| Teaching |
Teaching Mission
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My goal as a teacher is to excite students about the process of
learning and figuring out things for themselves.
Because doing is the key to learning, I strive constantly to
incorporate active learning techniques.
I use frequent in-class exercises, both individual and group,
to gives students the opportunity to try new things.
I develop projects that are as close as possible to "real life" situations,
to better prepare students for life after school.
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Courses
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Creating
Open Space Plans that Work, with Toddi Steelman, North Carolina State University, Spring 2006.
Examining
Biodiveristy Patterns, North Carolina State University, Spring 2005.
Regional
Biodiveristy Priorities, North Carolina State University, Fall 2004.
Surrogate Species
Conservation Planning, North Carolina State University, Spring 2003.
Landscape Ecology,
North Carolina State University, Fall 2002, 2004.
Focal Species
Conservation Planning, North Carolina State University, Spring 2002.
Measuring
Suburban Sprawl, North Carolina State University, Spring 2001.
Natural Resources
Measurements,
North Carolina State University, every Spring, since 1997.
Modeling
Biological Systems,
North Carolina State University, Fall 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003.
Effective
Scientific Posters, every Spring, since 2000.
Landscape Ecology and Design,
North Carolina State University, Spring 1996, Fall 1998, Spring 2000.
Ecology and Economics
of Clearcutting,
North Carolina State University, Fall 1996.
Topics in Landscape Ecology,
North Carolina State University, Spring 1995.
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Publications and Presentations
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
| 2002 |
2. -- and H.M. Cheshire. Integrating
spatial information technologies into forestry
and natural resources curricula. Journal of Forestry 100(1): 29-34.
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| 1998 |
1. -- and E.N. Brooks. The class poster conference
as a teaching tool.
Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education,
27: 155-158.
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Published Articles, Book Chapters, Proceedings, and Web Sites
| 2004 |
6. Hess, G.R. and C.A. Drew.
Inquiry-guided learning through
collaborative research. Pages 146-172 in V.S. Lee (editor).
Teaching and Learning through Inquiry:
A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors.
Stylus Publishing, Sterling VA.
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| 2003 |
5. Drew, C. A. and G. R. Hess. 2003. Online publication enhances integration
of current research in the classroom. Conservation Ecology 7(1): r12.
[online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss1/resp12
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| 2001 |
4. US-IALE conferences showcase new work destined for peer-reviewed journals.
Newsletter of the U.S. Regional Association of the International Society for Landscape Ecology 17(1): 8-9.
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| 2000 |
3. -- and L. Leigel.
Effective Poster Presentations,
URL=www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/
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| 1998 |
2. --, R. Abt, and R. Serow.
Reshaping expectations for Web-based
collaborative learning.
Natural Resources and Environmental Issues 7: 104-109.
1. Serow, R.C., G.R. Hess, R.C. Abt, and C.V. Ukpabi.
Evaluating a web-based course. Pages 57-60 in Robert C. Serow (editor),
Program Evaluation Handbook.
Simon and Schuster, Needham Heights, MA.
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Presentations
| 2005 |
11. -- & A. DiGiorgio. About as Real as it Gets:
Service Learning in Environmental Management.
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. (talk)
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| 2004 |
10. -- & C.A. Drew. Inquiry-guided learning through collarboartive research.
University Education in Natural Resources Conference, Flagstaff, AZ. (talk)
9. Effective Poster Presentations. Graduate School, North Carolina State University. (talk)
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| 2003 |
8. Inquiry-guided learning through collarboartive research.
Conversations about Teaching series,
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, NCSU. (invited seminar)
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| 2002 |
7. Cheshire, H.M. & G.R. Hess. Integrating Spatial Information
into the Curriculum.
Invited seminar, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, School of Natural Resource Sciences.
6. Cheshire, H.M. & G.R. Hess. Integrating Spatial Information
into the Curriculum.
University Education in Natural Resources Conference, Raleigh NC (workshop).
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| 2000 |
5. Blank, G. & G.R. Hess. The Academic Nexus of Research,
Teaching, Advising, Consulting, and Service.
University Education in Natural Resources Conference, Columbia MO (workshop).
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| 1999 |
4. Creating Effective Posters Workshop. Southeastern Association
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Greensboro NC (invited workshop presentation).
3. Web-based collaborative learning.
North Carolina State University Hewlett Conference, Winston-Salem NC (talk).
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| 1998 |
2. Reshaping expectations for Web-based collaborative learning.
Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Logan UT (talk).
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| 1996 |
1. A Web-Based Participatory Literature Review and Synthesis.
Instructional Technologies Exposition, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh (demonstration).
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Teaching Innovations and Cross-Disciplinary Activities
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Collaborative Research Special Topics Courses.
In these courses, I work with 5-10 graduate students on a collaborative research effort.
The multidisciplnary teams work together to develop and address an original research question and produce
tangible products, such as peer-reviewed journal articles and oral and poster
presentations for professional conferences. This inquiry-guided teaching approach
is described in a book chapter.
In Creating Open Space Plans that Work (2006)
Toddi Steelman and I led nine students in an examination
of the relationship between the quality of open space plans
and success in protecting open space. We focused on plans and
programs in the six-county Triangle Region of North Carolina.
