Pacific Southwest Research Station

Air Quality

• Burley, Joel D.; Theiss, Sandra; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Gertler, Alan; Schilling, Susan; Zielinska, Barbara 2015. Surface ozone in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Atmospheric Environment. 109: 351-369.
• Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Fenn, Mark; Gertler, Alan; Preisler, Haiganoush; Zielinska, Barbara 2013. Distribution of ozone, ozone precursors and gaseous components of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Report to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, Contract No. P063, Riverside, CA. September 2013. 86 p.

Fire

• Busse, Matt D.; Shestak, Carol J.; Hubbert, Ken R. 2013. Soil heating during burning of forest slash piles and wood piles. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 22(6): 786-796.
• Hubbert, Ken R.; Busse, Matt; Overby, Steve; Shestak, Carol; Gerrard, Ross 2015. Pile burning effects on soil water repellency, infiltration, and downslope water chemistry in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. Fire Ecology. 11(2): 100-118.
• Hurteau, Matthew D.; Robards, Timothy A.; Stevens, Donald; Saah, David; North, Malcolm; Koch, George W. 2014. Modeling climate and fuel reduction impacts on mixed-conifer forest carbon stocks in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 315: 13 pages: 30-42.
• Loudermilk, E.L., Scheller, R.M., Weisberg, P.J., Yang, J., Dilts, T.E., Karam, S.L., Skinner, C., 2013. Carbon dynamics in the future forest: the importance of long-term successional legacy and climate–fire interactions. Global change biology 19: 3502-3515.
• Loudermilk, E. Louise; Stanton, Alison; Scheller, Robert M.; Dilts, Thomas E.; Weisberg, Peter J.; Skinner, Carl; Yang, Jian. 2014. Effectiveness of fuel treatments for mitigating wildfire risk and sequestering forest carbon: a case study in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Forest Ecology and Management 323: 114-125.
• Maxwell, R. S., A. H. Taylor, C. N. Skinner, H. D. Safford, R. E. Isaacs, C. Airey, and A. B. Young. 2014. Landscape-scale modeling of reference period forest conditions and fire behavior on heavily logged lands. Ecosphere 5:art32.
• McCaffrey, Sarah. 2008. The Homeowner View of Thinning Methods for Fire Hazard Reduction: More Positive Than Many Think. In: Narog, Marcia G., tech. coord. 2008. Proceedings of the 2002 Fire Conference: Managing fire and fuels in the remaining wildlands and open spaces of the Southwestern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-189. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. p. 15-22.
• North, M., A. Brough, J. Long, B. Collins, P. Bowden, D. Yasuda, J. Miller, and N. Sugihara. 2015. Constraints on Mechanized Treatment Significantly Limit Mechanical Fuels Reduction Extent in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Forestry 113:40-48.
• Rowntree, R. 1998. Modeling Fire and Nutrient Flux in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Journal of Forestry 96:6-11.
• Safford, H. D., D. A. Schmidt, and C. H. Carlson. 2009. Effects of fuel treatments on fire severity in an area of wildland-urban interface, Angora Fire, Lake Tahoe Basin, California. Forest Ecology and Management 258:773-787.
• Stevens, Jens T., Brandon Collins, Jonathan Long, Malcolm North, Susan Prichard, Leland Tarnay, Angela White.  2016.  Evaluating potential tradeoffs among fuel treatment strategies in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada. Ecosphere, in press.
• Van de Water, K., and M. North. 2011. Stand structure, fuel loads, and fire behavior in riparian and upland forests, Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA; a comparison of current and reconstructed conditions. Forest Ecology and Management 262:215-228.
• Van de Water, K., and M. North. 2010. Fire history of coniferous riparian forests in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management 260:384-395.
• Yang, Jian; Weisberg, Peter J.; Dilts, Thomas E.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Scheller, Robert M.; Stanton, Alison; Skinner, Carl 2015. Predicting wildfire occurrence distribution with spatial point process models and its uncertainty assessment: a case study in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 24(3): 380-.390 11p.

