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The HMF Center maintains a long-term database with records dating from HMF’s establishment in 1955 as a research station. In total, more than 250 papers and publications are available from research studies at Hutcheson Memorial Forest, and is known worldwide for long-term ecological, botanical and zoological research. Explore this amazing catalog of historic and ongoing research:

  • Bard, Gily E. 1952. Secondary succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey. Ecological Monographs 22(3): 195-215.
  • Schneider, George H. Jr. 1952. Geum canadense, a study of its seasonal periodicity in New Jersey. So. Appal. Bot. Club 17: 117-128.
  • Bard, Gily E. 1954. Mettler’s Woods. Garden Journal 4: 105-107.
  • Barnett, Lincoln. 1954. The woods of home. Life Magazine 37(19): 78-100.
  • Blackburn, Benjamin. 1954. Mettler’s Woods in New Jersey. (546k PDF) Bulletin of the Garden Club of America 42: 44-47.
  • Buell, Murray F. Helen, F. Buell, and J. A. Small. 1954. Fire in the history of Mettler’s Woods. (154k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 81: 253-255.
  • Cunningham, J. T. 1954. Woodland Treasure. Audubon Magazine 56: 154-157.
  • Wolbarst, J. 1954. You can save Mettler’s Woods. Flower grower-the Home Garden Magazine.
  • Anderson, Y. O. 1955. Seasonal development in sun and shade leaves. (473k PDF) Ecology 36: 430-439.
  • Sparkes, C. H. and M. F. Buell. 1955. Microclimatological features of an old field and an oak-hickory forest in New Jersey (109k PDF). Ecology 36: 363-364.
  • Buell, M. F. 1957. The mature oak forest of Mettler’s Woods. William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 1: 16-19.
  • Connor, J., N. F. Shimp, and J. C. F. Tedrow. 1957. A spectrographic study of the distribution of trace elements in some podzolic soils. Soil Science 83: 65-73.
  • Monk, C. D. 1957. Plant communities of the Hutcheson Memorial Forest based on shrub distribution. (322k PDF)Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 84: 198-206.
  • Monk, C. D. 1959. Note on radial tree growth. (101k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 86: 199-201.
  • Pearson, P. G. 1959. Small mammals and old-field succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey. (340k PDF) Ecology 40: 249-255.
  • Small, J. A. 1959. Skunk cabbage, Synplocarpus foetidus (170k PDF). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 86: 413-416.
  • Levin, M. H. 1960. Studies on the ecological life history of Saxifraga virginiensis. (255k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 87: 348-354.
  • Swinebroad, J. 1960. Additional notes on the singing height of ovenbirds. Wilson Bulletin 72: 289-290.
  • Wirtz, W. O. and P. G. Pearson. 1960. A preliminary analysis of habitat orientation in Microtus and Peromyscus. (340k PDF) American Midland Naturalist 63: 131-142.
  • Buell, M. F., H. F. Buell, J. A. Small, and C. D. Monk. 1961. Drought effect on radial growth of trees in the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (182k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 88: 176-180.
  • Monk, C. D. 1961. Past and present influences on reproduction in the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey. (281k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 88: 167-175.
  • Monk, C. D. 1961. The vegetation of the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey. (339k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 88: 156-166.
  • Small, J. A. 1961. Drought response in William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (151k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 88: 180-183.
  • Taub, F. B. 1961. The distribution of the red-backed salamander, Pfethodon c. cinereus within the soil. (826k PDF)Ecology 42: 681-696.
  • Swinebroad, J. 1962. An annotated list of the birds of Hutcheson Memorial Forest, N.J. (717k PDF) Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences 7: 1-6.
  • Frei, K. R. and D. E. Fairbrothers. 1963. Floristic study of the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest (New Jersey). (761k PDF) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 90: 338-355.
  • Root, P. G. and P. G. Pearson. 1964. Small mammals in early stages of old field succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences 9: 21-26.
  • Ugolini, F. C. 1964. Soil development on the red beds of New Jersey. William Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(1): 1-34.
  • Ambler, M. A. 1965. Seven alien plant species. William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(2): 1-8.
  • Haines, E. M. 1965. The distribution of Fagus grandifolia in Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences 10: 12-21.
  • Reiners, N. M. and W. A. Reiners. 1965. Natural harvesting of trees. William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(2): 9-17.
