Peer-Reviewed

  1. Smith, R.J., T. Ohlert, and L.H. Geiser. 2022. Embracing uncertainty and probabilistic outcomes for ecological critical loads. Ecosystems 25(6): 1-12. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00774-5

  2. Jovan, S., C. Zuidema, M.M. Derrien, A.L. Bidwell, R.J. Smith, W. Brinkley, et al. 2022. Heavy metals in moss guide environmental justice investigation: A case study using community science in Seattle, WA, USA. Ecosphere. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4109

  3. Geiser, L.H., H.T. Root, R.J. Smith, S. Jovan, L. St. Clair, K.L. Dillman and D. Schwede. 2021. Lichen-based critical loads for deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in US forests. Environmental Pollution 291: 118187. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118187

  4. Smith, R.J., and A.N. Gray. 2021. Strategic monitoring informs wilderness management and socioecological benefits. Conservation Science and Practice 3(9): e482. doi:10.1002/csp2.482

  5. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, and S. Will-Wolf. 2021. Lack of congruence between terrestrial and epiphytic lichen strata in boreal Alaska. The Lichenologist 53(1): 149–158. doi:10.1017/S0024282920000407

  6. Smith, R.J., A.N. Gray, and M.E. Swanson. 2020. Peak plant diversity during early forest development in the western United States. Forest Ecology and Management 475: 118410. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118410

  7. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, and B. McCune. 2020. Climatic niche limits and community-level vulnerability of obligate symbioses. Journal of Biogeography 47(2): 382–395. doi:10.1111/jbi.13719 (with equations)

  8. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, D. Stanton, and S. Will-Wolf. 2020. Epiphytic macrolichen communities indicate climate and air quality in the US Midwest. The Bryologist 123(3): 517–533. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.3.516

  9. Smith, R.J., and A.N. Gray. 2019. Combining potentially incompatible community datasets when harmonizing forest inventories in subarctic Alaska. Journal of Vegetation Science 30(1): 18–29. doi:10.1111/jvs.12694

  10. Smith, R.J., P.R. Nelson, S. Jovan, P.J. Hanson, and B. McCune. 2018. Novel climates reverse carbon uptake of atmospherically-dependent epiphytes: climatic constraints on the iconic boreal forest lichen Evernia mesomorpha. American Journal of Botany 105: 266–274. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1022

  11. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, A.N. Gray, and B. McCune. 2017. Sensitivity of carbon stores in boreal forest moss mats: effects of vegetation, topography and climate. Plant and Soil 421(1): 31–42. doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3411-x

  12. Smith, R.J. 2017. Solutions for loss of information in high-beta-diversity community data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8(1): 68–74. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12652

  13. Calabria, L.M., K. Petersen, S.T. Hamman, and R.J. Smith. 2016. Prescribed fire decreases lichen and bryophyte biomass and alters functional group composition in Pacific Northwest prairies. Northwest Science 90(4): 470–483. doi:10.3955/046.090.0407

  14. Smith, R.J., J.C. Benavides, S. Jovan, M. Amacher, and B. McCune. 2015. A rapid method for landscape assessment of carbon storage and ecosystem function in moss and lichen ground layers. The Bryologist 118(1): 32–45. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-118.1.032

  15. Smith, R.J., and J.H. Rausch. 2015. Bryophytes and lichens from Malheur National Forest, Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Evansia 32(2): 78–96. doi:10.1639/079.032.0201

  16. Rosso, A., P. Neitlich, and R.J. Smith. 2014. Non-destructive lichen biomass estimation in northwestern Alaska: a comparison of methods. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103739. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103739

  17. Smith, R.J., and L.R. Stark. 2014. Habitat vs. dispersal constraints on bryophyte diversity in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 102: 76–81. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.11.011

  18. Smith, R.J., S.R. Abella, and L.R. Stark. 2014. Post-fire recovery of desert mosses: effects of fires and soil-banks. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 447–456. doi:10.1111/jvs.12094

