Mitchell Center Publications 2015-16

Following is a list of journal articles, book chapters and theses authored or co-authored by Mitchell Center community members from July 2015 to June 2016. The majority of these publications have undergone peer review.

Citation Type Link
Ackerman, J.; Druschke, C.G.; McGreavy, B. and Sprain, L. 2016. The skunkwork of ecological engagement. Reflections on Sustainable Communities and Environmental Communication 16(1): 75-95. Journal Article https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10108732
Amar, F.G.; Haggerty, M.; Ladenheim, M.; Silka, L.; Welcomer, S. and Jemison, J. 2016. Leveraging the Research Capacity of the Doctoral University for Honors Education: The” Research Collaborative” Model. HONORS in Higher Education (HHE), 1. Book Chapter
Anderson, M. W.; Teisl, M. and Noblet, C.L. 2016. Whose values count: is a theory of social choice for sustainability science possible? Sustainability Science 11: 373-383. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0345-1
Bieluch, K.H.; Bell, K.P.; Teisl, M.; Lindenfeld, L.A.; Leahy, J. and Silka, L. 2016. Transdisciplinary research partnerships in sustainability science: An examination of stakeholder participation preferences. Sustainability Science 12: 87-104. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0360-x
Beitl, C. M. 2016. The changing legal and institutional context for recognizing nature’s rights in Ecuador: Mangroves, fisheries, farmed shrimp, and coastal management since 1980. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 19: 317-332. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/13880292.2016.1248688

 

Bruce, M.; Bruce, A.; Avargil, S.; Amar, F.; Wemyss, T. and Flood, V. 2016. Polymers and cross linking: A CORE experiment to help students think on the Atomic Scale. Journal of Chemical Educationv93: 1599-1605. Journal Article doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00010
Cao, J.; W. Guan and Y. Chen. 2016. An individual-based probabilistic model for simulating fisheries population dynamics. Aquaculture and Fisheries 1: 34-40. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2016.10.001
Carey, J.C.; Tang, J.; Templer, P.H. and Tietema, A. 2016. Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming. PNAS 113(48): 13797-13802. Journal Article doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605365113
Cline, B.B. and Hunter, M.L. Jr. 2016.  Movement in the matrix: Substrates and distance to forest edge affect postmetamorphic movements of a forest amphibian. Ecosphere 7(2): e01202. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1202
Cline, B.B. and Hunter, M.L. Jr. 2016. Heavy partial harvests and the initial movements of a dispersing forest amphibian in the Acadian forest of Maine, USA. Forest Science 62(3): 333-342. Journal Article doi.org/10.5849/forsci.14-211
Coffey, Stephanie. 2016. Financial and Social Implications of Community Solar in New England MS Thesis https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2588/
Cohen, M.J.; Creed, I.F.; Alexander, L.; Basu, N.B.; Calhoun, A.J.K.; Craft, C.; CSS-Dynamac Corporation; Kirkman, K.; Lane, C.R.; Lang, M.; Leibowitz, S.G.; Lewis, D.B.; CDM Smith, Inc; McLaughlin, D.L.; Mushet, D.M.; Raanan-Kiperwas, H.; Rains, M.C.; Smith, L. and Walls, S.C. 2016. Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions? PNAS 113(8): 1978-1986. Journal Article doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1512650113
Cole, K.L. and Hetland, R. D. 2016. The effects of rotation and river discharge on net mixing in small-mouth Kelvin Number plumes. Journal of Physical Oceanography 46(5): 1421–1436. Journal Article doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0271.1

 

