Publications
2024
Howie NA, JD Goode, JL Hart, and DC Dey. 2024. Prescribed fire effects on understory woody plants and fuels in Quercus-Pinus mixedwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54: 1100-1113. [pdf]
Fatunsin OE, C Staudhammer, JL Hart, and P Ferguson. 2024. Disentangling the contributions of ecological conditions to biomass in longleaf pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 572: 122297. [pdf]
Phillips DL and JL Hart. 2024. Twenty years of structural change, including tornado damage, in southern disjunct eastern hemlock stands. Castanea 89: 169-181. [pdf]
Baker AC, DL Phillips, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2024. Natural canopy disturbance patterns and ecological silviculture in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. Forest Science 70: 57-63. [pdf]
Goode JD, JL Hart, DC Dey, MC LaFevor, and SJ Torreano. 2024. Restoration of low-intensity fire in Quercus-Pinus mixedwoods following a prolonged period of fire exclusion. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54: 97-109. [pdf]
Hart, JL, JD Goode, and DC Dey. 2024. Ecological silviculture for southeastern US pine-oak forests. In: BJ Palik and AW D'Amato (Eds), Ecological silvicultural systems: exemplary models for adaptive management. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey. [pdf]
2023
Hales LP, JB Murray, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2023. Woody plant recovery in a southern Appalachian Quercus stand 12 years after wind disturbance and salvage logging. Castanea 88: 280-296. [pdf]
2022
Goode JD, A Narayanan, DL Phillips, JL Hart, SJ Torreano, and DC Dey. 2022. Intermediate-severity disturbance impacts in a mixedwood forest: a multi-scale analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 526: 120582. [pdf]
Mueller HL, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2022. Gap-scale disturbance patterns and processes in a montane Pinus palustris woodland. Forests 13: 1169. [pdf]
Phillips DL, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2022. Spatial patterns of stand structure and canopy disturbance in a fire-maintained Pinus palustris woodland. Applied Vegetation Science 25: e12657. [pdf]
2021
Goode JD, JS Kleinman, and JL Hart. 2021. Resilience of a fire-maintained Pinus palustris woodland to catastrophic wind disturbance: 10-year results. Forests 12: 1051. [pdf]
Goode JD, JL Hart, DC Dey, SJ Torreano, and SL Clark. 2021. Spatial patterns of canopy disturbance and shortleaf pine in a mixedwood forest. Forest Science 67: 433-445. [pdf]
Olinger CT, JL Hart, and JG Howeth. 2021. Functional trait sorting increases over succession in metacommunity mosaics of fish assemblages. Oecologia 196: 483-497. [pdf]
Kleinman JS, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2021. Ground flora cover, diversity, and life-history trait representation after wind disturbance, salvage logging, and prescribed fire in a Pinus palustris woodland. Applied Vegetation Science 24: e12541. [pdf]
2020
Emery RK, JS Kleinman, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2020. Effects of catastrophic wind disturbance, salvage logging, and prescribed fire on fuel loading and composition in a Pinus palustris woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 478: 118515. [pdf]
Emery RK and JL Hart. 2020. Flammability characteristics of surface fuels in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland. Fire 3: 39. [pdf]
Kressuk JM, JD Goode, AAR Bhuta, JL Hart, JS Kleinman, DL Phillips, and KG Willson. 2020. Composition and structure of a montane longleaf pine stand on the Alabama Piedmont. Southeastern Naturalist 19: 436-446. [pdf]
Logan AT, JD Goode, DJ Keellings, and JL Hart. 2020. Microsite influence on woody plant regeneration in a Pinus palustris woodland following catastrophic disturbance. Forests 11: 588. [pdf]
Kleinman JS, JD Goode, JL Hart and DC Dey. 2020. Prescribed fire effects on Pinus palustris woodland development after catastrophic wind disturbance and salvage logging. Forest Ecology and Management 468: 118173. [pdf]
Goode JD, CR Barefoot, JL Hart, and DC Dey. 2020. Disturbance history, species diversity, and structural complexity of a temperate deciduous forest. Journal of Forestry Research 31: 397-414. [pdf]
