Mariko Yamasaki
Title: Team Leader / Research Wildlife Biologist
Unit: Center for Research on Ecosystem Change
Address: Northern Research Station
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-868-7659
E-mail: Contact Mariko Yamasaki
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Education
- M.S., Natural Resources (Wildlife), University of Michigan
- B.S., Anthropology-Zoology, University of Michigan
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
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2012. 80 Years of thinning research on northern hardwoods in the Bartlett Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. Res. Pap. NRS-20. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 8 p.
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2012. Historical (1899) age and structural characteristics of an old-growth northern hardwood stand in New York State. Res. Note NRS-144. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 11 p.
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2012. Tree species migration studies in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Res. Pap. NRS-19. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 8 p.
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2011. The Bartlett Experimental Forest, Its first 75 years. NRS-INF-12-11. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 21 p.
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2010. Seventy-year record of changes in the composition of overstory species by elevation on the Bartlett Experimental Forest. Res. Pap. NRS-13. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 12 p.
Additional
Online 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. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 24(3): 218-226.
- Yamasaki, Mariko; Leak, William B. 2006. Snag longevity in managed northern hardwoods. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(3):215-217
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2006. Wildlife assessments at the Bartlett Experimental Forest. In: Irland, Lloyd C.; Camp, Ann E.; Brissette, John C.; and Donohew, Zachary R., eds. Long-term Silvicultural & Ecological Studies: Results for Science and Management. New Haven, CT: Yale University: 34-36
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2005. Bats and small mammals in old growth habitats in the White Mountains. In: Bennett, Karen P., tech. coord. Moving toward sustainable forestry: lessons from old growth forests; 2004 September 23-26; Moultonborough, NH. Durham NH: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension: 62-63.
- DeGraaf, Richard M.; Yamasaki, Mariko. 2003. Options for managing early-successional forest and shrubland bird habitats in the northeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 185: 179-191.
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2003. White pine as wildlife habitat. In: Managing white pine in a new millennium 2003 workshop proceedings; 2003 October 9-10; Hillsborough, NH. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extention: 33-36.
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2001. Coarse woody debris on the Bartlett Experimental Forest. In: 2001 workshop proceedings forest measurements for natural resource professionals; 2001 October; Durham, NH. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension: 8-11.
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2001. Writing integrated prescriptions from your cruise results -- or how do i recognize and treat wildlife habitat elements. In: 2001 workshop proceedings forest measurements for natural resource professionals; 2001 October; Durham, NH. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension: 45-48.
- Yamasaki, Mariko. 2000. Forestry effects on vertebrate species habitats in the riparian zone. In: Wagner, Robert G.; Hagan, John M., eds. Forestry and the Riparian Zone; 26 October 2000; Orono, ME. Orono, ME: University of Maine: 31-35.
- 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. Forest Ecology and Management. 127: 41-54.
- Yamasaki, Mariko; DeGraaf, Richard M.; Lanier, John W. 2000. Wildlife habitat associations in eastern hemlock - birds, smaller mammals, and forest carnivores. In: McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R., eds. Proceedings: Symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 135-143.
- Yamasaki, Mariko; DeGraaf, Richard M.; Lanier, John W. 2000. Wildlife habitat associations in eastern hemlock--birds, smaller mammals, and forest carnivores. In: McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R., eds. Proceedings: symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America; 1999 June 22-24; Durham, NH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 135-143.
- 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. Forest Ecology and Management. 103: 217-233.
- Leak, William B.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Kittredge, David B., Jr.; Lamson, Neil I.; Smith, Marie-Louise. 1997. Applied ecosystem management on nonindustrial forest land. . Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-239. Radnor, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 30 p.
- DeGraaf, Richard M.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Leak, William B.; Lanier, John W. 1992. New England wildlife: management forested habitats. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-144. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 271 p.
- Tubbs, Carl H.; DeGraaf, Richard M.; Yamasaki, Mariko; Healy, William M. 1987. Guide to wildlife tree management in New England northern hardwoods. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-118. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 30 p.
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02/15/2012