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environmental decision making, forest succession, land-use change, landscape ecology, modeling, sustainability, bioenergy

Biography

Dr. Virginia H. Dale is a Corporate Fellow in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and was selected as the 2006 Distinguished Scientist for the Laboratory. She is Director of ORNL’s Center for BioEnergy Sustainability (http://www.ornl.gov/sci/ees/cbes/). She obtained her M.S. in mathematics from the University of Tennessee and her Ph.D. in mathematical ecology from the University of Washington. Her primary research interests are environmental decision making, forest succession, land-use change, landscape ecology, ecological modeling, and sustainability of bioenergy systems. Virginia has authored 10 books and more than 220 published articles. She has served on national scientific advisory boards for five federal agencies (the Environmental Protection Agency, US Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, and Interior). She recently served on the committee of the US National Research Council on Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy. Virginia was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Management for 13 years and still serves on the editorial board of several journals.

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University of Tennessee: Knoxvile, TN, US

1993-01-10 to present | adjunct professor (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, US

1984-01-10 to 2017-12-31 | Corporate Fellow (Environmental Sciences Division)
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Resolution of Respect: Jerry S. Olson (1928–2021)

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1879
Contributors: Virginia H. Dale; Mac Post; Richard J. Norby
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Thinking Big and Thinking Small: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Food, Energy, and Water Systems

Sustainability
2021-02-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/su13042160
Contributors: Andrew Kliskey; Paula Williams; David L. Griffith; Virginia H. Dale; Chelsea Schelly; Anna-Maria Marshall; Valoree S. Gagnon; Weston M. Eaton; Kristin Floress
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Effects of Production of Woody Pellets in the Southeastern United States on the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/su13020821
Contributors: Keith L. Kline; V.H. Dale ; Erin Rose; Bruce Tonn
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Framework for assessing land‐management effects on at‐risk species: Example of SE USA wood pellet production and gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

WIREs Energy and Environment
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/wene.385
Contributors: Esther S. Parish; Latha M. Baskaran; Virginia H. Dale
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Towards more sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from Northwestern Mexico and the Western Highlands of Guatemala

Futures
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102647
Contributors: Virginia H. Dale; Keith L. Kline; Santiago Lopez-Ridaura; Sarah E. Eichler; Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio; Luis F. Ramirez
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Multifunctional perennial production systems for bioenergy: performance and progress

WIREs Energy and Environment
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/wene.375
Contributors: Oskar Englund; Ioannis Dimitriou; Virginia H. Dale; Keith L. Kline; Blas Mola‐Yudego; Fionnuala Murphy; Burton English; John McGrath; Gerald Busch; Maria Cristina Negri et al.
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Rapid appraisal using landscape sustainability indicators for Yaqui Valley, Mexico

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.indic.2020.100029
Contributors: Sarah E. Eichler; Keith L. Kline; Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio; Santiago Lopez-Ridaura; Virginia H. Dale
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Enhance indigenous agricultural systems to reduce migration

Nature Sustainability
2020-02-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0473-1
Contributors: Keith L. Kline; Luis F. Ramirez; Carlos Sum; Santiago Lopez-Ridaura; Virginia H. Dale
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Dataset of forest landowner survey to assess interest in supplying woody biomass in two Southeastern United States fuelsheds

Data in Brief
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIB.2019.104674
WOSUID: WOS:000501988200132
Contributors: Hodges, Donald G.; Chapagain, Binod P.; Watcharaanantapong, Pattarawan; Poudyal, Neelam C.; Kline, Keith L.; Dale, Virginia H.
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Opportunities and attitudes of private forest landowners in supplying woody biomass for renewable energy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSER.2019.06.012
WOSUID: WOS:000483422600039
Contributors: Hodges, Donald G.; Chapagain, Binod; Watcharaanantapong, Pattarawan; Poudyal, Neelam C.; Kline, Keith L.; Dale, Virginia H.
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State of apps targeting management for sustainability of agricultural landscapes. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S13593-018-0549-8
WOSUID: WOS:000455322000001
Contributors: Inwood, Sarah E. Eichler; Dale, Virginia H.
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Engaging stakeholders to assess landscape sustainability

