Jonathan Knott
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St. Paul, MN 55108-1034
United States
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Current Research
My research generally focuses on linking forest ecology to carbon science. I utilize a variety of tools, from remote sensing to modeling, to better understand how forests are capturing, storing, and releasing carbon. Some current and upcoming projects include: using remote sensing for biomass estimation, assessing shifts in community composition and carbon dynamics in the wildland-urban interface, and characterizing land use and land use change with inventory data.
Past Research
My past research focused on spatial and community ecology, including assessing shifts in tree species distributions, testing for changes in species composition and spatial distribution of forest communities, and identifying temporal trends in eastern U.S. tree genera. I have also worked with automated content analysis (ACA) and topic modeling to understand research trends in ecology and its subdisciplines.Research Interest
My research interests include:- Spatial ecology
- Community ecology
- Carbon science
- Quantitative methods
- Remote sensing
- Tree demography
Bildung
- Purdue University, Ph.D. Forestry and Natural Resources, Forest ecology, spatial ecology, community ecology, 2020
- Calvin College, B.S. Biology, General Biology, Ecology, 2015
Professional Experience
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Research Forester,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA),
2021 -
Current
I am a Research Forester with the FIA Carbon Science Group (https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/programs/fia). My research aims to link forest ecological processes with carbon dynamics using a variety of tools including remote sensing, tree demography, and statistical modeling/quantitative ecology, among others. The goal of this work is to both improve our understanding of forest carbon dynamics as well as support and improve the FIA program's collection, monitoring, and reporting of forest resources.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Michigan State University,
2020 -
2020
Assessed patterns of biodiversity using National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) data as part of an NSF-funded project in Dr. Phoebe Zarnetske's Spatial and Community Ecology (SpaCE) lab at Michigan State University, Dept. of Integrative Biology.
Awards & Recognition
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Northern Research Station Research Highlight, 2022
Recognition by the Northern Research Station for research accomplishments in 2022, for the paper "Shifting forests and carbon: linking community composition and aboveground carbon attributes" (Knott, et al. 2022)
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W.S. Cooper Award, Ecological Society of America, 2019
For an outstanding publication in the field of geobotany, physiographic ecology, plant succession, or the distribution of plants along environmental gradients, for the paper “Divergence of species responses to climate change” (Fei, et al. 2017)
Featured Publications
- Jonathan Knott, Greg C. Liknes, Courtney L. Giebink, Sungchan Oh, Grant Domke, Ronald E. McRoberts, Valquiria F. Quirino, Brian Walters. 2023. Effects of outliers on remote sensing‐assisted forest biomass estimation: A case study from the United States national forest inventory
- Jonathan A. Knott, Liang Liang, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Robert K. Swihart, Songlin Fei. 2023. Phenological response to climate variation in a northern red oak plantation: Links to survival and productivity
- Jonathan Knott, Grant Domke, Christopher Woodall, Brian Walters, Michael Jenkins, Songlin Fei. 2022. Shifting Forests and Carbon: Linking Community Composition and Aboveground Carbon Attributes
- Elizabeth LaRue, Jonathan Knott, Grant Domke, Han YH Chen, Qinfeng Guo, Masumi Hisano, Christopher Oswalt, Sonja Oswalt, Nicole Kong, Kevin Potter, Songlin Fei. 2023. Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity
- Grant M. Domke, Brian F. Walters, Courtney L. Giebink, Eric J. Greenfield, James E. Smith, Michael C. Nichols, Jon A. Knott, Stephen M. Ogle, John W. Coulston, John Steller. 2023. Greenhouse gas emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands, urban trees, and harvested wood products in the United States, 1990-2021
- Songlin Fei, Johanna M. Desprez, Kevin M. Potter, Insu Jo, Jonathan A. Knott, Christopher M. Oswalt. 2017. Divergence of species responses to climate change
- Qinfeng Guo, Songlin Fei, Zehao Shen, Basil V Iannone, Jonathan Knott, Steven L. Chown. 2018. A global analysis of elevational distribution of non-native versus native plants
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Knott, J. A., Desprez, J. M., Oswalt, C. M., & Fei, S. (2019). Shifts in forest composition in the eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 433(October 2018), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.061
- Knott, J., LaRue, E., Ward, S., McCallen, E., Ordonez, K., Wagner, F., Jo, I., Elliott, J., & Fei, S. (2019). A roadmap for exploring the thematic content of ecology journals. Ecosphere, 10(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2801
- McCallen, E., Knott, J., Nunez-Mir, G., Taylor, B., Jo, I., & Fei, S. (2019). Trends in ecology: Shifts in ecological research themes over the past four decades. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17(2), 109–116. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1993
- Knott, J. A., Jenkins, M. A., Oswalt, C. M., & Fei, S. (2020). Community-level responses to climate change in forests of the eastern United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(8), 1299–1314. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13102
- Buteyn, N., Oh, Y. I., Knott, J., Bokach, P., Konyndyk, J., Tenney, J., Wilstermann, A., Fynewever, H., & Koetje, D. (2019). Exploring nutraceuticals to enhance scientific literacy: Aligning with vision and change. American Biology Teacher, 81(3), 176–185. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.3.176
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LaRue, E. A., Rohr, J., Knott, J., Dodds, W. K., Dahlin, K. M., Thorp, J. H., Johnson, J. S., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, M., Hardiman, B. S., Keller, M., Fahey, R. T., SanClements, M. D., Atkins, J. W., Tromboni, F., Chandra, S., Parker, G., Rose, K., Liu, J., Fei, S. (2021). The evolution of macrosystems biology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2288