Institution: University of New Hampshire
Department: Earth Systems Research Center, and Natural Resources and the Envronment
8 College Road
Durham, NH, 03824
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator
Phone: (603) 862 1792
Email: scott.ollinger@unh.edu
ORCID: 000-0001-6226-1431
ScottOllinger

Research Interests

Scott Ollinger conducts research on carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests with emphasis on basic ecological processes and interactions with human-induced environmental stressors. Specific research activities include projects that involve spatial and temporal patterns of forest biogeochemistry; forest-climate feedbacks; modeling the effects of air pollution, rising CO2, disturbance history and climate change on ecosystem processes; and scaling local measurements to regional and continental scales. Ollinger is Principal Investigator on several projects that are part of the North American Carbon Program. He is a co-invetigator with both the Hubbard Brook and Harvard Forest LTER projects where his primary roles have involved regionalization. He serves or has served on a variety of editorial boards and science advisory panels and has participated in two of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s Science Links Projects.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Teets, A., Bailey, A. S., Hufkens, K., Ollinger, S., Schädel, C., Seyednasrollah, B., & Richardson, A. D. (2023). Early spring onset increases carbon uptake more than late fall senescence: modeling future phenological change in a US northern deciduous forest. Oecologia, 201(1), 241–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05296-4
Aber, J., & Ollinger, S. (2022). Simpler Presentations of Climate Change. Eos. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EO220444
Mason, R. E., Craine, J. M., Lany, N. K., Jonard, M., Ollinger, S. V., Groffman, P. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Angerer, J., Read, Q. D., Reich, P. B., Templer, P. H., & Elmore, A. J. (2022). Explanations for nitrogen decline—Response. Science, 376(6598), 1170–1170. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq8690
Mason, R. E., Craine, J. M., Lany, N. K., Jonard, M., Ollinger, S. V., Groffman, P. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Angerer, J., Read, Q. D., Reich, P. B., Templer, P. H., & Elmore, A. J. (2022). Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems. Science, 376(6590), eabh3767. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh3767
Teets, A., Moore, D. J. P., Alexander, M. R., Blanken, P. D., Bohrer, G., Burns, S. P., Carbone, M. S., Ducey, M. J., Fraver, S., Gough, C. M., Hollinger, D. Y., Koch, G., Kolb, T., Munger, J. W., Novick, K. A., Ollinger, S. V., Ouimette, A. P., Pederson, N., Ricciuto, D. M., … Richardson, A. D. (2022). Coupling of Tree Growth and Photosynthetic Carbon Uptake Across Six North American Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(4), e2021JG006690. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006690
Darby, B. A., Goodale, C. L., Chin, N. A., Fuss, C. B., Lang, A. K., Ollinger, S. V., & Lovett, G. M. (2020). Depth patterns and connections between gross nitrogen cycling and soil exoenzyme activities in three northern hardwood forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 147, 107836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107836
Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., Lepine, L. C., Stephens, R. B., Rowe, R. J., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Tumber-Davila, S. J., & Hobbie, E. A. (2020). Accounting for Carbon Flux to Mycorrhizal Fungi May Resolve Discrepancies in Forest Carbon Budgets. Ecosystems, 23(4), 715–729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00440-3
Fuss, C. B., Lovett, G. M., Goodale, C. L., Ollinger, S. V., Lang, A. K., & Ouimette, A. P. (2019). Retention of Nitrate-N in Mineral Soil Organic Matter in Different Forest Age Classes. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0328-z
Zarnetske, P. L., Read, Q. D., Record, S., Gaddis, K. D., Pau, S., Hobi, M. L., Malone, S. L., Costanza, J., Dahlin, K. M., Latimer, A. M., Wilson, A. M., Grady, J. M., Ollinger, S. V., & Finley, A. O. (2019). Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(5), 548–556. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12887
Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Hollinger, D. Y., Keenan, T. F., Lepine, L. C., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2018). Carbon fluxes and interannual drivers in a temperate forest ecosystem assessed through comparison of top-down and bottom-up approaches. 256–257, 420–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.03.017
Burakowski, E., Tawfik, A., Ouimette, A., Lepine, L., Novick, K., Ollinger, S., Zarzycki, C., & Bonan, G. (2018). The role of surface roughness, albedo, and Bowen ratio on ecosystem energy balance in the Eastern United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 367–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.030
Lee, M. S., Hollinger, D. Y., Keenan, T. F., Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., & Richardson, A. D. (2018). Model-based analysis of the impact of diffuse radiation on CO 2 exchange in a temperate deciduous forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 377–389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.016
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
Lovett, G. M., Goodale, C. L., Ollinger, S. V., Fuss, C. B., Ouimette, A. P., & Likens, G. E. (2018). Nutrient retention during ecosystem succession: a revised conceptual model. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(9), 532–538. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1949
