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Armsworth, P., B. Kendall, and F. W. Davis. 2004. An introduction to biodiversity concepts for environmental economics. Resource and Energy Economics 26: 115-136.
Austerlitz, F., C. Dutech, P. E. Smouse, , F. W. Davis And V. L. Sork. 2007. Estimating anisotropic pollen dispersal: A case study in Quercus lobata. Heredity 99:193-204.
Beardsley, K. and D. M. Stoms, 1993. Compiling a digital map of areas managed for biodiversity in California. Natural Areas Journal, 13: 177-190.
Callaway, R.M. and F.W. Davis, 1993. Vegetation dynamics, fire and the physical environment in central California. Ecology, 74: 1567-1578.
Callaway, R. M. and F. W. Davis. 1998. Recruitment of Quercus agrifolia in central California: the importance of shrub-dominated patches. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 647-656.
Chomitz, K. M., G. A. B. Da Fonseca, K. Alger, D. M. Stoms, M. Honzak, E. Charlotte Landau, T. S. Thomas, W. Wayt Thomas and F. Davis 2006. Viable Reserve Networks Arise From Individual Landholder Responses To Conservation Incentives. Ecology and Society 11 (2): 40. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art40/
Chornesky, E. A., A. M. Bartuska, G. H. Aplet, K. O. Britton, J. Cummings-Carlson, F. W. Davis, J. Eskow, D. R. Gordon, K. W. Gottschalk, R. A. Haack, A. J. Hansen, R. N. Mack, M. A. Shannon, L. A. Wainger and T. B. Wigley. 2005. Science priorities for reducing the threat of invasive species to sustainable forestry. BioScience 55: 335-348.
Church, R. L., R. A. Gerrard, A. D. Hollander, and D. M. Stoms. 2000. Understanding the tradeoffs between site quality and species presence in reserve site selection. Forest Science 46: 157-167.
Church, R. L., D. M. Stoms, and F. W. Davis, 1996. Reserve selection as a maximal covering location problem. Biological Conservation, 76: 105-112.
Cogan, C. B. 2002. Biodiversity conflict analysis at multiple spatial scales. Pages 229-239 in Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Accuracy and Scale. J. M. Scott, P. J. Heglund, M. L. Morrison, J. Haufler, M. G. Raphael, W. A. Wall and F. B. Samson. Washington, DC, Island Press.
Davis, F. W., 1993. Introduction to spatial statistics. Pages 16-26 in, Patch Dynamics, edited by S. Levin, T. Powell and J. Steele. Springer- Verlag Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, New York.
Davis, F. W., 1994. Mapping and monitoring terrestrial biodiversity using geographic information systems. In Biodiversity and Terrestrial Ecosystems, C.-I Peng and C. H. Chou, eds., Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica Monograph Series No. 14, Taipei, pp. 461-471.
Davis, F.W., 1995. Information systems for conservation research, policy and planning. Bioscience, Supplement on Science and Biodiversity Policy: S36-S42.
Davis, F. W. and M. Borchert. 2007. Central Coast Bioregion. Pp. 321-349 in, J. Fites-Kauffman et al., Eds., Fire Ecology of California, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Davis, F. W. and D. A. Burrows, 1993. Modeling fire regime in mediterranean landscapes. Pages 247- 259 in, Patch Dynamics, edited by S. Levin, T. Powell and J. Steele. Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, New York.
Davis, F. W. and D. A. Burrows, 1994. Spatial simulation of fire regime in mediterranean-climate landscapes. Pages 117-139 in, The role of fire in mediterranean-type ecosystems, edited by M. C. Talens, W. C. Oechel and J. M. Moreno. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Davis, F. W. and J. C. Michaelsen, 1995. Sensitivity of fire regime in chaparral ecosystems to global climate change. Pages 435-456, in, Global Change and Mediterranean-type Ecosystems, edited by W. C. Oechel and J. M. Moreno, Springer-Verlag, New York.
Davis, F. W., D. Quattrochi, M. Ridd, N. S. Lam, S. J. Walsh, J. C. Michaelsen, J. Franklin, D. A. Stowe, C. J. Johannsen, C. A. Johnston. 1991. Environmental analysis using integrated GIS and remotely sensed data: some research needs and priorities. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 57: 689-697.
Davis, F. W. and D. S. Simmonett, 1991. GIS and remote sensing. Pages 191-213 in, Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications, edited by D. J. Maguire, M. F. Goodchild and D. W. Rhind. Longman Scientific and Technical, United Kingdom.