Goode JD, JS Kleinman, JL Hart, and ARR Bhuta. 2020 Edge influence on composition and structure of a Pinus palustris woodland following catastrophic wind disturbance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50: 332-341. [pdf]
Willson KG, LE Cox, JL Hart, and DC Dey. 2020. Three-dimensional light structure of an upland Quercus stand post-tornado disturbance. Journal of Forestry Research 31: 141-153. [pdf]
2019
Kleinman JS, JD Goode, AC Fries, and JL Hart. 2019. Ecological consequences of compound disturbances in forest ecosystems: a systematic review. Ecosphere 10: e02962. [pdf]
Willson KG, JL Hart, and B Zengel. 2019. A longing for the natural past: unexplored benefits and impacts of a nostalgic approach toward restoration in ecology. Restoration Ecology 27: 949-954. [pdf]
Goode JD, LM Brager, and JL Hart. 2019. Drought-induced growth response of longleaf pine in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. Southeastern Naturalist 18: 99-112. [pdf]
Dey DC, BO Knapp, MA Battaglia, RL Deal, JL Hart, KL O'Hara, CJ Schweitzer, and TM Schuler. 2019. Barriers to natural regeneration in temperate forests across the USA. New Forests 50: 11-40. [pdf]
Barefoot CR, KG Willson, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2019. Effects of thinning and prescribed fire frequency on ground flora in mixed Pinus-hardwood stands. Forest Ecology and Management 432: 729-740. [pdf]
2018
Hart JL and JS Kleinman. 2018. What are intermediate-severity forest disturbances and why are they important? Forests 9:579. [pdf]
Willson KG, CR Barefoot, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2018. Temporal patterns of ground flora response to fire in thinned Pinus-Quercus stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48: 1171-1183. [pdf]
Kleinman JS and JL Hart. 2018. Vascular flora of longleaf pine woodlands after wind disturbance and salvage harvesting in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. Castanea 83: 183-195. [pdf]
D'Orangeville L, J Maxwell, D Kneeshaw, N Pederson, L Duchesne, T Logan, D Houle, D Arseneault, DA Bishop, D Druckenbrod, S Fraver, F Girard, J Halman, C Hansen, JL Hart, H Hartmann, M Kaye, D Leblanc, S Manzoni, S Rayback, C Rollinson, and RP Phillips. 2018. Drought timing and local climate determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought. Global Change Biology 24: 2339-2351. [pdf]
Ford SA, JS Kleinman, and JL Hart. 2018. Effects of wind disturbance and salvage harvesting on macrofungal communities in a Pinus woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 407: 31-46. [pdf]
2017
Kleinman JS and JL Hart. 2017. Response by vertical strata to catastrophic wind in restored Pinus palustris stands. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 144: 423-438. [pdf]
Kleinman JS, SA Ford, and JL Hart. 2017. Catastrophic wind and salvage harvesting effects on woodland plants. Forest Ecology and Management 403: 112-125. [pdf]
Hart JL and LE Cox. 2017. Incorporating intermediate-severity disturbances in oak stand development. Forests 8:284. [pdf]
Sferra CO, JL Hart, and JG Howeth. 2017. Habitat age influences metacommunity assembly and species richness in successional pond ecosystems. Ecosphere 8: e01871. [pdf]
Trammell BW, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, DC Dey, and MK Steinberg. 2017. Effects of intermediate-severity disturbance on composition and structure in mixed Pinus-hardwood stands. Forest Ecology and Management 400: 110-122. [pdf]
Ford SA, JS Kleinman, and JL Hart. 2017. Spatial patterns of canopy disturbance, structure, and species composition in a multi-cohort hardwood stand. Forests 8: 93. [pdf]
2016
Cox LE, JL Hart, DC Dey, and CJ Schweitzer. 2016. Composition, structure, and intra-stand spatial patterns along a disturbance severity gradient in a Quercus stand. Forest Ecology and Management 381: 305-317. [pdf]
Varner JM, MA Arthur, SL Clark, DC Dey, JL Hart, and CJ Schweitzer. 2016. Fire in eastern North American oak ecosystems: filling the gaps. Fire Ecology 12: 1-6. [pdf]
Keasberry AM, JL Hart, DC Dey, and CJ Schweitzer. 2016. Spatial patterns of irradiance and advance reproduction along a canopy disturbance severity gradient in an upland hardwood stand. Forests 7: 73. [pdf]
