Peer-Reviewed U.S. Government Publications
6. Abella, S.R. 2008. Managing Gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine forests: the status of our knowledge. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-XX. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. (in press).
5. Abella, S.R. 2008. Gambel oak growth forms: management opportunities for increasing ecosystem diversity. Research Note RMRS-RN-37. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 6 pp. PDF
4. Abella, S.R., and P.Z. Fulé. 2008. Changes in Gambel oak densities in southwestern ponderosa pine forests since Euro-American settlement. Research Note RMRS-RN-36. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 6 pp. PDF
3. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2008. Estimating soil seed bank characteristics in ponderosa pine forests using vegetation and forest-floor data. Research Note RMRS-RN-35. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 7 pp. PDF
2. Abella, S.R. 2008. Plant recruitment in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest: testing seed- and leaf litter-limitation hypotheses. Pp. 119-127 in Olberding, S.D., and M.M. Moore (tech. coords.). Fort Valley Experimental Forest - a century of research 1908-2008. Proceedings RMRS-P-53CD. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 402 pp. PDF
1. Abella, S.R., and P.Z. Fulé. 2008. Fire effects on Gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine-oak forests. Research Note RMRS-RN-34. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 6 pp. PDF
Book Chapter
1. Abella, S.R., and A.C. Newton. 2008. A systematic review of species performance and treatment effectiveness for revegetation in the Mojave Desert, USA. Arid Environments. Nova Publishers (in press).
Journal Articles
31. Abella, S.R., J.E. Spencer, J. Hoines, and C. Nazarchyk. 2008. Assessing an exotic plant surveying program in the Mojave Desert, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (online first). PDF
30. Abella, S.R. 2008. A unique old-growth ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 40:1-11. PDF
29. Craig, J.E., and S.R. Abella. 2008. Vegetation of grassy remnants in the Las Vegas Valley, southern Nevada. Desert Plants 24:16-23. PDF
28. Abella, S.R. 2008. A systematic review of wild burro grazing effects on Mojave Desert vegetation, USA. Environmental Management 41:809-819. PDF
27. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2008. Canopy-tree influences along a soil parent material gradient in Pinus ponderosa-Quercus gambelii forests, northern Arizona. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135:26-36. PDF
26. Abella, S.R., A.C. Newton, and D.N. Bangle. 2007. Plant succession in the eastern Mojave Desert: an example from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, southern Nevada. Crossosoma 33:45-55. PDF
25. Abella, S.R., W.W. Covington, P.Z. Fulé, L.B. Lentile, A.J. Sánchez Meador, and P. Morgan. 2007. Past, present, and future old growth in frequent-fire conifer forests of the western United States. Ecology and Society 12:16. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art16/. 16 pp. PDF
24. Abella, S.R., J.D. Springer, and W.W. Covington. 2007. Seed banks of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: responses to environmental gradients and fire cues. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37:552-567. PDF
23. Laughlin, D.C., and S.R. Abella. 2007. Abiotic and biotic factors explain independent gradients of plant community composition in ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Modelling 205:231-240. PDF
22. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2007. Forest-floor treatments in Arizona ponderosa pine restoration ecosystems: no short-term effects on plant communities. Western North American Naturalist 67:120-132. PDF
21. Abella, S.R., and B.W. Zimmer. 2007. Estimating organic carbon from loss-on-ignition in northern Arizona forest soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:545-550. PDF
20. MacDonald, N.W., B.T. Scull, and S.R. Abella. 2007. Mid-spring burning reduces spotted knapweed and increases native grasses during a Michigan experimental grassland establishment. Restoration Ecology 15:118-128. PDF
19. Laughlin, D.C., S.R. Abella, W.W. Covington, and J.B. Grace. 2007. Species richness and soil properties in Pinus ponderosa forests: a structural equation modeling analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 18:231-242. PDF
18. Abella, S.R., J.F. Jaeger, and T.A. Schetter. 2007. Public land acquisition and ecological restoration: an example from northwest Ohio's Oak Openings region. Natural Areas Journal 27:92-97. PDF
17. Abella, S.R., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2006. Diameter caps for thinning southwestern ponderosa pine forests: viewpoints, effects, and tradeoffs. Journal of Forestry 104:407-414. PDF
16. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2006. Forest ecosystems of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: multifactor classification and implications for ecological restoration. Journal of Biogeography 33:1368-1383. PDF
15. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2006. Vegetation-environment relationships and ecological species groups of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape. Plant Ecology 185:255-268. PDF
14. Abella, S.R. 2006. Effects of smoke and fire-related cues on Penstemon barbatus seeds. American Midland Naturalist 155:404-410. PDF
13. Abella, S.R., J.F. Jaeger, and L.G. Brewer. 2004. Fifteen years of plant community dynamics during a northwest Ohio oak savanna restoration. Michigan Botanist 43:117-127. PDF
