Peter S. White
Biology: www.bio.unc.edu
Selected Publications by
Subject
Collected Publications to
2005 Indexed HERE
The Philosophy of Conservation and Environmental Ethics
Disturbance, patch dynamics, scale
Species
richness, biogeography, scale
Exotic species, native species and gardens
Great
Smoky Mountains National Park and the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
Tree
architecture and Aralia spinosa
White’s
First Law of Graduate School
The Philosophy of
Conservation and Environmental Ethics
Cole, D. N., L. Yung,
E.S. Zavaleta, G.H. Aplet, F. S. Chapin, F.S., D. M. Graber, D.M., E. S. Higgs,
R.J. Hobbs, P.B. Landres, C.I. Millar, D.J. Parsons, J.M. Randall,
N.L.Stephenson, K.A. Tonnessen, P.S. White, and S. Woodley. 2008. Naturalness
and Beyond: Protected Area Stewardship in an Era of Global Environmental
Change. The George Wright Society Forum
25:36-56.
White, P. S. 2006. Disturbance, the flux of nature, and
environmental ethics at the multipatch scale.
Pages 176-198 in D. Lodge and C. Hamlin (eds.), Religion and the New
Ecology: Environmental Responsibility in a World in Flux.
White,
P. S., and A. Jentsch. 2005. Developing multipatch environmental ethics:
the paradigm of flux and the challenge of a patch dynamic world. Silva Carelica 49:93-106.
White, P. S., and S. P.
Bratton. 1980. After preservation:
the philosophical and practical problems of change. Biol Conserv 18:241‑255
Disturbance, patch dynamics, scale
Meyn, A.,
P. S. White, C. Buhk, and A. Jentsch.
2007. Environmental drivers of
large infrequent wildfires: the emerging conceptual model. Progress in Physical
Geography 31:287-312.
White, P. S., and A. Jentsch. 2004.
Disturbance, succession, and community assembly in terrestrial plant
communities. Pages 342-366 in V. Temperton, R. Hobbs, T. Nuttle, and
Jentsch, A., C. Beierkuhnlein, and P. S.
White. 2002. Scale, the
dynamic stability of forest ecosystems, and the persistence of biodiversity
Silva Fennica 36:1-8.
White, P. S., and A. Jentsch. 2001. The search for generality in studies of disturbance and ecosystem dynamics. Progress in Botany 62:399-450.
Wilds, S. P., and P.S. White. 2001. Dynamic terrestrial ecosystem patterns and processes. Pages 338-351 in: M. E. Jensen and P. S. Bourgeron (eds.), A guidebook for integrated ecological assessment . New York: Springer-Verlag.
White, P. S., J. Harrod J, J. L.Walker, and A. Jentsch. 2000. Disturbance, scale, and boundary in wilderness management. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-15 2:27-42.
White, P. S., J. Harrod, W.
Romme, and J. Betancourt. 1999. The
role of disturbance and temporal dynamics.
Volume 2: 281-312 in Ecological
Stewardship (R. C. Szaro, N. C. Johnson, W. T. Sexton, and A. J. Malk
(eds.). Oxford: Elsevier Science.
Busing, R. T., and P. S. White. 1997.
Species diversity and small‑scale disturbance in an old‑growth
temperate forest: a consideration of gap partitioning concepts.
Oikos 78:562-568.
White, P. S., and J.
Harrod. 1997. Disturbance and diversity in a landscape
context. Pages 128-159 in: Wildlife and landscapes (Bissonette, J.,
ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag.
White, P. S. 1994. Synthesis: vegetation pattern and process in
the Everglades ecosystem. In: Davis S, Ogden J (eds.) Everglades: the
ecosystem and its restoration. St. Lucia Press, Chapter 18: 445-460.