Hart JL. 2016. Gap-scale disturbances in central hardwood forests with implications for management. In: CH Greenberg and BS Collins (Eds), Natural disturbances and historic range of variation: type, frequency, severity, and post-disturbance structure in central hardwood forests USA. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. [pdf]
2015
Myers JA, JL Hart, and LE Cox. 2015. Decadal changes in disjunct eastern hemlock stands at its southern range boundary. Castanea 80: 171-182. [pdf]
Hart JL, MM Cowden, SJ Torreano, and PR Vestal. 2015. Disturbance, succession, and structural development of an upland hardwood forest on the Interior Low Plateau, Tennessee. Natural Areas Journal 35: 557-573. [pdf]
Cox LE and JL Hart. 2015. Two centuries of forest compositional and structural changes in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. American Midland Naturalist 174: 218-237. [pdf]
Hart JL, ML Buchanan, and LE Cox. 2015. Has forest restoration been freed from the bonds of history? Journal of Forestry 113: 429-430. [pdf]
Pederson N, AW D'Amato, JM Dyer, DR Foster, D Goldblum, JL Hart, AE Hessl, LR Iverson, ST Jackson, D Martin-Benito, BC McCarthy, RW McEwan, DJ Mladenoff, AJ Parker, B Shuman, and JW Williams. 2015. Climate remains an important driver of post-European vegetation change in the eastern United States. Global Change Biology 21: 2105-2110. [pdf]
Hart JL, ML Buchanan, and LE Cox. 2015. Is forest restoration an end unto itself or a means to an end? Journal of Forestry 113: 266-267. [pdf]
White SD, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2015. Altered structural development and accelerated succession from intermediate-scale wind disturbance in Quercus stands on the Cumberland Plateau, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 336: 52-64. [pdf]
2014
White SD, JL Hart, LE Cox, and CJ Schweitzer. 2014. Woody regeneration in a southern Appalachian Quercus stand following wind disturbance and salvage logging. Castanea 79:223-236. [pdf]
Billue AK and JL Hart. 2014. Extent of Alabama's terrestrial nature reserve system in representing ecosystem diversity: a coarse-filter gap analysis. Natural Areas Journal 34:495-504. [pdf]
Weber TA, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2014. Influence of gap-scale disturbance on developmental and successional pathways in Quercus-Pinus stands. Forest Ecology and Management 331:60-70. [pdf]
Cowden MM, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2014. Effects of intermediate-scale wind disturbance on composition, structure, and succession in Quercus stands: implications for natural disturbance-based silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management 330:240-251. [pdf]
Hart JL, CM Oswalt, and CM Turberville. 2014. Population dynamics of sugar maple through the southern portion of its range: implications for range migration. Botany 92:563-569. [pdf]
Parker RP and JL Hart. 2014. Patterns of riparian and in-stream large woody debris across a chronosequence of southern Appalachian hardwood stands. Natural Areas Journal 34:65-78. [pdf]
Cowden MM, JL Hart, and ML Buchanan. 2014. Canopy accession strategies and climate responses for three Carya species common in the Eastern Deciduous Forest. Trees 28:223-235. [pdf]
2013
McNab WH, MA Spetich, RW Perry, JD Haywood, S Gull-Laird, SL Clark, JL Hart, SJ Torreano, and ML Buchanan. 2013. Climate induced migration of native tree populations and consequences for forest composition. In: JM Vose and K Klepzig (Eds), Climate change adaptation and mitigation management options: a guide for natural resource managers in southern forest ecosystems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. [pdf]
Hart JL and BN Holmes. 2013. Relationships between Ligustrum sinense invasion, biodiversity, and development in a mixed bottomland forest. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6: 175-186. [pdf]
2012
van de Gevel SL, JL Hart, MD Spond, PB White, MN Sutton, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2012. American chestnut to northern red oak: forest dynamics in an old-growth forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, USA. Botany 90: 1263-1276. [pdf]
Hart JL and ML Buchanan. 2012. History of fire in eastern oak forests and implications for restoration, pp.34-51. In: DC Dey, MC Stambaugh, SL Clark, and CJ Schweitzer (Eds), Proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference, GTR-NRS-P-102, USDA Forest Service. [pdf]
