Ruth Yanai | Hubbard Brook

State University of New York

College of Environmental Science and Forestry

210 Marshall Hall

Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone:

315-470-6955

Email:

rdyanai@syr.edu

ORCID:

0000-0001-6987-2489

Homepage:

http://www.esf.edu/faculty/yanai/

Hubbard Brook Role:

Investigator, Scientific Coordinating Committee

Research Interests:

Ruth D. Yanai began working at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in 1983, studying the cycling of phosphorus after the whole-tree harvest of Watershed 5. In 1993, the USDA NRICGP funded a project to compare archived and contemporary samples of forest floors, litterfall, and wood, from the HBEF and from a chronosequence of related sites, to determine whether recent changes in nutrient concentrations were more likely due to acid rain or to forest regrowth. Additional research interests include simulation modeling of nutrient uptake by roots and the response of plants to environmental change.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

2017

Yang, Yang, Ruth D Yanai, Mario Montesdeoca, and Charles T Driscoll. 2017. “Measuring Mercury In Wood: Challenging But Important”. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 97(5): 456 - 467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2017.1324852.

Fahey, Timothy J, Ruth D Yanai, K. E Gonzales, and J. A Lombardi. 2017. “Sampling And Processing Roots From Rocky Forest Soils”. Ecosphere 8(6): n/a - n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1863/abstract.

2016

Aulenbach, Brent T, Douglas A Burns, James B Shanley, Ruth D Yanai, Kikang Bae, Adam D Wild, Yang Yang, and Dong Yi. 2016. “Approaches To Stream Solute Load Estimation For Solutes With Varying Dynamics From Five Diverse Small Watersheds”. Ecosphere 7(6): n/a - n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1298/abstract.

Kang, Hongzhang, Timothy J Fahey, Kikang Bae, Melany C Fisk, Ruth E Sherman, Ruth D Yanai, and Craig R See. 2016. “Response Of Forest Soil Respiration To Nutrient Addition Depends On Site Fertility”. Biogeochemistry 127(1): 113 - 124. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10533-015-0172-6.

Yang, Yang, Ruth D Yanai, Farrah R Fatemi, Carrie R Levine, Paul J Lilly, and Russell D Briggs. 2016. “Sources Of Variability In Tissue Chemistry In Northern Hardwood Species ¹”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46(3): 285 - 296. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0302.

Campbell, John L, Ruth D Yanai, Mark B Green, Gene E Likens, Craig R See, Amey S Bailey, Donald C Buso, and Daqing Yang. 2016. “Uncertainty In The Net Hydrologic Flux Of Calcium In A Paired-Watershed Harvesting Study”. Ecosphere 7(6): n/a - n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1299/abstract.

2015

Falster, Daniel S, Remko A Duursma, Masae I Ishihara, Diego R Barneche, Richard G FitzJohn, Angelica Vårhammar, Masahiro Aiba, Makoto Ando, Niels Anten, Michael J Aspinwall, Jennifer L Baltzer, Christopher Baraloto, Michael Battaglia, John J Battles, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Michiel van Breugel, James Camac, Yves Claveau, Lluís Coll, Masako Dannoura, Sylvain Delagrange, Jean-Christophe Domec, Farrah Fatemi, Wang Feng, Veronica Gargaglione, Yoshiaki Goto, Akio Hagihara, Jefferson S Hall, Steve Hamilton, Degi Harja, Tsutom Hiura, Robert Holdaway, Lindsay S Hutley, Tomoaki Ichie, Eric J Jokela, Anu Kantola, Jeff WG Kelly, Tanaka Kenzo, David King, Brian D Kloeppel, Takashi Kohyama, Akira Komiyama, Jean-Paul Laclau, Christopher H Lusk, Douglas A Maguire, Guerric le Maire, Annikki Mäkelä, Lars Markesteijn, John Marshall, Katherine McCulloh, Itsuo Miyata, Karel Mokany, Shigeta Mori, Randall W Myster, Masahiro Nagano, Shawna L Naidu, Yann Nouvellon, Anthony P O'Grady, Kevin L O'Hara, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Noriyuki Osada, Olusegun O Osunkoya, Pablo Luis Peri, Any Mary Petritan, Lourens Poorter, Angelika Portsmuth, Catherine Potvin, Johannes Ransijn, Douglas Reid, Sabina C Ribeiro, Scott D Roberts, Rolando Rodríguez, Angela Saldaña-Acosta, Ignacio Santa-Regina, Kaichiro Sasa, Galia N. Selaya, Stephen C Sillett, Frank Sterck, Kentaro Takagi, Takeshi Tange, Hiroyuki Tanouchi, David Tissue, Toru Umehara, Hajime Utsugi, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, Fernando Valladares, Petteri Vanninen, Jian R Wang, Elizabeth Wenk, Richard Williams, Fabiano de Aquino Ximenes, Atsushi Yamaba, Toshihiro Yamada, Takuo Yamakura, Ruth D Yanai, and Robert A York. 2015. “Baad: A Biomass And Allometry Database For Woody Plants: Ecological Archives E096-128”. Ecology 96(5): 1445 - 1445. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/10.1890/14-1889.1.

