Fall 2005

Recommended Reading

Sometimes a Great Notion

Coulston, J.W.; Riitters, K.H. 2003. Geographic analysis of forest indicators using spatial scan statistics. Environmental Management. 31: 764–773. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/20365. [Date accessed: December 12, 2005].

Macie, E.A.; Hermansen, L.A. 2003. Human influences on forest ecosystems, a summary report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–64. Asheville,NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 13 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/5458. [Date accessed:December 1, 2005].

Riitters, K.H.; Wickham, J.D. 2003. How far to the nearest road? Front. Ecol. Environ. 1(3): 125– 129. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/5325. [Date accessed: December 1, 2005].

Riitters, K.H.; Wickham, J.D.; Coulston, J.W. 2004. A preliminary assessment of Montreal Process indicators of forest fragmentation for the United States. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 91: 257–276. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/20363. [Date accessed: December 1, 2005].

Riitters, K.H.; Wickham, J.D.; O’Neill, R.V. [and others]. 2002. Fragmentation of continental United States forests. Ecosystems. 5: 815–822. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/5196. [Date accessed: December 1, 2005].

Wade, T.G.; Riitters, K.H.; Wickham, J.W.; Jones, K.B. 2003. Distribution and causes of global forest fragmentation. Conservation Ecology. 7(2): 7. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/5569. [Date accessed: December 12, 2005].

Wickham, J.D.; Riitters, K.H.; Wade, T.G.; Jones, K.B. 2005. Evaluating the relative roles of ecological regions and landcover composition for guiding establishment of nutrient criteria. Landscape Ecology. 20: 791–798. http://www.srs.fs.usda. gov/pubs/21169. [Date accessed: December 12].

Rapid Changes in Forest Ownership in the South

Clutter, M.; Mendell, B.; Newman, D. [and others]. Strategic factors driving timberland ownership in the U.S. South. Draft manuscript. 15 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/econ/pubs/southernmarkets/strategic-factors-and-ownership-v1.pdf. [Date accessed: December 15, 2005].

On file at: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Economics of Forest Protection and Management, PO Box 12254, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Stein, S.M.; McRoberts, R.E.; Alig, R.J. [and others]. 2005. Forests on the edge: housing development on America’s private forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW–GTR–636. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 16 p. http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/fote/reports/fote-6-9-05.pdf. [Date accessed: December 13].

Wear, D.N.; Foreman, J.M.; Liu, R.; Sheffield, R. 1999. The effects of population growth on timber management and inventories in Virginia. Forest Ecology and Management. 118: 107–115. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/911. [Date accessed: December 15, 2005].

Wear, D.N.; Greis, J.G. 2002. Southern forest resource sssessment, summary report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–53. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 103 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/5029. [Date accessed: December 1, 2005].

Williams, M. 1999. Americans and their forests: a historical geography. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 599 p.

Wear, D.N.; Pye, J.M.; Riitters, K.H. 2004. Defining conservation priorities using fragmentation forecasts. Ecology and Society. 9(5): 4. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/8455. [Date accessed: December 1, 2005].

Edge Effects

Barton, C.; Kinkead, K. 2005. Do erosion control and snakes mesh? Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 60(2): 33–35. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21050. [Date accessed: December 13].

Ellefson, P.V.; Hibbard, C.M.; Kilgore, M.A.; Granskog, J.E., eds. 2005. Legal, institutional, and economic indicators of forest conservation and sustainable management: review of information available for the United States. Gen Tech. Rep. SRS– 82. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 221 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/20799. [Date accessed: December 13].

Franklin, S.B.; Pye, J.M.; Duncan, B.W. [and others]. 2003. Forest fragmentation and biodiversity in the Southeast. Southeastern Biology. 50: 335–346.

Greenberg, C.; Lanham, J.D. 2001. Breeding bird assemblages of hurricane-created gaps and adjacent closed canopy forest in the Southern Appalachians. Forest Ecology and Management. 154: 251-260. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/2893. [Date accessed: December 13, 2005].

Hamel, P.B. 2000. Cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea. In: Poole, A.; Gill, F., eds. Birds of North America—life histories for the 21st century. No. 511. Philadelphia: Birds of North America, Inc.: 1–20. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/1820. [Date accessed: December 13, 2005].

Horn, S.; Hanula, J.L.; Ulyshen, M.D.; Kilgo, J.C. 2005. Abundance of green tree frogs and insects in artificial canopy gaps in a bottomland hardwood forest. American Midland Naturalist. 153: 321–326. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21206. [Date accessed: December 13].

Kilgo, J.C. 2005. Harvest-related edge effects on prey availability and foraging of hooded warblers in a bottomland hardwood forest. The Condor. 107: 627–636. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/21045. [Date accessed: December 13].

Rudolph, D.C.; Burgdorf, S.J.; Conner, R.N.; Schaefer, R.R. 1999. Preliminary evaluation of the impact of roads and associated vehicular traffic on snake populations in eastern Texas. In: Evink, G.L.; Garrett, P.; Zeigler, D. Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on wildlife ecology and transportation. FL–ER–73–99. [Place of publication unknown]: [Publisher unknown]: 129–136.

Strayer, D.L.; Downing, J.A.; Haag, W.R. [and others]. 2004. Changing perspectives on pearly mussels, North America’s most imperiled animals. Bioscience. 54(5): 429–439. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/9493. [Date accessed: December 13, 2005].

Warren, M.L., Jr.; Haag, W.R. 2005. Spatio-temporal patterns of the decline of freshwater mussels in the Little South Fork Cumberland River, USA. Biodiversity and Conservation. 14: 1383–1400. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/9776. [Date accessed: December 13].

Wilson, A.D.; Leininger, T.D.; Otrosina, W.J.[and others]. 2004. The impact and control of major southern forest diseases. In: Rauscher, H.M.; Johnson, K., eds. Southern forest science: past, present, and future. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–75. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 161–178. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/9678. [Date accessed: December 13, 2005].

Yates, M.D.; Loeb, S.C.; Guynn, D.C., Jr. 1997. Effect of habitat patch size on small mammal populations. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 51: 501– 510. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/1117. [Date accessed: December 13, 2005].

Effects on the Two-Legged Creatures

Cordell, H.K.; Overdevest, C. 2001. Footprints on the land. Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing. 314 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/trends/fpbook.html. [Date accessed: December 13, 2005].