Frank W. Davis publications and reprints

Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131

Phone: 805-893-3438

Fax: 805-893-3146

Internet: fwd@bren.ucsb.edu           Lab website : www.biogeog.ucsb.edu             

 

Edited Books

2006       Scott J.M. D. Goble and F.W. Davis. The Endangered Species Act at 30 Volume II: Conserving Biodiversity in Human Dominated Landscapes. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

2005       Goble, D., Scott J.M. and F.W. Davis. The Endangered Species Act at 30 Volume I: Renewing the Conservation Promise. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

1996       Scott, J.M., T. Tear, and F. W. Davis. Gap Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Conservation Planning. American Society for Photgrammetry and Remote Sensing, Washington, D.C.

 

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2011       D.M. Stoms, F.W. Davis, M.W. Jenner, T. Nogeire, and S.R. Kaffka. Modeling wildlife and other trade-offs with biofuel crop production. Global Change Biology. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01130.x/full

2011       Davis, F. W., C. M. Tyler, and B. E. Mahall. 2011. Consumer control of oak demography in a Mediterranean-climate savanna. Ecosphere 2(10):108. doi:10.1890/ES11-00187.1

 

2011       Whipple, A.A., R.M. Grossinger and F. W. Davis. Shifting baselines in a California oak savanna: Nineteenth Century data to inform restoration scenarios. Restoration Ecology 19: 88-101.

2011       Stoms, D. M., J.  Kreitler and F. W. Davis. The power of information for targeting cost-effective conservation investments in multifunctional farmlands. Environmental Modelling and Software 26: 8-17.

 

2010       Sork, V.L., F.W. Davis, R. Westfall, A. Flint, M. Ikegami, H. Wang and D. Grivet. Gene movement and genetic association with regional climate gradients in California valley oak (Quercus lobata Née) in the face of climate change. Molecular Ecology 19: 3806–3823.

2010       Geyer, R., D. M. Stoms, J. P. Lindner, F. W. Davis and  B. Wittstock. Coupling GIS and LCA for biodiversity assessments of land use. Part 2: Impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 15: 692-703.

2010       Geyer, R., D. M. Stoms, J. P. Lindner, F. W. Davis and  B. Wittstock. Coupling GIS and LCA for biodiversity assessments of land use. Part 1: Inventory modeling. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 15:454-467.

2010       Davis, F. W., M. Borchert, R. K. Meentemeyer, A. Flint and D. M. Rizzo. Pre-impact forest composition and ongoing tree mortality associated with sudden oak death in the Big Sur region; California. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 2342-2354.

2009       Pluess, A. R., V. L. Sork, B. Dolan, F. W. Davis, D. Grivet, K. Merg, J. Papp, and P. E. Smouse. Short distance pollen movement in a wind-pollinated tree, Quercus lobata (Fagaceae). Forest Ecology and Management 258:735-744.

2009       Stoms, D. M., P. A. Jantz, F. W. Davis, and G. DeAngelo. Strategic targeting of agricultural conservation easements as a growth management tool. Land Use Policy 26:1149-1161.

2008       Grivet, D., V. L. Sork, R. D. Westfall and F. W. Davis. Conserving the evolutionary potential of valley oak (Quercus lobata Née) in California. Molecular Ecology 17:139-156.

2008       Tyler, C. M., F. W. Davis and B. E. Mahall. The relative importance of factors affecting age-specific seedling survival of two co-occurring oak species in southern California. Forest Ecology and Management 255:3063-3074.

2008       Borchert, M., F.W. Davis, and J. Kreitler. Carnivore use of an avocado orchard in southern California. California Fish and Game Scientific Journal 94:61-74.

2007       Regan, H. M., F. W. Davis, S. J. Andelman, A. Widyanata and M. Freese. Comprehensive criteria for biodiversity evaluation in conservation planning. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:2715-2728.

2007       Austerlitz, F., C. Dutech, P. E. Smouse, , F. W. Davis and V. L. Sork. Estimating anisotropic pollen dispersal: A case study in Quercus lobata. Heredity 99:193-204.

2007       Davis, F. W., C. Seo and W. Zielinski. Regional variation in home range scale habitat models for fisher (Martes pennanti) in California. Ecological Applications 17:2195-2213

2007       Keeley, J.E., and F.W. Davis. Chaparral. Pages 339-366 in: M.G. Barbour, T. Keeler-Wolf, and A.A. Schoenherr (eds.), Terrestrial Vegetation of California, 3rd edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.