Thorn, A., Wake, C., Grimm, C., Mitchell, C., Mineau, M., & Ollinger, S. (2017). Development of scenarios for land cover, population density, impervious cover, and conservation in New Hampshire, 2010–2100. Ecology and Society, 22(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09733-220419
Lepine, L. C., Ollinger, S. V., Ouimette, A. P., & Martin, M. E. (2016). Examining spectral reflectance features related to foliar nitrogen in forests: Implications for broad-scale nitrogen mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment, 173, 174–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.028
Pellissier, P. A., Ollinger, S. V., Lepine, L. C., Palace, M. W., & McDowell, W. H. (2015). Remote sensing of foliar nitrogen in cultivated grasslands of human dominated landscapes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 167, 88–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.06.009
Burakowski, E. A., Ollinger, S. V., Lepine, L., Schaaf, C. B., Wang, Z., Dibb, J. E., Hollinger, D. Y., Kim, J., Erb, A., & Martin, M. (2015). Spatial scaling of reflectance and surface albedo over a mixed-use, temperate forest landscape during snow-covered periods. Remote Sensing of Environment, 158, 465–477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.11.023
Thorn, A. M., Xiao, J., & Ollinger, S. V. (2015). Generalization and evaluation of the process-based forest ecosystem model PnET-CN for other biomes. Ecosphere, 6(3), art43. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00542.1
Keenan, T. F., Gray, J., Friedl, M. A., Toomey, M., Bohrer, G., Hollinger, D. Y., Munger, J. W., O’Keefe, J., Schmid, H. P., Wing, I. S., Yang, B., & Richardson, A. D. (2014). Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology. Nature Climate Change, 4(7), 598–604. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2253
Green, M. B., Bailey, A. S., Bailey, S. W., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Lepine, L. C., Likens, G. E., Ollinger, S. V., & Schaberg, P. G. (2013). Reply to Smith and Shortle: Lacking evidence of hydraulic efficiency changes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(40), E3740–E3740. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1312130110
Sullivan, F. B., Ollinger, S. V., Martin, M. E., Ducey, M. J., Lepine, L. C., & Wicklein, H. F. (2013). Foliar nitrogen in relation to plant traits and reflectance properties of New Hampshire forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 43(1), 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2012-0324
Green, M. B., Bailey, A. S., Bailey, S. W., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Lepine, L. C., Likens, G. E., Ollinger, S. V., & Schaberg, P. G. (2013). Decreased water flowing from a forest amended with calcium silicate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 110(15), 5999–6003. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/43311
Fahey, T. J., Carranti, F. J., Driscoll, C. T., Foster, D. R., P. S. Gwyther, Hall, B., Hamburg, Steven. P., Jenkins, Julian C., Neill, C., Ollinger, Scott V., Peery, V., Quigley, Erin, Raciti, S., Sherman, R., Thomas, R., Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A., Weinstein, D., Wilson, Geoffrey F., Woodbury, P., & Yandik, W. (2011). Carbon_and_Communities_2011.pdf (HBR.2011-51). Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. https://www.hubbardbrook.org/sites/default/files/pictures/HBRF/ScienceLinks/Carbon_and_Communities_2011.pdf
Ollinger, S. V. (2011). Sources of variability in canopy reflectance and the convergent properties of plants. New Phytologist, 189(2), 375–394. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03536.x
Richardson, A. D., Williams, M., Hollinger, D. Y., Moore, D. J. P., Dail, D. B., Davidson, E. A., Scott, N. A., Evans, R. S., Hughes, H., Lee, J. T., Rodrigues, C., & Savage, K. (2010). Estimating parameters of a forest ecosystem C model with measurements of stocks and fluxes as joint constraints. Oecologia, 164(1), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1628-y
Campbell, J. L., Ollinger, S. V., Flerchinger, G. N., Wicklein, H., Hayhoe, K., & Bailey, A. S. (2010). Past and projected future changes in snowpack and soil frost at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Hydrological Processes, 24(17), 2465–2480. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7666
Hollinger, D. Y., Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Meyers, T. P., Dail, D. B., Martin, M. E., Scott, N. A., Arkebauer, T. J., Baldocchi, D. D., Clark, K. L., Curtis, P. S., Davis, K. J., Desai, A. R., Dragoni, D., Goulden, M. L., Gu, L., Katul, G. G., Pallardy, S. G., Paw, K. T., … Verma, S. B. (2010). Albedo estimates for land surface models and support for a new paradigm based on foliage nitrogen concentration. Global Change Biology, 16(2), 696–710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02028.x
Campbell, J. L., Ollinger, S. V., Flerchinger, G. N., Wicklein, H., Hayhoe, K., & Bailey, A. S. (2010). Past and projected future changes in snowpack and soil frost at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Hydrological Processes, 24, 2465–2480. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7666
Ollinger, S. V., Frolking, S. E., Richardson, A. D., Martin, M. E., Hollinger, D. Y., Reich, P. B., & Plourde, L. C. (2009). Nitrogen-albedo relationship in forests remains robust and thought-provoking (Reply). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(7), E17; DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.0900137106.
Fahey, T. J., Woodbury, P. B., Battles, J. J., Goodale, C. L., S. Hamburg, S., Ollinger, S., & Woodall, C. W. (2009). Forest Carbon Storage: Ecology, Management and Policy. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, DOI: 10.1890/080169.
