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Lab of Landscape Ecology and
Conservation Biology

Ries, L. and T.D. Sisk. 2008. Edge effects are predicted by a simple model for a complex landscape. Oecologia 156:75–86.

Bowker, M.A., M.E. Miller, J. Belnap, T.D. Sisk, and N.C. Johnson. 2008. Prioritizing Conservation Effort through the Use of Biological Soil Crusts as Ecosystem Function
Indicators in an Arid Region. Conservation Biology.

Hurteau, S.R., B.G. Dickson, W. Block, and T.D. Sisk. 2008. Fuel-reduction treatment effects on avian community structure and diversity. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1168-1174.

Sisk, T.D. 2007. Incorporating edges effects into landscape design. Pp. 151-164 in D. Lindenmayer and R. Hobbs (eds.) Managing and designing landscapes for conservation: moving from perspectives to principles. Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. Oxford. 587 pp.

Xu, Y., J. Prather, H. Hampton, B. Dickson, J. Palumbo, and T. D. Sisk. 2007. Effects of mismatches of scale and location between ground data and remote sensing imagery on forest structure mapping. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72:31-38.

Binkley, D., T. C. Chambers, J. Springer, and W. Block. 2007. The Role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes. Ecology and Society 12:18.

Lindemayer, D, and 26 Coauthors, incl. T. Sisk. 2007. A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation. Ecology Letters 10:1-14.

Prather, J.W., R. Noss, and T.D. Sisk. 2007. Real versus perceived conflicts between restoration of ponderosa pine forests and conservation of the Mexican spotted owl. Forest Policy and Economics 10:140-150.

Muñoz-Erickson, T., B. Aguilar-Gonzáles, and T.D. Sisk. 2007. Linking Ecosystem Health Indicators and Collaborative Management: A Systematic Framework to Evaluate Ecological and Social Outcomes. Ecology and Society 12:6.

Loeser, M.E., T.E. Crews, and T.D. Sisk. 2007. Impact of grazing intensity during drought in an Arizona grassland. Conservation Biology 21:87-97.

Sisk, T.D., A.E. Castellanos V., and G.W. Koch. 2007. Ecological impacts of Wildlife Conservation Units (UMAs) policy in Mexico.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:209-212.

Lindell, C.A., S.K. Riffell, S.A. Kaiser, A.L. Battin, M.L. Smith, and T.D. Sisk. 2007. Edge responses of tropical and temperate birds.  The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:205-220.

Sisk, T.D., E.N. Aumack, H.M. Hampton, J. Prather, and Y. Xu. 2006. Landscape analysis to link science and policy: ecological restoration of ponderosa pine forests in arid North America. Landscape and Urban Planning 78:300-310.

Brand, L.A., B.R. Noon, and T.D. Sisk. 2006. Predicting abundance of desert riparian birds: Validation and calibration of the Effective Area Model. Ecological Applications 116: 1090-1102.

Dickson, B. G., Y. Xu, J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Mapping the occurrence and probability of large fire ignitions in northern Arizona. Landscape Ecology 21:747-761.

Prather, J. W., N. L. Dodd, B. G. Dickson, H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Landscape models to predict the influence of forest structure on Tassel-eared Squirrel populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:723-731.

Noss, R. F., P. Beier, W. W. Covington, R. E. Grumbine, D. B. Lindenmayer, J. W. Prather, F. Schmiegelow, T. D. Sisk, and D. J. Vosick. 2006. Integrating restoration ecology and conservation biology: a case study from Ponderosa Pine forests of the Southwestern USA. Restoration Ecology 14: 4 -10

Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Advanced exploratory data analysis for mapping regional canopy cover. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 72:31-38.

Loeser, M.R., S. Mezulis, T. Theimer, and T.D. Sisk. 2005. Vegetative cover and forb responses to cattle exclusion: implications for pronghorn. Journal of Range Management 58: 234–238.

Sisk, T.D., M. Savage, D.A. Falk, C.D. Allen, E. Muldavin, and P. McCarthy. 2005. A landscape perspective for forest restoration. Journal of Forestry 103:319-320.

Loeser, M.R., T.E. Crews, and T.D. Sisk. 2004. Defoliation increased above-ground productivity in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Range Management 57:442-447.

Ries, L. and T.D. Sisk. 2004. A predictive model of edge effects. Ecology 85: 2917-2926.

Ries, L., R.J. Fletcher, Jr., J. Battin, and T.D. Sisk. 2004. Ecological responses to Habitat Edges: Mechanisms, models, and variability explained. Annual Review Ecolo. Evol. Syst. 35:491-522.