Coopmans, C.; Clancey, G.and Amar, F.G. 2016. The college as an emergent gobal form: One experience at starting a trans-national college-to-college relationship. Pp. 51-68. In: Glover, R.W. and Katherine O’Flaherty, K. (eds). Honors Education in Transition: Vol II. Continuity and Innovation in Honors College Curricula. Rowman and Littlefield, Maryland. Book Chapter
Crosby, S.C.; D. Sax; M.E. Palmer; H.S. Booth; L.A. Deegan; M.D. Bertness and H. M. Leslie. 2016. Salt marsh persistence is threatened by predicted sea level rise. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 181: 93-99. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.08.018
De Urioste-Stone, S.M.; Le, L.; Scaccia, M. and Wilkins, E. 2016. Nature-based tourism and climate change risk: Visitors’ perceptions in Mount Desert Island, Maine. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 13: 57-65. Journal Article doi.org.prxy4.ursus.maine.edu/10.1016/j.jort.2016.01.003
De Urioste-Stone, S.M.; Scaccia, M. and D. Howe-Poteet. 2016. Understanding perceptions of climate change impacts to tourism in Maine: A demand based approach. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (Special Issue-Climate Change and Outdoor Recreation: Impacts, Adaptation and Policy Alternatives) 11: 34-43. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2015.07.001
Dibello, F.; Calhoun, A.J.K.; Morgan, D.E. and Shearin, A.F. 2016. Mapping efficacy of digital and analog methods for identifying vernal pools remotely: A Maine case study. Wetlands 36: 505-514. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s13157-016-0759-2
Ding, Q.; Chen, X.J.; Yu, W. and Chen, Y. 2016. An evaluation of underlying mechanisms for fishing down marine food webs. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 35(8): 32-38. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s13131-016-0896-8
Druschke, C.G. and McGreavy, B. 2016. Why rhetoric matters for ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(1):  46–52. Journal Article doi:10.1002/16-0113.1
Engemann, K.; Sandel, B.; Enquist, B.J.; Jørgensen, P.M.; Kraft, N.; Marcuse-Kubitza, A. et.al. 2016. Patterns and drivers of plant functional group dominance across the Western Hemisphere: A macroecological re-assessment based on a massive botanical dataset. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(2): 141-160. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/boj.12362
Engemann, K.; Sandel, B.; Boyle, B.; Enquist, B.J.; Jørgensen, P.M.; Kattge, J., et al. 2016. A plant growth form dataset for the New World. Ecology 97(11): 3243-3243. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1569
Evans, K.S.; Athearn, K.; Chen, X.; Bell, K. P. and Johnson, T. 2016. Measuring the impact of pollution closures on commercial shellfish harvest: The case of soft-shell clams in Machias Bay, Maine. Ocean & Coastal Management 130: 196–204. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.06.005
Fefer, J.; De Urioste-Stone, S.M.; Daigle, J. and Silka, L. 2016. Using the Delphi technique to identify key elements for effective and sustainable visitor use planning frameworks. Sage Open 6 (2). Journal Article DOI:10.1177/2158244016643141
Fox, E.L. 2016. Engaging through valuation: Investigating citizen attitudes impacting program support and exploring ecosystem service values in stakeholder engagement. MS Thesis https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2533/
Gardner, S. K. and Doore, S. 2016. Institutional transformation through innovative internal advisory boards. Association for Women in Science Magazine 48: 28-30. Journal Article
Goldsmith, G.R.; N. Morueta-HolmeB. SandelE.D. FitzS.D. FitzB. BoyleN. CaslerK. EngemannP.M. JørgensenN.J.B. Kraft; B. McGill,, et.al. 2016. Plant‐O‐Matic: A dynamic and mobile guide to all plants of the Americas. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(8), 960-965. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12548
Groff, L.A. 2016. The habitat ecology of pool-breeding amphibians during all annual life history periods in the mountains of the dawn. PhD Dissertation https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2517/
Groff, L.A.; A.J.K. Calhoun and C. Loftin. 2016. Hibernal ecology and habitat selection of wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in a northern New England montane landscape. Journal of Herpetology 50(4): 559-569. Journal Article doi.org/10.1670/15-131R1
Grolleau, G.; L. Ibanez; N. Mzoughi and M. Teisl. 2016. Helping eco-labels to fulfil their promises, Climate Policy 16(6): 792-802. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2015.1033675
Hart, D.D.; Buizer, J.L.; Foley, J.A.; Gilbert, L.E; Graumlich, L.J.; Kapuscinski, A.R., … and Silka, L. 2016. Mobilizing the power of higher education to tackle the grand challenge of sustainability: Lessons from novel initiatives. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 4: 000090. Journal Article doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000090
Hayashi, R.; Weiskittel, A.R. and Kershaw, J.A. 2016. Influence of prediction cell size on LiDAR-derived area-based estimates of total volume in mixed-species and multi-cohort forests in northeastern North America. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 42: 473-488. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2016.1229597

