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Hanna, J.W., A.L. Smith, H.M. Maffei, M.-S. Kim, N. B. Klopfenstein. in press. Survey of Armillaria spp. in the Oregon East Cascades: Baseline data for predicting climatic influences on Armillaria root disease. In: Baker, F.G., compiler. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 27- 30 October 2008, Missoula, MT. in press.

Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., Ota, Y., Lee, S.-K., Woo, K.-S., Kaneko, S. in press. White pine blister rust in Korea, Japan, and other Asian regions: Comparisons and implications for the North America. Forest Pathology.

Richardson, B.A., Ekramoddoullah, A.K.M., Liu, J.-J., Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B. in press. Current and future molecular approaches to investigate the white pine blister rust pathosystem. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 314-331.
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Schelhas, J., J. H. Miller, and J. C. Chambers. in press. Non-native plants and adaptive collaborative approaches to ecosystem restoration. In: John Stanturf, Palle Madsen and David Lamb, editors. A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration. Springer, New York.

Ortega, Y.K., D.E. Pearson, L.P. Waller, N.J. Sturdevant, J.M. Maron. 2012. Population-level compensation impedes biological control of an invasive forb and indirect release of a native grass. Ecology, 93(4), pp. 783–792.
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Pearson, D. E., Y. K. Ortega, and S. Sears. 2012. Darwin's naturalization hypothesis up-close: intermountain grassland invaders differ morphologically and phenologically from native community dominants. Biological Invasions 14:901-913.
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Baynes, MA. 2011. Endophytic fungal communities of Bromus tectorum: mutualisms, community assemblages and implications for invasion. Master's Thesis, University of Idaho Press.
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Beckstead, J., L. K. Street, S. E. Meyer, and P. S. Allen. 2011. Fire effects on the cheatgrass seed bank pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda. Rangeland Ecology and Management 64:148-157.
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Birdsall, J. B., W. McCaughey, and J. B. Runyon 2011. Roads impact the distribution of noxious weeds more than restoration treatments in a lodgepole pine forest in Montana, USA. Restoration Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00781.x
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Bond, Craig A., Patricia Champ, James Meldrum, Anna Schoettle. 2011. Investigating the Optimality of Proactive Management of an Invasive Forest Pest. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Casper, Anne Marie, William R. Jacobi, Anna W. Schoettle, Kelly S. Burns. 2011. Restoration Planting Options for Limber Pines in the Southern Rocky Mountains. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Coop, Jonathan D., Anna W. Schoettle. 2011. Fire and High-Elevation, Five-Needle Pine (Pinus aristata & P. flexilis) Ecosystems in the Southern Rocky Mountains: What Do We Know? In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Dold, C. 2011. What Are Invasive Species? ...And Do We Really Need to Worry About Them? GSD Update. Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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Fornwalt P.J. and C.C. Rhoades. 2011. Rehabilitating slash pile burn scars in upper montane forests of the Colorado Front Range. Natural Areas Journal 31(2): 177-182.
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Geils, B.W.; Vogler, D.R. 2011. A natural history of Cronartium ribicola. The Future of High-elevation, Five-needle White Pines in Western North America. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 210–217 p.
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Graca, R.N., Alfenas, A.C., Ross-Davis, A.L., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S., Peever, T.L., Cannon, P.G., Uchida, J.Y., Kadooka, C.Y., Hauff, R.D. 2011. Multilocus genotypes indicates differentiation between Puccinia psidii populations from South America and Hawaii. pp. 131-134 in: Fairweather, M.L.; Palacios, P., compilers, Proceedings of the 58th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 4-8 October 2010, Valemount, BC, Canada. US Forest Service, AZ Zone Forest Health, Flagstaff, AZ.
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Hendricks, Sam, Wendy Sutton, Jeffrey Stone, Richard Sniezko and Angelia Kegley, Anna Schoettle. 2011. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Applications in White Pine Blister Rust Resistance Screening. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Jacobi, W.R.; Goodrich, B.A.; S.J. Kearns, H.S.J.; Burns, K.S.; Geils, B.W. 2011. Can microscale meteorological conditions predict the impact of white pine blister rust in Colorado and Wyoming? The Future of High-elevation, Five-needle White Pines in Western North America. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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Keane, Robert E., Anna W. Schoettle. 2011. Strategies, Tools, and Challenges for Sustaining and Restoring High Elevation Five-Needle White Pine Forests in Western North America. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Kelly Burns, Jim Blodgett, Marcus Jackson, Brian Howell, William Jacobi, Anna Schoettle, Anne Marie Casper, Jennifer Klutsch. 2011. Monitoring Limber Pine Health in the Rocky Mountains and North Dakota. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2011. Molecular Identification of Armillaria gallica from the Niobrara Valley Preserve in Nebraska. Journal of Phytopathology 159: 69-71.
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Kim, M-S.; Hanna, J.W.; Klopfenstein, N.B. 2011. First report of an Armillaria root disease pathogen, Armillaria gallica, associated with several new hosts in Hawaii. Plant Disease 94: 1503.
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Korman, B.L. 2011. Biology and ecology of sickleweed (Falcaria vulgaris) in the Fort Pierre National Grassland of South Dakota. Master's thesis, South Dakota State University.
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Maron, J. L., and D. E. Pearson. 2011. Vertebrate predators have minimal cascading effects on plant production or seed predation in an intact grassland ecosystem. Ecology Letters 14:661-669.
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McDonald, G.I. 2011. After 100 years, is coevolution relevant? pp. 77-90 in Fairweather, M.L.; Palacios, P., compilers, Proceedings of the 58th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 4-8 October 2010, Valemount, BC, Canada. US Forest Service, AZ Zone Forest Health, Flagstaff, AZ.
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McDonald, G.I., Hanna, J.W., Smith, A.L., Maffei, H.M., Kim, M.-S., Ross-Davis, A.L., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2011. Preliminary Report on the Ecology of Armillaria in the East Cascades of Oregon. pp. 135-138 In: Fairweather, M.L.; Palacios, P., compilers, Proceedings of the 58th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 4-8 October 2010, Valemount, BC, Canada. US Forest Service, AZ Zone Forest Health, Flagstaff, AZ.
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McGlone, C.M., C.H. Sieg, T.E. Kolb. 2011. Invasion resistance and persistence: established plants win, even with disturbance and high propagule pressure. Biological Invasions 13:291-304
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Ortega, Y. K., and D. E. Pearson. 2011. Long-term effects of weed control with picloram along a gradient of spotted knapweed invasion. Rangeland Ecol Manage 64:67–77 | January 2011 | DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00034.1
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Ota, Y., Kim, M.-S., Neda, H., Klopfenstein, N.B., Hasegawa, E. 2011. The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences. Mycoscience 52: 53-58.
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Owen, S.M., C.H. Sieg, C. Gehring. 2011. Rehabilitating downy brome (Bromus tectorum)-invaded shrublands using Imazapic and seeding with native shrubs. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 4:223-233.
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Pearson, D. E., M. Kim, and J. Butler, eds. 2011. Rocky Mountain Research Station invasive species visionary white paper. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-265. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 38 p.
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Pearson, D.E., R.M. Callaway, J.L. Maron. 2011. Biotic resistance via granivory: establishment by invasive, naturalized and native asters reflects generalist preference. Ecology 92:1748-1757.
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Peppin, D., P. Z. Fule, C. H. Sieg, J. Beyers, M. Hunter, P. Robichaud. 2011. Recent trends in post-wildfire seeding in western U.S. forests: Costs and seed mixes. International Journal of Wildland Fire 20:702-708
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RMRS Weed Biocontrol Team. 2011. RMRS Weed Biocontrol Research: Past Accomplishments, Current Status, and Future Challenges. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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Ross-Davis, A.L., Hanna, J.W., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2011. DNA-based identification and phylogeny of North American Armillaria species. pp. 139-142 in: Fairweather, M.L.; Palacios, P., compilers, Proceedings of the 58th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 4-8 October 2010, Valemount, BC, Canada. US Forest Service, AZ Zone Forest Health, Flagstaff, AZ.
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Schat, M., S.E. Sing, R.K.D. Peterson, F.D. Menalled and D.K. 2011. Growth inhibition of Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller, in response to herbivory by the biological control agent Mecinus janthinus Germar. Journal of Entomological Science. 46(3): 232-246.
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Schoettle, A.W., B.A. Goodrich, J.G.Klutsch, K.S.Burns, S. Costello, R.A. Sniezko. 2011. The Proactive Strategy for Sustaining Five-Needle Pine Populations: An Example of its Implementation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Schoettle, A.W., J.G. Klutsch, M.F. Antolin, S. Field. 2011. A Population Genetic Model for High-Elevation Five-Needle Pines: Projecting Population Outcomes in the Presence of White Pine Blister Rust. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Schoettle, Anna W., Richard A. Sniezko, Angelia Kegley, Kelly S. Burns. 2011. Preliminary Overview of the First Extensive Rust Resistance Screening Tests of Pinus flexilis and Pinus aristata. pp 265-269 In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Sing, S.E. and R.K.D. Peterson. 2011. Assessing environmental risks for established invasive weeds: Dalmatian (Linaria dalmatica) and yellow (L. vulgaris) toadflax in North America. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8: 2828-2853.
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Sniezko, Richard A., Anna Schoettle, Joan Dunlap, Detlev Vogler, David Conklin, Andrew Bower, Chris Jensen, Rob Mangold, Doug Daoust, Gary Man. 2011. Ex Situ Gene Conservation in High Elevation White Pine Species in the United States-A Beginning In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Sniezko, Richard A., Mary F. Mahalovich, Anna W. Schoettle, Detlev R. Vogler. 2011. Plenary Paper: Past and Current Investigations of the Genetic Resistance to Cronartium ribicola in High-elevation Five-needle Pines. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Stone, Jeffrey, Anna Schoettle, Richard Sniezko, Angelia Kegley. 2011. Histological Observations on Needle Colonization by Cronartium ribicola in Susceptible and Resistant Seedlings of Whitebark Pine and Limber Pine. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p.
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Adams, S.B., K.M. Burnett, P. Bisson, B. Harvey, K.H. Nislow, B.E. Rieman, J. Rinne. 2010. The role of the Forest Service in aquatic invasive species research. In: Dix, M.E.; Britton, K., eds. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 55-66.
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Beckstead, J., S. E. Meyer, B. M. Connolly, M. B. Huck, and L. E. Street. 2010. Cheatgrass facilitates spillover of a seed bank pathogen onto native grass species. Journal of Ecology 98:168-177.
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Birdsall, J. & Markin, G. 2010. Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in the Salmon River Canyon of Idaho. Pp. 462-469. Invasive Plant Science and Management 3:462-469.
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Britton, K.O., Buford, M., Burnett, K., Dix, M.E., Frankel, S.J., Keena, M., Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., Ostry, M.E., Hull Sieg, C. 2010. Invasive species overarching priorities to 2029. In: Dix, M.E., Britton, K., eds. A Dynamic Invasive Species Research Vision: Opportunities and Priorities 2009-29. United States Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. pp. 3-11.