Based on an examination of 22 plans and programs, we found that
plan quality is not predictive of success in protecting open space.
Stakeholder involvement in planning and implementation was weakly
predicitive of success in protecting open space.
In Examining Biodiversity Patterns (2005)
three students and I collaborated with Taylor Rickets
(World Wildlife Fund's
Conservation Sciences Program)
to determine if levels of agriculultural and urban development could be used to identify
conservation areas at multiple scales. Results were confounded and we did not produce a product.
In Regional Biodiversity Priorities (2004)
five students and I collaborated with Taylor Rickets
(World Wildlife Fund's
Conservation Sciences Program)
to evaluate the effectiveness of indicator taxa approaches as the grain
and extent of application varies. We produced a paper (in press) and
presented our work at several conferences.
In Surrogate Species
Conservation Planning (2003)
five graduate students and I evaluated the effectiveness of surrogate species
planning through a detailed literature review; and compared three approaches to wildlife planning in the Triangle
Region of North Carolina. We produced two peer-reviewed papers (one in print, one in press)
documenting our work, and presented our work at more than six meetings.
In Focal Species
Conservation Planning (2002),
seven graduate students and I mapped focal species habitat for the Triangle region
of North Carolina. We produced a poster for the Landscape Ecology conference.
Measuring
Suburban Sprawl (2001)
Built on experiences in "Ecology and Economics of Clearcutting." Nine graduate students, several faculty, and I worked
collaboratively to define and measure quanitatively suburban sprawl. We produced
a manuscript that was published in Carolina Planning and presented our work at
the Landscape Ecology conference and an Environmental Protection Agency meeting.
Ecology
and Economics of Clearcutting (1996) was my first attempt at this approach
to teaching, and was not entirely successful.
It was an experimental graduate course to
evaluate a use of the Web for cross-disciplinary distance learning.
Produced a university report
and a conference paper based on the formal
evaluation of the course.
Modeling
Biological Systems (2005). I am teaching this a part of a distance education
pilot program using a synchronous teaching system called
Centra.
Seven students are taking the course at a distance and are in the virtual classroom
at the same time as the 17 students are in the face-to-face class in Raleigh.
The software allows students at a distance to see my desktop while I
talk about what I'm doing. I have a whiteboard, can show PowerPoint presentations
(which I rarely do), hold discussion sessions, send students to virutal
breakout rooms, and see and control individual student desktops.
Students can be made copresenters and talk to everyone in the class.
Natural
Resources Measurements (2005).
Built the class around a service-learning project. Students worked with
the Wake County Environmental Services Department and estimated the amount
of impervious surface in the Falls Lake water supply watershed, from 1970-1999.
( See final report.)
Natural
Resources Measurements (2004).
Obtained a grant from NCSU's Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning to help improve
students' statistical intuition using a set of visualization modules.
(see report)
Natural
Resources Measurements (2004).
The entire class (14 students) worked on a single collaborative project to
estimate the amount of impervious surface in Wake County. This approach
help students develop collaboration and leadership skills. Results were presented
in an open seminar.
Modeling
Biological Systems (2003).
I redesigned this course and, for the first time, offered it for distance education.
Sixteen students took the face-to-face version and four took the distance education version.
I redesigned the course to include more hands-on work in class based on
modeling case studies. This allowed the students to conceive, build,
run, and analyze a model during the first few weeks of the course.
From student comments and the quality of their final products,
it seems the approach was successful for both the face-to-face
and distance education students. [ Incorporated permanently. ]
Landscape Ecology (2002).
A new, full-semester graduate course to introduce students to the concepts
and application of landscape ecology. [ Course offered fall of even years. ]
Natural
Resources Measurements (2001).
Improved writing and speaking assignments in class by increasing the amount
of guidance available to the students. This effort was the result of a writing
and speaking workshop I participated in during the semester. [ Incorporated permenantly. ]
Natural
Resources Measurements (2001). Incoporated reading of
The Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People into the course, along with associated writing
assignments. This professional development opportunity is intened to help
students learn to think about long term goals, collaborate, and develop leadership
qualities. [ Incorporated permenantly. ]
Natural
Resources Measurements (2000).
Revamped course to take advantage of computers in the classroom.
Students worked in small teams (2-3 people) to solve problems using computers
during the "lecture" portion of the course. This approach allowed me to
present concepts and then immediately put them into practice using more
realistic problem sets.
Made significant imporvements to Web site, including reorganization and enhancement of
material, and incorporation of practice problems.
Worked with Heather Cheshire to integrate geographic information systems,
global positioning systems, and statistical sampling into a lecture and
laboratory sequence. In a Fall 2000 focus group, six students indicated
that this approach had prepared them well for their subsequent courses.
Cheshire and I published a paper in the Journal of Forestry about our GIS work.
[ Incorporated permenantly. ]
Effective
Scientific Posters (2000).
New five-week course developed to help graduate students learn to
create effective scientific poster presentations. In conjunction with
the first offering of this course, worked with Leon Leigel (USDA Forest Service)
to create a web site offering guidance for
Creating
Effective Posters. [ Course offered every spring. ]
Modeling
Biological Systems (1997).
Held a professional poster session at the end of the
semester at which students displayed results of their modeling projects.
The session was attended by people from the larger university community.
