Matthew Betts
Non-Refereed Contributions and Presentations
Reviewer for the Following Journals
Betts, M.G., G.J. Forbes, A.W. Diamond (In Press). Thresholds in songbird occurrence in relation to landscape structure. Conservation Biology 00: 000-000. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Mitchell, D., Diamond, A.W., and Bety, J. (In Press). Uneven rates of landscape change as a source of bias in roadside surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 00: 000-000. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Zitske, B.P., Hadley, A.S., and Diamond, A.W. (2006) Migrant forest songbirds undertake breeding dispersal following timber harvest. Northeastern Naturalist 13: 531-536. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J., Diamond, A.W., Taylor, P.D. (2006) Independent effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on songbirds in a forest mosaic: an organism-based approach. Ecological Applications 16: 1076-1089. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W., Forbes, G.J., Villard, M.-A. and Gunn, J. (2006) The importance of spatial autocorrelation, extent and resolution in predicting forest bird occurrence. Ecological Modelling 191: 197-224. (pdf)
Young, L., Betts, M.G., and Diamond, A.W. (2005) Do Blackburnian Warblers select mixed forest? The importance of spatial resolution in defining habitat. Forest Ecology and Management 214: 358-372. (pdf)
Warren, T., Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W. and Forbes, G.J. (2005) The influence of local habitat and landscape composition on cavity-nesting birds in a forested mosaic. Forest Ecology and Management 214: 331-343. (pdf)
Doran, P.J., Gulezian, P.Z. and Betts, M.G. (2005) A test of the mobbing playback method as a means to estimate bird reproductive success. Journal of Field Ornithology 76: 227-233. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Hadley, A.S. and Doran, P.J. (2005) Avian mobbing response is restricted by territory boundaries: experimental evidence from two species of forest warblers. Ethology 111: 821-835. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W., Forbes, G.J., Frego, K., Loo, J., Matson, B., Roberts, M., Villard, M.-A., Wissink, R., Wuest, L., and Zelazny, V. (2005) Plantations and biodiversity: a comment on the debate in New Brunswick. Forestry Chronicle 81: 265-269. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Simon, N.P.P. and Nocera, J. (2005) Point count data summary metrics differentially predict reproductive activity in forest and grassland birds. Journal of Ornithology 146: 151-159. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Franklin, S.E., and Taylor, R.G. (2003) Interpretation of landscape pattern and habitat change for local indicator species using satellite imagery and geographic information system data in New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33(10): 1821-1831. (pdf)
Betts, M.G., Knox, J. and Forbes, G. (2002) A landscape ecological approach to private woodlot planning in New Brunswick. Natural Areas Journal 22(4): 311-317.
Betts, M.G., and Loo, J. (2002) A comparison of pre-European settlement forest characterization methodologies. Forestry Chronicle 18(3): 123-129.
Betts, M.G. (1997) Community forestry in New Brunswick. International Journal of Ecological Forestry 12(3): 247-254.
Linke, J., Betts, M.G., Lavigne, M. and Franklin, S.E. (In Press) Introduction: Structure, function and change in forest landscapes. In Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches. Wulder, M. and Franklin, S.E. (Eds.) Taylor and Francis Group Publishing.
Non-Refereed Contributions and Presentations
Betts, M.G., and G.J. Forbes
(Eds.) 2005. Forest Management Guidelines to Protect Native Biodiversity
in the Greater Fundy Ecosystem. University of New Brunswick (UNB) Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Unit, Fredericton, Pp. 110.
http://www.unbf.ca/forestry/centers/fundy/documents/GFE_Guidelines.pdf
Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J., Smith, M. and Woodley, S. (2005) Amount of mature forest required at the landscape scale. In Forest Management Guidelines to Protect Native Biodiversity in the Fundy Model Forest. Betts, M.G.. and Forbes, G.J. (Eds.), UNB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, Fredericton, Pp. 17-26.
Betts, M.G., Loo, J. and Basquill, S. (2005) Maintaining forest community groups at coarse and fine scales. In Forest Management Guidelines to Protect Native Biodiversity in the Fundy Model Forest. Betts, M.G. and Forbes, G.J. (Eds.), UNB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, Fredericton, Pp. 27-32.
