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Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis and C. M. Tyler. 2005. Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program: August 1994 - August 2005. Final Report to County of Santa Barbara Department of Planning and Development, Energy Division. University of California Santa Barbara.

Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 2003 - June 2004, to County of Santa Barbara, July 2004. University of California Santa Barbara. 22 pp.

Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, C. J. Costello, E. A. Machado, J. Metz, R. Gerrard, S. Andelman, H. Regan, and R. Church 2003. A framework for setting land conservation priorities using multi-criteria scoring and an optimal fund allocation strategy. Report to the Resources Agency of California. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara. 72 pp.

Machado, E. A., D. M. Stoms, and F. W. Davis. 2003. A systematic framework for prioritizing farmland preservation. Report to the Resources Agency of California. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara. 52 pp.

Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 2002 - June 2003, to County of Santa Barbara, June 2003. University of California Santa Barbara. 32 pp.

Stoms, D. M. 2003. Linking GIS and reserve selection algorithms: Towards a geospatial data model. Biogeography Lab, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara. 37 pp.

Jennings, M.D., O. Loucks, D. Glenn-Lewin, R.K. Peet, D. Faber-Langendoen, D. Grossman, A. Damman, M. Barbour, R. Pfister, M. Walker, S. Talbot, J. Walker, G. Hartshorn, G. Waggoner, M. Abrams, A. Hill, D. Roberts, D. Tart. 2002. Standards for Associations and Alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Version 1.0. Vegetation Classification Panel of the Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C. 128p.

Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 2001 - June 2002, to County of Santa Barbara, June 2003. University of California Santa Barbara. 37 pp.

Tyler, C., W. Kuhn, and F. Davis. 2002. Demography and regeneration of oaks in the foothill woodlands of central California: A review of the scientific literature. Pages B-1 to B65 in Coast Ranges Oak Woodland Network. Final Report and Proposal for Funding to the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. University of California.

Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, R. L. Church, and R. A. Gerrard. 2002. Economic Instruments for Habitat Conservation. Final Report to the World Bank, June 14, 2002. University of California, Santa Barbara. Summary (html) or full report (pdf).

Cogan, C. B., F. W. Davis and K. C. Clarke. 2001. Applications of Urban Growth Models and Wildlife Habitat Models to Assess Biodiversity Losses. Final Report to the USGS Gap Analysis Program. University of California, Santa Barbara.

Davis, F. W., W. Kuhn, P. Alagona, M. Campopiano and R. Brown. 2000. Santa Barbara County Oak Woodland Inventory and Monitoring Program. Final Report to the County of Santa Barbara Department of Planning and Development. University of California, Santa Barbara.

Stoms, D. M., A. D. Hollander, and F. W. Davis. 2000. Predicting Vulnerability of Regional Biota: Extending Gap Analysis. Final Report to the National Gap Analysis Program, July 31, 1999. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 48 pp.

Stoms, D. M., J. M. McDonald and F. W. Davis. 2000. Knowledge-based site suitability assessment for new NRS reserves for the proposed UC Merced campus. Santa Barbara, University of California. [available online, 1.3 Mb]

Andelman, S., I. Ball, F. Davis and D. Stoms. 1999. Sites V 1.0: An Analytical Toolbox for Designing Ecoregional Conservation Portfolios. Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara. [available for download with software]

Field, C. B., G. C. Daily, F. W. Davis, S. Gaines, P. A. Matson, J. Melack and N. L. Miller. 1999. Confronting Climate Change in California: Ecological Impacts on the Golden State. Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC, Union of Concerned Scientists and Ecological Society of America. [available online at UCS web site, 2.8Mb]

Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. 1999. Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 1998 - June 1999, submitted to the County of Santa Barbara Resource Management Department, September 15, 1999. 14 pp. [available online, 57 kb]

Stoms, D. M., W. A. Kuhn, and F. W. Davis. 1998. Acquisition and Evaluation of Data Sets for Comparative Assessment of Risk to Biodiversity on a Continental Scale: Threats to Biodiversity. Final Report to the Environmental Protection Agency, September 30, 1998. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 138 pp.

Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, A. D. Hollander, K. A. Thomas, P. A. Stine, D. Odion, M. I. Borchert, J. H. Thorne, M. V. Gray, R. E. Walker, K. Warner, and J. Graae. 1998. The California Gap Analysis Project--Final Report, June 30, 1998. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 255 pp.

