Forest Fragmentation Bibliography

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Alcorn, J. B. (1996). Forest use and ownership: patterns, issues, and recommendations. Forest patches in tropical landscapes. Washington D.C, Island Press.

Alig, R. (2000). Where do we go from here? Preliminary Scoping of Research Needs. Fragmentation 2000 Conference.

Alig, R., B. Butler, et al. (2000). Fragmentation and National Trends in Private Forest Lands: Preliminary Findings from the 2000 Renewable Resource Planning Act Assesment. Fragmentation 2000 Conference.

Alliance for Community Education This Place Called Home: Tools for Sustainable Communities. Edgewater, Alliance for Community Education.

Almerson, W. S., D. M. Waller, et al. (1988). "Forests to deer: Edge effects in northern Wisconsin." Conservation Biology 2(4): 348-358.

American Farmland Trust (1997). Saving American Farmland. Washington, D.C, American Farmland Trust.

Arendt, R. (1994). Rural by Design:Maintaining Town Character. Chicago, American  Planning Association.

Arnold, C. A., R. Monaham, et al. (1999). Carving up the Landscape: Habitat Fragmentation and What to do about it, NEMO.

Ball, J. (1997). "On the urban edge: a new and enhanced role for foresters." Journal of Forestry 95(10): 6-10.

Ball, J. and J. L. Cornforth (2000). "Saving Forests in Urban Developments, Not Trees." Virginia Forests Fall: 6-7.

Bates, M. T. and R. Cooksey (1998). "Forest Fragmentation." (Winter): 7-9.

Bick, S. and H. Haney (2001). The Landowners Guide to Conservation Easement, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Birch, T. W. (1996). Private forest landowners of the Northern United States, 1994. Radnor, PA, US Forest Service.

Bliss, J. C. and A. J. Martin (1988). "Identity and private forest management." Society and Natural Resources 1: 365-376.

Bratton, S. (1994). "Logging and fragmentation of broadleaved deciduous forests: Are we asking the right ecological questions?" Conservation Biology 8(1): 295-297.

Bryant, C. R., L. H. Russwurm, et al. (1982). The City's Countryside. New York, Longman Group Limited.

Calesta, D. S. d. (1994). "Effect of white-tailed deer on songbirds within managed forests in Pennsylvania." Journal of Wildlife Management 58(4): 711-718.

Carter, M. R. (1984). Changing roads in reform sector agriculture: dilemmas of risk sharing and incentives. Madison, Wisconsin, Staff Paper Series - University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension Service. [Madison, Wis. : The Service] June 1984. (223) 31 p.

Chesapeake Futures Task Force Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forests: Benefits and Impacts, Populations, Economics, and Land Cover Change Task Force

Commonwealth Research Group (1995). Cost of Community Services In Southern New England. Chepachet, Rhode Island, Southern Neew England Forest Consortium.

Cooksey, R. and F. R. P. f. U. F. Service (1997). Forest Fragmentatioon in the East: Does It Impact Resource and Economic Health?, Forest Service.

Cooksey, R. and A. Todd Conserving the Forests of the Chesapeake: The Status, Trends, and Importance of Forests for the Bay's Sustainable Future. Washington D.C, US Forest Service

Daniels, T. (1999). When City and Country  Collide. Washington, D.C, Island Press.

Debinski, D. M. and R. D. Holt (2000). "A survey and overview of habitat fragmentation experiments." Conservation Biology 14(2): 342-355.

DeCoster, L. (2000). Proceedings of the Forest Fragmentation 2000 Conference, Alexandria, VA.

DeCoster, L. A. (1998). "The boom in forest owners-a bust for forestry." Journal of Forestry 96(5): 25-28.

Dennis, D. F. (1992). "Parcelization and affluence implications for non-industrial private landowners." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 9(1): 33-35.

Devendorf, L. (2000). A tree farmer's view on Fragmentation. Fragmentation 2000, Annapolis, Maryland, Neil Sampson.

