Yellow-Cedar Publications

Barrett, Tara M.; Pattison, Robert R. 2017. No evidence of recent (1995-2013) decrease of yellow-cedar in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47(1): 97-105. Available here.

Bidlack, A.; Bisbing, S.; Buma, B.; D’Amore, D. V.; Hennon, P. E.; Heutte, T.; Krapek, J.; Mulvey, R.; Oakes, L. 2017. Alternative interpretation and scale-based context for “No evidence of recent (1995–2013) decrease of yellow-cedar in Alaska” (Barrett and Pattison 2017). Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47(8): 1145-1151. Available here.

Bisbing, S. M.; Buma, B. J.; Vander Nald, B.; Bidlack, A. L. 2022. Single-tree salvage logging as a response to Alaska yellow-cedar climate-induced mortality maintains ecological integrity with limited economic returns. Forest Ecology and Management 503(11):119815 DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119815

Bisbing, S. M.; Buma, B. J.; Oakes, L. E.; Krapek, J: Bidlack, A. L. 2019. From canopy to seed: Loss of snow drives directional changes in forest composition. Ecology and Evolution 1-18. Available here.

Beier, C. M.; Sink, S. E.; Hennon, P. E.; D'Amore, D. V.; Juday, G. P. 2008. Twentieth-century warming and the dendroclimatology of declining yellow-cedar forests in southeastern Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:1319-1334. Available here.

Buma, B., & Johnson, A. C. 2015. The role of windstorm exposure and yellow-cedar decline on landslide susceptibility in southeast Alaskan temperate rainforests. Geomorphology 228, 504–511. Available here.

Buma, B.; Hennon, P. E.; Harrington, C. A.; Popkin, J. R.; Krapek, K. R.; Lamb, M.; Oakes, L. E.; Saunders, S. C.; Zeglen, S. 2016. Emerging broad-scale mortality driven by climate warming and loss of snowpack.  Global Change Biology. Available here.

Buma, B.; Hennon, P. E.; Harrington, C. A.; Popkin, J. R.; Krapek, J.; Lamb, M. S.; Oakes, L. E.; Saunders, S.; Zeglen, S. 2017. Emerging climate-driven disturbance processes: widespread mortality associated with snow-to-rain transitions across 10° of latitude and half the range of a climate-threatened conifer. Global Change Biology 23: 2903–2914. Abstract available here.

Buma, B. 2018. Transitional climate mortality: Slower warming may result in increased climate‐induced mortality in some systems. Ecosphere 9:1-16. Available here.

D'Amore, D. V.; Hennon, P. E. 2006. Evaluation of soil saturation, soil chemistry, and early spring soil and air temperatures as risk factors in yellow-cedar decline. Global Change Biology: 524-545. Available here.

D'Amore, D. V.; Hennon, P. E.; Schaberg, P. G.; Hawley, G. J. 2009. Adaptation to exploit nitrate in surface soils predisposes yellow-cedar to climate-induced decline while enhancing the survival of western redcedar: a new hypothesis. Forest Ecology and Management. 258: 2261-2268. Available here.

DeGroot, Rodney C.; Woodward, Bessie; Hennon, Paul E. 2000. Natural decay resistance of heartwood from dead, standing yellow-cedar trees: laboratory evaluations. Forest Products Journal 50: 53-59. Available here.

Gaglioti, B.V.; D.H. Mann; G.C. Wiles, and N. Wiesenberg. 2021. Is the modern-day dieback of yellow-cedar unprecedented? Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 51(12): 1953-1965. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0004

Green, D.W.; McDonald, K.A.; Hennon, P.E.; Evans, J.W.; Stevens, J. H. 2002. Flexural properties of salvaged dead yellow-cedar. J. For. Prod. 52(1): 81-88.

Harrington, C. A., tech. coord. 2010. A tale of two cedars – International symposium on western redcedar and yellow-cedar. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-828. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 177 p. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; G.B. Newcomb; C.G. Shaw III; E.M. Hansen. 1985. Nematodes associated with dying Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeast Alaska. Plant Disease 70:352.

Hennon, P. E. 1986. Pathological and ecological aspects of decline and mortality of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in Southeast Alaska. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 279 p. Ph.D. dissertation.

Hennon, P.E.; C.G. Shaw III; E.M. Hansen. 1987. Onset, spread and community relationships of decline of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeast Alaska. Pp. 331‑337. In: Laderman, A., ed., Atlantic White Cedar Wetlands. Westview press, London. 401p.

Hennon, P. E. 1990a. Fungi on Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. Mycologia 82(1): 59–66. Available here.