2007       Jantz,, P.,  B. Preusser, J. Fujikawa, J. Kuhn, C. Bersbach, J. Gelbard and F. W. Davis. Regulatory protection and Conservation.  Pp. 297-318 in, M. R. Stromberg, J. D. Corbin and C. M. D'Antonio, eds., California Grasslands: Ecology and Management, University of California Press, Berkeley.

2006       Davis, F. W., C. Costello and D. Stoms. Efficient Conservation in a Utility-Maximization Framework. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 33. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art33/

2006       Tyler, C., W. Kuhn, and F.W. Davis. Demography and recruitment limitations of three oak species in California. Quarterly Review of Biology 81: 127-152.

2006       D. Stoms, E. Machado, F.W. Davis and J. Kreitler. Prioritizing farmland preservation cost-effectively for multiple objectives. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61:250-259.

2006       Chomitz, K. M., G. A. B. Da Fonseca, K. Alger, D. M. Stoms, M. Honzák, E. Charlotte Landau, T. S. Thomas, W. Wayt Thomas and F. W.  Davis. Viable reserve networks arise from individual landholder responses to conservation incentives . Ecology and Society 11 (2): 40. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art40/

2006       Brosi, B. J., G. Daily and F. W. Davis. Agricultural and Urban Landscapes. Pp. 256-274 in, Scott, M.J., D. Goble and F.W. Davis, Eds., The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Conserving Biodiversity in Human-Dominated Landscapes, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

2006       Davis, F. W. and M. Borchert. Central Coast Bioregion. Pp. 321-349 in, J. Fites-Kauffman et al., Eds., Fire Ecology of California, University of California Press, Berkeley.

2005       Dutech, C. V.L. Sork, A. J. Irwin, P.E. Smouse, and F.W. Davis. Gene flow and fine-scale genetic structure in a wind-pollinated tree species, Quercus lobata (Fagaceae). American Journal of Botany 92:252-261.

2005       Chornesky, E.A. A.M. Bartuska, G.H. Aplet, K.O. Britton,  J. Cummings-Carlson, F.W. Davis, J. Eskow,  D.R. Gordon, K. W. Gottschalk, R.A. Haack, A.J. Hansen , R.N. Mack, F.J. Rahel, M. A. Shannon, L.A. Wainger, and T. B. Wigley. Science priorities for reducing the threat of invasive species to sustainable forestry. Bioscience 55: 335-348.

2005       Green, J.L., A. Hastings, P. Arzberger, F. J. Ayala, K. L. Cottingham, K. Cuddington, F. W. Davis, J. A. Dunne, M. Fortin, L. Gerber, And M. Neubert. Complexity in Ecology and Conservation: Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Challenges. Bioscience 55: 501–510.

2005       Stoms, D. M., F.W. Davis, S.J. Andelman, M.H. Carr, S.D. Gaines, B.S. Halpern, R. Hoenicke, SD.G. Leibowitz, A. Leydecker, E.M.P. Madin, H. Tallis and R.R. Warner. Integrated coastal reserve planning: making the land-sea connection. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8: 429-436.

2005       Davis, F. W., D. Goble and J.M. Scott. Renewing the Conservation Commitment. Pages 296-306 in The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Renewing the Conservation Promise, edited by D. Goble, M. J. Scott and F.W. Davis. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

2004       Armsworth, P., B. Kendall, and  F.W. Davis. An Introduction to Biodiversity Concepts for Environmental Economics. Journal of Energy and Resource Economics 26: 115-136.

2003       Stoms, D.M., K. Chomitz, and F. W. Davis. TAMARIN: A landscape framework for evaluating economic incentives for rainforest restoration. Landscape and Urban Planning 68: 95-108.

2002       Sork, V.L., F. W. Davis, P. Smouse, V. Apsit, R. Dyer, J. Fernandez, W. Kuhn. Pollen movement in declining populations of California valley oak, Quercus lobata:  Where have all the fathers gone? Molecular Ecology 11: 1657-1668.