Landscape Ecology
2019-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00848-1
Contributors: Virginia H. Dale; Keith L. Kline; Esther S. Parish; Sarah E. Eichler
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Assessing sustainability in agricultural landscapes: a review of approaches

Environmental Reviews
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/ER-2017-0058
WOSUID: WOS:000443173300006
Contributors: Inwood, Sarah E. Eichler; Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago; Kline, Keith L.; Gerard, Bruno; Gardeazabal Monsalue, Andrea; Govaerts, Bram; Dale, Virginia H.
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Ecological careers at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/FEE.1978
WOSUID: WOS:000451912200013
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.
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Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

Agricultural Systems
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGSY.2016.09.010
WOSUID: WOS:000430619700008
Contributors: Kanter, David R.; Musumba, Mark; Wood, Sylvia L. R.; Palm, Cheryl; Antle, John; Balvanera, Patricia; Dale, Virginia H.; Havlik, Petr; Kline, Keith L.; Scholes, R. J. et al.
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Risk and resilience in an uncertain world

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/FEE.1759
WOSUID: WOS:000423812600001
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Jager, Henriette I.; Wolfe, Amy K.; Efroymson, Rebecca A.
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Unnatural hypoxic regimes

Ecosphere
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2408
Contributors: Henriette I. Jager; Rebecca C. Novello; Virginia H. Dale; Anna Villnas; Kenneth A. Rose
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Bridging biofuel sustainability indicators and ecosystem services through stakeholder engagement

Biomass and Bioenergy
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.09.016
Contributors: Virginia H. Dale; Keith L. Kline; Tom L. Richard; Douglas L. Karlen; William W. Belden
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Dataset of timberland variables used to assess forest conditions in two Southeastern United States' fuelsheds

Data in Brief
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIB.2017.05.048
WOSUID: WOS:000453403700043
Contributors: Parish, Esther S.; Dale, Virginia H.; Tobin, Emma; Kline, Keith L.
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Ensuring that Ecological Science Contributes to Natural Resource Management Using a Delphi-Derived Approach

Environmental Modeling with Stakeholders: Theory, Methods, and Applications
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25053-3_6
WOSUID: WOS:000402827900008
Contributors: Wolfe, Amy K.; Dale, Virginia H.; Arthur, Taryn; Baskaran, Latha
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How is wood-based pellet production affecting forest conditions in the southeastern United States?

Forest Ecology and Management
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.FORECO.2017.03.022
WOSUID: WOS:000402217100014
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Parish, Esther; Kline, Keith L.; Tobin, Emma
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Interactive posters: A valuable means of enhancing communication and learning about productive paths toward sustainable bioenergy

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/BBB.1753
WOSUID: WOS:000395405300012
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.
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Modeling the impacts of wood pellet demand on forest dynamics in southeastern United States

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/BBB.1803
WOSUID: WOS:000414577500016
Contributors: Duden, Anna S.; Verweij, Pita A.; Junginger, H. Martin; Abt, Robert C.; Henderson, Jesse D.; Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; Karssenberg, Derek; Verstegen, Judith A.; Faaij, Andre P. C. et al.
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Reconciling food security and bioenergy: priorities for action

GCB Bioenergy
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/GCBB.12366
WOSUID: WOS:000402740900006
Contributors: Kline, Keith L.; Msangi, Siwa; Dale, Virginia H.; Woods, Jeremy; Souza, Glaucia M.; Osseweijer, Patricia; Clancy, Joy S. .; Hilbert, Jorge A.; Johnson, Francis X.; Mcdonnell, Patrick C. et al.
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Reference scenarios for evaluating wood pellet production in the Southeastern United States

