Mitchell Center Publications 2014-15

Following is a list of journal articles, book chapters and theses authored or co-authored by Mitchell Center community members from July 2014 to June 2015. The majority of these publications have undergone peer review.

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Anderson, M.; Teisl, M.; Noblet, C. and Klein, S. 2015. The incompatibility of benefit-cost analysis with sustainability science. Sustainability Science 10: 33-41. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s11625-014-0266-4
Beier, P.; M.L. Hunter and M. Anderson. 2015. Conserving nature’s stage. Conservation Biology 29(3): 613-617. Journal Article doi.10.1111/cobi.12511
Beitl, C.M. 2015. Mobility in the mangroves: Catch rates, daily decisions, and dynamics of artisanal fishing in a coastal commons. Applied Geography 59: 98-106. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.12.008
Beyene, M.T. and S.Jain. 2015. Wintertime weather-climate variability and its links to early spring ice-out in Maine lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 60(6): 1890–1905. Journal Article doi.10.1002/lno.10148
Capps, K.A.; Atkinson, C.L. and Rugenski, A.T. 2015. Implications of species addition and decline for nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Freshwater Science 34(2): 485-496. Journal Article doi.10.1086/681095
Capps, K.A.; C.L. Atkinson and A.T. Rugenski. 2015. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems: An Intorduction. Freshwater Biology 60(3): 439-442. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12517
Capps, K.A.; Berven, K.A. and Tiegs, S. D. 2015. Modelling nutrient transport and transformation by pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes using a 21-year dataset. Freshw Biol, 60: 500–511. Journal Article doi:10.1111/fwb.12470
Capps, K.A. and Flecker, A.S. 2015. High impact of low-trophic-position invaders: Nonnative grazers alter the quality and quantity of basal food resources. Freshwater Science 34(2): 784-796. Journal Article doi.org/10.1086/681527
Capps, K.A.; Ulseth, A. and Flecker, A.S. 2015. Quantifying the top-down and bottom-up effects of a non-native grazer in freshwaters. Biol Invasions 17, 1253–1266. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0793-z
Cease, A.J.; K.A. Capps; K.K. Gates; M.L. McCrackin and D.A. Nidzgorski. 2015.  Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in urban environments: the stoichiometry of human diets and waste management. Oikos 124(7): 931-948. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/oik.02391
Checker, M.; G. McDonogh and C. Isenhour. 2015. Introduction: Sustainability as myth and practice in the global city. pp. 1-26. In: Sustainability in the Global City. C. Isenhour et. al. (eds). Cambridge University Press. Book Chapter
Comer, P.J.; M.L. Shaffer; R.L. Pressey; M.L. Hunter Jr.; C.A. Schloss; S.C. Buttrick; N.E. Heller; J. M. Tirpak; D.P. Faith and M.S. Cross. 2015. Incorporating geodiversity into conservation decisions. Conservation Biology 29: 692-701. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12508
Costanza, K.K.L. 2015. Growth response of Fraxinus nigra Marsh (Lamiales: Oleaceae) used to predict high-quality sites in Maine and northern New York: An approach to prioritizing preparedness and management of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). MS Thesis digitalcommons.library.umaine.
edu/etd/2817/
Dhakal, N.; Jain, S.; Gray, A.; Dandy, M. and Stancioff, E. 2015.Nonstationarity in seasonality of extreme precipitation: A nonparametric circular statistical approach and its application. Water Resources Research 51(6): 4499-4515. Journal Article doi:10.1002/2014WR016399
Doolittle, H. 2015. The role of aluminum and iron in controlling phosphorus loading, Lake Auburn, ME. MS Thesis digitalcommons.library.umaine.
