Peter L. Marks

Publications

1971. Art, H. W. and P. L. Marks. A summary table of biomass and net annual primary production in forest ecosystems of the world. In Forest Biomass Studies. XVth IUFRO Congress, Gainesville, Florida, 15-20 March 1971. 32 pp.
  Marks, P. L. A vision of environment. American Scholar 40:421-431.
1972. Marks, P. L. and F. H. Bormann. Revegetation following forest cutting: mechanisms for return to steady-state nutrient cycling. Science 176:914-915.
1973. Art, H. W. and P. L. Marks. Primary productivity profile of New York and Massachusetts. Deciduous Forest Biome Memo Report #72-39. 95 pp.
1974. Marks, P. L. The role of pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica L.) in the maintenance of stability in northern hardwood ecosystems. Ecol. Monogr. 44(1):73-88.
1975. Marks, P. L. On the relation between extension growth and successional status of deciduous trees of the northeastern United States. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 102(4):172-177.
  Marks, P. L. and P. A. Harcombe. Community diversity of coastal plain forests in southern east Texas. Ecology 56(4):1004-1008.
  Whittaker, R. H. and P. L. Marks. Methods of assessing terrestrial productivity. Pages 55-118 in H. Lieth and R. H. Whittaker, eds. Primary Productivity of the Biosphere. Springer-Verlag, New York.
1976. Harcombe, P. A. and P. L. Marks. Species preservation. Science 194:383 (editorial).
1977. Harcombe, P. A. and P. L. Marks. Understory structure of a mesic forest in southeast Texas. Ecology 58(4):1144-1151.
  Marks, P. L. and F. H. Bormann. Revegetation following forest cutting: mechanisms for return to steady-state nutrient cycling. Pages 174-177 in F. B. Golley, ed. Ecological Succession. Benchmark Papers in Ecology, 5. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
  Schlesinger, W. H. and P. L. Marks. Mineral cycling and the niche of Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides L. Am. J. Bot. 64(10):1254-1262.
1978. Harcombe, P. A. and P. L. Marks. Tree diameter distributions and replacement processes in southeast Texas forests. Forest Sci. 24:153-166.
  Marks, P. L. and P. A. Harcombe. Vegetation of the Big Thicket National Preserve: preliminary description of plant communities. Report to the Office of Natural Sciences, Southwestern Region, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 65 pp. + map.
  Mohler, C. L., P. L. Marks, and D. G. Sprugel. Stand structure and allometry of trees during self-thinning of pure stands. J. Ecol. 66:599-614.
1979. Marks, P. L. Apparent fire-stimulated germination of Rhus typhina seeds. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 106(1):41-42.
1981. Marks, P. L. and P. A. Harcombe. Forest vegetation of the Big Thicket, southeast Texas. Ecol. Monogr. 51:287-305.
1983. Harcombe, P. A. and P. L. Marks. Five years of tree death in a Fagus-Magnolia forest, southeast Texas (USA). Oecologia 57:49-54.
  Marks, P. L. On the origin of the field plants of the northeastern United States. Am. Nat. 122:210-228.
1985. Canham, C. D. and P. L. Marks. The response of woody plants to disturbance: patterns of establishment and growth. Pages 197-216 in S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds. The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics. Academic Press, New York.
  Marks, P. L. and C. L. Mohler. Succession after elimination of buried seeds from a recently plowed field. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112:376-382.
1986. Morris, W. F., P. L. Marks, C. L. Mohler, N. R. Rappaport, F. R. Wesley, and M. A. Moran. Seed dispersal and seedling emergence in an old-field community in central New York (USA). Oecologia 70:92-99.
1987. Huenneke, L. F. and P. L. Marks. Stem dynamics of the shrub Alnus incana ssp. rugosa: transition matrix models. Ecology 68(5):1234-1242.
1989. Grubb, P. J. and P. L. Marks. Spring flowers of eastern North American and European deciduous forests. Plants Today 2:89-96.
  Marks, P. L. and B. E. Smith. Changes in the landscape: a 200 year history of forest clearing in Tompkins County, New York. New York's Food and Life Sciences Quarterly 19:11-14.
1991. Gill, D. S. and P. L. Marks. Tree and shrub seedling colonization of old fields in central New York. Ecological Monographs 61:183-205.
  Marks, P. L. Reading the landscape I: Red cedar. Cornell Plantations 46(1-2):7-10.