Davis, F. W., M. J. Bueno, and J. M. Stenback. 1997. Imaging California: South Coast Pilot Study. Final Report to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 20, 1997. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 16 pp.

Stoms. D. M., W. J. Okin, and F. W. Davis. 1997. Preserve Selection Modeling in the Columbia Plateau. Final Report to The Nature Conservancy of Washington. November 13, 1997. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 52 pp.

Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, A. D. Hollander, M. J. Bueno, R. L. Church, W. J. Okin, and R. A. Gerrard. 1997. A Spatial Modeling and Decision Support System for Conservation of Biological Diversity. Final Report to the IBM Environmental Research Program, September 30, 1997. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 68 pp.

Davis, F. W. 1996. Comparison of Late Seral/Old Growth Maps from SNEP Versus the Sierra Biodiversity Institute. Pages 745-757 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. III, Assessments, commissioned reports, and background information. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources.

Davis, F. W. and D. M. Stoms. 1996. Geographic Information Systems Analysis of Biodiversity in California, Final Report to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 168 pp.

Davis, F. W., J. Walsh, M. Moritz, and D. Stoms, 1996. A Digital Soils Layer for the Los Padres National Forest. Final Report to the USDA Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest in fulfillment of Challenge Cost Share Agreement 94-001. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 37 pp.

Davis, F. W. 1995. Position statement on GIS and global change. Pp. 51-52 in, Research Initiative 15: Multiple roles for GIS in US Global Change Research. NCGIA Technical Report 95-10.

Davis, F. W. and R. W. Brown. 1995. Vegetation Change in Blue Oak and Blue Oak/Foothill Pine Woodland. Final report prepared for the California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection. 34 pp. [On-line at UC Berkeley]

Davis, F.W. and A.D. Hollander. 1995. An integrated geographic information system for modelling wildlife species distributions. Final report prepared for the California Dept. of Fish and Game. 30 pp.

Helly, J., T. Case, F. Davis, S. Levin and W. Michener. 1995. The State of Computational Ecology. Santa Barbara, California, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.

Mahall, B. E. and F. W. Davis. 1995. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Progress Report to the County of Santa Barbara for Period 1/1/95-6/30/95.

Mahall, B. E. and F. W. Davis. 1995. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Final Management and Implementation Plan . Report to the County of Santa Barbara.

Davis, F. W., D. Stoms, P. Stine, A. Hollander, M. Borchert, M. Bueno, K. Beardsley, and V. Gray, 1994. Gap Analysis of the Southwestern California Region. NCGIA Technical Report 94-04, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, California, 86 pp.

Stoms, D. M., 1994. Actual vegetation layer. In A Handbook for Gap Analysis, Version 1, National Biological Survey, Moscow, ID.

Stoms, D. M. and F. W. Davis, 1994. Pilot Studies for Southern California: Synoptic National Assessment of Comparative Risks to Biological Diversity and Landscape Types. Final Report to the Environmental Protection Agency. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

Stoms, D., F. Davis, C. Cogan, and K. Cassidy, 1994. Assessing land cover map accuracy for gap analysis. In A Handbook for Gap Analysis, Version 1, National Biological Survey, Moscow, ID.

Kiester, A. R., D. White, E. M. Preston, L. L. Master, T. R. Loveland, D. F. Bradford, B. A. Csuti, R. J. O'Connor, F. W. Davis, and D. M. Stoms, 1993. Research Plan for Pilot Studies of the Biodiversity Research Consortium, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon.

Davis, F. W., and R. E. Walker, 1993. Investigations into the use of airborne multispectral images for estimating conifer mortality in Sierran montane forests. Final report prepared for the Sequoia Natural History Association and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 48 pp.

Goodchild, M. F., F. W. Davis, M. Painho, and D. M. Stoms, 1991. The Use of Vegetation Maps and Geographic Information Systems for Assessing Conifer Lands in California, NCGIA Technical Report 91-23, NCGIA, Santa Barbara, California, 75 pp. [On-line at UC Berkeley]

Ferren, W. R., Jr., and F. W. Davis. 1991. Biotic Inventory and Ecosystem Characterization for Fish Slough, Inyo and Mono Counties, California. Final report prepared for the California Dept. of Fish and Game.



