Publications

2001 to 2009

• Ross, D.J., N.A. Scott, C.M. Trotter, S.M. Lambie, and J.A Townsend.  2009.  Nitrogen and carbon cycling in a New Zealand pumice soil under a manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) and kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) shrubland.  Australian Journal of Soil Research 47: 725-736.
• Dail, D.B., D.Y. Hollinger, E.A. Davidson, H.C. Sievering, N.A. Scott, J.T. Lee, E. Gaige. 2008. Distribution of N15 Tracers Applied to the Canopy of a Mature Spruce-Hemlock Stand, Howland, Maine, USA. Oecologia 160: 589-599.
• Scott, N.A., and S. Brown. 2008. Measuring the Decomposition of Down Dead Wood. In: C.M. Hoover (ed) Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring: A Landscape-Scale Approach. Springer, New York, pp 113-128.
• Karberg, N., N.A. Scott, C. Giardina.  2008.  Methods for estimating litter decomposition.   In: C.M. Hoover (ed)  Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring: A Landscape-Scale Approach. Springer, New York, pp 103-112.
• Tate, K.R., D.J. Ross, N.A. Scott, N. Rodda, J.A. Townsend, and G.C. Arnold. 2006. Post-harvest patterns of carbon dioxide production, methane uptake and nitrous oxide production in a Pinus radiata D.Don plantation of high nitrogen status. Forest Ecology and Manag. 228: 40-50.
• White, J.D., and N.A. Scott. 2006. Specific Leaf Area and Nitrogen Distribution in New Zealand Forests: Species Independently Respond to Intercepted Light. Forest Ecology and Manag. 226: 319-329.
• White, J.D., N.A. Scott, A.I. Hirsch, and S.W. Running. 2006. 3-PG productivity modeling of refeneratirn Amazon forests: Climate sensitivity and comparison with MODIS-derived NPP. Earth Interactions 10: Paper 8, pp. 1-26.
• Scott, N.A., K.R. Tate, D.J. Ross, and A. Parshotam. 2006. Processes influencing soil carbon storage following afforestation of pasture with Pinus radiata at different stocking densities in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Soil Research 44: 85-96.
• Tate, K.R., R.H.Wilde, D. J.Giltrap, W.T.Baisden, S. Saggar, N.A.Trustrum, N.A.Scott, and J.P.Barton. 2005. Soil organic carbon stocks and flows in New Zealand: System development, measurement and modeling. Can. J. Soil Sci. 85:481-489
• Trotter, C.M., Tate, K.R., Scott, N.A., Townsend, J.A., Wilde, R.H., Lambie, S., Marden, M., and Pinkney, E. 2005. Afforestation/Reforestation of New Zealand marginal pasture lands by indigenous shrublands: the potential for Kyoto forest sinks. Ann. For. Sci. 62:865-872.
• Tate, K.R., R.H. Wilde, D.J. Giltrap, W.T. Baisden, S. Saggar, N.A. Trustrum, N.A. Scott. 2004. Soil carbon changes and uncertainties with New Zealand land-use change. Proceedings of the joint New Zealand, Australia Soil Science Society Meeting, December 2004. Sydney, Australia. www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/
• Trotter, C.M., K.R. Tate, G.M.J. Hall, I.J. Payton, N.A. Scott, and R.H. Wilde. 2004. Carbon inventory and its potential application to CDM projects: the New Zealand experience. Proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Forests and Climate Change: Carbon Sequestration and the Clean Development Mechanism, Manila, Philippines, Sept. 2003. Environmental Forestry Programme, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baänos, Laguna, Philippines. pp. 28–47.
• Hollinger, D.Y., J. Aber, B. Dail, E.A. Davidson, S.M. Goltz, H. Hughes, M.Y. Leclerc, J.T. Lee, A.D. Richardson, C. Rodrigues, N. A. Scott, D. Achuatavarier and J. Walsh. 2004. Spatial and temporal variability in forest-atmosphere CO2 exchange. Global Change Biology 10: 1689-1706.
• Whitehead, D., A.S. Walcroft, N.A. Scott, J.A. Townsend, C.M. Trotter, G.N.D. Rogers. 2004. Characteristics of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in the shrubland species manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) and kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) for the estimation of annual canopy carbon uptake. Tree Physiology 24: 795-804.
• Scott, N.A., C.A. Rodrigues, H. Hughes, J.T. Lee, E.A. Davidson, D.B. Dail, P. Malerba, D.Y. Hollinger. 2004. Changes in carbon storage and net carbon exchange one year after an initial shelterwood harvest at Howland Forest, ME. Environmental Management 33 (Suppl. 1): S9-S22.
