| Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests in North America CC Kern, JI Burton, P Raymond, AW D'Amato, WS Keeton, AA Royo, ... Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 90 (1), 4-17, 2017 | 167 | 2017 |
| Promoting and maintaining diversity in contemporary hardwood forests: Confronting contemporary drivers of change and the loss of ecological memory CR Webster, YL Dickinson, JI Burton, LE Frelich, MA Jenkins, CC Kern, ... Forest Ecology and Management 421, 98-108, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Managing for diversity: Harvest gap size drives complex light, vegetation, and deer herbivory impacts on tree seedlings MB Walters, EJ Farinosi, JL Willis, KW Gottschalk Ecosphere 7 (8), e01397, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
| Scarification and gap size have interacting effects on northern temperate seedling establishment JL Willis, MB Walters, KW Gottschalk Forest Ecology and Management 347, 237-247, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| Could canopy, bark, and leaf litter traits of encroaching non-oak species influence future flammability of upland oak forests? E Babl, HD Alexander, CM Siegert, JL Willis Forest Ecology and Management 458, 117731, 2020 | 45 | 2020 |
| Deer browsing and shrub competition set sapling recruitment height and interact with light to shape recruitment niches for temperate forest tree species MB Walters, EJ Farinosi, JL Willis Forest Ecology and Management 467, 118134, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Local seed source availability limits young seedling populations for some species more than other factors in northern hardwood forests JL Willis, MB Walters, E Farinosi Forest Science 62 (4), 440-448, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| MASTREE+: Time‐series of plant reproductive effort from six continents A Hacket‐Pain, JJ Foest, IS Pearse, JM LaMontagne, WD Koenig, ... Global change biology 28 (9), 3066-3082, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Variable density thinning promotes variable structural responses 14 years after treatment in the Pacific Northwest JL Willis, SD Roberts, CA Harrington Forest ecology and management 410, 114-125, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| Seedling growth responses to light and mineral N form are predicted by species ecologies and can help explain tree diversity MB Walters, JL Willis, KW Gottschalk Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44 (11), 1356-1368, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| Public and forest landowner attitudes towards longleaf pine ecosystem restoration using prescribed fire JS Gordon, JL Willis, RK Grala Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50 (9), 917-924, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Managing mixed stands: Reassessing a forgotten stand type in the southeastern United States JL Willis, JS Gordon, S Tanger, MA Blazier, AB Self, A Brodbeck Forests 10 (9), 751, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| Mesophication of upland oak forests: Implications of species-specific differences in leaf litter decomposition rates and fuelbed composition EK Babl-Plauche, HD Alexander, CM Siegert, JL Willis, AI Berry Forest Ecology and Management 512, 120141, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| Seed depredation negates the benefits of midstory hardwood removal on longleaf pine seedling establishment JL Willis, DK Schnake, B Wetzstein, J Yow, D Guinto, S Ulrich, ... Restoration ecology 27 (5), 1064-1072, 2019 | 11 | 2019 |
| Seasonality of biennial burning has no adverse effects on mature longleaf pine survival or productivity JL Willis, A Sharma, JS Kush Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4, 684087, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Tree encroachment impacts on seed predator selection and seedling establishment in degraded pine woodlands JL Willis, DK Schnake, CS DePerno, MA Lashley, B Wetzstein, J Yow Applied Vegetation Science 24 (1), e12570, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
| Assessing the influence of climate on cone production of longleaf pine forests X Chen, JL Willis, KA Bowman Trees, Forests and People 9, 100297, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overstory retention and stock type impact survival and growth of underplanted shortleaf pine beneath a hardwood canopy DK Schnake, SD Roberts, JL Willis, JD Kushla, IA Munn Forest Science 67 (2), 219-230, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Stand-level structural characteristics dictate hurricane resistance and resilience more than silvicultural regime in longleaf pine woodlands AD Polinko, JL Willis, A Sharma, JM Guldin Forest Ecology and Management 526, 120585, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
| Midstory removal of encroaching species has minimal impacts on fuels and fire behavior regardless of burn season in a degraded pine-oak mixture S Cabrera, HD Alexander, JL Willis, CJ Anderson Forest Ecology and Management 544, 121157, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