Dooley, J. L. and M. A. Bowers (1998). "Demographic responces to habitat fragmentation: experimental tests at the landscape and patch scale." Ecology 79(3): 969-980.

Drzyzga, S. A. and D. G. Brown (1999). Land parcelization and forest cover fragmentation in three forested counties in Northern Lower Michigan. Proceedings of the ... Society of American Foresters National Convention, Bethesda, MD.

Egan, A. and A. E. Luloff (2000). "The exurbanization of America's forests-research in rural social science." Journal of Forestry 88(3): 26-30.

Elemendorf "Using ecosystem-based and traditional land use planning to conserve greenspace." Jornal of Arboriculture 25(5): 264-273.

Fisher, L. and R. Bunch (1997). Challenges in promoting forest patches in rural development efforts. Washington D.C, Island Press.

Fleury, T. and C. R. Blinn (1996). Ownership fragmentation in the nonindustrial private forest lands of Northern Minnesota between 1965 and 1990. Symposium on Nonindustrial Private Forests: Learning from the Past, Prospects for the future., Washington  D.C, University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Foreman, J. M. (1999). Forest Fragmentation in Virginia: Lessons Learned from Southern New England, Virginia Department of Forestry.

Forest Service (2000). Forest Fragmentation and Urban Sprawl Effects on Forests, Portsmouth, NH.

Fredericksen, T. S., B. D. Ross, et al. (2000). "The impact of logging on wildlife: a study in Northeastern Pennsylvania." Journal of Forestry 98(4): 4-10.

Garner, J., J. Grace, et al. (1998). Forest Fragmentation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Ecological, Economic, Policy and Law Impacts. Bethesda, Society of American Forests.

Garner, J. W. (1999). Forest Fragmentation Conference. Forest Fragmentation Conference, Virginia.

Gobster, P. H., R. G. Haight, et al. (2000). "Landscape Change in the Midwest: An Integrated Research and Development Program." Journal of Forestry 98(3): 9-14.

Gustafson, E. J. (1996). "Expanding the scale of forest management: allocating timber harvests in time and space." Forest Ecology & Management. 1996. 87: 1/3, 27-39. 35 ref 87(1/3): 27-39.

Hagan, J., P. McKinley, et al. (1997). "Diversity and abundance of landbirds in a northeastern industrial forest." Journal of Wildlife Management 61(3): 718-735.

Harris, L. D. (1984). The Fragmented Forest. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.

Heimlich and Vesterby (1992). "Farmland loss to urban encroachment no threat to US Agriculture." Rural Development Perspectives 8(1).

Heimlich, V. a. (1991). "Land-use an Demographic change." Land Economics (University of Washington) 67(3): 274-291.

Hermansen, A. and E. Macie Southern Wildland-Urban Interface Assessment, US Forest Service, Southern Region.

Hinrichs, C. C. (1998). "Sideline and lifeline: the cultural economy of maple syrup production." Rural Sociology 63(4): 507-532.

Horton, T. (1999). "Can We Grow Smarter?" Land and People(Spring): 4-10.

Jackson, R. (2001). "What Olmsted Knew." Western City:League of California Cities March 2001.

Jacobson, M. G., R. C. Abt, et al. (2000). "Attitudes toward joint forest planning among private landowners." Journal of Sustainable Forestry 11(3): 95-112.

Johnson, W. C. and C. S. Adkinson (1985). "Dispersion of beech nuts by blue jays in fragmented landscapes." Journal of Wildlife Management.

Joshi, M. L., J. Bliss, et al. (2000). "Investing in Industry: Underinvesting in Human Capital:Forest-Based Rural Development in Rural Alabama." Society and Natural Resources 13: 291-319.

Kays, J., V. M. Schultz, et al. (1999). "Forest Landowners in a Fragmented Landscape." Branching Out: Maryland's Forest Stewardship Educator.

Kjeer, K. J. (2000). Land Use Planning and the Community Forest. Urban and Community Forestry in the Northwest. J. E. Kjeer. New York, Plenum.

