Jonathan Batchelor

Research and Publications

Publications (*peer reviewed)

  • Journal Articles
    • *Batchelor JL, Ripple WJ, Wilson TM, Painter LE (2015) Restoration of Riparian Areas Following the Removal of Cattle in the Northwestern Great Basin. Environmental Management 55:930–942.
    • *Batchelor JL, Wilson TM, Ripple WJ, Olsen MJ (2015) Ecological Forest Structure Characterization using Ground Based Lidar. In Progress
  • Magazine Articles
    • Batchelor JL (2014) See the Forest for the Point Cloud: Tree Diameter Detection. LiDAR News Magazine. Vol4, No4.
    • Batchelor JL (2013) Cascading Importance: Wolves, Yellowstone, and the World Beyond. In: Trophic Cascades Program. http://www.cof.orst.edu/leopold/papers/CascadingImportance.pdf.

Presentations

  • 2015 Western Forestry Graduate Research Symposium at Oregon State University
    • Poster Presentation on Ecological Forest Structure Characterization using Ground Based Lidar
    • Oral Presentation on Restoration of Riparian Areas Following the Removal of Cattle in the Northwestern Great Basin
      • Awarded best oral presentation from the Forest Ecosystems and Society Department
  • 2014 Western Forestry Graduate Research Symposium at Oregon State University
    • Poster Presentation on Restoration of Riparian Areas Following the Removal of Cattle in the Northwestern Great Basin

Academic Service

  • 2015 – Developed and designed website for the College of Forestry showcasing thesis work: http://www.cof.orst.edu/hart/index.html
  • 2015 – Organizational committee for the Western Forestry Graduate Research Symposium at Oregon State University
  • 2014 – Organizational committee for the Western Forestry Graduate Research Symposium at Oregon State University: http://gradsymp.forestry.oregonstate.edu

Research Projects Assisted with:

  • Beschta, R.L., Boone Kauffman, J., Dobkin, D.S., Ellsworth, L.M., 2014. Long-term livestock grazing alters aspen age structure in the northwestern Great Basin. Forest Ecology and Management 329, 30–36.
  • Beschta, R.L., Ripple, W.J., 2014. Divergent patterns of riparian cottonwood recovery after the return of wolves in Yellowstone, USA. Ecohydrology.
  • Painter, L.E., Beschta, R.L., Larsen, E.J., Ripple, W.J., 2014. After long-term decline, are aspen recovering in northern Yellowstone? Forest Ecology and Management 329, 108–117.
  • Painter, L.E., Beschta, R.L., Larsen, E.J., Ripple, W., 2014. Recovering aspen follow changing elk dynamics in Yellowstone: evidence of a trophic cascade? Ecology.
  • Ripple, W.J., Beschta, R.L., Fortin, J.K., Robbins, C.T., 2014. Trophic cascades from wolves to grizzly bears in Yellowstone. Journal of Animal Ecology 83, 223–233.
  • Ripple, W.J., Estes, J.A., Beschta, R.L., Wilmers, C.C., Ritchie, E.G., Hebblewhite, M., Berger, J., Elmhagen, B., Letnic, M., Nelson, M.P., 2014. Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores. Science 343, 1241484.
  • Sheffels, T.R., 2013. Status of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Populations in the Pacific Northwest and Development of Associated Control and Management Strategies, with an Emphasis on Metropolitan Habitats.