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Managing White-Tailed Deer in Forest Habitat from an Ecosystem Perspective: Pennsylvania Case Study, (R Latham, J. Beyea, M. Benner, C.A. Dunn, M.A. Fajvan, R.R. Freed, M. Grund, S.B. Horsley, A.F Rhoads, B.P Shissler), Report of the Deer Management Forum, January, 2005

Use of meta-analysis to assign bird species to assemblages indicative of responsiveness to logging intensity in northeastern, hardwood forests. (Abstract) (with M Hartly, M Burger), The Wildlife Society 10th Annual Conference, Burlington, Vt., September, 2003

Bird Relationships to Habitat Characteristics Created by Timber Harvesting in Pennsylvania. (2.3 mb) (Ross, B. D., Morrison, M. L., Hoffman, W., Fredericksen, T. S., Sawicki, R. J., Ross, E., Lester, M. B., Beyea, J., Johnson), J PA Acad Sci, 2001: 74:71-84.

Relative Abundance and Species Richness of Herpetofauna in Forest Stands in Pennsylvania (1.4 mb), (with BD Ross, T Fredericksen, E Ross, W Hoffman, ML Morrison, MB Lester, BN Johnson, NJ Fredericksen), Forest Science, 46(1):139-146, 2000.

Bioenergy in the United States: Progress and Possibilities (2.3 mb), (with J Cook), Biomass and Bioenergy, 18:441-455, 2000.

Understory Plant Community Responses to Timber Harvesting on Non-industrial Private Forestlands in Pennsylvania (1.5 mb), (with TS Fredericksen, BD Ross, W Hoffman, ML. Morrison, BN Johnson, MB Lester, E Ross), Forest Ecology and Management, 116: 129-139, 1999.

Adequacy of Natural Hardwood Regeneration on Forestlands in Northeastern Pennsylvania (1 mb), (with T.S. Fredericksen, B. Ross, W. Hoffman, M. Lester, M. Morrison, B.N. Johnson), Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 15(3):1998.

Ecology of Agricultural Monocultures: Some Consequences for Biodiversity in Biomass Energy Farm (1 mb), (with W. Hoffman and J. Cook), Proceedings of the 2nd Biomass Conference of the Americas, 1995, pp. 1618-1627.

"National Biofuels Roundtable : Principles and Guidelines for the Development of Biomass Energy Systems," Biomass and Bioenergy (Overend et al., to be published).

"Economic and Environmental Opportunities Through Biomass Development: Report of the CONEG Governors' Biomass Policy Roundtable," August 1995.

"Biomass Power: The Challenge and the Opportunity," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Utility Biomass Energy Commercialization Association, 1994.

Avian Species Diversity and Policy Issues in Large-Scale Short-Rotation Wood Energy Crops: Annual Reports to the Department of Energy (with Hoffman and Cook). 1992-1994

"Hydro-Quebec's James Bay Project," Speech given at the New York City Bar Association as part of the Americas Society Debate: "The New York Connection to Hydro-Quebec's James Bay Project: The Facts Behind the Controversy, (1.7 mb)", New York, NY, January 30, 1992

"Some Ecological Guidelines for Large-scale Biomass Plantations," Proceedings of the First Biomass Conference of the Americas, August 30-September 2, 1993. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Pp. 33-41. (with Hoffman and Cook)

The Habitat Value of Short-Rotation Poplar Plantations: Avian Population Studies and Management Alternatives (with W. Hoffman, J. Cook), 1993.

Toward Ecological Guidelines for Large-Scale Biomass Energy Development, based on an Audubon/Princeton University Biomass Workshop, 1992.

Biotechnological Advances in Biomass Energy and Chemical Production: Impacts on Wildlife and Habitat (3 mb), (with K. Keeler), Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, CRC Press, Florida, February 1991.

"Potential Impacts of Biomass Production in the U.S. on Biological Diversity," (with Jim Cook and Kathleen Keeler), Annual Review of Energy, Calif., 1991. An adaptation appears in Biologue, Sept. 1991.

"Preserving Biodiversity in the Face of Large Scale Demand for Biofuels," (with K.Keeler and J.Cook), Institute for Gas and Technology, Proceedings of Conference on Energy From Biomass Wastes XV (3/25-29/91), Washington, DC, 1991.

"Biofuels: Answer to Global Warming or Growing Threat to Biodiversity?" In Forestry and Environment...Engineering Solutions - from a conference held June 5-6, 1991. American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. (with Cook and Keeler)