  • Dansereau, P., P. F. Buell, and R. Dagon. 1966. A universal system for recording vegetation. II. A methodological critique and an experiment. Sarracenia 10: 1-64.
  • Wales, B. A. 1967. Climate, microclimate and vegetation relationships on north and south forest boundaries in New Jersey. William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(3): 1-60.
  • Botkin, D. B. and C. R. Malone. 1968. Efficiency of net primary production based on light intercepted during the growing season. Ecology 49: 438-444.
  • Malone, C. R. 1968. Determination of peak standing crop biomass of herbaceous shoots by the harvest method. American Midland Naturalist 79: 429-435.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1968. Orientation of carrion beetles to carrion: Random or non-random? Journal of the New York Entomological Society 76: 253-265.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1968. Trapping Fabre’s “sexton” beetles. American Biology Teacher 30: 564-565.
  • Buell, M. F. 1969. Preserving New Jersey’s vegetation. New Jersey Nature News 24: 154-159.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1969. Ecological studies of carrion beetle in Hutcheson Memorial Forest. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 77: 138-151.
  • Shure, D. J. and P. G. Pearson. 1969. Distribution of P32 in Ambrosia artemisiifolia; its implication for trophic transfer studies. Ecology 50: 724-726.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1970. Silphidae attraction to carrion baited air cans versus carrion-baited ground cans. Coleopterists’ Bulletin 24: 66-70.
  • Shure, D. J. 1970. Limitations in radiotracer determination of consumer trophic positions. Ecology 5: 899-901.
  • Buell, M. F. , H. F. Buell, J. A. Small, and T. G. Siccama. 1971. Invasions of trees in secondary succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 98: 67-74.
  • Christianson, J. D. 1971. The effect of surface fires on three species of hardwood tree seedlings. (2MB PDF)William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(4): 1-5.
  • Leck, C. F. 1971. Recent records on the avifauna of Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (377k PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(4): 25.
  • Middendorf, P. A. 1971. Trophic relationships and phosphorus budget of an old field soil ecosystem. (4.2MB PDF)William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(4): 6-14.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1971. Diel periodicities of certain carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae): Coleopterists’ Bulletin 25: 41-46.
  • Shure, D. J. 1971. Insecticide effects on early succession in an old field ecosystem. Ecology 52: 271-279.
  • Small, J. A., M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, and T. G. Siccama. 1971. Old-field succession on the New Jersey Piedmont the first year. (2.5MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2(4): 26-30.
  • Sulser, J. S. 1971. Twenty Years of change in the Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (4.6MB PDF) William Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 2 (4): 15-24.
  • Kenny, J. and C. Leck. 1972. Longevity record for an ovenbird: Eight years. 1972. Bird Banding 43: 214.
  • Kricher, J. C. 1972. Bird species diversity: The effect of species richness and equitability on the diversity index. Ecology 53: 278-282.
  • Rotsettis, J., J. A. Quinn, and D. E. Fairbrothers. 1972. Growth and flowering of Danthonia sericea populations. Ecology 53: 227-234.
  • Siccama, T. G. 1972. A computer technique for illustrating three variables in a pictogram. Ecology 53: 177-181.
  • Wales, B. A. 1972. Vegetation analysis of north and south edges in a mature oak-hickory forest. Ecological Monographs. 42: 451-471.
  • Buell, M. F. H. F. Buell, and J. A. Small. 1973. Periodicity of tree growth in Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (1.3MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin. 3(1): 24-26.
  • Kricher, J. C. 1973. Summer bird species diversity in relation to secondary succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. American Midland Naturalist 89: 121-137.
  • Leck, C. F. 1973. Butterflies of Hutcheson Memorial Forest and their ecological organization. (713k PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 3(1): 1-2.
  • Monte, J. 1973. The successional convergence of vegetation from grassland and bare soil on the Piedmont of New Jersey. (5.2MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 3(1): 3-13.
  • Robichaud, B. and M. F. Buell. 1973. Vegetation of New Jersey. A study of landscape diversity. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, N. J. 340p.
  • Semprevivo, J. G. 1973. Phenology and germination in Steliaria media (L.) Cyrill. (5.5MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 3(1): 14-23.
  • Shure, D. J. 1973. Radionuclide tracer analysis of trophic relationships in an old-field ecosystem. Ecological Monographs 43: 1-19.