A peer-reviewed paper
summarizing the implementation of the session and
an evaluation of the results were published in the Journal of Natural Resources
and Life Sciences Education. [ Incorporated permenantly. ]
Natural
Resources Measurements (1997).
Established a client-consultant relationship
between NR 300 and a landscape architecture course. Acting as clients,
students in the landscape course generated project requirements and information
requests. Students in NR 300, acting as consultants, provided technical
information. Produced a university report
describing the results.
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Grants
Students
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Chairman or Co-Chairman
| Current Graduate Students |
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Louise Alexander, MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, expected May 2009
Thesis: Are our conservation lands meeting the goals for which they were protected?
Matthew Potter, MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, expected May 2008
Thesis: Snake diversity on greenways
Kathryn Reis, co-advising with Toddi Steelman, PhD, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, expected December 2010
Thesis: To be determined
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| Graduate Students Graduated |
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Salina Kohut, co-advised with Chris Moorman, MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, May 2007
Thesis: Avian Use of Suburban Greenways as Stopover Habitat.
Jennifer Miller, MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 2005
Thesis: Impervious Surfaces Cover: Effects on Stream Salamanders
Abundance and a New Method of Classification Using Feature Analyst
Now a doctoral student in the Geography Department of the University of Texas at Austin.
Jamie Hull Mason, MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 2003
Thesis: Can greenways provide high quality avian habitat?
Now with Barr Engineering, doing environmental consulting
Kristen Novotny SInclair, MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 2003
Thesis: Mammalian Nest Predators Respond to Greenway Width,
Habitat Structure, and Landscape Context
Now with NC Natural Heritage Program, working to conserve biodiveristy in North Carolina
Ray Bode, Masters of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 2001
Project: GIS Models Of Bobcat Habitat
And A Multi-species Habitat Network As A Conservation Umbrella
Now with URS Corporation, a technical services firm,
helping to make roads less hazardous to wildlife
Matt Rubino, MS, Forestry, 2001
Thesis: Identifying Barred owl Habitat in the North Carolina Piedmont: Using GIS in Focal Species Conservation Planning
Now with the NC GAP Program, working to conserve biodiveristy in North Carolina
Terri King, Masters of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 2001
Project: Identifying Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) habitat in a
suburbanizing landscape:
The use of GIS and regional landscape
approaches in conservation
Now with AW North Carolina, doing environmental compliance work
Stacy Sherling, Masters of Biomathematics, NCSU, 2000
Project: Trends in forest composition and size class distribution:
Implications for wildlife habitat
Now with Eli-Lilly, a pharmaceutical company
Ting-yuan Yeh, MS intern, Duke University, 1998
Project: Disease-induced selection in metapopulations:
A simulation analysis
Now a Physician in Taiwan
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Committee Member
Current |
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Jessica Robinson (PhD, Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management, in progress)
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Graduated |
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Anne Acton (PhD, Veterinary Medicine, 2007)
Susan Howard (MS, Forestry, 2007)
Alexa McKerrow (PhD, Botany, 2007)
Jeff Swain (MS, Natural Resources, 2007)
Jorie Favreau (PhD, Zoology, 2006)
Kevin Potter (PhD, Forestry, 2006)
Ashton Drew (PhD, Marine, Earth, and Atmos. Sci., 2006)
Ellen Damschen (PhD, Zoology, 2005)
Frank Koch (PhD, Forestry, 2005)
Val Garcia (MS, Forestry, 2004)
Rebecca Vidra (PhD, Forestry, 2004)
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Kevin Potter (MS, Forestry, 2002)
Garrick Skalski (PhD, Zoology and Biomathematics, 2001)
Elizabeth Brooks (PhD, Biomathematics, 2001)
Jeremy Lichstein (PhD, Zoology, 2000)
Brian Burke (MS, Zoology, 1998)
Kirsten Hazler (MS, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 1999)
K. Andrew Martin (MS, Forestry, 1999)
Raleigh Myers (MS, Natural Resources, 1998)
Lori Niverth (MS, Natural Resources, 1997)
Lisa Richman (MS, Forestry, 1998)
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Mentorship activities
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Development
| 2005 |
16. Pathways to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, NCSU Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Raleigh, NC.
15. Service-learning workshops, NCSU Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Raleigh, NC.
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| 2004 |
14. Univeristy Education in Natural Resources Conference, Flagstaff AZ
13. Third Symposium on Inquiry-guided Learning: Institutionalizing Inquiry-guided Learning, NCSU
12. Presenting Data and Information, Durham NC.
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| 2002 |
11. Inquiry Guided Learning Workshop (year-long), NCSU.
10. Classroom Assessment Techniques (2 workshops), NCSU.
9. University Education in Natural Resources Conference, Raleigh NC.
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| 2001 |
8. Integrating Writing and Speaking into Your Class, NCSU.
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| 2000 |
7. University Education in Natural Resources Conference, Columbia MO.
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| 1999 |
6. Teaching Portfolio Workshop.
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| 1998 |
5. Hewlett Initiative,
to increase the use of active learning at NCSU.
4. Effective Teaching Workshop, by Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent.
Improving learning through the use of active and collaborative
learning teachniques.
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| 1997 |
3. Hewlett Initiative,
to increase the use of active learning at NCSU.