Hart JL, ML Buchanan, SL Clark, and SJ Torreano. 2012. Canopy accession strategies and climate-growth relationships in Acer rubrum. Forest Ecology and Management 282: 124-132. [pdf]
Hart JL and ML Buchanan. 2012. Forest restoration: the importance of place-based ecological histories. Forest Wisdom 19: 6-13. [pdf]
Buchanan ML and JL Hart. 2012. Canopy disturbance history of old-growth Quercus alba sites in the eastern United States: examination of long-term trends and broad-scale patterns. Forest Ecology and Management 267: 28-39. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL Clark, SJ Torreano, and ML Buchanan. 2012. Composition, structure, and dendroecology of an old-growth Quercus forest on the tablelands of the Cumberland Plateau, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 266: 11-24. [pdf]
2011
Richards JD and JL Hart. 2011. Canopy gap dynamics and development patterns in secondary Quercus stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Alabama, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 2229-2239. [pdf]
Hart JL and JA Kupfer. 2011. Sapling richness and composition in canopy gaps of a southern Appalachian mixed Quercus forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138: 207-219. [pdf]
Bhuta AAR, JL Hart, and RM Schneider. 2011. Forest development and vegetation patterns of secondary stands on the Alabama Highland Rim: an examination of the largest landholding in the region. Natural Areas Journal 31: 256-269. [pdf]
Buchanan ML and JL Hart. 2011. A methodological analysis of canopy disturbance reconstructions using Quercus alba. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 1359-1367. [pdf]
Hart JL, AAR Bhuta, and RM Schneider. 2011. Canopy disturbance patterns in secondary hardwood stands on the Highland Rim of Alabama. Castanea 76: 55-63. [pdf]
2010
Hart JL and WK Clatterbuck. 2010. Encyclopedia of Cumberland Plateau Forest Ecosystems. Forest Encyclopedia Network, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service. [web]
Hart JL, DA Austin, and SL van de Gevel. 2010. Radial growth responses of three co-occurring species to small canopy disturbances in a secondary hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. Physical Geography 31: 270-291. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL van de Gevel, J Sakulich, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2010. Influence of climate and disturbance on the growth of Tsuga canadensis at its southern limit in eastern North America. Trees 24: 621-633. [pdf]
2009 and prior
Hart JL and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2009. Gap-scale disturbance processes in secondary hardwood stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, USA. Plant Ecology 201: 131-146. [pdf]
Hart JL. 2008. Potential range collapse of eastern hemlock and persistence of disjunct populations near its southern boundary. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 79: 174-180. [pdf]
Hart JL, SP Horn, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2008. Fire history from soil charcoal in a mixed hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135: 401-410. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL van de Gevel, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2008. Forest dynamics in a natural area of the southern Ridge and Valley, Tennessee. Natural Areas Journal 28: 275-289. [pdf]
Hart JL and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2008. Vegetation patterns and dendroecology of a mixed hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau: implications for stand development. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1960-1975. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL van de Gevel, DF Mann, and WK Clatterbuck. 2008. Legacy of charcoaling in a Western Highland Rim forest in Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 159: 238-250. [pdf]
Hart JL. 2007. Biodiversity and edge effects: an activity in landscape ecology. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 36: 103-106. [pdf]
Shankman D and JL Hart. 2007. The Fall Line: a physiographic forest-vegetation boundary. Geographical Review 97: 502-519. [pdf]
Hart JL and D Shankman. 2005. Disjunct eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands at its southern range boundary. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 602-612. [pdf]