1992. Marks, P. L. and S. Gardescu. Vegetation of the central Finger Lakes region of New York in the 1790s. Pages 1-35 in Late Eighteenth Century Vegetation of Central and Western New York State on the Basis of Original Land Survey Records. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 484. State Education Department, Albany, New York.
  Marks, P. L. and S. Gardescu. Reading the landscape II: Central New York in the 1790s. Cornell Plantations 47(4):10-16.
1993. Marks, P. L., S. Gardescu, and B. E. Smith. Reading the landscape: III. Changes in the amount of forest since European settlement. Cornell Plantations 48(4):3-8.
  Smith, B. E., P. L. Marks, and S. Gardescu. Two hundred years of forest cover changes in Tompkins County, New York. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120:229-247.
1994. Marks, P. L. Reading the landscape 4: Primary vs. secondary forests. Cornell Plantations 49(2):7-12.
1995. Marks, P. L. Reading the landscape 5: Delayed invasion of secondary forest by beech trees. Cornell Plantations 50(2):9-14.
  Marks, P. L. Ithaca landscape had quiet revolution. The Ithaca Journal, Arts & Leisure Section, Thursday, September 14, 1995, p. 6.
  Marks, P. L. Reading the landscape: Primary vs. secondary forests. Arnoldia 55(3):2-10.
1996. Marks, P. L. (contributor). A Videotape: Biodiversity for Forests and Farms. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University Media Services Resource Center, Ithaca, NY.
1998. Marks, P. L. and S. Gardescu. A case study of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) as a forest seedling bank species. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125:287-296.
  Stover, M. E. and P. L. Marks. Successional vegetation on abandoned cultivated and pastured land in Tompkins County, New York. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125:150-164.
1999. Corbit, M., P. L. Marks, and S. Gardescu. Hedgerows as habitat corridors for forest herbs in Central New York, USA. Journal of Ecology 87:220-232.
  Marks, P. L., S. Gardescu, and G. E. Hitzhusen. Windstorm damage and age structure in an old growth forest in central New York. Northeastern Naturalist 6:165-176.
 2001. Marks, P. L. Reading the Landscape #6: Pastures of Plenty. Cornell Plantations 56(2):20-24.
  Marks, P. L. Pastures of plenty: A case study in field biology. Arnoldia 61(2):22-25.
  Marks, P.L. and S. Gardescu. Inferring forest stand history from observational field evidence. In The historical ecology handbook: A restorationist's guide to reference ecosystems (D. Egan and E. A. Howell, eds.). Island Press, Washington DC. pp. 177-198.
  Singleton, R., S. Gardescu, P. L. Marks, and M. A. Geber. Forest herb colonization of post-agricultural forests in central New York State, USA. Journal of Ecology 18:325-338.
2002. Harcombe, P. A., C. J. Bill, M. Fulton, J. S. Glitzenstein, P. L. Marks and I. S. Elsik. Stand dynamics over 18 years in a southern mixed hardwood forest, Texas, USA. Journal of Ecology 90:947-957.
2003. Carlson, J., E. S. Menges, and P. L. Marks. Seed dispersal by Gopherus polyphemus at Archbold Biological Station, Florida. Florida Scientist 66:147-154.
  Latty, E. F., C. D. Canham, and P. L. Marks. Beech bark disease in northern hardwood forests: the importance of forest history for disease incidence. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:257-268.
  Vellend, M., J. A. Myers, S. Gardescu, and P. L. Marks. Dispersal of Trillium seeds by deer: implications for long-distance migration of forest herbs. Ecology 84:1067-1072.
2004. Flinn K. M., and P. L. Marks. Land use history and forest herb diversity in Tompkins County, New York, USA. Pp. 81-95 in Forest biodiversity: Lessons from history for conservation (O. Honnay, K. Verheyen, B. Bossuyt, and M. Hermy, eds.). CABI Publishing, New York.
  Gardescu, S. and P. L. Marks. Colonization of old fields by trees vs. shrubs: seed dispersal and seedling establishment. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 131:52-67.
  Latty, E. F., C. D. Canham, and P. L. Marks. The Effects of Land-use History on Soil Properties and Nutrient Dynamics in Northern Hardwood Forests of the Adirondack Mountains. Ecosystems 7:193-207.
  Myers, J. A., M. Vellend, S. Gardescu, and P. L. Marks. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139:35-44.