2001       Scott, J.M., F. W. Davis, G. McGhie, C. Groves. Nature reserves: do they capture the full range of America’s biological diversity? Ecological Applications 11: 9999 – 1004.

2001       D. M. Stoms, J. M. McDonald and F. W. Davis. Fuzzy assessment of land suitability for scientific research reserves. Environmental Management 29: 545-558.

2001       Davis, F. W. and Moritz, M. A. Mechanisms of disturbance. In, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (S. A. Levin, Editor-in-Chief), Academic Press, New York.

2000       Odion, D. C. and F. W. Davis. Fire, soil heating, and the formation of vegetation patterns in chaparral. Ecological Monographs 70: 149–169.

2000       Stein, B. and F. W. Davis. Discovering Planet Earth: tools and techniques of biodiversity inventory. Pp. 19-55 in, Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States, edited by B. Stein et al. Oxford University Press, New York.

2000       Davis, F. W. and D. Roberts.  Stand structure in terrestrial ecosystems. Pp. 7-30 in, Methods in Ecosystem Science (O. E. Sala, R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, R. W. Howarth, eds.), Springer, New York.

1999       Davis, F.W., D.M. Stoms, and S. Andelman. Systematic reserve selection in the USA: an example from the Columbia Plateau ecoregion. Parks 9:31-41.

1999       Field, C. B., G. C. Daily, F. W.  Davis, S. Gaines, P. A. Matson, J. Melack, and N. L. Miller. Confronting climate change in California: ecological impacts on the golden state. Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA and Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C

1998       Wang, Y., Paris, J., and F. W. Davis.  Inclusion of a simple multiscattering model into a microwave canopy backscatter model. Remote Sensing of Environment 63:101-111.

1998       Stoms, D. M., F.W. Davis, K.L. Driese, K.M. Cassidy and M. Murray. Gap analysis of the vegetation of the Intermountain Semi-desert Ecoregion. Great Basin Naturalist 58: 199-216.

1998       Stoms, D. M., M. J. Bueno, F. W. Davis, K. M. Cassidy, K. L. Driese, and J. S. Kagan. Map-guided classification of regional land cover with multi-temporal AVHRR. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 64: 831-838.

1998       Callaway, R. M. and F. W. Davis. Recruitment of Quercus agrifolia on central California landscapes. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 647-656.

1998       Stoms, D. M., M. I. Borchert, M. Moritz, F. W. Davis, and R. L. Church. A systematic process for selecting research natural areas. Natural Areas Journal 18: 338-349.

1998       Day, J., Y. Wang and F. W. Davis. Modeled sensitivity of C- and L-band SAR backscatter to surface roughness and soil moisture in loblolly pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 66: 331-342.

1997       Wang, Y. and F. W. Davis. Decomposition of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar backscatter from upland and flooded forests. International Journal of Remote Sensing 6: 1319-1322.

1997       Stoms, D., M. B. Bueno, and F. W. Davis. Balancing multiple objectives in multitemporal AVHRR compositing. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 63: 681-689.

1997       Gerrard, R. A., R. L. Church, D. M. Stoms, and F. W. Davis. Selecting conservation reserves using species covering models: adapting the ARC/INFO GIS. Transactions in GIS 2: 45 - 60.

1996       Davis, F. W. and D. M. Stoms. Sierran vegetation: a gap analysis. Pp. 25-1 to 25-19 in, Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. University of California Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, Davis.

1996       Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, R. L. Church, B. J. Okin, and K. N. Johnson. Selecting biodiversity management areas. Pp. 26-1 to 26-18 in,  Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. II, Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options. University of California Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, Davis.

1996       Davis, F.W. Comparison of late seral/old growth maps from SNEP versus the Sierra Biodiversity Institute. Pp. 745-757 in, The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. III, Assessments , Commissioned Reports, and Background Information, Wildlands Resources Center, University of California at Davis,

1996       Davis, F.W. and W. A. Reiners. The nature of Gap Analysis. Letter to the Editor in reply to H. L. Short and J. B. Hestbeck, Bioscience 45: 535-539. Bioscience 46: 74-75.

1996       Church, R. L., D. M. Stoms, and F. W. Davis. Reserve selection as a maximal covering location problem. Biological Conservation 76: 105-112.