See, Craig R, Ruth D Yanai, Melany C Fisk, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, Braulio A Quintero, and Timothy J Fahey. 2015. “Soil Nitrogen Affects Phosphorus Recycling: Foliar Resorption And Plant–Soil Feedbacks In A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Ecology 96(9): 2488 - 2498. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/15-0188.1.

Bae, Kikang, Timothy J Fahey, Ruth D Yanai, and Melany C Fisk. 2015. “Soil Nitrogen Availability Affects Belowground Carbon Allocation And Soil Respiration In Northern Hardwood Forests Of New Hampshire”. Ecosystems. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10021-015-9892-7.

2014

Levine, Carrie R, Ruth D Yanai, Gregory G Lampman, Douglas A Burns, Charles T Driscoll, Gregory B Lawrence, Jason A Lynch, and Nina Schoch. 2014. “Evaluating The Efficiency Of Environmental Monitoring Programs”. Ecological Indicators 39: 94 - 101. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X13005001.

Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A, Steven P Hamburg, Ruth D Yanai, and Joel D Blum. 2014. “Rates Of Sustainable Forest Harvest Depend On Rotation Length And Weathering Of Soil Minerals”. Forest Ecology and Management 318: 194 - 205. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112714000140.

Yanai, Ruth D, Naoko Tokuchi, John L Campbell, Mark B Green, Eiji Matsuzaki, Stephanie N Laseter, Cindi L Brown, Amey S Bailey, Pilar Lyons, Carrie R Levine, Donald C Buso, Gene E Likens, Jennifer D Knoepp, and Keitaro Fukushima. 2014. “Sources Of Uncertainty In Estimating Stream Solute Export From Headwater Catchments At Three Sites”. Hydrological Processes: n/a - n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.10265/abstract.

Fisk, Melany C, Tera J Ratliff, Shinjini Goswami, and Ruth D Yanai. 2014. “Synergistic Soil Response To Nitrogen Plus Phosphorus Fertilization In Hardwood Forests”. Biogeochemistry 118(1-3): 195 - 204. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-013-9918-1.

2013

Yanai, Ruth D, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, Steven P Hamburg, Mary A Arthur, Colin B Fuss, Peter M Groffman, Thomas G Siccama, and Charles T Driscoll. 2013. “From Missing Source To Missing Sink: Long-Term Changes In The Nitrogen Budget Of A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Environmental Science & Technology 47(20): 11440 - 11448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es4025723.

Rastetter, E. B, Ruth D Yanai, R. Q Thomas, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, Timothy J Fahey, Melany C Fisk, B. L Kwiatkowski, and Steven P Hamburg. 2013. “Recovery From Disturbance Requires Resynchronization Of Ecosystem Nutrient Cycles”. Ecological Applications 23(3): 621 - 642. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/12-0751.1.

Fisk, Melany C, Tera J Ratliff, Shinjini Goswami, and Ruth D Yanai. 2013. “Synergistic Soil Response To Nitrogen Plus Phosphorus Fertilization In Hardwood Forests”. Biogeochemistry: 1 - 10. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-013-9918-1.

2012

Levine, Carrie, Ruth D Yanai, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, Steven P Hamburg, April Melvin, Christine L Goodale, Benjamin Rau, and Dale Johnson. 2012. “Assessing The Suitability Of Using Rotary Coring For Sampling In Rocky Soils”. Soil Science Society of America Journal. http://scholars.unh.edu/ersc/6.

