Institution: Cornell University
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator

Email: nlc4@cornell.edu
NatalieCleavitt

Research Interests

Northern Hardwood Forest tree seedling ecology, Bryology, Macro-lichens, Round-leaved orchid demography, Ongoing, long-term vegetation related measurements. Cleavitt, NL. 2015. Seeking the Wolf Tree. Illustrated by Marjorie Leggitt. Taylor Trade Publishing. 32 pp. This book is designed for use in 5 th grade science and is fully aligned with national and New Hampshire core curriculum guidelines. Please also refer to lessons that accompany the book online: https://hubbardbrook.org/childrens-book-seeking-wolf-tree

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Cleavitt, N. L., Montague, M. S., Battles, J. J., Box, O. F., Matthes, J. H., & Fahey, T. J. (2022). Enemy release from beech bark disease coincides with upslope shift of American beech. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52(9), 1224–1233. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0107
Fahey, T. J., Cleavitt, N. L., & Battles, J. J. (2022). Long term variation of leaf abundance in a northern hardwood forest. Ecological Indicators, 137, 108746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108746
Sharma, S., Andrus, R., Bergeron, Y., Bogdziewicz, M., Bragg, D. C., Brockway, D., Cleavitt, N. L., Courbaud, B., Das, A. J., Dietze, M., Fahey, T. J., Franklin, J. F., Gilbert, G. S., Greenberg, C. H., Guo, Q., Hille Ris Lambers, J., Ibanez, I., Johnstone, J. F., Kilner, C. L., … Clark, J. S. (2022). North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(3), e2116691118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116691118
Clark, J. S., Andrus, R., Aubry-Kientz, M., Bergeron, Y., Bogdziewicz, M., Bragg, D. C., Brockway, D., Cleavitt, N. L., Cohen, S., Courbaud, B., Daley, R., Das, A. J., Dietze, M., Fahey, T. J., Fer, I., Franklin, J. F., Gehring, C. A., Gilbert, G. S., Greenberg, C. H., … Zlotin, R. (2021). Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20836-3
Cowles, J., Templeton, L., Battles, J. J., Edmunds, P. J., Carpenter, R. C., Carpenter, S. R., Paul Nelson, M., Cleavitt, N. L., Fahey, T. J., Groffman, P. M., Sullivan, J. H., Neel, M. C., Hansen, G. J. A., Hobbie, S., Holbrook, S. J., Kazanski, C. E., Seabloom, E. W., Schmitt, R. J., Stanley, E. H., … Vander Zanden, J. M. (2021). Resilience: insights from the U.S. LongTerm Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere, 12(5), e03434. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3434
Cleavitt, N. L., Battles, J. J., Fahey, T. J., & Doorn, N. S. van. (2021). Disruption of the competitive balance between foundational tree species by interacting stressors in a temperate deciduous forest. Journal of Ecology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13687
Berry, M., & Cleavitt, N. (2021). Population dynamics and comparative demographics in sympatric populations of the round‐leaved orchids Platanthera macrophylla and P. orbiculata. Population Ecology, 63, 274–289. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1438-390x.12092
Battles, J. J., Cleavitt, N. L., Johnson, C. E., & Fahey, T. J. (2019). Reply to the comment by Bailey et al. on “Long-term decline of sugar maple following forest harvest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 49(7), 863–864. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0503
Belyazid, S., Phelan, J., Nihlgård, B., Sverdrup, H., Driscoll, C., Fernandez, I., Aherne, J., Teeling-Adams, L. M., Bailey, S., Arsenault, M., Cleavitt, N., Engstrom, B., Dennis, R., Sperduto, D., Werier, D., & Clark, C. (2019). Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Soil Properties and Plant Diversity in Northeastern U.S. Hardwood Forests: Model Setup and Evaluation. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 230(5), 106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-019-4145-6
Clyne, A. B., Cleavitt, N. L., & Fahey, T. J. (2019). Terrestrial Gastropod Grazing on Macrolichens in a Northern Broadleaf–Conifer Forest. Northeastern Naturalist, 26(2), 261–274. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.026.0203
