Institution: USDA Forest Service
Department: Northern Research Station, Northern Forest Science and Applications
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH 03824
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator, Forest Service Team Lead
Phone: (603) 397 7406
Email: lindsey.rustad@usda.gov
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Research Interests

My overall research interests are to investigate the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on forested ecosystems of Northeastern North America, with an emphasis on acidic deposition and climate change. More specifically, I am interested in synthesis of existing data and efforts to increase communication and collaboration amongst regional, national and international global change scientists, evaluation of the effects of extreme weather events, such as ice storms and droughts, on forests of the northeastern United States, development and applications of advanced environmental systems, and the integration of art and science to better understand pattern and process in large ecological data sets and share this information with a broader audience.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Rustad, L., & Leuenberger, W. (2024). Ice Storms: Not as Cool as They Seem. Frontiers for Young Minds. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2024.1371125/full
Rustad, L., Adams, M. B., Dymond, S. F., Gregory, M., & Miniat, C. F. (2023). Perspectives on the contributions of women to the hydrologic sciences and their changing demographics at USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges. Journal of Hydrology, 621, 129469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129469
Yancey, C. E., Juice, S. M., Classen, A. T., Rustad, L., & Adair, E. C. (2023). The impact of ice storms on mycorrhizal fungi varies by season and mycorrhizal type in a hardwood forest. Ecosphere, 14(5), e4526. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4526
Torresan, C., Benito Garzón, M., O’Grady, M., Robson, T. M., Picchi, G., Panzacchi, P., Tomelleri, E., Smith, M., Marshall, J., Wingate, L., Tognetti, R., Rustad, L. E., & Kneeshaw, D. (2021). A new generation of sensors and monitoring tools to support climate-smart forestry practices. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0295
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Bailey, S. W., Bernhardt, E. S., Driscoll, C. T., Green, M. B., Groffman, P. M., Lovett, G. M., McDowell, W. H., McGuire, K. J., & Rosi, E. J. (2021). Watershed studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Building on a long legacy of research with new approaches and sources of data. Hydrological Processes, 35(1), e14016. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14016
Swanson, F. J., Foster, D. R., Driscoll, C. T., Thompson, J. R., & Rustad, L. E. (2021). How LTER Site Communities Can Address Major Environmental Challenges. In R. B. Waide & S. E. Kingsland (Eds.), The Challenges of Long Term Ecological Research: A Historical Analysis (pp. 223–241). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66933-1_8
Leuenberger, W., Cohen, J. B., Rustad, L., Wallin, K. F., & Parry, D. (2021). Short-Term Increase in Abundance of Foliage-Gleaning Insectivorous Birds Following Experimental Ice Storms in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.566376
Rustad, L. E., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Groffman, P. M., Schaberg, P. G., Hawley, G. J., Halm, I., Bowles, F., Leuenberger, W., Schwaner, G., Winant, G., & Leonardi, B. (2020). Experimental approach and initial forest response to a simulated ice storm experiment in a northern hardwood forest. PLOS ONE, 15(9), e0239619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239619
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Garlick, S., Newman, N., Stanovick, J. S., Halm, I., Driscoll, C. T., Barjenbruch, B. L., Burakowski, E., Hilberg, S. D., Sanders, K. J., Shafer, J. C., & Doesken, N. J. (2020). A Comparison of Low-Cost Collector Configurations for Quantifying Ice Accretion. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(9), 1429–1442. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0280.1
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Driscoll, C. T., Halm, I., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., Groffman, P. M., Hawley, G. J., Leuenberger, W., & Schaberg, P. G. (2020). Simulating Impacts of Ice Storms on Forest Ecosystems. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 160, 61492. https://doi.org/10.3791/61492
Weitzman, J. N., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, R. T., Fahey, T. J., Schaberg, P. G., & Rustad, L. E. (2019). Ecosystem Nitrogen Response to a Simulated Ice Storm in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00463-w
Fahey, R. T., Atkins, J. W., Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Duffy, M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., & Schaberg, P. G. (2019). Effects of an experimental ice storm on forest canopy structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(2), 136–145. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0276
Yang, Y., Meng, L., Yanai, R. D., Montesdeoca, M., Templer, P. H., Asbjornsen, H., Rustad, L. E., & Driscoll, C. T. (2019). Climate change may alter mercury fluxes in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 146(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00605-1
