1. Relational Values
2025
Gordon, E., Hargreaves‑Méndez, M., Smith, A. P., Gosnell, H., Hodbod, J., Himes, A., Mathisonslee, M., Pitts, H., & Vivas, J. (2025). Relational values in regenerative agriculture: a systematic review and checklist for transformative potential. Agric Hum Values 42, 2297–2316 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-025-10736-x
Himes, A., Muraca, B., Allen, K., Chapman, M., Coelho-Junior, M. G., Cundill, G., Gould, R. K., Herrmann, T. M., Kenter, J. O., Nakachi, ’. A., Nemogá, G. R., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S., Pearson, J., Rono, B., Saito, T., Tadaki, M., & Bonn, A. (2025). Horizontal portability: A proposal for representing place-based relational values in research and policy. People and Nature, 7, 752–764. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70016
2024
Himes, A., & Dues, K. (2024). Relational forestry: A call to expand the discipline’s institutional foundations. Ecosystems and People, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2365236
Himes, A., Muraca, B., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Beery, T., Cantú-Fernández, M., … & Zent, E. (2024). Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values. BioScience, 74(1), 25-43. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad109
Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Anderson, L. M., Arias Arévalo, P., Chapman, M., Lenzi, D., et al. (2024). Building on Spash’s critiques of monetary valuation to suggest ways forward for relational values research. Environmental Values, 33(2), 139–162.
Gould, R. K., Muraca, B., Himes, A., & Hackenburg, D. (2024). Biodiversity and relational values. Academic Press.
2023
Raymond, C. M., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Vatn, A., Amin, A. M., Arias-Arévalo, P., Christie, M., Cantú-Fernández, M., Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Kenter, J. O., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B., Murali, R., O’Connor, S., Pascual, U., Sachdeva, S., Samakov, A., & Zent, E. (2023). An inclusive typology of values for navigating transformations towards a just and sustainable future. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 64, 101301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101301
2018
Himes, A., & Muraca, B. (2018). Relational values: The key to pluralistic valuation of ecosystem services. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 35, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.09.005
2. Silviculture & Forest Management
2026
Renninger, H. J., Himes, A., Siegert, C., Shafqat, W., Drager, A., Labbé, N., Kim, K., & Hamilton, C. (2026). Pre- and post-coppice production and biomass chemistry of eastern cottonwood and hybrid poplars in the southeastern US. Biomass and Bioenergy, 214, 109470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2026.109470
Nyen, G. F., Polinko, A. D., Puhlick, J. J., Giencke, L. M., & Himes, A. (2026). Native groundcover restoration results in tradeoffs with natural regeneration in planted Longleaf pine stands. Restoration Ecology, 34(4), e70346. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70346
2025
Wang, J., Rousseau, R. J., Himes, A., Siegert, C., Ouyang, Y., & Renninger, H. J. (2025). Migrating Populus with climate change: Phenology, coppice management, cold‑spell susceptibility, leaf dynamics, and biomass production. Forest Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100343
Himes, A., Shafqat, W., Drager, A., Siegert, C., & Renninger, H. (2025). Functional but not taxonomic diversity increases productivity of Populus in the southeastern United States. Ecosphere, 16(7), e70337. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70337
Puettmann, K. J., D’Amato, A. W., Dockry, M., Fortin, M. J., Himes, A., Palik, B., … & Windmuller, M. (2025). Silviculture—more complex than ever. Journal of Forestry, 123, 133-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44392-025-00015-2
Betts, M. G., Franklin, J. F., Bukoski, J. J., Burivalova, Z., Conklin, E. E., et al. (2025). Benefits of onshoring forestry rely on science. Science, 388(6746), 479–480. 10.1126/science.adx4908
Gosselaar, M., Arick, M. A., Hsu, C. Y., Renninger, H., Siegert, C. M., Shafqat, W., Peterson, D. G., & Himes, A. (2025). Comparative transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis of monoclonal and polyclonal Populus deltoides genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1498535. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1498535
Siegert, Courtney M.; Renninger, Heidi; Himes, Austin; Shafqat, Waqar; and Drager, Andrea, “Two-year biomass and productivity data for Populus trials in Mississippi” (2025). CFR Publications. 30.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cfr-publications/30
2024
Arko, A. D., Cannon, J. B., Himes, A., & Polinko, A. (2024). The effects of a moderate severity hurricane on gap characteristics in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland. Forest Ecology and Management, 551, 121502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121502
Rai, N., Ma, Q., Poudel, K. P., Himes, A., & Meng, Q. (2024). Evaluating the uncertainties in forest canopy height measurements using ICESat-2 data. Journal of Remote Sensing, 4, 0160. https://doi.org/10.34133/remotesensing.0160
Himes, A., Tittler, R., Messier, C., & Goodman, R. C. (2024). Triad Forest Management: Local Fix or Global Solution?. In Ecological Forest Management Handbook (pp. 31-46). CRC Press.
