Sam Cushman

Sam Cushman is a Research Landscape Ecologist in the Forest and Woodlands Ecosystems Program at the Rocky Mountain Research Station (part of the US Forest Service) in Missoula, Montana. Much of his recent work involves the development and application of landscape genetic models.

Recent relevant pubs include:

Books:
McGarigal, K., S.A. Cushman, M. Neel and E. Ene. (in prep). Landscape Metrics: A Comprehensive Guide to their Use and Interpretation.

Book Chapters:
Cushman, S.A. and K. McGarigal. (in press). Landscape metrics and scales of resolution. Chapter 4 in K.V. Gadow, (ed.), Adaptive Design of Forested Landscapes: The Multiple Path Principle. Springer.
McKenzie, D., C.L. Raymond, and S. Cushman. (in press). Modeling understory vegetation and its response to fire. In J.J. Millspaugh and F.R. Thompson, III, (eds.) Models for planning wildlife conservation in large landscapes. Elsevier.

Pubs:
Compton, B., K. McGarigal, S.A. Cushman and L. Gamble. 2007. A resistant kernel model of connectivity for vernal pool breeding amphibians. Conservation Biology.
Cushman, S.A., M.K. Schwartz, J. Hayden, and K. McKelvey. 2006. Gene flow in complex landscapes: Confronting models with data. American Naturalist 168: 486-499.
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