DeAngelis, D. L., and P. S. White 1994. Ecosystems as products of spatially and temporally varying driving forces, ecological processes, and landscapes‑‑a theoretical perspective. Chapter 2, pages 9‑28, in S. Davis and J. Ogden (eds.), Everglades: the ecosystem and its restoration. St. Lucia Press.
Busing, R. T., and P.
S. White. 1993. Effects of area on old‑growth
forest attributes: implications for the
equilibrium landscape concept. Landscape Ecology 8:119‑126.
Busing, R. T., E. E. C.
Clebsch, and P. S. White. 1993. Biomass and production of southern
Appalachian cove forests reexamined. Can. J. For. Res. 23:760‑765.
Canham,
C. D., J. S. Denslow, W. J. Platt, J. R. Runkle, T. A. Spies, and P. S.
White. 1990. Light regimes beneath closed canopies and
treefall gaps in temperate and tropical forests.
Can. J. For. Res. 20:620-
White, P. S. 1987.
Natural disturbance, patch dynamics, and landscape pattern in natural
areas. Natural Areas J 7(1):14‑22
Pickett, S. T. A., and P. S.
White (eds.) 1985. The ecology of
natural disturbance and patch dynamics. Academic Press, New York, pp 3-13.
White, P. S., M.
D.MacKenzie, and R. T. Busing.
1985. A critique of
overstory/understory comparisons based on transition probability analysis of an
old growth spruce‑fir stand in the Appalachians. Vegetatio 64:37‑45
White,
P. S., M. D. MacKenzie, and R. T. Busing.
1985. Natural disturbance and gap
phase dynamics in southern Appalachian spruce-fir. Can. J. For. Res. 15:233-240.
Harmon, M. E., S. P.
Bratton, and P. S. White. 1983. Disturbance and vegetation response in
relation to environmental gradients in the Great Smoky Mountains. Vegetatio 55:129-139.
White, P.
S. 1979. Pattern, process, and natural disturbance in
vegetation. Bot Rev 45:229‑299
Collins, B., P. S. White, and D. W. Imm. 2001.
Introduction to ecology and management of rare plants of the
Southeast. Natural Areas Journal
21:4-11.
White, P. S., S. P. Wilds, and G. A. Thunhorst. 1998. Southeast. Pages 255-314 in M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E. Puckett Haecker, and P. D. Doran (eds.). Status and trends of the national’s biological resources. 2 vols. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
White, P. S., and J. L. Walker. 1997. Approximating
nature s variation: selecting and using reference sites and reference
information in restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 5:338-249.
Fiedler, P. L., P. S. White,
and R. A. Leidy. 1997. The paradigm shift in ecology and its
implications for conservation. In The
ecological basis of conservation:
Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity (Pickett, S. T. A., R.
S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G.E. Likens, eds.), pp. 83‑92. New York:
Chapman & Hall.
White, P. S. 1996.
Spatial and biological scales in reintroduction. In
Restoring diversity (Falk, D. A., C. Millar, and M. Olwell, eds.), pp. 49‑86.
New York: Island Press.
Miller, R. I., S. P.
Bratton, and P. S. White. 1987. A regional strategy for reserve design and
placement based on an analysis of rare and endangered species distribution
patterns. Biol. Conserv. 39:255-268.
Miller,
R. I., and P. S. White. 1986. Considerations for preserve design based on
the distribution of rare plant in Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
USA. Environ. Manage. 6:119-124.
White, P. S. 1984.. Impacts
of cultural and historic resources on natural diversity: Lessons from
Bratton, S. P., and P. S. White. 1980. Rare plant management—after preservation what? Rhodora 82: 49-75.
Species
richness, biogeography, scale
Meghan W. McKnight, Peter S. White, Robert I. McDonald, John F. Lamoreux, Wes Sechrest, Robert S. Ridgely, Simon N. Stuart. 2007. Putting Beta-Diversity on the Map: Broad-Scale Congruence and Coincidence in the Extremes. PLoS Biology 5(10):002-009.
