Mark Ford
Title: Research Wildlife Biologist
Unit: Ecological and Economic Sustainability of the Appalachian Forest in an Era of Globalization
Previous Unit: Sustainable Forest Ecosystems in the Central Appalachians
Address: Northern Research Station
P.O. Box 404
Parsons, WV 26287
Phone: 304-478-2000, ext. 111
E-mail: Contact Mark Ford
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Education
- Ph.D. Forest Resources, University of Georgia
- M.S. Wildlife Ecology, Mississippi State University
- B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Science, University of Tennessee
Civic & Professional Affiliations
Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society
Current Research
My current research projects and collaborations:
- Ecology and management of the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel and links to adaptive
- management strategies within HCP and Safe Harbor arenas
- Landscape modeling of declining Allegheny woodrats in the Appalachians
- Roosting and foraging ecology of bats (esp. the endangered Indiana bat) in managed and semi-wild forest blandscapes
- Landscape modeling of endangered Cheat Mountain salamander
- Woodland salamander responses to prescribed burning and overstory removal
- Woodland salamander response to silvipasture management
- Aquatic salamander habitat characteristics
- Use of localized management to control white-tailed deer herbivory
- White-tailed deer as environmental risk assessment targets
- Snowshoe hare habitat use and home range characteristics
- Red spruce restoration and enhancement
- Oak savanna creation
Future Research
- I will be expanding my ongoing bat research activities to encompass a greater habitat management/forest manipulation component with the aim of creating documentable Indiana bat habitat that is linked to ongoing oak management/regeneration research efforts.
- I am exploring avenues to use the Safe Harbor and HCP processes to foster a line of both single-species and community level wildlife research activities.
Featured Publications
Additional
Online Publications
- Riedel, Breanna L.; Russell, Kevin R.; Ford, W. Mark; O'Neill, Katherine P.; Godwin, Harry W. 2008. Habitat relationships of eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in Appalachian agroforestry and grazing systems
- Moseley, Kurtis R.; Ford, W. Mark; Schuler, Thomas M. 2008. Long-term partial cutting impacts on Desmognathus salamander abundance in West Virginia headwater streams
- Kochenderfer, James N.; Ford, W.Mark. 2008. Utility of wire cages, tree shelters, and repellants to minimize herbivory to oak by white-tailed deer
- Ford, W. Mark; Mertz, Kely N.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Sturm, Kenneth K. 2007. Late winter home range and habitat use of the Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus)
- Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark; Nowacki, Gergory J. 2007. Red spruce stand dynamics, simulations, and restoration opportunities in the central Appalachians
- Riedel, Breanna L.; Russell, Kevin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Godwin, H. W. 2006. Aneides aeneus (green salamander)
- Ford, W. Mark; Owen, Sheldon F.; Edwards, John W.; Rodrigue, Jane L. 2006. Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) as day-roosts of male Myotis septentrionalis (northern Bats) on the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia
- Menzel, J.M.; Ford, W.M.; Edwards, J.W.; Ceperley, L.J. 2006. A habitat model for the Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) in the central Appalachian Mountains
- Campbell, Tyler A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Odom, Richard H.; Miller, Karl V. 2006. Abiotic factors influencing deer browsing in West Virginia
- Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Terry, Tamara M. 2006. Home range and habitat use of the Vulnerable Virginia northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus in the Central Appalachian Mountains, USA
- Ford, W. Mark; McCay, Timothy S.; Menzel, Michael A.; Webster, W. David; Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Pagels, John F.; Merritt, Joseph F. 2006. Influence of elevation and forest type on community assemblage and species distribution of shrews in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains
- Keyser, Patrick D.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Influence of fire on mammals in eastern oak forests
- McGill, David W.; Magill, Daniel J.; Kochenderfer, James; Ford, W. Mark; Schuler, Tom. 2006. Information transfer during the timber transaction period in West Virginia. USA
- Brooks, Robert T.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Introduction to the Special Section--Bat Habitat Use in Eastern North American Temperate Forests: Site, Stand, an Landscape Effects
- Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark; Adams, Mary Beth; Kochenderfer, James N.; Edwards, Pamela J. 2006. Large area comparisons of forest management practices in West Virginia (1951-present)
- Castleberry, Steven B.; Mengak, Michael T.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Mammalian species - Neotoma magister
- Campbell, Tyler A.; Landgon, Christopher A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Miller, Karl V. 2006. Movements of female white-tailed deer to bait sites in West Virginia, USA
- Ford, W. Mark; Castleberry, Steven B.; Mengak, Michael T.; Rodrigue, Jane L.; Feller, Daniel J.; Russell, Kevin R. 2006. Persistence of Allegheny woodrats Neotoma magister across the mid-Atlantic Appalachian Highlands landscape, USA
- Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Edwards, John W.; Kilgo, John C. 2006. Presence and absence of bats across habitat scales in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina
- McCann, David P.; McGill, David W.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark. 2006. Short-term effects of springtime prescribed fires on adult populations of soil-emerging weevils in Central Appalachian hardwood stands
