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5097
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7816
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2612

Overview

Stephen N. Matthews is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Environmental Science, with key subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications focusing on species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics, effects of fire on ecosystems, forest insect ecology and management, avian ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Notable recent papers by Stephen N. Matthews include the following:

  • Combining US and Canadian forest inventories to assess habitat suitability and migration potential of 25 tree species under climate change, 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • Mapping Forest Composition with Landsat Time Series: An Evaluation of Seasonal Composites and Harmonic Regression, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Spring phenological variability promoted by topography and vegetation assembly processes in a temperate forest landscape, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Predisposing factors' effects on mortality of oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya) species in mature forests undergoing mesophication in Appalachian Ohio, 2021, Forest Ecosystems
  • High spatiotemporal overlap in the non-breeding season despite geographically dispersed breeding locations in the eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus), 2022, Diversity and Distributions

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stephen N. Matthews are Anantha Prasad, David L. Peterson, Louis R. Iverson, Bryce T. Adams, and John Pedlar.

Their work is often published in journals such as Diversity and Distributions, Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Service Research Data Archive, Landscape Ecology, and the Journal of Biogeography.

Best Publications

  • Estimating potential habitat for 134 eastern US tree species under six climate scenarios

    Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad;Stephen N. Matthews;Matthew Peters

  • The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States.

    James S. Clark;Louis Iverson;Christopher W. Woodall;Craig D. Allen

  • PREDICTING EXTINCTIONS AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

    Mark W. Schwartz;Louis R. Iverson;Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad;Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews

  • Modeling the invasive emerald ash borer risk of spread using a spatially explicit cellular model

    Anantha M. Prasad;Louis R. Iverson;Matthew P. Peters;Jonathan M. Bossenbroek

  • Modeling potential climate change impacts on the trees of the northeastern United States

    Louis Iverson;Anantha Prasad;Stephen Matthews

  • Potential effects of climate change on birds of the Northeast

    N. L. Rodenhouse;S. N. Matthews;S. N. Matthews;K. P. McFarland;J. D. Lambert

  • Quantifying the impacts on biodiversity of policies for carbon sequestration in forests

    Stephen Matthews;Raymond O'Connor;Andrew J Plantinga

  • Assessing and comparing risk to climate changes among forested locations: implications for ecosystem services

    Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews;Louis R. Iverson;Matthew P. Peters;Anantha M. Prasad

  • Lessons Learned While Integrating Habitat, Dispersal, Disturbance, and Life-History Traits into Species Habitat Models Under Climate Change

    Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad;Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews;Matthew P. Peters

  • A Practical Approach for Translating Climate Change Adaptation Principles into Forest Management Actions

    Maria K. Janowiak;Christopher W. Swanston;Linda M. Nagel;Leslie A. Brandt

  • Changes in potential habitat of 147 North American breeding bird species in response to redistribution of trees and climate following predicted climate change

    Stephen N. Matthews;Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad;Matthew P. Peters

  • Minnesota forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework project

    Stephen Handler;Matthew J. Duveneck;Louis Iverson;Emily Peters

  • Modifying climate change habitat models using tree species-specific assessments of model uncertainty and life history-factors

    Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews;Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad;Matthew P. Peters

  • The effects of wind and fuel stores on stopover departure behavior across a migratory barrier

    Bryant C. Dossman;Bryant C. Dossman;Greg W. Mitchell;Greg W. Mitchell;D. Ryan Norris;Philip D. Taylor

  • Central Hardwoods ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework project

    Leslie Brandt;Hong He;Louis Iverson;Frank R. Thompson

  • Multi-model comparison on the effects of climate change on tree species in the eastern U.S.: results from an enhanced niche model and process-based ecosystem and landscape models

    Louis R. Iverson;Frank R. Thompson;Stephen Matthews;Matthew Peters

  • Atlas of climate change effects in 150 bird species of the Eastern United States

    Stephen Matthews;Raymond O'Connor;Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad

  • LANDBIRD USE OF RIPARIAN AND UPLAND FOREST STOPOVER HABITATS IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE

    Paul G. Rodewald;Stephen N. Matthews

  • Ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Climate Change Response Framework Project in northern Wisconsin

    Chris Swanston;Maria Janowiak;Louis Iverson;Linda Parker

  • New England and northern New York forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework project

    Maria K. Janowiak;Anthony W. DAmato;Christopher W. Swanston;Louis Iverson

  • Long-term droughtiness and drought tolerance of eastern US forests over five decades

    Matthew P. Peters;Louis R. Iverson;Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis R. Iverson
Louis R. Iverson US Forest Service
Anantha Prasad
Anantha Prasad US Forest Service
Christopher W. Swanston
Christopher W. Swanston US Forest Service
Amanda D. Rodewald
Amanda D. Rodewald Cornell University
Christopher W. Woodall
Christopher W. Woodall US Forest Service
Mark W. Schwartz
Mark W. Schwartz University of California, Davis
David J. Mladenoff
David J. Mladenoff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Grant M. Domke
Grant M. Domke US Forest Service
Daniel A. Herms
Daniel A. Herms The Ohio State University
Gary W. Yohe
Gary W. Yohe Wesleyan University

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