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JONATHAN ROBERT THOMPSON
Curriculum vitae
(November, 2011)
Current Appointments:
Research Ecologist:
Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA 22630
email: thompsonjr@si.edu | office: 540.635.6580 | fax: 540.635.6506
Research Assistant Professor:
University of Virginia, Environmental Science Department, Clark Hall, 291 McCormick Road,
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Research Associate:
Harvard University, Harvard Forest, 324 Main Street, Petersham, MA 01366
Education:
Ph.D. in Forest Ecology, Dept. of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas A. Spies (completed May 2008)
M.S. in Forest Policy, Dept. of Forest Resources, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Major Professor: Dr. K. Norman Johnson (completed June 2004)
B.S. in Natural Resource Management with a Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation minor;
University of Massachusetts at Amherst: (completed January 1999)
Høgskolen i Telemark, Bø, Norway: Interdisciplinary multi-national environmental studies
semester (August to December 1998)
Previous Positions Held:
Bullard Fellow, Harvard Forest, Harvard University (July 2008 – October 2009,)
Freelance Science Writer under contract with the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station, Corvallis Oregon (October 2004 – October 2009)
Research Assistant – Biscuit Fire Retrospective Study, Dept. of Forest Science, Oregon State
University, Corvallis Oregon (July 2004 – July 2008)
Research Assistant, Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling Study, Department of Forest
Resources, Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon (January 2002 – June 2004)
Teaching Experience:
“An Introduction to Data Analysis and Graphing in R” An Eight-hour Intensive Course.
Westfield State University. Westfield MA. (January 2011)
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“Point Pattern analysis and Autoregressive Models” A half-day module in the course:
“Experimental Design and Ecological Data Analysis” at George Mason University. (August
2010)
“An Introduction to Data analysis in R” & “An Introduction to Spatial Statistics in R” Two halfday
modules in the class: “Advanced Conservation GIS & Remote Sensing” taught at the
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (May 2010)
“Advanced Aerial Photography & Remote Sensing” FOR420/520, Lead Instructor: Oregon State
University, Dept. of Forest Resources (January 2008 to June 2008)
“Forest Policy Analysis” FOR 521 Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, Dept. of Forest
Resources (January to June 2006 and 2007)
Publications:
Thompson, J. R., A. Wiek, F. Swanson, S. Carpenter, N. Fresco, T. Hollingsworth, T. Spies, D. R.
Foster. Scenario studies as a synthetic and integrative research activity for long term ecological
research. BioScience. In Press.
Orwig, D., J. R. Thompson, N. Povak, M. Manner, D. Niebyl, D. R. Foster. A foundation tree at the
precipice: Tsuga canadensis health following the arrival of Adelges tsugae in central New
England. Ecosphere. In Press.
Bain, D.B., M. Green, J. Campbell, S. Chamblee, S. Chaoka, J. Fraterrigo, S. Kaushal, S. Martin, T.
Jordan, T. Parolari, B. Sobczak, D. Weller, W. Wollheim, E. Boose, J. Duncan, G. Gettel, B.
Hall, P. Kumar, J. R. Thompson, J. Vose, E. Elliott, D. Leigh. Legacies in material flux:
Structural changes before long-term studies. BioScience. In Press.
Thompson J. R., D.R. Foster, R. Scheller and D. B. Kittredge. 2011. The influence of land use and
climate change on forest biomass and composition in Massachusetts, USA. Ecological
Applications. 21 (7) 2425-2444.
Thompson J. R., T. A. Spies, and K. Olsen. 2011. Canopy damage to conifer plantations within a mixedseverity
wildfire varies with stand age. Forest Ecology and Management. 262:355-360.
Halofsky J., D. Donato, D. Hibbs, .L. Campbell, M. Donaghy Cannon, J.B. Fontaine, J.R. Thompson,
R.G. Anthony, B.T. Bormann, L.J. Kayes, B.E. Law, D.L. Peterson, and T.A. Spies. 2011.
Mixed Severity Fire Regimes: Lessons from the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion. Ecosphere. 2(40)
Thompson J. R. and T. A. Spies. 2010. Factors associated with crown damage following recurring
mixed-severity wildfires and post-fire management. Landscape Ecology. 25:775-789
Foster, D. R., B. Donahue, D. B. Kittredge, K. Fallon-Lambert, M. Hunter, B. Hall, L. C. Irland, R. J.
Lilieholm, D. Orwig, A. D'Amato, E. Colburn, J. R. Thompson, J. N. Levitt, A. Ellison, W. S.
Keeton, J. Aber, C. Cogbill, C. T. Driscoll, T. J. Fahey, and C. M. Hart. 2010. Wildland and
Woodlands: A Forest Vision for New England. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA.
