Paul Henne, Ph.D.
Paul Henne studies the impacts of environmental change on forest ecosystems. His research aims to understand how climate change, wildfire, and management regimes interact to affect tree species distributions and carbon stocks in the forests of the Rocky Mountains.
Professional Experience
2015-present, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO, USA
2014-2015, Oberassistent, Paleoecology, Institute of Plant Sciences, and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
2008-2014, Postdoc, Paleoecology, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
2007-2008, Postdoc, Paleoecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Education and Certifications
PhD, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
BS, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, 1999
Science and Products
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Integrating forest inventory data and MODIS data to map species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests Integrating forest inventory data and MODIS data to map species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests
Timely and accurate knowledge of species-level biomass is essential for forest managers to sustain forest resources and respond to various forest disturbance regimes. In this study, maps of species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests were generated by integrating Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images with forest inventory data using k nearest neighbor (kNN)...
Authors
Qinglong Zhang, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Todd Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Jinxun Liu, Shengli Huang, Zhiwei Wu, Chao Huang
An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland
Planning for the future requires a detailed understanding of how climate change affects a wide range of systems at spatial scales that are relevant to humans. Understanding of climate change impacts can be gained from observational and reconstruction approaches and from numerical models that apply existing knowledge to climate change scenarios. Although modeling approaches are prominent...
Authors
Paul D. Henne, Moritz Bigalke, Ulf Buntgen, Daniele Colombaroli, Marco Conedera, Urs Feller, David Frank, Jurg Fuhrer, Martin Grosjean, Oliver Heiri, Jurg Luterbacher, Adrien Mestrot, Andreas Rigling, Ole Rossler, Christian Rohr, This Rutishauser, Margit Schwikowski, Andreas Stampfli, Sonke Szidat, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Rolf Weingartner, Wolfgan Wilcke, Willy Tinner
Holocene paleoclimate inferred from salinity histories of adjacent lakes in southwestern Sicily (Italy) Holocene paleoclimate inferred from salinity histories of adjacent lakes in southwestern Sicily (Italy)
Marked uncertainties persist regarding the climatic evolution of the Mediterranean region during the Holocene. For instance, whether moisture availability gradually decreased, remained relatively constant, or increased during the last 7000 years remains a matter of debate. To assess Holocene limnology, hydrology and moisture dynamics, the coastal lakes Lago Preola and Gorgo Basso...
Authors
B Brandon Curry, Paul D. Henne, Francesc Mezquita-Joanes, Federico Marrone, Valentina Pieri, Tommaso La Mantia, Camilla Calo, Willy Tinner
Holocene vegetation and fire history of the mountains of northern Sicily (Italy) Holocene vegetation and fire history of the mountains of northern Sicily (Italy)
Knowledge about vegetation and fire history of the mountains of Northern Sicily is scanty. We analysed five sites to fill this gap and used terrestrial plant macrofossils to establish robust radiocarbon chronologies. Palynological records from Gorgo Tondo, Gorgo Lungo, Marcato Cixé, Urgo Pietra Giordano and Gorgo Pollicino show that under natural or near natural conditions, deciduous...
Authors
Willy Tinner, Elisa Vescovi, Jacqueline Van Leeuwen, Daniele Colombaroli, Paul D. Henne, Petra Kaltenrieder, Cesar Morales-Molino, Giorgia Beffa, Bettina Gnaegi, Pim W O Van der Knaap, Tommaso La Mantia, Salvatore Pasta
Non-USGS Publications**
Beffa G, Pedrotta T, Colombaroli D, Henne PD, van Leeuwen JFN, Süsstrunk P, Kaltenrieder P, Adolf C, Vogel H, Pasta S, Anselmetti FS, Gobet E, and Tinner W. 2016. Vegetation and fire history of coastal north-eastern Sardinia (Italy) under changing Holocene climates and land use. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 25(3), 271-289. doi: 10.1007/s00334-015-0548-5.
Ruosch M, Spahni R, Joos F, Henne PD, van der Knaap WO, and Tinner W. 2016. Past and future evolution of Abies alba forests in Europe – comparison of a dynamic vegetation model with palaeo data and observations. Global Change Biology. 22(2), 727-740. doi:10.1111/gcb.13075.
Tinner W, Conedera M, Bugmann H, Colombaroli D, Gobet E, Vescovi E, Heiri O, Luterbacher J, La Mantia T, Pasta S, and Henne PD. Europäische Wälder unter wärmeren Klimabedingungen: neue Erkenntnisse aus Paläoökologie und dynamischer Vegetationsmodellierung. 2016: AFZ – DerWald: 45-49.