  19. Smith, R.J. 2013. Cryptic diversity in bryophyte soil-banks along a desert elevational gradient. Lindbergia 36: 1–8. [PDF]

  20. Smith, R.J. et al. 2012. Rare inland reindeer lichens at Mima Mounds in southwest Washington State. North American Fungi 7(3): 1–25. doi:10.2509/naf2012.007.003

 

Reports and Other

  1. Pattison, R., H.E. Andersen, A.N. Gray, B. Schulz, R.J. Smith, and S. Jovan. 2018. Forests of the Tanana Valley State Forest and Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: Results of 2014 Pilot Inventory. PNW-GTR-967. USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR. 80p.

  2. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan and B. McCune. 2017. Lichen Communities as Climate Indicators in the U.S. Pacific States. PNW-GTR-952. USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR. 44p. link

  3. Smith, R.J. 2017. Realized and Potential Climate Responses of Lichen and Bryophyte Communities in a National Forest Inventory. PhD dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 135p.

  4. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, and B. McCune. 2017. Lichen responses to experimental temperature and CO2 enhancement: implications for climate change monitoring. Pages 163–168 in: Potter, K., and B. Conkling, eds. Forest Health Monitoring: National Status, Trends, and Analysis 2016. GTR-SRS-222. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC.

  5. Heath, L.S., S.M. Anderson, M.R. Emery, J.A. Hicke, J. Littell, A. Lucier, J.G. Masek, D.L. Peterson, R. Pouyat, K.M. Potter, G. Robertson, J. Sperry, A. Bytnerowicz, S. Jovan, M.H. Mockrin, R. Musselman, B.K. Schulz, R.J. Smith, and S.I. Stewart. 2015. Indicators of Climate Impacts for Forests: Recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment Indicators System. GTR-NRS-155. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Newtown Square, PA. 143p.

  6. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan and B. McCune. 2015. Evaluating carbon stores at the earth–atmosphere interface: moss and lichen mats of subarctic Alaska. Page 55 in: Stanton, S., and G. A. Christensen. 2015. Pushing Boundaries: New Directions in Inventory Techniques & Applications. GTR-PNW-931. USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR.

  7. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan and B. McCune. 2014. Ubiquitous moss and lichen mats promote forest health. Pages 68–69 in: Graham, E., and T. Huette, eds. Forest Health Conditions in Alaska 2013: A Forest Health Protection Report. R10-PR-035. USDA Forest Service, Region 10, Anchorage, AK.

  8. Smith, R.J. 2013. Dispersal Ecology of Desert Mosses Along Gradients of Elevation, Wildfire Disturbance and Local Niche. MSc thesis. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas. 90p.

 

Forthcoming

  1. Nevins, L.M., R.J. Smith, and J. Zambrano. 2021. Tree demographic and neighborhood responses to complex regional gradients of the northwestern United States. Ecology. In review.

  2. Geiser, L.H., H.T. Root, R.J. Smith, S. Jovan, L. St. Clair, and K.L. Dillman. 2021. Lichen-based critical loads for atmospheric deposition in US Forests. Environmental Pollution. In review.

  1. Valentin, M., A. Meyer, J. Pengra, R.J. Smith, and D. Stanton. Climate warming causes C starvation and photobiont degradation in boreal climate sentinels. In preparation.

 

Invited Presentations

  1. Vulnerability amplifiers: forest management at the intersection of climate, wildfire and air quality risks. Climate Justice and Resilience Lecture Series. Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA. 13 May 2021.

  2. Bridging scales: forecasting forest dynamics under shifting regimes. School of the Environment, Washington State University. Pullman, WA. 3 March 2020.

  3. Forecasting forest dynamics under atmospheric stresses. Environmental Sciences Department, Dickinson College. Carlisle, PA. 19 Feb 2020.

  4. Dimensions of mentoring in international STEM disciplines. Office of International Programs, Global Services, Washington State University. Pullman, WA. 20 Apr 2019.