Qian, H., P. S. White, and J.-S. Song. 2007. Distinguishing the effects of historical and regional versus contemporary and ecological factors on plant species richness: an intercontinental analysis. Ecology 88:1440-1453.
Fridley,
J. D., H. Qian, P. S. White, and M. Palmer.
2006. Plant species invasions
along the latitudinal gradient in the
Qian, H. R. E.
Ricklefs, and P. S. White. 2005. Beta diversity of angiosperms in temperate
floras of eastern Asia and eastern
Ricklefs,
R. E., H. Qian, and P. S. White. 2004. The region effect on mesoscale plant species
richness between eastern
Nekola, J. C., and P. S. White. 2002. Conservation: the two pillars of ecological explanation and the paradigm of distance. Natural Areas Journal 22: 305-310.
Palmer, M. W., Peter G.
Earls, Bruce W. Hoagland, Peter S. White, Thomas Wohlgemuth. 2002.
Quantitative tools for perfecting species lists. Environmetrics 13:121-137.
Nekola, J. C., and P. S.
White. 1999. The distance decay of similarity in
biogeography and ecology. Journal of
Biogeography 26:867-878.
Withers, M.A., M. W. Palmer, G. L. Wade, P. S. White, and P. R. Neal. 1998. Changing patterns in the number of species in North American floras. Ch.4, pages 23-31 in T.D. Sisk (ed.), Prespectives on the land use history of North America: a context for understanding our changing environment. Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR-1998-0003.
Qian, H., P. S. White,
K. Klinka, and C. Chourmouzis. 1999. Phytogeogrpahical and community similarities
of alpline tundras of
Wiser, S. K., R. K. Peet, and P. S.
White. 1998. Prediction of rare plant occurrence: a
southern Appalachian example. Ecological Applications 8:909-920.
Withers, M.A., M. W. Palmer, G. L. Wade, P. S. White, and P.
R. Neal. 1997. Changing patterns in
North American Plant diversity. Retrieved,
Palmer, M. W., and P. S.
White. 1994. Scale dependence and the species‑area
relationship. Amer. Nat. 144:717‑740.
White, P. S., and J.
Nekola. 1992. Biological diversity in an ecological
context. Pages 10‑27 in J. R.
Barker and D. T. Tingey (eds.), The effects of air pollution on biodiversity. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
White, P. S., and R. I.
Miller. 1988. Topographic models of vascular plant richness
in the southern Appalachian high peaks.
J. Ecol. 76:192‑199.
White, P. S.
1983. East Asian-East North
American floristic relations: the plant
community level.
Exotic
species, native species and gardens
White, P. S.
2007. Seed exchange: A Johnny
Appleseed dilemma. The Public Garden
22(2): 34-35.
Reichard,
S. H., and P. S. White.
2003. Invasion biology: a
major field of study. Annals of the
White, P. S., and J. Randall. 2002. Carrying out a self-assessment on the invasive plant issue. The Public Garden 12 (4): 18-20.
White, P.
S. 2002. Developing a code of conduct: the North
Carolina Botanical Garden experience.
Pages 22-24 in K. Fay (ed.), Proceedings of the workshop, “Linking
ecology and horticulture to prevent plant invasions”,
White, P. S.
2002. Linking ecology and
horticulture to prevent plant invasions: An introduction to the St.Louis
Declaration and the Codes of Conduct.
Wildland Weeds. Winter 2002,
6(1):4-6.
Reichard, S.
H., and P. S. White. 2001. Horticulture as a pathway of invasive plant
introductions in the
White, P. S.
1999. Exploring wilderness in our
backyards. The Public Garden April (1999):35-36.
White, P. S., 1999. The
White, P. S., and A. Schwarz. 1998. Where do we go from here? The challenges of risk assessment for
invasive plants. Weed Technology 12:744-751.
White, Peter S. 1998.