edu/etd/2356/
Dreyer, S.J.; Teisl, M.F. and McCoy, S.K. 2015..Are acceptance, support, and the factors that affect them, different? Examining perceptions of U.S. fuel economy standards. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 39: 65–75. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.06.002
Dreyer, S.J.; Walker, I.; McCoy, S.K. and Teisl, M.F. 2015. Australians’ views on carbon pricing before and after the 2013 federal election. Nature Climate Change 5(12): 1064–1067. Journal Article doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2756
Dunckel, K.; A. Weiskittel; G. Fiske; S. Sader; E. Latty and A. Arnett. 2015. Linking remote sensing and various site factors for predicting the spatial distribution of eastern hemlock occurrence and relative basal area in Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 358: 180-191. Journal Article doi.10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.012
Farrow, K.; Teisl, M.; Noblet, C.; McCoy, S. and Rubin, J. 2011. Does money grow on trees? People’s willingness to pay for cellulosic wood ethanol. pp. 241-256. In: Bernades, M. (ed). Economic Effects of Biofuel Production. Books on Demand. Book Chapter
Flood, V.J.: Amar, F.G.; Nemirovsky, R.; Harrer, B.W.; Bruce, M. and Wittmann, M.C. 2015. Paying attention to gesture when students talk chemistry: Interactional resources for responsive teaching. J. Chem. Educ. 92(1): 11–22. Journal Article doi.org/10.1021/ed400477b
Gill, J.L.; J. Blois; B. Benito; S. Dobrowski; M.L. Hunter, Jr. and J. McGuire. 2015. A 2.5-million-year perspective on coarse-filter strategies for conserving nature’s stage. Conservation Biology 29: 640-648. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12504
Goff, S. 2015. Effects of market attitudes and economic valuation information on sustainability values and behaviors: Evidence from experimental economics. PhD Dissertation https://digitalcommons.library.
umaine.edu/etd/2312/
Greig, H.S. and A J K. Calhoun. 2015. Searching for the holy grail of wetland integrity: Are biological indicators still relevant in conservation planning? pp. 101-112. In D. Lindenmayer, J. Pierson and P. Barton (eds). Surrogates and Indicators in Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Management. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, CRC Press, London. Book Chapter
Groff, L.A.; A.L. Pitt; R.F. Baldwin; A.J.K. Calhoun and C.S. Loftin. 2015 Evaluation of a waistband for attaching external radio transmitters to anurans. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(3): 610-615. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/wsb.554
Groff, L.A.; C.S. Loftin and A.J.K Calhoun. 2015. Lithobates sylvaticus (Wood Frog) Hibernation. Herpetological Review 46(2): 234. Journal Article
Hanes, S.P.; Collum, K.K.; Hoside, A.K. and Asare, E. 2015. Grower perceptions of native pollinators and pollination strategies in the lowbush blueberry industry. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 30(2): 124-131. Journal Article doi.org/10.1017/S1742170513000331
Hart, D.D.; K.P. Bell; L.A. Lindenfeld; S. Jain; T.R. Johnson; D. Ranco and B. McGill. 2015. Strengthening the role of universities in addressing sustainability challenges: the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions as an institutional experiment. Ecology and Society 20(2): online, 18 pages. Journal Article doi.org/10.5751/ES-07283-200204

 

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Henry, A.M. and Johnson, T.R. 2015. Understanding social resilience in the Maine lobster industry. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 7(1): 33-43. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2014.984086
Hjort, J.; J.E. Gordon; M. Gray and M.L. Hunter Jr. 2015. Valuing the stage: why geodiversity matters. Conservation Biology 29(3): 630-639. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12510
Isenhour, C.; M. Checker and G. McDonogh. 2015. Sustainability in the Global City: Myth and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press. Book doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139923316
Isenhour, C. 2015. Sustainable consumption and its discontents. pp.133-154. In: Kopnina, H. and Shoreman-Ouimett, E. (eds). Sustainability. Routledge, London. Book Chapter
Jansujwicz, J.S. and Johnson, T.R. 2015. Understanding and informing permitting decisions for tidal energy development using an adaptive management framework. Estuaries and Coasts 38 (Suppl 1): 253–265. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s12237-013-9678-0
Jansujwicz, J.S. and Johnson, T.R. 2015. The Maine Tidal Power Initiative: Transdisciplinary sustainability science research for the responsible development of tidal power. Sustain Sci 10, 75–86. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s11625-014-0263-7