ISBN: 978-1-4507-0603-250500
Thompson J. R. and T. A. Spies. 2009. Vegetation and weather explain variation in crown
damage in a large mixed-severity wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management. 258:1684-1694.
Thompson J. R., S. Duncan, K. N. Johnson 2009. Is there potential for the historical range of
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variability to guide conservation given the social range of variability? Ecology and Society.
14(1): 18
Thompson J. R. 2009. Salvaging what, exactly? (Book Review) Conservation Biology.
Thompson J. R., T.A. Spies, and L.M. Ganio. 2007. Reburn severity in managed and unmanaged
vegetation in a large wildfire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:10743-
10748.
Thompson J.R., K.N. Johnson, M. Lennette, T. Spies, P. Bettenger. 2006. Historical disturbance
regimes as a reference for forest policy in a multi-owner province: A simulation experiment
Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36(2):401-417.
Duncan S. and J.R. Thompson 2006. Forest plans and ad hoc scientist groups in the 1990s: Coping with
the Forest Service viability clause Forest Policy and Economics 9:32-41
Shelby B., J.R. Thompson, M. Brunson, and R. Johnson. 2005. A decade of recreation ratings for six
silviculture treatments in Western Oregon. The Journal of Environmental Management 75:239-
246.
Thompson J.R., M. Anderson, and K. N. Johnson. 2004. Ecosystem management across ownerships:
The potential for collision with antitrust laws. Conservation Biology 18(6):1475-1481.
Shelby B., J.R. Thompson, M. Brunson, and R. Johnson. 2004. Changes in scenic quality after
harvest: - A decade of ratings for six silviculture treatments. Journal of Forestry 101:30-35.
Research Grants:
Grants:
In Review NSF, Ecosystems; “Cascading impacts of climate change on fire regimes and forest
succession and carbon in the Klamath ecoregion” Co-PI with R. Scheller, Portland State
U.; J. L. Campbell, Oregon State U.; and T. A. Spies, USDA Forest Service.
Amount requested: $850,000, Thompson’s portion $120,000
2011 - 2012 NSF; “Future scenarios of forest change in Massachusetts” Co-PI with D. R. Foster and
K. Lambert, Harvard U.
$46,000
2011 - 2012 Smithsonian Institution, Scholarly Studies Program; “Estimating the carbon storage
potential of Mid-Atlantic forests based on remnant old-growth sites” PI
$66,700
2010 - 2011 NSF, Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) supplemental; “Landscape vulnerability
and resilience to global change – Regional scenario analysis across LTER sites” Co-PI
with D. R. Foster of Harvard
$49,600
2010 Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory (SIGEO); “Herbivory effects on
overstory tree growth – A dendrochonological approach” Co-PI with W. McShea and N.
Bourg, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
$24,000
2009-2011 NSF, RAPID; “Ecological patterns and consequences of catastrophic mortality of a
foundation species due to abrupt climatic and biotic stresses” Co-PIs with D. R. Foster,
D. Orwig, A. Ellison, W. Oswald, and A. Barker, Harvard U.
$99,532
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2009 NSF, Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) workshop grant; "Future scenarios of
land use and climate change" Co-PI with D. R. Foster, Harvard U.
$30,000
Service:
Subject Matter Editor for: ESA Ecosphere.
Ad Hoc Subject Matter Editor for: Ecological Monographs
Peer Reviewer for: PNAS; Ecological Modeling; Remote Sensing of Environment; Environmental
Management; PLOS-One; Landscape Ecology; Canadian Journal of Forest Research; Journal
of Forestry; Conservation Biology; Ecology and Society; Northern J. of Applied Forestry.
Proposal Reviewer: National Science Foundation; Smithsonian Fellowship Program.
Faculty Associate: National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program
Elected member of the town of New Salem, Massachusetts’ Planning Commission; Served at Secretary
and Chair.
Invited Abstracts & Presentations:
Thompson J. R. “The historical range of variability and as a landscape scale restoration target”
University of Virginia, Restoration Ecology Class Guest Lecture (4/11)
Thompson J. R. “The past, present and future of future scenarios in LTER” Harvard Forest Annual
Ecology Symposium (3/11)
Thompson J. R. “Simulating impacts of climate change, rural development, and timber harvests on
future forest biomass in Massachusetts, USA” The “Tupper Talk” at the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute, Panama City, Panama. (2/11)
Thompson J. R. “Simulating land use and climate change impacts on forest biomass and biodiversity”
Appalachian Lab; University of Maryland, Frostburg, MD (2/11)
Thompson J. R. “Simulating impacts of climate change, rural development, and timber harvests on
future forest biomass in Massachusetts, USA” Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Edgewater MD (2/11)
Thompson J. R. “A large ecological and political disturbance in the forests of Oregon” George Mason
University/ Smithsonian Semester, Front Royal VA (1/11)
Thompson J. R. “Simulating Carbon Dynamics at Regional Scales” George Mason University/
Smithsonian Semester, Front Royal VA (4/10)
Thompson J.R. “Integrating Ex-Urban Development into a Landscape Forest Succession and
Disturbance Model” LANDIS-II Users Conference. Madison WI (3/10)
Thompson J.R. “Vulnerability and resilience to landscape change” Long Term Ecological Research
(LTER) All Scientist’s Meeting. Estes Park CO (10/09)
Thompson J. R. and D.B. Kittredge. “Scenarios of Future Landscape Change in New England” Hubbard
Brook Annual Meeting North Woodstock, NH (7/09)
Thompson J. R. “Forest carbon futures in Massachusetts” Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium.