- Brooks, Robert T.; Ford, W. Mark. 2005. Bat Activity in a Forest Landscape of central Massachusetts
- Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Kilgo, John C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2005. Bat Response To Carolina Bays and Wetland Restoration in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain
- Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A. Jr.; Kilgo, John C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; McCracken, Gary F. 2005. Effect of habitat and foraging height on bat activity in the coastal plain of South Carolina
- Castleberry, S.B.; Smith, W.P.; Ford, W.M.; Miller, K.V. 2005. Herbivory and gap regeneration in southern bottomland hardwood forests
- Ford, W. Mark; McCay, Timothy S.; Menzel, Michael A.; Webster, W. David; Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Pagels, John F.; Merritt, Joseph F. 2005. Influence of elevation and forest type on community assemblage and species distribution of shrews in the central and southern Appalachian mountains
- Schuler, Thomas M.; Adams, Mary Beth; Ford, W. Mark; Kochenderfer, James N.; Edwards, Pamela J. 2005. Large Area Comparisons of Forest Management Practices (1951 - Present)
- Campbell, Tyler A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Miller, Karl V. 2005. Population characteristics of a central Appalachian white tailed deer herd
- Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; Rodrigue, Jane L.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Johnson, Joshua B. 2005. Relating bat species presence to simple habitat measures in a central Appalachian forest
- Rowan, E.L.; Ford, W.M.; Castleberry, S.B.; Rodrigue, J.L.; Schuler, T.M. 2005. Response of eastern chipmunks to single application spring prescribed fires on the Fernow Experimental Forest
- Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; Carter, Timothy C.; Gardner, James E.; Garner, James D.; Hofmann, Joyce E. 2005. Summer habitat use and home-range analysis of the endangered Indiana bat
- Keyser, P.D.; Ford, W.M. 2005. Ten years of research on the MeadWestvaco Wildlife and Ecosystem Research Forest
- McCay, Timothy S.; Lovallo, Matthew J.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A. 2004. Assembly rules for functional groups of North American shrews: effects of geographic range and habitat partitioning
- Owen, Sheldon F.; Menzel, Michael A.; Edwards, John W.; Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Chapman, Brian R.; Wood, Petra Bohall; Miller, Karl V. 2004. Bat Activity in Harvested and Intact Forest Stands in the Allegheny Mountains
- Francl, K.E.; Ford, W.M.; and Castleberry, S.B. 2004. Characterization of high elevation central Appalachian wetlands
- Moseley, Kurtis R.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ford, W. Mark. 2004. Coarse woody debris and pine litter manipulation effects on movement and microhabitat use of Ambystoma talpoideum in a Pinus taeda stand
- Campbell, Tyler A.; Laseter, Benjamin R.; Ford, W. Mark; Miller, Karl V. 2004. Feasibility of localized management to control white-tailed deer in forest regeneration areas
- Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Menzel, Michael A. 2004. Nest tree use by the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel in the central Appalachian Mountains
- Keyser, Patrick D.; Sausville, David J.; Ford, W. Mark; Schwab, Donald J.; Brose, Partick H. 2004. Prescribed Fire Impacts to Amphibians and Reptiles in Shelterwood-harvested Oak-dominated Forests
- Francl, Karen E.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ford, W. Mark. 2004. Small mammal communities of high elevation central Appalachian wetlands
- Adams, M. B.; Schuler, T. M.; Ford, W. M.; Kochenderfer, J. N. 2003. Large woody debris in a second-growth central Appalachian hardwood stand: volume, composition, and dynamics
- Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Sheffield, Steven R.; Kilgo, John C.; Bunch, Mary S. 2003. The distribution of the bats of South Carolina
- Gribko, Linda S.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ford, W. Mark. 2002. Biotic and abiotic mechanisms in the establishment of northern red oak seedlings: a review
- Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; Odom, Richard H. 2002. Elevation, aspect, and cove size effects on southern Appalachian salamanders
- Menzel, Michael A.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Castleberry, Steven B.; Ozier, James; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2002. Illustrated Key to Skins and Skulls of Bats in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic States
- Ford, W. Mark; Russell, Kevin R.; Moorman, Christopher E.; [Editors]. 2002. Proceedings: the role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions
- Owen, Sheldon F.; Menzel, Michael A.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W.; Chapman, Brian R.; Miller, Karl V.; Wood, Petra B. 2002. Roost tree selection by maternal colonies of northern long-eared myotis in an intensively managed forest
- Ford, W. Mark; Dobony, Chris A.; Edwards, John W. 2002. Shrews in managed northern hardwood stands in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia
- Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Edwards, John W. 2002. Summer Roost-Tree Selection by a Male Indiana Bat on the Fernow Experimental Forest
- Menzel, Michael A.; Menzel, Jennifer M.; Carter, Timothy C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. 2001. Review of the forest habitat relationships of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
- Ford, W. Mark; Menzel, Michael A.; McCay, Timothy S.; Gassett, Jonathan W.; Laerm, Joshua. 2000. Woodland salamander and small mammal responses to alternative silvicultural practices in the Southern Appalachians of North Carolina
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11/19/2008