Jiang, H.; Radtke, P.J.; Weiskittel, A.; Coulston, J. and Guertin, P.J. 2015. Climate and soils-based models of site productivity in eastern U.S. tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45: 325-342. Journal Article doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0054
Lindenmayer D. J. Pierson, P. Barton, M. Beger et al. 2015. A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates. Science of the Total Environment 538: 1029-1038. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.056
McGill, B.J. 2015. Land use matters. Nature 520: 38-39. Journal Article doi.org/10.1038/520038a
McGill, B. J; M. A. Dornelas; N.J. Gotelli and A.E. Magurran. 2015. Fifteen forms of biodiversity trends in the Anthropocene. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30(2): 104-113. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.11.006
McGreavy, B.; L. Lindenfeld; K. Hutchins; L. Silka; J. Leahy and B. Zoellick. 2015. Communication and sustainability science teams as complex systems. Ecology and Society 20(1): on line, 10 pages. Journal Article doi.org/10.5751/ES-06644-200102
Meyer, S.R.; Beard, M.K.; Cronan, C.S. and Lilieholm, R.J. 2015. An analysis of spatio-temporal landscape patterns for protected areas in Northern New England: 1900-2010. Landscape Ecology 30(7): 1291-1305. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0184-6
Mushet, D.M.; A.J.K. Calhoun, L.C. Alexander, et al. 2015. Geographically isolated wetlands: Rethinking a misnomer. Wetlands 35: 423-431. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s13157-015-0631-9
Nelson, A.S.; Wagner, R.G.; Weiskittel, A.R. and Saunders, M.R. 2015. Effects of species composition, thinning intensity, and shade tolerance on vertical distribution of leaf area index in juvenile stands in Maine, U.S.A. European Journal of Forest Research 134: 281-291. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s10342-014-0850-2
Noblet, C.L.; M.W. Anderson and M.F. Teisl. 2015. Thinking past, thinking future: An empirical test of the effects of retrospective assessment on future preferences. Ecological Economics 114: 180–187. Journal Article doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.04.002
Noblet, C.L.; Teisl, M.F;, Evans, K.; Anderson, M.W.; McCoy, S. and Cervone, E. 2015. Public preferences for investments in renewable energy production and energy efficiency. Energy Policy 87: 177–186. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.09.003
Noblet, C.L. and M.F. Teisl. 2015. Eco-Labelling as sustainable consumption policy. pp. 300-312. In: Reisch, L. and J. Thorgersen (eds). Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption. Edward ElgarIn Publishing, Northampton, MA, USA. Book Chapter
Parr, T.B.; C.S. Cronan; T. Ohno; E.G. Stuart; S.Findlay and K.S. Simon. 2015. Urbanization changes the composition and bioavailability of dissolved organic matter in headwater streams. Limnology and Oceanography 60(3): 885-900. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/lno.10060
Politi, N.; L. Rivera; L. Lizárraga; M. Hunter, Jr. and G.E. DeFosse. 2015. The dichotomy between protection and logging of an endangered and valuable timber species –conservation of Amburana cearensis in northwestern Argentina. Oryx 49(1): 111-117. Journal Article doi.org/10.1017/S0030605313000501
Ryan, K.; J. Zydlewski; A. Calhoun and B. 2015. Timm. Monitoring Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) response to weather using a passive integrated transponder (PIT) system. Journal of Herpetology 49 (2): 257–263. Journal Article doi.org/10.1670/12-230
Saura, S; E. Martin and M.L. Hunter, Jr. 2015. Forest landscape change and biodiversity conservation. pp. 167-197. In J.C. Azevedo, A.H. Perera and M.A. Pinto (eds). Forest Landscapes and Global Change. Springer-Verlag New York. Book Chapter
Silver, E. J. 2015. Understanding Private Woodland Owner Forest Management: Qualitative and Quantitative Applications. PhD Dissertation
Silver, E.; Leahy, J.; Noblet, C. and Weiskittel R. 2015. Maine woodland owner perceptions of long rotation woody biomass harvesting and bioenergy. Biomass and Bioenergy 76: 69-78. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.03.006
Silver, E.J.; J. E. Leahy; A.R. Weiskittel; C.L. Noblet, and D.B. Kittredge. 2015. An evidence-based review of timber harvesting behavior among private woodland owners. Journal of Forestry 113(5): 490–499. Journal Article doi.org/10.5849/jof.14-089
Šímová, I.; C.Violle; N.J B. Kraft; D. Storch; J-C. Svenning; B. Boyle; J.C. Donoghue II; P. Jørgensen; B.J. McGill; N.Morueta-Holme, et. al. 2015. Shifts in trait means and variances in North American tree assemblages: species richness patterns are loosely related to the functional space. Ecography 38(7): 649-658. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00867
