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1 CURRICULUM VITAE THOMAS C. EDWARDS, JR. USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Wildland Resources, College of Natural Resources Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5230 435 797 2529 PH 435 797 4025 FAX [email protected] E-MAIL ella.gis.usu.edu/~utcoop/tce HOME PAGE EDUCATION University of Florida, Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences, Gainesville, Florida 32611 PhD in Wildlife Ecology, 5/87 University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 MS in Biology (Ecology), 12/83 Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife Management, Arcata, California 95521 BS in Wildlife Management, 8/80 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321-5290 National Biological Service, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321-5290 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321-5290 Assistant Leader and Research Ecologist, Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 8/88- current Acting Unit Leader, Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 9/01-8/02 Professor (NT), Department of Wildland Resources, 6/05-current Associate Professor (NT), Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences, 8/02-5/05 Associate Professor (NT), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 8/95-7/02 Assistant Professor (NT), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 8/88-7/95 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environment and Society, 6/05-current Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Environment and Society, 8/02-5/05 GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING 2009-2011 Effects of projected climate change on distribution patterns of Western North America conifers (PI) -USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, $125,000

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CURRICULUM VITAE

THOMAS C. EDWARDS, JR. USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Department of Wildland Resources, College of Natural Resources Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5230

435 797 2529 PH 435 797 4025 FAX [email protected] E-MAIL ella.gis.usu.edu/~utcoop/tce HOME PAGE

EDUCATION University of Florida, Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences, Gainesville, Florida 32611 PhD in Wildlife Ecology, 5/87 University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 MS in Biology (Ecology), 12/83 Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife Management, Arcata, California 95521 BS in Wildlife Management, 8/80

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

84321-5290 National Biological Service, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321-5290 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321-5290 Assistant Leader and Research Ecologist, Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 8/88-

current Acting Unit Leader, Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 9/01-8/02 Professor (NT), Department of Wildland Resources, 6/05-current Associate Professor (NT), Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences, 8/02-5/05 Associate Professor (NT), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 8/95-7/02 Assistant Professor (NT), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 8/88-7/95 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environment and Society, 6/05-current Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Environment and Society, 8/02-5/05

GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING

2009-2011 Effects of projected climate change on distribution patterns of Western North America

conifers (PI) -USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, $125,000

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2009-2012 Assessing the importance of biotic interactions for predicting the impact of climate change on the future distribution of plant assemblages (Co-PI)

-Swiss National Science Foundation, $425,000 CHF 2007-2011 ECOCHANGE: Challenges in assessing and forecasting biodiversity and ecosystem

changes in Europe (Co-PI) -European Union (funded through Swiss Federal Research Lab WSL, Birmensdorf,

Switzerland), $7,000,000€, ($713,170€ WSL) 2007-2009 Upper Colorado River Ecosystem: the identification and modelling of anthropogenic

stressor effects on an ecosystem (PI) -US Fish and Wildlife Service, $120,000 2006-2008 The Las Vegas Valley boundary disposal area: evaluating alternative land-use planning

scenarios and potential relationships with measures of disturbance and area ecological integrity (Co-PI)

-Bureau of Land Management, $750,000 2005-2007 Predicting invasive plant species occurrences in National Parks: a spatially explicit

process for prioritizing prevention (PI) -National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey, $98,500 2004-2009 Integrated resource assessment, inventory and monitoring of wildlife responses to

manipulation of the shrubsteppe enviroment (PI) -Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Federal Partners, $1,120,000 -Natural Resources Conservation Service,$640,000 -S. E. J. Quinney Foundation, $180,000 2004-2006 Habitat modelling of management indicator species on forest lands in the Intermountain

West: a role for the Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data (PI) -USDA Forest Service, $100,000 2001-2004 Development of training opportunities in the design and analysis of research for use in

the management of State of Utah wildlife resources (PI) -Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, $16,000 2000-2004 Design and analysis protocols for survey and manage species under the Pacific Northwest

Forest Plant (PI) -USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, $242,000 2000-2004 Landscape potential for animal species survival, colonization and dispersal in

Switzerland: a spatial simulation study (Co-PI) -Switzerland National Science Foundation, $170,000 CHF 2000-2004 Effects of prescribed burning on terrestrial salamanders in coniferous and mixed-

coniferous forests of the Klamath/Siskiyou Region (PI) -USGS Biological Resources Division, $135,000 2000-2002 Alternative future scenarios for Utah's Wasatch Front (PI) -USGS Biological Resources Division, $50,000 -Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, $15,000 2000-2004 Design and analysis protocols for survey and manage species under the Pacific Northwest

Forest Plant (PI)

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-USDA Forest Service, $192,000 -USGS Biological Resources Division -Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management 1999-2004 A modelling and display environment for forest inventory and monitoring information in

the Intermountain West (PI) Nest-site selection by cavity-nesting birds: connecting patterns of habitat-use among

spatial scales -USDA Forest Service, $225,000 1998-2000 Alternative future scenarios for the California Mojave Desert (Co-PI) -Environmental Protection Agency, $420,000 1996-1999 Modern regression methods for meeting multiple forest inventory objectives: a

comparative study (Co-PI) -USDA Forest Service, $300,000 -USGS Biological Resources Division, $50,000 1995-1996 Assessing risks to biodiversity from possible future landscape changes in southern

California (Co-PI) -Environmental Protection Agency, $350,000 1993-1995 An analysis of genetic variation and population structure in the least (Eutamias minimus)

and Uinta (E. umbrinus) chipmunks (PI) -U.S. Forest Service, $11,000 1992-1999 Gap analysis: a geographic approach for inventorying and monitoring national biological

diversity (PI) Sub-projects included: i. The umbrella species concept and regional conservation planning: is the California

cougar an effective conservation centerpiece for southern California? ii. An evaluation of modeling strategies of conservation reserve designs for terrestrial

vertebrates in Utah iii. Nest site selection as a hierarchical process in six species of cavity-nesting birds in

the Uinta Mountains, Utah iv. Edge matching of state-based Gap Analysis cover-maps in the Great Basin: an

evaluation of techniques v. Development and testing of prototype methodologies for disseminating digital Gap

Analysis data -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $497,500

-National Biological Survey, $750,000 1990-1995 Assessment of biological diversity in the Great Basin ecoregion: a geographic approach

(PI) -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $307,300 -U.S. Forest Service, $94,500 1989-1993 Use of alkaline wetland systems by nongame migratory birds (PI) Subprojects included:

i. Ecology of the snowy plover (Chariadrius alexandrius) in the Great Salt Lake Basin, Utah

ii. Philopatry and nest site fidelity of killdeer

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iii. Temporal and spatial use patterns of the Great Salt Lake by nongame migratory shorebirds

-Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, $109,000 -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $50,000 1989-1991 Behavioral responses of the endangered Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) to

translocation (PI) -Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, $10,000 -Utah State University, $11,900 1989-1991 Effects of landscape composition and fragmentation on owl species distribution and

abundance on the Dixie National Forest, Utah (PI) -U.S. Forest Service, $53,800 1988-1990 Application of GIS methodology to the delineation of winter habitat use patterns of sage

grouse in northeastern Utah (PI) -Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, $31,500 -U.S. Bureau of Land Management, $7,000

GRADUATE STUDENTS DIRECTED

Adam Brewerton (M.S. Candidate) Tentative: Fire effects on ground-nesting passerine birds Jacob Gibson (M.S. Candidate)

Landscape-level stressors in the Upper Colorado River ecosystem Julie Ripplinger (M.S. Candidate) Legacy effetcs in sgaebrush steppe : the key to understanding the future Amy Croft (PhD Candidate, Co-Chair)

Modelling effetcs of urban distrubance fronts on endangered plant species in the Las Vegas metropolitan area

Tammy L. Wilson (PhD Candidate) Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on habitat use of pygmy rabbits: the role of legacy effects

Donovan H. Gross (MS 2008) Mountain pine beetle fecindity and offspring size differ among lodgepole pine and whitebark pine hosts

Russel E. Norvell (PhD 2008) Disturbance as restoration in the Intermountain sagebrush-steppe: effects on non-target bird species