Davis, F.W., D. M. Stoms, J. E. Estes, J. Scepan, and J. M. Scott, 1990. An information systems approach to the preservation of biological diversity. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 4: 55-78.
Davis, F. W., P. A. Stine, and D. M. Stoms, 1994. Distribution and conservation status of coastal sage scrub in southwestern California. Journal of Vegetation Science, 5: 743-756.
Davis, F. W., P. A. Stine, D. M. Stoms, M. I. Borchert, and A. D. Hollander, 1995. Gap analysis of the actual vegetation of California: 1. The Southwestern Region. Madroño, 42: 40-78.
Davis, F. W., and D. M. Stoms, 1996. A spatial analytical hierarchy for Gap Analysis, in J. M. Scott, T. H. Tear, and F. W. Davis, editors. Gap Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Biodiversity Planning. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, pp. 15-24.
Davis, F. W., and D. M. Stoms, 1996. Sierran vegetation: A gap analysis. Pages 671-689 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources. ( Full Chapter)
Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, R. L. Church, W. J. Okin, and K. N. Johnson, 1996. Selecting biodiversity management areas. Pages 1503-1528 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources. ( Full Chapter)
Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, and S. Andelman. 1999. Systematic reserve selection in the USA: An example from the Columbia Plateau ecoregion. PARKS 9: 31-41.
Davis, F. W. and D. Roberts. 2000. Stand structure in terrestrial ecosystems. Pages 7-30 in Methods in Ecosystem Science. O. E. Sala, R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney and R. W. Howarth, eds. New York, Springer. [publisher's web page]
Dutech, C., V. L. Sork, A. J. Irwin, P. E. Smouse and F. W. Davis. 2005. Gene flow and fine-scale genetic structure in a wind-pollinated tree species, Quercus lobata (Fagaceaee). American Journal of Botany 92: 252-261.
Friedl, M. and F. W. Davis, 1994. Sources of variation in radiometric surface temperature over a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing of Environment,48: 1-17.
Friedl, M. A., F. W. Davis, J. Michaelsen, and M. A. Moritz, 1995. Scaling and uncertainty in the relationship between LAI and NDVI: an analysis using a scene simulation model and data from FIFE. Remote Sensing of Environment, 54: 233-246.
Friedl, M. A., J. Michaelsen, H. Walker and F.W. Davis, 1994. Estimating grassland biomass and leaf area index using ground and satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 15: 1401-1420.
Gerrard, R. A., R. L. Church, D. M. Stoms, and F. W. Davis. 1997. Selecting conservation reserves using species covering models: Adapting the ARC/INFO GIS. Transactions in GIS 2: 45-60.
Green, J. L., A. Hastings, P. Arzberger, F. J. Ayala, K. L. Cottingham, K. Cuddington, F. Davis, J. A. Dunne, M. Fortin, L. Gerber and M. Neubert. 2005. Complexity in ecology and conservation: mathematical, statistical, and computational challenges. BioScience 55: 501-510.
Groves, C. R., L. S. Kutner, D. M. Stoms, M. P. Murray, J. M. Scott, M. Schafale, A. S. Weakley, and R. L. Pressey. 2000. Owning up to our responsibilities: Who owns lands important for biodiversity? Pages 275-300 in Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States, edited by B. A. Stein, L. S. Kutner, and J. S. Adams. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [publisher's web page]
Hollander, A. D., F. W. Davis, and D. M. Stoms, 1994. Hierarchical representation of species distributions using maps, images, and sighting data, in Mapping the Diversity of Nature, R. I. Miller, editor, Chapman & Hall, pp. 71-88.
Keeley, J. E. and F.W. Davis. 2007. Chaparral. Pp. 339-366 in, M. G. Barbour, ed., Terrestrial Vegetation of California, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Machado, E. A., D. M. Stoms, F. W. Davis, and J. Kreitler. 2006. Prioritizing farmland preservation cost-effectively for multiple objectives. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61: 250-258.
Michaelsen, J., D. S. Schimel, M. A. Friedl, F. W. Davis, and R. C. Dubayah, 1994. Regression tree analysis of satellite and terrain data to guide vegetation sampling and surveys. Journal of Vegetation Science 5: 673-686.
Moritz, M. A. 1997. Analyzing extreme disturbance events: Fire in Los Padres National Forest. Ecological Applications 7: 1252-1262.
