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Sisk Lab Publications
Scientific Publications
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 , Vol. 103, No. 6, Sept. 2005, pp. 319-320.
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. (in press). Integrating restoration ecology and conservation biology: a case study from Ponderosa Pine forests of the Southwestern USA. Restoration Ecology.
Prather, J. W., N. L. Dodd, B. G. Dickson, H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. (in press). Landscape models to predict the influence of forest structure on Tassel-eared Squirrel populations. Journal of Wildlife Management.
Hampton, H. M., E. N. Aumack, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. (in press). Demonstration and test of a spatial decision support system for forest restoration. Proceedings of the 7 th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau .
Hampton, H. M., E. N. Aumack, J. W. Prather, B. G. Dickson, Y. Xu, and T. D. Sisk. (in press). Development and transfer of spatial tools based on landscape ecology principles: supporting public participation in forest restoration planning in the southwestern U.S. by transferring knowledge into practice In Forest Landscape Ecology: Transferring Knowledge to Practice. (A. Perera, L. Buse, and T. Crow, eds.). Springer, New York.
Prather, J. W., H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson , N. L. Dodd, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. (in press). Modeling the effects of forest restoration treatments on sensitive wildlife taxa: a GIS-based approach. Proceedings of the 7 th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.
Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. (in press). Advanced exploratory data analysis for mapping regional canopy cover. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing.
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.
General Publications
Schumann, M., L. McCarthy, and J. Grahame. "ForestERA brings citizens and science together to guide forest management priorities." Forest Wisdom (newsletter No. 2 of the Forest Guild, June 2005), p. 7-8.
Sisk, T.D. and J. Palumbo. 2005. Collaborative Science: Making research a participatory endeavor for solving environmental challenges. The Quivira Coalition, June 2005.
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 , Vol. 103, No. 6, Sept. 2005, pp. 319-320.