Coop, J.D., Massatti, R.T ., Schoettle, A.W. 2010. Subalpine vegetation pattern three decades after stand-replacing fire: effects of landscape context and topography on plant community composition, tree regeneration, and diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 472-487.
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Dix, M.E., K. Britton, eds. 2010. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development. 130 p.
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Finch, D.M., D. Pearson, J. Wunderle, and W. Arendt. 2010. Terrestrial animals in the invasive species strategy plan. In: Dix, M.E.; Britton, K., eds. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 43-54.
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Fornwalt, Paula J., Merrill R. Kaufmann, Thomas J. Stohlgren. 2010. Impacts of mixed severity wildfire on exotic plants in a Colorado ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forest. Biol Invasions. DOI 10.1007/s10530-009-9674-2
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Geils, B.W., Hummer, K.E., Hunt, R.S. 2010. White pines, Ribes, and blister rust, a review and synthesis. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 147-185.
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Graca, R.N., Ross-Davis, A.L., Kim, M.-S., Alfenas, A.C., Peever, T.L., Cannon, P.G., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2010. Molecular population genetics of guava rust (Puccinia psidii): An invasive pathogen of native Hawaiian forests and a potential threat to eucalypts world-wide. p. 31 in: Moricca, S., comp. Program and Abstracts of the IUFRO 4th International rusts of forest trees working party conference. 3-6 May 2010, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy: 31.

Hamelin, R.C., Kim, M.-S., Richardson, B.A, Joly, D., Brar, S., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2010. Phylogeography and population genomics of the white-pine-blister-rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola. p. 3. in: Moricca, S., comp. Program and Abstracts of the IUFRO 4th International rusts of forest trees working party conference. 3-6 May 2010, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy.

Hummer, K.E., A. Dale. 2010. Horticulture of Ribes. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 251-263.
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Hunt, R.S., Geils, B.W., Hummer, K.E. 2010. White pines, Ribes, and blister rust: Integration and action. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 402-417.
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Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., Hanna, J.W., Cannon, P., Medel, R., Lòpez, A. 2010. First Report of Armillaria Root Disease Caused by Armillaria tabescens on Araucaria araucana in Veracruz, Mexico. Plant Disease 94: 274.
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Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., McDonald, G.I. 2010. Effects of forest management practices and environment on occurrence of Armillaria species. Journal of Korean Forest Society 99: 251-257.
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Kim, M.-S., Richardson, B.A., McDonald, G.I., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2010. Genetic diversity and structure of western white pine (Pinus monticola) in North America: a baseline study for conservation, restoration, and addressing impacts of climate change. Tree Genetics and Genomics 7: 11-21.
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King, J.N., A. David, D. Noshad, J. Smith. 2010. A review of genetic approaches to the management of blister rust in white pines. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 292-313.