2. Faculty Strategies for Online Learners. An on-line conference
sponsored by the Institute for Distance Education, University of Maryland.
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| 1996 |
1. Assigning and Evaluating Writing in the Major.
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Guest Lectures
| 2005 |
34. Creating effective posters. Presentation and workshop (two events),
NCSU Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Programs.
33. Creating effective posters. Presentation for the Graduate School.
32. Impervious surfaces around Falls Lake, Environmental Regulation, NCSU.
31. Creating an effective poster. Applications in GIS, NCSU.
30. Creating an effective poster. Professional Development 2 - Communication, NCSU.
29. Creating an effective poster. Natural Resources Advocacy, NCSU.
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2004 |
28. Creating effective posters. Presentation for the Graduate School.
27. Creating effective posters. Presentation and workshop (two events),
NCSU Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Programs.
26. Effective Poster Presentations. Professional Development II - Communication,
Forestry Department, North Carolina State University.
25. Use of Statistics In Biology, Forestry Research Methods Course, NCSU.
24. Creating an effective poster. Forestry Professional Development 2, NCSU.
23. Creating an effective poster. Graduate Research Certificate, NCSU.
22. Creating an effective poster. Applications in GIS, NCSU.
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| 2003 |
21. Balancing teaching, research, and service. Campbell University.
20. Creating effective posters. Presentation for the Graduate School.
19. Creating effective posters. Presentation and workshop (two events),
NCSU Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Programs.
18. Surrogate species planning. Ecology, NCSU.
17. Creating an effective poster. Applications in GIS, NCSU.
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| 2002 |
16. Greenways for Wildlife. Half-day field trip and
discussion for the Sustainable use of Natural Resources course
(joint NCSU, Purdue, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences).
15. Conservation Planning in the Triangle & North Carolina.
Two hour discussion for the Sustainable use of Natural
Resources course.
14. Greenways for Wildlife. Half-day workshop for
EnviroTech Summer Day Camp, NCSU.
13. Greenways for Wildlife. Urban Wildlife Management, NCSU.
12. Biodiversity Issues in Sustainable Forestry. Sustainable Forestry
Management, NCSU.
11. Effective Poster Presentations. Environmental Ethics, NCSU.
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| 2001 |
10. Creating a graduate study plan: The use of statistics. (presented with
Erin Sills). Research Methods, NCSU.
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| 2000 |
9. Creating an effective poster. Research Methods, NCSU.
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| 1998 |
8. Using models in conservation biology. Broughton High School, Raleigh NC.
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| 1997 |
7. Metapopulation models. Conservation Biology. NCSU.
6. Using models in conservation biology. Enloe High School, Raleigh NC.
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| 1996 |
5. Metapopulation modeling, including incorporating disease into the models.
Population Ecology. Duke University, Durham NC.
4. Uncertainty in measures of landscape pattern.
Advanced Wildlife Habitat Management, NCSU.
3. Regional assessment of windbreaks as habitat for breeding birds.
Advanced Wildlife Habitat Management, NCSU.
2. Critique student design projects from a landscape ecological perspective.
Advanced Issues Studio, NCSU (2 appearances).
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| 1995 |
1. Critique student design projects from a landscape ecological perspective.
Advanced Issues Studio, NCSU.
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Reseach Mission
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To improve continuously the breadth and quality of information
available to land use planners, natural resource managers,
and other people whose activities shape our landscapes.
Within this broadly defined arena, I am concentrating on approaches to
planning open space networks
in suburbanizing areas and designing
greenways for wildlife.
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Publications and Presentations
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Publications in Review and Preparation
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1. Thompson, J.R.,
G.R. Hess, T.A. Bowman, H. Magnusdottir, C.E. Stubbs-Gipson, M. Groom, J.R. Miller, T.A. Steelman,
& D.L Stokes. Courses without Borders®: Collaborative graduate education across multiple campuses.
Innovative Higher Education, under review (October 2007).
2. Steelman, T.A. & G.R. Hess.
Effective protection of open space: How does planning matter?
Landscape & Urban Planning, under review (July 2007).
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles :: PDFs of published articles are not provided, because doing so
violates copyright law
| 2007 |
21. Miller, J.E., G.R. Hess, & C.E. Moorman.
Southern two-lined salamanders in urbanizing watersheds.
Urban Ecosystems 10(1): 73-85.
20. Mason, J.H., C.E. Moorman, G.R. Hess, and K.E. Sinclair.
2007. Designing urban greenways to provide habitat for breeding birds.
Landscape and Urban Planning 80: 153-164.
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| 2006 |
19. --, R.A. Bartel, A.K. Leidner, K.M. Rosenfeld, S.B. Snider, & T.H. Ricketts.
2006. Effectiveness of biodiversity indicators varies wih extent, grain, and region.
Biological Conservation 132(4): 448-457.
18. Favreau, J.M., C.A. Drew, G.R. Hess, K.A. Eschelbach, F.H. Koch, and
M.J. Rubino. Recommendations for assessing the effectiveness of surrogate specieas
approaches. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 3949-3969.
17. --, F.H. Koch, M.J. Rubino, K.A. Eschelbach, C.A. Drew, and
J.M. Favreau. Compraing potential effectiveness of
conservation planning approaches in central North Carolina, USA.
