February 2006
dan@cnr.colostate.edu, http://lamar.colostate.edu/~binkley/research.htm
PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS
EDUCATION
BSF, Forest
Management, graduated Magna Cum Laude,
MSc, Forest
Ecology,
PhD, Forest Ecology
with minors in Soil Science and Botany,
EXPERIENCE
Director, Colorado
Forest Restoration Institute,
Director, Graduate
Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, 1994-2006. Responsible for interdisciplinary,
inter-departmental program in ecology.
The program confers MS and PhD degrees in ecology, through broad-based
graduate programs that harness the strengths of faculty in 17 departments. Involves about 100 faculty and 100 graduate
students.
Financial Officer,
Hamakua Hardwoods, Inc. An S-Corp tree
farm in
Professor,
(formerly Assoc. Prof.) of
Assistant Professor
of Forest Ecology and Soils,
Forest Nutritionist, MacMillan Bloedel
Ltd.,
SOCIETIES
Ecological Society of
American Society for the Advancement of
Science
Soil Science Society of
Indian Association of Soil and Water
Conservationists
Sigma Xi
TEACHING
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Ecology (sophomore) |
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Field Ecology
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Forest Ecology
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Silviculture (junior) |
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Principles of Ecosystem Management (senior) |
Ecologic Impacts of Acid Deposition |
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Sustainability of Natural Resources (senior) |
Ecology of S. Appalachian Forests |
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Seminar in Forest Biology and Management (senior) |
"Professor of the Year" award 1986, 1987 |
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Community/Ecosystem Ecology (co-instructor;
graduate) |
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Foundations of Ecology (graduate) |
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Ecophysiology of Trees (graduate) |
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Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems (graduate) |
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Forum on Global Change (graduate) |
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Forum on Biodiversity (graduate) |
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Research Methods (graduate) |
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Awarded "Cermak Outstanding Advisor
Award" 1993, 2005 |
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EDITING
Board of Editors
for Forest Ecology and Management (2003-present)
Board of Editors
for Frontiers in Ecology (2002-2004)
Board of Editors
for Ecosystems (1998-2000)
Board of Editors
for Icoscience (1999-2002)
Board of Editors
for Trees: Structure and Function
(1988-2001)
Board of Editors
for Ecology and Ecological Monographs (1995-1998)
Book Review Editor
for
PROFESSIONAL/
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Hunan Forestry
Department,
Brazil Eucalyptus
Potential Productivity Project; developed a strategy and participated in
implementation of a research network examining controls on growth rates of Eucalyptus
plantations. The BEPP project (http://lamar.colostate.edu/~binkley/Brazileucalyptus.htm)
is a partnership with CSU, the US Forest Service, the
National Council
for Air and Stream Improvement; state-of-knowledge assessment on impacts of
forest practices on water quality in the United States (1992-1993); developed a
state-of-knowledge assessment on impacts of forest fertilization on water
quality in the United States (1997-1998); synthesis on variability in chemistry
of forest streamwater (1999-2001);
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1999, 2000 STAR
fellowship review panel; 1991-1993 member of Environmental Biology Review
Panel; 1991 Chaired review panel for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program--Forests; 1986: Review panel for
Watershed Manipulation Program; 1985: Review panel for Direct/Delayed Response
Program.
Swedish Forest
Research Council; prepared an assessment of the effects of N deposition on
Swedish forests (with Peter H`gberg)(1995-1996).
U.S. Forest
Service, Southern Global Change Program; parameterized the NuCM simulation
model for acidification scenarios for southern pine forests (with Dale Johnson)
(1993-1994).
U.S. National
Science Foundation, Ecosystem Studies Program, 1990: On-site review team for the Hubbard Brook
Long-term Ecological Research project.
Kilkelly
Environmental Associates; prepared state‑of‑the‑science
report on effect of acidic deposition on western conifer forests for submission
by Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) to NAPAP (1988); and USEPA, edited state‑of‑the‑science
volumes on pollution effects on western conifer forests (1988‑1990).
Western Aquatics,
Inc.; Senior Technical Associate, consulting on impacts of power plant location
on ecosystems in Shenandoah National Park, and various other environmental
projects (1990-1992).
U.S. National
Academy of Sciences, Board on Science and Technology in International
Development, 1986, 1987: Advised in the
Philippines on ecologic impacts of management regimes for Benguet pine; 1986,
1988; Served as forest resource specialist, and as Tropical Trees Project
Consultant, in panel review of proposals
from developing countries
Developed and
taught a short course on nutrition management in forestry and agroforestry for
UNFAO in
Visiting Scholar,
provided seminars on forest biogeochemistry for: Eco‑Environmental Centre
of Academia Sinica,
Ripasa S.A. Celulose E Papel, Cia. Suzano de Papel E
Celulose; consulted on nutrition management in fast‑growing Eucalyptus
plantations in
UN Food and
Agriculture Organization; consulting on physiology and nutrition management in
agroforestry;
Environment
GRANTS
Impacts of restoration
treatments on ponderosa and lodgepole pine forests.
