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Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research
Journal Articles

The following citations are a selection of journal articles (by general topic) that are relevant to research being conducted within the Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research (CFER) program. Copies of these articles can be found at most University libraries.


Topics:

Amphibians, Bats, Beavers, Birds/Insects, Fish Habitat/Aquatic Ecosystems, Landscape Ecology/Ecosystems, Lichens/Bryophytes, Riparian Vegetation, Salmonids, Silviculture/Density Management/Wildlife and Stream Channel Morphology/Large Wood.



Amphibians


Bury, B.R. and P.S. Corn. 1991. Sampling methods for amphibians in streams in the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Tech. Report. PNW-GTR-275. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Corn, P.S., and R.B. Bury. 1989. Logging in western Oregon: responses of headwater habitats and stream amphibians. Forest Ecology and Management 29: 39-57.

Diller, L.V. and R.W. Wallace. 1996. Distribution and habitat of Rhyacotriton. Journal of Herpetology 30:184-191.


 
 


Bats


Adam, M.D., and J.P. Hayes. 2000. Use of bridges as night roosts by bats in the Oregon Coast Range. Journal of Mammalogy 81:402-407.

Brigham, R.M. 1991. Flexibility in foraging and roosting behaviour by the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:117-121.

Christy, R.E., and S.D. West. 1993. Biology of bats in Douglas-fir forests. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-308. 28 pp.

Hayes J.P., 2001. Assumptions and practical consideration in the design and interpretation of echolocation-monitoring studies. Acta Chiropterologica 2(2):225-236.

Hayes, J.P., and J. Gruver. 2000. Vertical stratification in bat activity in an old-growth forest in western Washington. Northwest Science 74:102-108.

Lewis, S.E. 1995. Roost fidelity of bats: A review. Journal of Mammalogy 76:481-496.

Ormsbee, P., and W.C. McComb. 1998. Selection of day roosts by female long-legged myotis in the central Oregon Cascade Range. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:596-603.

Thomas, D.W. 1988. The distribution of bats in different ages of Douglas-fir forests. Journal of Wildlife Management 52:619-626.

Vonhof, M.J. and R.M.R. Barclay. 1996. Roost-site selection and roosting ecology of forest-dwelling bats in southern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:1797-1805.

Waldien, D.L. and J.P. Hayes. 2001. Activity areas of female long-eared myotis in coniferous forests in western Oregon. Northwest Science 75:307-314.

Waldien, D.L., J.P. Hayes, and E.B. Arnett. 2000. Day-roosts of female long-eared myotis in western Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:785-796.


 
 


Beavers


Naiman, R.J., C.A. Johnston, and J.C. Kelley. 1988. Alteration of North American streams by beaver. BioScience 38:753-761.

Naiman, Robert J. 1986. Ecosystem Alteration of Boreal Forest Streams by Beaver (Castor canadensis). Ecology. 67(5):1254-1269.

Suzuki, N., and W.C. McComb. 1998. Habitat classification models for beaver (Castor canadensis) in streams of the Central Oregon Coast Range. Northwest Science 72:102-110.


 
 


Birds/Insects


Chambers, C., W. McComb, and J.C. Tappeiner. 1999. Breeding bird responses to three silvicultural treatments in the Oregon Coast Range. Ecological Applications. 9(1):171-185.

DeGraaf, R.M. 1995. Nest predation rates in managed and reserved extensive northern hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 79:227-234.

Finch, D.M. 1991. Population ecology, habitat requirements, and conservation of neotropical migratory birds. USDA For. Ser. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-205. 26pp.

Hagar, J.C., W.C. McComb, and W.H. Emmingham. 1996. Bird communities in commercially thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir stands of western Oregon. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24:353-366.

Lattin, J.D. 1993. Arthropod diversity and conservation in old-growth Northwest forests. American Zoologist 33:578—587.

Rosenberg, K.V. and R.J. Cooper. 1990. Approaches to avian diet analysis. Pages 80-90 in J. L. Morrison, C. J. Ralph, J. Verner, and J.R. Jehl, Jr., eds. Avian foraging: Theory, methodology, and applications. Studies in Avian Biology No. 13. Cooper Ornithological Society, Los Angeles, Calif.

Weikel, J. and J.P. Hayes. In press. The foraging ecology of cavity-nesting birds in young forests of the northern Coast Range of Oregon. The Condor.