Biodiversity and the exotic species threat. Pages 1-7 in: Exotic pests of eastern forests (Britton, K., ed.). Atlanta:
Tennessee Exotic Plant Council and USDA Forest Service.
White, P. S. 1998. Proclaiming the wonder of the plant
kingdom around us: The importance of native plant collections. The Public Garden 13 (3, July 1998): 31-32.
White, P. S. 1997.
A bill falls due: botanical gardens and the exotic species problem. The Public Garden April 1997:22-25.
White, P. S. 1996.
In search of the conservation garden.
The Public Garden 11(2):11‑13,40.
White, P. S. 2008.
Discover Life in America, Inc., and the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
in
White, P. S. 2007. Forward
to the Special Volume on the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in
White, P. S. 2007. The Science Plan for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee. The Southeastern Naturalist Special Issue 1:1-26.
Jenkins, M.A., S. Jose, and P. S. White. 2007. Impacts of a forest fungal disease on forest community composition and structure and the resulting effects on foliar calcium cycling. Ecological Applications 17:869-881.
Hayes, M., Moody, A., White, P. S. & Costanza, J. L. 2007. The influence of logging and topography on the distribution of spruce-fir forests near their southern limits in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Plant Ecology 189:51-70..White, P. S. 2006. Looking for Linnaea: biological diversity and the ATBI in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
White, P. S., and K. Langdon. 2006. The ATBI in the Smokies: An Overview. George Wright Forum 23:18-25.
Langdon, K., P. S. White, and Becky Nichols. 2006. Implications of an ATBI for reserve stewardship. George Wright Forum 23:45-51.
Jenkins, M., and P. S. White. 2002. Cornus florida L. mortality and understory composition changes in western Great Smoky Mountains National Park. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 129:194-206.
White, P. S., S. Wilds, and D. A.
Stratton 2001. The distribution of heath balds in the
White, P. S. et al. 2000. The Science Plan for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee. Discover Life in America, Gatlinburg, TN. 15 pp.
Wiser, S. K., and P. S.
White 1999. High elevation outcrops and
barrens of the southern Appalachian mountains.
Pages 119-132 in: Savannas,
barrens, and rock outcrop plant communities of North America (Anderson, R.
C., J. S. Fralish, and J. M. Baskin, eds.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Harrod, Jonathan C., M. E. Harmon, and P. S. White. 2000. Post-fire succession and twentieth century reduction in fire frequency on xeric southern Appalachian sites. Journal of Vegetation Science. 11:465-472.
Harrod, J., M. E. Harmon,
and P. S. White. 1998. Changes in xeric forests in western Great
Smoky Mountains National Park, 1936-1995.
Castanea 63:346-360.
MacKenzie, M. D., and P. S. White 1998. The vegetation of Great Smoky Mountains
National Park: 1935-1938. Castanea 63:323-336.
White PS, Sutter RD (1998) Southern Appalachian grassy balds:
lessons for management and regional conservation. In: Peine JD (ed.) Ecosystem
management: principles and practices illustrated by a regional biosphere
cooperative. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida, pp 375-396
Cogbill, C. V., P. S. White,
and S. K. Wiser. 1997. Predicting treeline elevation in the southern
Appalachians. Castanea
62:137-146.
Wiser, S. K., R. K. Peet, and P.
S. White. 1996. High elevation rock outcrop vegetation of the
Southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Vegetation Science 7:703‑722.
White, P. S., T.
Condon, J. Rock, C. A. McCormick, P. Beaty, and K. Langdon. 1996. Wildflowers
of the Smokies. Gatlinburg,
Tennessee: Great Smoky Mountains Natural
History Association. Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. 230 pp. [2nd
Edition, 2003]
White, P. S. 1995. Conserving biodiversity: lessons from the Smokies. FORUM for Applied Research and Public Policy 10(2):116‑120.