Odion, D., and C. Tyler. 2002. Are long fire-free periods needed to maintain the endangered, fire-recruiting shrub Arctostaphylos morroensis (Ericaceae)? Conservation Ecology 6(2): 4. [online].
Odion, D. C. and F. W. Davis. 2000. Fire, soil heating, and the formation of vegetation patterns in chaparral. Ecological Monographs 70: 149–169. [abstract at ESA web site]
Pyke, C. R., B. Bierwagen, and N. Goldstein. 1998. Strange bedfellows: Observations on the current relationship between recovery plans and habitat conservation planning. Endangered Species UPDATE 15(6): 97-104.
Pyke, C. R., R. Condit, S. Aguilar and S. Lao. 2001. Floristic composition across a climatic gradient in a neotropical lowland forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 553-566.
Regan, H. M., F. W. Davis, S. J. Andelman, A. Widyanata and M. Freese. 2007. Comprehensive criteria for biodiversity evaluation in conservation planning. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:2715-2728.
Romme, W. H., E. H. Everham, L. E. Frelich, M. A. Moritz and R. E. Sparks. 1998. Are large, infrequent disturbances qualitatively different from small, frequent disturbances? Ecosystems 1: 524-534.
Schimel, D.S., F. W. Davis and G. T. Kittel, 1993. Spatial information for extrapolation of canopy processes: examples from FIFE. Pages 21-38 in, Scaling Physiological Processes: Leaf to Globe, edited by J. R. Ehleringer and C. B. Fields. Academic Press, New York.
Scott, J. M., B. Csuti and F. W. Davis, 1991. Gap analysis: an application of Geographic Information Systems for wildlife species. Pages 167-180 in, Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide, edited by D. J. Decker, M. E. Krasny, G. R. Goff, C. R. Smith and D. W. Gross. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
Scott, J. M., F. Davis, B. Csuti, R. Noss, B. Butterfield, C. Groves, H. Anderson, S. Caicco, F. D'Erchia, T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. Ulliman, and R. G. Wright, 1993. Gap analysis: A geographic approach to protection of biological diversity. Wildlife Monographs, 123: 1-41. ( Full paper)
Scott, J. M., F. W. Davis, R. G. McGhie, R. G. Wright, C. Groves and J. Estes. 2001. Nature reserves: Do they capture the full range of America's biological diversity?Ecological Applications 11: 999-1007.
Scott, J. M., J. E. Estes, J. Scepan, F. W. Davis, and D. M. Stoms, 1991. An information systems approach to the preservation of biological diversity, in GIS Applications in Natural Resources, edited by Michael eit and Art Shortreid, GIS World, Inc., Ft. Collins, Colorado, pp. 283-293.
Seabloom, E. W., A. P. Dobson and D. M. Stoms. 2002. Extinction rates under nonrandom patterns of habitat loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 99: 11229-11234.
Sork, V. L., F. W. Davis, P. E. Smouse, V. J. Apsit, R. J. Dyer, J. F. Fernandez and B. Kuhn. 2002. Pollen movement in declining populations of California Valley oak, Quercus lobata: where have all the fathers gone? Molecular Ecology 11: 1657-1668.
Stein, B. A. and F. W. Davis. 2000. Discovering Life in America: Tools and techniques of biodiversity inventory. Pages 19-53 in Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States, edited by B. A. Stein, L. S. Kutner, and J. S. Adams. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [publisher's web page]
Stine, P. A., F. W. Davis, B. Csuti, and J. M. Scott, 1996. Comparative utility of vegetation maps of different resolutions for conservation planning. Pp. 210-220 in Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes: Theory and Practice, R. C. Szaro, and D. W. Johnston, editors, Oxford University Press, New York.
Stoms, D. M., 1992. Effects of habitat map generalization in biodiversity assessment. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 58: 1587-1591.
Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, and C. B. Cogan, 1992. Sensitivity of wildlife habitat models to uncertainties in GIS data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 58: 843-850.
Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, C. B. Cogan, M. O. Painho, B. W. Duncan, J. Scepan, and J. M. Scott, 1993. Geographic analysis of California condor sighting data. Conservation Biology, 7: 148-159.
Stoms, D. M. and J. E. Estes, 1993. A remote sensing research agenda for mapping and monitoring biodiversity. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14: 1839-1860.
Stoms, D. M., 1994. Scale dependence of species richness maps. The Professional Geographer, 46: 346-358.