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	Technical Reports Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis and C. M. Tyler. 2005. Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program: August 1994 - August 2005. Final Report to County of Santa Barbara Department of Planning and Development, Energy Division. University of California Santa Barbara. Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 2003 - June 2004, to County of Santa Barbara, July 2004. University of California Santa Barbara. 22 pp. Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, C. J. Costello, E. A. Machado, J. Metz, R. Gerrard, S. Andelman, H. Regan, and R. Church 2003. A framework for setting land conservation priorities using multi-criteria scoring and an optimal fund allocation strategy. Report to the Resources Agency of California. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara. 72 pp. Machado, E. A., D. M. Stoms, and F. W. Davis. 2003. A systematic framework for prioritizing farmland preservation. Report to the Resources Agency of California. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara. 52 pp. Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 2002 - June 2003, to County of Santa Barbara, June 2003. University of California Santa Barbara. 32 pp. Stoms, D. M. 2003. Linking GIS and reserve selection algorithms: Towards a geospatial data model. Biogeography Lab, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara. 37 pp. Jennings, M.D., O. Loucks, D. Glenn-Lewin, R.K. Peet, D. Faber-Langendoen, D. Grossman, A. Damman, M. Barbour, R. Pfister, M. Walker, S. Talbot, J. Walker, G. Hartshorn, G. Waggoner, M. Abrams, A. Hill, D. Roberts, D. Tart. 2002. Standards for Associations and Alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Version 1.0. Vegetation Classification Panel of the Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C. 128p. Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 2001 - June 2002, to County of Santa Barbara, June 2003. University of California Santa Barbara. 37 pp. Tyler, C., W. Kuhn, and F. Davis. 2002. Demography and regeneration of oaks in the foothill woodlands of central California: A review of the scientific literature. Pages B-1 to B65 in Coast Ranges Oak Woodland Network. Final Report and Proposal for Funding to the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. University of California. Stoms, D. M., F. W. Davis, R. L. Church, and R. A. Gerrard. 2002. Economic Instruments for Habitat Conservation. Final Report to the World Bank, June 14, 2002. University of California, Santa Barbara. Summary (html) or full report (pdf). Cogan, C. B., F. W. Davis and K. C. Clarke. 2001. Applications of Urban Growth Models and Wildlife Habitat Models to Assess Biodiversity Losses. Final Report to the USGS Gap Analysis Program. University of California, Santa Barbara. Davis, F. W., W. Kuhn, P. Alagona, M. Campopiano and R. Brown. 2000. Santa Barbara County Oak Woodland Inventory and Monitoring Program. Final Report to the County of Santa Barbara Department of Planning and Development. University of California, Santa Barbara. Stoms, D. M., A. D. Hollander, and F. W. Davis. 2000. Predicting Vulnerability of Regional Biota: Extending Gap Analysis. Final Report to the National Gap Analysis Program, July 31, 1999. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 48 pp. Stoms, D. M., J. M. McDonald and F. W. Davis. 2000. Knowledge-based site suitability assessment for new NRS reserves for the proposed UC Merced campus. Santa Barbara, University of California. [available online, 1.3 Mb] Andelman, S., I. Ball, F. Davis and D. Stoms. 1999. Sites V 1.0: An Analytical Toolbox for Designing Ecoregional Conservation Portfolios. Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara. [available for download with software] Field, C. B., G. C. Daily, F. W. Davis, S. Gaines, P. A. Matson, J. Melack and N. L. Miller. 1999. Confronting Climate Change in California: Ecological Impacts on the Golden State. Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC, Union of Concerned Scientists and Ecological Society of America. [available online at UCS web site, 2.8Mb] Mahall, B. E., F. W. Davis, and C. M. Tyler. 1999. Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program. Yearly Progress Report for the Period July 1998 - June 1999, submitted to the County of Santa Barbara Resource Management Department, September 15, 1999. 14 pp. [available online, 57 kb] Stoms, D. M., W. A. Kuhn, and F. W. Davis. 1998. Acquisition and Evaluation of Data Sets for Comparative Assessment of Risk to Biodiversity on a Continental Scale: Threats to Biodiversity. Final Report to the Environmental Protection Agency, September 30, 1998. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 138 pp. Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, A. D. Hollander, K. A. Thomas, P. A. Stine, D. Odion, M. I. Borchert, J. H. Thorne, M. V. Gray, R. E. Walker, K. Warner, and J. Graae. 