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March 2014 (Nature Conservancy authors in bold)   

Addington, R.N., T.A. Greene, W.C. Harrison, G.G. Sorrell, M.L. Elmore, and S.M. Herman. 2015 Restoring Longleaf Pine: Effects of Seasonal Prescribed Fire and Overstory Density on Vegetation Structure of a Young Longleaf Pine Plantation. Forest Science 61(1):135-143.http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.13-618

Andrews, A.H., A.H., Choat, J.H., Hamilton, R.J. and DeMartini, E.D. 2014. Refined bomb radiocarbon dating of two iconic fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine and Freshwater Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14086.

Bradby, K., J.A. Fitzsimons, A. Del Marco, D.A. Driscoll, E.G. Ritchie, J. Lau, C.J.A. Bradshaw & R.J. Hobbs, 2014. Ecological connectivity or Barrier Fence? Critical choices on the agricultural margins of Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 15:180-190. DOI:10.1111/emr.12130.

Copeland, H. E., H. Sawyer, K. L. Monteith, D. E. Naugle, A. Pocewicz, N. Graf, and M. J. Kauffman. 2014. Conserving migratory mule deer through the umbrella of sage-grouse. Ecosphere 5(9):1-16.

Fitzsimons, J. 2014. Australia. In: The Futures of Privately Protected Areas (eds S. Stolton, K.H. Redford & N. Dudley). pp. 54-58. IUCN, Gland.http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_capacity2/gpap_techseries/?18399/The-Futures-of-Privately-Protected-Areas

Fitzsimons, J.A. 2015. Private protected areas in Australia: current status and future directions. Nature Conservation 10: 1-23. doi: 10.3897/natureconservation.10.8739.http://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4635.

Fitzsimons, J.A. 2014. Notes on the distribution and breeding of the Manus Friarbird Philemon albitorques and other birds of small islands of the Admiralties Group, Papua New Guinea. Australian Field Ornithology 31:159-163.

Gantz, C.A., D.R. Gordon, C.L. Jerde, R.P. Keller, W.L. Chadderton, P. Champion, and D.M. Lodge. 2015. Managing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive plants in the Laurentian Great Lakes: a regional risk assessment approach. Management of Biological Invasions. 6:http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2015/1/MBI_2015_Gantz_etal.pdf.

Kroeger, T., F. J. Escobedo, J. L. Hernandez, S. Varela, S. Delphin, J. R. B. Fisher, and J. Waldron. 2014. Reforestation as a novel abatement and compliance measure for ground-level ozone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 111 (40): E4204-E4213. doi:10.1073/pnas.1409785111.

Lewis, A.D., R.K. Moseley, K.R. Hall, and J.J. Hellmann. 2014. Conservation of urban biodiversity under climate change: Climate-informed management for Chicago green spaces. Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-40455-9_11-2.http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-40455-9_11-2

Priest, M.A., G.R.. Almany, C.D. Braun, R.J. Hamilton, D.F. Lozano-Cortés, P. Saenz-Agudelo, and M.L. Berumen M.L. 2014. Isolation and characterization of 29 microsatellite markers for the bumphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum, and cross amplification in 12 related species. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-014-0278-4

Shanley, C.S., S. Pyare, M.I. Goldstein, P.B. Alaback, D.M. Albert, C.M. Beier, T.J. Brinkman, R.T. Edwards, E. Hood, A. MacKinnon, M.V. McPhee, T.M. Patterson, L.H. Suring, D. Tallmon, M.S. Wipfli. 2015. Climate change implications in the northern coastal temperate rainforest of North America. Climatic Change:1-16. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-015-1355-9

Sirois, A.M., J.P. Gibbs, A.L. Whitlock, and L.A. Erb. 2014. Effects of Habitat Alterations on Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii): A Comparison of Two Populations. Journal of Herpetology. Vol 48 No 3. DOI: 10.1670/12-250.