Phoebe L. Zarnetske (MS 2006) Multiple species modelling: the management indicator species issue revisited Glen A. Busch (MS 2005) Development and validation of a logistic regression-based urban growth model for Utah's

Greater Wasatch Area

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Darren DeBloois (MS 2005) Training workshops in the design and analysis of research for use in the management of State

of Utah wildlife resources Donald J. Major (PhD 2004) Effects of prescribed burning on terrestrial salamanders in coniferous and mixed-coniferous

forests of the Klamath/Siskiyou Region David A. Steckel (MS 2003) Effects of urban encroachment on the ecological integrity of military reservations in the

California Mojave Desert Randall J. Schultz (MS 2003) Nest-site selection by cavity-nesting birds: connecting patterns of habitat-use among spatial

scales Kimberly S. Karish (MS 2001) A spatially explicit land valuation model for assessing biological diversity in the Mojave Desert Joshua J. Lawler (PhD 2000) Modelling habitat attributes of cavity-nesting birds in the Uinta Mountains, Utah: a hierarchical

approach Jamie DeNormandie (MS 1999) The umbrella species concept and bioregional conservation planning: a comparative study Tracey S. Frescino (MS 1998) Modelling spatially explicit forest structural attributes using generalized additive mixed models Scott D. Bassett (MS 1998) An evaluation of modeling strategies of conservation reserve designs for terrestrial vertebrates

in Utah Joshua J. Lawler (MS 1997) Nest site selection as a hierarchical process in six species of cavity-nesting birds in the Uinta

Mountains, Utah Suzanne D. Fellows (MS 1995) Philopatry and nest site fidelity of killdeer David Perault (MS 1994) An analysis of genetic variation and population structure in the least (Eutamias minimus) and

Uinta (E. umbrinus) chipmunks Peter W. C. Paton (PhD 1994) Ecology of the snowy plover (Chariadrius alexandrius) in the Great Salt Lake Basin, Utah Anne-Louise Shafer (MS 1993) Effects of landscape composition and fragmentation on owl community dynamics Steve H. Ackers (MS 1992) Behavioral responses of the Utah prairie dog to translocation Collin G. Homer (MS 1990) Application of geographic information systems methodology to the delineation of winter

habitat use patterns of sage grouse in northeastern Utah

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AWARDS AND OTHER HONORS

Recipient, National Cooperative Research Units Recognition Star Award, US Department of Interior, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Co-recipient, 2004 Award of Merit from the Utah American Planning Association for Alternative Future Growth Scenarios for Conserving Open Space.

Co-recipient, The Wildlife Society 2001 Wildlife Publications Award - Outstanding Book Category, 2001.

Recipient, National Cooperative Research Units Recognition Star Award, US Department of Interior, for research on Alternative Futures for the California Mojave Desert, 2000.

Co-recipient, American Association of Landscape Architects 1997 Planning and Urban Design Award for research on Alternative Futures for the Region of Camp Pendleton, California.

Recipient, Special Achievement Award, National Biological Service, 1994 Recipient, Special Achievement Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,

1993 Elective Member, American Ornithologists' Union, 1991 Recipient, Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Award, Florida State Museum, University of Florida, in

recognition of outstanding research and service in the Natural Sciences, 1987 Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1983

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer for: The Auk, Journal of Wildlife Management, Florida Field Naturalist, The Murrelet,

Wilson Bulletin, Journal of Field Ornithology, Condor, Current Ornithology, Conservation Biology, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Remote Sensing and Environment, American Naturalist, Ecological Applications, Landscape Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Environmental Management, Biological Conservation, Journal of Vegetation Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Diversity and Distributions, Ecography

Session chair: American Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Society, Ecological Society of America, International Association of Landscape Ecologists, The Wildlife Society, Annual Gap Analysis Meetings, Wilson Ornithological Society, Fish and Wildlife Conference, Raptor Research, numerous specialized symposia and workshops

General-Secretary, International Association for Landscape Ecology, 2009-current Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Vegetation Science, 2007-current Member, Marbled Murrelet Listing Evaluation Committee, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland,

Oregon, 2004 Member, International Audit Review Team, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Water, Snow and

Landscape Research, Birmesdorf, Switzerland, 2003 Assistant Treasurer, Cooper Ornithological Society, 2003-current Member, Statsictal Advsiroy Group, Survey and Manage Pacific Program, Northwest Forest

Management Plan, 2000-2005

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Member, Scientific Planning Committee for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 1997-1998

Board of Directors, Cooper Ornithological Society, 1993-1996 Member, Ad-hoc Committee on the Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act, The Wildlife

Society, 1991-1992 Member, Buell and Braun Awards Committee, Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the Ecological

Society of America, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992 Member, Shorebird Habitat Management Manual Committee, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 1991-

1992 Member, Research Working Group, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Program, 1991-1993 Associate Editor, Journal of Wildlife Management, 1990-1991 Member, Finance and Investment Committee, Cooper Ornithological Society, 1990-1992 Member, Northern Spotted Owl Listing Team, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 1989-1990 Member, Ad-hoc Committee on the Role of Wildlife Management in Preserving Biological

Diversity, The Wildlife Society, 1989-1990 Member, Snake River Birds of Prey Research Area Technical Review Team, Bureau of Land

Management, 1988-1990

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS International Association for Landscape Ecology United States Chapter American Ornithologists' Union American Statistical Association Cooper Ornithological Society Ecological Society of America The Society for Conservation Biology The Wildlife Society Central Mountains and Plains Section Utah Chapter

PRESENTATIONS

Edwards, T. C., Jr., J. Bolliger, and F. Kienast. Assessing the effectiveness of agro-environmental

conservation programs in maintaining high Alp meadow biodiversity. Invited paper, 2009 Meeting of the European Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Salzburg, Austria, 7/15/2009.

Bolliger, J., T. Dalang, F.Kienast, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Dry grassland meadows of high conservation priority: trade-offs between environmental risks and maintenance costs. Invited paper, 2009 Meeting of the European Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Salzburg, Austria, 7/15/2009.

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Edwards, T. C., Jr., J. Gibson, G. Moisen, and N. Zimmermann. Forecasting climate-induced distribution shifts in Western North American conifers. Invited paper, IUFRO Division 4 Conference on Extending Forest Inventory and Monitoring, Quebec City, Canada, 5/21/2009.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Random Forests: applications to conservation issues (subtitled: Is the forest really better than the tree? And what if you’re in the grasslands?). Invited paper, workshop on Random Forests, 2009 Meeting of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowbird, Utah, 4/15/2009.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. Moisen, A. Guisan, N. Zimmermann, and W. Thullier. Modelling species under global change scenarios: more questions than answers. Invited paper, 2009 Meeting of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowbird, Utah, 4/14/2009.

Ripplinger, J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Quantifying legacy effects of past land-use on shrubsteppe environments. Offered paper, 2009 Meeting of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowbird, Utah, 4/14/2009.

Wilson, T., J. Odei, M. Hooten, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Hierarchical spatial models for pygmy rabbit distribution and abundance. Offered paper, 2009 Meeting of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowbird, Utah, 4/13/2009.

Gibson, J., T. C Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Forecasting climate induced distribution shifts for the conifers of North America’s arid interior west. Offered paper, 2009 Meeting of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowbird, Utah, 4/13/2009.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Time and species distribution modelling: a conceptual process for movig beyond static prediction maps. Invited paper, Third Workshop on Species Distribution Modelling, Riederalp, Swizterland, 8/11/08.

Wilson, T. L., M. B. Hooten, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Improving habitat models for rare and inconspicuous species: A multi-part conditional approach. Poster presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 8/6/06.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Valdiating forecast models under global change scenarios: the key to utility and application. Invited paper, Annual Meeting on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Changes in Europe (ECOCHANGE), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 5/12/08.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Species distribution models in conservation #2 – validation as the key to proper application. Online presentation to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 3/20/08.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Species distribution models in conservation #1 - the statistics that underlie them. Online presentation to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 2/7/08.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Assessing the usefulness of future landscape projections: some simple solutions to a complex issue. Invited paaper, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1/29/08.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Predicting the likelihood of nesting habitat for the northern goshawk: the case of the missing absence. Invited paper, U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management, Portland, Oregon, USA, 12/7/07.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Species distribution models in conservation I: the statistics that build them.