• Hirsch, A.I., W.S. Little, R.A. Houghton, N.A. Scott, J.D. White. 2004. The net carbon flux due to deforestation and forest re-growth in the Brazilian Amazon: Analysis using a process-based model. Global Change Biology 10: 908-924.
• Coops, N.C., J.D. White, and N.A. Scott. 2004. Estimating fragmentation effects on simulated forest net primary productivity derived from satellite imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 20:819-838.
• Standish, R.J., P.A. Williams, A.W. Robertson, N.A. Scott, and D.I. Hedderley. 2004. Invasion by a perennial herb increases decomposition rate and alters nutrient availability in warm temperate lowland forest remnants. Biological Invasions 6:71-82.
• Trotter, C.M., K R Tate, S Saggar, N A Scott, and M A Sutherland. 2003. A multi-scale analysis of a national terrestrial carbon budget: Uncertainty reduction and the effects of land-use change. In: Global Environmental Change in the Ocean and on Land (Editors: M Shiyomi, H. Kawahata, H. Koizumi, A Tsuda, and Y Awaya), Terrapub, Tokyo, p311–342.
• Parfitt, R.L., N.A. Scott, D.J. Ross, G.J. Salt, K.R. Tate. 2003. Land-use effects on soil C and N transformation in soil of high N status: comparisons under indigenous forest, pine plantation and pasture. Biogeochemistry 66:203-221
• Halliday, J., K.R. Tate, R.E. McMurtrie, and N.A. Scott. 2003. Mechanisms for changes in soil C storage with pasture to Pinus radiata land-use change. Global Change Biology 4:1294-1308.
• Tate, K.R., J.P. Barton, N.A. Trustrum, W.T. Baisden, S. Saggar, R.H. Wilde, D.J. Giltrap, and N.A. Scott. 2003. Monitoring and modeling soil organic carbon stocks and flows in New Zealand. Pages 253–268 in C.A.Scott-Smith ed. Soil organic carbon and agriculture: Developing indicators for policy analysis, Proceedings of an OECD Expert Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, October 2002. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris.
• Tate, K.R., N.A. Scott, S. Saggar, D.J. Giltrap, W.T. Baisden, P.F. Newsome, C.M. Trotter and R.H. Wilde. 2003. Land-use change alters New Zealand’s terrestrial carbon budget: reducing uncertainties associated with estimates of soil carbon change. Tellus 55B: 364-377.
• Ross, D.J., K.R. Tate, N.A. Scott, R.H. Wilde, N.J. Rodda and J.A. Townsend. 2002. Afforestation of pastures with Pinus radiata influences soil carbon and nitrogen pools and mineralisation and microbial properties. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40:1303-1318.
• Coops, N.C., J.D. White, and N.A. Scott. 2002. Assessment of regional forest and scrub productivity using a coupled vegetation process model with remote sensing. Geocarto 17(4):3-12.
• Coomes, D.A., R.B. Allen, N.A. Scott, C. Goulding, and P. Beets. 2002. Designing systems to monitor carbon stocks in forests and shrublands. Forest Ecology and Management 164:89-108.
• Scott, N.A., K.R. Tate, D.J. Giltrap, C.T. Smith, H.R. Wilde, P.J.F. Newsome, and M.R. Davis. 2002. Monitoring land-use change effects on soil carbon in New Zealand: quantifying baseline soil carbon stocks. Environmental Pollution 116: S167–S186.
• McMurtrie, R.E., J.C. Halliday, R.C. Dewar, K.R. Tate, M. Corbeels, and N.A. Scott. 2001. Modelling long-term changes in forest productivity and soil nitrogen supply following conversion of pasture to Pinus radiata plantation. In Models for the Sustainable Management of Temperate Plantation Forests. Jean-Michel Carnus, Roderick Dewar, Denis Loustau, Margarida Tome and Christophe Orazio (eds.). EPI Proceedings No. 41, 2001. pp 59-70.
• Ross, D.J., N.A. Scott, K.R. Tate, N.J. Rodda, J. Townsend. 2001. Root effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in a Pinus radiata D.Don plantation on a coastal sand. Australian Journal of Soil Research 39:1027-1039.
• Ehrenfeld, J.G., and N.A. Scott. 2001. Invasive species and the soil: effects on organisms and ecosystem processes. Ecological Applications 11:1259-1260.
• Scott, N.A., G.E. Likens, J.S. Eaton and T.G. Siccama. 2001. Loss of trace metals following whole-tree harvest of a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry 54:197-217.
• Scott, N.A., S. Saggar, and P.D. McIntosh. 2001. Biogeochemical impact of Hiercium invasion in New Zealand's grazed tussock grasslands: sustainability implications. Ecological Applications 11:1311-1322.