  • Shure, D. J., and A. J. Lewis. 1973. Dew formation and stem flow on common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia). Ecology 54: 1152-1155.
  • Small, J. A. 1973. Publications involving studies at the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest 3(1): 27-29.
  • Quinn, J. A. 1974. Convolvulus sepium in old field succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 101: 89-95.
  • Bowker, L. S. and P. G. Pearson. 1975. Habitat orientation and interspecific interaction of Microtus pennsylvanicus amd Peromyscus leucopus. American Midland Naturalist 94: 491-496.
  • Draggan, S. 1975. Diazinon and carbaryl: Effects on the vegetation of a soybean ecosystem. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences 20: 1-4.
  • Forman, R. T. T. and B. A. Elfstrom. 1975. Forest structure comparison of Hutcheson Memorial Forest and eight old woods on the New Jersey Piedmont. (4.3MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest 3(2): 44-51.
  • Kricher, J. C. 1975. Diversity in two wintering bird communities: Possible weather effects. Auk 92: 766-777.
  • Lang, G. E. 1975. Litter dynamics in a mixed oak forest on the New Jersey Piedmont. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 101: 277-286.
  • Leck, C. F. 1975. A bird-banding report from Hutcheson Memorial Forest: A summary of three seasons. Eastern Bird-banding Association News 38: 131-132.
  • Leck, C. F. 1975. The breeding bird populations of Hutcheson Memorial Forest: Biomass and feeding niches. (2.8MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 3(2): 31-33.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1975a. Do diurnal carrion beetles use sight, as an aid to olfaction, in locating carrion? (1.5MB PDF)William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 3(2): 36-39.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1975b. Flight activity of certain carrion beetles: Silpha noveboracensis, Staphylinidae, Histeridae. (1.7MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 3(2): 40-43.
  • Stout, B. B., J. M. Deschenes, and L. F. Obmann. 1975. Multi-species model of a deciduous forest. Ecology 56: 226-231.
  • Willemson, R. W. 1975. Dormancy and germination of common ragweed seeds in the field. American Journal of Botany 62: 639-643.
  • Willemson, R. W. 1975. Effect of stratification temperature and germination temperature on germination and the induction of secondary dormancy in common ragweed seeds. American Journal of Botany 62:1-5.
  • Allen, E. B. and R. T. T. Forman. 1976.Plant species removals and old-field community structure and stability. Ecology 57: 1233-1243.
  • Galli, A. E., C. F. Leck, and R. T. T. Forman. 1976. Avian distribution patterns in forest islands of different sizes in central New Jersey. Auk 93: 356-364.
  • Forman, R. T. T. , A. E. Galli, and C. F. Leck. 1976. Forest size and avian diversity in New Jersey woodlots with some land use implications. Oecologia 26: 1-8.
  • Jackson, J. R. and R. W. Willemson. 1976. Allelopathy in the first stages of secondary succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey. American Journal of Botany 63: 1015-1023.
  • Panebianco, R. and R. W. Willemson. 1976. Seed germination of Illeracium pratense, a successional perennial. Botanical Gazette 137: 255-261.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1976. An alternative to pitfall traps in carrion beetles studies (Coleoptera). Entomological News 87(5 & 6): 176-178.
  • Shubeck, P. P. 1976b. Carrion beetle responses to poikliotherm and homiotherm carrion (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Entomological News 87 (9 & 10): 265-269.
  • Leck, C. F. 1977. A note on the energy demands of the breeding bird community of Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (690k PDF) William L. Hutcheson memorial Forest Bulletin 4(1): 1-2.
  • Leck, C. F. 1977. Additions to the birds known from Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (616k PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 4(1): 3-4.
  • Moulding, J. D. 1977. The progression of a gypsy moth invasion of a mature oak forest in New Jersey. (3.1MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 4(1): 5-11.
  • Sciarappa, W. J., Jr., and F. C. Swift. 1977. Biological studies of Typhlodromips sessor (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 70: 285-288.
  • Sciarappa, W. J., Jr., F. C. Swift, and C. B. Knisley. 1977. Distribution, abundance, and interspecific associations of Typhlodromips sessor (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 70: 955-959.
  • Shubeck, P. P., N. M. Downie, R. L. Winzel, and S. B. Peck. 1977. Species composition of carrion beetles in a mixed-oak forest. (2.2MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 4(1): 12-17.
