Northern Research Station

A retrospective claims analysis of the association between residential greenness and per capita healthcare costs among fee-for-service Medicare patients

Abstract Nature amenities in everyday environments have been shown to improve health, which may translate to healthcare cost savings. We examined the association between residential greenness (mean NDVI measured at the census tract level) and healthcare costs in a longitudinal (2...

Automated workflow demonstrates mixed treatment impacts on burn severity across ecoregion scales

Background Intensifying wildfire activity in western North America has motivated focus on fuel treatments as a tool for moderating fire severity. Treatment effectiveness is influenced by complex interactions among biophysical settings, treatments and weather. Aims This study intr...

Increasing Respiration Weakens the Carbon Sink Over Two Decades in a Temperate Deciduous Forest

ABSTRACT Temperate deciduous forests have been major carbon sinks over the past century, largely due to regrowth following historical land use. However, the persistence of this sink is uncertain as forests age under global change. Using two decades (2004–2023) of eddy covariance...

Selection in the City: The Supply of Trees to Baltimore’s Urban Forest

Domestic selection creates the assemblages of organisms found in human-dominated environments, and urban forestry is a useful illustration of this process in action. In this study, we aim to understand how the process of domestic selection influences the nursery supply chain of t...

Stable isotopes as integrators of soil biogeochemistry and tree growth across contrasting hardwood forest soils

Abstract Background & aims Forest productivity and resilience are influenced by soil conditions; however, the mechanisms linking soil properties, isotopic signatures, and tree growth remain incompletely understood. This study evaluated whether soil carbon (δ 13 C) and nitroge...