1996       Stine, P., F. W. Davis, B. Csuti and J. M. Scott. Comparative utility of vegetation maps of different resolutions for conservation planning. Pp. 210-220 in, Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes: Theory and Practice, edited by R. C. Szaro and D. W. Johnston. Oxford University Press, New York.

1996       Davis, F. W. and D. M. Stoms. A spatial analytical hierarchy for Gap Analysis. Pp. 15-24 in, Gap Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Conservation Planning, edited by J. M. Scott, T. Tear, and F. W. Davis, American Society for Photgrammetry and Remote Sensing.

1996       Thomas, K. and F. W. Davis. Applications of Gap Analysis data in the Mojave Desert of California. Pp. 209-219 in, Gap Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Conservation Planning, edited by J. M. Scott, T. Tear, and F. W. Davis, American Society for Photgrammetry and Remote Sensing.

1995       Davis, F. W. Mapping and monitoring terrestrial biodiversity using geographic information systems. Academia Sinica Monograph Series 14: 461-471.

1995       Wang Y., F.W. Davis, J.M. Melack,  E.S. Kasischke, and N. L. Christensen Jr. The effects of changes in forest biomass on radar backscatter from tree canopies. International Journal of Remote Sensing 16: 503-513.

1995       Davis, F. W., P. A. Stine, D. M. Stoms, M. I. Borchert and A. D. Hollander. Gap analysis of the actual vegetation of California 1. The Southwestern Region. Madroňo 42: 40-78.

1995       Davis, F.W. Information systems for conservation research, policy and planning. Bioscience  Supplement on Science and Biodiversity Policy: S36-S42.

1995       Friedl, M. A., F. W. Davis, J. Michaelsen, and M. Moritz. Scaling and uncertainty in the relationship between LAI and NDVI: an analysis using a scene simulation model and data from FIFE. Remote Sensing of Environment 54: 233-246.

1995       Stoms, D. M. and F. W. Davis. Biodiversity in the Southwestern California Region. Pp. 465-466 in, Our Living Resources: A Report  to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals and Ecosystems, edited by E. T. Laroe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Sercvice, Washington, D.C.

1995       Davis, F. W. and J. C. Michaelsen. Sensitivity of fire regime in chaparral ecosystems to global climate change. Pages 435-456 in, Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems, edited by W. C. Oechel and J. M. Moreno, Springer-Verlag, New York.

1995       Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, and A. D. Hollander. Hierarchical representation of species distributions for biological survey and monitoring. Pp. 445-449 in,  GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues, edited by M. F. Goodchild, et al., GIS World Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado.

1994       Friedl, M. and F. W. Davis. Sources of variation in radiometric surface temperature over a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing of Environment 48: 1-17.

1994       Friedl, M.A., J. Michaelsen, H. Walker and F.W. Davis. Estimating grassland biomass and leaf area index using ground and satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 15: 1401-1420.

1994       Wang, Y., E. S. Kaschiske, J. M. Melack, F. W. Davis, and N. L. Christensen. The effects of loblolly pine biomass and soil moisture backscatter on ERS-1 SAR backscatter. Remote Sensing of Environment 49: 25-31.

1994       Walsh, S. J. and F. W. Davis. Applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems in vegetation science: Introduction.  Journal of Vegetation Science 5: 610-613.

1994       Davis, F. W., P. A. Stine and D. M. Stoms. Remote sensing and GIS applied to phytogeographic analysis and conservation planning in southwestern California. Journal of Vegetation Science 5: 743-756.

1994       Michaelsen, J., D. S. Schimel, M. A. Friedl, F. W. Davis, and R. C. Dubayah. Regression tree analysis of  satellite and terrain data to guide vegetation sampling and surveys. Journal of Vegetation Science 5: 673-686.

1994       Hollander, A.D., F.W. Davis, D. M. Stoms. Hierarchical representations of species distributions using maps, images, and sighting data. Pages 71-87 in, Mapping the Diversity of Nature, edited by R. I. Miller, Chapman and Hall Publishing, London.

1994       Davis, F. W. and D. A. Burrows. Spatial simulation of fire regime in mediterranean-climate landscapes. Pages 117-139 in, The Role of Fire in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems, edited by M. C. Talens, W. C. Oechel and J. M. Moreno. Springer-Verlag, New York.

