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• Collins, Beverly; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark; Hawkins, Danielle. 2010. Stand dynamics of relict red spruce in the Alarka Creek headwaters, North Carolina. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains; 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 22-27.
• Ford, W. Mark; Moseley, Kurtis R.; Stihler, Craig W.; Edwards, John W. 2010. Area occupancy and detection probabilities of the Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) using nest-box surveys. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains; 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 39-47.
• Moseley, Kurtis R.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Adams, Mary B. 2010. Reptile, amphibian, and small mammal species associated with natural gas development in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. Res. Pap. NRS-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 14 p.
• Moseley, Kurtis R.; Ford, W.Mark; Edwards, John W.; Strager, Michael P. 2010. A multi-criteria decisionmaking approach to management indicator species selection for the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.. Res. Pap. NRS-12. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 22 p.
• Schuler, Thomas M.; Thomas Van-Gundy, Melissa; Adams, Mary B.; Ford, W. Mark. 2010. Seed bank response to prescribed fire in the central Appalachians.. Res. Pap. NRS-9. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 9 p.
• Johnson, Joshua B.; Edwards, John W.; Ford, W. Mark; Gates, J. Edward. 2009. Roost tree selection by northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colonies following prescribed fire in a Central Appalachian Mountains hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 258: 233-242.
• Johnson, Joshua B.; Gates, J. Edward; Ford, W. Mark. 2009. Notes on foraging activity of female Myotis leibii in Maryland. Res. Pap. NRS-8. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 8 p.
• Moseley, Kurtis R.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2009. Local and landscape scale factors influencing edge effects on woodland salamanders. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 151: 425-435.
• Moseley, Kurtis R.; Owens, Audrey K.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ford, W. Mark; Kilgo, John C.; McCay, Timothy S. 2009. Soricid response to coarse woody debris manipulations in Coastal Plain loblolly pine forests.. Forest Ecology and Management doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.043
• Dillard, Lester O.; Russell, Kevin R.; Ford, W. Mark. 2008. Macrohabitat models of occurrence for the threatened Cheat Mountain salamander, Plethodon nettingi. Applied Herpetology. 5: 201-224.
• Dillard, Lester O.; Russell, Kevin R.; Ford, W. Mark. 2008. Site-level habitat models for the endemic, threatened Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi): the importance of geophysical and biotic attributes for predicting occurrence. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17: 1475-1492.
• Francl, K. E.; Glenn, T. C.; Castleberry, S. B.; Ford, W. M. 2008. Genetic relationships of meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) populations in central Appalachian wetlands. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 86: 344-355.
• Johnson, Joshua B.; Gates, J. Edward; Ford, W. Mark. 2008. Distribution and activity of bats at local and landscape scales within a rural-urban gradient. Urban Ecosystems. 11: 227-242.
• Kochenderfer, James N.; Ford, W.Mark. 2008. Utility of wire cages, tree shelters, and repellants to minimize herbivory to oak by white-tailed deer. Res. Pap. NRS-5. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 8 p.
• Moseley, Kurtis R.; Ford, W. Mark; Schuler, Thomas M. 2008. Long-term partial cutting impacts on Desmognathus salamander abundance in West Virginia headwater streams. Forest Ecology and Management. 254: 300-307.
• Owens, Audrey K.; Moseley, Kurtis R.; McCay, Timothy S.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Kilgo, John C.; Ford, W. Mark. 2008. Amphibian and reptile community response to coarse woody debris manipulations in upland loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 256: 2078-2083.
• Riedel, Breanna L.; Russell, Kevin R.; Ford, W. Mark; O'Neill, Katherine P.; Godwin, Harry W. 2008. Habitat relationships of eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in Appalachian agroforestry and grazing systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 124: 229-236.
• Ford, W. Mark; Mertz, Kely N.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Sturm, Kenneth K. 2007. Late winter home range and habitat use of the Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus). Res. Pap. NRS-4. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 12 p.
• Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark; Nowacki, Gergory J. 2007. Red spruce stand dynamics, simulations, and restoration opportunities in the central Appalachians. Restoration Ecology. 15(3): 440-452.
• Schirmacher, Michael R.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ford, W. Mark; Miller, Karl V. 2007. Habitat associations of bats in south-central West Virginia. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the southeastern association of fish and wildlife agendcies. 61: 46-52.
• Brooks, Robert T.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Introduction to the Special Section--Bat Habitat Use in Eastern North American Temperate Forests: Site, Stand, an Landscape Effects. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70(5): 1171-1173.
• Campbell, Tyler A.; Landgon, Christopher A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Miller, Karl V.; Miller, Karl V. 2006. Movements of female white-tailed deer to bait sites in West Virginia, USA. Wildlife Research. 33: 1-4.
