Dr. Steward T.A. Pickett

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Overview

Dr. Pickett's projects relate to the role of spatial heterogeneity in community and landscape structure and dynamics. Specific projects include research on urban ecosystems, function of landscape boundaries, and plant community succession. The question motivating all these studies is, "How does the spatial heterogeneity of a system or area control system function and change?"

Publications

G. W. Hager, et al., “Socioecological revitalization of an urban watershed”, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 28 - 36, 2013.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Ecosystems in a Heterogeneous World”, in K. C. Weathers, D. L. Strayer and G. E. Likens (eds.). Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, 2012, p. 191-213.

M. J. McDonnell, A. K. Hahs, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Exposing an urban ecology straw man: critique of Ramalho and Hobbs”, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 27, p. 255-256, 2012.

R. O. Bustamante, E. I. Badano, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Impacts of land use change on seed removal patterns of native and exotic species in a forest landscape”, Community Ecology, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 171 - 177, 2012.

K. Schwarz, S. T. A. Pickett, R. G. Lathrop, K. C. Weathers, R. V. Pouyat, and M. L. Cadenasso, “The effects of the urban built environment on the spatial distribution of lead in residential soils”, Environ. Poll., vol. 163, p. 32-39, 2012.

S. T. A. Pickett, et al., “Understanding and Working with Urban Biodiversity: The Baltimore Ecosystem Study”, CityGreen, vol. 4, p. 68-77, 2012.

W. Zhou, G. Huang, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso, “90 years of forest cover change in an urbanizing watershed: spatial and temporal dynamics”, Landscape Ecol., vol. 26, p. 645-659, 2011.

S. M. Raciti, et al., “Accumulation of Carbon and Nitrogen in Residential Soils with Different Land-Use Histories”, Ecosystems, vol. 14, p. 287-297, 2011.

C. M. Swan, S. T. A. Pickett, K. Slavecz, P. Warren, and K. T. Willey, “Biodiversity and community composition in urban ecosystems: coupled human, spatial and metacommunity processes”, in J. Niemela (Ed.), Handbook of Urban Ecology, 2011, p. 179-186.

K. Szlavecz, P. Warren, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Biodiversity on the urban landscape”, in R. P. Cincotta and L. J. Gorenflo. Human Population: Its Influences on Biological Diversity, Ecological Studies 214., 2011, p. 75-101.

D. P. C. Peters, et al., “Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities”, Ecosphere, vol. 2, no. 7, p. art81, 2011.

S. J. Meiners, M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Domain and Propositions of Succession Theory”, in S. Scheiner and M. Willig (Eds.), Theory of Ecology, 2011, p. 185-216 .

M. Davis and S. T. A. Pickett, “Don't judge species on their origins”, Nature, vol. 474, p. 153-154, 2011.

F. S. Chapin, III, S. T. A. Pickett, M. E. Power, R. B. Jackson, D. M. Carter, and C. Duke, “Earth stewardship: A strategy for social-ecological transformation to reverse planetary degradation”, Journal of Environmental Studies and Science, vol. 1, p. 44-53, 2011.

F. S. Chapin III, et al., “Earth Stewardship: science for action to sustain the human-earth system”, Ecosphere, vol. 2, no. 8, p. art89, 2011.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecology of the City: A Perspective from Science”, in B.P. McGrath (Ed.), Urban Design Ecologies, 2011.

L. C. Foxcroft, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso, “Expanding the conceptual frameworks of plant invasion ecology”, Persp. Plant Ecol. Evol. Syst., vol. 13, p. 89-100, 2011.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, P. M. Groffman, and J. M. Grove, “Importance of integrated approaches and perspectives”, in D. N. Laband, B. G. Lockaby, and W. Zipperer, eds. Urban-rural interfaces: linking people and nature, 2011.

S. M. Raciti, et al., “Nitrate production and availability in residential soils”, Ecol. Appl., vol. 21, p. 2357-2366, 2011.

S. T. A. Pickett, G. L. Buckley, S. S. Kaushal, and Y. Williams, “Social-Ecological Science in the Humane Metropolis”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 14, p. 319-339, 2011.

S. J. Meiners and S. T. A. Pickett, “Succession”, in D. Simberloff and M. Rejmanek (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions, 2011, p. 651-657.

B. McGrath and S. T. A. Pickett, “The Metacity: A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Ecology and Urban Design”, Challenges, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 55 - 72, 2011.

S. T. A. Pickett, et al., “Urban Ecological Systems: Foundations and a Decade of Progress”, J. Environ. Manage, vol. 92, p. 331-362, 2011.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Urban Ecosystem”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, 2011.