 
 


Fish Habitat/Aquatic Ecosystems


Imhof, J.G., J. Fitzgibbon, and W.K. Annable. 1996. A hierarchical evaluation system for characterizing watershed ecosystems for fish habitat. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53(Supplement 1):312-326.

Lewis, C.A., N.P. Lester, A.D. Bradshaw, J.E. Fitzgibbon, K. Fuller, L. Hakanson, C. Richards. 1996. Considerations of scale in habitat conservation and restoration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53 (Supplement 1): 440-445.

Poole, G.C., C.A. Frissell, and S.C. Ralph. 1997. In-stream habitat unit classification: inadequacies for monitoring and some consequences for management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 33:879-896.

Reeves, G.H., L.E. Benda, K.M. Burnett, P.A. Bisson, and J.R. Sedell. 1995. A disturbance-based ecosystem approach to maintaining and restoring freshwater habitats of evolutionarily significant units of anadromous salmonids in the Pacific Northwest. American Fisheries Society Symposium 17:334-349.

Richards, C., R.J. Haro, L.B. Johnson, and G.E. Host. 1997. Catchment and reach-scale properties as indicators of macroinvertebrate species traits. Freshwater Biology 37:219-230.

Wiley, M.J., S.L. Kohler, and P.W. Seelbach. 1997. Reconciling landscape and local views of aquatic communities: lessons from Michigan trout streams. Freshwater Biology 37:133-148.


 
 


Landscape Ecology/Ecosystems


Beattie, M. 1996. An ecosystem approach to fish and wildlife conservation. Ecological Applications 6:696—699.

Knight, T.W., and D.W. Morris. 1996. How many habitats do landscapes contain? Ecology 77(6):1756-1764.

Nichols, W.F., K.T. Killingbeck, and P.V. August. 1998. The influence of geomorphological heterogeneity on biodiversity II. A landscape perspective. Conservation Biology 12:371-379.

Pickett, S.T.A., and M.L. Cadenasso. 1995. Landscape ecology: spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems. Science 269:331-334.

Rykiel, E.J., Jr. 1996. Testing ecological models: the meaning of validation. Ecological Modelling 90:229-244.

Schlosser, I.J. 1991. Stream fish ecology: a landscape perspective. BioScience.

Turner, M.G. 1989. Landscape ecology: the effect of pattern on process. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 20:171-197.


 
 


Lichens/Bryophytes


Lesica, P., B. McCune, S.V. Cooper, and W.S. Hong. 1991. Differences in lichen and bryophyte communities between old-growth and managed second-growth forests in the Swan Valley, Montana. Canadian Journal of Botany 69:1745—1755.

McCune, B., J. Dey, J. Peck, D. Cassell, K. Heiman, S. Will-Wolf, and P. Neitlich. 1997. Repeatability of community data: species richness versus gradient scores in large-scale lichen studies. Bryologist 100:40-46.

Neitlich, P. and B. McCune. 1997. Hotspots of epiphytic lichen diversity in two young managed forests. Conservation Biology 11:172-182.

Peck, J. E. and B. McCune. 1997. Effects of green tree retention on epiphytic lichen communities: A retrospective approach. Ecological Applications 7:1181-1187.

Sillett, S. C. & B. McCune. 1998. Survival and growth of cyanolichen transplants in Douglas-fir forest canopies. Bryologist 101:21-31.


 
 


Riparian Vegetation


Hayes, J.P., M.D. Adam, D. Bateman, E. Dent, W.H. Emmingham, K.G. Maas, and A.E. Skaugset. 1996. Integrating research and forest management in riparian areas of the Oregon Coast Range. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 11:85-89.

Hibbs, D.E., and A.L. Bower. 2001. Riparian forests in the Oregon Coast Range. Forest Ecology and Management 154:201-213.

Robison, E.G. and R.L. Beschta. 1990. Identifying trees in riparian areas that can provide coarse woody debris to streams. Forest Science, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 790-801.

Minore, D. and H.G. Weatherly. 1994. Riparian trees, shrubs, and forest regeneration in the coastal mountains of Oregon. New Forests 8: 249-263.

Van Sickle, J., and S.V. Gregory. 1990. Modeling inputs of large woody debris to streams from falling trees. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20:1593-1601.


 
 


Salmonids


Gresswell, R.E., G. Lienkaemper, and D.S. Bateman. 2000. Using geospatial technology to identify streams supporting isolated populations of coastal cutthroat trout. USGS Information and Technology Report.