  5. Keynote: Conceptual progress in lichen ecology through research coordination networks. American Bryological and Lichenological Society Annual Meeting, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. 14 Aug 2018.

 

Contributed Presentations

  1. Inclusivity in the undergraduate experience: practical classroom tactics. Ecology informal series, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. 26 Apr 2021.

  2. Deposition reductions for offsetting climate impacts. USDA Forest Service, Deposition FARM Team Meeting. 9 Sep 2020.

  3. Uncertainty estimation for critical loads of reactive nitrogen. NADP–CLAD: National Atmospheric Deposition Program–Critical Loads of Atmospheric Deposition Science Committee. 14 Jul 2020.

  4. Global biomass of ground-dwelling lichens and mosses. Northwest Scientific Assoc., Lewiston, ID. 27 Mar 2019.

  5. Harmonizing forest inventories in interior Alaska: resolving ecological vs sampling differences. International Association for Vegetation Science, Bozeman, MT. 27 Jul 2018.

  6. Climatic vulnerability of forest lichen communities in North America. USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis Stakeholder Symposium, Park City, UT. 23 Oct 2017.

  7. An interactive web tool to assess climate vulnerability of forest lichen communities. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR. 8 Aug 2017.

  8. Vulnerability of forest lichen communities to species loss under climatic warming. Northwest Scientific Assoc., Ashland, OR. 31 Mar 2017.

  9. Overview of the FIA Ground Layer Indicator. (S. Jovan lead author, with R.J. Smith, A. Gray and B. McCune). Interior Alaska Forest Inventory Collaborators Meeting, Fairbanks, AK. 1 Dec 2016.

  10. Decline of boreal lichens over one year of whole-ecosystem warming. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, SPRUCE Project Meeting. St. Paul, MN. 1 Nov 2016.

  11. Twenty-five years of climate indication in lichen communities from Alaska to California. Botany Conference: American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Savannah, GA. 1 Aug 2016.

  12. Local and regional climate responses of epiphytic lichen communities in the US Midwest. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, SPRUCE Experiment All-Hands Meeting. St. Paul, MN. 10 May 2016.

  13. Twenty-five years of climate indication in lichen communities from Alaska to California. Northwest Scientific Assoc., Bend, OR. 25 Mar 2016.

  14. Evaluating carbon stores at the earth-atmosphere interface: moss and lichen mats of subarctic Alaska. Forest Inventory and Analysis Science Symposium, Portland, OR, USA. 9 Dec 2015.

  15. A method for assessing carbon storage and functional importance in moss and lichen ground layers. Northwest Scientific Assoc., Missoula, MT. 28 Mar 2014.

  16. Assessing carbon storage and functional importance in moss/lichen ground layers. Interior Alaska Inventory Conference, Anchorage, AK. 6 Feb 2014.

  17. Post-fire recovery of desert moss communities. SoBeFree Annual Meeting, Julian, CA. 28 Mar 2013.

  18. Dispersal and post-fire recovery of desert mosses. NV Native Plant Society. Henderson, NV. 4 Feb 2013.

  19. Ecology of rare inland reindeer lichens. Northwest Scientific Assoc., Boise, ID. 30 Mar 2012.

 

Poster Presentations

  1. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, A.N. Gray, and B. McCune. Three-dimensional carbon storage in interior Alaska’s moss and lichen mats. FIA Alaska Stakeholder Meeting, Anchorage, AK. 1 Dec 2016.

  2. Smith, R.J., P.R. Nelson, S. Jovan, and B. McCune. Climate change effects on lichen communities and growth. Forest Health Monitoring Program Workgroup Meeting. 24 Mar 2016.

  3. Smith, R.J., S. Jovan, and B. McCune. Carbon storage and functional importance in moss/lichen ground layers. Forest Health Monitoring Program Workgroup, Jacksonville, FL. 25–27 Mar 2014.

  4. Smith, R.J. Mining for mosses: Metacommunity dynamics at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR. 10 Aug 2012.