Marinos, R. E., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., McDowell, W. H., Rosi, E. J., Rustad, L. E., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2018). Give and Take: A Watershed Acid Rain Mitigation Experiment Increases Baseflow Nitrogen Retention but Increases Stormflow Nitrogen Export. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(22), 13155–13165. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03553
Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Durán, J., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Fuss, C., Likens, G. E., Lovett, G., Rustad, L., & Templer, P. H. (2018). Nitrogen oligotrophication in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0445-y
Green, M. B., Campbell, J. L., Yanai, R. D., Bailey, S. W., Bailey, A. S., Grant, N., Halm, I., Kelsey, E. P., & Rustad, L. E. (2018). Downsizing a long-term precipitation network: Using a quantitative approach to inform difficult decisions. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0195966. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195966
Asbjornsen, H., Campbell, J. L., Jennings, K. A., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., McIntire, C., Templer, P. H., Phillips, R. P., Bauerle, T. L., Dietze, M. C., Frey, S. D., Groffman, P. M., Guerrieri, R., Hanson, P. J., Kelsey, E. P., Knapp, A. K., McDowell, N. G., Meir, P., Novick, K. A., Ollinger, S. V., … Rustad, L. E. (2018). Guidelines and considerations for designing field experiments simulating precipitation extremes in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(12), 2310–2325. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13094
Ellison, A. M., LeRoy, C. J., Landsbergen, K. J., Bosanquet, E., Borden, D. B., CaraDonna, P. J., Cheney, K., Crystal‐Ornelas, R., DeFreece, A., Goralnik, L., Irons, E., Merkle, B. G., O’Connell, K. E. B., Penick, C. A., Rustad, L., Schulze, M., Waser, N. M., & Wysong, L. M. (2018). Art/Science Collaborations: New Explorations of Ecological Systems, Values, and their Feedbacks. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 99(2), 180–191. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1384
Templer, P. H., Reinmann, A. B., Sanders-DeMott, R., Sorensen, P. O., Juice, S. M., Bowles, F., Sofen, L. E., Harrison, J. L., Halm, I., Rustad, L., Martin, M. E., & Grant, N. (2017). Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE): A new method for simulating future climate in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems. PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0171928. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171928
Fahey, T. J., Templer, P. H., Anderson, B. T., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fusco, A. R., Green, M. B., Kassam, K.-A. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rustad, L., Schaberg, P. G., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2015). The promise and peril of intensive-site-based ecological research: insights from the Hubbard Brook ecosystem study. Ecology, 96(4), 885–901. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1043.1
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Porter, J. H., Taylor, J. R., Dereszynski, E. W., Shanley, J. B., Gries, C., Henshaw, D. L., Martin, M. E., Sheldon, W. M., & Boose, E. R. (2013). Quantity is Nothing without Quality: Automated QA/QC for Streaming Environmental Sensor Data. Bioscience, 63(7), 574–585. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.7.10
Smithwick, E. A. H., Eissenstat, D. M., Lovett, G. M., Bowden, R. D., Rustad, L. E., & Driscoll, C. T. (2013). Root stress and nitrogen deposition: consequences and research priorities. The New Phytologist, 197(3), 712–719.
Groffman, P. M., Rustad, L. E., Templer, P. H., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Lany, N. K., Socci, A. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Schaberg, P. G., Wilson, G. F., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Goodale, C. L., Green, M. B., Hamburg, S. P., Johnson, C. E., Mitchell, M. J., Morse, J. L., … Rodenhouse, N. L. (2012). Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest. BioScience, 62(12), 1056–1066. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.7
Rustad, L., Campbell, J., Dukes, J. S., Huntington, T., Lambert, K. F., Mohan, J., & Rodenhouse, N. (2012). Changing climate, changing forests: The impacts of climate change on forests of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep., NRS-99, 48.
Rustad, L. E., & Campbell, J. L. (2012). A novel ice storm manipulation experiment in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 9(42), 1810–1818.
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Boyer, E. W., Christopher, S. F., Driscoll, C. T., Fernandez, I. J., Groffman, P. M., Houle, D., Kiekbusch, J., Magill, A. H., Mitchell, M. J., & Ollinger, S. V. (2009). Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in forets of northeastern North America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39, 264–284.
Lovett, G. M., Burns, D. A., Driscoll, C. T., Jenkins, J. C., Mitchell, M. J., Rustad, L., Shanley, J. B., Likens, G. E., & Haeuber, R. (2007). Who needs environmental monitoring? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5(5), 253–260.