Biological Conservation 128(3): 358-368.
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| 2005 |
16. Sinclair, K.E., G.R. Hess, C.E. Moorman, and J.H. Mason.
Mammalian nest predators respond to greenway width, landscape context,
and habitat structure. Landscape and Urban Planning 71(2-4): 277-293.
15. Schaberg, R.H., P.B. Aruna, F.W. Cubbage,
G.R. Hess, R.C. Abt, D.D. Richter, S.T. Warren, J.D. Gregory, A.G. Snider,
S. Sherling, and W. Flournoy. Economic and ecological impacts of
wood chip production in North Carolina: An integrated assessment and
subsequent applications. Forest Policy and Economics 7(2): 157-174.
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| 2003 |
14. Rubino, M.J. and G.R. Hess. Planning open spaces
for wildlife 2: Mapping and verifying focal species habitat.
Landscape and Urban Planning 64(1-2): 89-104.
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| 2002 |
13. -- and T.J. King. Plannng open spacesfor wildlife
1: Selecting focal species using a Delphi survey
approach. Landscape and Urban Planning 58(1): 25-40.
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| 2001 |
12. -- and D. Zimmerman. Woody debris volume on clearcuts with and without satellite chip mills.
Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 25(4): 173-177.
11. -- and R.A. Fischer. Communicating clearly about conservation corridors.
Landscape and Urban Planning 55: 195-208.
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| 2000 |
10. --, A.S. Hellkamp, S.R. Shafer, B.F. McQuaid, M.J. Munster, S.L. Peck,
C.L. Campbell. A conceptual model and indicators for assessing the ecological condition of agricultural lands.
Journal of Environmental Quality 29(3): 728-737.
9. Hellkamp, A.S., S.R. Shafer, C.L. Campbell, J.M. Bay, D.A. Fiscus,
G.R. Hess, B.F. McQuaid, M.J. Munster, G.L. Olson, S.L. Peck, K.N. Easterling,
K. Sidik, and M.B. Tooley. Assessment of the condition of agricultural
lands in five Mid-Atlantic states. Journal of Environmental Quality 29(3): 795-804.
8. -- and J.M. Bay. A regional assessment of windbreak
habitat suitability. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
61(2): 237-254.
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| 1998 |
7. Hellkamp, A.S., S.R. Shafer, C.L. Campbell, J.M. Bay, D.A. Fiscus,
G.R. Hess, B.F. McQuaid, M.J. Munster, G.L. Olson, S.L. Peck, K.N. Easterling,
K. Sidik, and M.B. Tooley. Assessment of the condition of agricultural
lands in five Mid-Atlantic states.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51: 317-324.
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| 1997 |
6. -- and J.M. Bay. Generating
confidence intervals for some measures of landscape pattern.
Landscape Ecology 12: 309-320.
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| 1996 |
5. Diseases in metapopulation models: Implications for conservation.
Ecology 77: 1617-1632.
4. Linking extinction to connectivity and habitat destruction in metapopulation models.
The American Naturalist 148: 226-236.
3. To analyze, or to simulate, is that the question? American Entomologist 42: 14-16.
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| 1994 |
2. Conservation corridors and contagious disease: A cautionary note.
Conservation Biology 8: 256-262.
1. Pattern and error in landscape ecology: A commentary.
Landscape Ecology 9: 3-5.
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Published Articles, Book Chapters, Technical Reports, and Proceedings
| 2005 |
14. --. Book review: Ecological Networks and Greenways: Concept, Design, Implementation.
R. Jongman and G. Pungetti. 2004.
Island Press, Washington, DC, USA. xxi+345 pages.
Ecoscience 12(3): 435-436.
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| 2004 |
13. --. Book review: Road Ecology: Science and Solutions.
Richard T.T. Forman and 13 others. 2003.
Island Press, Washington, DC, USA. 481 pages.
Landscape Ecology 19(5): 563-565.
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| 2002 |
12. N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation,
Triangle J Council of Governments, and Triangle Land
Conservancy. 2002. Triangle GreenPrint Regional
Open Space Assessment. Triangle Land Conservancy,
Raleigh, NC. [I wrote the first draft and provided
extensive input to subsequent drafts.]
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| 2001 |
11. --, S.S. Daley, B.K. Dennison, S.R. Lubkin, R.P. McGuinn, V.Z. Morin, K.M. Potter,
R.E. Savage, W.G. Shelton, C.M. Snow, B.M. Wrege. Just what is sprawl, anyway?
Carolina Planning 26(2) (Summer 2001): 11-26.
10. --, S. Sherling, R. Abt, and R. Schaberg.
Forest harvest levels and wildlife habitat: linking ecology and
economics at a regional scale. Proceedings of the Society of American
Foresters 2000 Annual Meeting. SAF, Bethesda, MD.
9. --, S. Randolph, P. Arneberg, C. Chemini, C. Furlanello,
J. Harwood, M. Roberts, and J. Swinton. Spatial aspects of disease dynamics.
Chapter 6 in P. Hudson and C. Jenkins (editors).
Ecology of Wildlife Diseases.
Oxford University Press, in press.