2023
Himes, A., Bauhus, J., Adhikari, S., Barik, S. K., Brown, H., Brunner, A., … Puettmann, K. J. (2023). Forestry in the face of global change: Results of a global survey of professionals. Current Forestry Reports, 9(6), 473–489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725‑023‑00205‑1
Resch, B. S., Himes, A., Grado, S. C., Grala, R. K., & Kanieski da Silva, B. (2023). Functional zoning by site index to balance multiple objectives for pine in southern US family forests. Journal of Forestry, 121(4), 307-318. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad015
Zhenpeng, T. I. A. N., Wei, Z. H. O. U., Jingyi, Y. U. A. N., Xiaoqiang, L. I. U., Su, Y. E., Krishna, P. O. U. D. E. L., … & Qin, M. A. (2023). Forest canopy height mapping based on multi-source remote sensing data. 空间科学学报, 43(6), 1176-1193. 10.11728/cjss2023.06.2023-0074
2022
Himes, A., Betts, M., Messier, C., & Seymour, R. (2022). Thirty years of triad forestry: A critical clarification of theory and recommendations for implementation and testing. Forest Ecology and Management, 510, 120103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120103
Baach, E., Himes, A., Polinko, A., Granger, J. J., & Zhou, Q. (2022). Diversity-productivity relationships in forests of the southeastern United States: Leveraging national inventory data and tree functional traits. Forest Ecology and Management, 521, 120426. 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120426
Buntrock, L., Thomas, V. A., Strahm, B. D., Fox, T., Harrison, R., Himes, A., & Littke, K. (2022). Patterns in Foliar Isotopic Nitrogen, Percent Nitrogen, and Site Index for Managed Forest Systems in the United States. Forests, 13(10), 1694. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101694
2021
Stanton, B. J., Bourque, A., Coleman, M., Eisenbies, M., Emerson, R. M., Espinoza, J., Gantz, C., Himes, A., … & Zerpa, J. (2021). The practice and economics of hybrid poplar biomass production for biofuels and bioproducts in the Pacific Northwest. Bioenergy research, 14(2), 543-560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-020-10164-1
Himes, A., Emerson, P., McClung, R., Renninger, H., Rosenstiel, T., & Stanton, B. (2021). Leaf traits indicative of drought resistance in hybrid poplar. Agricultural Water Management, 246, 106676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106676
Eisenbies, M. H., Volk, T. A., DeSouza, D., Hallen, K., Stanton, B., Espinoza, J., … & Zerpa, J. (2021). An assessment of the harvesting and fuel performance of a single-pass cut-and-chip harvester in commercial-scale short-rotation poplar crops as influenced by crop and weather conditions. Biomass and Bioenergy, 149, 106075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106075
3. Ecosystem Services & Nature’s Contributions
2025
Liang, J., Himes, A., & Siegert, C. (2025). A meta‑analysis of afforestation impacts on soil greenhouse gas emissions. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125709
Himes, A. (2025). Cultural ecosystem services in forests. In Routledge Handbook of Cultural Ecosystem Services. https://doi.org/10.4324_9781003414896-17
2024
Himes, A., Hayes, P., Jansens, J. W., Patterson, C., Singer, J., & Evans, Z. (2024). Forest Stewards Guild position on climate-smart forestry. Forests Monitor, 1(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.62320/fm.v1.i1.3
2023
Liang, J., Himes, A., Poudel, K., Renninger, H. J., Siegert, C. M., & Yang, Y. (2023, December). Factors Impacting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Fluxes in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Hardwood Forests. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, No. 971, pp. GC13E-0971).
2020
Himes, A., Puettmann, K., & Muraca, B. (2020). Trade‑offs between ecosystem services along gradients of tree species diversity and values. Ecosystem Services, 44, 101133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101133
Himes, A., & Puettmann, K. (2020). Tree species diversity and composition relationship to biomass, understory community, and crown architecture in intensively managed plantations of the coastal Pacific Northwest, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(1), 1-12. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0236