Smith, S.M.C. and P.R. Wilcock. 2015. Upland sediment supply and its relation to watershed sediment delivery in the contemporary mid-Atlantic Piedmont (U.S.A.).  Geomorphology 232: 33-46. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.036
Sponarski, C.C.; Vaske, J.J. and Bath, A.J. 2015. Attitudinal differences among residents, park staff, and visitors toward coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. Society and Natural Resources 28(7): 720-732. Journal Article dx.doi.org.prxy4.ursus.maine.edu/10.1080/08941920.2015.1014595
Sponarski, C.C.; Vaske, J.J. and Bath, A.J. 2015. Differences in management action acceptability for coyotes in a national park. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(2): 239–247. Journal Article doi.10.1002/wsb.535
Sponarski, C.C. 2015. Can we have wolves and caribou too? The Osprey: The Nature Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador 46(3): 18-21. Journal Article
Sponarski, C.C.; Vaske, J.J. and Bath, A.J. 2015. The role of cognitions and emotions in human-coyote interactions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 20(3): 238-254. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2015.1010756
Sponarski, C.C. 2015. Can we have wolves and caribou too? The Osprey: The Nature Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador. 46(3):18-21. Journal Article
Stich, D.S.; Bailey, M.M. and Zydlewski, J.D. 2014. Survival of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts through a hydropower complex. Journal of Fish Biology 85(4): 1074-1096. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12483
Stich, D.S.; Kinnison, M.T.; Kocik, J.F. and Zydlewski, J.D. 2015. Initiation of migration and movement rates of Atlantic salmon smolts in fresh water. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(9): 1339-1351. Journal Article doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0570
Stich, D.S.; Bailey, M.M.; Holbrook, C.M.; Kinnison, M.T. and Zydlewski, J. D. 2015. Catchment-wide survival of wild-and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon smolts in a changing system. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(9): 1352-1365. Journal Article doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-057
Stich, D.S.; Zydlewski, G.B.; Kocik, J.F. and Zydlewski, J.D. 2015. Linking behavior, physiology, and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts during estuary migration. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 7(1): 68-86. Journal Article https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/19425120.2015.1007185
Teisl, M.F.; McCoy, S.; Marrinan, S.; Noblet, C.L.; Johnson, T.; Wibberly, M.; Roper, R. and Klein, S. 2015. Will offshore energy face fair winds and following seas? Understanding the factors influencing marine energy acceptance. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(1):279-286. Journal Article doi.org10.1007/s12237-014-9777-6
Tremblay, E. and Waring, T. 2015. A smiling face is half the meal: The role of cooperation in sustaining Maine’s local food industry. Maine Policy Review, 23(2), 43-50. Journal Article doi.org/10.53558/GHHQ4459
Viehman, H.A. and Zydlewski, G.B. 2015. Fish interactions with a commercial-scale tidal energy device in the natural environment. Estuaries and Coasts 38(1): 241–252. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9767-8
Viehman, H.A.; Zydlewski, G.B.; McCleave, J.D. et al. 2015. Using hydroacoustics to understand fish presence and vertical distribution in a tidally dynamic region targeted for energy extraction. Estuaries and Coasts 38(1): 215–226. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9776-7
Wahl, T.; Jain, S.; Bender, J.; et al. 2015. Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities. Nature Clim Change 5: 1093–1097. Journal Article doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2736
Wang, C.; Johnston, J.; Vail, D.; Dickinson, J. and Putnam, D. 2015. High-Precision land-cover-land-use GIS mapping and land availability and suitability analysis for grass biomass production in the Aroostook River Valley, Maine, USA. Land 4: 231-254. Journal Article doi.org10.3390/land4010231
Waring, T.M.; M.A. Kline; J.S. Brooks; S.H. Goff; J. Gowdy; M.A. Janssen; P.E. Smaldino and J. Jacquet. 2015. A multilevel evolutionary framework for sustainability analysis. Ecology and Society 20(2): 34-49. Journal Article doi.org10.5751/ES-07634-200234
Zhang, Q.; D.C. Brady; W.R. Boynton; and W.P. Ball. 2015. Long-Term Trends of Nutrients and Sediment from the Nontidal Chesapeake Watershed: An Assessment of Progress by River and Season. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 51(6): 1534-1555. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12327
Zydlewski, G.B., Copping, A. and Redden. 2015. Special Issue: Renewable ocean energy development and the environment. Estuaries and Coasts 38 (Suppl 1): 156-158. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9922-2