8. S. Cleaveland, Hess, G.R., A.P. Dobson, M.K. Laurenson,
H.I. McCallum, M.G. Roberts, and R. Woodroffe. The role of
pathogens in biological conservation. Chapter 8 in P. Hudson and C. Jenkins
(editors). Ecology of Wildlife Diseases. Oxford University Press,
in press.
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| 2000 |
7. --,S. Sherling, R. Abt, and R. Schaberg. 2000.
Trends in Forest Composition and Size Class Distribution:
Implications for Wildlife Habitat. Section 6-I in Economic
and Ecologic Impacts Associated with Wood Chip Production
in North Carolina. The Southern Center for Sustainable Forests, Raleigh, NC.
6. Abt, R., Hess, G.R., and R. Schaberg. 2000.
Forest Resource Trends and Projections for North Carolina. Section 4 in Economic
and Ecologic Impacts Associated with Wood Chip Production
in North Carolina. The Southern Center for Sustainable Forests, Raleigh, NC.
5. --, K. Dixon, and M. Woltz. State of Open Space 2000:
The Status of the Triangle's Green Infrastructure. Triangle Land Conservancy,
Raleigh, NC.
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| 1999 |
4. 1999 State of Open Space in the Triangle.
Triangle Land Conservancy News 16: 1 (September 1999).
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| 1993 |
3. Could increased connectivity be more than we bargained for?
Endangered Species UPDATE 11: 9.
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| 1992 |
2. Meyer, J.R., C.L. Campbell, T.J. Moser, G.R. Hess, J.O. Rawlings,
S.L. Peck, and W.W. Heck. Indicators of the ecological
status of agricultural systems. Pages 628-658 In: McKenzie, D.H., D.E. Hyatt,
and V.J. McDonald (editors). Ecological Indicators (Vol. 1).
Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd., London, England.
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| 1980 |
1. Beveridge, A.A., G.R. Hess, and M.P. Gergen. Organizing running
records to analyze historical social mobility. In Proceedings
IFIP Working Conference on Data Bases in the Humanities and Social
Sciences, 23-24 August 1979, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
North-Holland Publishing, NY.
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Presentations
| 2005 |
64. --, C.E. Moorman, J.H. Mason, K.E. Sinclair, & S.K. Kohut.
Do suburban greenways provide high quality bird habitat.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
(poster presentation by Hess).
63. Bartel, R. A., G. R. Hess, A. K. Leidner, K. R. Rosenfeld,
M. J. Rubino, S. B. Snider, and T. H. Ricketts.
Effectiveness of biodiversity indicators varies with scale and location.
Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada (poster presentation by Bartel).
62. Ambrose, M.J., G.R. Hess, M.J. Ambrose, K.M. Rosenfeld, M.J. Rubino,
T.H. Ricketts. Biodiversity and human land use at multiple scales.
World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC (oral presentation by Ambrose).
61. Moorman, C.E., G.R. Hess, J.H. Mason, K.E. Sinclair, & S. Kohut.
Do urban greenways provide high quality bird habitat.
Partners in Flight Annual Meeting, McAllen,Texas (presentation by Moorman, February).
57-60. --, R.A. Bartel, A.K. Leidner, M.J. Rubino, K.M. Rosenfeld, S.B. Snider, & T.H. Ricketts.
Effectiveness of biodiversity indicators varies with extent, grain, and region.
-- UNC-Chapel Hill Ecology Seminar Series (oral presentation by Snider and Hess, January)
-- NCSU Forestry & Environmental Resources Seminar Series (oral presentation by Rosenfeld, January)
-- NCSU Zoology Seminar Series (oral presentation by Leidner, February)
-- International Association for Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting, Syracuse, NY (oral presentation by Hess, March)
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| 2004 |
56. Rubino, M., S. Snider, R. Bartel, G.R. Hess, A. Leidner,
T. Ricketts, & K. Rosenfeld.
Indicator Taxa at Multiple Scales. World Wildlife Fund, Conservation Sciences
Program, Washington DC (November, oral presentation).
55. --, C. A. Drew, K.A. Eschelbach, J.M. Favreau, F.H. Koch,
and M.J. Rubino. Crayons, Focal Species, & Inventories: Evaluating Conservation
Planning Tools in North Carolina, USA. UNC-Chapel Hill Ecology Series Seminar
(April, invited oral presentation).
54. --, C. A. Drew, K.A. Eschelbach, J.M. Favreau, F.H. Koch, and
M.J. Rubino. Crayons, Focal Species, & Inventories: Evaluating Conservation
Planning Tools in North Carolina, USA. World Wildlife Fund, Conservation Sciences
Program, Washington DC (June, invited oral presentation).
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| 2003 |
53. Vidra, R., G.R. Hess, & T. Shear.
Can we design urban forest corridors to resist invasion by exotic plant species?
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA
(August, poster presented by Vidra).
52. Hull, J., C. Moorman, & G.R. Hess. Can urban greenways provide high quality
avian habitat? International Association for Landscape Ecology North American
Annual Meeting, Banf, Canada (April, poster presentation by Hull).
51. Novotny, K., G.R. Hess., & C. Moorman. Mammalian predator response
to greenway width and landscape context. International Association for Landscape Ecology North American Annual Meeting, Banf, Canada (April, poster presentation by Novotny).