Tinner W, Conedera M, Bugmann G, Colombaroli D, Vescovi E, Heiri O, Joos F, Luterbacher J, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Pedrotta T, Manetti MC, and Henne PD. 2016. Quali formazioni boschive in un clima più caldo? Sherwood - Foreste ed Alberi Oggi: 221, 37-42.
Henne PD, Elkin C, Franke J, Colombaroli D, Calò C, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Conedera M, Dermody O, and Tinner W. Reviving extinct Mediterranean forests increases ecosystem potential in a warmer future. 2015. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(7), 356-362, doi:10.1890/150027
Gavin DG, Fitzpatrick MC, Gugger PF, Heath KD, Rodríguez-Sánchez F, Dobrowski SZ, Hampe A, Hu FS, Ashcroft MB, Bartlein PJ, Blois JL, Carstens BC, Davis EB, de Lafontaine G, Edwards ME, Fernandez M, Henne PD, Herring EM, Holden ZA, Kong W, Liu J, Magri D, Matzke NJ, McGlone MS, Saltré F, Stigall AL, Tsai YE, and Williams JW. 2014. Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography. New Phytologist, 204 (1), 37-54.
Schwörer C, Henne PD, and Tinner W. 2014. A model-data comparison of Holocene timberline changes in the Swiss Alps reveals past and future drivers of mountain forest dynamics. Global Change Biology, 20, 1512-1526.
Bugmann H, Brang P, Elkin C, Henne PD, Jakoby O, Lévesque M, Lischke H, Psomas A, Rigling A, Wermelinger B, and Zimmermann NE. 2014. Climate change impacts on tree species, forest properties, and ecosystem services, In: CH-2014 Impacts, Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland. Published by OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, and ProClim, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 79-89.
Tinner W, Colombaroli D, Heiri O, Henne PD, Steinacher M, Untenecker J, Vescovi E, Allen JRM, Carrara G, Conedera M, Joos F, Lotter AF, Luterbacher J, Samartin S, and Valsecchi V. 2013. The past ecology of Abies alba provides new perspectives on future responses of silver fir forests to global warming. Ecological Monographs, 83(4), 419-439.
Calò C, Henne PD, Eugster P, van Leeuwen JFN, Gilli A, Hamann Y, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Vescovi E, and Tinner W. 2013. 1200 years of decadal-scale variability of Mediterranean vegetation and climate at Pantelleria Island, Italy. The Holocene, 23 (10), 1477-1486.
Henne PD, Elkin C, Colombaroli D, Samartin S, Bugmann H, Heiri O, and Tinner W. 2013. Impacts of changing climate and land use on vegetation dynamics in a Mediterranean ecosystem: Insights from paleoecology and dynamic modeling. LandscapeEcology, 28 (5), 819-833.
Bisculm M, Colombaroli D, Vescovi E, van Leeuwen JFN, Henne PD, Rothen J, Procacci G, Pasta S, La Mantia T, and Tinner W. 2012. Holocene vegetation and fire dynamics in the supra-mediterranean belt of the Nebrodi Mountains (Sicily, Italy). Journal of Quaternary Science, 27, 687-698
Bowen GJ, Kennedy CD, Henne PD, and Zhang T. 2012. Spatial footprint and magnitude of recycled water fluxes downwind of Lake Michigan. Ecosphere, 3(6): art53
Calò C, Henne PD, Curry BB, Magny M, Vescovi E, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Vannière B, and Tinner W. 2012. Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in Southern Sicily. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 323-325, 110-122.
Henne PD, Elkin CM, Reineking B, Bugmann H, and Tinner W. 2011. Did soil development limit spruce (Picea abies) expansion in the central Alps during the Holocene? Testing a paleobotanical hypothesis with a dynamic landscape model. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 933-949
Colombaroli D, Henne PD, Gobet E, Kaltenreider P, and Tinner W. 2010. Species responses to fire, climate, and human impact at tree-line in the Alps as evidenced by paleo-environmental records and dynamic simulation approaches. Journal of Ecology, 98, 1346-1357
Henne PD and Hu FS. 2010. Holocene climatic change and the development of the lake-effect snowbelt in Michigan, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 940-951.
Higuera PE, Gavin DG, Henne PD, and Kelly RF. 2010. Recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of sediment-charcoal records. PAGES news: 18, 2.
Tinner W, van Leeuwen JFN, Colombaroli D, Vescovi E, van der Knaap WO, Henne PD, Pasta S, D'Angelo S, and La Mantia T. 2009. Holocene environmental and climatic changes at Gorgo Basso, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 1498-1510
Henne PD, Hu FS, and Cleland DT. 2007. Lake-effect snow as the dominant control of mesic-forest distribution in Michigan, USA. Journal of Ecology 95, 517-529.