A. Whitmer, et al., “The engaged university: providing a platform for research that transforms society”, Front. Ecol. Environ., vol. 8, p. 314-321, 2010.

S. T. A. Pickett, “The Wild and the City”, in State of the Wild: A Global Portrait, 2010, p. 153-159.

S. R. Carpenter and S. T. A. Pickett, “Accelerate Synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences”, BioScience, vol. 59, p. 699-701, 2009.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Altered resources, disturbance, and heterogeneity: A framework for comparing urban and non-urban soils”, Urban Ecosystems, vol. 12, p. 23-44, 2009.

S. J. Meiners, M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ever since Clements: from succession to vegetation dynamics and understanding to intervention”, Appl. Veg. Sci., vol. 12, p. 9-21, 2009.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, M. J. McDonnell, and W. R. Burch, “Frameworks for urban ecosystem studies: Gradients, patch dynamics, and the human ecosystem”, in M. J. McDonnell, A. K. Hahs, and J. Breuste (eds.). Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach, 2009, p. 25-50.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. J. Meiners, and S. T. A. Pickett, “The success of succession: a symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Buell-Small Succession Study”, Appl. Veg. Sci., vol. 12, p. 3-8, 2009.

S. T. A. Pickett and J. M. Grove, “What would Tansley do?”, Urban Ecosystems, vol. 12, p. 1-8, 2009.

S. T. A. Pickett, et al., “Beyond urban legends: An emerging framework of urban ecology, as illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study”, BioScience, vol. 58, p. 139-150, 2008.

R. Rozzi, J. J. Armesto, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecology: V Disequilibrium Ecology”, in “Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy,” (eds.) B. Callicott and R. Frodeman, Volume 1, 2008, p. 257-259.

J. J. Armesto, R. Rozzi, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecology: VI Patch Dynamics”, in “Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy,” (eds.) B. Callicott and R. Frodeman, Volume 1, 2008, p. 259-262.

M. L. Cadenasso, et al., “Exchanges across land-water-scape boundaries in urban systems: Strategies for reducing nitrate pollution”, in R. S. Ostfeld and W. H. Schlesinger (eds.). The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1134, 2008, p. 213-232.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Linking ecological and built components of urban mosaics: An open cycle of ecological design”, J. Ecol., vol. 96, p. 8-12, 2008.

G. P. Robertson, et al., “Long-term agricultural research (LTAR): A research, education, and extension imperative”, BioScience, vol. 58, p. 640-645, 2008.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett, and K. Schwarz, “Measuring change - Reply”, Front. Ecol. Environ., vol. 6, p. 67-68, 2008.

S. T. A. Pickett and D. D. Ackerly, “Resolution of respect: Fakhri A. Bazzaz 1933-2008”, vol. 89. p. 92-94, 2008.

M. L. Cadenasso and S. T. A. Pickett, “Urban principles for ecological landscape design and management: Scientific fundamentals”, Cities and the Environment, vol. 1, p. article3:16, 2008.

M. L. Cadenasso and S. T. A. Pickett, “Boundaries as structural and functional entities in landscapes: Understanding flows in ecology and urban design”, in B. McGrath, V. Marshall, M. L. Cadenasso, J. M. Grove, S. T. A. Pickett, R. Plunz, and J. Towers (eds.). Designing Patch Dynamics, 2007, p. 116-131.

Designing Patch Dynamics. 2007.

S. T. A. Pickett, J. Kolasa, and C. G. Jones, Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and The Theory of Nature, 2nd ed. 2007, p. 233.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett, M. J. McDonnell, and R. V. Pouyat, “Forest vegetation along an urban-rural gradient in the New York City metropolitan area: patterns and relationships to ecosystem processes”, Transactions of the Linnean Society of New York, vol. 10, p. 79-99, 2007.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Patch dynamics as a conceptual tool to link ecology and design”, in B. McGrath, V. Marshall, M. L. Cadenasso, J. M. Grove, S. T. A. Pickett, R. Plunz, and J. Towers (eds.). Designing Patch Dynamics, 2007, p. 16-29.

A. R. Troy, J. M. Grove, J. P. M. O'Neil-Dunne, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso, “Predicting patterns of vegetation and opportunities for greening on private urban lands”, Environ. Manage, vol. 40, p. 394-412, 2007.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett, and K. Schwarz, “Spatial heterogeneity in urban ecosystems: Reconceptualizing land cover and a framework for classification”, Front. Ecol. Evol., vol. 5, p. 80-88, 2007.

