In Press

Hadley, A.S. and Betts, M.G. In Press. Tropical deforestation alters hummingbird movement patterns. Biology Letters.

Ritchie, L., Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J., and Vernes, K. In Press. Independent effects of landscape composition and configuration on northern flying squirrels in a forest mosaic. Forest Ecology and Management.

Betts, M.G., Ganio, L., Huso, M., Som, N., Bowman, J., Huettman, F. and Wintle, B. In Press. The ecological importance of space in species distribution models. Ecography.

Wilson, D., Stoddard, M.A., Betts, M.G., and Puettmann, K.J. In Press. Bayesian small-area models for assessing wildlife conservation risk in patchy populations. Conservation Biology.

2008

Betts, M.G., Hadley, A.S., Rodenhouse, N.L. and Nocera, J.J. 2008. Social information trumps vegetation structure in breeding site selection by a migrant songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London-Ser. B. PDF

Betts, M.G., Rodenhouse, N.L., Sillett, T.S. Doran, P.D. & Holmes, R.T. 2008. Dynamic occupancy models reveal within-breeding season movement up a habitat quality gradient by a migrant songbird. Ecography. PDF

Betts, M.G., and M.-A. Villard. 2008. Landscape thresholds in species occurrence as quantitative targets for forest management: generality in space and time? In Setting Conservation Targets for Managed Forest Landscapes. Villard, M.-A. (Ed.) Cambridge University Press. PDF

2007

Betts, M.G., Mitchell, D., Diamond, A.W., Bêty, J. 2007. Uneven rates of landscape change as a source of bias in roadside wildlife surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 2266-2273. PDF

Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J. and Diamond, A.W. 2007. Thresholds in songbird occurrence in relation to landscape structure. Conservation Biology 21: 1046-1058. PDF

Linke, J., Betts, M.G., Lavigne, M. and Franklin, S.E. 2007. Introduction: Structure, function and change in forest landscapes. In Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches. Wulder, M. and Franklin, S.E. (Eds.) Taylor and Francis Group Publishing, Pp. 1-29.

2006

Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J., Diamond, A.W., and Taylor, P.D. 2006. Independent effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on songbirds in a forest mosaic. Ecological Applications 16: 1076-1089. PDF

Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W., Forbes, G.J., Villard, M.-A. and Gunn, J. 2006. The importance of spatial autocorrelation, extent and resolution in predicting forest bird occurrence. Ecological Modelling 191: 197-224. PDF

Betts, M.G., Zitske, B., Hadley, A.S., and Diamond, A.W. 2006. Migrant forest songbirds undertake breeding dispersal following timber harvest. Northeastern Naturalist 13: 531-536. PDF

2005

Young, L., Betts, M.G., and Diamond, A.W. 2005. Do Blackburnian Warblers select mixed forest? The importance of spatial resolution in defining habitat. Forest Ecology and Management 214: 358-372. PDF

Warren, T., Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W. and Forbes, G.J. 2005. The influence of local habitat and landscape composition on cavity-nesting birds in a forested mosaic. Forest Ecology and Management 214: 331-343. PDF

Betts, M.G., Hadley, A.S. and Doran, P.J. 2005. Avian mobbing response is restricted by territory boundaries: experimental evidence from two species of forest warblers. Ethology 111: 821-835. PDF

Doran, P.D., Gulezian, P.Z. and Betts, M.G. 2005. A test of the mobbing playback method as a means to estimate bird reproductive success. Journal of Field Ornithology 76: 227-233. PDF

Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W., Forbes, G.J., Frego, K., Loo, J., Matson, B., Roberts, M., Villard, M.-A., Wissink, R., and Wuest, L. 2005. Plantations and biodiversity: a comment on the debate in New Brunswick. Forestry Chronicle 81: 265-269. PDF

Betts, M.G., Simon, N.P.P. and Nocera, J. 2005. Point count data summary metrics differentially predict reproductive activity in forest and grassland birds. Journal of Ornithology 146: 151-159. PDF

2003

Betts, M.G., Franklin, S.E., and Taylor, R.G. 2003. Interpretation of landscape pattern and habitat change for local indicator species using satellite imagery and geographic information system data in New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33: 1821-1831. PDF

2002

Betts, M.G., Knox, J. and Forbes, G.J. 2002. A landscape ecological approach to private woodlot planning in New Brunswick. Natural Areas Journal 22: 311-317. PDF

Betts, M.G., and Loo, J. 2002. A comparison of pre-European settlement forest characterization methodologies. Forestry Chronicle 18: 123-129. PDF