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Linda Heath

Title: Research Forester
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Previous Unit: Forest Carbon Dynamics and Estimation for Sustainable Management
Address: Northern Research Station
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-868-7612
E-mail: Contact Linda Heath

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Education

University of Washington, Seattle, WA:
PhD, Quantitative Resources Management, 1989
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois:
BS, Forestry, 1981; MS, Forest Management, 1983

Civic & Professional Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, Society of American Foresters

Current Research

My research revolves around estimating and projecting carbon estimates and their uncertainties in the forest sector of the United States. Early on, our research team provided estimates that were used by the U.S. government for reporting greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, and we continue to be asked to provide estimates to meet a variety of needs. Currently, our approach is based on Forest Inventory and Analysis data. The U.S. releases approximately a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions which increasingly is believed to be causing climate change. My work shows that US forests sequester a significant amount of carbon, and helps the US monitor changes over time.

Future Research

All land management and use potentially contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and sinks. Future research will address these land use and land use changes.

Featured Publications

Spinney, Michael P.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2005. COLE: Carbon On-line Estimator, Version 2. In: Kenefic, Laura S.; Twery, Mark J., eds. Changing Forests - Challenging Times: Proceedings of the New England Society of American Foresters 85th Winter Meeting; 2005 March 16-18; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-325. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 28

