Faculty publications from the Environmental Studies Department at Gettysburg College.

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2009

An Object-Oriented Approach to Assessing Changes in Tree Cover in the Colorado Front Range 1938-1999, Rutherford V. Platt and Tania Schoennagel

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Using GIS to Quantify Patterns of Glacial Erosion on Northwest Iceland: Implications for Independent Ice Sheets, Sarah M. Principato and Jeremiah S. Johnson

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Radiocarbon Date List XI: Radiocarbon Dates from Marine Sediment Cores of the Iceland, Greenland, and Northeast Canadian Arctic Shelves and Nares Strait, U. Quillmann, J.T. Andrews, A.E. Jennings, J. Bendle, H. Jonsdottir, G.B. Kristjansdottir, J. Lloyd, S. Olafsdottir, and Sarah M. Principato

2008

Species Diversity in the Soft-Bottom Intertidal Zone: Biogenic Structure, Sediment, and Macrofauna Across Mussel Bed Spatial Scales, John A. Commito, Serena Como, Benjamin M. Grupe, and Wendy Dow Piniak

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Human–Wildlife Conflict and Gender in Protected Area Borderlands: A Case Study of Costs, Perceptions, and Vulnerabilities from Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal), India, Monica V. Ogra

An Evaluation of an Object-Oriented Paradigm for Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Rutherford V. Platt and Lauren M. Rapoza

A Spatial Model of Mechanical Thinning Location and Forest Management Outcomes in the Wildland-Urban Interface, Rutherford V. Platt, Thomas T. Veblen, and Rosemary L. Sherriff

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Holocene Sediment Magnetic Properties Along a Transect from Isafjardardjup to Djupall, Northwest Iceland, Sarah M. Principato, J.T. Andrews, J. Hardardottir, and J.S. Stoner

Tracking Collaboration: Forest Planning and Local Participation on the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, Randall K. Wilson and Thomas W. Crawford

2006

Hierarchical Spatial Structure in Soft-Bottom Mussel Beds, John A. Commito, Wendy Dow Piniak, and Benjamin M. Grupe

Fractal Characterization of Mytilus edulis L. Spatial Structure in Intertidal Landscapes Using GIS Methods, Thomas W. Crawford, John A. Commito, and Ann M. Borowik

Effects of Epibionts on Sabellaria alveolata (L.) Biogenic Reefs and Their Associated Fauna in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel, Stanislas Dubois, John A. Commito, Frédéric Olivier, and Christian Retière

A Model of Exurban Land Use Change and Wildfire Mitigation, Rutherford V. Platt

Are Wildfire Mitigation and Restoration of Historic Forest Structure Compatible? A Spatial Modeling Assessment, Rutherford V. Platt, Thomas T. Veblen, and Rosemary L. Sherriff

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How Learning Styles Impact E-learning: A Case Comparative Study of Undergraduate Students who Excelled, Passed, or Failed an Online Course in Scientific/Technical Writing, William West, B.R. Simon Rosser, Salma Monani, and Laura Gurak

Collaboration in Context: Rural Change and Community Forestry in the Four Corners, Randall K. Wilson

2005

Fine-Grained Spatial Genetic Structure in the Bivalve Gemma gemma from Maine and Virginia (USA), as Revealed by Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat Markers, Marco Casu, Ferruccio Maltagliati, Piero Cossu, Tiziana Lai, Marco Curini Galletti, Alberto Castelli, and John A. Commito

Mussels Matter: Postlarval Dispersal Dynamics Altered by a Spatially Complex Ecosystem Engineer, John A. Commito, Emily A. Celano, Holly J. Celico, Serena Como, and Craig P. Johnson

Multi-scale Analysis of Collaborative National Forest Planning Contexts in the Rural US Mountain West, Thomas W. Crawford and Randall K. Wilson

Rural Change and Sustainability (Conclusion), John Smithers and Randall K. Wilson

Narratives of Community-based Resource Management in the American West, Randall K. Wilson

2004

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Radiocarbon Date List X: Baffin Bay, Baffin Island, Iceland, Labrador Sea, and the Northern North Atlantic, J.T. Andrews, J.P. Briner, D.C. Barber, I.S. Castaneda, T.A. Cooper, G. Dunhill, S. Hagen, M. Hald, F.R. Hall, E. James, A.E. Jennings, N. Koc, G.B Kristjansdottir, Sarah M. Principato, L.M. Smith, T. Vorren, N. Weiner, and K. Williams

The Greening of White Pride, Steven Gimbel and Randall K. Wilson

Local and Global Analysis of Fragmentation in a Colorado Mountain Region, Rutherford V. Platt

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A Comparison of AVIRIS and Landsat for Land Use Classification at the Urban Fringe, Rutherford V. Platt and Alexander F.H. Goetz

Environmental Conflict, Collaborative Solutions, and the Politics of Geographic Scale, Randall K. Wilson

2003

Community-based Management and National Forests in the Western United States: Five Challenges, Randall K. Wilson

2002

Differential Dispersal Rates in an Intertidal Neiofauna Assemblage, John A. Commito and Guglielmo Tita

2000

Structural Complexity in Mussel Beds: the Fractal Geometry of Surface Topography, John A. Commito and Brian R. Rusignuolo

1999

‘Placing Nature’: The Politics of Collaboration and Representation in the Struggle for La Sierra in San Luis, Colorado, Randall K. Wilson

1998

The Fractal Geometry of Mytilus edulis L. Spatial Distribution in a Soft-Bottom System, Melissa L. Snover and John A. Commito

1995

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Dispersal Dynamics of the Bivalve Gemma Gemma in a Patchy Environment, John A. Commito, Carol A. Currier, Laura R. Kane, Kathleen A. Reinsel, and Irene M. Ulm

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Dispersal Dynamics in a Wind-Driven Benthic System, John A. Commito, S. F. Thrush, R. D. Pridmore, J. E. Hewitt, and V. J. Cummings

1991

Inhibition of Sunfish Feeding by Defensive Steroids from Aquatic Beetles: Structure-Activity Relationships, Donald J. Gerhart, Maria E. Bondura, and John A. Commito

1989

Suspension Feeders and Coexisting Infauna: An Enhancement Counterexample, John A. Commito and E. Maxine Boncavage

1987

Adult-Larval Interactions: Predictions, Mussels, and Cocoons, John A. Commito

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Polinices Predation Patterns and Mercenaria Morphology Models, John A. Commito

1985

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Multiple Trophic Levels in Soft-Bottom Communities, John A. Commito and William G. Ambrose Jr.

Benthic Community Response to Experimental Additions of the Polychaete Nereis virens, John A. Commito and P. B. Shrader

1982

Effects of Lunatia heros Predation on the Population Dynamics of Mya arenaria and Macoma balthica in Maine, USA, John A. Commito

Importance of Predation by Infaunal Polychaetes in Controlling the Structure of a Soft-Bottom Community in Maine, USA, John A. Commito