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Richard A. Birdsey

Richard A. Birdsey

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
28202
World Ranking
1648
National Ranking
604

Overview

Richard A. Birdsey is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science, and Insect Science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

Birdsey has published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive

Their recent papers include:

  • "Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes," 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • "The enduring world forest carbon sink," 2024, Nature
  • "Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage in Forests East of the Cascade Crest in the United States Pacific Northwest," 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO2 as water supply varies," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors in Birdsey's work include:

  • Yude Pan
  • R. A. Houghton
  • Oliver L. Phillips
  • Nancy L. Harris
  • Jingyun Fang

The combination of Birdsey's contributions suggests a strong emphasis on forest carbon dynamics, ecosystem responses to environmental changes, and the intersection of ecological processes with climate change policy and economics. Their work often integrates large-scale data and collaborative research to advance understanding in forest management and conservation efforts.

Best Publications

  • A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests

    Yude Pan;Richard A. Birdsey;Jingyun Fang;Jingyun Fang;Richard Houghton

  • National scale biomass estimators for United States tree species

    Jennifer C. Jenkins;David C. Chojnacky;Linda S. Heath;Richard A. Birdsey

  • Consistent land- and atmosphere-based U.S. carbon sink estimates.

    S. W. Pacala;G. C. Hurtt;D. Baker;P. Peylin

  • FOREST CARBON SINKS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

    Christine L. Goodale;Michael J. Apps;Richard A. Birdsey;Christopher B. Field

  • The Structure, Distribution, and Biomass of the World's Forests

    Yude Pan;Richard A. Birdsey;Oliver L. Phillips;Robert B. Jackson

  • Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes

    Nancy L. Harris;David A. Gibbs;Alessandro Baccini;Richard A. Birdsey

  • Contributions of Land-Use History to Carbon Accumulation in U.S. Forests

    John P. Caspersen;Stephen W. Pacala;Jennifer C. Jenkins;George C. Hurtt

  • Comprehensive database of diameter-based biomass regressions for North American tree species

    Jennifer C. Jenkins;David C. Chojnacky;Linda S. Heath;Richard A. Birdsey

  • A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States

    Duncan C. McKinley;Duncan C. McKinley;Michael G. Ryan;Michael G. Ryan;Richard A. Birdsey;Christian P. Giardina

  • Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States

    James E. Smith;Linda S. Heath;Kenneth E. Skog;Richard A. Birdsey

  • Biomass estimation for temperate broadleaf forests of the United States using inventory data.

    Paul Schroeder;Sandra Brown;Jiangming Mo;Richard Birdsey

  • Measurement guidelines for the sequestration of forest carbon

    Timothy R.H. Pearson;Sandra L. Brown;Richard A. Birdsey

  • The enduring world forest carbon sink

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  • Forest carbon management in the United States: 1600-2100

    Richard A. Birdsey;Kurt Pregitzer;Alan Lucier

  • Age structure and disturbance legacy of North American forests

    Y. Pan;J. M. Chen;R. Birdsey;K. McCullough

  • Modeling Carbon Stocks in a Secondary Tropical Dry Forest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Zhaohua Dai;Zhaohua Dai;Richard A. Birdsey;Kristofer D. Johnson;Juan Manuel Dupuy

  • Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests

    Liming He;Jing M. Chen;Yude Pan;Richard Birdsey

  • Trends in North American net primary productivity derived from satellite observations, 1982-1998

    Jeffrey A. Hicke;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Gregory P. Asner;Gregory P. Asner;James T. Randerson;Compton Tucker

  • Inventory-based estimates of forest biomass carbon stocks in China: A comparison of three methods

    Zhaodi Guo;Jingyun Fang;Yude Pan;Richard Birdsey

  • BIOMASS AND NPP ESTIMATION FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION (USA) USING PLOT-LEVEL FOREST INVENTORY DATA

    Jennifer C. Jenkins;Richard A. Birdsey;Yude Pan

  • Past and prospective carbon storage in United States forests

    Richard A. Birdsey;Andrew J. Plantinga;Linda S. Heath

  • Aboveground biomass distribution of US eastern hardwood forests and the use of large trees as an indicator of forest development

    Sandra Brown;Paul Schroeder;Richard Birdsey

Frequent Co-Authors

Yude Pan
Yude Pan US Forest Service
Linda S. Heath
Linda S. Heath US Forest Service
Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal The Ohio State University
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Jing M. Chen
Jing M. Chen University of Toronto
Judith Kimble
Judith Kimble University of Wisconsin–Madison
John B. Bradford
John B. Bradford United States Geological Survey
Werner A. Kurz
Werner A. Kurz Natural Resources Canada
Richard A. Houghton
Richard A. Houghton Woods Hole Research Center
Ralph Dubayah
Ralph Dubayah University of Maryland, College Park

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