Laura Leites
Associate Research Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology

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0312 Forest Resources
University Park, PA - lpl3@psu.edu
- 814-865-4244
Research Summary
Adaptation to climate in forest trees, seed movement under a changing climate, forest ecosystem modeling.
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Publication Tags
Climate Climate Change Provenance Cold Tolerance Pseudotsuga Menziesii Modeling Test Temperature Cline Pinus Ponderosa Land Use Genotype Reforestation Growth Response Testing Population Genetics Seed Forest Inventory Seeds Attribute North America Habitat Analysis Eastern United States PineMost Recent Papers
Ecological analysis of intraspecific variability of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) under climate change by combining provenance and demographic data
Anantha Prasad, Laura Leites, 2022, Landscape Ecology on p. 109-128
Cost implications of cluster plot design choices for precise estimation of forest attributes in landscapes and forests of varying heterogeneity
Andrew J. Lister, Laura P. Leites, 2022, Canadian Journal of Forest Research on p. 188-200
Uncertainty in the modelled mortality of two tree species (Fraxinus) under novel climatic regimes
Kim C. Steiner, Lake E. Graboski, Jennifer L. Berkebile, Songlin Fei, Laura P. Leites, 2021, Diversity and Distributions on p. 1449-1461
Ecological genetics of Juglans nigra
Lauren Onofrio, Gary Hawley, Laura P. Leites, 2021, Ecology and Evolution on p. 7399-7410
Designing plots for precise estimation of forest attributes in landscapes and forests of varying heterogeneity
Andrew J. Lister, Laura P. Leites, 2021, Canadian Journal of Forest Research on p. 1569-1578
The importance of land-use legacies for modeling present-day species distributions
Xin Chen, Laura Leites, 2020, Landscape Ecology on p. 2759-2775
Patchy landscapes support more plant diversity and ecosystem services than wood grasslands in Mediterranean silvopastoral agroforestry systems
Simonetta Bagella, Maria Carmela Caria, Giovanna Seddaiu, Laura Leites, Pier Paolo Roggero, 2020, Agricultural Systems
New Seed-Collection Zones for the Eastern United States: The Eastern Seed Zone Forum
Carolyn Pike, Kevin M. Potter, Paul Berrang, Barbara Crane, Joanne Baggs, Laura Leites, Tom Luther, 2020, Journal of Forestry on p. 444-451
Adaptation to climate in five eastern North America broadleaf deciduous species: Growth clines and evidence of the growth-cold tolerance trade-off
Laura P. Leites, Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Kim C. Steiner, 2019, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics on p. 64-72
Insights on the use of decision-support tools to sustain forest ecosystems from a case study in Pennsylvania, USA
Joshua Rittenhouse, Laura Leites, Kelly Derham, Scott Miller, 2018, Journal of Forestry on p. 391-395
Most-Cited Papers
Height-growth response to climatic changes differs among populations of Douglas-fir
Laura P. Leites, Andrew P. Robinson, Gerald E. Rehfeldt, John D. Marshall, Nicholas L. Crookston, 2012, Ecological Applications on p. 154-165
Comparative genetic responses to climate for the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: Realized climate niches
Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Barry C. Jaquish, Javier López-Upton, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, J. Bradley St Clair, Laura P. Leites, Dennis G. Joyce, 2014, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 126-137
Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of pinus ponderosa and pseudotsuga menziesii: Reforestation
Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Barry C. Jaquish, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Dennis G. Joyce, Laura P. Leites, J. Bradley St Clair, Javier López-Upton, 2014, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 147-157
Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: Clines in growth potential
Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Laura P. Leites, J. Bradley St Clair, Barry C. Jaquish, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Javier López-Upton, Dennis G. Joyce, 2014, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 138-146
Possibilities and limitations of using historic provenance tests to infer forest species growth responses to climate change
Laura P. Leites, Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Andrew P. Robinson, Nicholas L. Crookston, Barry Jaquish, 2012, Natural Resource Modelling on p. 409-433
Role of population genetics in guiding ecological responses to climate
Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Laura P. Leites, Dennis G. Joyce, Aaron R. Weiskittel, 2018, Global Change Biology on p. 858-868
Adaptation to climate in five eastern North America broadleaf deciduous species: Growth clines and evidence of the growth-cold tolerance trade-off
Laura P. Leites, Gerald E. Rehfeldt, Kim C. Steiner, 2019, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics on p. 64-72
Modeling mensurational relationships of plantation-grown loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) in Uruguay
Laura P. Leites, Ane Zubizarreta-Gerendiain, Andrew P. Robinson, 2013, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 455-462
New Seed-Collection Zones for the Eastern United States: The Eastern Seed Zone Forum
Carolyn Pike, Kevin M. Potter, Paul Berrang, Barbara Crane, Joanne Baggs, Laura Leites, Tom Luther, 2020, Journal of Forestry on p. 444-451
Estimating Canopy Height of Deciduous Forests at a Regional Scale with Leaf-Off, Low Point Density LiDAR
K. M. Brubaker, S. E. Johnson, J. Brinks, L. P. Leites, 2014, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing on p. 123-134