1993       Scott, J. M., F. W. Davis, B. Csuti, R. Noss, B. Butterfield, C. Groves, H. Anderson, S. Caicco, F. D'Erchia, T. C. Edwards, J. Ulliman and R. G. Wright. Gap analysis: a geographic approach to protection of biological diversity. Wildlife Monographs 123: 1-41.

1993       Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, C. Cogan, M. Painho, B. Duncan, J. Scepan and M. Scott. Geographic analysis of California condor sighting data. Conservation Biology 7: 148-159.

1993       Callaway, R.M. and F.W. Davis. Vegetation dynamics, fire and the physical environment in central California. Ecology 74: 1567-1578.

1993       Wang, Y., F. W. Davis and J. M. Melack. Simulated and observed backscatter at P-, L-, and C-bands from ponderosa pine stands. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 3: 871-879.

1993       Wang, Y. J. L. Day, F. W. Davis and J. M. Melack. Modeling L-band radar backscatter of Alaskan boreal forests. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 31: 1146-1154.

1993       Schimel, D.S., F. W. Davis and G. T. Kittel. Spatial information for extrapolation of canopy processes:  examples from FIFE. Pages 21-38 in, Scaling Physiological Processes: Leaf to Globe, edited by J. R. Ehleringer and C. B. Fields. Academic Press, New York.

1993       Davis, F. W. Introduction to spatial statistics. Pages 16-26 in, Patch Dynamics, edited by S. Levin, T. Powell and J. Steele. Springer- Verlag Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, New York.

1993       Davis, F. W. and D. A. Burrows. Modeling  fire  regime in mediterranean landscapes. Pages 247- 259 in, Patch Dynamics, edited by S. Levin, T. Powell and J. Steele. Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, New York.

1992       Stoms, D., F. W. Davis and C. Cogan. Sensitivity of wildlife habitat models to uncertainties in GIS data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 58: 843-850.

1992       Davis, F. W., D. S. Schimel, M. Friedl, R. Dubayah, T. G. F. Kittel and J. Dozier. Covariance of biophysical data with digital topographic and landuse maps over the FIFE site. Journal of Geophysical Research 97(D17): 19,009-19,021.

1991       Davis, F. W., D. Quattrochi, M. Ridd, N. S. Lam, S. J. Walsh, J. C. Michaelsen, J. Franklin, D. A. Stowe, C.  J. Johannsen, C. A. Johnston. Environmental analysis using integrated GIS and remotely sensed data: some research needs and priorities. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 57: 689-697.

1991       Star, J. L., J. E. Estes and F. W. Davis. Improved integration of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems: a background to NCGIA Initiative 12. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 57: 643-645.

1991       Franklin, J., F. W. Davis and P. Lefebvre. Thematic Mapper analysis of tree cover in semiarid woodlands using a model of canopy shadowing. Remote Sensing of Environment 36: 189-202.

1991       Borchert, M., F. W. Davis and B. Allen-Diaz. Environmental relationships of herbs in blue oak (Quercus douglasii) woodlands of central coastal California. Madroňo 38: 249-266.

1991       Pregill, G., R. I. Crombie, D. W. Steadman, L. K. Gordon, F. W. Davis, and W. B. Hilgartner. Living and late Holocene fossil vertebrates and the vegetation of the Cockpit Country, Jamaica. Atoll Research Bulletin 353: 1-19.

1991       Scott, J. M., J. E. Estes, J. Scepan, F. W. Davis and D. M. Stoms. An information system approach to the preservation of biological diversity. Pages 283-293 in, GIS Applications in Natural Resources, edited by M. Heit and A. Shortreid. GIS World Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado.

1991       Scott, J. M., B. Csuti and F. W. Davis. Gap analysis: an application of Geographic Information Systems for wildlife species. Pages 167-180 in, Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide, edited by D. J. Decker, M. E. Krasny, G. R. Goff, C. R. Smith and D. W. Gross. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.

1991       Davis, F. W. and D. S. Simmonett. GIS and remote sensing. Pages 191-213 in, Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications, edited by D. J. Maguire, M. F. Goodchild and D. W. Rhind. Longman Scientific and Technical, United Kingdom.

1990       Davis, F. W., D. Stoms, J. Scepan, J. Estes and M. Scott. An information systems approach to the preservation of biological diversity. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems 4: 55-78.