Gresswell, R.E., W.J. Liss, and G.L. Larson. 1994. Life-history organization of Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri) in Yellowstone Lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51 (Supplement 1):298-309.

Leidholt-Bruner, K., D.E. Hibbs, and W.C. McComb. 1992. Beaver dam locations and their effects on distribution and abundance of coho salmon fry in two coastal Oregon streams. Northwest Science 66:218-223.

Nickelson, T.E., J.D. Rodgers, S.L. Johnson, and M.F. Solazzi. 1992. Seasonal changes in habitat use by juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Oregon coastal streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:783-789.

Poff, N.L., and J.D. Allan. 1995. Functional organization of stream fish assemblages in relation to hydrological variability. Ecology 76:606-627.

Rieman, B.E., D.C. Lee, and R.F. Thurow. 1997b. Distribution, status, and likely future trends of bull trout in the interior Columbia River basin and Klamath River basins. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 117:1111-1125.

Thurow, R.F., D.C. Lee, and B.E. Rieman. 1997. Distribution and status of seven native salmonids in the interior Columbia basin and portions of the Klamath River and Great Basins. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 117:1094-1110.41:704-712.

Watson, G. and T.W. Hillman. 1997. Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of bull trout: an investigation at hierarchical scales. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:237-252.


 
 


Silviculture/Density Management/Wildlife


Bailey, J.D. and J.C. Tappeiner. 1998. Effects of thinning on structural development in 40- to 100- year-old Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 108: 99-113.

Carey, A.B., and M.L. Johnson. 1995. Small mammals in managed, naturally- young, and old-growth forests. Ecological Applications 5:336—352.

Dubrasich, M.E. and J.C. Tappeiner. 1998. Development of multicohort stands in southwestern Oregon. In review. Western Journal of Applied Forestry.

Harmon, M.E. and J. Sexton. 1996. Guidelines for Measurements of Woody Detritus in Forest Ecosystems. Publication No. 20. U.S. LTER Network Office: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 73 p.

Hayes, J.P., S.S. Chan, W.H. Emmingham, J.C. Tappeiner, L.D. Kellogg, and J.D. Bailey. 1997. Wildlife response to thinning young forests in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Forestry 95(8):28-33.

Latham, P., and J.C. Tappeiner. 2002. Response of old-growth conifers to reduction in stand density in western Oregon forests. Tree Physiology 22:137-146.

McComb, W.C., T.A. Spies, and W.H. Emmingham. 1993b. Douglas-fir forests: Managing for timber and mature-forest habitat. Journal of Forestry 91(12):31-42.

Poage, N.J. and J.C. Tappeiner. 2002. Long-term patterns of diameter and basal area growth of old-growth Douglas-fir trees in western Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32 (7): 1232-1243.

Tappeiner, J., D. Huffman, D. Marshall, T. Spies, and J.D. Bailey. 1997. Density, ages and growth rates in old-growth and young growth forests in coastal Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:638-648.


 
 


Stream Channel Morphology/Large Wood


Beechie, T.J. and T.H. Sibley. 1997. Relationships between channel characteristics, woody debris, and fish habitat in northwestern Washington streams. Transaction of the American Fisheries Society 126:217-229.

Benda, L.E., Beechie, T.J., Johnson, A., and R.C. Wissmar. 1992. The geomorphic structure of salmonid habitats in a recently deglaciated river basin, Washington state. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Bilby, R.E. and J.W. Ward. 1989. Changes in characteristics and function of woody debris with increasing size of streams in western Washington. Transaction of the American Fisheries Society 118:368-378.

Bilby, R.E. and J.W. Ward. 1991. Characteristics and function of large woody debris in streams draining old-growth, clear-cut, and second-growth forests in southwestern Washington. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:2499-2508.

McHenry, M.L., E. Shott, R.H. Conrad, and G.B. Grette. 1998. Changes in the quantity and characteristics of large woody debris in streams of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, U.S.A. (1982-1993). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:1395-1407.

Ralph, S.C., G.C. Poole, L.L. Conquest, and R.J. Naiman. 1994. Stream channel morphology and woody debris in logged and unlogged basins of western Washington. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:37-51.

Wallace, J.B., J.R. Webster, and J.L. Meyer. 1995. Influence of log additions on physical and biotic characteristics of a mountain stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:2120-2137.


 
   


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