12. Abella, S.R., and V.B.
Shelburne. 2004. Ecological species groups of South Carolina’s Jocassee
Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of the Torrey Botanical
Society 131:220-231.
11. Abella, S.R., L.R. Gering, and V.B. Shelburne. 2004. Slope correction of plot dimensions for vegetation sampling in mountainous terrain. Natural Areas Journal 24:348-350. PDF
10. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2004. Monitoring an Arizona ponderosa pine restoration: sampling efficiency and multivariate analysis of understory vegetation. Restoration Ecology 12:359-367. PDF
9. Abella, S.R., and J.F. Jaeger. 2004. Ecology of eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) in Oak Openings Preserve, northwestern Ohio. Michigan Botanist 43:1-11. PDF
8. Abella, S.R. 2004. Tree
thinning and prescribed burning effects on ground flora in Arizona ponderosa
pine forests: a review. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 36:68-76.
7. Abella, S.R. 2003. Quantifying ecosystem geomorphology of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Physical Geography 24:488-501. PDF
6. Abella, S.R., V.B.
Shelburne, and N.W. MacDonald. 2003. Multifactor classification of forest
landscape
5. Abella, S.R., and V.B.
Shelburne. 2003. Eastern white pine
establishment in the oak landscape of the
4. Abella, S.R., and N.W.
MacDonald. 2002. Spatial and temporal patterns of eastern white pine
3. Abella, S.R., J.F.
Jaeger, D.H. Gehring, R.G. Jacksy, K.S. Menard, and K.A. High. 2001. Restoring
historic
2. Abella, S.R. 2001.
Effectiveness of different management strategies for controlling spotted
knapweed in
1. Abella, S.R., and N.W.
MacDonald. 2000. Intense burns may reduce spotted knapweed germination.
Ecological
Outreach/Popular Publications
12. Abella, S. 2008. We're moving into UNLV's new Science and Engineering Building. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(2):2.
11. Engel, C., and S. Abella. 2008. Plant community response to fire: a chronosequence study. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(1):3.
10. Abella, S.R. 2007. Propagation protocol for vegetative production of container Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray plants (1 gallon container). In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org. University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery, Moscow, ID.
9. Abella, S. 2005. Smoke-cued germination of forest understory species. Restoration News, Fall 2005. 3 pp. Newsletter of the Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ. PDF
8. Abella, S. 2004. Researching soil and vegetation gradients in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests. Restoration News, Winter 2004. 2 pp. Newsletter of the Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ. PDF
7. Abella, S. 2003. Ecosystem modeling in Jocassee Gorges will help with future management. Jocassee Journal 4(1):7. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC. PDF
6. Abella, S.R., and V.B. Shelburne. 2002. Jocassee Gorges ecosystem classification project continues. Jocassee Journal 3(2):1. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC. PDF
5. Abella, S. 2000. Jocassee ecosystem diversity to be researched. Jocassee Journal 1(2):7. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC. PDF
4. Abella, S. 2000. Nature's datebook: seasonal highlights to search for in your metroparks. Green Scene Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2000:13. Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH. PDF
3. Abella, S. 2000. Harroun Park: hidden gem of Sylvania. Sylvania Herald 90(27):1. 5 July. Herald Newspapers, Sylvania, OH. PDF
2. Abella, S. 2000. Residents landscape with native plants. Sylvania Herald 90(12):3. 22 March. Herald Newspapers, Sylvania, OH. PDF
1. Abella, S. 2000. Metroparks restore habitat with controlled fire. Sylvania Herald 90(9):2. 1 March. Herald Newspapers, Sylvania, OH. PDF