Additional Publications Resulting from
Work Done Under the Direction of P. L. Marks
(grouped by student in order of degree date)

Schlesinger, W. H. 1978. Community structure, dynamics and nutrient cycling in the Okefenokee cypress swamp-forest. Ecol. Monogr. 48:43-65.
Mohler, C. L. 1981. Effects of sample distribution along gradients on eigenvector ordination. Vegetatio 45:141-145.
Mohler, C. L. 1983. Effect of sampling pattern on estimation of species distributions along gradients. Vegetatio 54:97-102.
Putz, F. E. 1983. Liana biomass and leaf area of a "tierra firme" forest in the Rio Negro Basin. Biotropica 15:185-189.
Putz, F. E. 1984. The natural history of lianas on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Ecology 65:1713-1724.
Putz, F. E. 1984. How trees avoid and shed lianas. Biotropica 16:19-23.
Huenneke, L. F. 1981. North American forest types. A review of "Forest Cover Types of North America" by Society of American Foresters. Ecology 62(6):1694-1695 (book review).
Huenneke, L. F. 1982. Wetland forests of Tompkins County, New York. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 109(1):51-63.
Huenneke, L. F. 1983. Understory response to gaps caused by the death of Ulmus americana in central New York. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110(2):170-175.
Huenneke, L. F. 1985. Spatial distribution of genetic individuals in thickets of Alnus incana ssp. rugosa, a clonal shrub. Am. J. Bot. 72:152-158.
Huenneke, L. F. 1987. Demography of a clonal shrub, Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Betulaceae) Am. Midl. Nat. 117:43-55.
Canham, C. D. 1985. Suppression and release during canopy recruitment in Acer saccharum. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112:134-145.
Canham, C. D. 1988. Growth and canopy architecture of shade tolerant trees: response to canopy gaps. Ecology 69:786-795.
Canham, C. D. 1988. An index for understory light levels in and around canopy gaps. Ecology 69:1634-1638.
Canham, C. D. 1990. Suppression and release during canopy recruitment in Fagus grandifolia. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 117:1-7.
Stephenson, N. L. 1990. Climatic control of vegetation distribution: the role of the water balance. American Naturalist 135:649-670.
Gardescu, S. 2004. Herbivory, disease, and mortality of sugar maple seedlings. Northeastern Naturalist 10:253-268.
Walck, J. L. 1994. A contribution to the ecological life history of Senecio antennariifolius. Castanea 59 (1):1-11.
Chinea-Rivera, J. D. 1995. Production, dispersal and dormancy of seeds of Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth., a woody weed of pastures in Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 79:3-4.
Chinea-Rivera, J. D. 1992. Potential of the exotic tree Albizia procera to invade hurricane-disturbed sites of the Bisley area in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 73 (2):139.
Dias-Filho, M. B. 1994. How is fecundity affected by mowing in the tropical weed Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Verbenaceae) ? Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 29(11):1675-1679.
Dias-Filho, M. B. & Dawson, T. E. 1995. Physiological responses to soil moisture stress in two Amazonian gap-invader species. Functional Ecology 9(2):213- 221.
Dias-Filho, M. B. 1995. Root and shoot growth in response to soil drying in seedlings of four Amazonian weedy species. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology 7(1):53-59.
Dias-Filho, M. B. 1995. Physiological response of Vismia guianensis to contrasting light environments. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology 7(1):35-40.
Dias-Filho, M. B., Wise, J. A. & Dawson, T. E. 1995. Irradiance and water deficit effects on gas exchange behavior of two C3 Amazonian weeds. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 30(3):319-325.
Dias-Filho, M. B.; Wise, J. A. & Dawson, T. E. 1993. Irradiance and water deficit effects on gas exchange behavior of two C3 Amazonian weeds. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 74(2):215.
Dias-Filho, M. B. & Dawson, T. E. 1994. Growth, biomass allocation and CO2 exchange in low and high light of two perennial weeds from tropical pastures. Weed Science Society of America Abstracts 34:76.
Dias-Filho, M. B. 1994. Physiological response of an Amazonian gap-invader species to growth under high and low light. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 75 (2):53.
Dias-Filho, M. B. 1995. Root and shoot growth in response to soil drying in four Amazonian weedy species. Weed Science Society of America Abstracts 35: 93.
Singleton, T. A. 1996. The colonization of post-agricultural forest by native forest herbs. In: Program & Abstracts, The New York Natural History Conference IV. New York State Museum, The State Education Department, Albany, New York, p. 19.
Vellend, M. 2002. A pest and an invader: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.) as a seed dispersal agent for honeysuckle shrubs (Lonicera L.). Natural Areas Journal 22: 230-234. 
Vellend, M. 2003. Habitat loss inhibits recovery of plant diversity as forests regrow. Ecology 84: 1158-1164.
Vellend, M. 2003. Island biogeography of genes and species. American Naturalist 162: 358-365.
Vellend, M. 2004. Metapopulation dynamics following habitat loss and recovery: forest herbs in ancient and recent forests. Pp. 163-177 in (O. Honnay, K. Verheyen, B. Bossuyt, and M. Hermy, eds.) Forest biodiversity: Lessons from history for conservation (CABI Publishing, New York).


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