1998. The California Gap Analysis Project--Final Report, June 30, 1998. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 255 pp. Davis, F. W., M. J. Bueno, and J. M. Stenback. 1997. Imaging California: South Coast Pilot Study. Final Report to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 20, 1997. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 16 pp. Stoms. D. M., W. J. Okin, and F. W. Davis. 1997. Preserve Selection Modeling in the Columbia Plateau. Final Report to The Nature Conservancy of Washington. November 13, 1997. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 52 pp. Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, A. D. Hollander, M. J. Bueno, R. L. Church, W. J. Okin, and R. A. Gerrard. 1997. A Spatial Modeling and Decision Support System for Conservation of Biological Diversity. Final Report to the IBM Environmental Research Program, September 30, 1997. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 68 pp. Davis, F. W. 1996. Comparison of Late Seral/Old Growth Maps from SNEP Versus the Sierra Biodiversity Institute. Pages 745-757 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, vol. III, Assessments, commissioned reports, and background information. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildlands Resources. Davis, F. W. and D. M. Stoms. 1996. Geographic Information Systems Analysis of Biodiversity in California, Final Report to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 168 pp. Davis, F. W., J. Walsh, M. Moritz, and D. Stoms, 1996. A Digital Soils Layer for the Los Padres National Forest. Final Report to the USDA Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest in fulfillment of Challenge Cost Share Agreement 94-001. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 37 pp. Davis, F. W. 1995. Position statement on GIS and global change. Pp. 51-52 in, Research Initiative 15: Multiple roles for GIS in US Global Change Research. NCGIA Technical Report 95-10. Davis, F. W. and R. W. Brown. 1995. Vegetation Change in Blue Oak and Blue Oak/Foothill Pine Woodland. Final report prepared for the California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection. 34 pp. [On-line at UC Berkeley] Davis, F.W. and A.D. Hollander. 1995. An integrated geographic information system for modelling wildlife species distributions. Final report prepared for the California Dept. of Fish and Game. 30 pp. Helly, J., T. Case, F. Davis, S. Levin and W. Michener. 1995. The State of Computational Ecology. Santa Barbara, California, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Mahall, B. E. and F. W. Davis. 1995. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Progress Report to the County of Santa Barbara for Period 1/1/95-6/30/95. Mahall, B. E. and F. W. Davis. 1995. Santa Barbara Oak Restoration Program. Final Management and Implementation Plan . Report to the County of Santa Barbara. Davis, F. W., D. Stoms, P. Stine, A. Hollander, M. Borchert, M. Bueno, K. Beardsley, and V. Gray, 1994. Gap Analysis of the Southwestern California Region. NCGIA Technical Report 94-04, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, California, 86 pp. Stoms, D. M., 1994. Actual vegetation layer. In A Handbook for Gap Analysis, Version 1, National Biological Survey, Moscow, ID. Stoms, D. M. and F. W. Davis, 1994. Pilot Studies for Southern California: Synoptic National Assessment of Comparative Risks to Biological Diversity and Landscape Types. Final Report to the Environmental Protection Agency. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Stoms, D., F. Davis, C. Cogan, and K. Cassidy, 1994. Assessing land cover map accuracy for gap analysis. In A Handbook for Gap Analysis, Version 1, National Biological Survey, Moscow, ID. Kiester, A. R., D. White, E. M. Preston, L. L. Master, T. R. Loveland, D. F. Bradford, B. A. Csuti, R. J. O'Connor, F. W. Davis, and D. M. Stoms, 1993. Research Plan for Pilot Studies of the Biodiversity Research Consortium, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon. Davis, F. W., and R. E. Walker, 1993. Investigations into the use of airborne multispectral images for estimating conifer mortality in Sierran montane forests. Final report prepared for the Sequoia Natural History Association and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 48 pp. Goodchild, M. F., F. W. Davis, M. Painho, and D. M. Stoms, 1991. The Use of Vegetation Maps and Geographic Information Systems for Assessing Conifer Lands in California, NCGIA Technical Report 91-23, NCGIA, Santa Barbara, California, 75 pp. [On-line at UC Berkeley] Ferren, W. R., Jr., and F. W. Davis. 1991. Biotic Inventory and Ecosystem Characterization for Fish Slough, Inyo and Mono Counties, California. Final report prepared for the California Dept. of Fish and Game.
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