My research on avian community structure in the southern Appalachians has been conducted with Dr. David Buehler (U. of Tennessee). The project initially examined spatially-explicit habitat models for a group of Management Indicator Species on the national forests of the region. It has since evolved into several additional questions including: how to build a better habitat model, the influence of anthropogenic disturbances on avian composition, and population viability analysis under a variety of management scenarios.

Related Publications:

Linder, ET, and DA Buehler. 2004.  Analysis of US Forest Service Region 8 point count monitoring database-implications for designing and implementing avian monitoring. In Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas

Buehler, DA, ET Linder, KE Franzreb, NA Klaus, R Dettmers, and JG Bartlett.  2004 Integrating bird-habitat modeling into National Forest planning for bird conservation Blue Warbler in the southern Appalachian mountains in the southern Appalachians. In Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas

Linder, ET, NA Klaus, and DA Buehler.  2004.  Population viability as a measure of forest sustainability. In Southern Forest Science: Past, Present, and Future