Stoms, D. M., and F. W. Davis, 1995. Biodiversity in the Southwestern California Region, in 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., pp. 465-466. [Full text on USGS web site]
Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, and A. D. Hollander, 1996. Hierarchical representation of species distributions for biological survey and monitoring, in GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues, GIS World Books, Ft. Collins, CO, pp. 445-449.
Stoms, D. M., M. J. Bueno, and F. W. Davis. 1997. Viewing geometry of AVHRR image composites derived using multiple criteria. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 63: 681-689.
Stoms, D. M., 1996. Validating large-area land cover databases with maplets. Geocarto International, 11: 87-95.
Stoms, D. M., M. I. Borchert, M. A. Moritz, F. W. Davis, and R. L. Church. 1998. A systematic process for selecting representative Research Natural Areas . Natural Areas Journal 18: 338-349.
Stoms, D. M., M. B. Bueno, F. W. Davis, K. M. Cassidy, K. L. Driese, and J. S. Kagan. 1998. Map-guided classification of regional land-cover with multi-temporal AVHRR data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 64: 831-838.
Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, K. L. Driese, K. M. Cassidy, and M. P. Murray. 1998. Gap analysis of the vegetation of the Intermountain Semi-Desert Ecoregion. Great Basin Naturalist. 58: 199-216.
Stoms, D. M. 2000. GAP management status and regional indicators of threats to biodiversity. Landscape Ecology 15: 21-33.
Stoms, D. M., P. J. Comer, P. J. Crist and D. H. Grossman. 2005. Choosing surrogates for biodiversity conservation in complex planning environments. Journal of Conservation Planning 1: 44-63.
Stoms, D. M. and W. W. Hargrove. 2000. Potential NDVI as a baseline for monitoring ecosystem functioning. International Journal of Remote Sensing (Remote Sensing Letters) 21: 401-407.
Stoms, D. M., J. M. McDonald and F. W. Davis. 2002. Fuzzy assessment of land suitability for scientific research reserves. Environmental Management 29: 545-558.
Stoms, D. M., K. M. Chomitz and F. W. Davis. 2004. TAMARIN: A landscape framework for evaluating economic incentives for rainforest restoration. Landscape and Urban Planning. 68: 95-108.
Stoms, D. M., P. J. Comer, P. J. Crist and D. H. Grossman. 2005. Choosing surrogates for biodiversity conservation in complex planning environments. Journal of Conservation Planning 1: 44-63.
Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, S. J. Andelman, M. H. Carr, S. D. Gaines, B. S. Halpern, R. Hoenicke, S. G. Leibowitz, A. Leydecker, E. M. P. Madin, H. Tallis and R. R. Warner. 2005. Integrated coastal reserve planning: making the land-sea connection. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 3: 429-436.
Thomas, K. A. and F. W. Davis, 1996. Applications of Gap Analysis data in the Mojave Desert of California, in J. M. Scott, T. H. Tear, and F. W. Davis, editors. Gap Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Biodiversity Planning. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, pp. 209-219.
Walsh, S. J. and F. W. Davis, 1994. Applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems in vegetation science: Introduction. Journal of Vegetation Science 5: 610-613.
Wang, Y., F. W. Davis and J. M. Melack, 1993. Simulated and observed backscatter at P-, L-, and C-bands from ponderosa pine stands. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 3: 871-879.
Wang, Y., J. L. Day, and F. W. Davis. 1998. Sensitivity of modeled C- and L-band radar backscatter to ground surface parameters in Loblolly pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 66: 331-342.
Wang, Y. J. L. Day, F. W. Davis and J. M. Melack. 1993. Modeling L-band radar backscatter of Alaskan boreal forests. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 31: 1146-1154.
Wang, Y., E. S. Kaschiske, J. M. Melack, F. W. Davis, and N. L. Christensen, 1994. The effects of loblolly pine biomass and soil moisture backscatter on ERS-1 SAR backscatter. Remote Sensing of Environment 49: 25-31.
Wang, Y., J. Paris, and F. W. Davis. 1998. Inclusion of a simple multiscattering model into a microwave canopy backscatter model. Remote Sensing of Environment 63:101-111.
Williams, J. W., E. W. Seabloom, D. Slayback, D. M. Stoms, and J. H. Viers. 2005. Anthropogenic impacts upon plant species richness and NPP in California. Ecology Letters 8: 127-137.