Forest Management

• Barbour, M., E. Kelley, P. Maloney, D. Rizzo, E. Royce, and J. Fites-Kaufmann. 2002. Present and past old-growth forests of the Lake Tahoe Basin, Sierra Nevada, U.S. Journal of Vegetation Science 13:461-472.
• Elliot, William; Miller, Wally; Hartsough, Bruce; Stephens, Scott. 2009. Vegetation management in sensitive areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin: A workshop to evaluate risks and advance existing strategies and practices [Independent review panel report]. Incline Village, NV: Tahoe Science Consortium. 30 p.
• Heckmann, K. E.; Manley, P.N.; Schlesinger, M.D. 2008. Ecological integrity of remnant montane forests along an urban gradient in the Sierra Nevada. 2008 Forest Ecology and Management. 255:2453-2466.
• Hymanson, Zachary P.; Collopy, Michael W., eds. 2010. An integrated science plan for the Lake Tahoe basin: conceptual framework and research strategies. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-226. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 368 p.
• Maloney, P. E.; Vogler, Detlev R.; Eckert, Andrew J.; Jensen, Camille E.; Neale, David B. 2011. Population biology of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) with reference to historical disturbances in the Lake Tahoe Basin: implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 262:770–779.
• Maloney, Patricia E.; Vogler, Detlev R.; Jensen, Camille E.; Delfino Mix, Annette. 2012. Ecology of whitebark pine populations in relation to white pine blister rust infection in subalpine forests of the Lake Tahoe Basin: Implications for restoration. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 280: 166-175. Doi, 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.025
• Manley, Patricia N. 2004. The future of biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada through the Lake Tahoe Basin Looking Glass. In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 207-217.
• Manley, Patricia. N. 2000. Biological diversity and its measure: An assessment of lotic riparian ecosystems in the Lake Tahoe basin. Ph.D. Ph.D.--University of California, Berkeley.
• Manley, Patricia. N.; Fites-Kaufman. Jo Ann. A.; Barbour, Michael G.; Schlesinger, Datthew D.; Rizzo, David M. 2000. Biological integrity. In: Murphy, D.D., Knopp, C.M. (Eds.), Lake Tahoe Basin Watershed Assessment, Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR-175, vol. 1. Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Albany, CA, pp. 403–600.
• Manley, Patricia. N.; Tracy, John C.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Noon, Barry R.; Nechodom, Mark A.; Knopp Christopher M. 2000. Elements of an adaptive management strategy for the Lake Tahoe Basin. p. 691-735. In: Lake Tahoe watershed assessment: Volume I. D.D. Murphy and C.M. Knopp (eds.). Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-175. USDA Forest Service. Albany, CA.
• Manley, Patricia N.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Campbell, Lori A.; Heckmann, Kirsten E.; Merideth, Susan; Parks, Sean A.; Sanford, Monte P.; Schlesinger, Matthew D. 2006. Biotic diversity interfaces with urbanization in the Lake Tahoe basin. California Agriculture 60(2):59-64.
• Manley, P.N., S.A. Parks, L.A. Campbell, and M.D. Schlesinger. 2009. Modeling urban land development as a continuum to address fine-grained habitat heterogeneity. Landscape and Urban Planning 89(1-2):28-36.
• Millar, Constance I. 1996. Chapter 10: Case studies in ecosystem management: the Mammoth-June ecosystem management project, Inyo National Forest. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final report to Congress, Volume I, Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, Report No. 37, University of California, Davis, California: p. 146-150.
• Murphy, Dennis D.; Knopp, Christopher M., technical editors. 2000. Lake Tahoe watershed assessment: volume I. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-175. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; 753 p.
• Murphy, Dennis D.; Knopp, Christopher M., technical editors. 2000. Lake Tahoe watershed assessment: volume II. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-176. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; 753 p.
• Murphy, Dennis D.; Manley, Patricia N. 2009. A report from Lake Tahoe: Observation from an ideal platform for adaptive management. Water Resources Impact 11(3):15-17.
• Sanford, M.P., Using insect responses to anthropogenic disturbance to improve conservation planning and land management.  Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.
• Sanford, M.P., P.N. Manley, and D.D. Murphy.  2009.  Urban development impacts ant communities: implications for ecosystem services and management. Conservation Biology 23:131-141.
• Shepperd, Wayne D.; Rogers, Paul C.; Burton, David; Bartos, Dale L. 2006. Ecology, biodiversity, management, and restoration of aspen in the Sierra Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-178. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 122 p.
• Stine, Peter A.; Murphy, Dennis D. 2004. Achieving a nexus of science, management, and policy in the Sierra Nevada. In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 1-6.
• Taylor, Alan H. 2007. Forest changes since Euro-American settlement and ecosystem restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. In: Powers, Robert F., tech. editor. Restoring fire-adapted ecosystems: proceedings of the 2005 national silviculture workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-203, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 3-20.
• Ziemer, Robert R.; Reid, Leslie M. 1997. What have we learned, and what is new in watershed science?. In: Sari Sommarstrom (ed). What is watershed stability? Proceedings, Sixth Biennial Watershed Management Conference. 23-25 October 1996. Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada. University of California, Water Resources Center Report No. 92, Davis, California. p. 43-56.