Howie NA, JD Goode, JL Hart, and DC Dey. 2024. Prescribed fire effects on understory woody plants and fuels in Quercus-Pinus mixedwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54: 1100-1113. [pdf]
Fatunsin OE, C Staudhammer, JL Hart, and P Ferguson. 2024. Disentangling the contributions of ecological conditions to biomass in longleaf pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 572: 122297. [pdf]
Phillips DL and JL Hart. 2024. Twenty years of structural change, including tornado damage, in southern disjunct eastern hemlock stands. Castanea 89: 169-181. [pdf]
Baker AC, DL Phillips, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2024. Natural canopy disturbance patterns and ecological silviculture in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. Forest Science 70: 57-63. [pdf]
Goode JD, JL Hart, DC Dey, MC LaFevor, and SJ Torreano. 2024. Restoration of low-intensity fire in Quercus-Pinus mixedwoods following a prolonged period of fire exclusion. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54: 97-109. [pdf]
Hart, JL, JD Goode, and DC Dey. 2024. Ecological silviculture for southeastern US pine-oak forests. In: BJ Palik and AW D'Amato (Eds), Ecological silvicultural systems: exemplary models for adaptive management. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey. [pdf]
2023
Hales LP, JB Murray, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2023. Woody plant recovery in a southern Appalachian Quercus stand 12 years after wind disturbance and salvage logging. Castanea 88: 280-296. [pdf]
2022
Goode JD, A Narayanan, DL Phillips, JL Hart, SJ Torreano, and DC Dey. 2022. Intermediate-severity disturbance impacts in a mixedwood forest: a multi-scale analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 526: 120582. [pdf]
Mueller HL, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2022. Gap-scale disturbance patterns and processes in a montane Pinus palustris woodland. Forests 13: 1169. [pdf]
Phillips DL, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2022. Spatial patterns of stand structure and canopy disturbance in a fire-maintained Pinus palustris woodland. Applied Vegetation Science 25: e12657. [pdf]
2021
Goode JD, JS Kleinman, and JL Hart. 2021. Resilience of a fire-maintained Pinus palustris woodland to catastrophic wind disturbance: 10-year results. Forests 12: 1051. [pdf]
Goode JD, JL Hart, DC Dey, SJ Torreano, and SL Clark. 2021. Spatial patterns of canopy disturbance and shortleaf pine in a mixedwood forest. Forest Science 67: 433-445. [pdf]
Olinger CT, JL Hart, and JG Howeth. 2021. Functional trait sorting increases over succession in metacommunity mosaics of fish assemblages. Oecologia 196: 483-497. [pdf]
Kleinman JS, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2021. Ground flora cover, diversity, and life-history trait representation after wind disturbance, salvage logging, and prescribed fire in a Pinus palustris woodland. Applied Vegetation Science 24: e12541. [pdf]
2020
Emery RK, JS Kleinman, JD Goode, and JL Hart. 2020. Effects of catastrophic wind disturbance, salvage logging, and prescribed fire on fuel loading and composition in a Pinus palustris woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 478: 118515. [pdf]
Emery RK and JL Hart. 2020. Flammability characteristics of surface fuels in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland. Fire 3: 39. [pdf]
Kressuk JM, JD Goode, AAR Bhuta, JL Hart, JS Kleinman, DL Phillips, and KG Willson. 2020. Composition and structure of a montane longleaf pine stand on the Alabama Piedmont. Southeastern Naturalist 19: 436-446. [pdf]
Logan AT, JD Goode, DJ Keellings, and JL Hart. 2020. Microsite influence on woody plant regeneration in a Pinus palustris woodland following catastrophic disturbance. Forests 11: 588. [pdf]
Kleinman JS, JD Goode, JL Hart and DC Dey. 2020. Prescribed fire effects on Pinus palustris woodland development after catastrophic wind disturbance and salvage logging. Forest Ecology and Management 468: 118173. [pdf]
Goode JD, CR Barefoot, JL Hart, and DC Dey. 2020. Disturbance history, species diversity, and structural complexity of a temperate deciduous forest. Journal of Forestry Research 31: 397-414. [pdf]