Klopfenstein, N.B., J. Juzwik, M.E. Ostry, M.-S Kim, P.J. Zambino, R.C. Venette, B.E. Richardson, J.E. Lundquist, D.J. Lodge, J.A. Glaeser, S.J. Frankel, W.J. Otrosina, P. Spaine, B.W. Geils. 2010. Invasive forest pathogens: Current and future roles of Forest Service Research and Development. In: Dix, M.E.; Britton, K., eds. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 23-33.
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Lee, J. C., S. M. Hamud, J.F. Negron, J. J. Witcosky, and S. J. Seybold. 2010. Semiochemical-mediated flight strategies of two invasive elm bark beetles: A potential factor in competitive displacement. Environmental Entomology 39:642-652.
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Markin, G.P. & Horning, C.J. 2010. Discovery of a gall-forming midge, Asphondylia pilosa Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), on Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link) (Fabaceae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 83:260-263.
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Maron, J. L., D. E Pearson, S. M. Hovick, and W. P. Carson. 2010. Funding needed for assessments of weed biological control. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 122-123. doi: 10.1890/10.WB.013
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Mazzola, M. B., J. C. Chambers, R. R. Blank, D. A. Pyke, E. W. Schupp, K. G. Allcock, P. S. Doescher, and R. S. Nowak. 2010. Effects of resource availability and propagule supply on native species recruitment in sagebrush ecosystems invaded by Bromus tectorum. Biological Invasions 13:513-526.
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McCormick, F.H., G.C. Contreras, S.L. Johnson. 2010. Effects of nonindigenous invasive species on water quality and quantity. In: Dix, M.E.; Britton, K., eds. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 111-120.
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Meyer, S. E., D. L. Nelson, and S. Clement. 2010. The ecological genetics of the Bromus tectorum (Poaceae)- Ustilago Bullata (Ustilaginaceae): A role for frequency dependent selection? American Journal of Botany 97:1304-1312.
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Meyer, S. E., T. E. Stewart, and S. Clement. 2010. The quick and the deadly: growth versus virulence in a seed bank pathogen. New Phytologist 187:207-216.
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Ortega, Y.K., and D.E. Pearson. 2010. Effects of picloram application on community dominants vary with initial levels of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) invasion. Invasive Plant Science and Management 2010 3:70-80.
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Ostry, M.E., G. Laflamme, S.A. Katovich. 2010. Silvicultural approaches for management of eastern white pine to minimize impacts of damaging agents. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 332-346.
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Pearson, D. E. 2010. Trait- and density-mediated indirect interactions initiated by an exotic invasive plant autogenic ecosystem engineer. American Naturalist 176(4):394-403.
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Progar, R. A., G. Markin, J. Milan, T. Barbouletos, and M. J. Rinella. 2010. Inundative release of Aphthona spp. flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as a biological "herbicide" on leafy spurge in riparian areas. Journal of Economic Entomology 103:242-248.
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Richardson, B.A., Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., Ota, Y., Woo, K.S., Hamelin, R.C. 2010. Tracking the footsteps of an invasive plant pathogen: Intercontinental phylogeographic structure of the white-pine-blister-rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola. In: Noshad, D., Noh, E.W., King, J., Sniezko, R.A., eds. Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines. Proceedings of the Conference 2008, Yangyang, Korea. Korea Forest Research Institute. pp. 56-60.
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Richardson, B.A., Warwell, M.V., Kim, M.S., Klopfenstein, N.B., McDonald, G.I. 2010. Integration of population genetic structure and climate modeling: Sustaining genetic resources through evaluation of projected threats. Advances in Threat Assessment and Their Application to Forest and Rangeland Management. In press.
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Schwandt, J.W., I.B. Lockman, J.T. Kliejunas, L.A. Muir. 2010. Current health issues and management strategies for white pines in the western United States and Canada. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 226-250.
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Scott J. W., S. E. Meyer, K. R. Merrill, and V. J. Anderson. 2010. Local population differentiation in Bromus tectorum L. in relation to habitat specific selection regimes. Evolutionary Ecology 24:1061-1080.
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Shaw, C.G. 2010. Foreword. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 145-146.
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Sieg, C. Hull, J.S. Denslow, C.D. Huebner, J.H. Miller. 2010. The role of the Forest Service in nonnative invasive plant research. In: Dix, M.E.; Britton, K., eds. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 35-41.
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Stella, K.A., C.H. Sieg, P.Z. Fule. 2010. Minimal effectiveness of native and non-native seeding following three high-severity wildfires. International Journal of Wildland Fire 19:746-758
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Zambino, P.J. 2010. Biology and pathology of Ribes and their implications for management of white pine blister rust. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 264-291.
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Zeglen, S., J.Pronos, H. Merler. 2010. Silvicultural management of white pines in western North America. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 347-368.
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Zhang, X.Y., Q. Lu, R.A. Sniezko, R.Q. Song, G. Man. 2010. Blister rusts in China: Hosts, pathogens, and management. Forest Pathology 40(3-4): 369-381.
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Bateman, Heather L.; Chung-MacCoubrey, Alice; Snell, Howard L.; Finch, Deborah M. 2009. Abundance and species richness of snakes along the Middle Rio Grande riparian forest in New Mexico. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 4(1): 1-8.
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Bradley, B.A., M. Oppenheimer, D. S. Wilcove. 2009. Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead? Global Change Biology. Global Change Biology.
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Butler, J., Pearson, D.; Kim, M. 2009. Invasive Species Working Group: Research Summary and Expertise Directory. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 20 p.
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Chambers, J., E. Leger, and E. Goergen. 2009. Cold desert fire and invasive species management: resources, strategies, tactics and responses. Rangelands. 31:14-20.
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Coop, J.D., Schoettle, A.W. 2009. Regeneration of Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) and limber pine (Pinus flexilis) three decades after stand-replacing fires. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 893-903.
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Crone, E. E., M. Marler, D. E. Pearson. 2009. Non-target effects of broadleaf herbicide on a native perennial forb: a demographic framework for assessing and minimizing impacts. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:673-682.
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D'Antonio, C. M., J. C. Chambers, R. Loh and J.T. Tunison. 2009. Applying ecological concepts to the management of widespread grass invasions. Pages 123-149. In: R. L. Inderjit, editor. Ecological Invasions and Restoration. Springer, Netherlands.
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Fausch, K.D., B.E. Rieman, J.B. Dunham, M.K. Young, and D.P. Peterson. 2009. Invasion versus isolation: trade-offs in managing native salmonids with barriers to upstream movement. Conservation Biology 23:859-870. Conservation Biology 23:859-870.
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Fornwalt, P. J. 2009. Lessons From the Hayman Fire: Forest Understory Responses to the Scarify-and-Seed Postfire Rehabilitation Treatment. Fire Management Today. Volume 69. No. 3 pp 38-43.
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Hansen, A. K., Y. K. Ortega, and D. L. Six. 2009. Comparison of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in Rocky Mountain savannas invaded and un-invaded by an exotic forb, spotted knapweed. Northwest Science 83(4):348-360.
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Jacobs, J. and S. Sing. 2009. Ecology and management of tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.). Invasive Species Technical Note MT-24. Bozeman, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 13 p.
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Kim, M.-S., Geils, B.W., Klopfenstein, N.B., Spaine, P.W., Richardson, B.A., Zambino, P.J., Shaw, C.G., Walla, J., Bulluck, R., Redmond, L., Smith, K. 2009. Recovery plan for Scots pine blister rust caused by Cronartium flaccidum and Peridermium pini. National Plant Disease Recovery System, a cooperative project of The American Phytopathological Society and The United States Department of Agriculture.
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Kliejunas, J. T., Geils, B.W., Glaeser, J. M., Goheen, E. M., Hennon, P., Kim, M.-S., Kope, H., Stone, J., Sturrock, R., Frankel, S. J. 2009. Review of literature on climate change and forest diseases of western North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-225. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 54 p.
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Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S., Hanna, J.W., Richardson, B.A., Lundquist, J.W. 2009. Approaches to predicting potential impacts of climate change on forest disease: An example with Armillaria root disease. Research Paper RMRS-RP-76. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 10 p.
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Klopfenstein, N.B., Lundquist, J.E., Hanna, J.W., Kim, M.-S., McDonald, G.I. 2009. First report of Armillaria sinapina, a cause of Armillaria root disease, associated with a variety of forest tree hosts on site with diverse climate in Alaska. Plant Disease 93: 111.
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Moser, K.W., Barnard, E.L., Billings, R.F., Crocker, S.J., Dix, M.E., Gray, A.N., Ice, G.G., Kim, M.-S., Reid, R., Rodman, S.U., McWilliams, W.H. 2009. Impacts of nonnative invasive species on US Forests and recommendations for policy and management. Journal of Forestry 107: 320-327.
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Owen, S. M., C. H. Sieg, C. A. Gehring, M. A. Bowker. 2009. Above- and belowground responses to tree thinning depend on the treatment of tree debris. Forest Ecology and Management 259, 71-80.
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Page-Dumroese, D.S., A.M. Abbott, T.M. Rice. 2009. Forest soil disturbance monitoring protocol: Vol. I: Rapid assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-82a. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 31 p.
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Pearson, D.E. 2009. Invasive plant architecture alters trophic interactions by changing predator abundance and behavior. Oecologia (2009) 159:549-558.
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Pearson, D.E. 2009. Biological invasions on oceanic islands: implications for island ecosystems and avifauna. . Pages 3-14 in Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Migratory Birds. Seabirds in danger: invasive species and conservation of island ecosystems. Keynote address. Mokpo, Korea, 25 September.
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Richardson, B.A., Rehfeldt, G.E., Kim, M.-S. 2009. Congruent climate-related genecological responses from molecular markers and quantitative traits for western white pine (Pinus monticola). Int. J. Plant Sci. 170:1120-1131.
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Sabo, K.E., C.H. Sieg, S.C. Hart, and J.D. Bailey. 2009. The role of disturbance severity and canopy closure on standing crop of understory plant species in ponderosa pine stands in northern Arizona, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1656-1662.
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Schoettle, A.W., Sniezko, R.A., Burns, K.S. 2009. Sustaining Pinus flexilis ecosystems of the southern Rocky Mountains (USA) in the presence of Cronartium ribicola and Dendroctonus ponderosae in a changing climate. In: Noshad, D., Noh, E.W., King, J., Sniezko, R.A., eds. Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines. Proceedings of the Conference 2008, Yangyang, Korea. Korea Forest Research Institute. pp. 63-65.
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Smith, D. Max; Finch, Deborah M.; Gunning, Christian; Jemison, Roy; Kelly, Jeffrey F. 2009. Post-wildfire recovery of riparian vegetation during a period of water scarcity in the southwestern USA. Fire Ecology Special Issue. 5(1): 38-55.
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Smith, D. Max; Finch, Deborah M.; Hawksworth, David L. 2009. Black-chinned hummingbird nest-site selection and nest survival in response to fuel reduction in a southwestern riparian forest. The Condor. 111(4): 641-652.
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Ward, S.M., C.E. Fleischmann, M.F. Turner, and S.E. Sing. 2009. Hybridization between invasive populations of Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) and yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). Invasive Plant Science and Management. 2(4): 369-378.
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Bateman, Heather L.; Chung-MacCoubrey, Alice; Finch, Deborah M.; Snell, Howard L.; Hawksworth, David L. 2008. Impacts of non-native plant removal on vertebrates along the Middle Rio Grande (New Mexico). Ecological Restoration. 26(3): 193-195.
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Brown, P.M. and A.W. Schoettle. 2008. Fire and stand history in two limber pine (Pinus flexilis) and Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) stands in Colorado. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17, 339-347.