White, P. S., E. Buckner, J. D. Pittillo, and C. V. Cogbill. 1993. High elevation forests: spruce‑fir forests, northern hardwood forests, and associated communities. In "Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States" (W. H. Martin, S. G. Boyce, and A. C. Echternacht, eds.), pp. 305‑338. New York: John Wiley.
Busing, R. T., E. E. C. Clebsch, and P. S. White. 1993. Biomass and production of southern Appalachian cove forests reexamined. Can. J. For. Res. 23:760‑765.
Busing, R. T., P. S. White, and M. D. MacKenzie. 1993. Gradient analysis of old spruce‑fir forests of the Great Smoky Mountains circa 1935. Can. J. Bot. 71:951‑958.
White, P. S., and C. V. Cogbill. 1992. Spruce‑fir forests of eastern North America. Pages 3‑39 in C. Eagar and M. B. Adams (eds.), The ecology and decline of red spruce in the eastern United States. Springer‑Verlag.
Johnson, A. H., S. B. McLaughlin, M. B. Adams, E. R. Cook, D. H. DeHayes, C. Eagar, I. J. Fernandez, D. W. Johnson, R. J. Kohut, V. A. Mohnen, N. S. Nicholas, D. R. Peart, G. A. Schier, and P. S. White. 1992. Why are red spruce declining at high elevations? A synthesis of epidemiological and mechanistic studies. Pages 385‑412 in C. Eagar and M. B. Adams (eds.), The ecology and decline of red spruce in the eastern United States. Springer‑Verlag.
Cogbill, C. V., and P. S.
White. 1991. The latitude‑elevation relationship for
spruce‑fir forest and treeline along the Appalachian Mountain chain. Vegetatio 94:153‑176.
Callaway, R. M., E. E. C. Clebsch, and P. S. White. 1989. Predicting woody production by canopy trees in forest communities in the western Great Smoky Mountains. Forest Science. 35:338‑348.
Callaway, R. M., E. E. C. Clebsch, and P. S. White. 1987. A multivariate analysis of forest communities in the western Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 118: 107-120
White, P. S. (ed.). 1984. The southern Appalachian spruce‑fir ecosystem: its biology and threats. USDI, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, Research/Resource Manage. Rept. SER‑71. 268 p.
White, P. S. 1982.
The flora of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: an annotated checklist of the vascular plants and a review of
previous floristic work. USDI, National
Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, Research/Resource
Manage. Rept. SER‑55. 219 p.
Palmer,
Michael W., Robert K. Peet, Rebecca A. Reed, Weimin Xi, and Peter S. White.
2007. A multiscale study of vascular
plants in a North Carolina Piedmont forest.
Ecology 88:2674. Ecological Archives E088-162.
White, P. S., and R. White, Jr. 1996. Old-growth oak
and oak-hickory forests. Pages 178-198 In "Eastern old-growth forests:
prospects for rediscovery and recovery" (M. B. Davis, ed.).
Palmer, M. W., and P. S.
White. 1994. On the existence of ecological
communities. Journal of Vegetation
Science 5:279‑282.
Reed, R. A., R. K. Peet, M.
W. Palmer, and P. S. White. 1993. Scale dependence of vegetation‑environment
correlations: a case study of a
Tree
architecture and Aralia spinosa
White, P. S.
1988. Prickle distribution in
the small tree Aralia spinsoa L. Am. J.
Bot. 75:282-285.
White, P. S. 1983. Corner's Rules in eastern deciduous
trees: allometry and its implications for the adaptive architecture of trees.
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110:203-212.
White, P. S. 1983.
Evidence that temperate east North American evergreen woody plants
follow Corner's Rules. New Phytol.
95:139-145.
White,
P. S. 1984. The architecture of devil's walkingstick,
Aralia spinosa“ L. (Araliaceae). J.
Arnold Arb., Harv. Univ. 65:403-418.
White First Law of
White, P. S. 1996. Nature's predictability and nature's
surprises. Chinkapin 4(2):15-16.