50. --, C. A. Drew, K.A. Eschelbach, J.M. Favreau, F.H. Koch,
and M.J. Rubino. Crayons, Focal Species, & Inventories: Evaluating Conservation
Planning Tools in North Carolina, USA. Wildlife Society Meeting,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (April, oral presentation by Drew).
46-49. --, C. A. Drew, K.A. Eschelbach, J.M. Favreau, F.H. Koch, and
M.J. Rubino. Crayons, Focal Species, & Inventories: Evaluating Conservation
Planning Tools in North Carolina, USA.
-- International Association for Landscape Ecology
World Congress, Darwin, NT, Australia (talk).
-- CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Seminar Series, Canberra, ACT,
Australia (invited talk).
-- Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
(invited talk).
-- CSIRO, Perth, WA, Australia
(invited talk).
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| 2002 |
45. Cheshire, H.M. and --. From Pixels to Planning: Using Remote
Sensing and GIS for Wildlife Habitat Assessment. GIS Live. Raleigh, NC
(invited talk).
44. --, R.C. Bode, T.J. King, M.J. Rubino.
Regional planning for wildlife using a focal species approach.
Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting. Canterbury, England (talk).
43. --, R.C. Bode, T.J. King, M.J. Rubino, A. Bailey, J. Norwalk, K. Potter,
J. Scott, B. Shimps, M. Smith, & K. Summitt. Regional planning for
wildlife using a focal species approach.
International
Association for Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting. Lincoln, NE (poster).
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| 2001 |
42. Measuring suburban sprawl.
International Association for Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting. Tempe, AZ (talk).
41. Rubino, M.J., T.J. King, and G.R. Hess. Applying GIS to focal
species planning in the North Carolina Piedmont. International
Association for Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting. Tempe, AZ (poster, presented by Rubino).
40. -- and others. Just what is sprawl, anyway?
(initiated and moderated panel discussion).
39. --, R. Schaberg, R. Abt, S. Sherling. Trends in
forest composition and size class distribution: Implications for
wildlife babitat. NC Chapter, The Wildlife Society. Black Mountain, NC (invited talk).
38. King, T.J., M.J. Rubino, and G.R. Hess. Developing models
to identify wildlife habitat in the North Carolina Piedmont.
North Carolina Geographic Information Systems Conference.
Winston-Salem, NC (poster, presented by King and Rubino).
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| 2000 |
37. --. State of Open Space 2000.
Durham Open Space and Trails Commission, Durham, NC (invited talk).
36. --. Forest harvest levels and wildlife habitat:
Linking ecology and economics at a regional scale.
Society of American Foresters. Washington, DC (talk).
35. --. Forest harvest levels and wildlife habitat:
Linking ecology and economics at a regional scale.
Association of Consulting Foresters. Raleigh, NC (invited talk).
34. -- and K. Dixon. State of Open Space 2000.
Wake County Commissioners' Meeting, Raleigh, NC (invited talk).
33. --. Forest harvest levels and wildlife habitat: Linking ecology and economics at a regional scale.
Partners in Flight Steering Committee. Raleigh, NC (invited talk).
32. --. State of Open Space 2000. Durham Sierra Club.
Durham, NC (invited talk).
31. Cubbage, F. and G.R. Hess. Forest harvest levels and
wildlife habitat: Linking ecology and economics at a regional scale.
Forestry Department Seminar, NC State University (talk).
30. --. State of Open Space 2000.
Capital Area Sierra Club / Triangle Land Conservancy
Open Space Forum. Raleigh, NC (invited talk and panel moderator).
29. --, K. Dixon, and M. Woltz. State of Open Space, 2000:
The Status of the Triangle's Green Infrastructure.
Forestry Department Seminar, NC State University (talk).
28. Sherling, S., G. Hess, R. Schaberg, R. Abt, S. Sherling.
Forest harvest levels and wildlife habitat: Linking ecology and
economics at a regional scale.
International Association for Landscape Ecology US Congress,
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl (poster).
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| 1999 |
27. --, R. Schaberg, R. Abt, S. Sherling. Evaluating wood chip
mill impacts on wildlife in North Carolina's forested landscapes.
International Association for Landscape Ecology World Congress,
Snowmass, CO (poster).
26. Chip mills and wildlife study plan.
Public education forums in Stokes and McDowell Counties (talk).
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| 1998 |
25. Metapopulations and microparasites. Wildlife Disease Workshop,
Trento, Italy (invited talk).
24. Building effective boards and volunteer committees.
Invited panel presentation with K. Dixon, C. Crenshaw, and
P. McKnight at Carolina Land Trusts Assembly, Southern Pines, NC.
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| 1997 |
23. Disease in metapopulation models: implications for corridor systems.
The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Snowmass, CO (invited talk).
22. Using a windbreak habitat model across broad landscapes:
The effect of local landscape composition and geographic location.
International Association of Landscape Ecology, Durham (poster).
21. --, A.S. Hellkamp, M.J. Munster, S.L. Peck, B. McQuaid,
C.L. Campbell, S.R. Shafer. A framework for assessing the
condition of agricultural lands. Third Annual EMAP Symposium,
Albany, NY (poster, presented by Shafer).
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| 1996 |
20. Linking extinction to connectivity and habitat destruction
in metapopulation models. Zoology Department, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh (talk).
19. One if by land, two if by space:
an approach to landscape-scale natural resource monitoring. Forestry
Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (talk).