Prior to 2001

• Scott, N.A., J.D. White, J. Townsend, D. Whitehead, J. Leathwick, G. Hall, M. Marden, G. Rogers, A. Watson, and P. Whaley. 2000. Carbon and nitrogen distribution and accumulation in a New Zealand scrubland ecosystem. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30:1246-1255.
• White, J.D., N.C. Coops, and N.A. Scott. 2000. Estimates of indigenous New Zealand forest and scrub biomass from the 3-PG model. Ecological Modelling 131:175-190.
• Tate, K.R., N.A. Scott, A. Parshotam, L. Brown, R.H. Wilde, D.J. Giltrap, N.A. Trustrum, B. Gomez, and D.J. Ross. 2000. A multi-scale analysis of a terrestrial carbon budget: is New Zealand a source or sink of carbon? Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 82:229-246.
• Percival, H.J., R.L. Parfitt and N.A. Scott. 2000. Factors controlling soil carbon in New Zealand grassland soils: is clay important? Soil Science Society of America Journal 64:1623-1630.
• White, J.D., C. Trotter, L. Brown, and N.A. Scott. 2000. Nitrogen concentration in New Zealand vegetation foliage derived from laboratory and field spectrometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21:2525-2531.
• Tate, K.R., N.A. Scott, D.J. Ross, A. Parshotam, and J.J. Claydon. 2000. Plant effects on soil carbon storage and turnover in an adjacent forest and grassland. Australian Journal of Soil Science 38:685-698.
• Pairman, D., S. McNeill, N. Scott, and S. Belliss. 1999. Vegetation identification and biomass estimation using AIRSAR data. Geocarto 14:67-75.
• Scott, N.A., K.R. Tate, J. Ford-Robertson, D.J. Giltrap, C.T. Smith. 1999. Soil carbon storage in plantation forests and pastures: land use change implications. Tellus 51B:326-335.
• Ross, D.J., K.R. Tate, N.A. Scott, and C.W. Feltham. 1999. Land-use changes in three adjoining catchments: effects on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus pools and fluxes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:803-813.
• Scott, N.A., R. Parfitt, D. Ross, and G. Salt. 1998. Carbon and nitrogen transformations in New Zealand plantation forest soils from sites with different N status. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:967-976.
• Scott, N.A. 1998. Soil aggregation and organic matter mineralization in forests and grasslands: plant species effects. Soil Science Society of America Journal 62:1081-1089.
• Arneth, A., F.M. Kelliher, S.T. Gower, N.A. Scott, J.N. Byers, and T.M. McSeveny. 1998. Physical variables regulating soil carbon dioxide efflux following clear-cutting of a Pinus radiata D.Don plantation. Journal of Geophysical Research 103:5695-5705.
• Parfitt, R., L. Hill, and N. A. Scott. 1998. Does contact of Pinus radiata slash with soil influence post-harvest nutrient losses? New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 27:174-187.
• Scott, N.A., and D. Binkley. 1997. Foliage litter quality and annual net N mineralization: comparison across North American forest sites. Oecologia 111:151-159.
• McIntosh, P.D., R.B. Allen, and N.A. Scott. 1997. Effects of exclosure and management on biomass and soil nutrient pools in seasonally dry high country, New Zealand. Journal of Environmental Management 51:169-186.
• Scott, N.A., C.V. Cole, E.T. Elliott, and S.A. Huffman. 1996. Soil textural control on decomposition and soil organic matter dynamics. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60:1102-1109.
• Huffman, S.A., C.V. Cole, and N.A. Scott. 1996. Soil texture and residue addition effects on soil phosphorus transformations. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60:1095-1101.
• Motavalli, P., S.D. Frey, and N.A. Scott. 1995. Effects of filter type and extraction efficiency on nitrogen mineralization measurements using the aerobic leaching soil incubation method. Biology and Fertility of Soils 20:197-204.

