Publications

Cunningham C., K. F. Beazley, P.G. Bush, J. C. Brazner. (2024). Addressing the Boundary and Modifiable Areal Unit Problems Simultaneously when Measuring Landscape Fragmentation Using Patch-Based Metrics: a Case Study of Effective Mesh Size in Nova Scotia, Canada. Environmental Modeling & Assessment 29(4):1-11

Duinker P.N., P.G. Bush, J.C. Brazner, M.C. MacPhail, B.J. Stewart, E.K. Woudstra. (2023) Forest conservation through protection of old growth: the case of Nova Scotia. The Forestry Chronicle. 2023, 99 (2).

Woudstra, E., B. Butt, P. Bush. (2023). The Oldest Trees in the Maritimes – A Stand Analysis. NS Natural Resources and Renewables Research Report Forestry Tech Report 2023-001.

Butt, B., E. Woudstra, P. Bush. (2022). Natural Succession of Nova Scotia’s Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Forest Communities. NS Natural Resources and Renewables Research Report Forestry Tech Report 2022-001.

MacLean, D. A., A. R. Taylor, P D. Neily, J. W.N. Steenberg, S. P. Basquill, E. Quigley, C. K. Boone, M. Oikle, P. Bush, and B. Stewart. (2021). Natural disturbance regimes for implementation of ecological forestry: a review and case study from Nova Scotia, Canada. Environ. Rev. 00: 1–31

Bale, S, K. F. Beazley, A. Westwood, P. G. Bush, (2020). The benefits of using topographic features to predict climate-resilient habitat for migratory forest landbirds: An example for the Rusty Blackbird, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Canada Warbler. The Condor 122:1-19

Jahncke, R., B. Leblon, P. Bush, A. LaRocque. (2018). Mapping wetlands in Nova Scotia with multi-beam RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric SAR, optical satellite imagery, and Lidar data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 68:13-156.

Nitoslawski, S.A., J.W. Steenberg, P.N. Duinker, and P.G. Bush. (2017). Assessing the influence of location attributes on urban forest species composition in suburban neighbourhoods. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 27, DOI 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.08.002

Nitoslawski, S.A., P.N. Duinker, and P.G. Bush. (2016). A review of drivers of tree diversity in suburban areas: Research needs for North American cities. Environmental Reviews, 10.1139/er-2016-0027

Cameron, R. and P. Bush. (2016). Are Protected Areas an Effective Way to Help Mitigate Climate Change? A Comparative Carbon Sequestration Model for Protected Areas and Forestry Management in Nova Scotia, Canada. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies 11:1-13.

Bush, P. (2015). Northern Goshawk, pp 180-181, in Stewart, R. L. M., K. A. Bredin, A. R. Couturier, A. G. Horn, D. Lepage, S. Makepeace,P. D. Taylor, M.-A. Villard, and R. M. Whittam (eds). 2015. Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Maritime Provinces. Bird Studies Canada, Environment Canada, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island, Nature New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, and Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Sackville, 528 + 28 pp MBBA_NOGO

Bush, P. (2015). Pileated Woodpecker, pp 300-301, Stewart, R. L. M., K. A. Bredin, A. R. Couturier, A. G. Horn, D. Lepage, S. Makepeace,P. D. Taylor, M.-A. Villard, and R. M. Whittam (eds). 2015. Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Maritime Provinces. Bird Studies Canada, Environment Canada, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island, Nature New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, and Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Sackville, 528 + 28 pp

Steenberg, J.W. N., PN. Duinker, and P.G. Bush. (2013). Modelling the effects of climate change and timber harvest on forests of central Nova Scotia, Canada.  Annals of Forest Science 1: 61-73.

Hart, M., P. Bush, C. Malouin. (2012).  Indicator guilds representing forest composition and configuration in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence forest region – A nationally replicable selection methodology. Ecological Indicators 23:374-383

Steenberg, J.W. N., PN. Duinker, and P.G. Bush. (2011). Exploring adaptation to climate change in the forests of central Nova Scotia, Canada.  Forest Ecology and Management 12: 2316-2327.

Pesklevits, A., P.N. Duinker, and P.G. Bush. (2011). Old-growth forests: Anatomy of a wicked problem.  Forests 2 343-356.

Duinker P.N. and P.G. Bush. (2010). Old-growth forest strategies for Bowater-Mersey Forest of south-west Nova Scotia. Project Research Report, Dalhousie University, 74 pp. DuinkerBush_OGF_FinalReport_BMPC_Feb2009a

Bush. P.G., B. Naylor, and P. Duinker. (2009). Characteristics of habitat used by pileated woodpeckers in Ontario. Prairie Perspectives 12: 97-106. Bush-Naylor-Duinker

Bush, P. (2007). Northern Goshawk. pp 178-179, in Cadman, M.D., D.A. Sutherland, G.G. Beck, D. Lepage, and A.R. Couturier (eds.). Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario, 2001-2005. Bird Studies Canada, Environment Canada, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and Ontario Nature. Toronto. 728 pp.  BBA_goshawk