S. J. Meiners, M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey and its implications for ecological restoration”, in V. A. Cramer and R. J. Hobbs (eds.). Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, 2007, p. 145-161.

S. T. A. Pickett, et al., “Watersheds in Baltimore, Maryland: Understanding and application of integrated ecological and social processes”, J. Contemporary Watershed Research and Application, vol. 136, p. 44-55, 2007.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Advancing urban ecological studies: Frameworks, concepts, and results from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study”, Austral Ecol., vol. 3, p. 114-125, 2006.

J. M. Grove, A. R. Troy, J. P. M. O'Neil-Dunne, W. R. Burch, M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Characterization of households and its implications for the vegetation of urban ecosystems”, Ecosystems, vol. 9, p. 578-597, 2006.

J. M. Grove, et al., “Data and methods comparing social structure and vegetation structure of urban neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland”, Soc. Nat. Resour., vol. 19, p. 117-136, 2006.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett, and J. M. Grove, “Dimensions of ecosystem complexity: Heterogeneity, connectivity, and history”, Ecol. Complex, vol. 3, p. 1-12, 2006.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett, and J. M. Grove, “Integrative approaches to investigating human-natural systems: The Baltimore Ecosystem Study”, Natures Sciences Sociétés, vol. 14, p. 4-14, 2006.

D. E. Tenenbaum, M. L. Cadenasso, L. E. Band, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Using transects to sample digital orthophotography of urbanizing catchments to provide landscape position descriptions”, GIS and Remote Sensing, vol. 43, p. 323-351, 2006.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, and J. M. Grove, “Biocomplexity in coupled natural-human systems: A multidimensional framework”, Ecosystems, vol. 8, p. 225-232, 2005.

J. Kolasa and S. T. A. Pickett, “Changing academic perspectives of ecology: A view from within”, in E. A. Johnson and M. J. Mappin (eds.). Environmental Education and Advocacy: Changing Perspectives of Ecology and Education, 2005, p. 50-71.

A. J. Felson and S. T. A. Pickett, “Designed experiments: New approaches to studying urban ecosystems”, Front. Ecol. Environ., vol. 3, p. 549-556, 2005.

L. E. Band, M. L. Cadenasso, C. S. B. Grimmond, J. M. Grove, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Heterogeneity in urban ecosystems: Patterns and process”, in G. M Lovett, C. G. Jones, M. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.). Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes, 2005, p. 257-278.

J. M. Grove, W. R. Burch, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Social mosaics and urban forestry in Baltimore, Maryland.”, in R. G. Lee, D. R. Field, and W. R. Burch (eds.). Community Forestry: Continuities in the Social Ecology of Natural Resources, 2005, p. 249-273.

M. A. Davis, et al., “Vegetation change: A reunifying concept in plant ecology”, Perspect. Plant. Ecol., vol. 7, p. 69-76, 2005.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Vegetation succession.”, in E. van der Maarel (ed.). Vegetation Ecology., 2005, p. 178-198.

S. J. Meiners, M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Beyond biodiversity: Multiple responses of invasion in a self-assembling community”, Ecol. Lett., vol. 7, p. 121-126, 2004.

Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework. 2004, p. 368.

M. L. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett, and K. C. Weathers, “Effect of boundaries and edges on flux of nutrients, detritus, and organisms”, in G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, and G. Huxel (eds.). Food Webs at the Landscape Level, 2004, p. 154-168.

M. L. Cadenasso, K. C. Weathers, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Integrating food web and landscape ecology: Subsidies at the regional scale.”, in G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, and G. Huxel (eds.). Food Webs at the Landscape Level, 2004, p. 263-267.

M. Shachak, J. R. Gosz, A. Perevolotsky, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Introduction: A framework for biodiversity studies”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 3-12.

A. Perevolotsky, M. Shachak, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Management for biodiversity: Human and landscape effects on dry environments”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 286-304.

S. W. Bartha, S. J. Meiners, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso, “Plant colonization windows in a mesic old field succession”, Appl. Veg. Sci., vol. 6, p. 205-212, 2004.

M. Shachak, S. T. A. Pickett, and J. R. Gosz, “Plant species diversity and ecosystem processes in water limited systems”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 153-166.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, and J. M. Grove, “Resilient cities: Meaning, metaphor, and models for integrating the ecological, socio-economic, and planning realms”, Landscape Urban Plan, vol. 69, p. 369-384, 2004.

M. Shachak, J. R. Gosz, A. Perevolotsky, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Toward a unified framework in biodiversity studies”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 320-336.