 

Hoffmann, K.; A. Calhoun and M. Hunter. 2016. A Deep-Water funnel trap for salamanders. Herpetological Review 47: 31-32. Journal Article
Houlahan, J.; S. McKinney; T.M. Anderson and B.J. McGill 2016. The priority of prediction in ecological understanding. Oikos 126(1): 1-7. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/oik.03726
Hunter Jr, M.L; Lindenmayer, D.B. and Calhoun, A.J. 2016. Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional. John Wiley & Sons. New Jersey. Book
Hunter Jr, M.; Westgate, M.; Barton, P.; Calhoun, A.; Pierson, J.; Tulloch, A., et al. 2016. Two roles for ecological surrogacy: Indicator surrogates and management surrogates. Ecological Indicators, 63, 121-125. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.049
Isenhour, C.; T. Blackmer; T. Wagner; L. Silka; J. Peckenham; D. Hart and J. MacRae. 2016. Moving up the waste hierarchy in Maine: Learning from “Best Practice” state-level policy for waste reduction and recovery. Maine Policy Review 25(1): 15 -29. Journal Article https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mitchellcenter_pubs/20/
Isenhour, C.; O’Reilly, J. and Yocum, H. 2016. Accounting for climate change: Measurement, management, morality, and myth. Hum Ecol 44: 647–654. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s10745-016-9866-1
Izzo, L.K.; Maynard, G.A. and Zydlewski, J. 2016. Upstream movements of Atlantic salmon in the lower Penobscot River, Maine following two dam removals and fish passage modifications. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 8(1): 448-461. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2016.1185063

 

Jensen, A.J.; Zydlewski, G.B.; Barker, S. and Pietrak, M. 2016. Sea lice infestations of a wild fish assemblage in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145(1): 7-16. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2015.1091381

 

Kaminski, A. 2016. Safety, recreation, and visitation: An economic analysis of decision-making on coastal beaches. MS Thesis https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2482/
Klein, S.J. and Coffey, S. 2016. Building a sustainable energy future, one community at a time. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 60: 867-880. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.129
Levesque, V.R.; K.P. Bell and A. J. K. Calhoun. 2016. Planning for sustainability in small municipalities: The influence of interest groups, growth patterns, and institutional characteristics. Journal of Planning Education and Research 37(3): 322 – 333. Journal Article doi.org/10.1177/0739456X16655601
Lindenfeld, L. and Parasecoli, F. 2016. Feasting our eyes: Food films and cultural identity in the United States. Columbia University Press, New York. Book ISBN: 9780231542975

 

Love, T. and Isenhour, C. 2016. Energy and economy: Recognizing high‐energy modernity as a historical period. Economic Anthropology 3(1): 6-16. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12040
Kathleen Lyons, K.S.; Amatangelo, K.L.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Bercovici, A.; Blois, J.L.; Davis, M. and Gotelli, N.J., et.al.(2016. Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts. Nature, 529:  80-83. Journal Article doi.org/10.1038/nature16447
Kuehne, C.; Weiskittel, A.R.; Wagner, R.G. and Roth, B.E. 2016. Development and evaluation of individual tree-and stand-level approaches for predicting spruce-fir response to commercial thinning in Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 376: 84-95. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.013
Lyons, S.K.; Miller, J.H.; Amatange, K.L.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Bercovici, A., Blois, J. L., … and Gotelli, N.J., et.al. 2016.. Lyons et. al.