Water Quality

• Boesch, D.F., P.N. Manley, and T.S. Melis. 2006.  The future of water resources adaptive management: challenges and overcoming them.  Water Resources Impact 8(3):21-23.
• Brooks, Erin S.; Dobre, Mariana; Elliot, William J.; Wu, Joan Q.; Boll, Jan. 2016. Watershed-scale evaluation of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model in the Lake Tahoe basin. Journal of Hydrology. 533: 389-402.
• Coats, Robert 2004. Nutrient and sediment transport in streams of the Lake Tahoe basin: a 30-year retrospective. In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 143-147.
• Copeland, N.S.; Foltz, R.B. 2009. Improving erosion modeling on forest roads in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Small plot rainfall simulations to determine saturated hydraulic conductivity and interrill erodibility. Paper No. 095553. Paper presented at: 2009 ASABE annual international meeting; June 21-24, 2009; Reno, NV. St. Joseph MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 12 p.
• Elliot, William; Brooks, Erin; Link, Tim; Miller, Sue. 2010. Incorporating groundwater flow into the WEPP model. In: Hydrology and Sedimentation for a Changing Future: Existing and Emerging Issues; Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference: 9th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 4th Federal Interagency Hydrology Modeling Conference; 27 June - 1 July; Las Vegas, NV. Sacramento, CA: Association of California Water Agencies. 12 p.
• Elliot, William; Brooks, Erin; Traeumer, Drea Em; Dobre, Mariana. 2015. Extending WEPP technology to predict fine sediment and phosphorus delivery from forested hillslopes. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Federal Interagency Conference (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference); April 19-23, 2015; Reno, NV. WICP/ACWI. Online: http://acwi.gov/sos/pubs/index.html.
• Foltz, R.B.; Elliot, W.J.; Wagenbrenner, N.S. 2011. Soil erosion model predictions using parent material/soil texture-based parameters compared to using site-specific parameters. Transactions of the ASABE. 54(4): 1347-1356.
• Pope, K.L.; Long, J.W. 2014. Lakes: recent research and restoration strategies. In: Long, J.W.; Quinn-Davidson, L.; Skinner, C.N., eds. Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 373-390. Chap. 6.4.

Wildlife

• Grunder, G.A.  1998.  Habitat relationships of mountain streamside breeding birds in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Masters thesis. Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA. 73 pp.
• Heckendorn, K. 2012. The ecological effects of forest thinning treatments on three sciurid species in the Lake Tahoe Basin. M.S. Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno.
• Manley, Patricia N.; McIntyre, Kristian K.; Schlesinger, Matthew D.; Campbell, Lori A.; Merideth, Susan; Murphy, Dennis D. 2009. Use of forest inventory and analysis grid-based animal population data to develop an index of ecological diversity. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 121-136.
• Manley, P. N., M. D. Schlesinger, J. K. Roth, and B. Van Horne. 2005. A field-based evaluation of a presence-absence protocol for monitoring ecoregional-scale biodiversity.  Journal of Wildlife Management 69(3):950-966.
• Schlesinger, M. D. 2007. Landbird demography and community structure along an urbanization gradient in the Lake Tahoe basin. Ph.D.--University of California, Davis.
• Schlesinger, Matthew D.; Manley, Patricia N.; Holyoak, Marcel. 2008. Distinguishing stressors acting on landbird communities in an urbanizing environment. Ecology. 89:2302-2314.
• Sollmann, R, A.M. White, B. Gardner, and P.N. Manley. 2015.  Investigating the effects of forest structure on the small mammal community in frequent-fire coniferous forests using capture-recapture models for stratified populations.  Mammalian biology 80:247-254.
• Tarbill, Gina L.; Manley, Patricia N.; White, Angela M. 2015. Drill, Baby, Drill: The Influence Of Woodpeckers On Post-Fire Vertebrate Communities Through Cavity Excavation  Journal of Zoology 296:95-103.
• White, A.M., E.F. Zipkin, P.N. Manley, and M.D. Schlesinger. 2013.  Conservation of avian diversity in the Sierra Nevada: moving beyond a single-species management focus.  PLoS ONE 8(5): e63088.
• White, Angela; Manley, Patricia; Tarbill, Gina; Richardson, T. W.; Russell, R. E.; Safford, H. D.; Dobrowski, S. Z. 2015. Avian Community Responses To Post-Fire Forest Structure: Implications For Fire Management In Mixed Conifer Forests. Animal Conservation 19(3):256-264.
• White, Angela M.; Zipkin, Elise F.; Manley, Patricia N.; Schlesinger, Matthew D. 2013. Simulating avian species and foraging group responses to fuel reduction treatments in coniferous forests. Forest Ecology & Management 304: 261-274.
• Yack, T., A. Bowles, K. Slauson, W. Zielinski, and K. Plotkin.  2006. An acoustic technique for monitoring off-highway vehicle (OHV) use with sound level meter data: comparison with Trailmaster records.  Journal of Acoustic Society of America 120:3337.
• Zielinski, W.J., K.M. Moriarty, J. Baldwin, T. Kirk, K. Slauson, H. Rustigian-Romsos, W. Spencer.  2015. Effects of season on occupancy and implications for habitat modeling: the Pacific marten Martes caurina. Wildlife Biology 21(2):56-67.
• Zielinski, W.J., Slauson, K.M., and Bowles, A.E. 2008.  Effects of off-highway vehicle use on American Marten.  Journal of Wildlife Management 72(7):1558-1571.