D. L. Strayer, M. E. Power, W. F. Fagan, S. T. A. Pickett, and J. Belnap, “A classification of ecological boundaries”, BioScience, vol. 53, p. 723-729, 2003.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, and T. L. Benning, “Biotic and abiotic variability as key determinants of savanna heterogeneity at multiple spatio-temporal scales”, in J. T. du Toit, H. C. Biggs, and K. H. Rogers (eds.). The Kruger Experience: Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity, 2003, p. 22-40.

S. J. Meiners, M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Exotic plant invasions in successional systems: the utility of a long-term approach”, S. L. C. Fosbroke, and K. W. Gottschalk (eds.). p. 70-72, 2003.

R. O. Bustamante, I. A. Serey, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Forest fragmentation, plant regeneration and invasion processes across edges in central Chile”, in G. A. Bradshaw, P. A. Marquet, and H. A. Mooney, (eds.). How Landscapes Change: Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Disruption in the Americas. Ecological Studies, Volume 162., 2003, p. 145-160.

J. D. Aber, et al., “Standards of practice for review and publication of models: Summary of discussion.”, in C. D. Canham, J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth (eds.). Models in Ecosystem Science, 2003, p. 204-210.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Why is developing a broad understanding of urban ecosystems important to science and scientists?”, in A. R. Berkowitz, C. H. Nilon, and K. S. Hollweg (eds.). Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier for Science and Education, 2003, p. 58-72.

S. T. A. Pickett, “The ecology behind conservation: biodiversities”, in G. D. Therres (ed.). Conservation of Biological Diversity: A Key to the Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Beyond. (Meeting held May 1998), 2001.

W. C. Zipperer and S. T. A. Pickett, “Urban ecology: patterns of population growth and ecological effects”, in Encyclopedia of Life Science, 2001.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, and C. G. Jones, “Generation of heterogeneity by organisms: creation, maintenance, and transformation”, in M. J. Hutchings, E. A. John, and A. J. A. Stewart (eds.). The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity: The 40th Symposium of the British Ecological Society, 2000, p. 33-52.

N. B. Grimm, J. M. Grove, S. T. A. Pickett, and C. L. Redman, “Integrated approaches to long-term studies of urban ecological systems”, BioScience, vol. 50, p. 571-584, 2000.

S. W. Bartha, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso, “Limitations to species coexistence in secondary succession. Proceedings of the International Association of Vegetation Science Symposium”, Opulus Press, Uppsala, Sweden, p. 55-58, 2000.

M. L. Cadenasso and S. T. A. Pickett, “Linking forest edge structure to edge function: mediation of herbivore damage”, J. Ecol., vol. 88, p. 31-44, 2000.

C. J. Peterson and S. T. A. Pickett, “Patch type influences on components of forest regeneration in a western Pennsylvania (USA) catastrophic windthrow”, Oikos, vol. 90, p. 489-500, 2000.

S. I. Higgins, S. T. A. Pickett, and W. J. Bond, “Predicting extinction risks for plants: environmental stochasticity can save declining populations”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 15, p. 516-520, 2000.

W. C. Zipperer, J. Wu, R. V. Pouyat, and S. T. A. Pickett, “The application of ecological principles to urban and urbanizing landscapes”, Ecol. Appl., vol. 10, p. 685-688, 2000.

S. T. A. Pickett and R. Rozzi, “The ecological implications of wolf restoration: contemporary ecological principles and linkages with social processes”, in V. A. Sharpe, B. Norton, and S. Donnelly (eds.). Wolves and Human Communities: Biology, Politics, and Ethics, 2000, p. 261-274.

S. J. Meiners, S. N. Handel, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Tree seedling establishment under insect herbivory: edge effects and inter-annual variation”, Plant Ecol., vol. 51, p. 161-170, 2000.

S. J. Meiners and S. T. A. Pickett, “Changes in community and population responses across a forest-field gradient”, Ecography, vol. 22, p. 261-267, 1999.

J. W. Baxter, S. T. A. Pickett, M. M. Carreiro, and J. Dighton, “Ectomycorrhizal diversity and community structure in oak forests exposed to contrasting anthropogenic impacts”, Can. J. Bot., vol. 77, p. 771-782, 1999.

S. T. A. Pickett, W. R. Burch, and J. M. Grove, “Interdisciplinary research: maintaining the constructive impulse in a culture of criticism”, Ecosystems, vol. 2, p. 302-307, 1999.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Landscape ecology: spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems.”, in S. I. Dodson, F. H. Allen, S. R. Carpenter, K. Elliot, A. R. Ives, R. L. Jeanne, J. F. Kitchell, N. E. Langston, and M. G. Turner (eds.). Readings in Ecology, 1999, p. 124-131.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Landscape ecology: spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems. Translated by Zhonglinsheng”, Chin. J. Ecol, vol. 18, p. 71-74, 1999.