Blum, Joel D, Steven P Hamburg, Ruth D Yanai, and Mary A Arthur. 2012. “Determination Of Foliar Ca/sr Discrimination Factors For Six Tree Species And Implications For Ca Sources In Northern Hardwood Forests.”. Plant and Soil 356: 303 - 314.

Lucash, Melissa S, Ruth D Yanai, Joel D Blum, and B. B Park. 2012. “Foliar Nutrient Concentrations Related To Soil Sources Across A Range Of Sites In The Northeastern United States”. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76(2). https://www.soils.org/publications/sssaj/abstracts/76/2/674.

Yanai, Ruth D, Carrie R Levine, Mark B Green, and John L Campbell. 2012. “Quantifying Uncertainty In Forest Nutrient Budgets”. Journal of Forestry 110(8): 448 - 456.

Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A, Steven P Hamburg, Joel D Blum, M. J Pennino, Ruth D Yanai, and Chris E Johnson. 2012. “The Quantitative Soil Pit Method For Measuring Belowground Carbon And Nitrogen Stocks”. Soil Science Society of America Journal In Press.

Rastetter, E. B, Ruth D Yanai, R. Q Thomas, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, Timothy J Fahey, Melany C Fisk, B. L Kwiatkowski, and Steven P Hamburg. 2012. “Recovery From Disturbance Requires Resynchronization Of Ecosystem Nutrient Cycles”. Ecological Applications 23(3): 621 - 642. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/12-0751.1.

Yanai, Ruth D, Mary A Arthur, M. Acker, Carrie R Levine, and B. B Park. 2012. “Variation In Mass And Nutrient Concentration Of Leaf Litter Across Years And Sites In A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 42(8): 1597 - 1610. ://WOS:000307118900017.

2011

Fatemi, F. R, Ruth D Yanai, Steven P Hamburg, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, M. A Arthur, R. D Briggs, and Carrie R Levine. 2011. “Allometric Equations For Young Northern Hardwoods: The Importance Of Age-Specific Equations For Estimating Aboveground Biomass”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 41(4): 881 - 891. ://WOS:000291185700020.

Campbell, John L, Ruth D Yanai, and Mark B Green. 2011. “Estimating Uncertainties In Watershed Studies”. EOS 92(26).

2010

Yanai, Ruth D, John J Battles, Andrew D Richardson, C. A Blodgett, D. M Wood, and E. B Rastetter. 2010. “Estimating Uncertainty In Ecosystem Budget Calculations”. Ecosystems 13(2): 239 - 248. ://WOS:000275785700005.

Fisk, Melany C, Ruth D Yanai, and N. Fierer. 2010. “A Molecular Approach To Quantify Root Community Composition In A Northern Hardwood Forest - Testing Effects Of Root Species, Relative Abundance, And Diameter”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 40(4): 836 - 841. ://WOS:000277477300023.

2009

Ratliff, T. J, Melany C Fisk, Ruth D Yanai, E. B Rastetter, B. K Naples, Timothy J Fahey, F. Fatemi, and Steven P Hamburg. 2009. “Can Phosphorus Limit Productivity In Northern Hardwood Forests? (Poster And Abstract)”. In 94th Ecological Society of America Meeting (ESA), 94th Ecological Society of America Meeting (ESA), Ecological Society of America.

Yanai, Ruth D, R. H Germain, N. M Anderson, T. A Coates, and A. K Mishler. 2009. “Heart Size Of Sugar Maple Sawlogs Across Six Northern States”. J. Forestry 107(2): 95-100.

2008

Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A, Ruth D Yanai, Timothy J Fahey, T. G Siccama, and Steven P Hamburg. 2008. “Changes In Foliar And Litter N:p Ratios Suggest A Shift Towards P-Limitation At Hubbard Brook”. Abstract for 93rd Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting (ESA), August 2008.

Yanai, Ruth D, J. B Shanley, Scott W Bailey, Timothy J Fahey, T. G Siccama, R. A Hallett, R. B Smith, and B. B Park. 2008. “Cross-Site Comparison Of Nutrient Budgets In Hardwood And Conifer Stands On Contrasting Soils”. Abstract for 93rd Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting (ESA), August 2008.

Yanai, Ruth D, Melany C Fisk, Timothy J Fahey, Natalie L Cleavitt, and B. B Park. 2008. “Identifying Roots Of Northern Hardwood Species: Patterns With Diameter And Depth”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(11): 2862-2869.

