Meet the Forestry Faculty

Jason A. Hubbart, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences

Forest hydrology.
Fresh water and water quality disturbance mechanisms.
Fresh water, water quality, and hydroclimatic best management practices (BMPs).
Plant and animal biophysical response to hydrometeorological variation and perturbation.
Hydroclimatologic scaling, modeling, and global change.

Hubbart's general research foci are the intricate relationships between physical and biological systems in pre- and post-disturbance environments, with particular interest in biophysical responses to microclimate and hydrologic disturbance mechanisms. Current research projects include microclimate variability and perturbation in complex terrain and riparian zones, snow hydrology, inversion processes and tree physiological response mechanisms, and water yield and water quality responses to timber harvest. Future interdisciplinary work will focus on water flow and peak flow, water quality, microclimatology, and biophysical response mechanisms related to alterations of hydrologic regimes, and the intricate ecosystem processes at the interface between terrestrial, aquatic and social systems. He is interested in conservation and sustainable management of natural resources at multiple levels including but not limited to aspects of biodiversity, sustainability and best management practices. Hubbart uses his diverse interdisciplinary background encompassing biological and hydrologic sciences to provide new insights to complex natural resource sustainability and management related issues. As an intense proponent of education, he also works to narrow the gap between science and public awareness by means of education and outreach activities.

Hubbart, J.A., K.L. Kavanagh, R. Pangle, T.E. Link, and A. Schotzko. 2007.
Cold air drainage and modeled nocturnal leaf water potential in complex forested terrain. Tree Physiology, 27: 631-639.
Hubbart, J.A., T.E. Link, J.A. Gravelle, and W.J. Elliot. 2007.
Timber Harvest Impacts on Hydrologic Yield in the Continental/Maritime Hydroclimatic Region of the U.S. In: Special Issue on Headwater Forest Streams, Forest Science, 53(2): 169-180.
Hubbart, J.A. 2007.
Measuring and Modeling Hydrologic Responses to Timber Harvest in a Continental/Maritime Mountainous Environment. PhD Thesis, Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, 170 pp.
Karwan, D.L., J.A. Gravelle, and J.A. Hubbart. 2007.
Effects of Timber Harvest on Suspended Sediment Loads in Mica Creek, Idaho. In Press. In Special Issue on Headwater Forest Streams, Forest Science, 53(2): 181-188.
Koeniger, P., J.A. Hubbart, T. Link, and J.D. Marshall. 2007.
In Press. Stable isotope variability in snowcover and snowmelt in response to forest management at the Mica Creek Experimental Watershed, Northern Idaho. Hydrological Processes.
Hubbart, J.A. 2006.
"Multiple Entries." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment) Encyclopedia of Earth.
Hubbart, J.A., T.E. Link, C. Campbell, and D. Cobos. 2005.
An evaluation of a low-cost temperature measurement system. Hydrologic Processes, 19: 1517-1523.