T. Foresman, S. T. A. Pickett, and K. Kuhlman, “Link globally, act locally: Baltimore Ecosystem Study”, GeoInfoSystems, vol. 9, p. 24-29, 1999.

M. Shachak, S. T. A. Pickett, B. Boeken, and E. Zaady, “Managing patchiness, ecological flows, productivity and diversity in dry lands: concepts and applications in the Negev Desert”, in T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak (eds.). Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability, 1999, p. 254-263.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso, and J. Wu, “Patch dynamics and the ecology of disturbed ground”, in L. R. Walker (ed.). Ecosystems of the World 16: Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground, 1999, p. 707-722.

S. T. A. Pickett, “The culture of synthesis: habits of mind in novel ecological integration”, Oikos, vol. 87, p. 479-487, 1999.

S. T. A. Pickett, “The land ethic at 50”, vol. 16. p. 1-3, 1999.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. Shachak, B. Boeken, and J. J. Armesto, “The management of ecological systems.”, in T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak (eds.). Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability, 1999, p. 8-17.

D. Saltz, et al., “The study and management of dryland population systems”, in T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak (eds.). Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability, 1999, p. 75-96.

R. Rozzi, E. Hargrove, J. J. Armesto, S. T. A. Pickett, and J. A. Silander, Jr., “"Natural drift" as a post-modern evolutionary metaphor”, Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat., vol. 71, p. 5-17, 1998.

A. Flores, S. T. A. Pickett, W. C. Zipperer, R. V. Pouyat, and R. Pirani, “Adopting a modern ecological view of the metropolitan landscape: the case of a greenspace system for the New York City region”, Landscape Urban Plan, vol. 39, p. 295-308, 1998.

P. B. Landres, R. L. Knight, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso, “Ecological effects of administrative boundaries”, in R. L. Knight and P. B. Landres (eds.). Stewardship Across Boundaries, 1998, p. 39-64.

V. H. Dale, A. E. Lugo, J. A. MacMahon, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecosystem management in the context of large, infrequent disturbances”, Ecosystems, vol. 1, p. 546-557, 1998.

V. T. Parker and S. T. A. Pickett, “Historical contingency and multiple scales of dynamics within plant communities”, in D. I. Peterson and V. T. Parker (eds.). Ecological Scale: Theory and Applications, 1998, p. 171-191.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Natural processes”, in M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E. Puckett Haecker, and P. D. Doran (eds.). National Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources, 1998, p. 1-22.

K. Jax, C. G. Jones, and S. T. A. Pickett, “The self-identity of ecological units”, Oikos, vol. 82, p. 253-264, 1998.

S. T. A. Pickett, W. R. Burch, S. E. Dalton, T. W. Foresman, J. M. Grove, and R. Rowntree, “A conceptual framework for the study of human ecosystems in urban areas. [Special issue entitled, "Baltimore-Washington Integrated Regional Framework."]”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 1, p. 185-200, 1997.

R. S. Ostfeld, S. T. A. Pickett, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens, “Defining the scientific issues”, in S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity, 1997, p. 3-10.

M. J. McDonnell, et al., “Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 1, p. 21-36, 1997.

M. L. Cadenasso, M. M. Traynor, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Functional location of forest edges: gradients of multiple physical factors”, Can. J. For. Res., vol. 27, p. 774-782, 1997.

S. T. A. Pickett, W. R. Burch, and S. E. Dalton, “Integrated urban ecosystem research: themes, needs, and applications”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 1, p. 183-184, 1997.

M. Shachak and S. T. A. Pickett, “Linking ecological understanding and application: patchiness in a dryland system”, in S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity, 1997, p. 108-119.

R. V. Pouyat, M. J. McDonnell, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Litter decomposition and nitrogen cycling processes along an urban-rural land use gradient”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 1, p. 117-131, 1997.

T. W. Foresman, S. T. A. Pickett, and W. C. Zipperer, “Methods for spatial and temporal land use and land cover assessment for urban ecosystems and applications in the greater Baltimore-Chesapeake region”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 1, p. 201-216, 1997.

S. T. A. Pickett and K. H. Rogers, “Patch dynamics: the transformation of landscape structure and function”, in J. S. Bissonnette (ed.). Wildlife and Landscape Ecology, 1997, p. 101-127.

V. T. Parker and S. T. A. Pickett, “Restoration as an ecosystem process: implications of the modern ecological paradigm”, in K. M. Urbanska, N. R. Webb, and P. J. Edwards (eds.). Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development, 1997, p. 17-32.