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Invited shortcourse presentation (distance education), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 11/7/07. Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, J. L. Lawler, T. Frescino, R. Schultz, and P. Zarnetske.

Challenges in the use of extant data for modelling wildlife habitats: the USDA Forest Inventory and Analysis Experience. Invited paper, The Wildlife Society 14 th Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizon, 9/25/07.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. Busch, R. J. Lilieholm, and R. E Toth. Alternative Future Growth Scenarios for Utah’s Wasatch Front: assessing the impacts of development on the loss of prime agricultural lands. Invited paper, The International Assiociation of Landscape Ecology World Congress 2007, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 7/10/07.

Edwards, T.C., Jr. Landscape classification models in ecology: effects of sample design on model accuracy and prediction. Invited paper, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6/15/07.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Species habitat models for conservation: models, models, everywhere, and not a thought to think. Plenary Speaker at special symposium on Canada’s Species at Risk Act: The Identification of Critical Habitat, The Sixth International Science and the Management of Protected Areas (SAMPAA), Wolfville, Noca Scotia, Canada, 5/23/07.

Wilson, T. L., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Evaluating habitat use and connectivity using occupancy and density indices. Poster presented at the 2007 US International Association of Landscape Ecology, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 4/10/07.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistcs: the fine art of species dsitribuion models. Invited paper, Wageningen University and Research Centre - Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 3/19/07.

Edwards, T.C., Jr. Spatially explicit conservation modelling: from the ecolgical to the cultural landscape. Invited paper, Swiss Federal Research Lab WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 3/9/07.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., P. L. Zarnetske, and G.G. Moisen. FIA-based habitat models for sensitive species: the case of the missing absence. Invited paper, the Eighth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, Monterey, California, 10/18/06.

Edwards, T.C., Jr., D.R. Cutler, K. Beard, K. Hess, and D. Sarr. Predicting invasive plant species in national parks. Invited paper, Thirty-third Annual Natural Areas Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, 9/22/06.

Zarnetske, P.S., T.C. Edwards, Jr., and G.G. Moisen. Pushing the envelope: habitat classification modeling with incomplete data. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, Tennessee, 8/9/06.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., D. R. Cutler, N. E. Zimmermann, L Geiser and G. G. Moisen. Landscape-level classification models in ecology: effects of sample survey design on prediction accuracy. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Symposium of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Regional Association, San Diego, California, 3/30/06.

Zarnetske, P. S., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Bioregional species distribution modeling with pseudo-absence points. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Symposium of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Regional Association, San Diego, California, 3/31/06.

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Zarnetske, P. S., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Wildlife Habitat Suitability Modeling with Incomplete Data: Incorporating Ecological Pseudo-Absence Points. Poster presented at the

Utah Wildlife Society 2006 Annual Meeting, Moab, Utah, 3/2/061. Edwards, T.C., Jr. Monitoring in the 21st Century: A framework for meeting the challenges.

Plenary paper, Utah Wildlife Society 2006 Annual Meeting, Moab, Utah, 3/1/06. Edwards, T. C., Jr., D. R. Cutler, and K. Beard. A process for determining the likelihood of

invasive establishment in national parks. Paper presented at the National Park Service Annual Inventory and Monitoring Meeting, San Diego, California, 2/7/06.

Edwards, T.C., Jr., N.E. Zimmerman, G.G. Moisen, T.S. Frescino, J.A. Blackard. Testing the partial contributions of remotely sensed and topo-climatic predictors for tree species habitat modeling in Utah. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, Portland, Maine, 10/07/05.

Zarnetske, P. S., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Modeling forest bird species' likelihood of occurrences with FIA and LANDFIRE vegetation models and generated pseudo-absence points. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Forest Inventory And Analysis Symposium, Portland, Maine, 10/06/05.

Moisen, G.G., E.A. Freeman, J.A. Blackard, T.S. Frescino, N.E. Zimmerman, T.C. Edwards, Jr. Predicting tree species presence and basal area in Utah: a comparison of stochastic gradient boosting, generalized additive models, and tree-based methods. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, Portland, Maine, 10/06/05.

Zarnetske, P. S., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Modelling forest bird species habitat with known presence points and generated psuedo-absence points in Utah. Paper presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada, 8/10/052.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., D. R. Cutler, and K. Beard. Predictive modelling of invasive plants on National Park lands: a preliminary analysis. Paper presented at the National Park Service Annual Inventory and Monitoring Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 8/9/05.

Lilieholm, R.J., R.E. Toth, and T.C. Edwards, Jr. 2005. The Impact of Alternative Future Growth Scenarios on Open Space Conservation along Utah's Wasatch Front. Invited paper,

2ndInternational Conference on Sustainable Planning & Development, Bologna, Italy, 9/13/05. Busch, G., R.J. Lilieholm, R.E. Toth, and T.C. Edwards, Jr. Assessing the Impacts of urban

development on the loss of prime agricultural lands along Utah's Wasatch Front. Invited paper,

5th International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Cadiz, Spain, 5/4/05.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Shrubsteppe monitoring and avian species management. Presented paper, 2005 Meeting of the Utah Partners in Flight , Sherwood Hills, Utah, 4/15/05.

Toth, R.E., R.J. Lilieholm, and T.C. Edwards, Jr. Alternative future's for Utah's Wasatch Front: the conservation of open space. Invited paper, 2005 Conference on Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 3/14/05.

1Winner of the The 2006 Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society Best Poster Award. 2Winner of the 2005 E. Lucy Braun Award for the Best Student Poster, Ecological Society of America.

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Edwards, T.C., Jr., D.R. Cutler, and N.E. Zimmermann. Model-based stratifications for enhancing survey detetcion rates of rare species. Invited paper, Monitoring Science and Technology Symposium, Denver, Colorado, 9/22/04.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Classification approaches for modelling animal species distributions. Invited paper, 2004 Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto, Canada, 8/10/04.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., R. Cutler, and J. Alegria. Using FIA data to develop model-assisted designs for samping rare ecological events. Presented paper, Joint Meeting of the 5th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium and The Southern Mensurationists, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11/18/03.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., R. E. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Modeling the urban-wildland interface: open space planning along Utah's Wasatch Front. Invited paper, Utah Rural Summit 2003: Collaborative Planning in the Intermountain West, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, 7/8/03.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Spatially explicit conservation modelling: from the ecological to the cultural landscape. Invited paper, Department of Fishery and Wildlife, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 7/29/03.

Toth, R. E., R. J. Lilieholm, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Designing the right process: Case study #2 - The Mojave Desert. Invited paper, Workshop on Regional Collaboration: Learning to Think and Act Like a Region, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4/9/03.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. A process for integrating the vision of landscape ecology. Invited paper, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Water, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 1/28/03.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and R. J. Schultz. Linking FIA products and wildlife habitat modelling. Invited paper, Joint Meeting of the 4th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium and The Southern Mensurationists, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11/20/02.

Schultz, R. J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Development and validation of predictive models of cavity nesting bird habitat in the Fishlake National Forest. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the 4th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium and The Southern Mensurationists, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11/19/02.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., R Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Alternative Futures for Uath's Wasatch Front: the conservation of open space. Invited paper, International Conference on Landscape Planning: Landscape Planning in the Era of Globalization, Portoroz, Slovenia, 11/8/02.

Lilieholm, R. J., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R Toth. Alternative future growth scenarios for the California Mojave Desert: assessing the impacts of growth on biodiversity. Invited paper, International Conference on Landscape Planning: Landscape Planning in the Era of Globalization, Portoroz, Slovenia, 11/8/02.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. The analysis of rare ecological events: lichens and the interface between science and policy in the area of the Pacific Northwest Forest Plan. Invited paper, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada, 9/5/02.

