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Dr. Dan Johnson

Professor, Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology
Education:
  • Ph.D. Biology (Plant Physiological Ecology), Wake Forest University
  • M.S. Forestry, NC State University
  • B.S. Biochemistry, NC State University
Selected Publications:

Domec JC, Johnson DM, Swenson JJ. 2025. A leaf-level field physiological tool linking non-invasive leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements applicable at larger ecophysiological scales. Tree Physiology 45, tpae171.

Minick KJ, Bahramian J, Love D, Tucker L, Reinhardt K,  Johnson DM, Emanuel RE. 2025. Internal water movement and residence time differ in two tree species in a temperate deciduous forest: Evidence from an in situ D2O isotope tracer study. Ecohydrology 18:e70047.

Maneely M, Reinhardt K, Emanuel RE, Minick KJ, Bahramian J, Tucker LM, Johnson DM. 2025.  Injected tracer reveals differences in water transport rate, residence times, and mixing dynamics in tree species of contrasting water management strategies. Hydrological Processes 39, e70091.

Blanco AS, Wilson DR, Hardman DD, Scott W Rainsford SW, Sparks AM, Bhatta RP, Huang L, Adams HD, Johnson DM, Schwilk DW, Lutz JA, Knoblauch M, Eldridge GM, Stanley MF, Jeffrey A. Logan JA, Alistair MS 6 Smith AMS. 2025. Predicting immediate and delayed fire-induced mortality of Pinus monticola and Pseudotsuga menziesii saplings using a pyro-ecophysiology fire severity approach. International Journal of Wildland Fire 34, p.WF25003.

Feltrin RP, Smith AMS, Sparks AM,…..Johnson DM. 2025. Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: Review of fire behavior proxy and real fire experiments. International Journal of Wildland Fire 34, WF24136.

Restrepo-Acevedo AM, Guo JS, Kannenberg SA, Benson MC, Beverly D, Diaz R, Anderegg WRL, Johnson DM, George Koch, Konings AG, Lowman LEL, Martínez-Vilalta J, Poyatos R, Schenk HJ, Matheny AM, McCulloh KA, Nippert JB, Oliveira RS, Novick K. 2024. PSInet: A new global water potential network. Tree Physiology 44, tpae 110. 

Mantova M, Johnson DM, Antibi J, Beery S et al. 2024. Monitoring urban trees across the world. Report from the Urban Trees Ecophysiology Network (UTEN) inaugural workshop. New Phytologist 242:1881-1885.

Smith-Martin CM, Muscarella R, Hammond WM, Jansen S, Brodribb TJ, Choat B, Johnson DM, Vargas G, Uriartem. 2023. Hydraulic vulnerability of tropical forests is largely independent of water availability. Ecology Letters 26:1829-1839.

Sparks AM, Blanco AS, Wilson DR, Schwilk DW, Johnson DM, Adams HD, Bowman DMJS, Hardman DD, Smith AMS. 2023. Fire intensity impacts on physiological performance and mortality in Pinus monticola and Pseudotsuga menziesii saplings: a dose-response analysis. Tree Physiology 43:1365-1382.

Weygint WA, Eitel JUH, Maguire AJ, Vierling LA, Johnson DM, Campbell CS, Griffin KL. 2023. Leaf temperatures and environmental conditions predict daily stem radial variations in a temperate coniferous forest. Ecosphere 2023;14:e4465.

Feltrin RP, Smith AMS, Adams HD, Thompson RA, Kolden CA, Yedinak KM, Johnson DM. 2023. Death from hunger or thirst? Phloem death, rather than xylem hydraulic failure, as a driver of fire-induced conifer mortality. New Phytologist 237:1154-1163.

Johnson DM, Katul G, Domec JC. 2022. Catastrophic hydraulic failure and tipping points in plants. Plant, Cell and Environment 45:2231-2266. (Invited Review)

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