Additional Online Publications

Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2008. Carbon stocks and stock changes in U.S. forests
Chen, Jiaxin; Colombo, Stephen J.; Ter-Mikaelian, Michael T.; Heath, Linda S. 2008. Future carbon storage in harvested wood products from Ontario's Crown forests
Ryan, M.G.; Archer, S.R.; Birdsey, R.A.; Dahm, C.N.; Heath, L.S.; Hicke, J.A.; Hollinger, D.Y.; Huxman, T.E.; Okin, G.S.; Oren, R.; Randerson, J.T.; Schlesinger, W.H. 2008. Land resources: forests and arid lands
Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2008. Modeling grain-size dependent bias in estimating forest area: a regional application
Woodall, C.W.; Heath, L.S.; Smith, J.E. 2008. National inventories of down and dead woody material forest carbon stocks in the United States: Challenges and opportunities
Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2008. Satellite detection of land-use change and effects on regional forest aboveground biomass estimates
Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2008. Spatial distribution of forest aboveground biomass estimated from remote sensing and forest inventory data in New England, USA
Upton, Brad; Miner, Reid; Spinney, Mike; Heath, Linda S. 2008. The greenhouse gas and energy impacts of using wood instead of alternatives in residential construction in the United States
Woodbury, Peter B.; Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2007. Carbon sequestration in the U.S. forest sector from 1990 to 2010
Woodbury, Peter B.; Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2007. Effects of land use change on soil carbon cycling in the conterminous United States from 1900 to 2050
Zheng, Daolan; Heath, Linda S.; Ducey, Mark J. 2007. Forest biomass estimated from MODIS and FIA data in the Lake States: MN, WI and MI, USA
Birdsey, Richard A.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Johnston, Mark; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Amiro, Brian; de Jong, Ben; Etchevers Barra, Jorge D.; French, Nancy; Garcia-Oliva, Felipe; Harmon, Mark; Heath, Linda S.; Jaramillo, Victor J.; Johnsen, Kurt; Law, Beverly E.; Marin-Spiotta, Erika; Masera, Omar; Neilson, Ronald; Pan, Yude; Pregitzer, Kurt S. 2007. North American forests
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Nichols, Michael C. 2007. U.S. Forest Carbon Calculation Tool: Forest-Land Carbon Stocks and Net Annual Stock Change
Woodbury, Peter B.; Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2006. Land use change effects on forest carbon cycling throughout the southern United States
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Skog, Kenneth E.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2006. Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States
Zhang, Lianjun; Bi, Huiquan; Gove, Jeffrey H.; Heath, Linda S. 2005. A comparison of alternative methods for estimating the self-thinning boundary line
Proctor, Patrick; Heath, Linda S.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Gove, Jeffery H.; Smith, James E. 2005. COLE: A Web-based Tool for Interfacing with Forest Inventory Data
Garber, Sean M.; Brown, John P.; Wilson, Duncan S.; Maguire, Douglas A.; Heath, Linda S. 2005. Snag longevity under alternative silvicultural regimes in mixed-species forests of central Maine
Zhang, Lianjun; Gove, Jeffrey H.; Heath, Linda S. 2005. Spatial residual analysis of six modeling techniques
Proctor, Patrick; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Heath, Linda S.; Gove, Jeffrey H. 2005. The open-source movement: an introduction for forestry professionals
Heath, Linda S. 2005. What Landowners and Forest Managers Need to Know about Forest Carbon: a Background from Global to Local
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2004. Carbon Stocks and Projections on Public Forestlands in the United States, 1952-2040
Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2004. Comprehensive database of diameter-based biomass regressions for North American tree species
Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2004. Criterion 5, Indicator 26: total forest ecosystem biomass and carbon pool, and if appropriate, by forest type, age class and successional change
Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2004. Criterion 5, Indicator 27: contribution of forest ecosystems fo the total global carbon budget, including absorption and release of carbon
Heath, Linda S.; Skog, Kenneth E. 2004. Criterion 5, Indicator 28: contribution of forest products to the global carbon budget
Chojnacky, David C.; Mickler, Robert A.; Heath, Linda S.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2004. Estimates of Down Woody Materials in Eastern US Forests
Mickler, Robert A.; Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2004. Forest carbon trends in the Southern United States
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Woodbury, Peter B. 2004. How to estimate forest carbon for large areas from inventory data
Chojnacky, David C.; Mickler, Robert A.; Heath, Linda S. 2003. Carbon in down woody materials of eastern U.S. forests
Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. Carbon trends in U.S. forestlands: a context for the role of soils in forest carbon sequestration
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C. 2003. Forest volume-to-biomass models and estimates of mass for live and standing dead trees of U.S. forests.
Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. National scale biomass estimators for United States tree species
Birdsey, R.; Hollinger, D.; Heath, L.; Hoover, C.; Kolka, R.; Smith, M. L.; Ryan, M. 2003. Pilot Studies for Enhanced Forest Land Measurement
Heath, Linda S.; Kimble, John M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Lal, Rattan. 2003. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2002. A model of forest floor carbon mass for United States forest types
Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S. 2002. Estimating down dead wood from FIA forest inventory variables in Maine
Goodale, Christine L.; Apps, Michael J.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Field , Christopher B.; Heath, Linda S.; Houghton, Richard A.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Kohlmaier, Gundolf H.; Kurz, Werner; Liu, Shirong; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Nilsson, Sten; Shvidenko, Anatoly Z. 2002. Forest carbon sinks in the Northern Hemisphere
Heath, L. S.; Birdsey, R. A.; Williams, D. W. 2002. Methodology for estimating soil carbon for the forest carbon budget model of the United States, 2001
Heath, Linda S.; Chojnacky, David C. 2001. Down dead wood statistics for Maine timberlands, 1995
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2001. Identifying influences on model uncertainty: an application using a forest carbon budget model
Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2000. An assessment of uncertainty in forest carbon budget projections
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 2000. Considerations for interpreting probabilistic estimates of uncertainty of forest carbon
McWilliams, William H.; Heath, Linda S.; Reese, Gordon C.; Schmidt, Thomas L. 2000. Forest resources and conditions
Hoover, Coeli M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Heath, Linda S.; Stout, Susan L. 2000. How to estimate carbon sequestration on small forest tracts estimate carbon sequestration on small forest tracts
Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E. 2000. Soil carbon accounting and assumptions for forestry and forest-related land use change
Birdsey, Richard A.; Mickler, Robert A.; Hom, John; Heath, Linda S. 2000. Summary of prospective global change impacts on northern U.S. forest ecosystems
Eav, Bov B.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Heath, Linda S. 2000. The Kyoto Protocol and forestry practices in the United States
Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S. 1998. Multidisciplinary views in modeling response to climate change: A workshop summary
Heath, Linda S.; Joyce, Linda A. 1997. Carbon sequestration in forests as a national policy issue
Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Row, Clark; Plantinga, Andrew J. 1996. Carbon pools and flux in U.S. forest products
Birdsey, R.A.; Heath, L.S. 1995. 4. Carbon Changes in U.S. Forests

Other Publications by Linda Heath *

Smith, Peter; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Janssens, Ivan A.; Reis, Stefan; Marland, Gregg; Soussana, Jean-Francois;Christensen, Torben R.; Heath, Linda; Apps, Mike; Alexeyev, Vlady; Fang, Jingyun; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Guerschman, Juan Pablo; Huang, Yao; Jobbagy, Esteban; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Ni, Jian; Nobre, Antonio; Peng, Changhui; Walcroft, Adrian; Wang, Shao Qiang; Pan, Yude; Zhou, Guang Sheng . 2008. Sectoral approaches to improve regional carbon budgets. Climate Change 88: 209-249.

*Due to policy or copyright restrictions, we are unable to provide full-text versions of these publications. Please check with your local library or Contact Linda Heath to inquire about reprints.

Last Modified: 11/19/2008