Air Quality

• Burley, Joel D.; Theiss, Sandra; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Gertler, Alan; Schilling, Susan; Zielinska, Barbara 2015. Surface ozone in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Atmospheric Environment. 109: 351-369.
• Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Fenn, Mark; Gertler, Alan; Preisler, Haiganoush; Zielinska, Barbara 2013. Distribution of ozone, ozone precursors and gaseous components of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Report to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, Contract No. P063, Riverside, CA. September 2013. 86 p.

Fire

• Busse, Matt D.; Shestak, Carol J.; Hubbert, Ken R. 2013. Soil heating during burning of forest slash piles and wood piles. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 22(6): 786-796.
• Hubbert, Ken R.; Busse, Matt; Overby, Steve; Shestak, Carol; Gerrard, Ross 2015. Pile burning effects on soil water repellency, infiltration, and downslope water chemistry in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. Fire Ecology. 11(2): 100-118.
• Hurteau, Matthew D.; Robards, Timothy A.; Stevens, Donald; Saah, David; North, Malcolm; Koch, George W. 2014. Modeling climate and fuel reduction impacts on mixed-conifer forest carbon stocks in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 315: 13 pages: 30-42.
• Loudermilk, E.L., Scheller, R.M., Weisberg, P.J., Yang, J., Dilts, T.E., Karam, S.L., Skinner, C., 2013. Carbon dynamics in the future forest: the importance of long-term successional legacy and climate–fire interactions. Global change biology 19: 3502-3515.
• Loudermilk, E. Louise; Stanton, Alison; Scheller, Robert M.; Dilts, Thomas E.; Weisberg, Peter J.; Skinner, Carl; Yang, Jian. 2014. Effectiveness of fuel treatments for mitigating wildfire risk and sequestering forest carbon: a case study in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Forest Ecology and Management 323: 114-125.
• Maxwell, R. S., A. H. Taylor, C. N. Skinner, H. D. Safford, R. E. Isaacs, C. Airey, and A. B. Young. 2014. Landscape-scale modeling of reference period forest conditions and fire behavior on heavily logged lands. Ecosphere 5:art32.
• McCaffrey, Sarah. 2008. The Homeowner View of Thinning Methods for Fire Hazard Reduction: More Positive Than Many Think. In: Narog, Marcia G., tech. coord. 2008. Proceedings of the 2002 Fire Conference: Managing fire and fuels in the remaining wildlands and open spaces of the Southwestern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-189. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. p. 15-22.
• North, M., A. Brough, J. Long, B. Collins, P. Bowden, D. Yasuda, J. Miller, and N. Sugihara. 2015. Constraints on Mechanized Treatment Significantly Limit Mechanical Fuels Reduction Extent in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Forestry 113:40-48.
• Rowntree, R. 1998. Modeling Fire and Nutrient Flux in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Journal of Forestry 96:6-11.
• Safford, H. D., D. A. Schmidt, and C. H. Carlson. 2009. Effects of fuel treatments on fire severity in an area of wildland-urban interface, Angora Fire, Lake Tahoe Basin, California. Forest Ecology and Management 258:773-787.
• Stevens, Jens T., Brandon Collins, Jonathan Long, Malcolm North, Susan Prichard, Leland Tarnay, Angela White.  2016.  Evaluating potential tradeoffs among fuel treatment strategies in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada. Ecosphere, in press.
• Van de Water, K., and M. North. 2011. Stand structure, fuel loads, and fire behavior in riparian and upland forests, Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA; a comparison of current and reconstructed conditions. Forest Ecology and Management 262:215-228.
• Van de Water, K., and M. North. 2010. Fire history of coniferous riparian forests in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management 260:384-395.
• Yang, Jian; Weisberg, Peter J.; Dilts, Thomas E.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Scheller, Robert M.; Stanton, Alison; Skinner, Carl 2015. Predicting wildfire occurrence distribution with spatial point process models and its uncertainty assessment: a case study in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 24(3): 380-.390 11p.

