Recent Publications by Conservancy Science Staff in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

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2008

White, M.A., Host, G.E. 2008. "Forest disturbance frequency and patch structure from pre-European settlement to present in the Mixed Forest Province of Minnesota, USA." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2212–2226.

2007

Gerla, P. 2007. North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute Technical Report No: ND07 - 01: Effect of Land Cover and Pattern on the Quality of Groundwater Discharged from Springs and Seeps at Pigeon Point, Southeastern North Dakota. Results were presented at the International Water Conference in mid-March 2007.

Gerla, P. J. 2007. "Estimating the effect of cropland to prairie conversion on peak storm run-off." Restoration Ecology 15(4):720-730.

2006

Cornett, Meredith W., Peter J. Bauman and David D. Breyfogle. "Can We Control Leafy Spurge? Adaptive Management and the Recovery of Native Vegetation." Ecological Restoration 24:3 (September 2006): 145-150.

Lytle, D.E., M.W. Cornett and M.S. Harkness. 2006. "Transferring landscape ecological knowledge in a multipartner landscape: the Border Lakes region of Minnesota and Ontario." Pp. 97-128 in Perera, A.H., L.J. Buse, and T.R. Crow (eds). Forest Landscape Ecology: Transferring Knowledge to Practice. Springer, New York, NY.

Blann, K. 2006. Habitat in Agricultural Landscapes: How Much Is Enough? A State of the Science Literature Review. Published by Defenders of Wildlife, Portland, OR. www.biodiversitypartners.org.

2005

Frelich, L.E., M.W. Cornett, and M.A.White. 2005. "Controls and references in forestry: the role of old growth and retrospective studies." Journal of Forestry 103(7):339-344.

Vondracek, B., K. L. Blann, C.B. Cox, J.F. Nerbonne, K.G. Mumford, B.A. Nerbonne, L.A. Sovell and J.K.H. Zimmerman. 2005. "Land Use, Spatial Scale, and Stream Systems: Lessons from an Agricultural Region." Environmental Management 36(6).

2004

Cornett, M. 2004. "The Nature Conservancy: silvicultural research needs in the Lake States." In Palik B. & L. Levy (Eds). Proceedings of the Great Lakes Silviculture Summit. St. Paul, MN, USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station. General Technical Report NC-254. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12857

Gerla, P. 2004. "Hydrological effects of an uncontrolled flowing well, Red River Valley, North Dakota, USA ." Journal of the American Water Resources Association 40:1305-1314. (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Sarr D., K. Puettmann, R. Pabst, M. Cornett, and L. Arguello. 2004. "Restoration ecology: new perspectives and opportunities for forestry." Journal of Forestry 102: 20-24.

2003

McAllister, J., J. Kirby, and P. Gerla. 2003. "Ichthyofaunal survey of an agriculturally disturbed prairie - wetland complex in Polk County, Minnesota." North Dakota Academy of Science 58:69.

2002

Anderson C. E., K. A. Chapman, M. A. White, and M. W. Cornett. 2002. "Effects of browsing control on establishment and recruitment of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) at Cathedral Grove in the Lake Superior Highlands, Minnesota." Natural Areas Journal 22: 202-210.

White, M.A. Brown, T.N., and G.E. Host. 2002. "Landscape analysis of risk factors for white pine blister rust in the Mixed Forest Province of Minnesota, U.S.A." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1639-1650

Wolter, P.T., and M. A. White. 2002. "Recent forest cover type transitions and landscape structure changes in northeast Minnesota." Landscape Ecology 17:133-155.

2001

Kishel, H. and P. Gerla. 2001. "Effects of small-scale hydraulic variation on groundwater discharge to Shingobee Lake, Minnesota." Hydrological Processes 16:1921-1934.