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Journal Article doi.org/10.1038/nature20097
McGreavy, B. 2016. Resilience as discourse. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 10(1): 104-121. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2015.1014390
McGreavy, B.; Druschke, C.G;, Sprain, L.; Thompson, J.L, and Lindenfeld, L.A. 2016. Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems. Applied Environmental Education & Communication 15(3): 266-274. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2016.1181018
McGreavy, B.; A.J.K. Calhoun; J. Jansujwicz and V. Levesque. 2016. Citizen science and natural resource governance: program design for vernal pool policy innovation. Ecology and Society 21(2):48. Journal Article doi.org/10.5751/ES-08437-210248
McMahan, M.D.; D.F. Cowan; Y. Chen; G.D. Sherwood and J.H. Grabowski. 2016. Growth of juvenile lobster, Homarus americanus, in a changing environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 557: 177–187. Journal Article doi.org/10.3354/meps11854
McTague, J.P. and Weiskittel, A.R. 2016. Individual-tree competition indices and improved compatibility with stand-level estimates of stem density and long-term production. Forests 7(10): 238. Journal Article doi.org/10.3390/f7100238
Meyer, S.R.; Levesque, V.R.; Bieluch, K.H.; Johnson, M.L.; McGreavy, B.; Dreyer, S. and Smith, H. 2016. Sustainability science graduate students as boundary spanners. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 6(2), 344-353. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s13412-015-0313-1
Miller, K.M.; Dieffenbach, F.W.; Campbell, J.P.; Cass, W.B.; Comiskey, J.A.; Matthews, E.R., et.al. 2016. National parks in the eastern United States harbor important older forest structure compared with matrix forests. Ecosphere 7(7): e01404. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1404
Miller, K.M.; Mitchell, B.R. and McGill, B. J. 2016. Constructing multimetric indices and testing ability of landscape metrics to assess condition of freshwater wetlands in the Northeastern US. Ecological Indicators 66: 143-152. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.01.017
Morueta‐Holme, N.; B. Blonder; B. Sandel; B.J. McGill; R. K. Peet; J.E. Ott; C. Violle; B.J. Enquist; P.M. Jørgensen and J‐C. Svenning. 2016. A network approach for inferring species associations from co-occurrence data. Ecography 39(12): 1139-1150. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01892
Otto, S.A;, Simons, S.; Stoll, J.S.and Lawson, P. 2016. Making progress on bycatch avoidance in the ocean salmon fishery using a transdisciplinary approach. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73(9), 2380-2394. Journal Article doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw061
Parasecoli, F. and Lindenfeld, L. 2016. Feasting Our Eyes: Food Film and Cultural Identity in the US. Columbia University Press. Book
Puhlick, J.J.; Weiskittel, A.R.; Fernandez, I.J.; Fraver, S.; Kenefic, L.S.; Seymour, R.S.; Kolka, R.K.; Rustad, L.E. and Brissette, J.C. 2016. Long-term influence of alternative forest management treatments on total ecosystem and wood product carbon storage. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 46(11): 1404-1412. Journal Article doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2016-0193
Richerson, P.; Baldini, R.; Bell, A.; Demps, K.; Frost, K.; Hillis, V., et al. 2016. Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human cooperation: A sketch of the evidence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 39: E30. Journal Article doi:10.1017/S0140525X1400106X
Roy, S.G.; Tucker, G.E.; Koons, P.O.; Smith, S.M. and Upton, P. 2016. A fault runs through it: Modeling the influence of rock strength and grain‐size distribution in a fault‐damaged landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 121(10): 1911-1930. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003662
Scaccia, M. and De Urioste-Stone S. 2016. Resident perceptions of sustainable tourism in Maine. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 11(3): 375-384. Journal Article doi.org/10.2495/SDP-V11-N3-375-384
Shen, H.; Zydlewski, G.B.; Viehman, H.A. and Staines, G. 2016. Estimating the probability of fish encountering a marine hydrokinetic device. Renewable Energy. 97 :746-56. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.06.026
Smith, H.; Suldovsky, B. and Lindenfeld L. 2016. Science and policy: scientific expertise and individual participation in boundary management. Journal of Applied Communication Research 44(1): 78-95. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2015.1116707

 

Smith, H.; Suldovsky B. and Lindenfeld, L. 2016. Mass communication research in sustainability science: Moving toward an engaged approach to address society’s sustainability dilemma. Mass Communication and Society 19(5): 548-65. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2016.1167916

 