R. S. Peters, et al., “Standard scientific procedures for implementing ecosystem management on public lands”, in S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity, 1997, p. 320-336.

The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity. 1997, p. 466.

S. T. A. Pickett, M. Shachak, R. S. Ostfeld, and G. E. Likens, “Toward a comprehensive conservation theory”, in S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity, 1997, p. 384-399.

R. Rozzi, J. J. Armesto, F. Massarco, S. T. A. Pickett, and S. Lehmann, “Hacia una unidad entre ecólogos y ambientalistas”, Ambiente y Desarrollo, vol. 12, p. 81-86, 1996.

H. Soedjito and S. T. A. Pickett, “Root systems, nutrient dynamics, and Kenyah environmental knowledge”, in C. Padoch and N. L. Peluso (eds.). Borneo in Transition: People, Forest, Conservation, and Development, 1996, p. 221-229.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Sustainable forestry in Chilean Tierra del Fuego”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 11, p. 450-452, 1996.

S. T. A. Pickett, “The new paradigm in ecology”, R. Knight (ed.). Natural Resources Management for the New Century. 1996.

V. T. Parker and S. T. A. Pickett, “Understanding implications of the modern ecological paradigm: viewing restoration as a process”, in D. L. Peterson and C. V. Klimas (eds.). The Role of Restoration in Ecosystem Management, 1996, p. 15-22.

R. V. Pouyat, et al., “Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient”, in J. M. Kelly and W. W. McFee (eds.). Carbon Forms and Functions in Forest Soils, 1995, p. 569-587.

P. M. Groffman, R. V. Pouyat, M. J. McDonnell, S. T. A. Pickett, and W. C. Zipperer, “Carbon pools and trace gas fluxes in urban forest soils”, in R. Lal, J. Kimble, E. Levine, and B. A. Stewart (eds.). Advances in Soil Science: Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect, 1995, p. 147-158.

M. B. Goldman, P. M. Groffman, R. V. Pouyat, M. J. McDonnell, and S. T. A. Pickett, “CH4 uptake and N availability in forest soils along an urban to rural gradient”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 27, p. 281-286, 1995.

C. J. Peterson and S. T. A. Pickett, “Forest reorganization: a case study in an old-growth forest catastrophic blowdown”, Ecology, vol. 76, p. 763-774, 1995.

K. E. Medley, M. J. McDonnell, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Forest-landscape structure along an urban-to-rural gradient”, Prof. Geogr., vol. 47, p. 159-168, 1995.

S. T. A. Pickett, Land use as an ecological variable. 1995, p. 7.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. L. Cadenasso, “Landscape ecology: spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems”, Science, vol. 269, p. 331-334, 1995.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Overview of disturbance”, in V. H. Heywood and R. T. Watson (eds.). Global Biodiversity Assessment, 1995, p. 311-318.

R. V. Pouyat, M. J. McDonnell, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Soil characteristics of oak stands along an urban-rural gradient”, J. Environ. Qual., vol. 24, p. 516-526, 1995.

M. J. McDonnell, S. T. A. Pickett, R. V. Pouyat, and W. C. Zipperer, “Urban-rural ecological gradients: a new perspective for urban forestry”, C. Kolin and M. Barratt (eds.). p. 22-24, 1995.

R. W. Myster and S. T. A. Pickett, “A comparison of rate of succession over 18 years in 10 contrasting old fields”, Ecology, vol. 75, p. 387-392, 1994.

S. T. A. Pickett and V. T. Parker, “Avoiding the old pitfalls: opportunities in a new discipline”, Restor. Ecol., vol. 2, p. 75-79, 1994.

S. T. A. Pickett, J. Kolasa, and C. G. Jones, Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and The Theory of Nature. 1994, p. 206.

S. T. A. Pickett, et al., “Integrated models of forested regions”, in P. Groffman and G. E. Likens (eds.). Integrated Regional Models: Interactions Between Humans and Their Environment, 1994, p. 120-141.

R. S. Ostfeld, N. Lewin, J. L. Schnurr, S. T. A. Pickett, and C. D. Canham, “The roles of small rodents in creating patchy environments”, Pol. Ecol. Stud., vol. 20, p. 265-276, 1994.

S. T. A. Pickett and R. S. Ostfeld, “The shifting paradigm in ecology”, Ecol. Environ., vol. 3, p. 151-159, 1994.

S. T. A. Pickett, “An ecological perspective on population change and land use”, in C. L. Jolly and B. B. Torrey (eds.). Population and Land Use in Developing Countries, 1993, p. 37-51.

