Northern Research Station
11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200
Newtown Square, PA 19073
(610) 557-4017
(610) 557-4132 TTY/TDD
Mariko Yamasaki
Title: Research Wildlife Biologist
Unit: Center for Research on Ecosystem Change
Previous Unit: Ecology and Management of Northern Forests
Address: Northern Research Station
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-868-7659
E-mail: Contact Mariko Yamasaki
Education
- M.S., Natural Resources (Wildlife), University of Michigan, 1978
- B.S., Anthropology-Zoology, University of Michigan, 1974
Civic & Professional Affiliations
The Wildlife Society, Society of American Foresters, American Society of Mammalogists, and Raptor Research Foundation; and I am a Certified Wildlife Biologist and master station permit holder for forest raptors, USGS Bird Banding Lab
Current Research
I work on forest management issues that affect the quality and quantity of vertebrate wildlife habitat availability in the northeastern US, and I provide useful wildlife-silvicultural habitat guidance for forest managers on working forest landscapes and across non-industrial forest landscapes.
Why is This Important
There is a pressing need to provide forest managers with information and strategies to maintain vertebrate diversity and habitat quality in the face of increasing urbanization of forest landscapes in the northeastern US as well as provide guidance to forest managers on working forest landscapes.
Future Research
We continue to work on the influence of silvicultural practices and land capability on species-habitat relationships across working forest landscapes as well as urbanizing forest landscapes. Forest raptors, passerine birds, small mammals, bats, and salamanders provide numerous opportunities to investigate these habitat relationships for forest managers desiring integrated wildlife/timber practices in northern forest ecosystems. We also have an increasing interest in the level of contaminants, particularly mercury, in forest-dwelling species.
Featured Publications
- DeGraaf, Richard M.; Lester, Anna M.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Leak, William B. 2007. Visual simulations of forest wildlife habitat structure, change, and landscape context in New England
- Yamasaki, Mariko; Leak, William B. 2006. Snag longevity in managed northern hardwoods
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2006. Wildlife assessments at the Bartlett Experimental Forest
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2005. Bats and small mammals in old growth habitats in the White Mountains
- DeGraaf, Richard M.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2003. Options for managing early-successional forest and shrubland bird habitats in the northeastern United States
Additional Online Publications
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2003. White pine as wildlife habitat
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2001. Coarse woody debris on the Bartlett Experimental Forest
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2001. Writing integrated prescriptions from your cruise results -- or how do i recognize and treat wildlife habitat elements
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2000. Forestry effects on vertebrate species habitats in the riparian zone
- Costello, Christine A.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Pekins, Peter J.; Leak, William B.; Neefus, Christopher D. 2000. Songbird response to group selection harvests and clearcuts in a New Hampshire northern hardwood forest
- Yamasaki, Mariko; DeGraaf, Richard M.; Lanier, John W. 2000. Wildlife habitat associations in eastern hemlock - birds, smaller mammals, and forest carnivores
- Yamasaki, Mariko; DeGraaf, Richard M.; Lanier, John W. 2000. Wildlife habitat associations in eastern hemlock--birds, smaller mammals, and forest carnivores
- DeGraaf, Richard M.; Hestbeck, Jay B.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 1998. Associations between breeding bird abundance and stand structure in the White Mountains, New Hampshire and Maine, USA
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Kittredge, David B., Jr.; Lamson, Neil I.; Smith, Marie-Louise. 1997. Applied ecosystem management on nonindustrial forest land.
- DeGraaf, Richard M.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Leak, William B.; Lanier, John W. 1992. New England wildlife: management forested habitats
- Tubbs, Carl H.; DeGraaf, Richard M.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Healy, William M. 1987. Guide to wildlife tree management in New England northern hardwoods
Last Modified: 11/19/2008