Bradford, J., Weishampel, P., Smith, M.-L., Kolka, R., Birdsey, R. A., Ollinger, S. V., & Ryan, M. G. (2009). Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment. Can. J. For. Res., 39, 802–813.
Kokaly, R. F., Asner, G. P., Martin, M. E., Ollinger, S. V., & Wessman, C. A. (2009). Characterizing canopy biochemistry from imaging spectrometer data for studying ecosystem processes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, S78–S91.
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.
Bradford, J., Weishampel, P., Smith, M.-L., Kolka, R., Birdsey, R. A., Ollinger, S. V., & Ryan, M. G. (2009). Carbon pools and fluxes in small temperate forest landscapes: Variability and implications for sampling design. Forest Ecology and Management, doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.009.
Asner, G. P., & Ollinger, S. V. (2009). Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modeling. In T. Warner, M. D. Nellis, & G. Foody (Eds.), The Handbook of Remote Sensing (HBR.09-11). SAGE Publications.
Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Martin, M. E., Hollinger, D. Y., Frolking, S. E., Reich, P. B., Plourde, L. C., Katul, G. G., Munger, J. W., Oren, R., Smith, M.-L., Paw U, K. T., Bolstad, P. V., Cook, B. D., Day, M. C., Martin, T. A., Monson, R. K., & Schmid, H. P. (2008). Canopy nitrogen, carbon assimilation, and albedo in temperate and boreal forests:  Functional relations and potential climate feedbacks. Proc. National Academy Sciences, 105(49), 19335–19340.
Martin, M. E., Plourde, L. C., Ollinger, S. V., Smith, M.-L., & McNeil, B. E. (2008). A generalizable method for remote sensing of canopy nitrogen across a wide range of forest ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 3511–3519.
Ollinger, S. V., Goodale, C. L., Hayhoe, K., & Jenkins, J. P. (2008). Effects of predicted changes in climate and atmospheric composition on ecosystem processes in Northeastern U.S. forests. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 13, 467–485.
Bradford, J. B., Weishampel, P., Smith, M.-L., Kolka, R., Hollinger, D. Y., Birdsey, R. A., Ollinger, S. V., & Ryan, M. G. (2008). Landscape-Scale Carbon Sampling Strategy - Lessons Learned. In C. M. Hoover (Ed.), Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring: A Landscape-Scale Approach (HBR.08-57; p. 242). Springer.
Jenkins, J. P., Richardson, A. D., Braswell, B. H., Ollinger, S. V., Hollinger, D. Y., & Smith, M.-L. (2007). Refining light-use efficiency calculations for a deciduous forest canopy using simultaneous tower-based carbon flux and radiometric measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 143, 64–79.
Ollinger, S. V., & Smith, M. L. (2005). Net Primary Production and Canopy Nitrogen in a temperate forest landscape: an analysis using imaging spectrometry, modeling and field data. Ecosystems, 8(7), 760–778.
Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J., Boyer, E., Castro, M., Cronan, C., Goodale, C., Groffman, P., Hopkinson, C., Lambert, K., Lawrence, G., & Ollinger, S. (2003). Nitrogen pollution: Sources and consequences in the U.S.Northeast. Environment, 45, 8–22.
Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J., Boyer, E., Castro, M., Cronan, C., Goodale, C., Groffman, P., Hopkinson, C., Lambert, K., Lawrence, G., & Ollinger, S. (2003). Nitrogen pollution: From the sources to the sea. Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Science Links Publication, 1(2), 24-Jan.
Aber, J. D., Goodale, C. L., Ollinger, S. V., Smith, M.-L., Magill, A. H., Martin, M. E., Hallett, R. A., & Stoddard, J. L. (2003). Is nitrogen deposition altering the nitrogen status of northeastern forests? BioScience, 53(4), 375–389.
Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J., Boyer, E., Castro, M., Cronan, C., Goodale, C., Groffman, P., Hopkinson, C., Lambert, K., Lawrence, G., & Ollinger, S. (2003). Nitrogen pollution in the northeastern United States: Sources, effects and management options. BioScience, 53(4), 357–374.
Ollinger, S. V. (2003). Forest Ecosystems. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences [http://www.els.net/] (HBR.03-29). Nature Publishing Group.
Ollinger, S. V., Aber, J. D., Reich, P. B., & Freuder, R. J. (2002). Interactive effects of nitrogen deposition, tropospheric ozone, elevated CO2 and land use history on the carbon dynamics of northern hardwood forests. Global Change Biology, 8, 545–562.
Aber, J. D., Ollinger, S. V., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., Holmes, R. T., Freuder, R. J., & Goodale, C. L. (2002). Inorganic nitrogen losses from a forested ecosystem in response to physical, chemical, biotic and climatic perturbations. Ecosystems, 5(7), 648–658.
Aber, J. D., Ollinger, S. V., & Driscoll, C. T. (1997). Modeling nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems in response to land use and atmospheric deposition. Ecol. Modelling, 101, 61–78.