R. W. Myster and S. T. A. Pickett, “Effects of litter, distance, density and vegetation patch type on postdispersal tree seed predation in old fields”, Oikos, vol. 66, p. 381-388, 1993.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. J. McDonnell, “Humans as components of ecosystems: a synthesis”, in M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett (eds.). Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas, 1993, p. 310-316.

Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas. 1993, p. 364.

M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett, “Introduction: scope and need for an ecology of subtle human effects and populated areas”, in M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett (eds.). Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas, 1993, p. 1-5.

C. J. Wilczynski and S. T. A. Pickett, “Seasonal fine root dynamics within experimental tree-fall gaps: evidence for a below ground gap”, J. Veg. Sci., vol. 4, p. 571-174, 1993.

M. J. McDonnell, S. T. A. Pickett, and R. V. Pouyat, “The application of the ecological gradient paradigm to the study of urban effects”, in M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett (eds.). Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas, 1993, p. 175-189.

R. W. Myster and S. T. A. Pickett, “Association analysis and pathways of old field succession at the Hutcheson Memorial Forest center”, J. Ecol., vol. 80, p. 291-302, 1992.

J. Kolasa and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecosystem stress and health: an expansion of the conceptual basis”, J. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health, vol. 1, p. 7-13, 1992.

R. W. Myster and S. T. A. Pickett, “Effects of palatability and dispersal mode on spatial patterns of trees in oldfield”, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 119, p. 145-151, 1992.

S. T. A. Pickett, V. T. Parker, and P. Fiedler, “The new paradigm in ecology: implications for conservation biology above the species level”, in P. Fiedler and S. Fain (eds.). Conservation Biology: The Theory and Practice of Nature Conservation, Preservation and Management, 1992, p. 65-88.

M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett, “Comparative analysis of ecosystems along gradients of urbanization: opportunities and limitations”, in J. Cole, G. Lovett, and S. Findlay (eds.). Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Theories, 1991, p. 351-355.

Ecological Heterogeneity. 1991, p. 332.

J. J. Armesto and S. T. A. Pickett, “Foreword”, Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat., vol. 64, p. 389, 1991.

J. M. Facelli and S. T. A. Pickett, “Indirect effects of litter on woody seedlings subject to herb competition”, Oikos, vol. 62, p. 129-144, 1991.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Long-term studies: past experience and recommendations for the future”, in P. G. Risser (ed.). Long-Term Ecological Research. SCOPE 47, 1991, p. 71-88.

J. M. Facelli and S. T. A. Pickett, “Plant litter: light interception and effects on an old-field plant community”, Ecology, vol. 72, p. 1024-1031, 1991.

J. J. Armesto, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. J. McDonnell, “Spatial heterogeneity during succession: a cyclic model of invasion and exclusion”, in J. Kolasa and S. T. A. Pickett (eds.). Ecological Heterogeneity, 1991, p. 256-269.

S. T. A. Pickett, B. E. Hall, and M. L. Pace, “Strategy and checklist for effective scientific talks”, Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am., vol. 72, p. 8-11, 1991.

J. M. Facelli and S. T. A. Pickett, “The dynamics of litter”, Bot. Rev., vol. 57, p. z, 1991.

S. T. A. Pickett and J. J. Armesto, “Theoretical motivation for comparative ecology”, Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat., vol. 64, p. 391-398, 1991.

C. J. Peterson and S. T. A. Pickett, “Treefall and resprouting following catastrophic windthrow in an old growth hemlock-hardwoods forest”, For. Ecol. Manage, vol. 42, p. 205-217, 1991.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. J. McDonnell, “Changing perspectives in community dynamics [a reply to C. K. Waters]”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 5, p. 123-124, 1990.

S. T. A. Pickett and J. J. Armesto, “Democracy and scientific cooperation with Chile”, BioScience, vol. 40, p. 554, 1990.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Earthquakes, fires and communicating ecology”, Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am., vol. 71, p. 159-161, 1990.

M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecosystem structure and function along urban-rural gradients: an unexploited opportunity for ecology”, Ecology, vol. 71, p. 1232-1237, 1990.

R. W. Myster and S. T. A. Pickett, “Initial conditions, history, and successional pathways in ten contrasting oldfields”, Am. Midl. Nat., vol. 124, p. 231-238, 1990.

D. R. Foster, P. K. Schoonmaker, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Insights from paleoecology to community ecology”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 5, p. 119-122, 1990.

J. M. Facelli and S. T. A. Pickett, “Markovian chains and the role of history in succession”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 5, p. 27-30, 1990.