Goode JD, JS Kleinman, JL Hart, and ARR Bhuta. 2020 Edge influence on composition and structure of a Pinus palustris woodland following catastrophic wind disturbance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50: 332-341. [pdf]
Willson KG, LE Cox, JL Hart, and DC Dey. 2020. Three-dimensional light structure of an upland Quercus stand post-tornado disturbance. Journal of Forestry Research 31: 141-153. [pdf]
2019
Kleinman JS, JD Goode, AC Fries, and JL Hart. 2019. Ecological consequences of compound disturbances in forest ecosystems: a systematic review. Ecosphere 10: e02962. [pdf]
Willson KG, JL Hart, and B Zengel. 2019. A longing for the natural past: unexplored benefits and impacts of a nostalgic approach toward restoration in ecology. Restoration Ecology 27: 949-954. [pdf]
Goode JD, LM Brager, and JL Hart. 2019. Drought-induced growth response of longleaf pine in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. Southeastern Naturalist 18: 99-112. [pdf]
Dey DC, BO Knapp, MA Battaglia, RL Deal, JL Hart, KL O'Hara, CJ Schweitzer, and TM Schuler. 2019. Barriers to natural regeneration in temperate forests across the USA. New Forests 50: 11-40. [pdf]
Barefoot CR, KG Willson, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2019. Effects of thinning and prescribed fire frequency on ground flora in mixed Pinus-hardwood stands. Forest Ecology and Management 432: 729-740. [pdf]
2018
Hart JL and JS Kleinman. 2018. What are intermediate-severity forest disturbances and why are they important? Forests 9:579. [pdf]
Willson KG, CR Barefoot, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2018. Temporal patterns of ground flora response to fire in thinned Pinus-Quercus stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48: 1171-1183. [pdf]
Kleinman JS and JL Hart. 2018. Vascular flora of longleaf pine woodlands after wind disturbance and salvage harvesting in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. Castanea 83: 183-195. [pdf]
D'Orangeville L, J Maxwell, D Kneeshaw, N Pederson, L Duchesne, T Logan, D Houle, D Arseneault, DA Bishop, D Druckenbrod, S Fraver, F Girard, J Halman, C Hansen, JL Hart, H Hartmann, M Kaye, D Leblanc, S Manzoni, S Rayback, C Rollinson, and RP Phillips. 2018. Drought timing and local climate determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought. Global Change Biology 24: 2339-2351. [pdf]
Ford SA, JS Kleinman, and JL Hart. 2018. Effects of wind disturbance and salvage harvesting on macrofungal communities in a Pinus woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 407: 31-46. [pdf]
2017
Kleinman JS and JL Hart. 2017. Response by vertical strata to catastrophic wind in restored Pinus palustris stands. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 144: 423-438. [pdf]
Kleinman JS, SA Ford, and JL Hart. 2017. Catastrophic wind and salvage harvesting effects on woodland plants. Forest Ecology and Management 403: 112-125. [pdf]
Hart JL and LE Cox. 2017. Incorporating intermediate-severity disturbances in oak stand development. Forests 8:284. [pdf]
Sferra CO, JL Hart, and JG Howeth. 2017. Habitat age influences metacommunity assembly and species richness in successional pond ecosystems. Ecosphere 8: e01871. [pdf]
Trammell BW, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, DC Dey, and MK Steinberg. 2017. Effects of intermediate-severity disturbance on composition and structure in mixed Pinus-hardwood stands. Forest Ecology and Management 400: 110-122. [pdf]
Ford SA, JS Kleinman, and JL Hart. 2017. Spatial patterns of canopy disturbance, structure, and species composition in a multi-cohort hardwood stand. Forests 8: 93. [pdf]
2016
Cox LE, JL Hart, DC Dey, and CJ Schweitzer. 2016. Composition, structure, and intra-stand spatial patterns along a disturbance severity gradient in a Quercus stand. Forest Ecology and Management 381: 305-317. [pdf]
Varner JM, MA Arthur, SL Clark, DC Dey, JL Hart, and CJ Schweitzer. 2016. Fire in eastern North American oak ecosystems: filling the gaps. Fire Ecology 12: 1-6. [pdf]
Keasberry AM, JL Hart, DC Dey, and CJ Schweitzer. 2016. Spatial patterns of irradiance and advance reproduction along a canopy disturbance severity gradient in an upland hardwood stand. Forests 7: 73. [pdf]
