Justin D. Gay, Ph.D.

• Davis, K. T., & Gay, J. D. Post-fire western larch reforestation success depends on interactions between site conditions and seed source. Fire Ecology, 22(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00485-5 (2026)

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• González, L. D.; Cansino-Loeza, B.; Chavkin, T. A.; Gay, J. D.; Larson, R. A.; Pfleger, B. F.; Zavala, V. M. Techno-Economic Analysis of an Integrated Process for Cyanobacteria-Based Nutrient Recovery from Livestock Waste. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 199, 109149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109149. (2025)

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• Gay, J.D., Currey, B., Davis, K.T. et al. Functional attributes of conifers expanding into temperate semi-arid grasslands modulate carbon and nitrogen fluxes in response to prescribed fire. Biogeochemistry 167, 1335–1352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01168-6 (2024)

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• Romanko, C. A., *Gay, J. D., Powell, J. M., Wattiaux, M., Barford, C., Larson, R. A., & Ruark, M. D. . Soil greenhouse gas flux and nitrogen mineralization following manure application from tannin-fed dairy cows. Journal of Environmental Quality, 00, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20534. (2023)

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• Gay, J.D., Currey, B. & Brookshire, E.N.J. Global distribution and climate sensitivity of the tropical montane forest nitrogen cycle. Nature Communications 13, 7364 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35170-z

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• *Gay, J.D., H. Goemann, B. Currey, P.C Stoy, J. R, Christiansen P. Miller, B. Peyton, B. Poulter, E.N.J Brookshire. Evaluating the climate mitigation potential and soil microbial response of cyanobacteria-fertilized bioenergy crops on semi-arid cropland. (2022). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gcbb.13001. Global Change Biology: Bioenergy.

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• Goemann, H, J.D. Gay, R.  Mueller, P. Miller, ENJ Brookshire, B. Poulter, B. Peyton.  Above and below-ground responses to a cyanobacterial biofertilizer supplement in a semi-arid bioenergy cropping system.  Global Change Biology: Bioenergy. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12892 (2021)

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• Epstein, K., D. J. A. Wood, K. Roemer, B. Currey, H. Duff, J.D. Gay, H. Goemann, S. Loewen, M. C. Milligan, J. A. F. Wendt, E. Jack Brookshire, B. D. Maxwell, L. McNew, D. B. McWethy, P. C. Stoy, and J. H. Haggerty. Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana. Ecology and Society 26(1):10. (2021)​​​​

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Manuscripts in advanced stages of preparation​

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• Brookshire E.N.J, Gay,J.D,  Hilquist, K. Biogechemical consequences of conifer expansion in cool semi-arid grasslands. To be submitted to Ecological Monographs​

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• Gay, J.D., S. Hood, M. Manning, M. Cox, K. T. Davis. Forest understory monitoring protocol for fuels treatments in the USFS northern region. To be submitted as a Gen Tech Rep. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

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• Gay, J.D, D. Clark, Z. Bailey, M.E Dupre, Y Lekberg, D. Brantley, M. Zettlemoyer, K.T Davis. Legacy effects of shortened high-severity wildfire intervals on ectomycorrhizal root colonization and community structure of lodgepole pine seedlings. To be submitted to Fire Ecology

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Dissertation​

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• Gay, J.D. A multi-scale assessment of the coupling between the nitrogen cycle and the terrestrial carbon sink under global change.(2022). Available through the Montana State University Library. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/16914

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* denotes corresponding author distinction

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