  • Lang, G. E. and R. T. T. Forman. 1978. Detrital dynamics in a mature oak forest: Hutcheson Memorial Forest. Ecology 59: 580-595.
  • Casey, T. M. 1979. Flight energetics of gypsy moths and caterpillars-similar mass but different shapes. American Zoologist 19: 898.
  • Frye, R. J. II., and J. A. Quinn. 1979. Forest development in relation to topography and soil on a floodplain of the Raritan River, New Jersey. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 106: 334-345.
  • Hunt, M. E. G. L. Floyd, and B. B. Stout. 1979. Soil algae in field and forest environments. Ecology 60: 363-375.
  • Moulding, J. D., and J. J. Madenjian. 1979. Macrolepidopteran moths light-trapped in a New Jersey oak forest (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81: 135-144.
  • Buell, M. F., H. F. Buell, J. A. Small, T. G. Siccama, and G. E. Bard. 1980. Radial growth of trees in the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (17.9MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 5: 1-71.
  • Casey, T. M. 1980. Flight energetics and heat exchange of gypsy moths in relation to air temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology 88: 133-145.
  • Pickett, S. T. A. and J. S. Kempf. 1980. Branching patterns in forest shrubs and understory trees in relation to habitat. New Phytologist 86: 219-228.
  • Stiles, E. W. 1980. Patterns of fruit presentation and seed dispersal in bird-disseminated woody plants in the eastern deciduous forest. American Naturalist 116: 670-688.
  • Casey, T. M. 1981. Energetics and thermoregulation of Malacosoma americanum (Lepidoptera: Lasciocampidae) during hovering flight. Physiological Zoologist 54: 362-371.
  • Casey, T. M., J. R. Hegel, and C. S. Buser. 1981. Physiology and energetics of preflight warm-up in the eastern tent caterpillar moth Malacosoma americanum. Journal of Experimental Biology 94: 119-135.
  • Davidson, S. E. 1981. Tree seedling survivorship at Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (2.2MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 6(1): 4-7.
  • Forman, R. T. T. and M. Godron. 1981. Patches and structural components for landscape ecology. Bioscience 31: 733-740.
  • Forman, R. T. T. 1981. Interactions among landscape elements: A core of landscape ecology. In Perspectives in Landscape Ecology. Proceedings of the International Congress of Landscape Ecology, Veldhoven. Pudoc publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Pp. 35-48.
  • Kempf, J. S. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1981. The role of branch length and angle in branching pattern of forest shrubs along a successional gradient. New Phytologist 88: 111-116.
  • Leck, C. F. 1981. Recent records of rare birds at Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (532k PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 6(1): 16.
  • Leck, C. L., B. G. Murray, Jr., and J. Swinebroad. 1981. Changes in breeding bird populations at Hutcheson Memorial Forest since 1958. (2.9MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 6(1): 8-15.
  • Moul, E. T. and P. A. Roff. 1981. The ecology, periodicity, and taxonomy of the algae of an intermittent stream in Hutcheson Forest. (1.4MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 6(1): 17-20.
  • Robertson, G. P. and P. M. Vitousek. 1981. Nitrification potentials in primary and secondary succession. Ecology 62: 376-386.
  • Collins, B. S. and J. A. Quinn. 1982. Displacement of Andropogon scoparius on the New Jersey Piedmont by the successional shrub Myrica pensylvanica. American Journal of Botany 69(5): 680-689.
  • Davison, S. E. and R. T. T. Forman. 1982. Herb and shrub dynamics in a mature oak forest: A thirty-year study. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 109: 64-73.
  • Pickett, S. T. A. 1982. Population patterns through twenty years of old-field succession. Vegetatio 49: 59.
  • Robertson, G. P. 1982. Nitrification in forested ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 296:445-457.
  • Robertson, G. P. 1982. Factors regulating nitrification in primary and secondary succession. Ecology 63: 1561-1573.
  • Stiles, E. W. 1982. Expansions of mockingbird and multiflora rose in the northeaster United States and Canada. American Birds 36: 358-364.
  • Stiles, E. W. 1982b. Fruit flags. Two hypotheses. American Naturalist 120: 500-509.
  • Tadros, M. S. 1982. Fauna accompanying bracket fungi Polyporus versicolor (L. ex. Fries) in the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences 27(2): 45-51.
  • Armesto, J. J., G. P. Cheplick, and M. J. McDonnell. 1983. Observations on the reproductive biology of Phytolacca americana (Phytolacaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 110: 380-383.
