Jill Johnstone, Dr.
	Telephone (primary): (306) 966-4421 Telephone (secondary): Fax: (306) 966-4461 E-mail1 (primary): jill.johnstone@usask.ca E-mail2 (secondary): Web URL: www.usask.ca/biology/johnstone Address: Department of Biology; University of Saskatchewan; 112 Science Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2 Canada

Study Areas

Datasets

Publications (15)

Journal Articles:

Johnstone, J.F. and F.S. Chapin III. 2003 Non-equilibrium succession dynamics indicate continued northern migration of lodgepole pine. Global Change Biology 9:1401-1409.

Chapin, F.S. III, T.V. Callaghan, Y. Bergeron, M. Fukuda, J.F. Johnstone, G. Juday, and S.A. Zimov. 2004 Global change and the boreal forest: Thresholds, shifting states or gradual change? Ambio 33:361-365.

Johnstone, J.F., F.S. Chapin III, J. Foote, S. Kemmett, K. Price and L. Viereck. 2004 Decadal observations of tree regeneration following fire in boreal forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 267-273.

Johnstone, J. F., and E. S. Kasischke. 2005 Stand-level effects of soil burn severity on post-fire regeneration in a recently-burned black spruce forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2151-2163.

Johnstone, J.F. 2005 Effects of aspen (Populus tremuloides) sucker removal on postfire conifer regeneration in central Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:483-486.

Kasischke, E. S., and J. F. Johnstone. 2005 Variation in postfire organic layer thickness in a black spruce forest complex in interior Alaska and its effects on soil temperature and moisture. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2164-2177.

Chapin, F.S., III, M.D. Robards, H.P. Huntington, J.F. Johnstone, S.F. Trainor, G.P Kofinas R.W. Ruess, N. Fresco, D.C. Natcher, and R.L. Naylor. 2006 Directional changes in ecological communities and social-ecological systems: A framework for prediction based on Alaskan examples. American Naturalist 168:S36-S49

Johnstone, J.F. and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006 Effects of soil burn severity on post-fire tree recruitment in boreal forest. Ecosystems 9:14-31.

Johnstone, J.F. and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006 Fire interval effects on successional trajectory in the boreal forest of northwestern Canada. Ecosystems 9:268-277.

Kasischke,Eric S., Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L., and Johnstone, Jill F. 2007 Assessing spatial and temporal variations in surface soil moisture in fire-disturbed black spruce forests in Interior Alaska using spaceborne synthetic aperture radar imagery - Implications for post-fire tree recruitment. Remote Sensing of Environment; May2007, Vol. 108 Issue 1, p42-58

Johnstone, J.F., L. Boby, E. Tissier, M. C. Mack, D. L. Verbyla, and X. Walker. 2009. Post-fire seed rain of black spruce, a semi-serotinous conifer, in forests of interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, in press.

Johnstone, J.F., T.N. Hollingsworth, F.S. Chapin, III, and M.C. Mack. 2009 Changes in fire regime break the legacy lock on successional trajectories in Alaskan boreal forest. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02051.x

Books:

Book Chapters:

Chapin, F.S., III, L.A. Viereck, P. Adams, K. Van Cleve, C.L. Fastie, R.A. Ott, D. Mann, and J.F. Johnstone. 2006. Successional processes in the Alaskan boreal forest. Pages 100-120 In F.S. Chapin, III, M.W. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Conference Proceedings:

Report:

Johnstone, Jill F.; Hollingsworth, Teresa N.; Chapin, F. Stuart, III.. 2008. A key for predicting postfire successional trajectories in black spruce stands of interior Alaska. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-767. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 37 p.

Thesis and Dissertations:

Johnstone, J.F. 2003. Fire and successional trajectories in boreal forest: Implications for response to a changing climate. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks, AK, USA.