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Craig G. Lorimer is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Mechanical Engineering as subfields of study.

The scientist's main research topics include Forest ecology and management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Plant and animal studies, Fire effects on ecosystems, and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Lorimer cover a variety of ecological and forestry themes. These include:

  • Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • The global spectrum of tree crown architecture, 2025, Nature Communications
  • Tree regeneration and spatial patterning among midtolerant tree species following gap-based harvesting in a temperate hardwood forest, 2023, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Tallo database, 2022, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • Tallo database, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors working with Lorimer include Tommaso Jucker, Fabian Jörg Fischer, David A. Coomes, John P. Caspersen, and Arshad Ali.

Publications by Lorimer have appeared in scholarly venues such as Global Change Biology, Nature Communications, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research), and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Tall understorey vegetation as a factor in the poor development of oak seedlings beneath mature stands

    Craig G. Lorimer;Jonathan W. Chapman;William D. Lambert

  • A methodology for estimating canopy disturbance frequency and intensity in dense temperate forests

    Craig G. Lorimer;Lee E. Frelich

  • Natural Disturbance Regimes in Hemlock-Hardwood Forests of the Upper Great Lakes Region

    Lee E. Frelich;Craig G. Lorimer

  • AGE STRUCTURE AND DISTURBANCE HISTORY OF A SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN VIRGIN FOREST

    Craig G. Lorimer

  • THE PRESETTLEMENT FOREST AND NATURAL DISTURBANCE CYCLE OF NORTHEASTERN MAINE

    Craig G. Lorimer

  • Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes.

    Tommaso Jucker;John Caspersen;Jérôme Chave;Cécile Antin;Cécile Antin

  • Methodological considerations in the analysis of forest disturbance history

    Craig G. Lorimer

  • Tests of age-independent competition indices for individual trees in natural hardwood stands

    Craig G. Lorimer

  • Current and predicted long-term effects of deer browsing in hemlock forests in Michigan, USA

    Lee E. Frelich;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Scale and frequency of natural disturbances in the northeastern US: implications for early successional forest habitats and regional age distributions

    Craig G Lorimer;Alan S White

  • Development of the red maple understory in northeastern oak forests.

    Craig G. Lorimer

  • Cavity trees and coarse woody debris in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests in Wisconsin and Michigan

    John M Goodburn;Craig G Lorimer

  • FOREST STRUCTURE AND LIGHT REGIMES FOLLOWING MODERATE WIND STORMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MULTI-COHORT MANAGEMENT

    Jacob J. Hanson;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Tree mortality rates and longevity in mature and old‐growth hemlock‐hardwood forests

    Craig G. Lorimer;Sally E. Dahir;Erik V. Nordheim

  • Relative Effects of Small and Large Disturbances on Temperate Hardwood Forest Structure

    Craig G. Lorimer

  • MINIMUM OPENING SIZES FOR CANOPY RECRUITMENT OF MIDTOLERANT TREE SPECIES: A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH

    Christopher R. Webster;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Variation in canopy gap formation among developmental stages of northern hardwood stands

    Sally E. Dahir;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Composition, Structure, and Historical Development of Northern Red Oak Stands along an Edaphic Gradient in North-Central Wisconsin

    Gregory J. Nowacki;Marc D. Abrams;Craig G. Lorimer

  • VARIABILITY AND CONVERGENCE IN STAND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT ON A FIRE-DOMINATED SUBALPINE LANDSCAPE

    Daniel M. Kashian;Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Population structure in old-growth and managed northern hardwoods: an examination of the balanced diameter distribution concept

    John M Goodburn;Craig G Lorimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee E. Frelich
Lee E. Frelich University of Minnesota
Brian J. Palik
Brian J. Palik US Forest Service
David J. Mladenoff
David J. Mladenoff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stith T. Gower
Stith T. Gower North Carolina State University
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
David A. Coomes
David A. Coomes University of Cambridge
Nicolas Barbier
Nicolas Barbier University of Montpellier
David I. Forrester
David I. Forrester Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marc D. Abrams
Marc D. Abrams Pennsylvania State University
Frank J. Sterck
Frank J. Sterck Wageningen University & Research

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