Burns, K.S., Schoettle, A.W., Jacobi, W.R., Mahalovich, M.F. 2008. Options for the management of white pine blister rust in the Rocky Mountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-206. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 26 p.
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Cannon, P., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S., Hanna, J.W., Medel, R., Alvarado-Rosales, D. 2008. An Armillaria survey in Mexico: A basis for determining evolutionary relationships, assessing potentially invasive pathogens, evaluating future impacts of climate change, and developing international collaborations in forest pathology. pp. 29 -39 in: McWilliams, M.G., Palaciou, P., Quinney, S.J., Quinney, J.E., compilers. Proceedings of the 55th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2007 October 15-19, Sedona, AZ. Salem, OR: Oregon Department of Forestry.
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Chambers, J. C. 2008. Invasive Plant Species and the Great Basin. In J. C. Chambers, A. Evenden and N. Devoe, compilers. Collaborative management and research in the Great Basin – Examining the issues and developing a framework for moving forward. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report. RMRS-GTR-204.
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Dodge, R.S., P.Z. Fule, and C. Hull Sieg. 2008. Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) response to wildfire in a southwestern USA forest. Ecoscience 15(2): 213-222.
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Finch, Deborah M. 2008. Pentimento: Fuels reduction and restoration in the Bosque of the Middle Rio Grande. Fire Science Brief. 7: 1-6.
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Fowler, J., C. Sieg, B. Dickson, and V. Saab. 2008. Exotic plant species diversity: influence of roads and prescribed fire in Arizona ponderosa pine forests. Range Ecology and Management 61: 284-293.
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Frank, K.L., Geils, B.W., Kalkstein, L.S., Thistle, H.W., Jr. 2008. Synoptic climatology of the long-distance dispersal of white pine blister rust II. Combination of surface and upper-level conditions. International Journal of Biometeorology 52: 653-666.
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Harvey, A. E., J. W. Byler, G. I. McDonald, L. F. Neuenschwander, J. R. Tonn. 2008. Death of an ecosystem: perspectives on western white pine ecosystems of North America at the end of the twentieth century. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-208. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 10 p.
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Jacobs, J. and S. Sing. 2008. Ecology and management of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.). Invasive Species Technical Note No. MT-20. Bozeman, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 12 p.
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Jacobs, J.S. and S.E. Sing. 2008. Ecology and management of Dalmatian toadflax [Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill.]. USDA NRCS Invasive Species Technical Note No. MT-3 July 2006.
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Johnson, T. D. 2008. Ecology and management of the tamarisk in the Southwest and on the upper Verde River, Arizona. Masters Thesis completed in December 2008, Northern Arizona University, College of Ecosystem Science and Management, 58p.