Sparks, E.L., J. Cebrian, C.R. Tobias, and C.A. May. 2015. Groundwater nitrogen processing in northern Gulf of Mexico restored marshes. Journal of Environmental Management 150:206-215.

Taylor, M.F.J., J. Fitzsimons & P. Sattler. 2014. Building Nature’s Safety Net 2014: A decade of protected area achievements in Australia. WWF-Australia, Sydney.http://awsassets.wwf.org.au/downloads/bi038_building_natures_safety_net_2014_24nov14.pdf

Tasirin, J.S. & J.A. Fitzsimons. 2014. Javan (White-vented) Myna Acridotheres javanicus and Palebellied Myna A. cinereus in North Sulawesi. Kukila 18: 27-31.http://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/article/view/447.

Walter, R. K., and R. J. Hamilton. 2014. A cultural landscape approach to community-based conservation in Solomon Islands. Ecology and Society 19: 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06646-190441.

November 2014

Brodie, J.F., C.E. Aslan, H.S. Rogers, K.H. Redford, J.L. Maron, J.L. Bronstein, and C.R. Groves. 2014. Secondary extinctions of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. October 25, 2014.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.012 

Dudley, N., C. Groves, K.H. Redford, and S. Stolton. 2014. Where now for protected areas? Setting the stage for the 2014 World Parks Congress. Oryx 48:496-503.http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605314000519

Haugo, R. D., C. Zanger, T. DeMeo, C. D. Ringo, A. J. Shlisky, K. Blankenship, M. Simpson, K. MellenMcLean, J. Kertis, and M. Stern. 2015. A new approach to evaluate forest structure restoration needs across Oregon and Washington, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 355:37-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.014

Johnson, J.A., C.F. Runge, B. Senauer, J. Foley, and S. Polasky. 2014. Global agriculture and carbon trade-offs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 111:12342-12347. 10.1073/pnas.141283511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412835111

Lacher, L.J., D.S. Turner, B. Gungle, B.M. Bushman, and H.E. Richter. 2014. Application of hydrologic tools and monitoring to support managed aquifer recharge decision making in the upper San Pedro River, Arizona, USA. Water 6: 3495-3527. doi:10.3390/w6113495.

Marks, C.O., K. H. Nislow, and F. J. Magilligan. 2014. Quantifying flooding regime in floodplain forests to guide river restoration. Elementa 2:00031.http://elementascience.org/article/info:doi/10.12952/journal.elementa.000031. DOI 10.12952/journal.elementa.000031.

McDonald, R.I., K. Weber, J. Padowski, M. Florke, C. Schneider, P.A. Green, T. Gleeson, S. Eckman, B. Lehner, D. Balk, T. Boucher, G. Grill, and M. Montgomery. 2014. Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure. Global Environmental Change-Human Policy Dimensions 27: 96-105. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.022.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.022

Quinn, L.D., D.R. Gordon, A. Glaser, D. Lieurance, and S. L. Flory. 2014. Bioenergy feedstocks at low risk for invasion in the U.S.: A “white list” approach. BioEnergy Research. DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9503-z. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12155-014-9503-z

Reemts, C.M., and D A. Cimprich. 2014. Restoring Early-Successional Shrubland Habitat for Black-Capped Vireos using Mechanical Mastication. Natural Areas Journal 34: 400-407.

Richter, H.E., B. Gungle, L.J. Lacher, D.S. Turner, and B.M. Bushman. 2014. Development of a Shared Vision for Groundwater Management to Protect and Sustain Baseflows of the Upper San Pedro River, Arizona, USA. Water 6:2519-2538. 10.3390/w6082519.http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w6082519

Saah, D., T. Patterson, T. Buchholz, D. Ganz, D. Albert and K. Rush. 2014. Modeling economic and carbon consequences of a shift to wood-based energy in a rural 'cluster'; a network analysis in southeast Alaska. Ecological Economics. 107:287-298. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.08.011.

Shanley, C.S. and D.M. Albert. 2014. Climate change sensitivity index for Pacific salmon habitat in southeast Alaska. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104799. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104799.



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