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The Institute communicates its scientific and educational information in a number of ways. One major outlet is peer-reviewed publications and reports. Cary Institute staff regularly publish in the best-rated journals in their respective fields.
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, “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.
, “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.
, “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.
, “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.
, “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.
, “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.
, “Interactions between landscape elements: dispersal of bird-disseminated plants in post-agricultural landscapes”, in J. Brandt and P. Agger (eds.), vol. 2, 1984, p. 47-58.
, “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.
, “Landscapes, birds and plants: dispersal patterns and vegetation change”, in J. F. Downhower (ed.). Biogeography of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie: A Laboratory for Experiments in Ecology and Evolution, 1988, p. 214-220.
, “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.
, “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.
, “What are the difficulties in establishing and interpreting the results from a long-term manipulation?”, in G. E. Likens (ed.). Long-Term Studies in Ecology: Approaches and Alternatives, 1989, p. 189-191.
, “Bird-dispersal of Phytolacca americana L. and the influence of fruit removal on subsequent fruit development”, Am. J. Bot., vol. 71, p. 895-901, 1984.
, “CH4 uptake and N availability in forest soils along an urban to rural gradient”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 27, p. 281-286, 1995.
, “The challenge of preserving urban natural areas: a forest for New York”, The Public Garden (J. Am. Assoc. Bot. Gard. Arbor.), vol. 3, p. 28-31, 1988.
, “Changing perspectives in community dynamics [a reply to C. K. Waters]”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 5, p. 123-124, 1990.
, “Changing perspectives in community dynamics: a theory of successional forces”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 4, p. 241-245, 1989.
, “Connectivity and the theory of landscape ecology”, Munstersche Geogr. Arb., vol. 29, p. 17-21, 1988.
, “Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient”, Urban Ecosyst., vol. 1, p. 21-36, 1997.
, “Ecosystem structure and function along urban-rural gradients: an unexploited opportunity for ecology”, Ecology, vol. 71, p. 1232-1237, 1990.
, “Effects of environment and land-use history on upland forests of the Cary Arboretum, Hudson Valley, New York”, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 117, p. 106-122, 1990.
, “Evolution and future of urban ecological science: ecology in , of , and for the city”, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, vol. 2, no. 7, p. e01229, 2016.
, “Exposing an urban ecology straw man: critique of Ramalho and Hobbs”, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 27, p. 255-256, 2012.
, “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.