The lists below contain literature pertaining to non-native plants. Literature is listed in reverse chronological order by author within each publication year. As publications become available they will be added to this list. If you know of additional pertinent publications please contact Helen Cortes-Burns at anhc@uaa.alaska.edu.

Non-Native Plants of Alaska:
Publications (by year)

• Carlson, M. L., Lapina, I. V., Shephard, M., Conn, J. S., Densmore, R., Spencer, P., Heys, J., Riley, J. and J. Nielsen. 2008. Invasiveness Ranking System for Non-Native Plants of Alaska. USDA Forest Service, R10, R10-TP-143.  218 pp.

• Cortés-Burns, H., Lapina, I., Klein, S. C., Carlson, M.L., and L. Flagstad. 2008. Invasive Plant Species Monitoring and Control - Areas impacted by 2004 and 2005 Fires in Interior Alaska: A survey of Alaska BLM lands along the Dalton, Steese, and Taylor Highways (revisit work). Report funded by the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK. 162pp.

• Nolen, A. and D. Ross. 2008. Vegetation Study of Alaska's Richardson Highway:  Identification of Plant Communities and Assessment of Control Strategies. Alaska Plant Materials Center, Division of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Palmer, AK. 140 pp. with appendices.

• Spellman, B. T. 2008. The impacts of invasive sweetclover (Melilotus alba) in early successional floodplain habitats of Alaska. Masters thesis. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. 94 pp.

• Villano, K. L. 2008. Wildfire burn susceptibility to non-native plant invasions in black spruce forests of interior Alaska. Masters thesis. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. 101 pp.

• Villano, K. L. and C. P. H. Mulder. 2008. Invasive plant spread in burned lands of interior Alaska. Final report for National Park Service—Alaska Region and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Fairbanks, AK. 25 pp.

• Bargeron, C.T. and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. EDDMapS- Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System for the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. Wildland Weeds. Vol. 10 (4): 4-8.

• Carlson, M. L. and M. Shephard. 2007. Is the spread of non-native plants in Alaska accelerating? In: Meeting the challenge: invasive plants in Pacific Northwest ecosystems, Portland, OR (Harrington, T. B., and S. H. Reichard, tech. eds.).  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, En. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-694.: 111-127.

• Cortés-Burns, H., Lapina, I., Klein, S. C. and M. L. Carlson. 2007. Invasive Plant Species Monitoring and Control - Areas impacted by 2004 and 2005 Fires in Interior Alaska: A survey of Alaska BLM lands along the Dalton, Steese, and Taylor Highways. Report funded by the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, AK. 91 pp.

• Lamb, M. and M. Shephard. 2007. A Snapshot of Spread Locations of Invasive Plants in Southeast Alaska. USDA, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection State & Private Forestry, Alaska Region R10-MB-597. 16 pp.

• Lapina, I., Klein, S. C. and M. L. Carlson. 2007. Non-native Plant Species of the Fairbanks Region: 2005 - 2006 Surveys. Alaska Natural Heritage Program, University of Alaska, Anchorage. Report funded and prepared for USDA, Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. 50 pp.

• Shepherd, M., Huette, T., Nielsen, J. M. and C. Lindemuth. 2007. Selected Invasive Plants of Alaska. USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region R10-TP-130B. 64 pp.

• Arhangelsky, K., 2006. Non-native plant species inventory of southeast Alaska: Ketchikan Wrangell Mitkof Kupreanof. Summary of 2006 survey findings. Turnstone Environmental Consultants, Inc. Portland, Oregon. Final Report for USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. 68 pp.

• Carlson, M.L., Lapina, I.V. and H. Cortés-Burns. 2006. Campbell Tract Weed Inventory - Invasive Non-Native Plant Survey - 2006 . Final report for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK. 37pp.

• Conn, J.S. 2006. Weed seed bank affected by tillage intensity for barley in Alaska.  Soil and Tillage Research. Vol. 90: 156-161.

• Cortés-Burns, H., and M. L. Carlson. 2006. BAER Final Report: Invasive plant monitoring following 2004 fires. USFWS National Wildlife Refuges (Yukon Flats, Kanuti) - Alaska Region. Report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK (October 2006). 25pp.

• Cortés-Burns, H., and M. L. Carlson. 2006. BAER Final Report: Invasive plant monitoring following 2004 fires. USFWS National Wildlife Refuges (Kenai, Tetlin, Kanuti, Yukon Flats) - Alaska Region.  Final report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK (February 2006). 46pp.

• Heutte, T. and M. Lamb. 2006. The Invasive Plant - Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis) in Hyder, Alaska. USDA Forest Service, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, AK. 10 pp.

• Rapp, W. 2006. Exotic Plant Management in Sitka National Historical Park Sitka, Alaska. Summer 2006 Field Season Report. National Park Service, Glacier Bay National Park, AK. 113 pp.

• Arhangelsky, K., 2005. Non-native plant species of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Summary of survey findings. Turnstone Environmental Consultants, Inc. Portland, Oregon. Final Report for USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. 125 pp.

• Chumley, J. and H. Klausner. 2005. Non-native Plants of the Kenai Peninsula: Summary of a Two-Year Roadside Inventory. Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area. Final Report for the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. 39pp.

• Rapp, W. 2005. Invasive Plant Management in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Gustavus, Alaska: Summer 2005 Field Season Report. National Park Service, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Gustavus, AK. 102 pp.

• Schrader, B. and P. Hennon, compilers. 2005. Assessment of Invasive Species in Alaska and its National Forests. USDA Forest Service, Regional Office, Anchorage, AK. 26 pp.

• Conn, J., Gronquist, R. and M. Mueller. 2004. Invasive plants in Alaska: assessment of research priorities. Agroborealis. Vol. 35: 13-18.

• Lapina, I. and M. L. Carlson. 2004. Non-native plant species of Susitna, Matanuska, and Copper River Basins: Summary of survey findings and recommendations for control actions. Final report for USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Anchorage, AK. 64 pp.

• DeVelice, R. L. 2003. Non-native plant inventory: Kenai Trails. R10-TP-124. USDA Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Anchorage, AK. 24 pp.

• Duffy, M. 2003. Non-native plants of Chugach National Forest: A preliminary inventory. R10-TP-111. USDA Forest Service, Anchorage, AK. 92 pp.

• Heutte, T. and E. Bella. 2003. Invasive plants and exotic weeds of Southeast Alaska. USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry and Chugach National Forest, Anchorage, AK. 79 pp.

• Nolen, A. 2002. Vetch infestations in Alaska. Prepared for Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Alaska Plant Materials Center, Division of Agriculture. Department of Natural Resources, Palmer, AK. 38 pp.

• Densmore, R. V., McKee, P.C and C. Roland. 2001. Exotic Plants in Alaskan National Park Units. U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, and Denali National Park and Preserve. Anchorage, AK. 150 pp.

• Conn, J.S., Koskinen, W.C., Werdin, N.R. and J.S. Graham. 1996. Persistence of metribuzin and metabolites in two subarctic soils. J. Environ. Qual. Vol. 25: 1048-1053.

• Conn, J.S. 1987. Effects of tillage and straw management on Alaskan weed vegetation: a study on newly cleared land. Soil Tillage Res. Vol. 9: 275-285.

• Conn, J.S., Beattie, K.D. and A. Blanchard. No Date. Seed viability and dormancy of 17 weed species after 19.7 years of burial in Alaska. Unpublished Report. USDA-ARS, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. 22 pp.

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