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Martin F. Jurgensen is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions to global and planetary change, insect science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and plant science.

The scientist has an extensive publication record in forest ecology and biodiversity studies, fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, forest ecology and management, forest management and policy, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, as well as ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Chris A. Miller, Joanne M. Tirocke, B. M. Kard, and Daniel L. Lindner.

Martin F. Jurgensen's work has appeared in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • PLoS ONE
  • Forests
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • Wood Decomposition After an Aerial Application of Hydromulch Following Wildfire in a Southern California Chaparral Shrubland, 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Coarse woody debris decomposition assessment tool: Model development and sensitivity analysis, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Controls of Initial Wood Decomposition on and in Forest Soils Using Standard Material, 2022, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Wood-colonizing fungal community response to forest restoration thinnings in a Pinus tabuliformis plantation in northern China, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Decomposition of wood stakes in the Pacific Northwest after soil compaction and organic matter removal, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management

Best Publications

  • Impacts of Timber Harvesting on Soil Organic Matter, Nitrogen, Productivity, and Health of Inland Northwest Forests

    M. F. Jurgensen;A. E. Harvey;R. T. Graham;D. S. Page-Dumroese

  • Seasonal Distribution of Ectomycorrhizae in a Mature Douglas-fir/Larch Forest Soil in Western Montana

    A. E. Harvey;M. F. Jurgensen;M. J. Larsen

  • Comparison of methods for determining bulk densities of rocky forest soils

    Deborah S. Page-Dumroese;Robert E. Brown;Martin F. Jurgensen;Glenn D. Mroz

  • Managing Coarse Woody Debris in Forests of the Rocky Mountains

    Russell T. Graham;Alan E. Harvey;Martin F. Jurgensen;Theresa B. Jain

  • Soil physical property changes at the North American long-term soil productivity study sites: 1 and 5 years after compaction

    Deborah S Page-Dumroese;Martin F Jurgensen;Allan E Tiarks;Felix Ponder

  • Temperature and vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality along a forested mean annual temperature gradient in North America

    Cinzia Fissore;Christian P. Giardina;Randall K. Kolka;Carl C. Trettin

  • Soil quality standards and guidelines for forest sustainability in northwestern North America

    Deborah Page-Dumroese;Martin Jurgensen;William Elliot;Thomas Rice

  • Clearcut harvesting and ectomycorrhizae: survival of activity on residual roots and influence on a bordering forest stand in western Montana

    A. E. Harvey;M. F. Jurgensen;M. J. Larsen

  • N2 fixation associated with wood decayed by some common fungi in western Montana.

    Michael J. Larsen;Martin F. Jurgensen;Alan E. Harvey

  • Soil nutrient changes following whole tree harvesting on three northern hardwood sites

    G. D. Mroz;M. F. Jurgensen;D. J. Frederick

  • Long-term management impacts on carbon storage in Lake States forests

    Matthew Powers;Matthew Powers;Randall Kolka;Brian Palik;Rachel McDonald

  • The influence of ants on soil and water losses from an orange orchard in eastern Spain

    A. Cerdà;M. F. Jurgensen

  • Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the Western United States.

    Deborah S. Page-Dumroese;Martin Jurgensen;Thomas Terry

  • The contribution of red wood ants to soil C and N pools and CO2 emissions in subalpine forests

    Anita C. Risch;Anita C. Risch;Martin F. Jurgensen;Martin Schütz;Deborah S. Page-Dumroese

  • IMPACTS OF SOIL COMPACTION AND TREE STUMP REMOVAL ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND OUTPLANTED SEEDLINGS IN NORTHERN IDAHO, USA

    Deborah S. Page-Dumroese;Alan E. Harvey;Martin F. Jurgensen;Michael P. Amaranthus

  • Ant mounds as a source of sediment on citrus orchard plantations in eastern Spain. A three-scale rainfall simulation approach

    Artemi Cerdà;Martin F. Jurgensen

  • Carbon Cycling in Wetland Forest Soils

    Carl C. Trettin;Martin F. Jurgensen

  • Soil organic matter and nitrogen cycling in response to harvesting, mechanical site preparation, and fertilization in a wetland with a mineral substrate

    James W. McLaughlin;Margaret R. Gale;Martin F. Jurgensen;Carl C. Trettin

  • Effects of Fire on Nitrogen in Forest Floor Horizons

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  • Organic mound‐building ants: their impact on soil properties in temperate and boreal forests

    M. F. Jurgensen;L. Finér;T. Domisch;J. Kilpeläinen

  • Pit and mound topography and its influence on storage of carbon, nitrogen, and organic matter within an old-growth forest

    H O Liechty;M F Jurgensen;G D Mroz;M R Gale

  • Nitrogen fixation in woody residue of northern Rocky Mountain conifer forests

    M. F. Jurgensen;M. J. Larsen;R. T. Graham;A. E. Harvey

  • Does the mutualism between wood ants (Formica rufa group) and Cinara aphids affect Norway spruce growth

    Jouni Kilpeläinen;Leena Finér;Seppo Neuvonen;Pekka Niemelä

  • Soil carbon and nitrogen pools in mid- to late-successional forest stands of the northwestern United States: potential impact of fire

    Deborah S. Page-Dumroese;Martin F. Jurgensen

  • A comparison of dinitrogen fixation rates in wood litter decayed by white-rot and brown-rot fungi

    M. F. Jurgensen;M. J. Larsen;M. Wolosiewicz;A. E. Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah S. Page-Dumroese
Deborah S. Page-Dumroese United States Department of Agriculture
Anita C. Risch
Anita C. Risch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Pekka Niemelä
Pekka Niemelä University of Turku
Liselotte Sundström
Liselotte Sundström University of Helsinki
Leena Finér
Leena Finér Natural Resources Institute Finland
Carl C. Trettin
Carl C. Trettin US Forest Service
Martin Schütz
Martin Schütz Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Randall K. Kolka
Randall K. Kolka US Forest Service
Pekka Punttila
Pekka Punttila Finnish Environment Institute
Brian J. Palik
Brian J. Palik US Forest Service

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