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| 1995 |
18. -- and J.M. Bay. A regional
assessment of the suitability of windbreaks as breeding bird habitat.
International Association of Landscape Ecology, Minneapolis (poster).
17. Disease in metapopulations: Implications for conservation.
College of Forestry, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh (talk).
16. -- and J.M. Bay. A regional assessment of the suitability of
windbreaks as breeding bird habitat. Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program Science Symposium, Research Triangle Park, NC
(poster).
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| 1994 |
15. Modeling disease in metapopulations:
Implications for conservation. Ecological Society of America,
Knoxville (poster).
14. Landscape ecology in EMAP: agricultural lands as an example.
Air and Waste Management Association, Cincinnati, Ohio (talk).
13. Hellkamp, A.S., G.R. Hess, S.L. Peck, and C.L. Campbell.
EMAP-Agroecosystems: Designing a report card for U.S. agroecosystem
health. First International Symposium on Ecosystem Health and Medicine,
Ottawa, Ontario (poster).
12. Disease in metapopulation models: implications for conservation.
Southeastern Mathematical and Statistical Ecology Conference,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh (talk).
11. Could increased connectivity be more
that we bargained for? International Association of Landscape
Ecology, Tucson (poster).
10. -- and J.M. Bay. Using error matrices
to improve estimates and generate confidence for measures of landscape
pattern. International Association of Landscape Ecology, Tucson (poster).
9. Could increased connectivity be more that we bargained for?
Biodiversity Symposium, Center for World Environment and Sustainable
Development, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (poster).
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| 1993 |
8. Wildlife conservation corridors
and contagious disease: A cautionary note. Society for Conservation
Biology, Tempe (poster).
7. Analyzing the landscape structure of
the Albemarle-Pamlico Basin: Findings and frustrations. International
Association of Landscape Ecology, Oak Ridge (poster).
6. Conservation corridors and contagious disease. College of
Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, North Carolina (talk).
5. Could increased connectivity be more than we bargained for?
Midwest Conference for Population Biology, Lawrence, Kansas (poster).
4. Could increased connectivity be more than we bargained for?
Fish and Wildlife Program Seminar, North Carolina State University (talk).
3. EMAP Agroecosystems and GIS: Promise and Peril.
USDA Economic Research Service, Washington, DC (talk).
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| 1992 |
2. Do conservation corridors work? The evidence and a
modeling proposal. International Association of Landscape Ecology,
Corvallis, Oregon (talk).
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| 1991 |
1. Monitoring the ecological condition of agricultural landscapes.
International Association of Landscape Ecology, Ottawa, Ontario (poster).
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Other Reports
| 1995 |
6. Hellkamp, A.S. and others. Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program - Agricultural Lands Pilot Field Program Report - 1993.
EPA/620/R-95/004. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, DC.
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| 1994 |
5. Hess, G.R. and J.M. Bay. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Agroecosystem Resource Group - Assessing the Suitability of Windbreaks as Wildlife Habitat - 1994 Pilot Plan. EPA/620/R-94/023. U.S. EPA, Washington, DC.
4. Campbell, C.L. and others. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - Agroecosystem Pilot Field Program Report - 1992. EPA/620/R-94/014. US EPA, Washington, DC.
3. Campbell, C.L. and others. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - Agroecosystem Pilot Field Program Plan - 1993. EPA/620/R- 93/014. US EPA, Washington, DC.
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| 1993 |
2. Heck, W.W. and others. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Agroecosystem 1992 Pilot Plan. EPA/620/R-93/010. US EPA, Washington, DC.
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| 1991 |
1. Heck, W.W. and others. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Agroecosystem Monitoring and Research Strategy. EPA/600/4- 91/013. US EPA, Washington, DC.
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Grants
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| 2003 |
11. Developing a framework for evaluating conservation plans.
NCSU Internationalization Seed Grant, $2,800. (completed)
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| 2002 |
10. Developing Landscape-Scale Indicators of Forested
Suburban Greenways as Avian Habitat.
USDA Forest Service, $30,000. (completed)
9. Moorman, C. & G.R. Hess. Avian Use of Greenways: Effects
of Width, Recreational Use and Landscape Context .
NCSU College of Natural Resources, $5,000. (completed)
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| 2000 |
8. Development and Application of an Urban Sprawl Index
for the mid-Atlantic United States, 1950-1990.
US Environmental Protection Agency, $18,000. (completed)
7. National Assessment of Forest Fragmentation Indicators.
USDA Forest Service, $20,000. (completed)
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| 1999 |
6. Prototype for a National Assessment of Forest Fragmentation Indicators.
USDA Forest Service, $19,387. (completed)
5. Landscape Ecology in the Mid-Atlantic Region (Amendment).
USDA Forest Service, $30,409. (completed)
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| 1998 |
4. Wildlife and Landscape Ecology in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
USDA Forest Service, $76,000. (completed)
3. Landscape Ecology in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
USDA Forest Service, $18,250. (completed)
2. Relating Hurricane Damage to
Topography on the Hill Forest.
NC State University Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant, $5,000. (completed)
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| 1997 |
1. Assessing the Ecological Condition of Agricultural Landscapes in the United States.
USDA Agricultural Research Service, $7,500. (completed)
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