Kline (2000). "Comparing states with and without growth management." Land Use Policy 17: 349-355.

Kline and Alig (1999). "Does Land Use planning slow conversion of forest and farmland?" Growth and Change 30: 3-22.

Koontz, T. M. (2001). "Money Talks- But to Whom? Financial versus Nonmonetary Motivations in Land Use Decisions." Society and Natural Resouces 14: 51-65.

LaGro, J. (1998). "Landscape Context of Rural Residential Development in Southeastern Wisconsin." Landscape Ecology 13: 65-77.

LandWatch Monterey County (1999). Protecting South County Ranching Rights, LandWatch.

Larson, K. (2000). "Taxation, Regulation, and Fragmentation of Forestland." Forest Landowner 60(1): 46-50. 

Liu, R. and J. A. Serivani (1997). Virginia Land Assessment. Charlottesville, Virginia Department of Forestry.

Londo, A. (2000). Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Forest Management for Private non-industrial Forest Landowners. Forest Fragmenation 2000 Conference.

Luloff, A. E., J. Finley, et al. (1999). Social Issues and Impacts Associated With Land Parcelization. Balancing the Landscape: Retaining Forests in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Annapolis.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (1999). The Forest Conservation Act: A Five Year Review, Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

McGarigal, K. and W. C. McComb (1995). "Relationships between landscape structure and breeding birds in the Oregon Coast Range." Ecological Monographs 65(3): 235-260.

McIntyre, S. and R. Hobbs (1999). "A Framework for Conceptualizing Human Effects on Landscapes and Its Relevance to Management and Research Models." Conservation  Biology 13(6): 1282-1292.

Mehmood, S. R. and D. Zhang (2001). "Forest parcelization in the United States." Journal of Forestry 99(4): 30-34.

Meridian Institute (2001). Keeping Forests as Forests: Recommendations for Reducing Forest Fragmentation on  Private Land in the United States through Changes in Federal Tax Policy, Meridian Institute.

Monroe, M., A. Bowers, et al. (2001). The Moving Edge: Perspectives about the Southern Interface, Southern Regional Extension. 

National Association of State Foresters (1999). Taxation and Forest Sustainability:Recommendations for Positive Change, National Association of State Foresters.

Nelson (1999). "Comparing states with and without growth management." Land Use Policy 16: 121-127.

New England Forestry Foundation (2000). News Briefs, New England Forestry Foundatioon.

Niedbalsiki, B., J. Grosman, et al. (2001). Forest Fragmentation and Implications with Smart Growth, Ashland, Wisconsin.  Noss, R., E. LaRoe, et al. Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation, USGS Biological References.

Peck, S. (1998). Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples. Washington, D.C, Island Press.

Peterken, G. F. (1999). "Applying natural forestry concepts in an intensively managed landscape." Global Ecology & Biogeography Letters 8(5): 321-328.

Pinder, J. E. I., T. E. Rea, et al. (1999). "Deforestation, reforestation and forest fragmentation on the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia." American Midland Naturalist. [Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame, 1909-] 142(2): 213-228.

Puric-Mladenovic, D., W. A. Kenny, et al. (2000). "Land development pressure on peri-urban forests: a case study in the Regional Municipality of York." Forestry Chronicle. [Ottawa : Canadian Institute of Forestry] 76(Mar/Apr): 247-250.

Radeloff, V. C. (2001). "Human demographics trends and landscape level forest management in the northwest Wisconsin Pine Barrens." Forest Science 47(2): 229-241.

Reed, R. A. (1996). Contribution of Roads to Forest Fragmentation. Conservation Biology: 1098-1106.

Rochelle, J., L. Lehmann, et al. (1999). Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications. The Netherlands, Brill Press.

Rochelle, J. A. (1998). Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications: Conference Summary. Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications, Portland, Oregon.

Row, C. (1978). "Economies of Tract Size in Timber Growing." Journal of Forestry September: 576-582.