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Schultz, R. J., Jr., T. C. Edwards, Jr., G. G. Moisen, and T. S. Frescino. Scale dependency in habitat selection by cavity nesting birds in Fishlake National Forest, Utah. Poster presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona, 8/5/02.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Species distribution modelling: lessons learned, opportunities unveiled. Plenary paper, Twelfth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, USFWS NCTC, Shepardstown, West Virginia, 8/1/02.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. Modelling multiple ecological scales: linking landscape theory to wildlife habitat conservation. Invited paper, Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland, Frostburg, Maryland, 4/11/02.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. Modelling multiple ecological scales: linking landscape theory to wildlife habitat conservation. Invited paper, USDA FS Forest Inventory and Analysis Program Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 3/12/02.

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Modeling the habitat implications of alternative future development scenarios in the California Mojave Desert. Invited Paper, Resource, Economics, and Policy Seminar Series, University of Maine, Bangor, Maine, 11/29/01.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. Use of forest inventory and analysis information in wildlife habitat modelling: a process for linking multiple scales. Invited paper, Thirty-Fifth Midwest Forest Mensurationists' Meeting, Traverse City, Michigan, 10/17/01.

Cutler, R, T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. Alegria, and D. McKenzie. Sampling natural environments for rare plant and animal species. Invited paper, 2001 Meeting of the American Statistical Association, Joint Statistcal Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia, 8/5/01.

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Population, land use change, and species endangerment in the California Mojave: alternative futures. Invited paper, International Conference on Population and the Environment: Modeling and Simulating this Complex Interaction Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, 5/17/01.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Futures modelling: a conceptual approach for defining and evaluating future cultural landscapes. Invited paper, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 3/28/01.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Modelling fine scale attributes of forest habitats. Invited paper, The Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Ecology, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 3/19/01.

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Population, Land Use Change, and Species Endangerment in the California Mojave: Alternative Futures. Presented paper, 2001 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., 3/20/01.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Landscape-scale geographic information system assessment and monitoring of wildlife habitats. Invited paper, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Joint Wildlife/Habitat Section Training Meeting, Evanston, Wyoming, 3/14/01.

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Land use futures in the California Mojave Desert: integrating social, economic, and biophysical dimensions. Invited Paper, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 10/10/00.

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Edwards, T. C., Jr. Alternative futures for the Mojave Desert: blending socio-economic and environmental information for regional land-use and conservation planning. Invited paper, USGS Economic and Social Science Seminar Series, USGS-Reston, Reston, Virginia, 9/27/00.

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Land use futures in the California Mojave: integrating social, economic, and biophysical dimensions. Invited paper, Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Regional Association, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 4/17/00.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Alternative futures in the California Mojave Desert: an integrated land-use planning framework for evaluating land-use impacts on and around military installations. Invited paper, North American Wildlife Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 3/28/00.

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Potential human impacts on biodiversity: the Californoia Mojave as a case study. Poster presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, California, 3/24/00.3

Hunter, L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and R. J. Lilieholm. Population and Development in the California Mojave: Modelling Future Habitat Loss. Invited Paper, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 3/14/01.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. An hierarchical approach to modelling habitat affinities of cavity nesting birds Invited paper, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 3/14/00.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Linking remotely-sensed environmental information with regional forest inventories to model forest structure: methods and applications Invited paper, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 3/13/00.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Assessing accuracy of ecological models: Invited paper, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2/2/00.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and G. G. Moisen. The 7 Faces of Dr. Accuracy: an overview of issues facing proper validation of ecological models. Invited paper, Symposium on Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy, Snowbird, UT, 10/20/99.

Edwards, T. C., R. J. Lilieholm, L. Hunter, R. E. Toth, and J. A. MacMahon. A conceptual framework for modelling thresholds in futures landscapes. Keynote paper, An International Symposium on Advances in Research for Natural Resource Planning and Management across Regional Landscapes, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 9/27/99.

DeNormandie, J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. The umbrella species concept and bioregional conservation planning: a comparative study. Poster presented at the Fifth World Congress, International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowmass, Colorado, 8/1/99.

Frescino, T. S., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Development and validation of forest habitat models in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Poster presented at the 5th World Congress of International Association of Landscape Ecology, Snowmass, Colorado, 8/1/99.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, and T. S. Frescino. Modelling landscape-level forest attributes using modern regression tools: methods and applications. Poster presented at the 5th World Congress of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Snowmass, Colorado, 8/1/99.

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Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. Linking remotely-sensed environmental information with regional forest inventories to model forest structure: methods and applications. Invited paper, International Union of Forest Research Organizations Conference on Remote Sensing and Forest Monitoring, Rogow, Poland, 6/2/99.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Bioregional conservation planning: modelling the optimal spatial placement of wilderness reserves in Utah, United States. Invited paper, Swiss Federal Institute of Snow, Forest and Landscape Ecology, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 5/24/99.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and S. D. Bassett. Bioregional conservation planning: the case of Wilderness designation in Utah. Invited paper, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 2/8/99.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and G. G. Moisen. Linking remotely-sensed environmental information with regional forest inventories to model forest structure. Invited paper, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego California, 11/2/98.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., T. S. Frescino. Expanding applications, data, and models in a forest inventory of northern Utah, USA. Invited paper, Toward a Unified Framework for Inventorying and Monitoring Forest Ecosystem Resources, Guadalajara, Mexico, 11/4/98.

Frescino, T. S., G. G. Moisen, and T. C. Edwards. Development and validation of forest habitat models in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Poster presented at the meeting on Modelling Forest Habitat Structure: Integrated Tools For Natural Resources Inventories In The 21st Century, Society of American Foresters, Boise, Idaho, 8/19/98.

Frescino, T. S., G. G. Moisen, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Development and validation of forest habitat models. Poster presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, 8/11/98.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. Modelling vegetation structure using modern regression techniques: methods and applications. Invited paper, Eighth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Santa Barbara, California, 7/23/98.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Wilderness designation Utah: the right idea but the wrong places. Invited paper, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 4/21/98.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and S. D. Bassett. Bioregional conservation planning using a multi-species modelling approach: the economy of pragmatism and the pitfall of ecological reality. Invited paper, Thirteenth Annual Conference of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 3/18/98.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and D. Van Hooser. Merging regional forest inventory data with satellite-based information through non-linear regression methods. Poster presented at the Second Annual Fusion of Earth Data Conference, Sophia Antipolis, France, 1/29/98.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: the role of science. Plenary paper, The Grand Staircase-Escalante Natural Science Symposium, Cedar City, Utah, 11/4/97.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and D. R. Cutler. The broad-scale prediction of forest structure through extensions to generalized additive models. Poster presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 8/14/97.

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Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and D. R. Cutler. The broad-scale prediction of forest structure through extensions to generalized additive models. Invited paper, 1997 Joint Statistical Meetings, Anaheim, California, 8/10/97.

Bassett, S. D., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Modelling biodiversity for policy makers: wilderness designation in Utah. Paper presented at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Annual Assembly and Summer Retreat, Bar Harbor, Maine, 6/18/97.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and S. D. Bassett. Wilderness designation in Utah: modelling impacts on land-cover and vertebrate diversity. Invited paper, USGS Biological Resources Division Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2/25/97.

Moisen, G. G., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Linking digital cover-maps with regional forest inventory data: the broad-scale prediction of forest structure. Invited paper, USGS Biological Resources Division Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2/26/97.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen and C. G. Homer. Linking satellite information with broad-scale forest inventories: modelling strategies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the USFS Timber Staff Officers, Ogden, Utah, 12/4/96.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and R. D. Cutler. Exploration and mapping of forest resources through smooth extensions to generalized linear mixed model. Poster presented at the Modelling longitudinal and spatially correlated data: methods, applications and future directions conference, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 10/17/96.