Petersham, MA. (6/09)
Thompson J. R. “The Oregon Biscuit Fire: A large ecological and political disturbance” Westfield State
College Distinguished Lecture Series. Westfield MA (5/09)
Thompson J. R. “Simulating scenarios of landscape change.” Clark University Departmental Seminar.
Worchester, MA. (5/09)
Thompson J.R. “Re-burn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire” The
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Scientific Foundations of Post-fire Policy: New Findings New Ideas. Corvallis, OR. (3/08)
Thompson J.R. and K. Olsen “Mapping wildfire severity: Digital aerial photography versus Landsat
dNBR” Oregon Remote Sensing Workshop. Corvallis, OR. (2/07)
Thompson J.R. and T. A. Spies. “Biscuit Fire severity in ten to fifteen year-old salvage units” Third
International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. San Diego, CA. (11/06)
Thompson J.R. “Accounting for spatial autocorrelation and confounding variables in a remote
sensing study of burn severity.” OSU College of Forestry, Spatial Data Management Group
Meeting. Corvallis, OR. (9/06)
Thompson J.R. “Using the historic range of variability in an uncertain future: A search for utility in
the Oregon Coast Range” Future Range of Variability Symposium. Corvallis, OR (6/06)
Thompson J.R. and T.A. Spies “Analysis of the Biscuit Fire severity mosaic in a recently burned and
logged landscape” National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry: Forest Disturbance
Management and Biodiversity Symposium. Denver, CO. (5/06)
Thompson J.R. and T.A. Spies “Did the severity mosaic left by the 1987 Silver Fire influence the
Biscuit Fire?” Invited Oral Presentation. Southwestern Oregon Wildfire Research Symposium.
Gold Beach Resort, Gold Beach, OR. (2/06)
Shelby B. and J.R. Thompson “Changes in scenic and recreation quality a decade after timber
harvest” Managing Forest Viewscapes: A Conference sponsored by the Canadian Forest Service
and The University of British Columbia. Kamloops, British Columbia. (3/05)
Thompson J.R. “The application of the natural range of variability on mixed ownerships” Forest
Service symposium: Using Past Ecological Conditions in Resource Planning: Status of the
Science and Application Experience. Corvallis, OR. (7/04)
Contributed Abstracts & Presentations:
Thompson J. R. Scenario Studies as a synthetic research activity for long term ecological research.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin TX (8/11)
Thompson J. R. “The impacts of climate change, rural development, and timber harvests on future forest
biomass in Massachusetts, USA” International Association of Landscape Ecologists Annual
Meeting. Portland OR (4/11)
Thompson J. R. “Factors Associated with Crown Damage Following Recurring Mixed-Severity
Wildfires and Post Fire Management.” North American Forest Ecology Workshop Logan, UT
(6/09).
Thompson J.R. and T. A. Spies. “Drivers of Fire Severity in a Portion of the Biscuit Fire that Burned
Fifteen Years Prior” North American Forest Ecology Workshop. Vancouver BC. (6/07)
Thompson J.R. and T.A. Spies “Wildfire severity on a recently burned and managed landscape.”
Ecological Society of America, 91st Annual Meeting. Memphis, TN. (8/06)
Thompson J.R. and K.N. Johnson “Integrating natural disturbance principles into forest policy for
the Coast Range of Oregon” Ecological Society of America, Ecology in an Era of Globalization,
Merida, Mexico. (1/06)
Thompson J.R., T.A. Spies and L. M. Ganio “Assessing the influence of multiple factors on Biscuit
Fire Severity” Joint Fire Sciences Principle Investigators Meeting. San Diego, CA. (11/05)
Thompson J.R. and T.A. Spies. “Vegetation Community Structure Before and After the 2002
Biscuit Fire in Southwest Oregon” Northwest Scientific Association Annual Meeting, Corvallis,
OR. (1/05)
Thompson J.R., K.N. Johnson, M. Lennette and T.A. Spies “Historical disturbance regimes as a
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Reference for forest policy in the Oregon Coast Range: A simulation experiment.” Ecological
Society of America. 89th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (7/04)
Reports, Theses, and Monographs:
DePreist P., W. Fitzhigh, L. Hirst, A. Johnston, Kress, J., P. Megonigal P., J. Thompson, S. Wing, J.