1990       Davis, F. W. and S. Goetz. Modeling vegetation pattern using digital terrain data. Landscape Ecology 4: 69-80.

1990       Davis, F. W. and J. Dozier. Information analysis of a spatial database for ecological land classification.  Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 56: 605-613.

1990       Dubayah, R., J. Dozier and F. W. Davis. Topographic distribution of clear-sky radiation over the Konza Prairie. Kansas, USA. Water Resources Research 26: 679-690.

1989       Davis, F. W., M. Borchert and D. Odion. Establishment of microscale vegetation pattern in maritime chaparral  after fire. Vegetatio 84:53-67.

1988       Harvey, L. E., F. W. Davis and N. Gale. The analysis of class dispersion patterns using matrix comparisons. Ecology 69: 537-542.

1988       Haston, L., F. W. Davis and J. Michaelsen. Climate response functions for big-cone spruce: a mediterranean climate conifer. Physical Geography 9: 81-97.

1988       Davis, F. W., D. Hickson and D. Odion. Composition of maritime chaparral related to fire history and soil, Burton Mesa, California. Madroňo 35:169-195.

1988       Borchert, M., F. W. Davis, J. Michaelsen and L. Oyler. Interactions of factors affecting seedling recruitment of blue oak (Quercus douglasii) in California. Ecology 70:389-404.

1987       Michaelsen, J., L. Haston and F. W. Davis. 400 years of Central California precipitation variability reconstructed from new tree-ring chronologies. Water Resources Bulletin 23:809-818.

1986       Michaelsen, J., F. W. Davis and M. Borchert. Non-parametric hierarchical models for analyzing ecological data.  Coenoses 1:39-48.

1985       Davis, F. W. Historical changes in submerged aquatic macrophyte communities of upper Chesapeake Bay. Ecology 66: 981-993.

1985       Davis, F. W., W. Hilgartner and D. Steadman. Notes on the diets of Geotrygon montana and Columba caribaea in Jamaica. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club 105: 130-134.

1984       Brush, G. and F. W. Davis. Stratigraphic evidence of human disturbance in an estuary. Quaternary Research 22: 91-108.

Conference Proceedings

2008       Sork, V. L., F. W. Davis and D. Grivet. Incorporating genetic information into conservation planning for California Valley Oak. In, A. Merenlender, D. McCreary, Douglas, K. Purcell, Tech. eds. Proceedings of the Sixth California Oak Symposium, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station General Technical Report PSW-GTR-217:497-509.

2008       Tyler, C. M., B. E. Mahall and F. W. Davis. Influence of Winter-Spring livestock grazing on survival and growth of Quercus lobata and Q. agrifolia seedlings. In, A. Merenlender, D. McCreary, Douglas, K. Purcell, Tech. eds. Proceedings of the Sixth California Oak Symposium, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station General Technical Report PSW-GTR-217:105-113.

2004       F. W. Davis, C. Costello, D. Stoms, E. Machado and J. Metz. A framework for setting land conservation priorities in the Sierra Nevada. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Report PSW-GTR-193, pp. 195-206.

2002       Tyler, C. M., B.E. Mahall, F. W. Davis, and M. Hall. Factors limiting recruitment in valley and coast live oak. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184, pp.565-572

2002       Sork, V. L., F. W. Davis, R.J. Dyer, and P.E. Smouse. Mating patterns in a savanna population of valley oak, Quercus lobata Neé. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184, pp.427-439

2001       Davis, F. W. and D. M. Stoms. Spatial decision support systems for wildlife conservation planning. Proceedings, International Seminar on the Wildlife Habitat Suitability Mapping and Management, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, pp. 14-31.

2000       Church, R. L., D. Stoms, F. W. Davis, and B. J. Okin. Planning management activities to protect biodiversity with a GIS and an integrated optimization model. Proceedings of the Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling.

1997       Friedl, M. A., F. W. Davis, J. Michaelsen, and M. Moritz. Modeling sources of uncertainty in satellite-based estimates of Leaf Area Index using a scene simulation model. Proceedings IGARSS'97:972-974.

1997       M.A. Moritz, D.M. Stoms, M.I. Borchert, and F.W. Davis. A proposed protocol for identifying potential research Natural Areas with Gap Analysis data. Proceedings 1997 ESRI Users Conference, Palm Springs, CA.