Forest Management

• Barbour, M., E. Kelley, P. Maloney, D. Rizzo, E. Royce, and J. Fites-Kaufmann. 2002. Present and past old-growth forests of the Lake Tahoe Basin, Sierra Nevada, U.S. Journal of Vegetation Science 13:461-472.
• Elliot, William; Miller, Wally; Hartsough, Bruce; Stephens, Scott. 2009. Vegetation management in sensitive areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin: A workshop to evaluate risks and advance existing strategies and practices [Independent review panel report]. Incline Village, NV: Tahoe Science Consortium. 30 p.
• Heckmann, K. E.; Manley, P.N.; Schlesinger, M.D. 2008. Ecological integrity of remnant montane forests along an urban gradient in the Sierra Nevada. 2008 Forest Ecology and Management. 255:2453-2466.
• Hymanson, Zachary P.; Collopy, Michael W., eds. 2010. An integrated science plan for the Lake Tahoe basin: conceptual framework and research strategies. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-226. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 368 p.
• Maloney, P. E.; Vogler, Detlev R.; Eckert, Andrew J.; Jensen, Camille E.; Neale, David B. 2011. Population biology of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) with reference to historical disturbances in the Lake Tahoe Basin: implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 262:770–779.
• Maloney, Patricia E.; Vogler, Detlev R.; Jensen, Camille E.; Delfino Mix, Annette. 2012. Ecology of whitebark pine populations in relation to white pine blister rust infection in subalpine forests of the Lake Tahoe Basin: Implications for restoration. For. Ecol. Mgmt. 280: 166-175. Doi, 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.025
• Manley, Patricia N. 2004. The future of biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada through the Lake Tahoe Basin Looking Glass. In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 207-217.
• Manley, Patricia. N. 2000. Biological diversity and its measure: An assessment of lotic riparian ecosystems in the Lake Tahoe basin. Ph.D. Ph.D.--University of California, Berkeley.
• Manley, Patricia. N.; Fites-Kaufman. Jo Ann. A.; Barbour, Michael G.; Schlesinger, Datthew D.; Rizzo, David M. 2000. Biological integrity. In: Murphy, D.D., Knopp, C.M. (Eds.), Lake Tahoe Basin Watershed Assessment, Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR-175, vol. 1. Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Albany, CA, pp. 403–600.
• Manley, Patricia. N.; Tracy, John C.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Noon, Barry R.; Nechodom, Mark A.; Knopp Christopher M. 2000. Elements of an adaptive management strategy for the Lake Tahoe Basin. p. 691-735. In: Lake Tahoe watershed assessment: Volume I. D.D. Murphy and C.M. Knopp (eds.). Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-175. USDA Forest Service. Albany, CA.
• Manley, Patricia N.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Campbell, Lori A.; Heckmann, Kirsten E.; Merideth, Susan; Parks, Sean A.; Sanford, Monte P.; Schlesinger, Matthew D. 2006. Biotic diversity interfaces with urbanization in the Lake Tahoe basin. California Agriculture 60(2):59-64.
• Manley, P.N., S.A. Parks, L.A. Campbell, and M.D. Schlesinger. 2009. Modeling urban land development as a continuum to address fine-grained habitat heterogeneity. Landscape and Urban Planning 89(1-2):28-36.
• Millar, Constance I. 1996. Chapter 10: Case studies in ecosystem management: the Mammoth-June ecosystem management project, Inyo National Forest. In: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final report to Congress, Volume I, Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, Report No. 37, University of California, Davis, California: p. 146-150.
• Murphy, Dennis D.; Knopp, Christopher M., technical editors. 2000. Lake Tahoe watershed assessment: volume I. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-175. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; 753 p.
• Murphy, Dennis D.; Knopp, Christopher M., technical editors. 2000. Lake Tahoe watershed assessment: volume II. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-176. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture; 753 p.
• Murphy, Dennis D.; Manley, Patricia N. 2009. A report from Lake Tahoe: Observation from an ideal platform for adaptive management. Water Resources Impact 11(3):15-17.
• Sanford, M.P., Using insect responses to anthropogenic disturbance to improve conservation planning and land management.  Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.
• Sanford, M.P., P.N. Manley, and D.D. Murphy.  2009.  Urban development impacts ant communities: implications for ecosystem services and management. Conservation Biology 23:131-141.
• Shepperd, Wayne D.; Rogers, Paul C.; Burton, David; Bartos, Dale L. 2006. Ecology, biodiversity, management, and restoration of aspen in the Sierra Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-178. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 122 p.
• Stine, Peter A.; Murphy, Dennis D. 2004. Achieving a nexus of science, management, and policy in the Sierra Nevada. In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 1-6.
• Taylor, Alan H. 2007. Forest changes since Euro-American settlement and ecosystem restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. In: Powers, Robert F., tech. editor. Restoring fire-adapted ecosystems: proceedings of the 2005 national silviculture workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-203, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 3-20.
• Ziemer, Robert R.; Reid, Leslie M. 1997. What have we learned, and what is new in watershed science?. In: Sari Sommarstrom (ed). What is watershed stability? Proceedings, Sixth Biennial Watershed Management Conference. 23-25 October 1996. Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada. University of California, Water Resources Center Report No. 92, Davis, California. p. 43-56.