• Campbell, Tyler A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Odom, Richard H.; Miller, Karl V. 2006. Abiotic factors influencing deer browsing in West Virginia. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(1):20-26
• Castleberry, Steven B.; Mengak, Michael T.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Mammalian species - Neotoma magister. American Society of Mammalogists 789:1-5
• Ford, W. Mark; Castleberry, Steven B.; Mengak, Michael T.; Rodrigue, Jane L.; Feller, Daniel J.; Russell, Kevin R. 2006. Persistence of Allegheny woodrats Neotoma magister across the mid-Atlantic Appalachian Highlands landscape, USA. Ecography. 29: 745-754.
• Ford, W. Mark; McCay, Timothy S.; Menzel, Michael A.; Webster, W. David; Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Pagels, John F.; Merritt, Joseph F. 2006. Influence of elevation and forest type on community assemblage and species distribution of shrews in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. In: Merritt, J. F.; Churchfield, S.; Hutterner, R.; Sheftel, B. I., eds. Advances in Biology of Shrews: International Society of Shrew Biologists. Carnegie Museum of Natutral History: Pittsburgh, PA: 303-315
• Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Edwards, John W.; Kilgo, John C. 2006. Presence and absence of bats across habitat scales in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina. The Journal of Wildlife Management 70(5):1200-1209
• Ford, W. Mark; Owen, Sheldon F.; Edwards, John W.; Rodrigue, Jane L. 2006. Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) as day-roosts of male Myotis septentrionalis (northern Bats) on the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 13(1):15-24
• Keyser, Patrick D.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Influence of fire on mammals in eastern oak forests. In: Dickinson, Matthew B., ed. 2006. Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers, proceedings of a conference; 2005 November 15-17; Columbus, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 180-190.
• McCann, David P.; McGill, David W.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Short-term effects of springtime prescribed fires on adult populations of soil-emerging weevils in Central Appalachian hardwood stands. In: Connor, Krtistina F., ed. Proceedings of the 13th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 490-495
• McGill, David W.; Magill, Daniel J.; Kochenderfer, James; Ford, W. Mark; Schuler, Tom. 2006. Information transfer during the timber transaction period in West Virginia. USA. In: Proceedings 7th extension working party symposium, communication strategies for multiple partner involvement in foresry extension, IUFRO working party 6.06.03 extension, Orvieto, Italy, September 2004.
• Menzel, J.M.; Ford, W.M.; Edwards, J.W.; Ceperley, L.J.; Ceperley, L.J. 2006. A habitat model for the Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) in the central Appalachian Mountains. Res. Pap. NE-729. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 10 p.
• Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Terry, Tamara M. 2006. Home range and habitat use of the Vulnerable Virginia northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus in the Central Appalachian Mountains, USA. Oryx 40(2):204-210
• Riedel, Breanna L.; Russell, Kevin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Godwin, H. W. 2006. Aneides aeneus (green salamander). Herpetological Review 37(2):196-197
• Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark; Adams, Mary Beth; Kochenderfer, James N.; Edwards, Pamela J. 2006. Large area comparisons of forest management practices in West Virginia (1951-present). In: Irland, Lloyd C.; Camp, Ann E.; Brissette, John C.; and Donohew, Zachary R., eds. Long-term Silvicultural & Ecological Studies: Results for Science and Management. New Haven, CT: Yale University: 94-103
• Brooks, Robert T.; Ford, W. Mark. 2005. Bat Activity in a Forest Landscape of central Massachusetts. Northeastern Naturalist 12(4):447-462
• Campbell, Tyler A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Miller, Karl V.; Miller, Karl V. 2005. Population characteristics of a central Appalachian white tailed deer herd. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33(1):212-221.
• Castleberry, S.B.; Smith, W.P.; Ford, W.M.; Miller, K.V.; Miller, K.V. 2005. Herbivory and gap regeneration in southern bottomland hardwood forests. In: L. Fredrickson, ed. Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology and Management of Bottomland hardwood Systems: the State of Our Understanding. University of Missouri Press, Columbia: 143-154.
• Ford, W. Mark; McCay, Timothy S.; Menzel, Michael A.; Webster, W. David; Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Pagels, John F.; Merritt, Joseph F.; Merritt, Joseph F. 2005. Influence of elevation and forest type on community assemblage and species distribution of shrews in the central and southern Appalachian mountains. In: Advances in the biology of shrews II. Merritt, Joseph F.; Churchfield, Sara; Hutterer, Rainer; Sheftel, Boris I., eds. International Society of Shrew Biologists. 303-315.
• Keyser, P.D.; Ford, W.M.; Ford, W.M. 2005. Ten years of research on the MeadWestvaco Wildlife and Ecosystem Research Forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-330. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 27 p.
• Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; Carter, Timothy C.; Gardner, James E.; Garner, James D.; Hofmann, Joyce E. 2005. Summer habitat use and home-range analysis of the endangered Indiana bat. Journal of Wildlife Management. 69(1): 430-436.
• Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A. Jr.; Kilgo, John C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; McCracken, Gary F. 2005. Effect of habitat and foraging height on bat activity in the coastal plain of South Carolina. Journal of Wildlife Management. 69(1): 235-245.
• Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Kilgo, John C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2005. Bat Response To Carolina Bays and Wetland Restoration in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain . Wetlands 25:542-550
• Rowan, E.L.; Ford, W.M.; Castleberry, S.B.; Rodrigue, J.L.; Schuler, T.M.; Schuler, T.M. 2005. Response of eastern chipmunks to single application spring prescribed fires on the Fernow Experimental Forest. Res. Pap. NE-727. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 10 p.
• Schuler, Thomas M.; Adams, Mary Beth; Ford, W. Mark; Kochenderfer, James N.; Edwards, Pamela J. 2005. Large Area Comparisons of Forest Management Practices (1951 - Present). In: Kenefic, Laura S.; Twery, Mark J., eds. Changing Forests - Challenging Times: Proceedings of the New England Society of American Foresters 85th Winter Meeting; 2005 March 16-18; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-325. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 72
• Campbell, Tyler A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Miller, Karl V. 2004. Feasibility of localized management to control white-tailed deer in forest regeneration areas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 2004. 32(4): 1124-1131.
• Ford, W. Mark; Stephenson, Steven L.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Black, Dawn R.; Edwards, John W. 2004. Habitat characteristics of the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) in the central Appalachian mountains. The American Midland Naturalist. 152: 430-438.
• Francl, K.E.; Ford, W.M.; and Castleberry, S.B. 2004. Characterization of high elevation central Appalachian wetlands. Res. Pap. NE-725. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 26 p.
• Francl, Karen E.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ford, W. Mark. 2004. Small mammal communities of high elevation central Appalachian wetlands. The American Midland Naturalist. 151: 388-398.
• Keyser, Patrick D.; Sausville, David J.; Ford, W. Mark; Schwab, Donald J.; Brose, Partick H. 2004. Prescribed Fire Impacts to Amphibians and Reptiles in Shelterwood-harvested Oak-dominated Forests. Virginia Journal of Science 55(4):159-168
• McCay, Timothy S.; Lovallo, Matthew J.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; Menzel, Michael A. 2004. Assembly rules for functional groups of North American shrews: effects of geographic range and habitat partitioning. OIKOS. 107: 141-147.
• Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Menzel, Michael A. 2004. Nest tree use by the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel in the central Appalachian Mountains. Am. Midl. Nat. 151:355-368
• Moseley, Kurtis R.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ford, W. Mark. 2004. Coarse woody debris and pine litter manipulation effects on movement and microhabitat use of Ambystoma talpoideum in a Pinus taeda stand. Forest Ecology and Management 191:387-396
• Owen, Sheldon F.; Menzel, Michael A.; Edwards, John W.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Chapman, Brian R.; Wood, Petra Bohall; Miller, Karl V. 2004. Bat Activity in Harvested and Intact Forest Stands in the Allegheny Mountains. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 21(3): 154-159.
• Adams, M. B.; Schuler, T. M.; Ford, W. M.; Kochenderfer, J. N. 2003. Large woody debris in a second-growth central Appalachian hardwood stand: volume, composition, and dynamics. In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 237-245
• Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Sheffield, Steven R.; Kilgo, John C.; Bunch, Mary S. 2003. The distribution of the bats of South Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist. 2(1): 121-152.
• Carter, Timothy C.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A. 2002. Fire and bats in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic: more questions than answers?. In: Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E., eds. Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-288. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 139-143.
• Ford, W. Mark; Chapman, Brian R.; Menzel, Michael A.; Odom, Richard H. 2002. Stand age and habitat influences on salamanders in Appalachian cove hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 155:131-141
• Ford, W. Mark; Dobony, Chris A.; Edwards, John W. 2002. Shrews in managed northern hardwood stands in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 56:374-384
• Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Edwards, John W. 2002. Summer Roost-Tree Selection by a Male Indiana Bat on the Fernow Experimental Forest. Res. Note NE-378. Newtown Square, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8 p.
• Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; Odom, Richard H. 2002. Elevation, aspect, and cove size effects on southern Appalachian salamanders. Southeastern Naturalist. 1(4): 315-324.
• Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E. 2002. Preface. In: Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E., eds. Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-288. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 1.
• Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E.; [Editors]. 2002. Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-288. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 145 p.
• Gribko, Linda S.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark. 2002. Biotic and abiotic mechanisms in the establishment of northern red oak seedlings: a review. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-295. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 18 p.
• Menzel, Michael A.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ozier, James; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2002. Illustrated Key to Skins and Skulls of Bats in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic States. Res. Note NE-376. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 18 p
• Owen, Sheldon F.; Menzel, Michael A.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Chapman, Brian R.; Miller, Karl V.; Wood, Petra B. 2002. Roost tree selection by maternal colonies of northern long-eared myotis in an intensively managed forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-292. Newtown Square, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.
• Menzel, Michael A.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Carter, Timothy C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2001. Review of the forest habitat relationships of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-284. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 21 p.
• Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; McCay, Timothy S.; Gassett, Jonathan W.; Laerm, Joshua. 2000. Woodland salamander and small mammal responses to alternative silvicultural practices in the Southern Appalachians of North Carolina. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 54:241-250