Snook, E.L.; Letcher, B.H.; Dubreuil, T.L.; Zydlewski, J.; O’Donnell, M.J.; Whiteley, A.R., et al. 2016. Movement patterns of Brook Trout in a restored coastal stream system in southern Massachusetts. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 25(3): 360-375. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/eff.12216
Sorenson, A.; R. Shwom; R. Jordan; D. Ebert-May; C. Isenhour; A. McCright and J. Meta-Robinson. 2016. Model-based reasoning to foster environmental and socio-scientific literacy in higher education. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 6(2): 287-294. Journal Article doi.org/10.1007/s13412-015-0352-7
Sponarski, C.C.; Vaske, J.J.; Bath, A.J. and Loeffler, T.A. 2016. Changing attitudes and emotions toward coyotes with experiential education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 47(4): 296-306. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2016.1158142

 

Sponarski, C.C.; Spacapan, M.; Miller, C.A. and Vaske, J.J. 2016. Modelling perceived risk from coyotes among Chicago residents. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 21(6): 491-505. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2016.1190989
Stich, D.S.; Zydlewski, G.B. and Zydlewski, J.D. 2016. Physiological preparedness and performance of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in relation to behavioural salinity preferences and thresholds. Journal of Fish Biology 88(2): 595-617. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12853
Stoll, J.S.; Beitl, C.M. and Wilson J.A. 2016.How access to Maine’s fisheries has changed over a quarter century: The cumulative effects of licensing on resilience. Global Environmental Change 37: 79-91. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.01.005
Strong, A.L; Johnson, T.P.; Chiariello, N.R. and C.B. Field. 2016. Experimental fire increases soil carbon dioxide efflux in a grassland long-term, multi-factor, global change experiment. Global Change Biology 23(5): 1975-1987. Journal Article doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13525
Suldovsky, B. M. 2016.  Communicating who knows what in sustainability science: Investigating the role of epistemology in science communication and engagement. PhD Dissertation https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2712/
Tanaka, K. and Chen, Y. 2016. Modeling spatiotemporal variability of the bioclimate envelope of Homarus americanus in the coastal waters of Maine and New Hampshire. Fisheries Research 177: 137–152. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.01.010
Wang, J.; Chen, X. and Chen, Y. 2016. Spatio-temporal distribution of skipjack in relation to oceanographic conditions in the west-central Pacific Ocean.  International Journal of Remote Sensing 37(24):, 6149-6164. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1256509

 

Waring, T. M. and Tremblay, E. 2016. An evolutionary approach to sustainability science. Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution 7(1): 119-167. Journal Article doi.org/10.21237/C7clio7

 

 

Waring, T.M.; Sullivan, A.V. and Stapp, J.R. 2016. Campus prosociality as a sustainability indicator. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 17(6): 895-916. Journal Article doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-05-2015-0091

 

Weiskittel, A.; Kuehne, C.; McTague, J.P. and Oppenheimer, M. 2016. Development and evaluation of an individual tree growth and yield model for the mixed species forest of the Adirondacks Region of New York, USA. Forest Ecosystems 3(1): 1-17. Journal Article doi.org/10.1186/s40663-016-0086-3
Wood, C.M.; Witham, J.W. and Hunter Jr, M.L. 2016. Climate‐driven range shifts are stochastic processes at a local level: two flying squirrel species in Maine. Ecosphere 7(2): e01240. Journal Article doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1240
Yu, W.; Chen, X. J.; Yi, Q. and Chen, Y. 2016. Influence of oceanic-climate variability on stock level of western winter-spring cohort of Ommastrephes bartramii in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. International Journal of Remote Sensing 37(7): 3974-3994. Journal Article doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1204477
Zhang C; Y. Chen; Y. Ren and R. Wan. 2016. Evaluating the performances of ecological indicators in fisheries management with a perspective of temporal scales. Freshwater and Marine Research Journal Article doi.org/10.1071/MF16084
Zhang, C.; Chen, Y. and Ren, Y. 2016. An evaluation of implementing long-term MSY in ecosystem-based fisheries management: Incorporating trophic interaction, bycatch and uncertainty. Fisheries Research 174: 179-189. Journal Article doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.10.007