Hart JL. 2016. Gap-scale disturbances in central hardwood forests with implications for management. In: CH Greenberg and BS Collins (Eds), Natural disturbances and historic range of variation: type, frequency, severity, and post-disturbance structure in central hardwood forests USA. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. [pdf]
2015
Myers JA, JL Hart, and LE Cox. 2015. Decadal changes in disjunct eastern hemlock stands at its southern range boundary. Castanea 80: 171-182. [pdf]
Hart JL, MM Cowden, SJ Torreano, and PR Vestal. 2015. Disturbance, succession, and structural development of an upland hardwood forest on the Interior Low Plateau, Tennessee. Natural Areas Journal 35: 557-573. [pdf]
Cox LE and JL Hart. 2015. Two centuries of forest compositional and structural changes in the Alabama Fall Line Hills. American Midland Naturalist 174: 218-237. [pdf]
Hart JL, ML Buchanan, and LE Cox. 2015. Has forest restoration been freed from the bonds of history? Journal of Forestry 113: 429-430. [pdf]
Pederson N, AW D'Amato, JM Dyer, DR Foster, D Goldblum, JL Hart, AE Hessl, LR Iverson, ST Jackson, D Martin-Benito, BC McCarthy, RW McEwan, DJ Mladenoff, AJ Parker, B Shuman, and JW Williams. 2015. Climate remains an important driver of post-European vegetation change in the eastern United States. Global Change Biology 21: 2105-2110. [pdf]
Hart JL, ML Buchanan, and LE Cox. 2015. Is forest restoration an end unto itself or a means to an end? Journal of Forestry 113: 266-267. [pdf]
White SD, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2015. Altered structural development and accelerated succession from intermediate-scale wind disturbance in Quercus stands on the Cumberland Plateau, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 336: 52-64. [pdf]
2014
White SD, JL Hart, LE Cox, and CJ Schweitzer. 2014. Woody regeneration in a southern Appalachian Quercus stand following wind disturbance and salvage logging. Castanea 79:223-236. [pdf]
Billue AK and JL Hart. 2014. Extent of Alabama's terrestrial nature reserve system in representing ecosystem diversity: a coarse-filter gap analysis. Natural Areas Journal 34:495-504. [pdf]
Weber TA, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2014. Influence of gap-scale disturbance on developmental and successional pathways in Quercus-Pinus stands. Forest Ecology and Management 331:60-70. [pdf]
Cowden MM, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, and DC Dey. 2014. Effects of intermediate-scale wind disturbance on composition, structure, and succession in Quercus stands: implications for natural disturbance-based silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management 330:240-251. [pdf]
Hart JL, CM Oswalt, and CM Turberville. 2014. Population dynamics of sugar maple through the southern portion of its range: implications for range migration. Botany 92:563-569. [pdf]
Parker RP and JL Hart. 2014. Patterns of riparian and in-stream large woody debris across a chronosequence of southern Appalachian hardwood stands. Natural Areas Journal 34:65-78. [pdf]
Cowden MM, JL Hart, and ML Buchanan. 2014. Canopy accession strategies and climate responses for three Carya species common in the Eastern Deciduous Forest. Trees 28:223-235. [pdf]
2013
McNab WH, MA Spetich, RW Perry, JD Haywood, S Gull-Laird, SL Clark, JL Hart, SJ Torreano, and ML Buchanan. 2013. Climate induced migration of native tree populations and consequences for forest composition. In: JM Vose and K Klepzig (Eds), Climate change adaptation and mitigation management options: a guide for natural resource managers in southern forest ecosystems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. [pdf]
Hart JL and BN Holmes. 2013. Relationships between Ligustrum sinense invasion, biodiversity, and development in a mixed bottomland forest. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6: 175-186. [pdf]
2012
van de Gevel SL, JL Hart, MD Spond, PB White, MN Sutton, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2012. American chestnut to northern red oak: forest dynamics in an old-growth forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, USA. Botany 90: 1263-1276. [pdf]
Hart JL and ML Buchanan. 2012. History of fire in eastern oak forests and implications for restoration, pp.34-51. In: DC Dey, MC Stambaugh, SL Clark, and CJ Schweitzer (Eds), Proceedings of the 4th fire in eastern oak forests conference, GTR-NRS-P-102, USDA Forest Service. [pdf]