Hennon, P. E., Shaw III, C. J.; Hanson, E. M. 1990b. Dating decline and mortality of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. Forest Science 36 (3): 502-515. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; E.M. Hansen; C.G. Shaw III. 1990c. Causes of basal scars on Chamaecyparis nootkaensis in southeast Alaska. Northwest Science 64(2): 45‑54.

Hennon, P.E.; E.M. Hansen; C.G. Shaw III. 1990d. Dynamics of decline and mortality of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeast Alaska. Can. J. Bot. 68: 651-662. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; C.G. Shaw III; E.M. Hansen. 1990e. Symptoms and fungal associations of declining Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeast Alaska. Plant Disease 74: 267‑273. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; Shaw, C.G. III, and Hansen, E.M. 1992. Age structure and estimated mortality rate of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in declining forests of southeast Alaska. Ecological Society of America. Bulletin of Ecological Society America 73(2): 205.

Hennon, P.E.; Shaw, C.G. III; Hansen, E.M. 1992. Cedar decline: distribution, epidemiology, and etiology. Pp. 108-122. In: eds., Manion, P.D.; Lachance, D., Forest decline concepts, American Phytopahtological Society Press, St. Paul, MN. 249p.

Hennon, P.E. 1992. Survival and growth of planted Alaska-cedar seedlings in southeast Alaska. Tree Planters' Notes 43(3): 60-66. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; Shaw, C.G. III 1994. Did climatic warming trigger the onset and development of yellow-cedar decline in southeast Alaska? European Journal of Forest Pathology 24: 399-418. Available here.

Hennon, P. E ; Harris, A. S. 1997. Annotated bibliography of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-413. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 119 p. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; Shaw, C.G. III; Hansen, E.M. 1997. Reproduction and forest decline of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Alaska yellow-cedar) in southeast Alaska, USA. Chapter 3, Pp. 54-69. In:  Laderman, A., ed. Coastally restricted wetlands. New York: Oxford Press. 334 p. Available here.

Hennon, P.; Shaw, Charles G. III. 1997. The enigma of yellow-cedar decline: what is killing these defense, long-lived trees in Alaska? Journal of Forestry. 95(12): 4-10. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; McWilliams, M.J. 1999. Symptoms do not develop in yellow-cedar grafted from dying trees. Can. J. For. Res. 29: 1985-1988. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; Wittwer, D.; Stevens, J.; Kilborn, K. 2000. Pattern of deterioration and recovery of wood from dead yellow-cedar in southeast Alaska.Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 15: 49-58. Available here.

Hennon, P.E.; Trummer, L.M. 2001. Yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) at the northwest limits of its range in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Northwest Science. 75: 61-72. Available here.

Hennon, P.; D’Amore, D.; Zeglen, S.; Grainger, M. 2005. Yellow-Cedar Decline in the North Coast Forest District of British Columbia. PNW Research Note. PNW-RN-549. Portland, OR: U.S. Dep. Agric., Pacific Northwest Research Station. 20 p. Available here. 

Hennon, P. E.; D’Amore, D. V.; Wittwer, D. T.; Johnson, A.; Schaberg, P.; Hawley, G.; Beier, C.; Sink, S.; Juday, G. 2006. Climate Warming, Reduced Snow, and Freezing Injury Could Explain the Demise of Yellow-cedar in Southeast Alaska, USA. World Resource Review 18(2): 427-450. Available here.

Hennon, P.; Woodward, B.; Lebow, P.K. 2007. Deterioration of wood from live and dead Alaska yellow-cedar in contact with soil. Forest Products Journal. 57(6): 23-30. Available here.

Hennon, P. E.; D. D’Amore; D.Wittwer; J.Caouette. 2008. Yellow-cedar decline: conserving a climate-sensitive tree species as Alaska warms. In: Deal. R., ed. Integrated restoration of forested ecosystems to achieve multiresource benefits: proceedings of the 2007 national silviculture workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-733. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 233-245. Available here.

Hennon, P. McClellan, M.; Spores, S., Orlikowska, E. 2009. Survival and growth of planted yellow-cedar seedlings and rooted cuttings (stecklings) near Ketchikan, Alaska. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. Available here.

Hennon, P. E.; D'Amore, D. V.; Wittwer, D. T.; Lamb, M. B. 2010. Influence of Forest Canopy and Snow on Microclimate in a Declining Yellow-cedar Forest of Southeast Alaska. Northwest Science 84(1): 73-87. Available here.

Hennon, P. E.; D'Amore, D. V.; Schaberg, P. G.; Wittwer, D. T.; Shanley, C. S. 2012. Shifting climate, altered niche, and a dynamic conservation strategy for yellow-cedar in the North Pacific coastal rainforest. BioScience. 62: 147-158. Available here.

