ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT: STUDENT PUBLICATIONS

*Students names are in bold.

Hanifin, R.C., and Pedersen, B.S. 2006. Canopy structure differences in two mixed-deciduous forests subject to different intensities of deer herbivory. Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Branchville, New Jersey, Abstracts, p. 7.

Pedersen, B.S., and Hanifin, R.C. 2006. Determining forest canopy structure with a laser rangefinder: Split beams and measurement accuracy. Ecological Society of America 91st Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, Abstracts.

Pedersen, B.S., and Hanifin, R.C. 2006. Light utilization efficiency in two mixed-deciduous forests subject to different intensities of deer herbivory. Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Branchville, New Jersey, Abstracts, p. 13.

Barton, J.A., and Pedersen, B.S. 2005. Are overabundant deer in a Pennsylvania wildlife preserve eating all the tree seeds? Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter Ecology Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Poster Abstracts, p. 3.

Durkota, J.M., and Pedersen, B.S. 2004. Forest stand structure and species composition in a wildlife preserve subject to extreme deer herbivory. Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Abstracts, p. 7.

Hoffmeier, A.L., and Pedersen, B.S. 2004. Quantifying acorn removal by seed predators in a wildlife preserve, south-central Pennsylvania. Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Abstracts, p. 11.

Pears, S.L., Pedersen, B.S. and Hanifin, R.C.. 2004. Effect of gypsy moth outbreaks on the growth rates of surviving host and non-host trees in a mixed deciduous forest. Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Abstracts, p. 16.

Pedersen, B.S., and Howard, J.L.. 2004. The influence of canopy gaps on overstory tree and forest growth rates in a mature mixed-age, mixed-species forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 196:351-366.

Pedersen, B.S., and Wallis, A.M. 2004. Effects of white-tailed deer herbivory on forest gap dynamics in a wildlife preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. Natural Areas Journal, 24:82-94.

Casper, E.A., Graham, C.J., Laws, K.L. , and Pedersen, B.S. 2003. Light transmission through a forest canopy. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 76:111.

Pedersen, B.S., and Wallis, A.M. 2003. Canopy gap replacement failure in a Pennsylvania forest preserve subject to extreme deer herbivory. Pages 265-266 in J.W. Van Sambeek, J.O. Dawson, F. Ponder, Jr., E.F. Loewenstein, and J.S. Fralish, editors. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. GTR-NC-234. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Pedersen, B.S. and Pears, S.L. 2003. Teaching simulation modeling from the ground up. Joint Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (88th Annual) and the International Society of Ecological Modelling (North American Chapter). Savannah, Georgia, Abstracts, p. 264.

Wilderman, C.C. and Cowher, P. ('03), 2003. A Report on the State of the Conodoguinet Creek, based on Data Collected by the CCWA from 1998-2002, powerpoint presentation and handouts.

Pedersen, B.S., Howard, J.L., Wallis, A.M., and Pears, S.L.. 2002. Influence of canopy gaps, vines, and cambial damage by deer on understory tree growth rates. Ecological Society of America 87th Annual Meeting and Society of Ecological Restoration 14th Annual International Conference, Tucson, Arizona, Abstracts, p. 406.

Howard, Jessica L. ('01), and Pedersen, Brian S. 2001. Spatial relationships between understory tree growth rates and canopy gaps. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 74:134.

Johnson, E. I. ('01), and Wilderman, C.C. 2001. Preliminary results of a study on the response of diatom communities to a fish hatchery's discharge in the Yellow Breeches Creek, Cumberland County, PA. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 74:134.

Pedersen, B.S., and Howard, J.L. ('00). 2001. Do forest canopy gaps enhance the stem diameter growth of adjacent overstory trees? Ecological Society of America 86th Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, Abstracts, p. 328.

Skowronski, Nicholas S. ('01), and Pedersen, Brian S. 2001. Modeling the future tree community structure of a forest severely effected by deer herbivory. 77th Annual Meeting of the PA Academy of Science, March 30-April 1, 2001; Monroeville PA. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 74:148.

Wilderman, C.C. and Johnston, J. ('01) September, 2001. Analysis of Data Collected by the Coplay Creek Monitoring Group, a Project of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Sierra Club, 1997-2000. 33 pp.

Wilderman, C.C. and Johnston, J. ('01), August, 2001. Analysis of Data Collected by the Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project (SCRIP), 1997-2000. 30 pp.

Jannone, Daniel E. ('00), and Pedersen, Brian S. 2000. A description and history of the Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary Forest (Perry County, Pennsylvania). 76th Annual Meeting of the PA Academy of Science, April 14-16, 2000; Wyomissing, PA. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 73:161.

Walker, Gregory R. ('00), and Pedersen, Brian S. 2000. A census of White-tailed deer by pellet counting at the Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary (Perry County, PA). 76th Annual Meeting of the PA Academy of Science, April 14-16, 2000; Wyomissing, PA. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 73:183.

 

 

 

 


 

 


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