  • Buell, H. F. and R. T. T. Forman. 1983. Three decades of research at Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey (USA). (4.5MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 6(2): 24-32.
  • Casey, T. M. and B. A. Joos. 1983. Morphometrics, conductance, thoracic temperature and flight energetics of noctuid and geometric moths. Physiological Zoology 56(2): 160-173.
  • Cocking, W. D., R. T. T. Forman. 1983. Vegetation responses of an old-field ecosystem to single and repeated sulfur dioxide disturbance. (7.5MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin 6(2): 4-19.
  • Leck, C. F., S. A. Brady, and W. Wander. 1983. The effects of canopy opening on breeding and migrant birds at Hutcheson Memorial Forest. (1.5MB PDF) William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest 6(2): 20-23.
  • McDonnell, M. J. and E. W. Stiles. 1983. The structural complexity of old-field vegetation and the recruitment of bird-dispersed plants. Oecologia 56: 109-116.
  • Nicola, A., and S. T. A. Pickett. 1983. The adaptive architecture of shrub canopies: leaf display and biomass allocation in relation to light environment. New Phytologist 93:301-310.
  • Pickett, S. T. A. 1983. The absence of an Andropogon stage in old-field succession at the Hutcheson Memorial Forest. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 110(4): 533-535.
  • Tadros, M. S. and Varney, E. A. 1983. The interrelation between soil arthropods and soil fungi in woodland and field soils. New trends in soil biology. Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: 247-252.
  • McDonnell, M. J., E. W. Stiles, G. P. Cheplick, and J. J. Armesto. 1984. Bird-dispersal of Phytolacca americana L. and the influence of fruit removal on subsequent fruit development. American Journal of Botany 71: 895-901.
  • Armesto, J. J. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1985. Experiments on disturbance in old-field plant succession in oldfields. Vegetatio 66: 85-93.
  • Armesto, J. J., and S. T. A. Pickett. 1986. Removal experiments to test mechanisms of plant succession in oldfields. Vegetatio 66:85-93.
  • Myster, R. W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1988. Individualistic patterns of annuals and biennials in early successional oldfields. Vegetatio. 78(1-2): 53-60.
  • McCarthy, B.C. 1988. A method of access into the crowns of subcanopy and canopy trees. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 18: 646-649.
  • Morin, P. J., S. P. Lawler and E. A. Johnson. 1988. Competition between aquatic insects and vertebrates: experimental measures of interaction strength and higher order interactions. Ecology 69: 1401-1409.
  • Lawler, S. P. 1989. Behavioral responses to predators and predation risk in four species of larval anurans. Animal Behavior 38:1039-1047.
  • McCarthy, B. C. and J. A. Quinn. 1989. Within- and among-tree variation in flower and fruit production in two species of Carya (Juglandaceae). American Journal of Botany. 76(7): 1015-1023.
  • Myster, R. W. and B. C. McCarthy. 1989. Effects of herbivory and competition on survival of Carya tomentosa(Juglandaceae) seedlings. Oikos 56: 145-148.
  • Rankin, W. T. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1989. Time establishment of red maple (Acer rubrum) in early old field succession. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 116: 182-186.
  • Carson, W. P. and C. J. Peterson. 1990. The role of litter in an old-field plant community: impact of litter quantity in different seasons on plant species richness and abundance. Oecologia 85:8-13.
  • Carson, W. P. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1990. Role of resources and disturbance in the organization of an old-field plant community. Ecology 71: 226-238.
  • McCarthy, B. C. and J. M. Facelli. 1990. Microdisturbances in oldfields and forests: implications for woody seedling establishment. Oikos 58: 55-60.
  • McCarthy, B. C., and J. A. Quinn. 1990. Reproductive ecology of Carya (Juglandaceae): Phenology, pollination, and breeding system of two sympatric tree species. American Journal of Botany 77(2): 261-273.
  • Morin, P. J., S. P. Lawler, and E. A. Johnson. 1990. Breeding phenology and the ecology of larval Hyla andersonii: the disadvantages of breeding late. Ecology 71: 1590-1598.
  • Myster, R. W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1990. Initial conditions, history, and successional pathways in ten contrasting old fields. American Midland Naturalist 124: 231-238.
