Research Topic #4: Wildlife and Changing Landscapes, Watersheds, and Oceans

Key Words: Marine Geography, Seafloor Mapping, Species dynamics in landscapes and streams, Landscape dynamics and change

Eco-IGERT Students involved in this area: Maribeth Todd, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Eco-IGERT Faculty involved in this area: Andrew Plantinga, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Matt Betts, Forest Science; Dawn Wright, Geography/COAS

Selected Publications:

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.

Spies,T. A., Johnson, K. N. Burnett, K. M, Ohmann, J. L. , McComb, B. C. ,Reeves, G. H., Bettinger, P. Kline, J. D.  and Garber-Yonts, B. (2007) Cumulative ecological and socio-economic effects of forest policies in coastal Oregon. Ecological applications. 17(1); 5-17.

Thompson, Jonathan with Fred Swanson. 2007. Mountain meadows--here today, gone tomorrow? Meadow science and restoration. Science Findings 94. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.