Kuenzi, A. M. , P. Z. Fule, and C. Hull Sieg. 2008. Effects of fire severity and pre-fire stand treatment on plant community recovery after a large wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 855-865.
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Mazzola, M. B., K. G. Allcock, J. C. Chambers, R. R. Blank and R. S. Nowak. 2008. Effects of nitrogen availability and cheatgrass competition on the establishment of Vavilov Siberian wheatgrass. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61:475-484.
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Moser, W.K., Barnard, E.L., Billings, R.F., Crocker, S.J., Dix, M.E., Ice, G.C., Kim, M.-S., Reid, R., Rodman, S., McWilliams, W.H. 2008. White paper on non-native invasive species affecting forests in the United States. For submission to the Committee on Forest Policy and the Executive Council of the Society of American Foresters. 46 p.

Pearson, D. E. and R. J. Fletcher, Jr. 2008. Mitigating exotic impacts: restoring native deer mouse populations elevated by an exotic food subsidy. Ecological Applications18 (2):321-334.
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Pearson, D. E. and R. M. Callaway. 2008. Weed biocontrol insects reduce native plant recruitment through second-order apparent competition. Ecological Applications, 18(6), pp. 1489-1500.
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Peterson, D.P., B. E. Rieman, J. B. Dunham, K. D. Fausch, K. Y. Young. 2008. Analysis of trade-offs between threats of invasion by nonnative brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and intentional isolation for native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkia lewisi). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 65:557-573.
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Richardson, B.A., N. B. Klopfenstein, P. J. Zambino, G. I. McDonald, B. W. Geils, and L. M. Carris 2008. Influence of host resistance on the genetic structure of the white pineblister rust fungus in the western United States. Phytopathology 98:413-420.
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Runyon, J. B., M. C. Mescher, C. M. DeMoraes. 2008. Parasitism by Cuscuta pentagona attenuates host plant defense of insect herbivores. Physiology, published online December 28, 2007.
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Samuel, L. W., D. R. Kirby, J. E. Norland, G. E. Anderson. 2008. Leafy spurge suppression by flea beetles in the Little Missouri Drainage Basin, USA. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:437-443.
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Schleier, J.J., S.E. Sing and R.K.D. Peterson. 2008. Regional ecological risk assessment for the introduction of Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish) into Montana watersheds. Biological Invasions 10: 1277-1287.
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Schoettle, A.W., K. S. Burns, S. Costello,J. Witcosky, B. Howell, J. Connor. 2008. A race against beetles: Conservation of limber pine. Nutcracker Notes 14:11-12.

Sniezko, R.A., Kegley, A., Danchok, R., Schoettle, A.W., Burns, K.S., Conklin, D. 2008. Cronartium ribicola resistance in whitebark pine, southwestern white pine, limber pine and Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine - Preliminary screening results from first tests at Dorena GRC. In: McWilliams, M.G. comp. 2007. Proceedings of the 55th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2007 October 15-19, Sedona, AZ. Salem, OR: Oregon Department of Forestry. pp. 84-86
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Whittaker, A., B. Roundy, J. Chambers, S. Meyer, B. Blank, S. Kitchen, and J. Korfmacher. 2008. Effects of herbaceous species removal, fire and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) on soil water availability in sagebrush steppe. In: S. G. Kitchen, R. L. Pendleton, T. A. Monaco, and J. Vernon comps. Proceedings-Shrublands under fire: disturbance and recovery in a changing world; 2006 June 6-8; Cedar City, UT. RMRS-P-52. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 190 p
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Zouhar, K., J. K. Smith, S. Sutherland, M. L. Brooks. 2008. Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 355 p.
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Blank, R. S., J. C. Chambers, B. A. Roundy, S. E. Meyer, and A. Whittaker. 2007. Nutrient availability in rangeland soils: influence of prescribed burning, herbaceous vegetation removal, over-seeding with Bromus tectorum, season, and elevation. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:644-655.
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Chambers, J. C., B.A. Roundy, R. R. Blank, S. E. Meyer and A. Whittaker. 2007. What makes Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum? Ecological Monographs 77-117-145.
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Ferguson, D.E., C. L. Craig, K. Z. Schneider. 2007. Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii DC) Response to Forest Wildfires on the Bitterroot National Forest, Montana. Northwest Science 81(2):138-146.

Hanna, J. W., N. B. Klopfenstein, M. S. Kim. 2007. First report of the root-rot pathogen, Armillaria nabsnona from Hawaii. Plant Disease 91:634.
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Hanna, J.W., N. B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim, G. I. McDonald, J. A. Moore. 2007. Phylogeographic patterns of Armillaria ostoyae in the western United States. Forest Pathology 37:192-216.
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Jacobs, J.S. and S.E. Sing. 2007. Ecology and management of saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima, T. chinensis and Tamarix ramosissima x T. chinensis hybrids). USDA NRCS Invasive Species Technical Note No. MT-13. 12 pp.
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Jacobs, J.S. and S.E. Sing. 2007. Ecology and management of houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale L.). USDA NRCS Invasive Species Technical Note No. MT-8 January 2007. 7 pp.
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Kearns, H.S.J., Jacobi, W.R. 2007. The distribution and incidence of white pine blister rust in central and southwestern Wyoming and northern Colorado. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37:462-472.
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Kinter, C.L.; B. A. Mealor, N. L. Shaw, A. L. Hild. 2007. Post-fire seed ecology of rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea L.): assessment of invasion potential. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:386-394.
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McDonald, G.I., Tanimoto, P.D., Rice, T.M., Stewart, J.E., Tonn, J.R., Hall, D.E., Zambino, P.J., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2007. Root Disease Analyzer - Armillaria Response Tool (ART). In: Sutherland, E.K., and Black, A.E., eds. Science Synthesis and Integration for Fuel Treatment Planning Description of Tools and Processes - Environmental Consequences. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-XXX. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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Pariera Dinkins, C.L., S.K. Brumfield, R.K.D. Peterson, W.E. Grey, and S.E. Sing. 2007. Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica): new host for cucumber mosaic virus. Weed Technology 21: 41-44.
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Peterson, Douglas P.; Rieman, Bruce E.; Dunham, Jason B.; Fausch, Kurt D.; Young, Michael K. 2007. Analyzing tradeoffs between the threat of invasion by brook trout and effects of intentional isolation for native westslope cutthroat trout. In: Carline, R.F.; LoSapio, C., eds. 2007. Sustaining wild trout in a changing world; proceedings of Wild Trout IX symposium; 2007 October 9-12; West Yellowstone, Montana: 51-57.
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Richardson, B. A., Zambino, P. J., Klopfenstein, N, B., McDonald, G. I., Carris, L. M. 2007. Assessing host specialization among aecial and telial hosts of the white pine blister rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola. Canadian Journal of Botany. 85: 299-306.
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Roundy, B. A., S. Hardegree, J. C. Chambers and A. Whittaker. 2007. Germination potential of cheatgrass in relation to disturbance and elevation. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:613-623.
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Schat, M., S.E. Sing and R.K.D. Peterson. 2007. External rostrum characters for differentiation of sexes in the biological control agent Mecinus janthinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 139: 354-357.
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Schoettle, A. W., R. A. Sniezko, K. S. Burns, S. Kelly, F. Floyd. 2007. Preparing the landscape for invasion - Early intervention approaches for threatened high elevation white pine ecosystems. In: Goheen, E. M.; Sniezko, R.A., tech. coords. Whitebark pine: a Pacific Coast perspective; proceedings; 2006 August 27-31; Ashland, OR. R6-NR-FHP-2007-01. Portland, OR: Pacific Northwest Region, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 72-75.
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Schoettle, A. W., R. A. Sniezko. 2007. Proactive intervention to sustain high-elevation pine ecosystems threatened by white pine blister rust. Journal of Forest Research. 12: 327-336.
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Sing, S. E., D. K. Weaver, R. M. Nowierski, G. P. Markin. 2007. Long-term field evaluation of Mecinus janthinus releases against Dalmation toadflax in Montana (USA). Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, April 22-27, 2007. La Grande Motte, France. Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, April 22-27, 2007. La Grande Motte, France.

