West Virginia Project
Impacts of Mountaintop Mining on Terrestrial Ecosystem Integrity
February 2012 - March 2014
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency
We identified thresholds in forest loss within the mountaintop mining region at which different avian species increased or declined.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Becker, D.A., P.B. Wood, M.P. Strager, C. Mazzarella. 2015. Impacts of mountaintop mining on terrestrial ecosystem integrity: identifying landscape thresholds for avian species in the central Appalachians, United States. Landscape Ecology 30:339-356. | January 2015 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Becker, D., P.B. Wood, and M. Strager. Impacts of Mountaintop Mining on Terrestrial Ecosystem Integrity: Identifying Landscape Thresholds for Avian Species. American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society Joint Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois | August 2013 |
| Becker, D.A., P.B. Wood, M.P. Strager, and C. Mazzarella. Identifying landscape thresholds for avian species in the mountaintop mining region. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. | October 2014 |