1997       M.A. Moritz and F. W. Davis. A method of examining patterns in mapped fire histories: identification of homogeneous fire landscapes. Proceedings of Fire in California Ecosystems: Integrating Ecology, Prevention, and Management.

1996       Davis, F. W. Classification and information systems. Proceedings of the East Mojave Desert Symposium, Natural History Museum of  Los Angeles County Technical Report 10, pp. 63-64.

1995       Wang, Y., F. W. Davis and E. S. Kasischke. Effects of variation in soil moisture on ERS-1 SAR backscatter. Proceedings IGARSS'94 1475-1477.

1994       Friedl, M. A., F. W. Davis, J. Michaelsen, and M. Moritz. Modeling sources of uncertainty in satellite-based estimates of leaf area index using a scene simulation model. Proceedings IGARSS'94:1826-1828

1994       Hess, L. L., J. M. Melack and F. W. Davis. Mapping floodplain inundation with multi-frequency polarimetric  SAR: use of a tree-based model. Proceedings IGARSS'94:1072-1073.

1994       Wang, Y., F. W. Davis and J. M. Melack. Effects of variation in soil moisture on ERS-1 backscatter from  loblolly pine forests. Proceedings IGARSS'94:1475-1477.

1992       Scott, J. M., B. Csuti, D. Stoms and F. W. Davis. Remote Sensing for nongame wildlife habitat management. Transactions of the 56th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, pp. 134-140.

1992       Wang, Y., F. W. Davis and J. Melack. Comparison of modeled backscatter with SAR data at P-Band. Summaries of the Third Annual Airborne Geoscience Workshop, June 1-5, 1992, Volume 3, AIRSAR Workshop. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 92-14, pp. 9-11.

1992       Day, J. L. and F. W. Davis. SAR backscatter from coniferous forest gaps. Summaries of the Third Annual Airborne Geoscience Workshop, June 1-5, 1992, Volume 3, AIRSAR Workshop, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 92-14, pp. 12-14.

1992       Davis, F. W. and D. M. Stoms. Gap analysis of biodiversity in California. Symposium on Biodiversity of northern California (H. M. Kerner, ed.). Wildland Resources Center Report 29, University of California, Berkeley, pp. 23-29.

1992       Odion, D. C., R. M. Callaway, W. R. Ferren and F. W. Davis. Vegetation of Fish Slough, an Owens Valley wetland ecosystem. In, The history of water: eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyo Mountains (Hall, C. A. et al., eds.). White Mountain Research Station Volume 4, University of California,  Los Angeles, pp.171-197.

1992       Haller, J. R., W. R. Ferren, R. M. Callaway, D. C. Odion and F. W. Davis. A phytogeographic comparison of the vascular flora of the wetlands of Fish Slough with the floras of neighboring desert basins. In, The history of water: eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyo Mountains (Hall, C. A. et al., eds.). White Mountain Research Station Volume 4, University of California, Los Angeles, pp. 211-222.

1992       Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, P. A. Stine and M. Borchert. Beyond the traditional vegetation map towards a   biodiversity database. Proceedings GIS/LIS'92:718-726.

1992       Walker, R. E., D. M. Stoms, F. W. Davis and J. van Wagtendonk. Modeling potential natural vegetation from a topographic gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Proceedings GIS/LIS'92:794-803.

1992       Wang, Y., F. W. Davis and J. Melack. Modeled response of L-band radar backscatter from conifer woodland to  changes in tree canopy volume. Proceedings IGARSS '92:776-778.

1991       Friedl, M. A., F. W. Davis and J. Michaelsen. Correspondence of surface temperatures and terrain variables over a tallgrass prairie. Proceedings IGARRS'91:1913-1916.

1991       Davis, F. W., M. I. Borchert, L. E. Harvey and J. C. Michaelsen. Factors affecting seedling survivorship of blue oak (Quercus douglasii H. & A.) in central California. Proceedings of Oak Woodlands and Hardwood  Rangeland Management: a Research Symposium. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-126, pp.81-86.

1991       Lefebvre, P., F. W. Davis and M. Borchert. Thematic Mapper analysis of blue oak (Quercus douglasii) in central California. Proceedings of Oak Woodlands and Hardwood Rangeland Management: a Research Symposium. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-126, pp. 198-201.