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/WENE.259
WOSUID: WOS:000412836200004
Contributors: Parish, Esther S.; Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; Abt, Robert C.
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Socioeconomic indicators for sustainable design and commercial development of algal biofuel systems

GCB Bioenergy
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/GCBB.12359
WOSUID: WOS:000402743500002
Contributors: Efroymson, Rebecca A.; Dale, Virginia H.; Langholtz, Matthew H.
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The role of bioenergy in a climate-changing world

Environmental Development
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVDEV.2017.02.008
WOSUID: WOS:000411629000007
Contributors: Souza, Glaucia Mendes; Ballester, Maria Victoria R.; de Brito Cruz, Carlos Henrique; Chum, Helena; Dale, Bruce; Dale, Virginia H.; Fernandes, Erick C. M.; Foust, Tom; Karp, Angela; Lynd, Lee et al.
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Wood pellets, what else? Greenhouse gas parity times of European electricity from wood pellets produced in the south‐eastern United States using different softwood feedstocks

GCB Bioenergy
2017-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12426
Contributors: Steef V. Hanssen; Anna S. Duden; Martin Junginger; Virginia H. Dale; Floor van der Hilst
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Status and prospects for renewable energy using wood pellets from the southeastern United States

GCB Bioenergy
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12445
Contributors: Virginia H. Dale; Keith L. Kline; Esther S. Parish; Annette L. Cowie; Robert Emory; Robert W. Malmsheimer; Raphael Slade; Charles Tattersall (Tat) SMITH, Jr; Thomas Bently (BEN) Wigley; Niclas S. Bentsen et al.
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A causal analysis framework for land-use change and the potential role of bioenergy policy

Land Use Policy
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.LANDUSEPOL.2016.09.009
WOSUID: WOS:000387519600046
Contributors: Efroymson, Rebecca A.; Kline, Keith L.; Angelsen, Arild; Verburg, Peter H.; Dale, Virginia H.; Langeveld, Johannes W. A.; McBride, Allen
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Assessing multimetric aspects of sustainability: Application to a bioenergy crop production system in East Tennessee

Ecosphere
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ECS2.1206
WOSUID: WOS:000374896300013
Contributors: Parish, Esther S.; Dale, Virginia H.; English, Burton C.; Jackson, Samuel W.; Tyler, Donald D.
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Incorporating bioenergy into sustainable landscape designs

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSER.2015.12.038
WOSUID: WOS:000369462100090
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; Buford, Marilyn A.; Volk, Timothy A.; Smith, C. Tattersall; Stupak, Inge
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Normalization in sustainability assessment: Methods and implications

Ecological Economics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2016.06.018
WOSUID: WOS:000383944800019
Contributors: Pollescha, N. L.; Dale, V. H.
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A framework for selecting indicators of bioenergy sustainability

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/BBB.1562
WOSUID: WOS:000357969400019
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Efroymson, Rebecca A.; Kline, Keith L.; Davitt, Marcia S.
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Applications of aggregation theory to sustainability assessment

Ecological Economics
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2015.03.011
WOSUID: WOS:000355026400011
Contributors: Pollesch, N.; Dale, V. H.
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Ecological objectives can be achieved with wood-derived bioenergy

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1890/15.WB.011
WOSUID: WOS:000359273400011
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; Marland, Gregg; Miner, Reid A.
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Risks to global biodiversity from fossil-fuel production exceed those from biofuel production

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/BBB.1528
WOSUID: WOS:000354038900015
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Parish, Esther S.; Kline, Keith L.
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Simulation games that integrate research, entertainment, and learning around ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOSER.2014.10.001
WOSUID: WOS:000363662700022
Contributors: Costanza, Robert; Chichakly, Karim; Dale, Virginia; Farber, Steve; Finnigan, David; Grigg, Kat; Heckbert, Scott; Kubiszewski, Ida; Lee, Harry; Liu, Shuang et al.
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Take a Closer Look: Biofuels Can Support Environmental, Economic and Social Goals

