Jonathan Thompson

Post Doctoral Fellow

Harvard Forest - Harvard University
Email: jthomps@fas.harvard.edu
Phone: 978-724-3302 x 258
Fax: 978-724-3595

Current Position:

I am working with David Foster, Dave Kittredge and others to develop a range of scenarios that describe plausible future landscape change in Massachusetts. I use ecosystem and landscape simulation models to assess the aggregate impacts of potential changes in land use, conservation, and climate change on the carbon budgets and the composition and configuration of forests.

Education:

Ph.D. Forest Ecology, Oregon State University, Dept of Forest Science, Corvallis
Dissertation: Patterns of crown damage in a large wildfire in the Klamath/Siskiyou Bioregion

M.S. Forest Policy, Oregon State University, Dept of Forest Resources, Corvallis
Thesis: Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy: A simulation experiment

B.S. Natural Resources, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Thompson J. R., T. A. Spies, and L. M. Ganio. 2007. Reburn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:10743-10748.

Thompson J. R., K. N. Johnson, M. Lennette, T. Spies, P. Bettenger. 2006. Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy in a multi-owner province: A simulation experiment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36(2):401-417.

Duncan S. and J. R. Thompson 2006. Forest plans and ad hoc scientist groups in the 1990s: Coping with the Forest Service viability clause. Forest Policy & Economics. 9:32-41.

Shelby B., J. R. Thompson, M. Brunson, and R. Johnson. 2005. A decade of recreation ratings for six silviculture treatments in Western Oregon. The Journal of Environmental Management 75:239-246.

Thompson J. R., M. Anderson, and K. N. Johnson. 2004. Ecosystem management across ownerships: The potential for collision with antitrust laws. Conservation Biology 18(6):1475-1481.

Shelby B., J. R. Thompson, M. Brunson, and R. Johnson. 2003. Changes in scenic quality after harvest: A decade of ratings for six silviculture treatments. Journal of Forestry. March/April (p.30-36).

Submitted Publications:

Thompson J. R. S. Duncan and K. N. Johnson. Submitted. The historical range of variability of landscape structure as a conservation target in western Oregon. Submitted to Ecology and Society.

Selected Additional Publications:

Thompson J. R. 2008. Long-term ecological reflections: writers, philosophers, and scientists meet in the forest, PNW Science Findings 105. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.

Thompson J. R., S. Duncan, K. N. Johnson, 2007. An evaluation of the historical range of variability as a conservation goal in light of what is known about the future of the Oregon Coast Range. Eds: K N. Johnson, S. Duncan. The Future Range of Variability - Project D3 of the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry.

Thompson J. R. 2007. Green-tree retention in harvest units: Boon or bust for biodiversity? PNW Science Findings 96. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.

Thompson J. R. 2007. The secret life of marbled murrelets: monitoring populations and habitats. PNW Science Findings 90. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.

Thompson J. R. 2006. Society's choices: land use changes, forest fragmentation, and conservation. PNW Science Findings 88. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.

Thompson J. R. 2005. Fisher conservation in the Pacific States: field data meet genetics. PNW Science Findings 70. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.