McCune, M. W., K. Thomas, T. C. Edwards, Jr., and C. G. Homer. Protection status of cover-types in the Mojave Ecoregion. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, Florida, 7/17/96.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and R. D. Cutler. Sampling and analysis strategies for assessing map accuracy in ecoregion-scale cover-maps. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, Florida, 7/17/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., E. Deshler, D. Foster, and G. G. Moisen. Adequacy of wildlife habitat models for estimating spatial distributions of terrestrial vertebrates. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, Florida, 7/17/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and S. D. Bassett. A spatial analysis of protection afforded land-cover and terrestrial vertebrate diversity in Utah. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, Florida, 7/17/96.

Bassett, S. D., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and C. G. Homer. Attribute-based aggregation algorithm for generalizing thematic maps. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, Florida, 7/17/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, and R. D. Cutler. Sampling and analysis strategies for assessing map accuracy in ecoregion-scale cover-maps. Poster presented at the Second International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 5/21/96.

Moisen, G. G., D. R. Cutler, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Generalized linear mixed models for analyzing error in a satellite-based vegetation map of Utah. Paper presented at the Second International

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Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 5/21/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Avifauna conservation and the urban interface: alternative futures in the Camp Pendleton region. Invited paper, Symposium on Bird Conservation Along the Urban Interface, 66th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, San Diego, California, 3/29/96.

Bischoff, C. M., T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. J. Lawler, and K. A. Sullivan. Passerine nesting success in the Uinta Mountains. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, San Diego, California, 3/30/96.

Lawler, J. J., T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. M. Bischoff, and K. A. Sullivan. The effect of cover on nesting success in Uinta Mountain passerines. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, San Diego, California, 3/30/96.

Sullivan, K. A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. M. Bischoff, and J. J. Lawler. Nest sire selection by passerines in the Uinta Mountains: Is it random? Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, San Diego, California, 3/30/96.

Fellows, S. D., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Nest site fidelity of killdeer at Great Salt Lake, Utah. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 3/1/96.

Bischoff, C. M., T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. J. Lawler, and K. A. Sullivan. Nesting success of neotropical migrant birds in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 3/1/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Utah Gap Analysis--an environmental information system. Invited paper, Annual Meeting of the Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2/28/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and S. D. Bassett. A spatial analysis of protection afforded land-cover and terrestrial vertebrate diversity in Utah. Poster presented at the Third International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modelling, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1/23/96.

Moisen, G. G., D. R. Cutler, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Generalized linear mixed models for analyzing error in a satellite-based vegetation map of Utah. Poster presented at the Third International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modelling, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1/23/96.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Reserve planning in Utah: a spatial analysis of protection afforded land-cover and terrestrial vertebrate diversity. Invited paper, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 10/19/95.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., E. Deshler, D. Foster, and G. G. Moisen. Adequacy of wildlife habitat models for estimating spatial distributions of terrestrial vertebrates. Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Portland, Oregon, 9/15/95.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., S. D. Bassett, and C. G. Homer. Wilderness designation in Utah: a spatial analysis of protection afforded land-cover and terrestrial vertebrate diversity. Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Gap Analysis Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 8/8/95.

McCune, M, T. C. Edwards, Jr., S. D. Bassett, and C. G. Homer. The Mojave ecoregion. Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Gap Analysis Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 8/8/95.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, and R. D. Cutler. Use of cluster sampling to assess map accuracy of remotely-sensed cover-maps. Paper presented at the Eightyth Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah, 8/1/95.

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Edwards, T. C. Jr. Development and validation of an environmental information system for conservation planning. Invited paper, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, 3/9/95.

Edwards, T. C. Jr. Utah Gap Analysis: development and validation of an environmental information system. Invited paper, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, 2/28/95.

Falconer, A, D. D. Wight, T. C. Edwards, Jr., S. D. Bassett, and C. G. Homer. Issues of GIS: "database thinking" and database structure. Invited paper, ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention, Charlotte, NC, 2/28/95.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Use of geographic information systems for conservation planning. Invited Paper, Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 9/21/94

Edwards, T. C., Jr., C. G. Homer, S. D. Bassett, A. Falconer, R. D. Ramsey, and G. G. Moisen. Utah Gap Analysis: an information system for conservation planning. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 7/20/94

Edwards, T. C., Jr., E. Deshler, D. Foster, and G. G. Moisen. Adequacy of wildlife habitat relation models for estimating spatial distributions of terrestrial vertebrates. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 7/19/94.

Bassett, S. D., C. G. Homer, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Aggregating raster level vegetation data to variable minimum mapping units. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 7/19/94.

Homer, C. G., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Digital vegetation mapping using multiple TM scene mosaics. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 7/19/94.

Falconer, A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. G. Homer, S. D. Bassett, and D. Wight. Dissemination of Gap Analysis information to the user: an integrated approach. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 7/19/94.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and D. R. Cutler. Assessing map uncertainty in Gap Analysis cover maps: incorporation of a cost function. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 7/19/94.

Sullivan, K. A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. M. Bischoff, and J. Shupe. Mortality factors affecting nest success of neotropical migrants in the Uinta Mountains. Paper presented at the 112th State Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Missoula, Montana, 6/24/94.

Perault, D. R., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. An analysis of genetic variation and population structure in the least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Washington, D.C., 6/18/94.

Bassett, S. D., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and C. H. Homer. Gap Analysis: a geographic information systems approach to the spatial inventorying of biodiversity. Paper presented at the 1994 ASPRS/ACSM Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 4/26/94.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and J. M. Scott. Gap Analysis: a tool for the management of biodiversity. Invited paper, Association of American Geographers 90th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 4/2/94

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Falconer, A, R. D. Ramsey, D. Wight, T. C. Edwards, Jr., and C. H. Homer. Gap Analysis: a national biodiversity analysis built with geographic tools. Invited paper, Association of American Geographer's 90th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 4/2/94.

Scott, J. M., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Gap Analysis: a spatial approach to identifying representative areas for maintaining biodiversity. Invited paper, Association of American Geographer's 90th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 4/2/94.

Homer, C. H., T. C. Edwards, Jr., S. D. Bassett, C. Crosby, A. Falconer, D. Wight, and R. D. Ramsey. Maps and data for Gap Analysis: the Utah prototype for state reports on biodiversity developed using ERDAS Imagine 8.0.1. Paper presented at the ERDAS user's Group Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 10/12/93.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and J. M. Scott. Use of Gap Analysis in the management of biological diversity. Invited paper, International Union of Game Biologists, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 8/19/93.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Use of Gap Analysis in the management of biological diversity. Invited paper, U.S. Forest Service Shortcourse on Wildlife Habitat Management, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 10/22/93.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, and D. R. Cutler. Spatial sampling to assess classification accuracy of remotely sensed data. Invited paper, The First Environmental Information Management and Analysis Symposium, National Science Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5/21/93.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Management of biodiversity: a new role for traditional game and fish agencies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Utah Wildlife Society, St. George, Utah, 2/24/93.

Paton, W. P. C., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Breeding biology of snowy plovers in Utah. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Utah Wildlife Society, St. George, Utah, 2/24/93.

Ramsey, R. D., C. G. Homer, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1993. Gap analysis land cover map for the state of Utah: a hierarchical data base. Paper presented at the Joint American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2/16/93.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., J. M. Scott, and O. Garten. Gap Analysis: a tool for assessing regional status of neotropical migrant birds. Invited paper, National Training Workshop on the Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds, Estes Park, Colorado, 9/23/92.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and A. L. Shafer. Effects of landscape composition and fragmentation on owl species distribution in southern Utah. Paper presented at the Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Honolulu, Hawaii, 8/11/92.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., C. Homer, and J. M. Scott. Gap analysis: a geographic approach for assessing national biodiversity. Invited paper, Symposium on Mapping Tomorrow's Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 4/24/92.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Gap Analysis: a program for assessing biological diversity in the United States. Invited paper, Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Animal Ecology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR, 8/20/91.

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Ackers, S. H., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Behavioral responses of Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens) to translocation. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Madison, Wisconsin, 6/20/91.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Biological diversity as the framework for resource decisions. Invited paper, U.S. Forest Service Shortcourse on Management of Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes in the Rocky Mountains, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 6/13/91.