  • Myster, R. W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1990. The Buell successional study at Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center. Permanent Plotter 3: 2-3. [PDF]
  • White, D. W. and W. Worthen, and T. W. Stiles. 1990. Woodlands in a post-agricultural landscape in New Jersey. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 117(3): 256-265.
  • Facelli, J. M. and W. P. Carson. 1991. Heterogeneity of plant litter accumulation in successional communities. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 118:62-66.
  • Facelli, J. M., and S. T. A. Pickett. 1991a. Indirect effects of litter on woody seedlings subject to herb competition. Oikos 62(2): 129-138.
  • Facelli, J. M. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1991b. Plant litter: light interception and effects on an old-field plant community.Ecology 72:1024-1031.
  • McCarthy, B. C. and D. R. Bailey. 1992. Seed germination and seedling establishment of Carya floridana (Sarg.) Small. (Juglandaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119(4): 384-391.
  • McCarthy, B. C. and J. A. Quinn. 1992. Fruit maturation patterns of Carya spp. (Juglandaceae): An intra-crown analysis of growth and reproduction. Oecologica 91: 30-38.
  • Myster, R. W., and S. T. A. Pickett. 1992a. Effects of palatability and dispersal mode on spatial patterns of trees in oldfields. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119: 145-151.
  • Myster, R. W., and S. T. A. Pickett. 1992b. Dynamics of associations between plants in ten old fields during 31 years of succession. Journal of Ecology 80: 291-302.
  • Facelli, J. M. 1993. Experimental test of the foliar fruit flag hypothesis using fruits of Rhus glabra (L.). Oecologia 93: 70-72.
  • Facelli, J. M. and E. Facelli. 1993. Interactions after death: Plant litter regulates priority effects in an early successional community. Oecologia 95:277-282.
  • Lawler, S. P. and P. J. Morin. 1993. Temporal overlap, competition and priority effects in larval anurans. Ecology 74:174-182.
  • Myster, R. W. 1993. Tree invasion and establishment in old fields at Hutcheson Memorial Forest. Botanical Review 59(4): 251-272.
  • Myster, R. W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1993. Effects of litter, distance, density and vegetation patch types on postdispersal tree seed predation in old fields. Oikos 66(3): 381-388.
  • Facelli, J. M. 1994. Multiple indirect effects of plant litter affect the establishment of woody seedlings in old fields. Ecology 75(6): 1727-1735.
  • Kurzava, L. M., and Morin, P. J. 1994. Consequences and causes of geographic variation in the body size of a keystone predator, Notophthalmus viridescens. Oecologia 99: 271-280.
  • McCarthy, B. C. 1994. Experimental studies of hickory recruitment in a wooded hedgerow and forest. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 121(3): 240-250.
  • Myster, R. W.1994. Contrasting litter effects on old field tree germination and emergence. Vegetatio 114: 169-174.
  • Myster, R. W. and S. T. A. Pickett. 1994. A comparison or rate of succession over 18 yr. in 10 contrasting old fields. Ecology 75: 387-392.
  • Wijesinghe, D. K. and S. N. Handel. 1994. Advantages of clonal growth in heterogeneous habitats: an experiment with Potentilla simplex. Journal of Ecology 82(3): 495-502.
  • Pehek, E. L. 1995. Competition, pH, and the ecology of larval Hyla andersonii: Strengths of interaction with syntopic and allotopic species. Ecology 76(6):1786-1793.
  • Meiners, S. J. and E. W. Stiles. 1997. Selective predation on the seeds of woody plants. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 124(1): 67-70.
  • Vivian-Smith, G. 1997. Microtopographic heterogeneity and floristic diversity in experimental wetland communities. J. Ecology 85:71-82.
  • Byers, D. L. and J. A. Quinn. 1998. Demographic variation in Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae) in four contrasting habitats. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125: 138-149.
  • Manson, R. H. and E. W. Stiles 1998. Links between microhabitat preferences and seed predation by small mammals in old fields. Oikos 82(1): 37-50.
  • Meiners, S. J. and S. T. A. Pickett 1999. Changes in community and population responses across a forest-field gradient. Ecography 22(3): 261-267.
  • Ruhren, S. and S. N. Handel. 1999. Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) enhance the seed production of a plant with extrafloral nectarines. Oecologia 119(2): 227-230.
  • Schmalhofer, V. R. 1999. Thermal tolerances and preferences of the crab spiders Misumenops asperatus and Misumenoides formosipes (Araneae, Thomisidae). Journal of Arachnology 27: 470-480.
