Eric Kasischke
	Telephone (primary): (301) 405-2179 Telephone (secondary): Fax: (301) 314-9299 E-mail1 (primary): ekasisch@geog.umd.edu E-mail2 (secondary): Web URL: http://www.geog.umd.edu/people/Kasischke.html Address: P.O. Box 134001 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 United States

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Publications (39)

Journal Articles:

Way, J., J. Paris, E. Kasischke, C. Slaughter, L.A. Viereck, N. Christensen, M.C. Dobson, F. Ulaby, J. Richards, A. Milne, A. Sieber, F.J. Ahern, D. Simonett, R. Hoffer, M. Imhoff and J. Weber. 1990. The effect of changing environmental conditions on microwave signatures of forest ecosystems: preliminary results of the March 1988 Alaskan aircraft SAR experiment. International Journal of Remote Sensing 11:1119-1144.

Kasischke, E.S., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, N.H.F. French, P. Harrell and N.L. Christensen Jr. 1992. Initial observations on the use of SAR imagery to monitor wildfires in boreal forests. International Journal of Remote Sensing 13:3495-3501.

Harrell, P., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, E.S. Kasischke, N.H.F. French and N.L. Christensen. 1995. Sensitivity of ERS-1 and JERS-1 radar data to biomass and stand structure in Alaskan boreal forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 54:247-260.

Kasischke, E.S., N.H.F. French, L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez and N.L. Christensen Jr. 1995. Estimating release of carbon from 1990 and 1991 forest fires in Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research 100:2941-2951.

French, N.H.F., E.S. Kasischke, L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, P. Harrell and N.L. Christensen Jr. 1996. Monitoring variations in soil moisture on fire disturbed sites in Alaska using ERS-1 SAR imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:3037-3053.

Chapin, F.S. III, A.D. McGuire, J. Randerson, R. Pielke Sr., D. Baldocchi, S.E. Hobbie, N. Roulet, W. Eugster, E. Kasischke, E.B. Rastetter, S.A. Zimov and S.W. Running. 2000 Arctic and boreal ecosystems of western North America as components of the climate system. Global Change Biology 6 (Suppl. 1):211-223.

Harden, J.W., S.E. Trumbore, B.J. Stocks, A. Hirsh, S.T. Gower, K.P. O'Neil, and E.S. Kasischke. 2000 The role of fire in the boreal carbon budget. Global Change Biology 6(Suppl. 1):174-184.

Michalek, J.L., N.H.F. French, E.S. Kasischke, R.D. Johnson and J.E. Colwell. 2000 Using Landsat TM data to estimate carbon release from burned biomass in an Alaskan spruce forest complex. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21:323-338.

Shugart, H.H., L. Bourgeau-Chavez and E.S. Kasischke. 2000 Determination of stand properties in boreal and temperate forests using high-resolution imagery. Forest Science 46:478-486.

Kasischke, E.S., D. Williams and D. Barry. 2002 Analysis of the patterns of large fires in the boreal forest region of Alaska. International Journal of Wildland Fire 11:131-144.

McGuire, A.D., C. Wirth, M. Apps, J. Beringer, J. Clein, H. Epstein, D.W. Kicklighter, J. Bhatti, F.S. Chapin III, B. deGroot, D. Efremov, W. Eugster, M. Fukuda, T. Gower, L. Hinzman, B. Huntley, G.J. Jia, E. Kasischke, J. Melillo, V. Romanovsky, A. Shvidenko, E. Vaganov, and D. Walker. 2002 Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics, and water/energy exchange in high latitudes. Journal of Vegetation Science 13:301-314.

O'Neill, K. P., E. S. Kasischke and D. D. Richter. 2002 Environmental controls on soil CO2 flux following fire in black spruce, white spruce, and aspen stands of interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1525-1541.

French, N.H.F., E. S. Kasischke and D.G. Williams. 2003 Variability in the emission of carbon-based trace gases from wildfire in the Alaskan boreal forest. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D1):DOI:10.1029/2001JD000480, 2002.

