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Don Despain's Publications
Papers in technical journals
Despain, D. G.; Bliss, L. C.; Boyer, J. S. 1970. Carbon dioxide exchange in saguaro seedlings. Ecology. 51: 912-914.
Despain, D. G. 1971. Geological influences on the forest vegetation of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. American Journal of Botany. 58: 482.
Despain, D. G. 1973. Vegetation of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, in relation to substrate and climate. Ecological Monographs. 43: 329-355.
Mayo, J. M.; Despain, D. G.; van Zinderen Bakker, E. M. Jr. 1973. CO2 assimilation by Dryas integrifolia on Devon Island, Northwest Territories. Canadian Journal of Botany. 51: 581-588.
Despain, D. G. 1974. Lodgepole pine as an edaphic-climatic climax community. The Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science.
Despain, D. G. 1974. The survival of saguaro (Carnegia gigantea) seedlings on soils of differing albedo and cover. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. 9: 102-107.
Despain, D. G.; Sellers, R. E. 1977. Natural fire in Yellowstone National Park. Western Wildlands. Summer 1977: 20-24.
Despain, D. G. 1979. The role of natural fire in Yellowstone National Park. Naturalist. 30: 25-26.
Despain, D. G. 1985. "Forest Succession and Stand Development Research in the Northwest." Proceedings of the Symposium held 26 March 1981 at Corvallis, Oregon. Edited by Joseph E. Means, Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331. 1982. $6.00. Madrono. 32: 278-279.
Despain, D. G. 1987. The two climates of Yellowstone National Park. Proceedings of Montana Academy of Science. 47: 11-19.
Romme, W. H.; Despain, D. G. 1989. Historical perspective on the Yellowstone fires of 1988. BioScience. 39: 695-699.
Romme, W. H.; Despain, D. G. 1989. The long history of fire in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Western Wildlands. 15: 10-17.
Romme, W. H.; Despain, D. G. 1989. The Yellowstone Fires. Scientific American. 261: 37-46.
Schullery, P.; Despain, D. G. 1989. Prescribed burning in Yellowstone National Park: a doubtful proposition. Western Wildlands. 15: 30-34.
Renkin, R. A.; Despain, D. G. 1992. Fuel moisture, forest type, and lightning-caused fires in Yellowstone National Park. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 22: 37-45.
Despain, D. G.; Clark, D. L.; Reardon, J. J. 1996. Simulation of crown fire effects on canopy seed bank in lodgepole pine. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
Turner, M. G.; Gardner, R. H.; Hargrove, W. H.; Tuskan, G. A.; Despain, D. G.; Renkin, R. A. 1997. A rare episode of sexual reproduction in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) following the 1988 Yellowstone fires. Natural Areas Journal. 17: 17-25.
Thesis and Dissertation
Despain, D. G. 1967. The survival of saguaro (Carnegia gigantea) seedlings on soils of differing albedo, cover, and temperature. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona; 57 p Dissertation.
Despain, D. G. 1971. The vegetation of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, in relation to substrate and climate. Edmonton, Alta., Canada: University of Alberta; 136 Dissertation.
Conference proceedings
Despain, D. G. 1974. Lodgepole pine ecosystems as producers of recreation. Baumgartner, editor. Management of Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems Symposium Proceedings; . Pullman, WA: Washington State University Cooperative Extension Service:278-284.
Root, R. R.; Smedes, H. W.; Roller, N. E. G.; Despain, D. G. 1974. Color terrain map of Yellowstone National Park, computer derived from ERTS MSS data. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment; 1974. :1369-1398.
Sellers, R. E.; Despain, D. G. 1976. Fire management in Yellowstone National Park. Proceedings Tall Timber Fire Ecology Conference and Intermountain Fire Research Council and Land Management Symposium; ; Missoula, MT. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station:99-113.
Despain, D. G. 1982. Some effects of natural fires in Yellowstone National Park. Lotan, J. E., editor. Fire-- Its Field Effects: Proceedings of the Intermountain/Rocky Mountain Fire Council Meeting; 1982; Jackson, WY.
Despain, D. G. 1985. Forest and Woodlands Working Group. Collins, E. I., editor. Wyoming Natural Areas Needs Workshop Proceedings; ; Riverton, Wyoming. Arlington, WA: The Nature Conservancy.
Despain, D. G. 1985. Ecological implications of ignition sources in park and wilderness fire management programs. Lotan, J. E., editor. Proceedings-- Symposium and Workshop on Wilderness Fire; 1983; Missoula, MT. Ogden, UT: Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station:93-94. 434.
Despain, D. G. 1986. Habitat type and cover type as a base for grizzly bear habitat mapping and evaluation. Contraas, G. P.; Evans, K. E., editors. Proceedings--Grizzly Bear Habitat Symposium; 1902; Missoula, MT. Ogden, UT: U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station:230-233. 252.
Weaver, J.; Escano, R.; Mattson, D.; Puchlerz, T.; Despain, D. 1986. A cumulative effects model for grizzly bear management in the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Contraras, G. P.; Evans, K. E., editors. Proceedings-- Grizzly Bear Habitat Symposium; 1902; Missoula, MT. Ogden, UT: U.S.D.A, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station:234-246. 252.
Despain, D. G. 1990. High-mountain resources of National Park Service Lands. Schmidt, W., compiler. Symposium on Whitebark Pine Ecosystems: Ecology and Management of a High-Mountain Resource; 1989; Bozeman, Montana. Ogden, Utah: U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 386.
Despain, D. G.; Krebill, R. G. 1990. Information gaps and research needs for whitebark pine. Schmidt, W., compiler. Symposium on Whitebark Pine Ecosystems: Ecology and Management of a High-Mountain Resource; 1931; Bozeman, Montana. Ogden, UT: U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 386.
Despain, D. G.; Romme, W. H. 1991. Ecology and management of high-intensity fires in Yellowstone National Park. , editor. Proceedings, 17th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference; High Intensity Fire in Wilderness: Management Challenges and Options; ; Tallahassee, FL. Tallahassee, FL: TallTimbers Research Station:43-58.
Kovacic, D. A.; Craig, A.; Patterson, R.; Romme, W. H.; Despain, D. G. 1991. Fire dynamics in the Yellowstone landscape from 1690-1990: An animation. Buhyoff, G. J., Editor. Proceedings-Resource Technology 90: Second international symposium on advanced technology in natural resource management; 1990; Washington, D.C. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing:1-9. 830.