Hu FS, Lee BY, Kaufman DS, Yoneji S, Nelson DM, and Henne PD. 2002. Response of tundra ecosystem in southwestern Alaska to Younger Dryas climatic oscillations. Global Change Biology 8,1156-1163.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 22
Integrating forest inventory data and MODIS data to map species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests Integrating forest inventory data and MODIS data to map species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests
Timely and accurate knowledge of species-level biomass is essential for forest managers to sustain forest resources and respond to various forest disturbance regimes. In this study, maps of species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests were generated by integrating Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images with forest inventory data using k nearest neighbor (kNN)...
Authors
Qinglong Zhang, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Todd Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Jinxun Liu, Shengli Huang, Zhiwei Wu, Chao Huang
An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland
Planning for the future requires a detailed understanding of how climate change affects a wide range of systems at spatial scales that are relevant to humans. Understanding of climate change impacts can be gained from observational and reconstruction approaches and from numerical models that apply existing knowledge to climate change scenarios. Although modeling approaches are prominent...
Authors
Paul D. Henne, Moritz Bigalke, Ulf Buntgen, Daniele Colombaroli, Marco Conedera, Urs Feller, David Frank, Jurg Fuhrer, Martin Grosjean, Oliver Heiri, Jurg Luterbacher, Adrien Mestrot, Andreas Rigling, Ole Rossler, Christian Rohr, This Rutishauser, Margit Schwikowski, Andreas Stampfli, Sonke Szidat, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Rolf Weingartner, Wolfgan Wilcke, Willy Tinner
Holocene paleoclimate inferred from salinity histories of adjacent lakes in southwestern Sicily (Italy) Holocene paleoclimate inferred from salinity histories of adjacent lakes in southwestern Sicily (Italy)
Marked uncertainties persist regarding the climatic evolution of the Mediterranean region during the Holocene. For instance, whether moisture availability gradually decreased, remained relatively constant, or increased during the last 7000 years remains a matter of debate. To assess Holocene limnology, hydrology and moisture dynamics, the coastal lakes Lago Preola and Gorgo Basso...
Authors
B Brandon Curry, Paul D. Henne, Francesc Mezquita-Joanes, Federico Marrone, Valentina Pieri, Tommaso La Mantia, Camilla Calo, Willy Tinner
Holocene vegetation and fire history of the mountains of northern Sicily (Italy) Holocene vegetation and fire history of the mountains of northern Sicily (Italy)
Knowledge about vegetation and fire history of the mountains of Northern Sicily is scanty. We analysed five sites to fill this gap and used terrestrial plant macrofossils to establish robust radiocarbon chronologies. Palynological records from Gorgo Tondo, Gorgo Lungo, Marcato Cixé, Urgo Pietra Giordano and Gorgo Pollicino show that under natural or near natural conditions, deciduous...
Authors
Willy Tinner, Elisa Vescovi, Jacqueline Van Leeuwen, Daniele Colombaroli, Paul D. Henne, Petra Kaltenrieder, Cesar Morales-Molino, Giorgia Beffa, Bettina Gnaegi, Pim W O Van der Knaap, Tommaso La Mantia, Salvatore Pasta
Non-USGS Publications**
Beffa G, Pedrotta T, Colombaroli D, Henne PD, van Leeuwen JFN, Süsstrunk P, Kaltenrieder P, Adolf C, Vogel H, Pasta S, Anselmetti FS, Gobet E, and Tinner W. 2016. Vegetation and fire history of coastal north-eastern Sardinia (Italy) under changing Holocene climates and land use. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 25(3), 271-289. doi: 10.1007/s00334-015-0548-5.
Ruosch M, Spahni R, Joos F, Henne PD, van der Knaap WO, and Tinner W. 2016. Past and future evolution of Abies alba forests in Europe – comparison of a dynamic vegetation model with palaeo data and observations. Global Change Biology. 22(2), 727-740. doi:10.1111/gcb.13075.
Tinner W, Conedera M, Bugmann H, Colombaroli D, Gobet E, Vescovi E, Heiri O, Luterbacher J, La Mantia T, Pasta S, and Henne PD. Europäische Wälder unter wärmeren Klimabedingungen: neue Erkenntnisse aus Paläoökologie und dynamischer Vegetationsmodellierung. 2016: AFZ – DerWald: 45-49.
Tinner W, Conedera M, Bugmann G, Colombaroli D, Vescovi E, Heiri O, Joos F, Luterbacher J, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Pedrotta T, Manetti MC, and Henne PD. 2016. Quali formazioni boschive in un clima più caldo? Sherwood - Foreste ed Alberi Oggi: 221, 37-42.