Wright. 2010. Report of the Smithsonian Working Group on Climate Change and Carbon
Cycling. Smithsonian Institution.
Thompson J. R., D. R. Foster. 2009. Report to the LTER network office on the Scenarios of Future
Landscape Change working group. 15p.
Thompson, J.R., 2008. Patterns of crown damage in a large wildfire in the Klamath/Siskiyou ecoregion.
Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Forest Science Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 280p.
Thompson J. R., S. Duncan, K. N. Johnson. 2007. The Potential for the Historical Range of Variability
(HRV) to Guide Future Conservation in the Context of the Social Range of Variability: An
Evaluation of the Oregon Coast Range. Oregon Site Report for Project D3 of the National
Commission for the Science of Sustainable Forestry. 22p.
Thompson J. R. 2004. Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy. M.S. Thesis. Dept.
of Forest Resources. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 188p.
Johnson K. N., D. Johnson, J. R. Thompson. 2003. Ten years of progress: An Assessment of Indian
Forests and Forest Management in the United States. The Indian Forest Management Assessment
Team 52p + appendices.
Science Writing (Past Five Years):
Thompson J. R. 2009. Scenarios of future landscape change: Harvard Forest hosts workshop with an eye
to the future. LTER Network News. Spring 2009.
Thompson J. R. 2009. We’re all in this together: Decision making about the environment and
economy to address climate change in a complex world. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 108.
PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2008. Conservation of biological diversity: all things considered. PNW Science
Findings Issue No: 108. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station.
5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2008. Long-term ecological reflections: writers, philosophers, and scientists meet in the
forest. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 105. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2008. Burn and they will come! The western regional birds and burns study examines
bird responses to prescribed fire PNW Science Findings Issue No: 103. U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2008. Farmed Atlantic salmon: potential invader in the Pacific Northwest? PNW
Science Findings Issue No: 100. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW
Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2008. Saving streams at their source: managing for amphibian diversity in headwater
forest? PNW Science Findings Issue No: 98. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2007. Green-tree retention in harvest units: Boon or bust for biodiversity? PNW Science
Findings Issue No: 96. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station.
5 p.
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Thompson J. R. 2007. Mountain meadows—here today, gone tomorrow? Meadow science and
restoration. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 94. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2007. The mysterious demise of an ice-age relic: Exposing the cause of yellow-cedar
decline. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 93. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2007. Simulating the consequences of land management. PNW Science Findings Issue
No: 92. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2007. Sagebrush in Western North America: habitats and species in jeopardy. PNW
Science Findings Issue No: 91. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research
Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2007. The secret life of marbled murrelets: monitoring populations and habitats. PNW
Science Findings Issue No: 90. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research
Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Monitoring forests from space: quantifying forest change by using satellite data.
PNW Science Findings Issue No: 89. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW
Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Society's choices: land use changes, forest fragmentation, and conservation. PNW
Science Findings Issue No: 88. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research
Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Does it work? Monitoring the effectiveness of stream management practices in
Alaska. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 87. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Does wood slow down "sludge dragons?" The interaction between riparian zones
and debris flows in mountain landscapes. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 86. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Seeing the bigger picture: landscape silviculture may offer compatible solutions
to conflicting objectives. PNW Science Findings Issue No: 85. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, PNW Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Knock on wood: Is wood production sustainable in the Pacific Northwest? PNW
Science Findings Issue No: 84. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research
Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. If a tree falls in the woods, who will measure it? DecAID decayed wood advisor.
PNW Science Findings Issue No: 83. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW
Research Station. 5 p.
Thompson J. R. 2006. Searing the rhizosphere: belowground impacts of prescribed fires. PNW Science
Findings Issue No: 82. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PNW Research Station.
5 p.
Academic Awards:
2007 Oregon Sports Lottery Scholarship -- OSU merit-based scholarship ($3000)
2007 Bailey Family Fellowship -- College of Forestry merit based fellowship ($3000)
2006 Yerex Graduate Fellowship – OSU's premier Science & Engineering fellowship ($10,000)
2006 Honer Family Fellowship – College of Forestry merit based fellowship ($6000)
2005 Moltke Family Award – College of Forestry merit based award ($2000)
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2004 Dilworth Memorial Award – College of Forestry merit based award ($1000)
2003 Harris Lab Travel Award – Department of Forest Resources travel award ($300)
1997 Trout Unlimited Student Conservation Award ($500)
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