O'Neill, K.P., E.S. Kasischke and D.D. Richter. 2003 Seasonal and decadal patterns of soil carbon uptake and emission along an age-sequence of burned black spruce stands in interior Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (D1):8155. 10.1029/2001JD000443.

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.

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.

Kasischke, E.S., and M.R. Turetsky. 2006 Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region- spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L09703, doi:10.1029/2006GL025677.

O'Neill, K.P., D.D. Richter, and E.S. Kasischke. 2006 Succession-driven changes in soil respiration following fire in black spruce stands of Interior Alaska, Biogeochem., 80, 1-20, 2006.

Balshi, M.S., A.D. McGuire, Q. Zhuang, J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, E.S. Kasischke, C. Wirth, M. Flannigan, J. Harden, J.S. Clein, T. Burnside, J. McAllister, W. Kurz, M. Apps, and A. Shvidenko. 2007 The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 112, G02029, doi:10.1029/2006JG000380.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., E.S. Kasischke, K. Riordan, S.M. Brunzell, M. Nolan, E.J. Hyer, J.J. Slawski, M. Medvecz, T. Walters, and S. Ames. 2007 Remote monitoring of spatial and temporal surface soil moisture in fire disturbed boreal forest ecosystems with ERS SAR imagery, Int. J. Rem. Sens. (doi:10.1080/01431160600976061), published online 27 March 2007.

Kane, E.S., Kasischke, E.S., Valentine, D.W., Turetsky, M.R. and McGuire, A.D. 2007 Topographic influences on wildfire consumption of soil organic carbon in interior Alaska: implications for black carbon accumulation. Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences. 112: G03017.

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

French NHF, Kasischke ES, Hall RJ, Murphy KA, Verbyla DL, Hoy EE, Allen JL. 2008 Using Landsat data to assess fire and burn severity in the North American boreal forest region: an overview and summary of results. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17, pp 443-462. Doi:10.1071/WF08007.

Shetler, G., M.R. Turetsky, E. Kane, and E. Kasischke. 2008 Sphagnum mosses limit total carbon consumption during fire in Alaskan black spruce forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2328-2336. doi:10.1139/X08-057

Verbyla, D.L., E.S. Kasischke, and E.E. Hoy. 2008 Seasonal and topographic effects on estimating fire severity from Landsat TM/ETM+ data. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17:527-534. doi:10.1071/WF08038.

Yi, S., A.D. McGuire, J. Harden, E. Kasischke, K. Manies, L. Hinzman, A. Liljedahl, J. Randerson, H. Liu, V. Romanovsky, S. Marchenko, and Y Kim. 2009 Interactions between soil thermal and hydrological dynamics in the response of Alaska ecosystems to fire disturbance. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 114, G02015, 20 pages, doi:10.1029/2008JG000841

Books:

Kasischke, E.S. and B.J. Stocks. 2000. Fire, climate change and carbon cycling in the boreal forest. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.

Book Chapters:

French, N.H.F., E.S. Kasischke, B.J. Stocks, J.P. Mudd, D.L. Martell and B.S. Lee. 2000. Carbon release from fires in the North American boreal forest. Pages 377-388 in E.S. Kasischke and B.J. Stocks, editors. Fire, climate change and carbon cycling in the boreal forest. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.

Kasischke, E.S. 2000. Effects of climate change and fire on carbon storage in North American boreal forests. Pages 440-452 in E.S. Kasischke, and B.J. Stocks, editors. Fire, climate change and carbon cycling in the boreal forest. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.

Kasischke, E.S., B.J. Stocks, K.P. O'Neill, N.H.F. French and L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez. 2000. Direct effects of fire on the boreal forest carbon budget. Pages 51-68 in M. Beniston, J.L. Innes and M.M. Verstraete, editors. Biomass burning and its inter-relationships with the climate system. Kluwer Academic, Netherlands.