Homer, C. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and R. D. Ramsey. Modelling sage grouse winter habitat with Landsat TM in a GIS. Paper presented at the Second National U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Geographic Information Systems Workshop, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 6/11/91.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Application of Gap Analysis to small management units. Invited paper, U.S. Forest Service seminar on nongame birds, Cedar City, Utah, 4/24/91.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Beyond gap analysis. Paper presented at the Workshop on Gap Analysis: Protecting Biodiversity Using Geographic Information Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 10/31/90.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Behavioral concepts and mechanisms of habitat preference and selection. Invited paper, U.S. Forest Service Shortcourse on Wildlife Habitat Management, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 5/15/90.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Biological diversity as the framework for resource decisions. Invited paper, U.S. Forest Service Shortcourse on Managing Forest Structure and Composition, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 9/14/89.

Ackers, S. H., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Behavioral effects of translocation on the endangered Utah prairie dog: a preliminary analysis. Paper presented at the 1989 Meeting of the Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Team, Bryce Canyon, Utah, 9/11/89.

Homer, C. G., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. Use of geographic information systems to model sage grouse winter habitat. Paper presented at the 1989 Western Sage Grouse Conference, Moses Lake, Washington, 7/19/89.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. The Society for Conservation Biology and The Wildlife Society: strange but unwilling bedfellows. Invited paper, U.S. Forest Service Shortcourse on Wildlife Habitat Management, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 5/17/89, 5/16/90, 5/16/91.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., D. H. Rusch, K. F. Abraham, and M. Gillespie. Survivorship in Canada geese: costs and benefits to the use of traditional migratory routes and wintering sites. Invited paper, Symposium on Long-term Ecological Studies of Birds, Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting of The Cooper Ornithological Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 6/23/89.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Seasonal differences in prey preference patterns of ospreys. Paper presented at the One Hundred and Fifth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 8/13/87.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Temporal and social aspects of the ontogeny of foraging in ospreys. Invited seminar, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland, 2/11/87.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. The role of post-fledging social interactions in the development of foraging skills in osprey. Paper presented at the Fifty-first Annual Meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation, Gainesville, Florida, 11/21/86.

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Edwards, T. C., Jr. The ontogeny of foraging in ospreys. Paper presented at the One Hundred and Fourth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 8/20/86.

Collopy, M. W., T. C. Edwards, Jr., M. N. Kochert, and K. Steenhof. Secondary sex ratio in golden eagles. Paper presented at the One Hundred and Fourth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 8/20/86.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Nest-tree characteristics of ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) in north-central Florida. Paper presented at the Sixty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 4/18/86.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Obligate and facultative brood reduction in eagles. Paper presented at the Forty-ninth Annual Meeting of The Raptor Research Foundation, Blacksburg, Virginia, 10/28/84.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Ecological correlates of the cooperatively breeding gray-breasted jay, Aphelocoma ultramarina, in southwestern New Mexico. Paper presented at the Fifty-third Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5/19/83.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. Factors influencing the occurrence of fratricide in eagles. Paper presented at the One-Hundredth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Chicago, Illinois, 10/11/82.

BOOK Edwards, T. C., Jr., and D. R. Cutler. The analysis of ecological data using R. In press,

Chapman/CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. PUBLICATIONS

Bolliger, J., T. Dalang, T. C. Edwards, Jr., F. Kienast, S. Ismail, and I. Seidl. Dry grassland

meadows of high conservation priority: trade-offs between environmental risks and maintenance costs. Accepted, Conservation Biology.

Zimmerman, N. E., N. G. Yoccoz, T. C. Edwards, Jr., E. S. Meier, W. Thuiller, A. Guisan, D. R. Schmatz, and P. B. Pearman. Do climatic extremes explain tree species spatial patterns at a regional scale? Accepted, Proceedings of tha National Academy of Sciences.

Edwards, T.C., Jr., D. R. Cutler, and K. H. Beard. Accepted. Using statistical models to predict the riskof occurrence of invasive plants in national parks. Pages XX in B. Welch, editor. Tools for prioritizing, predicting and managing invasive plants on public lands.

Cutler, D. R., Edwards, T. C., Jr., Beard, K. H., Cutler, A., Hess, K. T., Gibson, J., and J. J. Lawler. 2007. Random Forests for classification in ecology. Ecology 88:2783-2792.

Zarnetske, P. L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. 2007. Habitat classification modelling with incomplete data: pushing the habitat envelope. Ecological Applications 17:1714-1726.

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Zimmermann, N. E., Moisen, G. G., Edwards, T. C., Jr., Frescino, T. S., and J. A. Blackard. 2007. Testing the partial contributions of remotely-sensed and topo-climatic predictors for tree species modelling in Utah. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:1057-1067.

Zimmermann, N. E., R. A. Washington-Allen, R. D. Ramsey, M. E. Schaepman, L. Mathys, B. Kötz, M. Kneubuehler, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2007. Modern remote sensing for environmental monitoring of landscape states and trajectories. Pages 65-91 in F. Kienast, O. Wildi, and S. Ghosh, editors. A changing world: challenges for landscape research. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., D. R. Cutler, N. E. Zimmermann, L. Geiser, and G. G. Moisen. 2006. Effects of underlying sample survey designs on the utility of classification tree models in ecology. Ecological Modelling 199:132-141.

Moisen G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and P. E. Osborne. 2006. Further advances in predicting species distributions. Ecological Modelling 199:129-131.

Moisen G. G., E. A. Freeman, J. A. Blackard, T. S. Frescino, N. E. Zimmermann, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2006. Predicting tree species presence and basal area in Utah: a comparison of stochastic gradient boosting, generalized additive models, and tree-based methods. Ecological Modelling 199:176-187.

Moisen G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and P. E. Osborne, Guest Editors. 2006. Predicting species distributions: results from a second workshop on advances in predictive species distribution models. Ecological Modelling (Special Issue) 199:129-216. (8 papers)

Lawler, J. J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2006. A variance-decomposition approach to investigating multi-scale habitat associations. Condor 108:47-58.

Busch, G., R.J. Lilieholm, R.E. Toth, and T.C. Edwards, Jr. 2005. Alternative future growth scenarios for Utah's Wasatch Front: assessing the impacts of development on the loss of prime agricultural lands. Transactions on Ecology & the Environment 80:247-256.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., Cutler, R., N. E. Zimmermann, L. Geiser, and J. Alegria. 2005. Model-based stratifications for enhancing the detection of rare ecological events. Ecology 86:1081-10904.

DeNormandie, J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. The umbrella species concept and regional conservation planning in southern California: a comparative study. Accepted contingent on revision, Conservation Biology.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., Cutler, R., L. Geiser, J. Alegria, and D. McKenzie. 2004. Assessing rarity and seral stage association of species with low detectability: lichens in western Oregon and Washington forests. Ecological Applications 14:414-424.

Hunter, L. M., M. de J. Gonzalez, R. E. Toth, T. C. Edwards, Jr., and R. J. Lilieholm. 2003. Population and development in the California Mojave Desert: natural habitat implications of alternative futures. Population Research and Policy Review 22:373-397.

Bassett, S. D., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2003. Effect of different sampling schemes on the spatial placement of conservation reserves in Utah, USA. Biological Conservation 113:141-151.

4Invited paper, Ecology Special Features section on Statistics and Species Rarity.

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Guisan, A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and T. Hastie, Guest Editors. 2002. Advances in GLM/GAM modelling: from species' distribution to environmental management. Ecological Modelling (Special Issue) 157:89-341. (16 papers)

Guisan, A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and T. Hastie. 2002. Generalized regression modeling in ecological research: setting the scene. Ecological Modelling 157:89-100.

Cutler, R., T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. Alegria, and D. McKenzie. 2002. A sample design framework for Survey and Manage species under the Northwest Forest Plan. Proceedings of the Section on Statistics and Environment, 2001 Joint Statistical Meeting, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. 2002. Modeling multiple ecological scales to link landscape theory to wildlife conservation. Pages 153-172 in J. A. Bissonette and I. Storch, editors. Landscape ecology and resource management: making the linkages. Island Press, Covelo, California, USA.