Cleavitt, N. L., Clyne, A. B., & Fahey, T. J. (2019). Epiphytic macrolichen patterns along an elevation gradient in the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire1. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 146(1), 8–17. https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-18-00021.1
Bergum, M., Cleavitt, N. L., & Matthews, D. (2018). An unexpected visitor. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(9), 502–502. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1968
Battles, J. J., Cleavitt, N. L., Saah, D. S., Poling, B. T., & Fahey, T. J. (2017). Ecological impact of a microburst windstorm in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47(12), 1695–1701. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2017-0206
Cleavitt, N. L., Battles, J. J., Johnson, C. E., & Fahey, T. J. (2017). Long-term decline of sugar maple following forest harvest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48(1), 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2017-0233
Cleavitt, N. L., & Fahey, T. J. (2017). Seed production of sugar maple and American beech in northern hardwood forests, New Hampshire, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47(7), 985–990. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2017-0096
Cleavitt, N. L., Berry, E. J., Hautaniemi, J., & Fahey, T. J. (2016). Life stages, demographic rates, and leaf damage for the round-leaved orchids, Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh.) Lindley and P. macrophylla (Goldie) P.M. Brown in a northern hardwood forest in New Hampshire, USA. Botany, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2016-0164
Cleavitt, N. (2015). Seeking the Wolf Tree (Illustrated by Margorie Leggitt) (HBR.2015-57). Taylor Trade Publishing.
Cleavitt, N. L., Battles, J. J., Fahey, T. J., & Blum, J. D. (2014). Determinants of survival over 7 years for a natural cohort of sugar maple seedlings in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44(9), 1112–1121. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0177
Cleavitt, N. L., Fahey, T. J., & Battles, J. J. (2011). Regeneration ecology of sugar maple (Acer saccharum): seedling survival in relation to nutrition, site factors, and damage by insects and pathogens. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere, 41(2), 235–244. https://doi.org/10.1139/x10-210
Groffman, P. M., Hardy, J. P., Fashu-Kanu, S., Driscoll, C. T., Cleavitt, N. L., Fahey, T. J., & Fisk, M. C. (2011). Snow depth, soil freezing and nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest landscape. Biogeochemistry, 102(1–3), 223–238. https://doi.org/DOI 10.1007/s10533-010-9436-3
Yanai, R. D., Fisk, M. C., Fahey, T. J., Cleavitt, N. L., & Park, B. B. (2008). Identifying roots of northern hardwood species: patterns with diameter and depth. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38(11), 2862–2869.
Park, B. B., Yanai, R. D., Fahey, T. J., Bailey, S. W., Siccama, T. G., Shanley, J. B., & Cleavitt, N. L. (2008). Fine root dynamics and forest production across a calcium gradient in northern hardwood and conifer ecosystems. Ecosystems, 11(2), 325–341.
Cleavitt, N. L., Fairbairn, M., & Fahey, T. J. (2008). Growth and survivorship of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) seedlings in a northern hardwood forest following a mast event. J. Torrey Bot. Soc., 135(3), 328–345.
Cleavitt, N. L., Fahey, T. J., Groffman, P. M., Hardy, J. P., Henry, K. S., & Driscoll, C. T. (2008). Effects of soil freezing on fine roots in a northern hardwood forest. Can. J. For. Res., 38, 82–91.
Cleavitt, N. L., Klima, K. L., & Fahey, T. J. (2007). The role of water availability in seasonal growth of Bazzania trilobata on boulders in an eastern hemlock stand. The Bryologist, 10(2), 295–308.
Juice, S. M., Fahey, T. J., Siccama, T. G., Driscoll, C. T., Denny, E. G., Eagar, C., Cleavitt, N. L., Minocha, R., & Richardson, A. D. (2006). Response of sugar maple to calcium addition to northern hardwood forest. Ecology, 87(5), 1267–1280.
Cleavitt, N. L., & Fahey, T. J. (1996). Checklist of bryophytes occurring in Hubbard Brook Experimenal Forest. Evansia, 13, 67–74.