Yvette Dickinson

Contact

yldickin@mtu.edu
906-487-2387
Noblet Building 170

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University
M.Sc.(Hons), Environmental Science, University of Canterbury
B.For.Sc.(Hons), University of Canterbury

Biography

My passion is the sustainable management of our forest resources. My work navigates the intersection of ecology and forest management through researching and teaching silviculture. I am interested in applying forest ecology knowledge to the management of our forests for a wide variety of values, including (but not limited to): aesthetics, wildlife habitat, mitigating fire hazard, conservation, and timber production.

When not working to ensure the health of our forests, I am out there enjoying them as a hiker, kayaker, and fly fisherman.

Links of Interest

Dickinson Faculty Webpage

Specialties

Applied forest ecology and silviculture
Stand- and landscape-scale forest structure
Forest restoration

Recent Publications

Hupperts, S. F.*, Webster, C. R., Froese, R. E., Lilleskov, E., Marcarelli, A. and Dickinson, Y.L. (2020) Increasing ground-layer plant taxonomic diversity masks declining phylogenetic diversity along a silvicultural disturbance gradient. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
Hupperts, S. F.*, Webster, C. R., Froese, R. E., and Dickinson, Y.L. (2020). Seedling and sapling recruitment following novel silvicultural treatments in Great Lakes northern hardwoods. Forest Ecology and Management 462: 117983.
Vickers, L.A., McWilliams, W.H., Knapp, B.O., D’Amato, A.W., Dey, D.C., Dickinson, Y.L., Kabrick, J.M., Kenefic, L.S., Royo, A.A., Saunders, M.R., Shifley, S.R. and Westfall, M.R., (2019) Are current seedling demographics poised to regenerate northern US forests? Journal of Forestry fvz046: 1–21
Dickinson, Y.L., Battaglia, M.A. and Asherin, L. (2019) Evaluation of the GENGYM diameter growth model and potential modifications in structurally-complex ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson) forests. Journal of Forest Ecology 448: 1–10
Dickinson, Y.L., Wang, X., Wiedenbeck, J. and Ross, R.J. (2019) Effects of silvicultural practices on engineering properties of northern hardwood species of the Great Lakes region — A Literature Review. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-269. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 17p.
Addington, R.N., Aplet, G.H., Battaglia, M.A., Briggs, J.S., Brown, P.M., Cheng, T.S., Dickinson, Y., Feinstein, J.A., Fornwalt, P.J., Gannon, B., Julian, C., Pelz, K.A., Regan, C.M., Thinnes, J., Truex, R., Underhill, J. and Wolk, B. (2018) Principles and practices for the restoration of ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forests of the Colorado Front Range.Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-372. Ft Collins, CO. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 121p.
Fahey, R.T., Alveshere, B., Burton, J.I., D’Amato, A., Dickinson, Y.L., Keeton, W.S., Kern, C.C., Larson, A.J., Palik, B.J., Puettmann, K.J., Saunders, M.R., Webster, C.R., Atkins, J.W., Gough. C.M., Hardiman, B.S. (2018) Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management. 421:59–71

Research Projects

Novel timber production systems to protect productivity and sustainability of Northern Hardwoods in the North-Central region (US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational Program, 2017 – 2022)
Effect of silvicultural practices on the physical and mechanical properties of Lake States Hardwoods (US Forest Service Forest Products Lab, 2017 – 2019)
Evaluation of Strip-Clearcutting on Northern Hardwoods to Regenerate Hard Maple (American Forest Management Inc., 2016-2017)
Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU: Beech Reintroduction at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Park Service, 2016-2021)
Ensuring salvaged, beetle-killed trees are utilized for the highest and best use through the application of new technologies (2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity, US Forest Service, 2016 – 2019)