Lawler, J. J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2002. Landscape patterns as predictors of nesting habitat: a test using four species of cavity-nesting birds. Landscape Ecoogy 17:233-245.

Lawler, J. J., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2002. Composition of cavity-nesting bird communities in montane aspen woodland fragments: the roles of landscape context and forest structure. Condor 104:890-896.

Frescino, T. S., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. 2001. Modelling spatially explicit forest structural variables using generalized additive models. Journal of Vegetation Science 12:15-26.

Johnson, C. W., G. Bentrup, D. Rol, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1999. Conservation corridor planning at the landscape level: managing for wildlife habitat. National Biology Handbook 190-VI, USDA National Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C.5

Moisen, G. G., D. R. Cutler, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1999. Generalized linear mixed models for analyzing error in a satellite-based vegetation map of Utah. Pages 37-44 in H. T. Mowrer and R. G. Congalton, Editors. Quantifying spatial uncertainty in natural resources. Theory and applications for GIS and remote sensing, Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, Michigan, USA.

Moisen, G. G., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1999. Use of generalized linear models and digital data in a forest inventory of northern Utah. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 4:164-182.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and D. Van Hooser. 1998. Merging regional forest inventory data with satellite-based information through non-linear regression methods. Pages 123-129 in T. Ranchin and L. Wald, editors. Fusion of earth data: merging point measurements, raster maps and remotely sesnsed images, SEE/URISCA, Nice, France.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, and D. R. Cutler. 1998. Assessing map uncertainty in remotely-sensed, ecoregion-scale cover-maps. Remote Sensing and Environment 63:73-83.

Perault, D. R., P. G. Wolf, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1997. A hierarchical analysis of genetic variation and population structure in the least (Eutamias minimus) and Uinta (E. umbrinus) chipmunks. Journal of Mammalogy 78:134-145.

5Recipient of The Wildlife Society 2001 Wildlife Publications Award - Outstanding Book Category.

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Homer, C. H., Ramsey, R. D., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and A. Falconer. 1997. Landscape cover-type modelling using a multi-scene TM mosaic. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 63:59-67.

Falconer, A. F., D. W. Wight, R. D. Ramsey, T. C. Edwards, Jr., S. D. Bassett, and C. G. Homer. 1996. Issues of GIS: "database thinking" and database structure. Pages 259-268 in J. M. Scott, T. H. Tear, and F. W. Davis, editors. Gap Analysis: a landscape approach to biodiversity planning, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Paton, P. W. C., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1996. Effects of site quality and prior nest success on interyear movement patterns of snowy plovers. Auk 113:534-543.

Moisen, G. G., R. D. Cutler, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1996. Generalized linear mixed models for analyzing error in a satellite-based vegetation map of Utah. Pages 459-466 in H. T. Mowrer, R. L. Czaplewski, and R. H. Hamre, editors. Spatial accuracy assessment in natural resources and environmental sciences, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GTR-277.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1996. Data defensibility and Gap Analysis. BioScience 46:75-77. Edwards, T. C., Jr., E. Deshler, D. Foster, and G. G. Moisen. 1996. Adequacy of wildlife habitat

relation models for estimating spatial distributions of terrestrial vertebrates. Conservation Biology 10:263-270.

Scott J. M., E. D. Ables, T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. L. Eng, T. A. Gavin, L. D. Harris, J. B. Haufler, W. M. Healy, F. L. Knopf, O. Torgerson, and H. P. Weeks. 1995. Conservation of biological diversity: Perspectives and the future for the wildlife profession. Wildlife Society Bulletin 23:646-657.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., C. H. Homer, S. D. Bassett, and A. Falconer. 1995. Protection status of vegetation cover-types in Utah. Pages 463-465 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our Living Resources. A report to the Nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. USDI National Biological Service, Washington, D.C.

Falconer, A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. G. Homer, and J. Michael Scott. 1994. Biodiversity assessment: remote sensing and GIS product for Gap Analysis. Pages 341-349 in Proceedings of 12th Annual Pecora Symposium, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and J. M. Scott. 1994. Use of Gap Analysis as a tool for the management of biodiversity. Pages 82-86 in I. D. Thompson, editor. Proceedings of the XXI Congress of International Union of Game Biologists. Volume 1.

Falconer, A., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and J. Michael Scott. 1994. Environmental data base products for decision-making: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gap Analysis prototype. Pages 73-81 in A. Singh, editor. Proceedings of the UNEP and IUFRO International Workshop in Cooperation with FAO on Developing Large Environmental Data Bases for Sustainable Development, United Nations Environment Programme, Grid Information Series No. 22.

Belovsky, G. E., J. A. Bissonette, R. D. Dueser, T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. M. Luecke, M. E. Ritchie, J. B. Slade, and F. H. Wagner. 1994. Management of small populations: concepts affecting the recovery of endangered species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 22:307-316.

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Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and D. R. Cutler. 1994. Spatial sampling to assess classification accuracy of remotely sensed data. Pages 161-178 in J. Brunt, S. S. Stafford, and W. K. Michener, editors. Environmental Information Management and Analysis: Ecosystem to Global Scales, Taylor and Francis, Limited.

Luecke, C., T. C. Edwards, Jr., W. Wengart, S. Brayton, and R. Schniedervinn. 1994. Use of simulation modeling techniques to assess impacts of regulation changes on the value of a fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14:14-21.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., J. M. Scott, C. G. Homer, and R. D. Ramsey. 1993. Gap analysis: a geographic approach for assessing national biological diversity. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues 2:65-72.

Ramsey, R. D., C. G. Homer, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1993. Gap analysis land cover map for the state of Utah: a hierarchical data base. Pages 298-306 in A. J. Lewis, Editor. GIS, Photogrammetry and Modeling: Looking to the Future with an Eye on the Past, Proceedings of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Homer, C. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., D. H. Ramsey, and K. H. Price. 1993. Use of remote sensing methods in modeling sage grouse winter habitat. Journal of Wildlife Management 57:78-84.

Scott, J. M., F. Davis, B. Csuti, R. Noss, B. Butterfield, S. Caicco, C. Groves, T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. Ulliman, H. Anderson, F. D'Erchia, and R. G. Wright. 1993. Gap analysis: a geographic approach to protection of biological diversity. Wildlife Monographs No. 123.

Ramsey, R. D., J. D. Born, C. G. Homer, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1992. Thematic mapper vegetation mapping for the state of Utah. Pages 148-157 in J. D. Greer, Editor. Remote sensing and natural resource management, Proceedings of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Paton, P. W. C., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1990. Status and nesting ecology of the snowy plover at Great Salt Lake--1990. Utah Birds 6:49-66.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1989. The ontogeny of diet selection in fledgling ospreys. Ecology 70:881-896.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and M. W. Collopy. 1989. Response to G. R. Bortolotti and T. W. Arnold. Auk 106:523-524.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1989. The Wildlife Society and The Society for Conservation Biology: strange but unwilling bedfellows. Wildlife Society Bulletin 17:340-343.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1989. Similarity in the development of foraging mechanics among sibling ospreys. Condor 91:30-36.

Collopy, M. W., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1989. Activity budget and territoriality of nesting golden eagles. Journal of Field Ornithology 60:43-51.

Wood, P. B., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and M. W. Collopy. 1989. Characteristics of bald eagle nesting habitat in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:441-449.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., M. W. Collopy, M. N. Kochert, and K. Steenhof. 1988. Sex ratios of fledgling golden eagles. Auk 105:793-796.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1988. Temporal variation in prey preference patterns of adult ospreys. Auk 105:244-251.

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Edwards, T. C., Jr., and M. W. Collopy. 1988. Nest-tree preference of ospreys in north-central Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management 52:103-107.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1987. Standard rate of metabolism in the common-barn owl (Tyto alba). Wilson Bulletin 99:704-706.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 1986. Ecological distribution of the gray-breasted jay: the role of habitat. Condor 88:456-460.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and M. N. Kochert. 1986. Use of body weight and length of footpad as predictors of sex in golden eagles. Journal of Field Ornithology 57:317-319.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and M. W. Collopy. 1983. Obligate and facultative brood reduction in eagles: an examination of factors that influence fratricide. Auk 100:630-635.