  • Schmalhofer, V. R. and T. M. Casey. 1999. Crab spider hunting performance is temperature insensitive. Ecological Entomology 24: 345-352.
  • McCormick, J. T. and S. J. Meiners. 2000. Season and distance from forest-old field edge affect seed predation by white-footed mice. Northeastern Naturalist 7(1): 7-16.
  • Meiners, S. J., S. N. Handel, S. T. A. Pickett. 2000. Tree seedling establishment under insect herbivory: edge effects and inter-annual variation. Plant Ecology 151(2): 161-170.
  • Meiners, S. J. and S. N. Handel. 2000. Additive and nonadditive effects of herbivory and competition on tree seedling mortality, growth, and allocation. American Journal of Botany 87(12): 1821-1826.
  • Ruhren, S. 2000. Seed-head fly interactions across diverse knapweed patches. Northeastern Naturalist 7(3): 270-276.
  • Henry, M., H. Stevens, and W. P. Carson. 2001. Phenological complementarity, species diversity, and ecosystem function. Oikos 92(2): 291-296.
  • Meiners, S. J., S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2001. Effects of plant invasions on the species richness of abandoned agricultural land. Ecography 24(6): 633-644.
  • Pickett, S. T. A., M. L.Cadenasso, and S. Bartha. 2001. Implications from the Buell-Small Succession Study for vegetation restoration. Applied Vegetation Science 4(1): 41-52.
  • Schmalhofer, V. R. 2001. Tritrophic interactions in a pollination system: impacts of species composition and size of flower patches on the hunting success of a flower-dwelling spider. Oecologia 129: 292-303.
  • LoGiudice, K., and R. S. Ostfeld. 2002.Interactions between mammals and trees: predation on mammal-dispersed seeds and the effect of ambient food. Oecologia 130(3): 420-425.
  • Meiners, S. J. and M. J. Martinkovic. 2002. Survival of and herbivore damage to a cohort of Quercus rubraplanted across a forest-old-field edge. American Midland Naturalist 147(2): 247-256.
  • Meiners, S. J., S. T. A. Pickett, M. L. Cadenasso. 2002. Exotic plant invasions over 40 years of old field successions: community patterns and associations. Ecography 25(2): 215-223.
  • Meiners, S. J., S. T. A. Pickett, and S. N. Handel. 2002. Probability of tree seedling establishment changes across a forest – old field edge gradient. American Journal of Botany 89(3): 466-471.
  • Cadenasso, M. L., S. T. A. Pickett, and P. J. Morin. 2002. Experimental test of the role of mammalian herbivores on old field succession: community structure and seedling survival. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 129(3): 228-237.
  • Bartha, S., S. J.Meiners, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2003. Plant colonization windows in a mesic old field succession. Applied Vegetation Science 6(2): 205-212.
  • Meiners, S. J., and K. LoGiudice. 2003. Temporal consistency in the spatial pattern of seed predation across a forest-old field edge. Plant Ecology 168(1): 45-55.
  • Ruhren, S. 2003. Seed predators are undeterred by nectar-feeding ants on Chamaecrista nicitans(Caesalpineacxea). Plant Ecology 166(2): 198-198.
  • Meiners, S. J., M. L. Candenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett. 2004. Beyond biodiversity: individualistic controls of invasion in a self-assembled community. Ecology Letters 7(2): 121-126.
  • Price, D. L. 2004. Species diversity and seasonal abundance of scarabaeoid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, and Trogidae) attracted to cow dung in central New Jersey. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112(4): 334-347.
  • Quinn, J. A. and S. J. Meiners. 2004. Growth rates, survivorship, and sex ratios of Juniperus virginiana on the New Jersey Piedmont from 1963 to 2000. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 131: 187-194.
  • Yurkonis, K. A. and S. J. Meiners. 2004. Invasion impacts species turnover in a successional system. Ecology Letters 7: 764-769.
  • Meiners, S. J. 2005. Seed and seedling ecology of Acer saccharum and Acer plantanoides: a contrast between native and exotic congeners. Northeastern Naturalist 12: 23-32.
  • Meiners, S. J. and M. L. Cadenasso. 2005. The relationship between diversity and exotic plants: cause or consequence of invasion? Pp. 97-114 In Inderjit (ed.) Invasive plants: ecological and agricultural aspects. Birkh?user/Verlag (Switzerland).