Rudis, V. A. (1995). "Regional Forest Fragmentation Effects on Bottomland Hardwood Community Types and Resource Values." Landscape Ecology 10(5): 291-307.

Sagor, E., M. Reichenbach, et al. (2001). Natural Resources in Your Backyard, University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Sampson, N. and L. DeCoster (1997). Public Programs for Private Forestry: A Reader on Programs and Options. Washington, D.C, American Forests.

Sampson, N. and L. DeCoster (1999). Forest fragmentation: wildlife and management implications. Boston, Leiden.

Sampson, N. and L. DeCoster (2000). "Forest fragmentation: Implications for sustainable private forests." Journal of Forestry 98.

Shafer, C. L. (1990). Nature Reservess. Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press.

Society of American ForestersTask force (1999). Forest Fragmentation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Ecological, Economic, Policy and Law Impacts, Society of American Foresters

Stevens, T. H., D. D., et al. (1999). "Attitudes and preferences toward co-operative agreements for management of private forestlands in the north-eastern United States." Journal of Environmental Management. 1999. 55: 2, 81-90. 15 ref. 55(2): 81-90.

Thompson, F. R., W. D. Dijak, et al. (1992). "Breeding bird populations in Missouri Ozark forests with and without clearcutting." Journal of Wildlife Management 56(1): 23-30.

Thorne, S. and D. Sundquist (2001). New Hampshire's Vanishing Forests: Conversion, Fragmentation, and Parcelization of Forests in the Granite State. Concord, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

Trzcinski, K., L. Fahrig, et al. (1999). "Independent effects of forest cover and fragmentation on the distribution of forest breeding birds." Ecological Applications 9(2): 586-593.

Tyrell, M. and G. Dunning (2000). "Forestland Coversion, Fragmentation, and Parcelization." Yale Forest Forum Series 3(6): 6.

Tyson, C. B., S. M. Campbell, et al. (1998). "Woodscaping for small landowners in southern New England." Journal of Forestry 96(12): 4-9.

Various (1999). Balancing the Landscape-Retaining Forests in the Chesapeake Bay Watersheds: Speaker Abstracts. 1999 Forest Fragmentation Conference: Balancing...

Various (1999). Keep America Growing: Balancing Working Lands and Development. Keep America Growing: Balancing Working Lands and Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Omnipress, Madison.

Virginia Department of Forestry (2000). Virginia Forest Legacy Program: Assessment of Need, Virginia Forest Legacy Program.

Wear, D., L. Forman, et al. (1999). "The effects of Population Growth on Timber Management." Forest Ecology and Management 118(1-3): 107-115.

Wear, D. N. and P. Bolstad (1998). "Land-Use Changes in Southern Appalachian Landscapes: Spatial Analysis and Forecast Evaluation." Ecosystem 1: 575-594.

Wear, D. (2000). Forest land use changes: fragmentation, urbanization and population. Perspectives on Sustainable Forestry for the South, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Weber, T. and J. Wolf Maryland's Green Infrastructure-Using Landscape Assessment Tools to Identify a Regional Conservation Strategy. Annapolis, Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Welsh, C. and W. M. Healy (1993). "Effect of even-aged timber management on bird species diversity wand composition in norhtern hardwoods of New Hampshire." Wildlife Society Bulletin 21(2): 143-154.

Wickham, J. D., R. O'Neill, et al. (2000). "Forest fragmentation as an economic indicator." Landscape Ecology 15: 171-179.

Wilkinson, K. P. (1991). The Community in Rural America. New York, Greenwood Press.

Worthley, T. Forest Fragmentation and Parcelization: Priorities for Foresters and Land-Use Decision Markers in the Northeast, UCONN Cooperative Extension System.

Worthley, T. and S. Prisloe Forest Fragmentation and Parcelization-Information and Educational Priorities for Forest Managers and Land-Use Decision-Makerss, UCONN Cooperative Extension System.

Yale Forest Forum (2000). Forest Fragmentation, Yale University.

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