Phillip J van Mantgem

USGS Redwood Field Station
1655 Heindon Road
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 825-5189
Fax: (707) 822-8411
Email: pvanmantgem@usgs.gov

• Conservation biology
• Fire ecology
• Forest ecology
• Global change biology

• Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 2001
• M.S., Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 1996
• B.S., Botany, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1991

• Research Ecologist, USGS, Redwood Field Station, Arcata, CA, 2008 - Present
• Ecologist, USGS, Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station, Three Rivers, CA, 2000 - 2008

• Duque, A., N. Stephenson, R. Grau, J. Carilla, L. Daniels, S. Orrego, E. Álvarez, P. van Mantgem, T. Veblen, J. Smith, C. Allen, and J. Dalling. 2009. The Cordillera Forest Dynamics Network (CORFOR). Mountain Research Initiative Newsletter no. 2 (April 2009):15-17. [Newsletter]
• van Mantgem, P. J., N. L. Stephenson, J. C. Byrne, L. D. Daniels, J. F. Franklin, P. Z. Fulé, M. E. Harmon, A. J. Larson, J. M. Smith, A. H. Taylor, and T. T. Veblen. 2009. Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States. Science 323:521-524.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P.J. and D.W. Schwilk. 2009. Negligible influence of spatial autocorrelation in the assessment of fire effects in a mixed conifer forest. Fire Ecology 5: 116-125.[Journal Article]
• Das, A., J. Battles, P. J. van Mantgem, and N. L. Stephenson. 2008. Spatial elements of mortality risk in old-growth forests. Ecology 89:1744-1756[Journal Article]
• Keeley, J.E. and P.J. van Mantgem. 2008. Community ecology of seedlings, pp. 253- 270. In M.A. Leak, V.T. Parker, and R.L. Simpson, editors. Seedling ecology and evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.[Book Chapter]
• (van Mantgem, P.J.) Tree Deaths in California’s Sierra Nevada Increase as Temperatures Rise (August 2007)[Publication Brief]
• Das, A., J. Battles, N. L. Stephenson, and P. J. van Mantgem. 2007. The relationship between tree growth patterns and likelihood of mortality: a study of two tree species in the Sierra Nevada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37:580-597[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2007. Apparent climatically-induced increase of tree mortality rates in a temperate forest. Ecology Letters 10:909-916.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J., Forest Seedlings and Climate (April 2006)[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Forest reproduction along a climatic gradient in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management 225:391-399.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Variability of forest reproduction across elevation in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management 225:391-399.[Journal Article]
• Stephenson, N. L., and P. J. van Mantgem. 2005. Forest turnover rates follow global and regional patterns of productivity. Ecology Letters 8: 524-531.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2005. Fungi, fire and the fate of sugar pine in the southern Sierra Nevada. California Pest Council Annual Meeting, Woodland, CA.[Presentation]
• van Mantgem, P. J. November 16, 2005. Fungi, fire and the fate of sugar pine in the southern Sierra Nevada. California Pest Council Annual Meeting, Woodland, CA.[Presentation with Abstract]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and N.L. Stephenson. 2005. The accuracy of matrix population model projections for coniferous trees in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Ecology 93: 737-747.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J., Does Coring Contribute to Tree Mortality? (March 2005) [Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J., Tree Populations, Present and Future (August 2005)[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P.J. and N.L. Stephenson. December 7, 2005. Forest changes following first and second entry burns: Twenty-one years of monitoring at Tharps Creek, Sequoia National Park, California. USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. Tucson, AZ.[Poster]
• van Mantgem, P.J., and N.L. Stephenson. 2005. Forest changes following first and second entry burns: Twenty-one years of monitoring at Tharps Creek, Sequoia National Park, California. USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. Tucson, AZ.[Poster]
• Stephenson, N. L., and P. J. van Mantgem. 2004. Dissecting the inverse relationship between tree growth rate and probability of death. Abstracts, annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. pp. 486-487.[Abstract]
• Stephenson, N. L., P. J. van Mantgem, J. E. Keeley, R. S. Anderson, L. J. Graumlich, M. K. Hughes, D. J. Parsons, T. W. Swetnam, D. L. Urban, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2004. Climatic change research in the Sierra Nevada: building the Western Mountain Initiative. Abstracts, Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium, Kings Beach, California.[Abstract]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2004. Does coring contribute to tree mortality? Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2004. Fungi, fire, and the fate of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and M.W. Schwartz. 2004. An experimental demonstration of stem damage as a predictor of fire-caused mortality for ponderosa pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 1343-1347.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2004. The accuracy of matrix projection models for coniferous trees in the Sierra Nevada, California. Abstracts, annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. p. 518.[Presentation with Abstract]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and N.L. Stephenson. 2004. Does coring contribute to tree mortality? Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 2394-2398.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J., Fungi, Fire Exclusion, and the Fate of Sugar Pine in the Sierra Nevada (December 2004)[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J., How Are Trees Killed by Fire? (July 2004)[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. 2004. Effects of an introduced pathogen and fire exclusion on the demography of sugar pine. Ecological Applications 14: 1590-1602.[Journal Article]