  • Yurkonis, K. A., S. J. Meiners, and B. E. Wacholder. 2005. Invasion impacts diversity through altered community dynamics. Journal of Ecology 93: 1053-1061.
  • Price, D. L. 2006. Notes on the Scarabaeoid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, and Trogidae) of Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey. Entomological News 117: 347-350.
  • Scott J. Meiners. 2007. Apparent competition: an impact of exotic shrub invasion on tree regeneration. Biological Invasions 9: 849855.
  • Scott J. Meiners. 2007. Native and exotic plant species exhibit similar population dynamics during succession. Ecology 88: 1098-1104.
  • Meiners, Scott J., Cadenasso, & Pickett S.T.A. 2007. Succession on the piedmont of New Jersey and its implications for ecological restoration. Pages 145-161, in V. A. Cramer and R. J. Hobbs (eds.) Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland. Island Press, Washington DC.
  • Cadenasso, M.L., Meiners S.J, & Pickett S.T.A. 2008. The success of succession: a symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Buell-Small Succession Study. Applied Vegetation Science 12: 3–8.
  • Meiners, Scott J., Rye, Timothy A., & Klass, Jeremy R. 2008. On a level field: the utility of studying native and non-native species in successional systems. Applied Vegetation Science 12: 45-53.
  • Benjamin Baiser, Julie L. Lockwood, David La Puma, Myla F. J. Aronson. 2008. A perfect storm: two ecosystem engineers interact to degrade deciduous forests of New Jersey. Biological Invasions 10: 785-795.
  • Stephen E. Banasiak & Scott J. Meiners. 2009. Long term dynamics of Rosa multiflora in a successional system. Biological Invasions 11: 215-224.
  • Ladwig, Laura M. and Scott J. Meiners. 2009. Impacts of temperate lianas on tree growth in young deciduous forests. Forest Ecology & Management 259: 195-200.
  • Nikki L. Pisula and Scott J. Meiners. 2010. Allelopathic Effects of Goldenrod Species on Turnover in Successional Communities. Am. Midl. Natur. 163:161-172
  • Myster, R. W. 2010. A comparison of tree replacement models in old fields at Hutcheson Memorial Forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 137(1):. 113–119.
  • Laura M. Ladwig and Scott J. Meiners. 2010. Liana host preference and implications for deciduous forest regeneration. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 137(1): 103–112.
  • Nikki L. Pisula and Scott J. Meiners. 2010. Relative allelopathic potential of invasive plant species in a young disturbed woodland. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 137(1): 81-87.
  • Aronson, M.F.J. and S. N. Handel. 2011. Deer and invasive plant species suppress forest herbaceous communities and canopy tree regeneration. Natural Areas Journal 31: 400-407.
  • NJAES/HMFC (2020). Rutgers White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Population Density Survey using sUAS Infrared: Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center and surrounding landscapes of Franklin and Hillsborough Townships November 2019 and March 2020. (3.5MB PDF) Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center and Steward Green.
  • Paulin, Joseph & Arbab, Nazia & Schilling, Brian. 2022. White-Tailed Deer and the Costs to Farmers’ Livelihoods: A Case Study of New Jersey Stories.
  • Xiao, J., Y. Li, C. Chu, Y. Wang, S. J. Meiners and D. B. Stouffer. 2020. Higher-order interactions mitigate direct negative effects on population dynamics of herbaceous plants during succession. Environmental Research Letters 15:74023.
  • Yin, D., S. J. Meiners, M. Ni, Q. Ye, F. He, M. W. Cadotte. 2022. Positive interactions of native species melt invasional meltdown over long-term plant succession. Ecology Letters 25:2584-259
  • Caplan, J.S. , S. J. Meiners, H. Flores-Moreno, M.L. McCormack. 2019. Fine-root traits are linked to species dynamics in a successional plant community, Ecology. 100:e0258
  • Duffin, K. I., S. P. Li and S. J. Meiners. 2019. Species pools and differential performance generate variation in leaf nutrients between native and exotic species in succession. Journal of Ecology. 107:595-60
  • Li, S. P., M. W. Cadotte, S. J. Meiners, Z. Pu, T. Fukami and L. Jiang. 2016. Convergence and divergence in a long-term old-field succession: the importance of spatial scale and species abundance. Ecology Letters. 19:1101-1109.