Kasischke, E.S., K.P. O'Neill, N.H.F. French and L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez. 2000. Controls on patterns of biomass burning in Alaskan boreal forests. Pages 173-196 in E.S. Kasischke and B.J. Stocks, editors. Fire, climate change and carbon cycling in the boreal forest. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.

Kasischke, E.S., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, N.H.F. French and K.P. O'Neill. 2000. Indirect and long-term effects of fire on the boreal forest carbon budget. Pages 263-280 in M. Beniston, J.L. Innes and M.M. Verstraete, editors. Biomass burning and its inter-relationships with the climate system. Kluwer Academic, Netherlands.

Kasischke, E.S., N.H.F. French and L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez. 2000. Using satellite data to monitor fire-related processes in the boreal forests. Pages 406-422 in E.S. Kasischke and B.J. Stocks, editors. Fire, climate change and carbon cycling in the boreal forest. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.

Kasischke, E.S., N.H.F. French, K.P. O'Neill, D.D. Richter, L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez and P.A. Harrell. 2000. Influence of fire on long-term patterns of forest succession in Alaskan boreal forests. Pages 214-238 in E.S. Kasischke and B.J. Stocks, editors. Fire, climate change and carbon cycling in the boreal forest. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.

Csiszar, I., C.O. Justice, A.D. McGuire, M.A. Cochrane, D.P. Roy, F. Brown, S.G. Conard, P.G.H. Frost, L. Giglio, C. Elvidge, M.D. Flannigan, E. Kasischke, D.J. McRae, T.S. Rupp, B.J. Stocks, and D.L. Verbyla. 2004. Land use and fires. Chapter 19 (pages 329-350) in Land Change Science: Observing Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface. Edited by Gutman, G., Janetos, A.C., Justice, C.O., Moran, E.F., Mustard, J.F., Rindfuss, R.R., Skole, D., Turner II, B.L., and Cochrane, M.A. Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

McGuire, A.D. , M. Apps , F.S. Chapin III, R. Dargaville , M.D. Flannigan , E.S. Kasischke , D. Kicklighter , J. Kimball , W. Kurz , D.J. McRae , K. McDonald , J. Melillo , R. Myneni , B.J. Stocks , D.L. Verbyla and Q. Zhuang. 2004. Land cover disturbances and feedbacks to the climate system in Canada and Alaska. Chapter 9 (pages 139-161) in Land Change Science; Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface. Edited by Gutman, G., Janetos, A.C., Justice, C.O., Moran, E.F., Mustard, J.F., Rindfuss, R.R., Skole, D., Turner II, B.L., and Cochrane, M.A. Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Chapin, F.S., III, A.D. McGuire, R.W. Ruess, M.W. Walker, R. Boone, M. Edwards, B. Finney, L.D. Hinzman, J. B. Jones, G.P. Juday, E.S. Kasischke, K. Kielland, A.H. Lloyd, M.W. Oswood, C.-L. Ping, E. Rexstad, V. Romanovsky, J. Schimel, E. Sparrow, B. Sveinbjornsson, D.W. Valentine, K. Van Cleve, D.L. Verbyla, L.A. Viereck, R.A. Werner, T.L. Wurtz, and J. Yarie.. 2006. Summary and synthesis: Past and future changes in the Alaskan boreal forest. Pages 332-338 in F.S. Chapin, III, M. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Kasischke, E. S., T. S. Rupp, and D. L. Verbyla. 2006. Fire trends in the Alaskan boreal forest. Pages 285-301 in F. S. Chapin, III, M. W. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L. A. Viereck, and D. L. Verbyla, editors. Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Kasischke, E.S. and F.S. Chapin, III. 2008. Increasing vulnerability of Alaskas boreal forest as a result of climate warming and the changing fire regime. Pages 175-192 in Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them. M.C. MacCracken, F. Moore, and J.C. Topping, Jr., editors. Earthscan, London.

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