Contract Reports

• Trotter, C.M., M. Marden, N. A. Scott, E.J. Pinkney, N.J. Rodda, D. Rowan, J.A. Townsend, A.J. Watson. 2001. Carbon storage in manuka/kanuka: sequestration rates in indigenous shrublands and reverting farmland. Contract Report LC0102/008 for the Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology, New Zealand. 13pp.
• Tate, K.R., D.J. Giltrap, N.A. Scott, R.H. Wilde, H. Betts, and M.R. Davis. 2000. Contribution of soil carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 emissions. XII. Quantifying future soil carbon changes. Contract report JNT9900/151 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 20 pp.
• Giltrap, D.J., N.A. Scott, K.R. Tate, and H. Betts. 1999. Contribution of soil carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 emissions. XI. Prototype system for monitoring soil carbon in New Zealand. Contract report JNT9899/148 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 18 pp.
• Tate, K.R., N.A. Scott, P.J. Newsome, H. Betts, M.R. Davis, P.N. Beets, J. Ford-Robertson, and D.J. Giltrap. 1999. Contribution of soil carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 emissions. X. Design and testing of national soil system. Contract report JNT9899/094 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 53 pp.
• Davis, M.R., R.H. Wilde, G. Oliver, N.A. Scott, K.R. Tate, H. Betts, P. Chinnery, and A. Nordmeyer. 1999. Contribution of soil carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 emissions. IX. Updated 1990 soil carbon baseline. Contract report JNT9899/146 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 23 pp.
• White, J.D., N. Coops, and N.A. Scott. 1998. Simulating Broad Scale Forest Biomass In New Zealand: Applications to a National Monitoring System. Contract report JNT9798/155 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 32 pp.
• Smith, C.T., K.R. Tate, and N.A. Scott. 1998. Contribution of Soil Carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 Emissions. VIII. Selected Methodology to Update National Soil Carbon Levels. Contract report JNT9798/157 for the Ministry for the Environment New Zealand. 16 pp.
• Scott, N.A., D.J. Giltrap, K.R. Tate, and C.T. Smith. 1998. Contribution of Soil Carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 Emissions. VII. Initial estimates of land-use effects on soil carbon storage: estimating coefficients of change. Contract report JNT9798/148 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 9 pp.
• Tate, K.R., B.K. Daly, R.H. Wilde, A. Nordmeyer, G. Oliver, N.A. Scott, C.T. Smith, and D.J. Giltrap. 1998. Contribution of Soil Carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 Emissions. VI. Updated 1990 soil carbon baseline. Contract report JNT9798/133 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 24 pp.
• McNeill, S., N.A. Scott, D. Pairman, S. Belliss, and R. Beamish-White. 1998. Measuring forest biomass using multi-polarisation, multi-wavelength radar imagery in New Zealand: a first assessment. Contract report JNT9798/088 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 22 pp.
• Tate, K.R., D.J. Giltrap, B.K. Daly, R.H. Wilde, N.A. Scott, and E.J. Willoughby. 1998. Contribution of Soil Carbon to New Zealand’s CO2 Emissions. V. Revision of data layers and overlays. Contract report JNT9798/085 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 24 pp.
• Scott, N.A., K.R. Tate, and F.M. Kelliher. 1997. Research programs on net greenhouse gas emissions from the terrestrial biosphere. Contract report, Landcare Research. 22pp.
• Scott, N.A., D. Giltrap, B.K. Daly, C.T. Smith, and K.R. Tate. 1997. Contribution of soil carbon to New Zealand's CO2 emissions. IV. Project status report including provisional 1990 baseline soil carbon estimate. Contract report JNT9798/009 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 7pp.
• Stephens, P., N.A. Scott, J. White, and C. Goulding. 1997. Determining an appropriate carbon monitoring system for New Zealand's indigenous forest and scrub. Contract report JNT9798/010 for the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. 40 pp.

Other Publications

• van Ewijk, K., P. Treitz, N. A. Scott.  2009.  Characterizing forest structure using a lidar-derived complexity index.  Paper accepted for Proceedings of the Silvilaser 2009 conference, Austin, TX.  Oct. 15-16, 2009.
• Foote, R., N.A. Scott. 2008. Sequestering carbon as a strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.  In Future Actions for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions.  CHEMRAWN Future Actions Committee.  CHEMRAWN publication.
• Jessop, P., and N. A. Scott.  2008.  Heed the Call!  Environmental Science and Technology 42: 2711.  Invited Editorial.
• Ray, D.G., R.S. Seymour, N. A. Scott, W.S. Keeton. 2008.  Mitigating Climate Change with Managed Forests: Balancing Expectations, Opportunity, and Risk.  J. of Forestry in press.  Editorial
• Liu, W., D. Chen, N. A. Scott. 2007.  Effects of cell sizes on resistance surfaces in GIS-based cost distance modeling for landscape analyses.  Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Geoinformatics.  Nanjing, China, May 25-27, 2007.
• Scott, N.A., D.Y Hollinger, E.A. Davidson, C.A. Rodrigues, D.B. Dail. 2005. Impact of a shelterwood harvest on the net carbon balance of a spruce/hemlock-dominated forest in Maine. L.S. Kenefic and M.J. Twery, Eds. Changing forests – Challenging Times. Proceedings of the New England Society of American Foresters 85th Winter Meeting. Portland, ME, March 16-18 2005. GTR NE-325, U.S. Forest Service. 85pp.

