Holt Research Forest Publications, Dissertations, and Theses

Publications

• Elias, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter. 2006. A cyclic red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi) and seedfall over 22 years in Maine.  Journal of Mammalogy. 87:000-000. In press.
  
• Clark, T. L., and A. S. White. In prep.  The effects of harvest gaps and soil drainage class on regeneration of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) after a mast year in a coastal Maine forest.
  
• Elias, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter. 2004. Peromyscus leucopus abundance and acorn mast: population fluctuations over 20 years.  Journal of Mammalogy. 85:743-747.
  
• Schumann, M. E., A. S. White, and J. W. Witham.  2003.  The effects of harvest-created gaps on plant species diversity, composition, and abundance in a Maine oak-pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management 176:543-561.
  
• Plucinski, K. E. and Hunter, Jr, M. L. 2001. Spatial and temporal patterns of seed predation on three tree species in an oak-pine forest.  Ecography 24: 309–317.
  
• Monti, L. M., M. L. Hunter, Jr. and J. W. Witham. 2000. An evaluation of the artificial cover object (ACO) method for monitoring populations of the Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus). Journal of Herpetology. 34(4):624-629.
  
• McKracken, K. E., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter. 1999. Relationships between seed fall of 3 tree species and Peromyscus leucopus and Clethrionomys gapperi during 10 years in an oak-pine forest. Journal of Mammalogy 80:1288-1296.
  
• White, A. S., J. W. Witham, M. L. Hunter, Jr., and A. J. Kimball. 1999. Relationship between plant species richness and biomass in a coastal Maine Quercus-Pinus forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 10:755-762.
  
• Witham, J. W. , M. L. Hunter, Jr., H. C. Tedford III, A. J. Kimball, A. S. White, and S. P. Elias. 1999. A Long term Study of an Oak-Pine Forest Ecosystem: a brief overview of the Holt Research Forest. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Miscellaneous Publication 745. (to order)
  
• Moore, E. H. and J. W. Witham. 1996. From forest to farm and back again: land use history as a dimension of ecological research in coastal Maine. Environmental History 1(3):50-69.
  
• Witham, J. W. and A. J. Kimball. 1996. Use of a geographic information system to facilitate analysis of spot mapping data. Journal of Field Ornithology 67(3):367-375.
  
• Kimball, A. J., J. W. Witham, J. L. Rudnicky, A. S. White, M. L. Hunter, Jr. 1995. Harvest-created and natural canopy gaps in an oak-pine forest in Maine. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 122: 115-123.
  
• Witham, J. W. , E. H. Moore, M. L. Hunter, Jr., A. J. Kimball, and A. S. White. 1993. A techniques manual for the Holt Research Forest: A long term study of an oak-pine forest ecosystem. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 153. (to order)

Dissertations

• Steve Campbell (in Prep.) Effects of harvest gaps on the bird community in a mid-coast Maine oak-pine forest.  Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono.
  
• Dawn Nelson (in Prep.) Bark invertebrates of white pine and red oak snags in a mid-coast Maine oak-pine forest . Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono.
  
• McCracken, K. E. 1996. Seed predation by small mammals on three species of trees in an oak-pine forest ecosystem. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maine, Orono. 107 pp.

Theses

• Schumann, M. E. 1999. The effects of harvest-created gaps on plant species diversity, composition, abundance, and growth in a Maine oak-pine forest. M.S. thesis, University of Maine, Orono. 179 pp.
  
• Monti, L. M. 1997. Redback salamander habitat preferences in a Maine oak-pine forest. M. S. Thesis, University of Maine, Orono. 53 pp.
  
• Clark, T. L. 1996. Stand development, growth patterns, and regeneration success of red oak in an oak-pine forest in southern Maine. M.S. thesis, University of Maine, Orono. 154 pp.
  
• Whitman, A. A. 1992. Frugivory and seed dispersal of fleshy-fruiting plants in a northern temperate forest. M. S. Thesis, University of Maine, Orono. 214 pp.
  
• Small, M. F. 1986. Response of songbirds and small mammals to powerline and river edges of Maine oak-pine forests. M. S. Thesis, University of Maine, Orono. 58 pp.