• Van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. 2004. Effects of an introduced pathogen and fire exclusion on demography of sugar pine. Ecological Applications 14:1590-1602.[Journal Article]
• 2003 van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. The effects of white pine blister rust and fire exclusion on long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Savannah, GA.[Presentation]
• 2003 van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. The effects of white pine blister rust and fire exclusion on long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Fourth North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, OR.[Presentation]
• van Mantgem, P. and M. Schwartz. 2003. Bark heat resistance of small trees in Californian mixed conifer forests: testing some model assumptions. Forest Ecology and Management 178: 341-352.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Resistance of small trees to fire-caused stem damage. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Resistance of small trees to fire-caused stem damage. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Which trees will be killed by fire? Pre-fire growth rate is a factor. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Which trees will be killed by fire? Pre-fire growth rate is a factor. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.[Publication Brief]
• van Mantgem, P. J., N. L. Stephenson, M. Keifer, and J. E. Keeley. 2003. White pine blister rust, fire and long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada: a sticky mess? Abstracts, Fourth North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, Oregon. p. 135.[Abstract]
• van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. 2003. The effects of white pine blister rust and fire exclusion on long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Savannah, GA.[Presentation with Abstract]
• van Mantgem, P., N. L. Stephenson, L. S. Mutch, V. G. Johnson, A. M. Esperanza, and D. J. Parsons. 2003. Growth rate predicts mortality of Abies concolor in both burned and unburned stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:1029-1038.[Journal Article]
• 2002 van Mantgem, P. J., and N.L. Stephenson. Searching for a general model of tree mortality in burned and unburned stands. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.[Presentation]
• 2002 van Mantgem. P. J., M.B. Keifer, and N.L. Stephenson. The sugar pine dilemma: prescription burning, naturalness and the management of a declining tree species. California Association of Fire Ecologists annual meeting, San Diego, CA.[Presentation]
• Stephenson, N. L., P. J. van Mantgem, and P. E. Moore. 2002. Tree growth and death in the Sierra Nevada. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.[Poster]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. Searching for a general model of tree death in burned and unburned stands. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 288.[Abstract]
• van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. When life ain't so sweet: the decline of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) in the Sierra Nevada. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.[Poster]
• Schwartz, M.W., S.M. Hermann and P. van Mantgem. 2000. Population persistence in Florida torreya: Comparing modeled projections of a declining coniferous tree. Conservation Biology, 14: 1023-1033.[Journal Article]
• van Mantgem, P. 2001. Fire-induced Tree Mortality in the Mixed Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California. Dissertation. University of California, Davis. 107 pp.[Thesis/Dissertation]
• van Mantgem, P., M.W. Schwartz, and M.B. Keifer. 2001. Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication. Natural Areas Journal 21: 266-273.[Journal Article]
• Schwartz, M.W., C.A. Brigham, J.D. Hoeksema, K.G. Lyons, M.H. Mills and P. van Mantgem. 2000. Linking biodiversity to ecosystem function: Implications for conservation ecology. Oecologia, 122: 297-305.[Journal Article]
• Schwartz, M.W., S.M. Hermann and P. van Mantgem. 2000. Estimating the magnitude of decline of the Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia Arn.). Biological Conservation, 95: 77-84.[Journal Article]
• Stephenson, N. L., and P. J. van Mantgem. 2000. Sierra Nevada forest dynamics: pattern, pace, and mechanisms of change. Annual report for fiscal year 1999. 28 pages.[Technical Report]
• van Mantgem, P., and M.W. Schwartz. 2000. Bark heat resistance in juvenile trees of Californian mixed conifer forests. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.[Presentation]
• Schwartz, M.W. and P. van Mantgem. 1997. The value of small preserves. In: Conservation in Highly Fragmented Landscapes, M.W. Schwartz ed. Chapman and Hall, New York.[Book Chapter]