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W. Mark Ford
Researcher at Virginia Tech
Publications - 70
Citations - 1118
W. Mark Ford is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myotis septentrionalis & Population. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 70 publications receiving 973 citations. Previous affiliations of W. Mark Ford include United States Forest Service & United States Geological Survey.
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Bat Activity in a Forest Landscape of Central Massachusetts
Robert T. Brooks,W. Mark Ford +1 more
TL;DR: Assessment of bat species composition and relative levels of summer flight activity on the Quabbin Reservation in central Massachusetts found little brown bats were ubiquitous, whereas Myotis septentrionalis (northern myotis) was most common in structurally cluttered habitats of seasonal forest (vernal) pools and along forest streams.
Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions
TL;DR: In this article, the use of fire for nongame wildlife management and rare plant community management in restoration in the United States with an emphasis on forested systems is discussed. But the authors do not discuss the effects of fire on wildlife management.
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Food habits of seven species of bats in the allegheny plateau and ridge and valley of west virginia
Timothy C. Carter,Michael A. Menzel,Sheldon F. Owen,John W. Edwards,Jennifer M. Menzel,W. Mark Ford +5 more
TL;DR: Diets of these seven species of bats did not differ notably from diet of each species reported from other regions of the eastern United States.
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Roosting and foraging social structure of the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis).
TL;DR: In this article, a combination of graph theoretic and spatial approaches was used to describe the roost and social network characteristics and foraging associations of an Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) maternity colony in an agricultural landscape in Ohio, USA.
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Canopy gap dynamics of second-growth red spruce-northern hardwood stands in West Virginia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe gap-phase dynamics of even-aged, second-growth red spruce-northern hardwood stands in West Virginia that have been significantly degraded following early Twentieth Century harvesting and wildfire.