Sing, S.E., R.K.D. Peterson, and B.D. Maxwell. 2007. Invasive species management: Ensuring the 'cure' is not worse than the condition. In: Springer, J. T.; Springer, E. C., eds. Proceedings of the 20th North American Prairie Conference. Kearney, NB: University of Nebraska at Kearney. p. 381-386.
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Warwell, M.V., Rehfeldt, G.E., Crookston, N.L. 2007. Modeling contemporary climate profiles and predicting their response to global warming for whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). pp. 139-142 in: Goheen, E.M., Sniezko, R.A., the coords. Proceedings of the conference on Whitebark pine: A Pacific coast perspective. 27-31 August 2006, Ashland, OR. R6-NR-FHP-2007-01. Portland, OR: Pacific Northwest Region, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
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Zambino, P.J., McDonald, G.I., Richardson, B.A. 2007. First report of the white pine blister rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola, on Pedicularis bracteosa. Plant Disease 91: 467.
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Allcock, K, R. Nowak, B. Blank, T. Jones, T. Monaco, J. Chambers, R. Tausch, P. Doescher, J. Tanaka, D. Ogle, L. St. John, M. Pellant, D. Pyke, E. Schupp, and C. Call. 2006. Integrating weed management and restoration on western rangelands. Restoration Ecology. 24:199.

D'Antonio, C. and J. C. Chambers. 2006. Using ecological theory to manage or restore ecosystems affected by invasive plant species. Pages 260-279. In D. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler (eds). Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
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Fausch, K. D., B. E. Rieman, M. K. Young, and J. B. Dunham. 2006. Strategies for conserving native salmonid populations at risk from nonnative fish invasions: tradeoffs in using barriers to upstream movement. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-174.
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Finch, Deborah M.; Galloway, June; Hawksworth, David 2006. Monitoring Bird Populations in Relation to Fuel Loads and Fuel Treatments in Riparian Woodlands with Tamarisk and Russian Olive Understories. In: Aguirre-Bravo, C.; Pellicane, Patrick J.; Burns, Denver P.; and Draggan, Sidney, Eds. 2006. Monitoring Science and Technology Symposium: Unifying Knowledge for Sustainability in the Western Hemisphere Proceedings RMRS-P-42CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 113-120.
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Jacobs, J.S. and S.E. Sing. 2006. Ecology and management of yellow toadflax [Linaria vulgaris (L.) Mill.]. USDA NRCS Invasive Species Technical Note No. MT-6 November 2006. 9 pp.
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Jacobs, J.S., S.E. Sing and J.M. Martin. 2006. Influence of herbivory and competition on invasive weed fitness: observed effects of Cyphocleonus achates (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and grass-seeding treatments on spotted knapweed performance. Environmental Entomology 35: 1590-1596.
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Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., Hanna, J.W., McDonald, G.I. 2006. Characterization of North American Armillaria species: Genetic relationships determined by ribosomal DNA sequences and AFLP markers. Forest Pathology 36: 145-164.
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McDonald, G.I., Richardson, B.A., Zambino, P.J., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.S. 2006. Pedicularis and Castilleja are natural hosts of Cronartium ribicola in North America: A first report. Forest Pathology 36: 73-82.
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Ortega Y. K., K. S. McKelvey, D. L. Six 2006. Invasion of an exotic forb impacts reproductive success and site fidelity of a migratory songbird. Oecologia 149: 340-351.
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Smith, D. Max; Kelly, Jeffrey F.; Finch, Deborah M. 2006. Influences of disturbance and vegetation on abundance of native and exotic detritivores in a southwestern riparian forest. Environmental Entomology. 35(6): 1525-1531.
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Stewart, J.E.; M. -S. Kim, R. L. James, R. K. Dumroese, N. B. Klopfenstein. 2006. Molecular characterization of Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium commune isolates from a conifer nursery. Phytopathology 96:1124-1133.
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Sturdevant, N., S. Kegley, Y. K. Ortega, and D. E. Pearson. 2006. Evaluation of establishment of Cyphocleonus achates and its potential impact on spotted knapweed. USDA FS FHP General Technical Report 06-08:1-9.
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Vogler, D.R., Delfino-Mix, A., Schoettle, A.W. 2006. White pine blister rust in high-elevation white pines: Screening for simply inherited, hypersensitive resistance. pp. 73-82 in: Guyon, J.C., compiler. Proceedings of the 53rd Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 2005 Septemeber 26-30, Jackson, WY. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT.
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Zambino, P.J., Richardson, B.A., McDonald, G.I., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2006. Non-Ribes alternate hosts of white pine blister rust: What this discovery means to whitebark pine. Nutcracker Notes Issue 10: 6-7.
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Zambino, P.J., Richardson, B.A., McDonald, G.I., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2006. A paradigm shift for white pine blister rusts: Non-Ribes alternate hosts for Cronartium ribicola in North America. p. 161-163 in: Proceedings of the 53rd Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. 22 - 30 September 2005. Jackson, WY.
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Hudgins, J.W., McDonald, G.I., Zambino, P.J., Klopfenstein, N.B., Franceschi, V.R. 2005. Anatomical and cellular responses of Pinus monticola stem tissues to invasion by Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fisch. Forest Pathology. 35: 423-443.

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Ortega, Y. K., and D. E. Pearson. 2005. Weak vs. Strong Invaders of Natural Plant Communities: Assessing Invasibility and Impact. Ecological Applications 15:651-661.
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Pearson, D. E. 2005. Biological control is more than just natural enemies. Review of Natural Enemies: an Introduction to Biological Control. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 10-11.
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Peterson, R.K.D., S.E. Sing, and D.K. Weaver. 2005. Differential physiological responses of Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller, to injury from two insect biological control agents: implications for decision-making in biological control. Environmental Entomology 34: 899-904.
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Reich, R.M., Lundquist, J.E. 2005. Use of spatial statistics in assessing forest diseases. pp. 127- 143 in: Lundquist, J.E., Hamelin, R.C, eds. Forest Pathology - From Genes to Landscapes. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN, USA.