1991       Brown, R. and F. W. Davis. Historic mortality of valley oak in the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County,  1933-1989. Proceedings of Oak Woodlands and Hardwood Rangeland Management: a Research Symposium. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-126, pp. 202-207.

1991       Davis, F. W. Processing of GIS and remotely sensed data for environmental analysis. Proceedings: The Integration of Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems. Special session of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, pp. 137-150. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland.

1990       Estes, J., J. Scepan, F. W. Davis, D. M. Stoms and J. M. Scott. The use of information systems in the  preservation of biological diversity. Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of   Environment, pp. 709-723.

1990       Stoms, D., F. W. Davis, J. Scepan and J. Estes. Assessing biological diversity: a Geographic Information Systems approach. Global Natural Resource Monitoring and Assessments: Preparing for the 21st Century.  Proceedings of the International Conference and Workshop. American Society for Photogrammetry and  Remote Sensing, pp. 432-442.

1990       Davis, F. W., J. Michaelsen, R. Dubayah and J. Dozier. Optimal terrain stratification for integrating ground  data from FIFE. American Meteorological Society Proceedings of the Symposium on the First ISLSCP Field  Experiment (FIFE), pp. 11-15.

1990       Stoms, D., F. W. Davis, C. Cogan, M. Painho, B. Duncan and J. Scepan. Sensitivity of habitat models to uncertainties in GIS data: a California Condor case study. Proceedings of GIS/LIS '90: 69-78.

1990       Duncan, B., M. Painho and F. W. Davis. Utilizing GIS technology for combining regional vegetation maps. Proceedings of GIS/LIS '90: 773-779.

1989       Davis, F. W., E. Keller, A. Parikh and J. Florsheim. Recovery of the chaparral riparian zone after wildfire.  Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference. U.S. Forest Service General Tech. Report   PSW-110, pp. 194-203.

1989       Davis, F. W., R. Dubayah, J. Dozier and F. Hall. Covariance of greenness and terrain variables over the Konza Prairie. Proceedings IGARSS '89, IEEE 89CH27680:1322-1325.

1989       Dubayah,R., J. Dozier and F. W. Davis. The distribution of clear-sky radiation over varying terrain. Proceedings IGARSS '89, IEEE 89CH2768-0: 885-888.

1987       Scepan, J., F. W. Davis and L. Blum. A geographic information system for managing California Condor habitat. Proceedings of the 2nd Geographic Information Systems Conference and Workshops, San Francisco, California.

1987       Davis, F.W. Thematic Mapper analysis of coast live oak in Santa Barbara County. Proceedings of the Symposium on Multiple-Use Management of California Hardwoods. U.S. Forest Service General Tech. Report PSW-100, pp. 317-324.

1985       Davis, F. W., S. Goetz and J. Franklin. The use of digital satellite and elevation data in chaparral ecosystems research. Proceedings of the Chaparral Ecosystem Research Conference, California Water Resources Center Report No. 62: 19-27.

1985       Parikh, A. and F. W. Davis. Terrestrial vegetation of Rattlesnake Canyon. Proceedings of the Chaparral Ecosystem Research Conference, California Water Resources Center Report No. 62: 13-18.

National Research Council Reports (Committee Member and Contributing Author)

2010       National Research Council. Progress towards restoring the Everglades: The third biennial review – 2010. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2008       National Research Council. Progress towards restoring the Everglades: The second biennial review – 2008. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2007       National Research Council. Progress towards restoring the Everglades: The first biennial review – 2006. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2005       National Research Council. Re-engineering water storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2004       National Research Council. Does water flow influence Everglades landscape patterns? National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2003       National Research Council. Progress Towards Adaptive Monitoring And Assessment For The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2002       National Research Council. Regional Issues in the Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2002       National Research Council. Florida Bay Research Programs and their Relation to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

2001       National Research Council. Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. National Academy Press, Washington D.C.

1995       National Research Council. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Plan. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

1993       National Research Council. A Biological Survey for the Nation. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

 

Book Reviews

2002       GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Biogeography and Ecology. by A. C. Millington, S. J. Walsh, and P. E. Osborne (Boston: Kluwer, 2001), ISBN 0-7923-7454-1 [Pp 333].  International Journal of Geographic Information Systems 17:293-294.

Contract Reports

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