Hennon, P.; Caouette, J.; Barrett, T.; Wittwer, D. 2014. Chapter 14 - Use of Forest Inventory Data to Document Patterns of Yellow-Cedar Occurrence, Mortality, and Regeneration in the Context of Climate (Project WC-EM-09-02). Available here.

Hennon, P. E.; McKenzie, C. M.; D'Amore, D. V.; Wittwer, D. T.; Mulvey, R. L.; Lamb, M. S.; Biles, F. E.; Cronn, R. C. 2016. A climate adaptation strategy for conservation and management of yellow-cedar in Alaska. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-917. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 382 p. Available here.

Jennings, T. N.; Knaus, B. J.; Alderman, K.; Hennon, P. E.; D'Amore, D. V.; Cronn, R. 2013. Microsatellite primers for the Pacific Northwest conifer Callitropsis nootkatensis (Cupressaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences. 1(9): 4 p. Available here.

Kelsey, R. G.; Hennon, P. E.; Huso, M.; Karchesy, J. G. 2005. Changes in heartwood chemistry of dead yellow-cedar trees that remain standing for 80 years or more in southeast Alaska. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31(11): 2653-2670. Available here.

Krapek, J.; Buma, B. 2015. Yellow‐cedar: climate change and natural history at odds. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(5): 280-281. Available here.

Krapek, J.; Hennon, P. E.; D’Amore, D. V.; Buma, B. 2017. Despite available habitat, migration of climate-threatened tree appears punctuated with past pulse tied to Little Ice Age climate period. Diversity and Distributions. 23(12): 1381-1392. Available here.

Krapek, J.; Buma, B. 2017. Persistence following punctuated range extension: limited dispersal of migrating tree despite habitat ahead of its range.  Journal of Ecology. In press.Available here.

McDonald, K. A.; Hennon, P. E.; Stevens, J. H.; Green, D. W. 1997. Mechanical properties of salvaged dead yellow-cedar in southeast Alaska: Phase I. Research paper FPL; RP-565. 9 p. Available here.

Morales-Ramos, J.A.; Rojas, M.G.; Hennon, P.E. 2003. Black stain fungus effects on the natural resistance properties of Alaskan yellow-cedar to the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Environmental Entomology Physiological and Chemical Ecology. 32: 1234-1241. Available here.

Oakes, L. E.; Hennon, P. E.; O’Hara, K.; Dirzo, L. 2014. Long-term vegetation changes in a temperate forest impacted by climate change. Ecosphere 5(10): 135, pp. 1-27. Available here.

Oakes, L. E.; Hennon, P. E.; Ardoin, N. M; D'Amore, D. V.;  Ferguson, A. J.; Steel, E. A.; Wittwer, D. T.; Lambin, E. F. 2015a. Conservation in a social-ecological system experiencing climate-induced tree mortality. Biological Conservation 192: 276–285. Available here.

Oakes, L. E.; Ardoin, N. M.; Lambin, E. F. 2015b. “I know, therefore I adapt?” Complexities of individual adaptation to climate-induced forest dieback in Alaska. Ecology and Society 21(2): 40. Available here.

Oliver, M.; Hennon, P.; D'Amore, D. 2013. Forests in decline: yellow-cedar research yields prototype for climate change adaptation planning. Science Findings 150. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 6 p. Available here.

Schaberg, P. G.; Hennon, P. E.; D, Amore, D. V.; Hawley, G. J.; Borer, C. H. 2005. Seasonal differences in freezing tolerance of yellow-cedar and western hemlock trees at a site affected by yellow-cedar decline. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2065-2070. Available here.

Schaberg, P.G.; Hennon, P.E.; D’Amore D.V.; Hawley, G. 2008. Influence of simulated snow cover on the cold tolerance and freezing injury of yellow-cedar seedlings. Global Change Biology. 14: 1282-1293. Available here.

Schaberg, P. G.; D'Amore, D. V.; Hennon, P. E.; Halman, J. M.; Hawley, G. J. 2011. Do limited cold tolerance and shallow depth of roots contribute to yellow-cedar decline? Forest Ecology and Management. 262: 2142-2150. Available here.

Shaw, C.G. III; A. Eglitis; T.H. Laurent; P.E. Hennon. 1985. Decline and mortality of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeastern Alaska, a problem of long duration, but unknown cause. Plant Disease 69:13‑17. Available here.

Wiles, G.C., Charlton, J., Wilson, R.J., D’Arrigo, R.D., Buma, B., Krapek, J., Gaglioti, B.V., Wiesenberg, N. and Oelkers, R. 2019. Yellow-cedar blue intensity tree-ring chronologies as records of climate in Juneau, Alaska, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 49(12), pp.1483-1492. Available here. 

Content prepared by Robin Mulvey, Forest Pathologist, Forest Health Protection, robin.mulvey@usda.gov

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