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Bibliography of Central Appalachian Natural History Books

The following books, articles, and websites were used for reference during the creation of this website and sister book.  They provide a great jumping off point for your own studies of Central Appalachian natural history.

Abrams, M.D.  1992.  Fire and the Development of Oak Forests.  Bioscience.  42: 346-353.

Abrams, M.D.  2005.  Prescribing Fire in Eastern Oak Forests: Is Time Running Out?  Northern Journal of Applied Forestry.  22: 190 - 196.

All About Birds: Bird Guide.  Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  Accessed February 3, 2009.  <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/>

Amrine, J.W.  2002.  Multiflora Rose.  In: Van Driesche, R., et al., 2002, Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States, USDA Forest Service Publication FHTET-2002-04, 413 p.

Bailey, R.  November 21, 2001.  North America's most dangerous mammal: How best to deal with the menace of Bambi.  ReasonOnline.  <http://www.reason.com/news/show/34914.html>

Becker, P.G.  2007.  Bionic Knotweed Control.  NewTrition Ink.  <http://www.newtritionink.de/shop/pdf/english.pdf>

Bolgiano, C.  1998.  The Appalachian Forest.  Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA.

Boyle, W.A., and C.J.  Conway.  2007.  Why migrate?  A test of the evolutionary precursor hypothesis.  The American Naturalist.  169(3): 344-359.

Braun, E.L.  1955.  The phytogeography of unglaciated eastern United States and its interpretation.  The Botanical Review.  21(6): 297-375.

Braun, J., and G.R.  Brooks.  1987.  Box turtles (Terrapene carolina) as potential agents for seed dispersal.  American Midland Naturalist.  117(2): 312-318.

Brooks, M.  1965.  The Appalachians.  Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.

Butler, R.S., and R.G. Biggins.  2003.  Agency Draft Recovery Plan for Cumberland Elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Oyster Mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), Cumberland Combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Purple Bean (Villosa perpurpurea), and Rough Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata).  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Asheville Field Office, Asheville, NC.

Cain, S.A.  1943.  The tertiary character of the cove hardwood forests of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.  70(3): 213-235.

Cardina, J., C.  Herms, T.  Koch, and T.  Webster.  Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica).  Ohio Perennial & Biennial Weed Guide.  Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.  <http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/singlerecord.asp?id=830>  Accessed Feb.  17, 2009.

Chen, J., H.  Blume, and L.  Beyer.  2000.  Weathering of rocks induced by lichen colonization --- a review.  Catena.  39: 121-146.

Cobb, B.  1984.  A Field Guide to Ferns and Their Related Families of Northeastern and Central North America.  Houghton Mifflin Co., New York.

Constanz, G.  1994.  Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders: An Appalachian Mountain Ecology.  Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Montana.

Core, E.L.  1967.  Ethnobotany of the southern Appalachian aborigines.  Economic Botany.  21(3): 198-214.

COSEWIC.  2007.  COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the wood-poppy Stylophorum diphyllum in Canada.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.  Ottawa.  vi + 23 pp.

Delcourt, H.R.  and P.A.  Delcourt.  1997.  Pre-Columbian Native American Use of Fire on Southern Appalachian Landscapes.  Conservation Biology.  11(4): 1010-1014.

Deullman, W.E., ed.  1999.  Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective.  The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

Digital Atlas of Virginia Flora.  2008 – 2009.  <http://www.biol.vt.edu/digital_atlas/index.php?do=start> 

Fleming, G.P., P.P.  Coulling, K.D.  Patterson, and K.  Taverna.  2006.  The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups.  Second approximation.  Version 2.2.  Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA.  <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/ncintro.shtml.>

Gibbons, E.  2005.  Stalking the Wild Asparagus.  Hood, Alan C.  & Company, Inc., Chambersburg, PA.

Hamilton, E.L.  1966.  St.  Marie on the Clinch.  Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia Publication 2-1966.  pp.  33-41.

Hampson, P.S., M.W. Treece Jr., G.C. Johnson, S.A. Ahlstedt, and J.F. Connell.  2000.  Water Quality in the Upper Tennessee River Basin, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia 1994-98.  U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1205, 32 p.
<http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/circ1205/.>

Hanzawa, F.M., and S.  Kalisz.  1993.  The relationship between age, size, and reproduction in Trillium grandiflorum (Liliaceae.)  American Journal of Botany.  80(4): 405-410.

Harmon, M.  1982.  Fire History of the Westernmost Portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.  109(1):74-79.

Highton, R.  1995.  Speciation in eastern North American salamanders of the genus Plethodon.  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.  26: 579-600.