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Rippy, R.C., Stewart, J.E., Zambino, P.J., Tirocke, J., Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., Thies, W.G. 2005. Root diseases in coniferous forests of the inland West: potential implications of fuels treatments. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-141. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 32 p.
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Stubblefield (Holte), C.H., Lundquist, J.E., van der Kamp, B. 2005. Forest disease impacts of wildlife: Beneficial? pp. 95-103 in: Lundquist, J.E., Hamelin, R.C, eds. Forest Pathology : From Genes to Landscapes. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN, USA.

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Dunham, J., D. S. Pilliod, and M. K. Young. 2004. Nonnative trout in headwater systems: the costs of a recreational resource. Fisheries 29(6):18-26.
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Frank, K.L., Kalkstein, L.S., Geils, B.W., Thistle, H., Van Arsdel, E.P. 2004. Could white pine blister rust spread by atmospheric transport from California to New Mexico? In: Geils, B.W., (comp.). 2004. Proceedings of the 51st Western International Forest Disease Work Conference: 2003 August 18-22: Grants Pass, OR. Flagstaff, AZ: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 63-65.

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Hoff, J.A., Klopfenstein, N.B., McDonald, G.I., Tonn, J.R., Kim, M.-S., Zambino, P.J., Hessburg, P.F., Rogers, J.D., Peever, T.L., Carris, L.M. 2004. Fungal endophytes in woody roots of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Forest Pathology 34: 255-271.
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Hoff, J.A., Klopfenstein, N.B., Tonn, J.R., McDonald, G.I., Zambino, P.J., Rogers, J.D., Peever, T.L., Carris, L.M. 2004. Roles of woody root-associated fungi in forest ecosystem processes: Recent advances in fungal identification. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-47. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 6 p.
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Kearns, H.S.J., Jacobi, W.R., Sullivan, K., Geils, B.W. 2004. Is the alternate host for white pine blister rust present in Colorado? In: Geils, B.W. (comp.). Proceedings of the 51st Western International Forest Disease Work Conference: 2003 August 18-22: Grants Pass, OR. Flagstaff, AZ: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 71-72.

McDonald, G., Zambino, P., Sniezko, R. 2004. Breeding rust-resistant five-needle pines in the western United States: lessons from the past and a look to the future. in: Sniezko, R.A., S. Samman, S.E. Schlarbaum, H.B Kriebel, eds. Breeding and genetic resources of five-needled pines: Growth, adaptablility, and pest resistance. Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, CO: US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. pp. 259.
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Mmbaga, M.T., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S., Mmbaga, N.C. 2004. PCR-based identification of Erysiphe pulchra and Phyllactinia guttata from Cornus florida using ITS-specific primers. Forest Pathology 34: 321-328.
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Ortega Y. K., D. E. Pearson, and K. S. McKelvey. 2004. Effects of biological control agents and exotic plant invasion on deer mouse populations. Ecological Applications 14: 241-253.
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Pearson, D. E. and R. M. Callaway. 2004. Response to Thomas et al.: biocontrol and indirect effects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19:62-63.
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Schoettle, A.W. 2004. Developing proactive management options to sustain bristlecone and limber pine ecosystems in the presence of a non-native pathogen. In: Shepperd W.D., Eskew, L.G., compilers. Silviculture in special places: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop, 2003 September 8-11, Granby, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-34. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Pp 46-155.
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Van Arsdel, E.P., Geils, B.W. 2004. The Ribes of Colorado and New Mexico and their rust fungi. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. FHTET-04-13. Fort Collins, CO. 32 p.
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Wienk, C. L., C. H. Sieg, and G. R. McPherson. 2004. Evaluating the role of cutting treatments, fire, and soil seed banks in an experimental framework in ponderosa pine forests of the Black Hills, South Dakota. Forest Ecology and Management 192: 373-393.
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Woo, K.-S., Fins, L., McDonald, G.I. 2004. Genetic and environmentally related variation in needle morphology of blister rust resistant and nonresistant Pinus monticola. in: Sniezko, R.A., S. Samman, S.E. Schlarbaum, H.B Kriebel, eds. Breeding and genetic resources of five-needled pines: Growth, adaptablility, and pest resistance. Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, CO: US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. pp. 148-153.
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Woo, K.-S., McDonald, G.I., Fins, L. 2004. Influence of seedling physiology on expression of blister rust resistance in needles of western white pine. in: Sniezko, R.A., S. Samman, S.E. Schlarbaum, H.B Kriebel, eds. Breeding and genetic resources of five-needled pines: Growth, adaptablility, and pest resistance. Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, CO: US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. pp. 250-254.
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Dunham, J. B., M. K. Young, R. E. Gresswell, and B. E. Rieman. 2003. Effects of fire on fish populations: landscape perspectives on persistence of native fishes and nonnative fish invasions. Forest Ecology and Management 178:183-196.
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Fornwalt, Paula J.; Kaufmann, Merrill R.; Huckaby, Laurie S.; Stoker, Jason M.; Stohlgren, Thomas J. 2003. Non-native plant invasions in managed and protected ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests of the Colorado Front Range. Forest ecology and management. 177(1/3): 515-527.
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Geils, B.W., Conklin, D., Frank, K., Guyon, J., Harris, J.L., Hoffman, J., Jacobi, W., Kearns, H., Newcomb, M., Smith, E., Van Arsdel, E., Vogler, D. 2003. New information on the distribution of white pine blister rust for 2002. In: Stone, J., Maffei, H. (comps.). Proceedings ofthe 50th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2002 October 7-11, Powell River, Be. Bend, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Central Oregon Service Center: 94-99.

Jurgens, J.A., Blanchette, R.A., Zambino, P.J., David, A. 2003. Histology of white pine blister rust in needles of resistant and susceptible eastern white pine. Plant Disease 87: 1026-1030.

Kallas, M.A., Reich, R.M., Jacobi, W.R., Lundquist, J.E. 2003. Modeling the probability of observing Armillaria root disease in the Black Hills. Forest Pathology 33: 241-252.

Kim, M.-S., Brunsfeld, S.J., McDonald, G.I., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2003. Effect of white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) and rust-resistance breeding on genetic variation in western white pine (Pinus monticola). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106: 1004-1010.
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Pearson, D. E. and R. M. Callaway. 2003. Indirect effects of host-specific biological control agents. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18(9):456-461.
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Rieman, B., D. Lee, D. Burns, R. Gresswell, M. Young, R. Stowell, J. Rinne, and P. Howell. 2003. Status of native fishes in the western United States and issues for fire and fuels management. Forest Ecology and Management 178:197-211.
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Sieg, C. H., B. Philips, and L. Moser. 2003. Exotic Invasive Plants. Pages 251-267 In Frederici, P., ed. Restoration Handbook for Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
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Young, M. K., B. K. Micek, and M. Rathbun. 2003. Probable pheromonal attraction of sexually mature brook trout to mature male conspecifics. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23: 276-282.
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Zambino, P.J., McDonald, G.I. 2003. Resistance to white pine blister rust in North American five-needle pines and Ribes and its implications. pp. 111-125 In: Geils, B.W. comp. 2004. Proceedings of the 51st Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2003 August 18-22, Grants Pass, OR. Flagstaff, AZ: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
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Fins, L., Byler, J., Ferguson, D., Harvey, A., Mahalovich, M.F., McDonald, G.I., Miller, D., Schwandt, J., Zack, A. 2002. Return of the giants: Restoring western white pine to the Inland Northwest. Journal of Forestry 100: 20-26 Journal of Forestry 100: 20-26.