Tree impacts on soils. NATO Science Conference,
Ecosystem studies Noatak
National Preserve,
Global change impacts in the
Colorado Rockies Biogeographical Area:
Phase II. (Stohlgren, Baker,
Veblen, Binkley, Pielke and Baron) USGS/BRD $1,300,000, 1999-2004.
Longevity of tree-species
effects on soil fertility and sustainability of second-rotation tropical tree
plantations (Senock, Binkley, Matthews, Powers, and Busse). National Science Foundation $700,000,
1999-2001.
Vital signs in National Parks
(Stohlgren and Binkley) National Parks Conservation Association, $84,500,
2000-2001.
Why does forest
growth decline with stand age? An
experimental test of carbon acquisition and allocation over stand development
(Fownes, Binkley, and Ryan). National
Science Foundation, $1,290,000, 1994-2000.
Watershed research
in the U.S. National Parks (Binkley, Hermann) USGS/BRD $29,000, 1999-2001.
Influence of
nutrient availability on composition and productivity of riparian vegetation
along the Green and
Impacts of high
ungulate populations on nutrient cycling.
USGS/BRD and NPS, $40,000.
1998-1999.
Impacts of changing
climate on
Landscape-GAP
Analysis: a complementary geographic
approach for land managers (Stohlgren, Baker, Singer, and Binkley). National
Biological Service $800,000, 1993-1998.
Status of air
quality impacts in Class I National Parks of the Colorado Plateau
(Binkley). National Park Service,
$77,000, 1995-1996.
Effects of
increased nitrogen deposition on subalpine forest growth (Baron and
Binkley). National Biological Service,
$105,000, 1995-1998.
Simulation model
for predicting response of
Controls on N
availability in Rocky Mountain Forests.
Effects of
Species effects on
long-term nitrogen mineralization from size fractions of soil organic matter
(Scott and Binkley). National Science
Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award, $10,000, 1992-1993.
Long-term patterns
in soil nitrogen availability.
Natural
regeneration in the rehabilitation of abandoned farms in the
On-farm assessment
of agroforestry systems in
Influence of
topography on soil acidity and H+ budgets in an Arctic landscape
(Valentine and Binkley). National
Science Foundation, $110,000, 1988‑1989.
Visiting lecture
series on global change, sustainability, and biodiversity. Laird-Norton Foundation, $36,000, 1988-1990.
H+
budgets in alder/conifer ecosystems:
mechanisms of soil acidification (Binkley and Sollins). National Science Foundation, $250,000, 1985‑1987.
Acid deposition and
biogeochemical cycles of loblolly pine (Binkley and Knoerr). Electric Power Research Institute, $850,000
1985‑1988.
Nitrogen
transformation in soils of the spruce‑fir ecosystem (Binkley and
Wells). Spruce‑fir Research
Cooperative, $87,200, 1985‑1987.
Impacts of sulfate
and nitrogen on Southern forest soils‑‑an assessment (Binkley,
Driscoll, Allen and Schoeneberger).
Southern
Natural abundance
of 15N as a tracer of biologically‑fixed nitrogen (Binkley and
Sollins). National Science Foundation, $31,000, 1982‑1983.
BOOKS
Binkley, D., and O.
Menyailo (eds). 2005. Tree Species Effects on Soils: Implications for Global Change. NATO Science Series, Springer,
Shepperd, W.D., D.
Binkley, D. Bartos, T.J. Stohlgren, and L.G. Eskew (eds). 2001. Sustaining
Fisher, R.F., and
D. Binkley. 2000. Ecology and Management of
Binkley, D., C.
Giardina,
Binkley, D., and T.
Brown. 1993. Effects of forest and range management on
water quality.
Olson, R., D.
Binkley, and M. B`hm (eds.).
1992. The Response of Western
Forests to Air Pollution. Springer‑Verlag,
Binkley, D., C.
Driscoll, H.L. Allen, P. Schoeneberger, and D. McAvoy. 1989. Acidic
Deposition and Forest Soils: Context and
Case Studies in the
Binkley, D.
Kimmins, J.P., D.
Binkley, L. Chaatarpaul, and J.B. DeCatanzaro.
1985. Whole‑tree harvest‑‑nutrient
relationships: a bibliography. Information Report PI‑X‑60 E/F, Canadian Forestry
Service, Petawawa National Forestry Institute,
Kimmins, J.P., D.
Binkley, L. Chatarpaul, and J. DeCatanzaro.