Stacey, P. B., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1983. Possible cases of female infanticide in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Auk 100:731-733.

Stacey, P. B., R. D. Arrigo, T. C. Edwards, Jr., and N. Joste. 1983. Northeastern extension of the breeding range of the elf owl in New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 28:99-100.

TECHNICAL AND NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Toth, R. E., Edwards, T. C., Jr., B. Crabb, J. Gibson, L. Hurst, N. Kenczka, L. Vander Wal, A.

Kjar, and E. L. McGinty. 2008. Upper Colorado River Ecosystem: Alternative Futures Study Pahes I. Project Report No. 2008-1, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5290 USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., D. R. Cutler, K. H. Beard, and J. Gibson. 2007. Predicting invasive plant species occurrences in national parks: a process for prioritizing prevention. Final Project Report No. 2007-1, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5290 USA.

Zarnetske, P.L., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and G. G. Moisen. 2007. Modeling forest bird species' likelihood of occurrence in Utah with FIA and LANDFIRE map prodcuts and ecologically-based pseudo-absence points. Pages 291-306 in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, Portland, Maine, USA, R. E. McRoberts, G. A. Reams, and P. C. Van Deusen, Editors. General Technical Report WO-77, USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C., USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and P. L. Zarnetske. 2006. Habitat modelling of management indicator species on forest lands in the Intermountain West: a role for the Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data. Final Project Report No. 2006-5, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5290 USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and R. J. Schultz. 2005. The application of FIA-based data to wildlife habitat modelling: a comparative study. Pages 7-11 in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, R. E. McRoberts, G. A. Reams, P. C. Van Deusen, W. H. McWilliams, and C. J. Cieszewski, Editor. General Technical Report NC-252, North Central Research Station, USDAForest Service, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

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Schultz, R. J., T. C. Edwards, Jr., G. G. Moisen, and T. S. Frescino. 2005. Development and validation of spatially explicit habitat models for cavity-nesting birds in Fishlake National Forest, Utah. Pages 241-249 in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, New Orlean, Louisiana, USA, R. E. McRoberts, G. A. Reams, P. C. Van Deusen, W. H. McWilliams, and C. J. Cieszewski, Editor. General Technical Report NC-252, North Central Research Station, USDAForest Service, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., G. G. Moisen, T. S. Frescino, and J. J. Lawler. 2004. Use of Forest Inventory and Analysis information in wildlife habitat modelling: a process for linking multiple scales. Pages 188-194 in McRoberts, R. E., G. A. Reams, P. C. Van Duesen, and J. W. Moser, Editors. Proceedings of the Third Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, General Technical Report NC-230, North Central Research Station, USDA Forest Service, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr. 2004. A monumental leap forward in species-occurrence modelling. Book review of: Scott, J. M., P. J. Heglund, M. L. Morrison, J. B. Haufler, M. G. Raphael, W. A. Wall, and F. B. Samson, editors. 2002. Predicting species occurrence: issues of accuracy and scale. Island Press, Covello, California, USA. Conservation Biology 18:855-857.

Toth, R. E., T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. J. Lilieholm, D. A. Bell, and E. R. Buteau. 2004. Alternative future growth scenarios for conserving open space along Utah's Wasatch Front: a case study for the Mountainland Association of Governments. Final Project Report No. 2004-1, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., and D. R. Cutler. 2003. Abundance and association analyses of survey and manage bryophyte data from the pilot random grid surveys. Final Project Report No. 2003-2, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA.

Cutler, D. R., T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. Alegria, D. McKenzie, and A. Cangelosi. 2003. Abundance and association analyses for the GOBIG2K mollusk and amphibian survey. Final Project Report No. 2003-1, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., R. E. Toth, R. J. Lilieholm, D. A. Bell, and E. R. Buteau. 2002. Alternative Futures for Utah's Wasatch Front: bioregional planning for the maintenance and conservation of open space. Final Project Report No. 2002-2, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., R. E. Toth, R. J. Lilieholm, and L. M. Hunter. 2002. The development of alternative future growth scenarios for the California Mojave Desert. Final Project Report No. 2002-1, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 843232-5290 USA.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., Cutler, D. R., J. Alegria, L. Geiser, and D. McKenzie. 2001. Analysis techniques for survey and manage data: an illustrative example using the lichen air quality surveys. Final Project Report No. 2001-4, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.

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Frescino, T. S., G. G. Moisen, and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 2000. Development and use of Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) map products. In Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for the New Millennium: Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Remote Sensing Applications Conference, CD-ROM, Mira CD-ROM Publishing, [email protected].

Gonzalez, M., R. J. Lilieholm, T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. Toth, and L. Hunter. 2000. A spatially-explicit econometric approach to predicting land use in future landscapes. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Landscape Futures, University of New SouthWales, Armidale, Australia.

Moisen, G. G., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and T. S. Frescino. 1999. Expanded data, models and applications in a forest inventory of Utah, USA. Pages 212-218 in C. Aguirre-Bravo and C. R. Franco, editors. North American Science Symposium: Toward a Unified Framework for Inventorying and Monitoring Forest Ecosystem Resources. Guadalajara, Mexico, Proceedings RMRS-P-12, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colrado.

Steinitz, C., M. Binford, P. Cote, T. C. Edwards, Jr., S. Ervin, R. T. T. Forman, C. Johnson, R. Keister, D. Mouat, D. Olson, A. Shearer, R. Toth, and R. Wills. 1996. Biodiversity and landscape planning: alternative futures for the region of Camp Pendleton, California. Final Project Report, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Slack, D., S. Derrickson, T. C. Edwards, Jr., N. Holler, R. Rempel, J. Rochelle, M. Shafer and K. Terwilliger. 1995. The Endangered Species Act: a review. Report to The Wildlife Society, Wildlife Society's Endangered Species Act Technical Review Committee.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., C. G. Homer, S. D. Bassett, A. Falconer, R. D. Ramsey, and D. W. Wight. 1995. Utah Gap Analysis: an environmental information system. Technical report 95-1, Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. 1138pp + 2 CD-ROMs.

Edwards, T. C., Jr., C. G. Homer, and S. D. Bassett. 1994. Land management categorization: a user's guide. A Handbook for Gap Analysis, USDI National Biological Survey, University of Idaho, Moscow.

Cogan, C. B., and T. C. Edwards, Jr. 1994. Metadata standards for Gap Analysis. Gap Analysis Technical Bulletin No. 3, USDI National Biological Survey, University of Idaho, Moscow.

Homer, C. H., T. C. Edwards, Jr., S. D. Bassett, C. Crosby, A. Falconer, D. Wight, and R. D. Ramsey. 1993. Maps and data for Gap Analysis: the Utah prototype for state reports on biodiversity developed using ERDAS Imagine 8.0.1. Proceedings of the 1993 ERDAS User's Group Meeting 93:27-36.

Scott, J. M., E. D. Ables, T. C. Edwards, Jr., R. L. Eng, T. A. Gavin, L. D. Harris, J. B. Haufler, W. M. Healy, F. Knopf, O. Torgerson, and H. P. Weeks, Jr. 1991. Conservation of biological diversity: some perspectives and a look to the future for the wildlife profession. Ad Hoc Committee on Conservation of Biological Diversity, The Wildlife Society.

Anderson, D. R., J. Bart, T. C. Edwards, Jr., C. B. Kepler, and E. C. Meslow. 1990. 1990 status review: northern spotted owl Strix occidentalis caurina. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.

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Edwards, T. C., Jr., M. D. Samuel, and C. Meine. 1988. Evaluation of lead poisoning in bald eagles as a function of interactions with Canada geese. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Health Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

Wood, P. B., T. C. Edwards, Jr., and M. W. Collopy. 1987. Distribution, ownership status, and habitat characteristics of bald eagle nest sites in Florida. Technical Report GFC-95-020, Nongame Wildlife Program, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.