Water Quality

• Boesch, D.F., P.N. Manley, and T.S. Melis. 2006.  The future of water resources adaptive management: challenges and overcoming them.  Water Resources Impact 8(3):21-23.
• Brooks, Erin S.; Dobre, Mariana; Elliot, William J.; Wu, Joan Q.; Boll, Jan. 2016. Watershed-scale evaluation of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model in the Lake Tahoe basin. Journal of Hydrology. 533: 389-402.
• Coats, Robert 2004. Nutrient and sediment transport in streams of the Lake Tahoe basin: a 30-year retrospective. In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 143-147.
• Copeland, N.S.; Foltz, R.B. 2009. Improving erosion modeling on forest roads in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Small plot rainfall simulations to determine saturated hydraulic conductivity and interrill erodibility. Paper No. 095553. Paper presented at: 2009 ASABE annual international meeting; June 21-24, 2009; Reno, NV. St. Joseph MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 12 p.
• Elliot, William; Brooks, Erin; Link, Tim; Miller, Sue. 2010. Incorporating groundwater flow into the WEPP model. In: Hydrology and Sedimentation for a Changing Future: Existing and Emerging Issues; Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference: 9th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 4th Federal Interagency Hydrology Modeling Conference; 27 June - 1 July; Las Vegas, NV. Sacramento, CA: Association of California Water Agencies. 12 p.
• Elliot, William; Brooks, Erin; Traeumer, Drea Em; Dobre, Mariana. 2015. Extending WEPP technology to predict fine sediment and phosphorus delivery from forested hillslopes. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Federal Interagency Conference (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference); April 19-23, 2015; Reno, NV. WICP/ACWI. Online: http://acwi.gov/sos/pubs/index.html.
• Foltz, R.B.; Elliot, W.J.; Wagenbrenner, N.S. 2011. Soil erosion model predictions using parent material/soil texture-based parameters compared to using site-specific parameters. Transactions of the ASABE. 54(4): 1347-1356.
• Pope, K.L.; Long, J.W. 2014. Lakes: recent research and restoration strategies. In: Long, J.W.; Quinn-Davidson, L.; Skinner, C.N., eds. Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 373-390. Chap. 6.4.

Wildlife

• Grunder, G.A.  1998.  Habitat relationships of mountain streamside breeding birds in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Masters thesis. Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA. 73 pp.
• Heckendorn, K. 2012. The ecological effects of forest thinning treatments on three sciurid species in the Lake Tahoe Basin. M.S. Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno.
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