Betts, M.G. Connectivity. (2005) In Forest Management Guidelines to Protect Native Biodiversity in the Fundy Model Forest. Betts, M.G. and Forbes, G.J. (Eds.), UNB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, Fredericton, Pp. 41-48.
Frego, K., Fenton, N. and Betts, M.G. (2005) Coarse woody debris. In Forest Management Guidelines to Protect Native Biodiversity in the Fundy Model Forest. Betts, M.G. and Forbes, G.J. (Eds.), UNB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, Fredericton, Pp. 65-68.
Betts, M.G. (invited speaker) (2005) Conserving biodiversity on private woodlots at the landscape scale: The Pollett River Watershed. Values Added: The role of family forests in your community. Canadian National Woodland Conference, Vernon, British Columbia, October 12-15 2005.
Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J., Diamond, A.W., Taylor, P.D. (2005) Independent effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on songbirds in a forest mosaic. Ecological Society of America Conference, Montreal, Canada. August 2005.
Betts, M.G. (invited field tour leader) (2005) Biodiversity in Old Grown Eastern Hardwood Forest. New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists Annual General Meeting, June 2005.
Betts, M.G., and Smith, M. (invited speakers) (2005) Using RAMAS GIS to model spatially-structured flying squirrel populations in the Greater Fundy Ecosysterm. Parks Canada Workshop on Population Viability Analysis, Ottawa, May 2005.
Betts, M.G. (keynote speaker) (2005) Private woodlots and the conservation challenge. Nova Forest Alliance, Debert, Nova Scotia, April 2005.
Zitske, B.P., Diamond, A.W., and M.G. Betts. (2005) Apparent survival and morphometrics of a forest bird indicator species in relation to landscape-scale forest management. Poster presented at the Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO) Annual Conference, Halifax, N.S., October 2005.
Betts, M.G. Diamond, A.W., Forbes, G.J., Villard, M.-A. and Gunn, J. (2004) Predicting occurrence of forest birds using ground-based vegetation plots and air photo forest inventory (GIS) data. American Ornithologist's Union/ Society of Canadian Ornithologist's Conference, Quebec, Canada, August 2004.
Betts, M.G. (invited speaker) (2004) Landscape approaches to managing for biodiversity. Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 2004.
Betts, M.G. and Forbes, G.J. (invited speakers) (2004) Indicator species and forest biodiversity. Fundy Model Forest Conference on Sustainable Forest Management. Fredericton, N.B., February 2004.
Betts, M.G. (2003) The impact of Jaakko Poyry on forest biodiversity in New Brunswick. Presentation to the New Brunswick Provincial Select Committee on Wood Supply, Fredericton, N.B., November 2003.
Betts, M.G. and Forbes, G.J. (2003) Conserving biodiversity on private woodlots at the landscape scale. Abstract published in Proceedings of the World Forestry Congress, Quebec City, September 2003.
Betts, M.G. and Warren, T. (2001) Defining response variables in habitat suitability analysis. Presented to the Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Research Network (ACWERN) Annual Conference, Sackville, N.B., October 2001.
Betts, M.G. and Forbes, G. (2001). Predicting the landscape-scale distribution of red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) habitat in New Brunswick. Presented at the Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Network Annual Conference, Charlottetown, P.E.I., September 2001
Betts, M.G. (2001) Does landscape matter? An examination of forest bird habitat at multiple scales in the Greater Fundy Ecosystem. Presented at the Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO) Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C., August 2001.
Betts, M.G. (2001) Watershed-based woodlot management planning. Presented at the Canadian Woodlands Forum Annual Conference, Quebec city, Quebec, Sept. 2001.
Betts, M.G. (2000) In search of ecological relevancy: a literature review of fragmentation metrics and their application in landscape ecology. Greater Fundy Ecosystem Research Group, Fredericton, Pp. 45.
Betts, M.G. (1999) A Landscape Approach to Conserving the Appalachian Hardwood Forest. Nature Trust of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Pp. 88.
Betts, M.G. and Coon, D. (1996) Working with the Woods: Restoring Forests and Community in New Brunswick. Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Fredericton.
Reviewer for the Following Journals:
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Conservation Biology, Conservation Ecology (now Ecology and Society), Journal of Applied Ecology, Northeastern Naturalist.