1985. Biogeochemistry of
temperate forest ecosystems: literature
on inventories and dynamics of biomass and nutrients. Information Report PI‑X‑47
E/F, Canadian Forestry Service, Petawawa National Forestry Institute,
JOURNAL
PUBLICATIONS
Binkley, D., J.L.
Högberg, P., H.B.
Fan, M. Quist, D. Binkley, and C.O. Tamm. 2006. Tree
growth and soil acidification in response to 30 years of experimental nitrogen
loading on boreal forest. Oecologia, in press.
Uowolo, A.L., D.
Binkley, and E.C.
Kaye, M.W., D. Binkley, and T.J. Stohlgren. 2005.
Long-term impacts of conifer invasion and elk browsing on quaking aspen
forests in the central Rocky Mountains, USA.
Ecological Applications 15:1284-1295.
Boyden, S., D. Binkley, and R. Senock. 2005. Competition and facilitation between Eucalyptus and nitrogen-fixing Falcataria
in relation to soil fertility. Ecology 86:992-1001.
Binkley, D., C.S. White, and J.R. Gosz. 2004. Tree
biomass and net increment in an old aspen forest in
Binkley, D., G.G. Ice, J. Kaye, and
Binkley, D., J. Kaye, M. Barry, and M.G. Ryan. 2004.
First rotation changes in soil carbon and nitrogen in a Eucalyptus plantation in
Binkley, J.L.
Adams, M.A., P. Ineson, D. Binkley, G. Cadisch, N. Tokuchi,
M. Scholes, K. Hicks, and M. Chadwick.
2004. Soil functional responses
to excess N inputs at global scales. Ambio 33:530-536.
Stape, J.L., D. Binkley, M.G. Ryan, and A.N. Gomes. 2004.
Water use, water limitation, and water use efficiency in a Eucalyptus plantation. Bosque 25:35-41.
Giardina, G.P., D. Binkley, M.G. Ryan, and J.H.
Ryan, M.G., D. Binkley, J. Fownes, C. Giardina, and R.
Senock. 2004. An experimental test of
the causes of age-related decline in forest growth. Ecological
Monographs 74:393-414.
Schoenecker, K.A., F.J. Singer, L.C. Zeigenfuss, D. Binkley,
and R.S.C. Menezes. 2004. Effects of elk
herbivory on vegetation and nitrogen processes.
Journal of Wildlife Management 68:835-847.
Adair, E.C., D. Binkley, and D.C. Andersen. 2004. Nitrogen accumulation and supply in
riparian floodplain ecosystems along the Green and
Binkley, D. 2003. Seven decades of stand development in mixed
and pure stands of conifers and nitrogen-fixing red alder. Canadian
Journal of
Binkley, D., R. Senock, S. Bird, and T. Cole. 2003. Twenty years of stand development
in pure and mixed stands of Eucalyptus saligna and nitrogen-fixing Falcataria
mollucana.
Binkley, D., R. Senock, and K. Cromack, Jr. 2003.
Phosphorus limitation on nitrogen fixation by Falcataria seedlings.
Binkley, D., F. Singer, M. Kaye, and R. Rochelle. 2003. Influence of elk grazing on soil
properties in
Binkley, D., U. Olsson, R. Rochelle, T. Stohlgren, and N.
Nikolov. 2003. Structure, production and resource use in
old-growth spruce/fir forests in the central Rocky Mountains,
Kaye, M.W., T.J. Stohlgren, and D. Binkley. 2003. Aspen
structure and variability in
Giardina, C., M.G. Ryan, D. Binkley, and J.
Yanai, R.D., S.V. Stehman, M.A. Arthur, C.E. Prescott, A.J.
Friedland, T.G. Siccama, and D. Binkley.
2003. Detecting change in forest
floor carbon. Soil Science Society of
Ice, G., and D. Binkley. 2003. Variations in forest streamwater
concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P): implications of EPA’s
proposed water quality criteria for nutrients.
Journal of Forestry 101:21-28.
Kaye, J., D. Binkley, and C. Rhoades. 2003.
Non-labile soil nitrogen accumulation and flexible organic matter
stoichiometry during primary floodplain succession. Biogeochemistry 63:1-22.
Binkley, D. 2002. Ten-year
decomposition in a loblolly pine forest. Canadian Journal of
Binkley, D., J.L. Stape, M.G. Ryan, H. Barnard, and J.
Fownes. 2002. Age-related decline in
forest ecosystem growth: an
individual-tree, stand-structure hypothesis.
Ecosystems 5:58-67.
Adair, E.C., and D. Binkley.
2002. Co-limitation of first year
Kaye, J., D. Binkley, X. Zou, and J. Parrotta. 2002.
Non-labile 15Nitrogen retention beneath three tree species in
a subtropical plantation. Soil
Science Society of
Resh, S., D. Binkley, and J. Parrotta. 2002.