Hong, C., M.A.  Hansen, and S.  DeBelt.  2002.  Rose Rosette Disease.  Virginia Cooperative Extension, Plant Disease Fact Sheet, Publication 450-620W.

Irwin, H., S.  Andrew, and T.  Bouts.  2002.  Return the Great Forest.  Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition, Asheville, NC.

Janzen, F.J.  1994.  Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  91(16): 7487-7490.

Janzen, F.J.  1995.  Experimental evidence for the evolutionary significance of temperature dependent sex determination.  Evolution.  49(5): 864-873.

Johnsson, R.G.  1984.  A Naturalist's Notebook: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Jones, R.L.  2005.  Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora.  The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington.

Kricher, J.C., and G.  Morrison.  1988.  Ecology of Eastern Forests.  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.

Lafon, C.W., and H.D.  Grissino-Mayer.  2007.  Spatial Patterns of Fire Occurrence in the Central Appalachian Mountains and Implications for Wildland Fire Management.  Physical Geography.  28(10):1-20.

Lorimer, C.G.  1980.  Age Structure and Disturbance History of a Southern Appalachian Virgin Forest.  Ecology.  61:1169-1184.

Lloyd, P., T.E.  Martin, R.L.  Redmond, U.  Langner, and M.M.  Hart.  2005.  Linking demographic effects of habitat fragmentation across landscapes to continental source-sink dynamics.  Ecological Applications.  15(5): 1504-1514

Lynch, J.A., and J.S.  Clark.  2002.  Fire and Vegetation Histories in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: The Historical Importance of Fire Before and After European/American Settlement.  Report submitted to the George Washington & Jefferson National Forest.  Roanoke, Virginia.

Massachusetts Maple Producers Association.  Accessed February 3, 2009.  <http://www.massmaple.org/>

Morjan, C.L., and F.J.  Janzen.  2003.  Nest temperature is not related to egg size in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination.  Copeia.  2003(2): 366-372.

NatureServe Explorer.  2008 – 2009.  <http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?init=Species>

Pennisi, E.  2006.  Parasitic weed uses chemical cues to find host plant.  Science.  313: 1867.

Peterson, L.A.  1977.  A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America.  Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.

Price, E.T.  1960.  Root digging in the Appalachians: The geography of botanical drugs.  Geographical Review.  50(1): 1-20.

Quality Deer Management Association Website.  January 23, 2009.  <http://www.qdma.com>

Sauer, J.  R., J.  E.  Hines, and J.  Fallon.  2008.  The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2007.  Version 5.15.2008.  USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

Shackelford, L., and B.  Weinberg, eds.  1988.  Our Appalachia: An Oral History.  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington.

Sork, V.L., J.  Bramble, and O.  Sexton.  1993.  Ecology of mast-fruiting in three species of North American deciduous oaks.  Ecology.  74(2): 528-541.

Strausbaugh, P.D., and E.L.  Core.  1977.  Flora of West Virginia.  Seneca Books, Inc., Morgantown, WV.

Szafoni, B.  1990.  Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.)  Vegetation Management Guide.  Illinois Nature Preserves Commission.  1(3).

Townsend, John F.  2005.  Natural Heritage Resources of Virginia: Rare Plants.  Natural Heritage Technical Report 05-08.  Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, Virginia.  Unpublished report.  March 2005.  54 pages plus appendices.

Tscharntke, T., S.  Thiessen, R.  Dolch, and W.  Boland.  2001.  Herbivory, induced resistance, and interplant signal transfer in Alnus glutinosa.  Biochemical Systemics and Ecology.  29(10): 1025-1047.

USDA, NRCS.  2009.  The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 21 January 2009).  National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.  2007.  Virginia Deer Management Plan: 2006-2015.  Wildlife Information Publication No.  07-1.

Vong, R.J., J.T.  Sigmon, and S.F.  Mueller.  1991.  Cloud water deposition to Appalachian forests.  Environmental Science & Technology.  25(6): 1014-1021.

Watts, W.A.  1980.  The late quaternary vegetation history of the southeastern United States.  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.  11: 387-409.

Wilson, D.  1988.  Multicultural mayhem and murder in Virginia's Backcountry: The case of Pierre-Francois Tubeuf, 1792-1795.  Journal of Appalachian Studies.  4(1): 57-86.

Wimberly, M.C.  and M.J.  Reilly.  2007.  Assessment of Fire Severity and Species Diversity in the Southern Appalachians Using Landsat TM and ETM+ Imagery.  Remote Sensing of Environment.  108(2):189-197.

Wright, H.E., Jr.  1978.  The Role of Fire in Land/Water Interactions.  Fire Regimes and Ecosystem Properties: Proceedings of the Conference.  USDA Forest Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, General Technical Report WO-26.

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