Environmental Science & Technology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/ES5025433
WOSUID: WOS:000338488700002
Contributors: Dale, Bruce E.; Anderson, James E.; Brown, Robert C.; Csonka, Steven; Dale, Virginia H.; Herwick, Gary; Jackson, Randall D.; Jordan, Nicholas; Kaffka, Stephen; Kline, Keith L. et al.
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A landscape perspective on sustainability of agricultural systems

Landscape Ecology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S10980-012-9814-4
WOSUID: WOS:000321260400010
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; Kaffka, Stephen R.; Langeveld, J. W. A. (Hans)
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Communicating About Bioenergy Sustainability

Environmental Management
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S00267-012-0014-4
WOSUID: WOS:000314311300001
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; Perla, Donna; Lucier, Al
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Comparing Scales of Environmental Effects from Gasoline and Ethanol Production

Environmental Management
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S00267-012-9983-6
WOSUID: WOS:000314311300003
Contributors: Parish, Esther S.; Kline, Keith L.; Dale, Virginia H.; Efroymson, Rebecca A.; McBride, Allen C.; Johnson, Timothy L.; Hilliard, Michael R.; Bielicki, Jeffrey M.
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Cultivated hay and fallow/idle cropland confound analysis of grassland conversion in the Western Corn Belt

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.1306646110
WOSUID: WOS:000322441500005
Contributors: Kline, Keith L.; Singh, Nagendra; Dale, Virginia H.
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Environmental Indicators of Biofuel Sustainability: What About Context?

Environmental Management
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/S00267-012-9907-5
WOSUID: WOS:000314311300002
Contributors: Efroymson, Rebecca A.; Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.; McBride, Allen C.; Bielicki, Jeffrey M.; Smith, Raymond L.; Parish, Esther S.; Schweizer, Peter E.; Shaw, Denice M.
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Indicators for assessing socioeconomic sustainability of bioenergy systems: A short list of practical measures

Ecological Indicators
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2012.10.014
WOSUID: WOS:000314483200010
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Efroymson, Rebecca A.; Kline, Keith L.; Langholtz, Matthew H.; Leiby, Paul N.; Oladosu, Gbadebo A.; Davis, Maggie R.; Downing, Mark E.; Hilliard, Michael R.
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Integrated Forest Biorefineries: Sustainability Considerations for Forest Biomass Feedstocks

SUSTAINABLE CATALYSIS: WITH NON-ENDANGERED METALS, PT 1
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/9781849735063-00080
WOSUID: WOS:000328484600004
Contributors: Patton-Mallory, Marcia; Skog, Kenneth E.; Dale, Virginia H.
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Issues in using landscape indicators to assess land changes

Ecological Indicators
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2012.10.007
WOSUID: WOS:000315325100010
Contributors: Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.
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Evaluating the economic benefits of the advanced biofuels targets under the RFS2

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000324621800568
Contributors: Oladosu, Gbadebo; Kline, Keith; Leiby, Paul; Uria-Martinez, Rocio; Davis, Maggie; Dale, Virginia; Downing, Mark; Eaton, Laurence
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Experimental response of understory plants to mechanized disturbance in an oak-pine forest

Ecological Indicators
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2011.09.029
WOSUID: WOS:000298129100022
Contributors: Druckenbrod, Daniel L.; Dale, Virginia H.
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Multimetric spatial optimization of switchgrass plantings across a watershed

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/BBB.342
WOSUID: WOS:000302130200014
Contributors: Parish, Esther S.; Hilliard, Michael R.; Baskaran, Latha M.; Dale, Virginia H.; Griffiths, Natalie A.; Mulholland, Patrick J.; Sorokine, Alexandre; Thomas, Neil A.; Downing, Mark E.; Middleton, Richard S.
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