Greater soil carbon sequestration under nitrogen-fixing trees compared
with Eucalyptus species. Ecosystems 5:217-231.
Augusto, L., J.
Ranger, D. Binkley, and A. Rothe.
2002. Impact of several common
tree species of European temperate forests on soil fertility. Annals of
Rhoades, C., H. Oskarsson, D.
Binkley, and B. Stottlemyer. 2001. Alder (Alnus crispa) effects on soils
in ecosystems of the
Rothe, A., and D. Binkley. 2001. Nutritional interactions in
mixed species forests. Canadian
Journal of
Giardina, C., M. Ryan, R. Hubbard, and D. Binkley. 2001.
Tree species effects on carbon and nitrogen mineralization in
Binkley, D., Y. Son, and D. Valentine. 2000.
Do forests receive occult inputs of nitrogen? Ecosystems 3:321-331.
Binkley, D., C. Giardina, and M. Bashkin. 2000. Soil phosphorus pools and supply under the
influence of Eucalyptus saligna and nitrogen-fixing Albizia falcataria.
Suarez, F., D. Binkley, M.W. Kaye, and R. Stottlemyer. 1999.
Expansion of forest stands into tundra in the Noatak National Preserve,
Binkley, D., H. Burnham, and H.L. Allen. 1999.
Water quality impacts of forest fertilization.
Suzuki, K., H. Suzuki, D. Binkley, and T. Stohlgren. 1999.
Aspen regeneration in the Colorado Front Range: differences at local and landscape scales. Landscape
Ecology 14:231-237.
Binkley, D., and S. Resh.
1999. Rapid changes in soils
following Eucalyptus afforestation in
Stohlgren, T., D. Binkley, G. Chong, M.A. Kalkhan, L.D.
Schell, K.A. Bull, Y. Otsuki, G. Newman, M. Bashkin, and Y. Son. 1999.
Exotic plant species invade hotspots of native plant diversity. Ecological
Monographs 69:25-46.
Stohlgren, T., R.R. Bachand, Y. Onami, and D. Binkley. 1998.
Species-environment relationships and vegetation patterns: effects of spatial scale and tree
life-stages. Plant Ecology 135:215-228.
Binkley, D., and M. Ryan.
1998. Net primary production and
nutrient cycling in replicated stands of Eucalyptus saligna and Albizia
falcataria.
Olsson, U., D. Binkley, and F.W. Smith. 1998.
Nitrogen supply, nitrogen use, and production in an age sequence of
lodgepole pine.
Pastor, J., and D. Binkley.
1998. Nitrogen fixation and the
mass balance of nitrogen in ecosystems. Biogeochemistry 43:63-78.
Binkley, D., and C. Giardina. 1998.
Why trees affect soils in temperate and tropical forests: the warp and
woof of tree/soil interactions. Biogeochemistry 42:89-106.
Bashkin, M.A., and D. Binkley. 1998.
Changes in soil carbon following afforestation in
Binkley, D., F. Suarez, R. Stottlemyer, and B.
Caldwell. 1997. Ecosystem development on terraces along the
Binkley, D., and P. H`gberg. 1997. Does atmospheric deposition of acidity and
nitrogen threaten Swedish forests?
Hart, S.C., D. Binkley, and D. Perry. 1997.
Influence of red alder on soil nitrogen transformations in conifer
forests of contrasting productivity. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 29:1111-1123.
Scott, N., and D. Binkley.
1997. Litter quality and annual
net N mineralization: comparisons across
sites and species. Oecologia
111(2):151-159.
Ryan, M.G., D. Binkley, and J.H. Fownes. 1997.
Age-related decline in forest productivity: pattern and process. Advances in Ecological Research 27:
213-262.
Stohlgren, T.J., M.B. Coughenour, G.W. Chong, D. Binkley,
M.A. Kalkhan, L.D. Schell, D.J. Buckley, and J.K. Berry. 1997. Landscape analysis of plant diversity. Landscape Ecology 12:155-170.
Binkley, D.
1997. Bioassays of the influence
of Eucalyptus saligna and Albizia falcataria on soil nutrient
supply and limitation.
Rhoades, C., and D. Binkley.
1996. Factors influencing decline
in soil pH in Hawaiian Eucalyptus and Albizia plantations.
Huang, J.H., J. Baron, and D. Binkley. 1996.
The contribution of wetlands to stream nitrogen load in the Loch Vale
Ewers, B., D. Binkley, and M. Bashkin. 1996. Influence of adjacent stand on spatial
patterns of carbon and nitrogen in Eucalyptus and Albizia
plantations. Canadian Journal of
Binkley, D., F.W. Smith, and Y. Son. 1995.
Nutrient supply and limitation in an age-sequence of lodgepole pine in
southeastern