Assistant Director for Graduate Studies and Research, SFR (1994-1997)
Faculty of The Life Sciences Consortium (Ecological and Molecular Plant Physiology) (1997-present)
Faculty of the BIO Research Training Group Program “Plant responses to the environment: biochemical
basis, physiological responses and ecological consequences”. Funded by the National Science
Foundation. (1994-1999).
Center for Carbon Cycle Science and Management- (2001- present)

Committee assignments:
2008-09: Faculty Senate (UP), Faculty Benefits Senate subcommittee (UP); Graduate Faculty Review Committee (CAS), Curricula Committee (SFR)
2007-08: Faculty Senate (UP), Faculty Benefits Senate subcommittee (UP); Graduate Faculty Review Committee (CAS), Curricula Committee (SFR)
2006-07: Distinguished Professor Review Panel (CAS), Black Research Award Selection Committee (CAS), Graduate Faculty Review Committee (CAS), Curricula Committee (SFR)
2005-06: Distinguished Professor Review Panel (CAS), Graduate Faculty Review Committee (CAS),
Curricula Committee (SFR), Promotion and Tenure Committee (SFR), Committee exploring the development of an Ecology major in the School (SFR)
2004-05: Distinguished Professor Review Panel (CAS), Graduate Faculty Review Committee (CAS),
Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (SFR), Promotion and Tenure Committee- Chair (SFR)
2003-04: Distinguished Professor Review Panel (CAS), Graduate Faculty Review Committee (CAS),
Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (SFR)
2002-03: Publications Committee (SFR), New Building Design Committee (SFR), Distinguished Professor
Review Panel (CAS)
2001-02: Search Committee member for new Director (SFR), New Building Design Committee (SFR) and
Publications Committee (SFR)
2000-01: Promotion and Tenure Committee-Chair (SFR), Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (SFR), Seminar Committee-Chair (SFR), and Publications Committee (SFR), Gamma Sigma Delta Faculty Awards Committee (CAS)
1999-2000: Promotion and Tenure Committee (SFR), Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (SFR), and Publications Committee (SFR)
1998-99: Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (SFR), Distinguished Lecturer Committee (SFR), Faculty Awards Committee (CAS)
1997-98: Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (Chair, SFR), Distinguished Lecture Committee (SFR), Forest Management Search Committee (SFR), Faculty Awards Committee (CAS), Library Committee (Chair, CAS)
1996-97: Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (Chair, SFR), Distinguished Lecture Committee (SFR), Forest Management Search Committee (SFR), Faculty Awards Committee (CAS), Library Committee (CAS)
1995-96: Candidacy Committee for Plant Physiology Program (UP), ERM faculty search committee (CAS), Faculty Awards Committee (Chair, CAS), Library Committee (CAS), Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (Chair, SFR), Seminar Committee (Chair, SFR).
1994-1995: Candidacy Committee for Plant Physiology Program (UP), Faculty Awards Committee (CAS), Library Committee (CAS), Graduate Studies and Assistantship Committee (Chair, SFR), Seminar Committee (Chair, SFR).
1993-94: Admissions Committee for graduate program in Ecology Program (UP), Candidacy Committee for Ecology Program (UP), Candidacy Committee for Plant Physiology Program (UP), Secretary of the College Faculty Organization (CAS), Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean (CAS), Seminar Committee (Chair, SFR).
1992-1993: Admissions Committee for graduate program in Ecology Program (UP), Candidacy Committee for Ecology Program (UP), Candidacy Committee for Plant Physiology Program (UP), Secretary of the College Faculty Organization (CAS), Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean (CAS), Student Experimental Learning Committee (CAS), Seminar Committee (Chair, SFR).