Jacobi, W.R., Geils, B.W., Taylor, J.E. 2002. Frequency of comandra blister rust infection episodes on lodgepole pine. Research Paper RMRS-RP-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 13 p.
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Lundquist, J.E., Beatty, J.S. 2002. A method for characterizing and mimicking forest canopy gaps caused by different disturbances. Forest Science 48: 582-594.
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Lundquist, J.E., Sommerfeld, R.A. 2002. Use of fourier transforms to define landscape scales of analysis for disturbances: a case study of thinned and unthinned forest stands. Landscape Ecology 17: 445-454.
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Richardson, B.A., Brunsfeld, S.J., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2002. DNA from bird-dispersed seed and wind disseminated pollen provides insights into postglacial colonization and population genetic structure of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). Molecular Ecology 11: 214-227.
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Woo, K.-S., Fins, L., McDonald, G.I., Wenny, D.L., Eramian, A. 2002. Effects of nursery environment on needle morphology of Pinus monticola Dougl. and implications for tree improvement programs. New Forests 24: 113-129.
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Zambino, P.J. 2002. Dry grinding at near-ambient temperatures for extracting DNA from rust and other fungal spores. BioTechniques 33: 48-51.
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Dekker-Robertson, D., Bruederle, L.P. 2001. Management implications of genetic structure. Chapter 15. pp. 310-324 in: Tomback, D.F, Arno, S.F., Keane, R.E., eds. Whitebark Pine Communities - Ecology and Restoration. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Fins, L., Byler, J., Ferguson, D., Harvey, A., Mahalovich, M.F., McDonald, G.I., Miller, D., Schwandt, J., Zack, A. 2001. Return of the giants - Restoring white pine ecosystems by breeding and aggressive planting of blister rust-resistant white pines. Station Bulletin 72. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. 20 p.

Geils, B.W. 2001. Impacts of white pine blister rust. In: Fosbroke, S.L.C., Gottschalk, K.W., eds. Proceedings U.S. Department of Agriculture Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Invasive Species 2001, 2001 January 16-19, Annapolis MD. General Technical Report. NE-285. Newton Square PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 61-64.

Hoff, R.J., Ferguson, D.E., McDonald, G.I., Keane, R.E. 2001. Strategies for managing whitebark pine blister rust. in: Tomback, D.F., S.F. Arno, R.E. Keane, eds. Whitebark pine communities: Ecology and restoration. Washington, DC: Island Press. pp. 346-366.

Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., McDonald, G.I., Arumuganathan, K., Vidaver, A.K. 2001. Use of flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and PCR-based techniques to assess intraspecific and interspecific mating of Armillaria species. Mycological Research 105: 164-172.
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Klopfenstein, N.B., McDonald,G.I., Kim, M.S., Brunsfeld, S.J., Richardson, B.A., Lundquist, J.E. 2001. Molecular genetic approaches to risk assessment in forest ecosystems. pp. 108- 121 in: Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters national convention. 16-20 November 2000. Washington, D.C.

Lundquist, J.E., Klopfenstein, N.B. 2001. Integrating concepts of landscape ecology with the molecular biology of forest pathogens. Forest Ecology and Management 150: 213-222.
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McDonald, G.I., Hoff, R.J. 2001. Blister rust: an introduced plague. in: Tomback, D.F., S.F. Arno, R.E. Keane, eds. Whitebark pine communities. Washington, DC: Island Press. pp. 193-220.
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Pearson D. E., Y. K. Ortega, K. S. McKelvey and L. F. Ruggiero. 2001. Small mammal communities and habitat selection in Northern Rocky Mountain bunchgrass: Implications for exotic plant invasions. Northwest Science 75: 107-117.
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Pearson, D. E., and Y. K. Ortega. 2001. An indirect dispersal pathway for spotted knapweed seeds via deer mice and great-horned owls. Canadian Field-Naturalist 115(2):354.
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Richardson, B.A. 2001. Gene flow and genetic structure of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis): Inferences into bird-dispersed seed movement and biogeography. M.Sci. thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. 55 p.

Tomback, D.F.; Arno, S.F.; Keane, R.E., editors. 2001. Whitebark Pine Communities. Island Press, Washington, DC. 440 p.

Woo, K.-S., Fins, L., McDonald, G.I., Wiese, M.V. 2001. Differences in needle morphology between blister rust resistant and susceptible western white pine stocks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 1880-1886.
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Geils, B.W. 2000. Establishment of white pine blister rust in New Mexico. HortTechnology. 10(3):528-529
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Hamelin, R.C., Hunt, R.S., Geils, B.W., Jensen, G.D., Jacobi, V., Lecours, N. 2000. Barrier to gene flow between eastern and western populations of Cronartium ribicola in North America. Phytopathology. 90:1073-1078.
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Kim, M.-S., Klopfenstein, N.B., McDonald, G.I., Arumuganathan, K., Vidaver, A.K 2000. Characterization of North American Armillaria species by nuclear DNA content and RFLP analysis. Mycologia 92: 874-883.
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Lundquist, J.E. 2000. A method of estimating direct and indirect effects of Armillaria root disease and other small-scale forest disturbances on canopy gap size. Forest Science 46: 356-359.
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Lundquist, J.E., Lindner, L. 2000. Test of a model to assess the condition of lodgepole pine stands. Environmental Management 26: 421-426.
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Lundquist, J.E., Negron, J.F. 2000. Endemic forest disturbances and stand structure of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) in the Upper Pine Creek Research Natural Area. Natural Areas Journal 20: 126-132.

McDonald, G.I. 2000. Geographic variation of white pine blister rust aeciospore infection efficiency and incubation period. Hortechnology 10: 533-536.

Mmbaga, M.T., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2000. Molecular genetic analysis of powdery mildew pathogens of dogwood. In: Bryson, J.L., ed. and compiler. Proceedings of the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference. 45: 236-242.

Pearson D. E., K. S. McKelvey , L. F. Ruggiero. 2000. Non-target effects of an introduced biological control agent on deer mouse ecology. Oecologia 122 : 121-128
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Tabor, G.M., Kubisiak, T., Klopfenstein, N.B., Hall, R.B., McNabb, H.S., Jr. 2000. Bulk segregant analysis identifies molecular markers linked to Melampsora medusae resistance in Populus deltoides. Phytopathology 90: 1039-1042. Phytopathology 90: 1039-1042.
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Pearson, D. E. 1999. Deer mouse predation on the biological control agent, Urophora spp., introduced to control spotted knapweed. Northwestern Naturalist 80(1): 26-29.
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McDonald, G.I., Hoff, R.J., Wykoff, W.R. 1981. Computer simulation of white pine blister rust epedemics. I. Model formulation. Research Paper INT-258. Ogden UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 136 p.
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