Hart JL, ML Buchanan, SL Clark, and SJ Torreano. 2012. Canopy accession strategies and climate-growth relationships in Acer rubrum. Forest Ecology and Management 282: 124-132. [pdf]
Hart JL and ML Buchanan. 2012. Forest restoration: the importance of place-based ecological histories. Forest Wisdom 19: 6-13. [pdf]
Buchanan ML and JL Hart. 2012. Canopy disturbance history of old-growth Quercus alba sites in the eastern United States: examination of long-term trends and broad-scale patterns. Forest Ecology and Management 267: 28-39. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL Clark, SJ Torreano, and ML Buchanan. 2012. Composition, structure, and dendroecology of an old-growth Quercus forest on the tablelands of the Cumberland Plateau, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 266: 11-24. [pdf]
2011
Richards JD and JL Hart. 2011. Canopy gap dynamics and development patterns in secondary Quercus stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Alabama, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 2229-2239. [pdf]
Hart JL and JA Kupfer. 2011. Sapling richness and composition in canopy gaps of a southern Appalachian mixed Quercus forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138: 207-219. [pdf]
Bhuta AAR, JL Hart, and RM Schneider. 2011. Forest development and vegetation patterns of secondary stands on the Alabama Highland Rim: an examination of the largest landholding in the region. Natural Areas Journal 31: 256-269. [pdf]
Buchanan ML and JL Hart. 2011. A methodological analysis of canopy disturbance reconstructions using Quercus alba. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 1359-1367. [pdf]
Hart JL, AAR Bhuta, and RM Schneider. 2011. Canopy disturbance patterns in secondary hardwood stands on the Highland Rim of Alabama. Castanea 76: 55-63. [pdf]
2010
Hart JL and WK Clatterbuck. 2010. Encyclopedia of Cumberland Plateau Forest Ecosystems. Forest Encyclopedia Network, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service. [web]
Hart JL, DA Austin, and SL van de Gevel. 2010. Radial growth responses of three co-occurring species to small canopy disturbances in a secondary hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. Physical Geography 31: 270-291. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL van de Gevel, J Sakulich, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2010. Influence of climate and disturbance on the growth of Tsuga canadensis at its southern limit in eastern North America. Trees 24: 621-633. [pdf]
2009 and prior
Hart JL and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2009. Gap-scale disturbance processes in secondary hardwood stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, USA. Plant Ecology 201: 131-146. [pdf]
Hart JL. 2008. Potential range collapse of eastern hemlock and persistence of disjunct populations near its southern boundary. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 79: 174-180. [pdf]
Hart JL, SP Horn, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2008. Fire history from soil charcoal in a mixed hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135: 401-410. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL van de Gevel, and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2008. Forest dynamics in a natural area of the southern Ridge and Valley, Tennessee. Natural Areas Journal 28: 275-289. [pdf]
Hart JL and HD Grissino-Mayer. 2008. Vegetation patterns and dendroecology of a mixed hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau: implications for stand development. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1960-1975. [pdf]
Hart JL, SL van de Gevel, DF Mann, and WK Clatterbuck. 2008. Legacy of charcoaling in a Western Highland Rim forest in Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 159: 238-250. [pdf]
Hart JL. 2007. Biodiversity and edge effects: an activity in landscape ecology. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 36: 103-106. [pdf]
Shankman D and JL Hart. 2007. The Fall Line: a physiographic forest-vegetation boundary. Geographical Review 97: 502-519. [pdf]
Hart JL and D Shankman. 2005. Disjunct eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands at its southern range boundary. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 602-612. [pdf]