Munoz-Erickson, T.A., M.R. Loeser, and B.J. Aguilar-Gonzalez. 2004. Identifying indicators of ecosystem health for a semiarid ecosystem: a conceptual approach. In: van Riper, C., III, and K.L Cole, editors. The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological, and Physical Research. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

Battin, J. and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Assessing landscape-level influences of forest restoration on animal populations. In P. Frierderici and W.W. Covington, editors. Ecological restoration of southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Hampton, H. M., Y. Xu, J. W. Prather, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, M. M. Howe, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Spatial tools for guiding forest restoration and fuel reduction efforts. Proceedings of the 2003 ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, CA. Available at http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc03/p0679.pdf

Muñoz-Erickson, T.A. and B.J. Aguilar-Gonzalez. 2003. The Use of Ecosystem Health Indicators for Evaluating Ecological and Social Outcomes of the Collaborative Approach to Management: the Case Study of the Diablo Trust. Prepared for the National Workshop on "Evaluating Methods and Environmental Outcomes of Community-based Collaborative Processes". Online Journal of the Community-based Collaborative Research Consortium

Ries, L. and W.F. Fagan. 2003. Habitat edges as a potential ecological trap for an insect predator. Ecological Entomology 28: 567-572.

Sisk, T.D. 2002. Eliciting perceptions of biocultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau: a methodology for defining threats and response options. Pages 13-26 in G.P. Nabhan (ed.) Safeguarding the Uniqueness of the Colorado Plateau: An Ecoregional Assessment of Biocultural Diversity. Center for Sustainable Environments, Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, and Terralingua: Partnerships for Linguistic and Biological Diversity. 97 pp.

Sisk, T.D. and J. Battin. 2002. Habitat edges and avian ecology: geographic patterns and insights for western landscapes. Studies in Avian Biology, 25: 30-48.

Sisk, T.D. and N.M. Haddad. 2002. Incorporating the effects of habitat edges into landscape models: Effective Area Models for cross-boundary management. Pages 208-240 in J. Liu and W. Taylor (eds.) Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 500 pp.

Sisk, T.D., B.R. Noon and H.M. Hampton. 2002. Estimating the effective area of habitat patches in heterogeneous landscapes. Download figures. Pgs.713-725, in: Scott, Michael J., Patricia Heglund, Michael L. Morrison, Jonathon B. Haufler, Martin G. Raphael, William A. Wall, and Fred B. Samson, eds. Predicting species occurrences: issues of accuracy and scale. Island Press: Washington. 868 pp.

Hampton, H.M., L. Ries, and T.D. Sisk. 2001. A Spatial Model for Predicting Animal Responses to Ecological Changes. Proceedings fot the 2001 ESRI Users' Conference. Web version.

Loeser, M.R., T.D. Sisk, and T.E. Crews. 2001. Plant community responses to livestock grazing: an assessment of alternative management practices in a semi-arid grassland. In: Vance, Regina K.; Edminster, Carelton B.; Covington Wallace W.; Blake, Julie A., comps. 2001. Ponderosa pine ecosystems restoration and conservation: steps toward stewardship; 2000 April 25-27; Flagstaff, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-22. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.188 p.

Loeser, M.R., T.D. Sisk, T.E. Crews, K. Olsen, C. Moran, and C. Hudenko. 2001. Reframing the grazing debate: evaluating ecological sustainability and bioregional food production. In: van Riper, C., III, K.A. Thomas, and M.A. Stuart, editors. Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. U.S. Geological Survey/FRESC Report Series USGSFRESC/COPL/2001/24.

Meyer, C. and T.D. Sisk. 2001. Butterfly response to microclimatic changes following ponderosa pine restoration. Restoration Ecology 9: 453-461.

Meyer, C., T.D. Sisk, and W.W. Covington. 2001. Microclimatic changes induced by ecological restoration of ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona. Restoration Ecology, 9: 443-452.

Ries, L. and D.M. Debinski. 2001. Butterfly responses to habitat edges in the highly fragmented prairies of Central Iowa. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 840-852.

Ries, L., D.M. Debinski, and M.I. Wieland. 2001. Conservation value of roadside prairie restoration to butterfly communities. Conservation Biology 15: 401-411.

Grahame, J.D., T.D. Sisk, and collaborators. 2000. An introduction to the land use history of the Colorado Plateau (web site). URL: www.cpluhna.nau.edu. Northern Arizona University. 350+ pp.

Schlosberg, D. and T.D. Sisk. 2000. The environmental science/policy interface: crossing disciplinary boundaries with a team-teaching experiment. PS: Political Science and Politics 33:75-79. Web version URL: http://www.apsanet.org/PS/march00/schlosberg.cfm

Sisk, T.D., T.E. Crews, R.T. Eisfeldt, M. King, and E. Stanley. 1999. Assessing impacts of alternative livestock management practices: Raging debates and a role for science. Pp. 89-103 in van Riper, C., III and M. A. Stuart, editors. Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. U.S. Geological Survey/FRESC Report Series USGSFRESC/COPL/1999/16.

Sisk, T.D. 1998. Toward a land use history of North America. Pp. 1-5 in T.D. Sisk (ed.) Perspectives on the land use history of North America: A context for understanding our changing environment. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR-1998-0003. 104 pp.

Sisk, T.D., N. Haddad, and P.R. Ehrlich. 1997. Bird assemblages in patchy woodlands: modeling the effects of edge and matrix habitats. Ecological Applications 7:1170-1180.

Sisk, T.D., A.E. Launer, K.R. Switky, and P.R. Ehrlich. 1994. Evaluating extinctions threats: the distribution of global biodiversity and the expansion of the human enterprise. BioScience 44:592-604.