C. J. Peterson and S. T. A. Pickett, “Microsite and elevational influences on forest regeneration three years after catastrophic windthrow”, J. Veg. Sci., vol. 1, p. 657-662, 1990.

C. J. Peterson, W. P. Carson, B. C. McCarthy, and S. T. A. Pickett, “Microsite variation and soil dynamics within newly created treefall pits and mounds”, Oikos, vol. 58, p. 39-46, 1990.

W. P. Carson and S. T. A. Pickett, “Resource and disturbance interactions in an oldfield plant community”, Ecology, vol. 71, p. 226-238, 1990.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. J. McDonnell, “Changing perspectives in community dynamics: a theory of successional forces”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 4, p. 241-245, 1989.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Climax community”, in American Academic Encyclopedia, vol. 5, 1989, p. 59.

G. R. Wein and S. T. A. Pickett, “Dispersal, establishment, and survivorship of a cohort of Erythronium americanum”, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 116, p. 240-246, 1989.

J. Kolasa and S. T. A. Pickett, “Ecological systems and the concept of organization”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 86, p. 8837-8841, 1989.

A. R. Berkowitz, J. Kolasa, R. H. Peters, and S. T. A. Pickett, “How far in space and time can the results from a single long-term study be extrapolated?”, in G. E. Likens (ed.). Long-Term Studies in Ecology: Approaches and Alternatives, 1989, p. 192-198.

S. T. A. Pickett and M. J. McDonnell, “Seed bank dynamics in temperate deciduous forest”, in M. A. Leck, V. T. Parker, and R. L. Simpson (eds.). Ecology of Soil Seed Banks, 1989, p. 123-147.

S. T. A. Pickett, “Space-for-time substitution as an alternative to long-term studies”, in G. E. Likens (ed.). Long-Term Studies in Ecology: Approaches and Alternatives, 1989, p. 110-135.

S. T. A. Pickett and J. Kolasa, “Structure of theory in vegetation science”, Vegetatio, vol. 83, p. 7-15, 1989.

S. T. A. Pickett, J. Kolasa, J. J. Armesto, and S. L. Collins, “The ecological concept of disturbance and its expression at different hierarchical levels”, Oikos, vol. 54, p. 129-156, 1989.

W. T. Rankin and S. T. A. Pickett, “Time of establishment of red maple (Acer rubrum) in early oldfield succession”, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 116, p. 182-186, 1989.

S. T. A. Pickett, “What is the role of a disciplinary section in a multidisciplinary science?”, Veg. Sect. Newsl, vol. 9, p. 5-6, 1989.

G. R. Wein, S. T. A. Pickett, and B. S. Collins, “Biomass allocation of Erythronium americanum populations in different light intensities”, Ann. Bot., vol. 61, p. 717-722, 1988.

M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett, “Connectivity and the theory of landscape ecology”, Munstersche Geogr. Arb., vol. 29, p. 17-21, 1988.

B. S. Collins and S. T. A. Pickett, “Demographic responses of herb layer species to experimental canopy gaps in a Pennsylvania forest”, J. Ecol., vol. 76, p. 437-450, 1988.

R. W. Myster and S. T. A. Pickett, “Individualistic patterns of annuals and biennials in early successional oldfields”, Vegetatio, vol. 78, p. 53-60, 1988.

S. T. A. Pickett and J. J. Armesto, “Progress in theoretical vegetation science”, Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am., vol. 69, p. 225-226, 1988.

S. T. A. Pickett, S. L. Collins, and J. J. Armesto, “A hierarchical consideration of causes and mechanisms of succession”, Vegetatio, vol. 69, p. 109-114, 1987.

S. T. A. Pickett and J. J. Armesto, “Canopy Gaps in Forest Systems [review of symposium organized by J. S. Denslow and T. A. Spies]”, vol. 68. p. 554-555, 1987.

B. S. Collins and S. T. A. Pickett, “Influence of canopy opening on the environment and herb layer in a northern hardwoods forest”, Vegetatio, vol. 70, p. 3-10, 1987.

S. T. A. Pickett, S. L. Collins, and J. J. Armesto, “Models, mechanisms and pathways of succession”, Bot. Rev., vol. 53, p. 335-371, 1987.

S. T. A. Pickett, “The role of theory in permanent plot studies”, C. D. Canham (ed.). Permanent Plotter 1(1). p. 5-6, 1987.

J. J. Armesto and S. T. A. Pickett, “Removal experiments to test mechanisms of plant succession in oldfields”, Vegetatio, vol. 66, p. 85-93, 1986.

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