Nezat, C. A, Joel D Blum, Ruth D Yanai, Steven P Hamburg, and B. B Park. 2008. “Mineral Sources Of Calcium And Phosphorus In Soils Of The Northeastern Usa”. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72(6): 1786–1794.

Blum, Joel D, A. A Dasch, Steven P Hamburg, Ruth D Yanai, and M. A Arthur. 2008. “Use Of Foliar Ca/sr Discrimination And 87Sr/86Sr Ratios To Determine Soil Ca Sources To Sugar Maple Foliage In A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Biogeochemistry 87: 287-296.

2007

Park, B. B, Ruth D Yanai, Matthew A Vadeboncoeur, and Steven P Hamburg. 2007. “Estimating Root Biomass In Rocky Soils Using Pits, Cores And Allometric Equations”. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71: 206-213.

Nezat, C. A, Joel D Blum, Ruth D Yanai, and Steven P Hamburg. 2007. “A Sequential Extraction To Selectively Dissolve Apatite For Determination Of Soil Nutrient Pools With An Application To Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, Usa”. Applied Geochemistry 22: 2406–2421.

Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A, Steven P Hamburg, and Ruth D Yanai. 2007. “Validation And Refinement Of Allometric Equations For Roots Of Northern Hardwoods”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1777-1783.

2005

Yanai, Ruth D, Joel D Blum, Steven P Hamburg, M. A Arthur, C. A Nezat, and T. G Siccama. 2005. “New Insights Into Calcium Depletion In Northeastern Forests”. J. Forestry 103(1): 14-20.

Yanai, Ruth D, R. P Phillips, M. A Arthur, Thomas G Siccama, and Elizabeth N Hane. 2005. “Spatial And Temporal Variation In Calcium And Aluminum In Northern Hardwood Forest Floors”. Water Air and Soil Pollution 160(1-4): 109 - 118. ://WOS:000226929000009.

2004

Phillips, R. P, and Ruth D Yanai. 2004. “The Effects Of Alcl3 Additions On Rhizosphere Soil And Fine Root Chemistry Of Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum)”. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 159: 339-356.

Yanai, Ruth D, D. G Ray, and T. G Siccama. 2004. “Lead Reduction And Redistribution In The Forest Floor In New Hampshire Northern Hardwoods”. J. Environ. Qual. 33(1): 141-148.

2003

Hamburg, Steven P, Ruth D Yanai, M. A Arthur, Joel D Blum, and T. G Siccama. 2003. “Biotic Control Of Calcium Cycling In Northern Hardwood Forests: Acid Rain And Aging Forests”. Ecosystems 6(4): 399-406.

Yanai, Ruth D, S. V Stehman, M. A Arthur, C. E Prescott, A. J Friedland, T. G Siccama, and D. Binkley. 2003. “Detecting Change In Forest Floor Carbon”. Soil Scinece Society of America Journal 67(5): 1583-1593.

Currie, W. S, Ruth D Yanai, K. Piatek, C. E Prescott, and Christine L Goodale. 2003. “Processes Affecting Carbon Storage In The Forest Floor And In Downed Woody Debris”. In The Potential for U.S. Forests to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect, The Potential for U.S. Forests to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect, J. M Kimble and al., et. Boca Raton, Florida: Lewis Publishers.

Yanai, Ruth D, W. S Currie, and Christine L Goodale. 2003. “Soil Carbon Dynamics Following Forest Harvest: An Ecosystem Paradigm Reviewed”. Ecosystems 6(3): 197-212.

2000

Arthur, M. A, Steven P Hamburg, and Ruth D Yanai. 2000. “Calcium Depletion In The Northern Hardwood Forest: Biotic Control”. Agronomy Abstracts, Annual Meeting.

Yanai, Ruth D, M. A Arthur, T. G Siccama, and Steven P Hamburg. 2000. “Calcium Depletion In The Northern Hardwood Forest: Interpreting The Forest Floor”. Agronomy Abstracts, Annual Meeting.

Yanai, Ruth D, M. A Arthur, T. G Siccama, and C. A Federer. 2000. “Challenges Of Measuring Forest Floor Organic Matter Dynamics: Repeated Measures From A Chronosequence”. For. Ecol. Manage. 138: 273-283.

Arthur, M. A, and Ruth D Yanai. 2000. “Distinguishing The Effects Of Environmental Stress And Forest Succession On Changes In The Forest Floor”. Korean J. Ecol. 23(2): 83-88.

