Faculty

Margot Kaye

Professor of Forest Ecology

303 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802

Email mwk12@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-4841

Overview

Vegetation dynamics; global change ecology; interactions among vegetation, climate and human land use; dendrochronology; disturbance history; environmental change.

Areas of Expertise

Pinus Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Deciduous Forest Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Aspen Keyphrases
Fire History Keyphrases
Climate Change Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Fire Regime Keyphrases
Quercus Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Prescribed Fire Keyphrases

Nutrient addition hinders microarthropod-driven leaf litter decomposition in Patagonian woodlands
M. M. Fernández, M. W. Kaye, David Eissenstat, N. Pérez-Méndez, L. A. Garibaldi, 2025, In: Plant and Soil
Date: 2025

Impacts of management on ecosystem service capacity in northeastern U.S. Appalachian forest stands
Ben Lockwood, Margot Kaye, Erynn Maynard-Bean, Margarita Fernández, 2025, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Date: 2025

Barriers and opportunities for implementing prescribed fire
Erica A.H. Smithwick, Hong Wu, Kaitlyn Spangler, Mahsa Adib, Rui Wang, Cody Dems, Alan Taylor, Margot Kaye, Katherine Zipp, Peter Newman, Zachary D. Miller, Anthony Zhao, Dec 2024, In: Fire Ecology
Date: Dec 2024

Allicin and total phenolic content in ramps (Allium tricoccum Ait.) in relation to phenological stage, morphological traits, and harvest location
R. Teal Jordan, Eric P. Burkhart, Margot Kaye, David Munoz, Joshua D. Lambert, Aug 2024, In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Date: Aug 2024

Critical zone perspectives for managing changing forests
Marissa Kopp, Denise Alving, Taylor Blackman, Margot Kaye, Jonathan Duncan, Jason Kaye, Jan 15 2023, In: Forest Ecology and Management
Date: Jan 15 2023

Public and manager perceptions about prescribed fire in the Mid-Atlantic, United States
Hong Wu, Zachary D. Miller, Rui Wang, Katherine Y. Zipp, Peter Newman, Yau Huo Shr, Cody L. Dems, Alan Taylor, Margot W. Kaye, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Nov 15 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Management
Date: Nov 15 2022

Drivers of forest change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Erika M. Blomdahl, James H. Speer, Margot Kaye, Nicole E. Zampieri, Maegen Rochner, Bryce Currey, Denise Alving, Gabriel D. Cahalan, Ben Hagedorn, Hang Li, Rose Oelkers, Lissa Pelletier, Ichchha Thapa, Kevin Willson, Brian D. Woodward, R. Justin DeRose, Jul 1 2022, In: Journal of Vegetation Science
Date: Jul 1 2022

Mite density, not diversity, declines with biomass removal in Patagonian woodlands
Margarita M. Fernández, Cecilia Casas, José C. Bedano, David M. Eissenstat, Margot W. Kaye, Ivana M. García, Marcelo E. Kun, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Jan 2022, In: Applied Soil Ecology
Date: Jan 2022

Prescribed fire alters structure and composition of a mid-Atlantic oak forest up to eight years after burning
Cody L. Dems, Alan H. Taylor, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Jesse K. Kreye, Margot W. Kaye, Dec 2021, In: Fire Ecology
Date: Dec 2021

Simulated fire regimes favor oak and pine but affect carbon stocks in mixed oak forests in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Anthony Zhao, Alan H. Taylor, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Margot Kaye, Lucas B. Harris, Aug 15 2021, In: Forest Ecology and Management
Date: Aug 15 2021

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Drought timing and local climate determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought
Loïc D'Orangeville, Justin Maxwell, Daniel Kneeshaw, Neil Pederson, Louis Duchesne, Travis Logan, Daniel Houle, Dominique Arseneault, Colin M. Beier, Daniel A. Bishop, Daniel Druckenbrod, Shawn Fraver, François Girard, Joshua Halman, Chris Hansen, Justin L. Hart, Henrik Hartmann, Margot Kaye, Davi..., Jan 1 2018, In: Global Change Biology
Citations: 245

Nutrient and carbon dynamics in a replacement series of Eucalyptus and Albizia trees
Jason P. Kaye, Sigrid C. Resh, Margot W. Kaye, Rodney A. Chimner, Jan 1 2000, In: Ecology
Citations: 147

Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA
Dan Binkley, Daniel M. Kashian, Suzanne Boyden, Margot W. Kaye, John B. Bradford, Mary A. Arthur, Paula J. Fornwalt, Michael G. Ryan, Dec 1 2006, In: Forest Ecology and Management
Citations: 126

Carbon and nitrogen cycling immediately following bark beetle outbreaks in southwestern ponderosa pine forests
K. Morehouse, T. Johns, J. Kaye, M. Kaye, Apr 20 2008, In: Forest Ecology and Management
Citations: 118

Expansion of forest stands into tundra in the Noatak National Preserve, northwest Alaska
Frank Suarez, Dan Binkley, Margot W. Kaye, Robert Stottlemyer, 1999, In: Ecoscience
Citations: 107

Forest structure and fire history in an old Pinus nigra forest, eastern Spain
Peter Z. Fulé, Montserrat Ribas, Emilia Gutiérrez, Ramón Vallejo, Margot W. Kaye, Mar 20 2008, In: Forest Ecology and Management
Citations: 104

Increased temperature and precipitation had limited effects on soil extracellular enzyme activities in a post-harvest forest
M. D. McDaniel, J. P. Kaye, M. W. Kaye, Jan 2013, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Citations: 100

Initial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes following ponderosa pine restoration treatments
Jason P. Kaye, Stephen C. Hart, Peter Z. Fulé, W. Wallace Covington, Margaret M. Moore, Margot W. Kaye, Oct 2005, In: Ecological Applications
Citations: 86

An assessment of fire, climate, and apache history in the sacramento mountains, New Mexico
Thomas W. Swetnam, Margot W. Kaye, 1999, In: Physical Geography
Citations: 77

Fire history along environmental gradients in the sacramento mountains, New Mexico
Peter M. Brown, Margot W. Kaye, Laurie S. Huckaby, Christopher H. Baisan, 2001, In: Ecoscience
Citations: 70

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