Manuscripts In Review

• Beamish, A., A. Neil, I. Wagner, N.A. Scott.  Impacts of active layer detachments on carbon exchange in a high-Arctic ecosystem, Cape Bounty, Nunavut, Canada.  Global Change Biology in review.
• Gregory, F.M., P. Treitz, N.A. Scott. Fine-Scale Remote Sensing of Vegetation in the Canadian High Arctic. Arctic in review.

Manuscripts in Preparation

• Scott, N.A., D.Y. Hollinger, E.A. Davidson, D.B. Dail, C. Rodrigues, H. Hughes, J.T. Lee.  Changes in carbon cycling processes following a shelterwood harvest at Howland Forest, Maine: carbon sequestration implications.
• Scott, N.A., J.A. Townsend, J.D. White, C.M. Trotter, N.J. Rodda.  Factors controlling productivity and carbon accumulation in a New Zealand scrubland ecosystem. 
• Cen, Yan-Ping, H. MacKinnon, N.A. Scott, D.B. Layzell.  Hydrogen oxidation increases soil nitrous oxide emissions.
• Gregory, F., N.A. Scott, P.M. Treitz.  Terrestrial CO2 exchange for three High Arctic vegetation types across a moisture gradient.
• Wagner, I., E. Fisher, A. Neil, N. A. Scott.  Trace gas fluxes from three high-Arctic plant communities along a soil moisture gradient.  In preparation for Global Change Biology. 
• Jaggard, E.L.S.., N.A. Scott.  Changes in soil organic carbon fractions and turnover time following the establishment of switchgrass in southeastern Ontario
• Jaggard, E.L.S.., N.A. Scott.  Estimating the vertical distribution and turnover of soil organic carbon following the establishment of switchgrass using natural 13C abundance
• Tamminga, A., N.A. Scott.  A biogeochemical examination of Ontario’s boreal forest ecosite classification system

Conference Presentations

Over 140 oral and poster presentations at various national and international conferences. Recent examples include:

• Graham, A., N.A. Scott, Y-P. Cen, K. Kyser, D. Layzell.  Hydrogen Coupled CO2 Fixation in Soybean Crop Soils.  Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.  Dec. 2011
• Beamish, A. A. Neil, I. Wagner, N.A. Scott.  Impacts of active layer detachments on carbon exchange in a high-Arctic ecosystem, Cape Bounty, Nunavut, Canada.  Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.  Dec. 2011
• Jaggard, E., D. McParland, K. Kyser, W. Mabee, N.A. Scott.  Piecing together the environmental sustainability of switchgrass for energy in southeastern Ontario.  Soil and Water Conservation Society of Ontario Conf., November 2011.
• Graham, A., N.A. Scott, Y-P. Cen, K. Kyser, D. Layzell.  Hydrogen Coupled CO2 Fixation in Soybean Crop Soils.  Advanced Stable Isotope Technologies and Applications Conference, Queen’s University, June 2011.
• Jaggard, E., K. Kyser, N.A. Scott.  Soil organic carbon cycling in southeastern Ontario switchgrass fields as indicated by δ13C natural abundance.  Advanced Stable Isotope Technologies and Applications Conference, Queen’s University, June 2011.
• Van Ewijk, K., P.M. Treitz, and N.A. Scott.  Contrasting Conifer Plantations and Natural Forest Stands in Central Ontario using Spectral, LiDAR and Textural Information.  Canadian Remote Sensing Society, Sherbrooke, QC.  June 2011.
• Wagner, I., A. Beamish, A. Cassidy, P. Treitz, and N.A. Scott.  Relationships among phenology, NDVI, and CO2 exchange in three high-Arctic plant community types.  Canadian Remote Sensing Society, Sherbrooke, QC.  June 2011.
• Dong, Z., N.A. Scott, et al.  N2 Fixation, H2 production & N2O emissions.  Annual General Meeting of the Green Crop Network, May 2011.  Montreal, QC.
• Van Ewijk, K.Y., P.M. Treitz, and N.A. Scott. LiDAR derived Indices for Characterizing Forest Succession and Ecosite Prediction in Central Ontario. FRP/CIF Workshop: Taking Stock: Inventory options for today and tomorrow. Kapuskasing, ON, January 26, 2011.
• Gregory, F., N.A. Scott, P.M. Treitz.  Seasonal variation in net carbon exchange in three high-arctic vegetation communities.  Arctic Net Conference, Quebec City, Dec. 2008.