Henne PD, Elkin C, Franke J, Colombaroli D, Calò C, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Conedera M, Dermody O, and Tinner W. Reviving extinct Mediterranean forests increases ecosystem potential in a warmer future. 2015. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(7), 356-362, doi:10.1890/150027
Gavin DG, Fitzpatrick MC, Gugger PF, Heath KD, Rodríguez-Sánchez F, Dobrowski SZ, Hampe A, Hu FS, Ashcroft MB, Bartlein PJ, Blois JL, Carstens BC, Davis EB, de Lafontaine G, Edwards ME, Fernandez M, Henne PD, Herring EM, Holden ZA, Kong W, Liu J, Magri D, Matzke NJ, McGlone MS, Saltré F, Stigall AL, Tsai YE, and Williams JW. 2014. Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography. New Phytologist, 204 (1), 37-54.
Schwörer C, Henne PD, and Tinner W. 2014. A model-data comparison of Holocene timberline changes in the Swiss Alps reveals past and future drivers of mountain forest dynamics. Global Change Biology, 20, 1512-1526.
Bugmann H, Brang P, Elkin C, Henne PD, Jakoby O, Lévesque M, Lischke H, Psomas A, Rigling A, Wermelinger B, and Zimmermann NE. 2014. Climate change impacts on tree species, forest properties, and ecosystem services, In: CH-2014 Impacts, Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland. Published by OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, and ProClim, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 79-89.
Tinner W, Colombaroli D, Heiri O, Henne PD, Steinacher M, Untenecker J, Vescovi E, Allen JRM, Carrara G, Conedera M, Joos F, Lotter AF, Luterbacher J, Samartin S, and Valsecchi V. 2013. The past ecology of Abies alba provides new perspectives on future responses of silver fir forests to global warming. Ecological Monographs, 83(4), 419-439.
Calò C, Henne PD, Eugster P, van Leeuwen JFN, Gilli A, Hamann Y, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Vescovi E, and Tinner W. 2013. 1200 years of decadal-scale variability of Mediterranean vegetation and climate at Pantelleria Island, Italy. The Holocene, 23 (10), 1477-1486.
Henne PD, Elkin C, Colombaroli D, Samartin S, Bugmann H, Heiri O, and Tinner W. 2013. Impacts of changing climate and land use on vegetation dynamics in a Mediterranean ecosystem: Insights from paleoecology and dynamic modeling. LandscapeEcology, 28 (5), 819-833.
Bisculm M, Colombaroli D, Vescovi E, van Leeuwen JFN, Henne PD, Rothen J, Procacci G, Pasta S, La Mantia T, and Tinner W. 2012. Holocene vegetation and fire dynamics in the supra-mediterranean belt of the Nebrodi Mountains (Sicily, Italy). Journal of Quaternary Science, 27, 687-698
Bowen GJ, Kennedy CD, Henne PD, and Zhang T. 2012. Spatial footprint and magnitude of recycled water fluxes downwind of Lake Michigan. Ecosphere, 3(6): art53
Calò C, Henne PD, Curry BB, Magny M, Vescovi E, La Mantia T, Pasta S, Vannière B, and Tinner W. 2012. Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in Southern Sicily. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 323-325, 110-122.
Henne PD, Elkin CM, Reineking B, Bugmann H, and Tinner W. 2011. Did soil development limit spruce (Picea abies) expansion in the central Alps during the Holocene? Testing a paleobotanical hypothesis with a dynamic landscape model. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 933-949
Colombaroli D, Henne PD, Gobet E, Kaltenreider P, and Tinner W. 2010. Species responses to fire, climate, and human impact at tree-line in the Alps as evidenced by paleo-environmental records and dynamic simulation approaches. Journal of Ecology, 98, 1346-1357
Henne PD and Hu FS. 2010. Holocene climatic change and the development of the lake-effect snowbelt in Michigan, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 940-951.
Higuera PE, Gavin DG, Henne PD, and Kelly RF. 2010. Recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of sediment-charcoal records. PAGES news: 18, 2.
Tinner W, van Leeuwen JFN, Colombaroli D, Vescovi E, van der Knaap WO, Henne PD, Pasta S, D'Angelo S, and La Mantia T. 2009. Holocene environmental and climatic changes at Gorgo Basso, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 1498-1510
Henne PD, Hu FS, and Cleland DT. 2007. Lake-effect snow as the dominant control of mesic-forest distribution in Michigan, USA. Journal of Ecology 95, 517-529.
Hu FS, Lee BY, Kaufman DS, Yoneji S, Nelson DM, and Henne PD. 2002. Response of tundra ecosystem in southwestern Alaska to Younger Dryas climatic oscillations. Global Change Biology 8,1156-1163.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.