1999

Yanai, Ruth D, T. G Siccama, M. A Arthur, C. A Federer, and A. J Friedland. 1999. “Accumulation And Depletion Of Base Cations In Forest Floors In The Northeastern United States”. Ecology 80(8): 2774-2787.

Arthur, M. A, T. G Siccama, and Ruth D Yanai. 1999. “Calcium And Magnesium In Wood Of Northern Hardwood Forest Species: Relations To Site Characteristics”. Can. J. For. Res. 29: 339-346.

Taylor, L. A, M. A Arthur, and Ruth D Yanai. 1999. “Forest Floor Microbial Biomass Across A Northern Hardwood Forest Successional Sequence”. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31: 431-439.

1998

Phillips, R. P, Ruth D Yanai, and M. A Arthur. 1998. “Changes In Ca And Al Over 15 Years In The Forest Floors Of A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Abstracts for 83rd Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America: 205.

Yanai, Ruth D. 1998. “The Effect Of Whole-Tree Harvest On Phosphorus Cycling In A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Forest Ecology and Management 104: 281-295.

1996

McMillan, D. M, Ruth D Yanai, M. A Arthur, and T. G Siccama. 1996. “Long-Term Changes In Ph And Calcium In Precipitation, Streamwater And Soils At The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire”. Suppl. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 77(3): 298.

Yanai, Ruth D, M. A Arthur, L. A Taylor, T. G Siccama, and C. A Federer. 1996. “Long-Term Changes In The Forest Floor Of Northern Hardwood Stands Of Different Ages”. Suppl. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 77(3): 494.

1995

Yanai, Ruth D, M. A Arthur, T. G Siccama, and C. A Federer. 1995. “Losses Of Calcium And Magnesium From The Forest Floor In Northern Hardwoods Of New Hampshire”. Suppl. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 76(2): 290.

Arthur, M. A, T. G Siccama, and Ruth D Yanai. 1995. “The Relationship Of Calcium And Magnesium In Wood Of Three Hardwoods To Site Conditions At The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest”. Suppl. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 76(2): 8.

1994

Siccama, T. G, Steven P Hamburg, M. A Arthur, Ruth D Yanai, F. H Bormann, and Gene E Likens. 1994. “Corrections To Allometric Equations And Plant Tissue Chemistry For Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest”. Ecology 75(1): 246-248.

1993

Yanai, Ruth D, T. G Siccama, and M. A Arthur. 1993. “Changes In Forest Floor Mass And Nutrient Content Over 17 Years In A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74(2): 496.

1992

Yanai, Ruth D. 1992. “Phosphorus Budget Of A 70-Yr-Old Northern Hardwood Forest”. Biogeochemistry 17: 1-22.

1991

Yanai, Ruth D. 1991. “Soil Solution Phosphorus Dynamics In A Whole-Tree-Harvested Northern Hardwood Forest”. Soil Sci. Am.J. 55(6): 1746-1752.

1990

Yanai, Ruth D. 1990. “The Effect Of Disturbance By Whole-Tree Harvest On Phosphorus Cycling In A Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem”. Yale University.

1987

Yanai, Ruth D. 1987. “Phosphorus Stores, Leaching And Net Mineralization In The Forest Floor Following Clear-Cutting In Northern Hardwoods”. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 68(3): 453.

1986

Yanai, Ruth D, and R. D Fuller. 1986. “Phosphorus Concentrations In Soil Solution Following Whole-Tree Harvest In Northern Hardwoods”. Agronomy Abstracts, Annual Meeting: 269.

Yanai, Ruth D, J. W Hughes, R. D Fuller, A. H Johnson, and T. G Siccama. 1986. “Preliminary Estimates Of Phosphorus Removal And Redistribution Following Whole-Tree Harvest Of A Northern Hardwood Forest, New Hampshire”. IV Internat. Congress of Ecology, 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, State University of New York, Syracuse University: 360.

1985

Yanai, Ruth D. 1985. “Phosphorus Bioavailability From Organic, Primary Mineral, And Secondary Mineral Sources In A New Hampshire Spodosol”. Agronomy Abstracts, Annual Meeting: 227.

Yanai, Ruth D, R. D Fuller, and F. H Bormann. 1985. “Phosphorus Dynamics In A Northern Hardwood Forest Soil Following A Whole-Tree Harvest”. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 66(2): 298.