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Grant M. Domke
Title: Research Forester
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Address: NRS
1192 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-649-5138
E-mail: Contact Grant M. Domke
Education
- University of Minnesota, Ph.D. Quantitative Silviculture, 2010
- University of Toronto, M.S. Applied Forest Ecology, 2005
- UW-Stevens Point, B.S. Forestry and Biology, 2003
Civic & Professional Affiliations
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, UMN Department of Forest Resources
- Society of American Foresters
- American Geophysical Union
Current Research
Carbon Accounting - This work involves refining volume-biomass-carbon estimation methods for live and standing dead trees, developing empirical approaches for (currently) modeled forest carbon attributes, and documenting procedural changes in forest carbon accounting within the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program.
Resource Assessment - I provide forest carbon summaries to state analysts across the 24-state northern region of the FIA program for use in 5-year reports.
Forest Management Modeling - I continue to work on the development and refinement of the Forest Age Class Change Simulator (FACCS), which is a spreadsheet-based decision support tool designed to estimate forest biomass and carbon stocks under a variety of user-defined management scenarios. This tool was developed around publicly available data found in the FIA DataMart.
Ecosystem Health - I am using FIA data, along with drought indices and other environmental metrics, to examine potential linkages between regional tree dieback and decline across the U.S. The objective of this work is to inform regional silvicultural strategies aimed at mitigating the effects of natural and anthropogenic stress factors on forest ecosystems.
Why is This Important
Forest ecosystems represent the largest terrestrial carbon sink on earth and provide myriad goods and services to society. Improving our understanding of forest biomass and carbon stocks will provide Forest Service customers and clients with a better picture of the forest resource, allowing them to make more informed management decisions.
Future Research
Carbon management - I plan to compare carbon sequestration potential of short- and long-lived tree species along with the carbon fate of associated forest products to assess management options for carbon storage.
Gap dynamics - I plan to build on previous work assessing tree regeneration and recruitment across a continuum of forest canopy gap sizes in northern forests.
Featured Publications
- Domke, Grant M.; Becker, Dennis R.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Ek, Alan R.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2012. Carbon emissions associated with the procurement and utilization of forest harvest residues for energy, northern Minnesota, USA. Biomass and Bioenergy. 36: 141-150.
- Woodall, Chistopher W.; Domke, Grant M.; MacFarlane, David W.; Oswalt, Christopher M. 2012. Comparing field- and model-based standing dead tree carbon stock estimates across forests of the US. Forestry. 85(1): 125-133.
- Domke, Grant M.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Smith, James E.; Westfall, James A.; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2012. Consequences of alternative tree-level biomass estimation procedures on U.S. forest carbon stock estimates. Forest Ecology and Management. 270(15): 108-116.
- Lister, Tonya W.; Gladders, Glenn; Barnett, Charles J.; Brand, Gary J.; Butler, Brett J.; Crocker, Susan J.; Domke, Grant M.; Griffith, Douglas M.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Lister, Andrew J.; Morin, Randall S.; Moser, W. Keith; Nelson, Mark D.; Perry, Charles H.; Piva, Ronald J.; Riemann, Rachel; Woodall, Christopher W. 2012. Delaware's Forests 2008. Resour. Bull. NRS-62. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 56 p. [DVD included].
- Widmann, Richard H.; Crawford, Sloane; Barnett, Charles; Butler, Brett J.; Domke, Grant M.; Griffith, Douglas M.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Lister, Tonya W.; Morin, Randall S.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles H.; Riemann, Rachel; Woodall, Christopher W. 2012. New York's Forests 2007. New York's Forests 2007. Resour. Bull. NRS-65. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 64 p. [DVD included].
Additional Online Publications
- Domke, Grant M.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Smith, James E. 2011. Accounting for density reduction and structural loss in standing dead trees: Implications for forest biomass and carbon stock estimates in the United States. Carbon Balance and Management. 6:14. [11 p.]
- Domke, Grant M.; David, Andrew J.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Ek, Alan R.; Wycoff, Gary W. 2011. Hybrid Aspen Response to Shearing in Minnesota: Implications for Biomass Production. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. Volume 28, Issue 3, pages 117-122
- Nelson, Mark D.; Brewer, Matt; Woodall, Christopher W.; Perry, Charles H.; Domke, Grant M.; Piva, Ronald J.; Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Moser, W. Keith; Lister, Tonya W.; Butler, Brett J.; Meneguzzo, Dacia M.; Miles, Patrick D.; Barnett, Charles J.; Gormanson, Dale. 2011. Iowa's Forests 2008. Resour. Bull. NRS-52. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 48 p. [DVD included].
- Lister, T.W.; Perdue, J.L.; Barnett, C.J.; Butler, B.J.; Crocker, S.J.; Domke, G.M.; Griffith, D.; Hatfield, M.A.; Kurtz, C.M.; Lister, A.J.; Morin, R.S.; Moser, W.K.; Nelson, M.D.; Perry, C.H.; Piva, R.J.; Riemann, R.; Widmann, R.; Woodall, C.W. 2011. Maryland's Forests 2008. Resour. Bull. NRS-58. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 60 p. [DVD included].
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Heath, Linda S.; Domke, Grant M.; Nichols, Michael C. 2011. Methods and equations for estimating aboveground volume, biomass, and carbon for trees in the U.S. forest inventory, 2010. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-88. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 30 p.
- Morin, Randall S.; Barnett, Chuck J.; Brand, Gary J.; Butler, Brett J.; Domke, Grant M.; Francher, Susan; Hansen, Mark H.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles H.; Piva, Ron; Riemann, Rachel; Woodall, Chris W. 2011. New Hampshire's Forests 2007. Resour. Bull. NRS-53. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 56 p. [DVD included].
- Crocker, Susan J.; Nelson, Mark D.; Barnett, Charles J.; Brand, Gary J.; Butler, Brett J.; Domke, Grant M.; Hansen, Mark H.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Lister, Tonya W.; Meneguzzo, Dacia M.; Perry, Charles H.; Piva, Ronald J.; Wilson, Barry T.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Zipse, Bill. 2011. New Jersey's forests, 2008. Resour. Bull. NRS-59. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 52 p. [DVD included].
- Butler, Brett J.; Barnett, Charles J.; Crocker, Susan J.; Domke, Grant M.; Gormanson, Dale ; Hill, William N.; Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Lister, Tonya; Martin, Christopher; Miles, Patrick D.; Morin, Randall; Moser, W. Keith; Nelson, Mark D.; O'Connell, Barbara; Payton, Bruce; Perry, Charles H.; Piva, Ronald J.; Riemann, Rachel; Woodall, Christopher W. 2011. The Forests of Southern New England, 2007: A report on the forest resources of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Resour. Bull. NRS-55. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 48 p. [DVD included].
- Domke, Grant M.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; David , Andrew J.; Ek, Alan R. 2008. Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration. In: Zalesny, Ronald S., Jr.; Mitchell, Rob; Richardson, Jim, eds. Biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts from sustainable agricultural and forest crops: proceedings of the short rotation crops international conference; 2008 August 19-20; Bloomington, MN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-31. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 11.
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