Bettinger, P. and M.G. Wing. 2004. GIS Applications in Forestry and Natural Resources Management. First edition. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Davis, L.S., K.N. Johnson, P.S. Bettinger, and T.E. Howard. 2001. Forest Management. Fourth edition. McGraw-Hill, New York. 804 p.

Bettinger, P., K. Boston, J. Sessions, and W.C. McComb. 2001. Integrating wildlife species habitat goals in quantitative land management planning processes. In Wildlife-habitat relationships in Oregon and Washington. D.H. Johnson and T.A. O'Neil, eds. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. Pages 567-579.

Peer-reviewed publications

Merry, K.L., P. Bettinger, M. Clutter, J. Hepinstall, and N.P. Nibbelink. 2007. An assessment of Geographic Information System (GIS) skills employed by field-level natural resource managers. Journal of Forestry. 105(7): 364-370.

Zhu, J., P. Bettinger, and R. Li. 2007. Additional insight into the performance of a new heuristic for solving spatially constrained forest planning problems. Silva Fennica. 41: 687-698.

Bettinger, P., C.P. Holliday, M.S. Threadgill, and C.A. Hyldahl. 2007. On integrating water yield models with forest planning efforts. Water Policy. 9: 631-643.

Li, R., P. Bettinger, S. Danskin, and R. Hayashi. 2007. A historical perspective on the use of GIS and remote sensing in natural resource management, as viewed through papers published in North American forestry journals from 1976 to 2005. Cartographica. 42: 165-178.

Spies, T.A., K.N. Johnson, K.M. Burnett, J.L. Ohmann, B.C. McComb, G.H. Reeves, P. Bettinger, J.D. Kline, and B. Garber-Yonts. 2007. Cumulative ecological and socioeconomic effects of forest policies in coastal Oregon. Ecological Applications. 17: 5-17.

Johnson, K.N., P. Bettinger, J.D. Kline, T.A. Spies, M. Lennette, G. Lettman, B. Garber-Yonts, and T. Larsen. 2007. Simulating forest structure, timber production, and socioeconomic effects in a multi-owner province. Ecological Applications. 17: 34-47.

Bettinger, P., K. Boston, Y.-H. Kim, and J. Zhu. 2007. Landscape-level optimization using tabu search and stand density-related forest management prescriptions. European Journal of Operational Research. 176:1265-1282.

Bettinger, P. 2006. Measures of change in projected landscape conditions. Journal of Forest Planning. 12:39-47.

Bettinger, P., and J. Zhu. 2006. A new heuristic for solving spatially constrained forest planning problems based on mitigation of infeasibilities radiating outward from a forced choice. Silva Fennica. 40:315-333.

Boston, K. and P. Bettinger. 2006. An economic and landscape evaluation of the green-up rules for California, Oregon, and Washington (USA). Forest Policy and Economics. 8:251-266.

Akay, A.E., J. Sessions, P. Bettinger, R. Toupin, and A. Eklund. 2006. Evaluating the salvage value of fire-killed timber by helicopter - effects of yarding distance and time since fire. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 21:102-107.

Thompson, J.R., K.N. Johnson, M. Lennette, T. Spies, and P. Bettinger. 2006. Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy in a multiowner province: a simulation experiment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36:401-417.

Batten, W.H., Jr., P. Bettinger, and J. Zhu. 2005. The effects of spatial harvest scheduling constraints on the value of a medium-sized forest holding in the southeastern United States. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 29:185-193.

Bettinger, P., D. Graetz, and J. Sessions. 2005. A density-dependent stand-level optimization approach for deriving management prescriptions for interior northwest (USA) landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management. 217:171-186.

Bettinger, P., M. Lennette, K.N. Johnson, and T.A. Spies. 2005. A hierarchical spatial framework for forest landscape planning. Ecological Modelling. 182:25-48.

Bettinger, P., and W. Chung. 2004. The key literature of, and trends in, forest-level management planning in North America, 1950-2001. The International Forestry Review. 6:40-50.

Sessions, J., P. Bettinger, R. Buckman, M. Newton, and J. Hamann. 2004. Hastening the return of complex forests following fire: The consequences of delay. Journal of Forestry. 102(3):38-45.

Bettinger, P., D.L. Johnson, and K.N. Johnson. 2003. Spatial forest plan development with ecological and economic goals. Ecological Modelling. 169:215-236.

Wing, M.G., and P. Bettinger. 2003. GIS: An updated primer on a powerful management tool. Journal of Forestry. 101(4):4-8.

Bettinger, P., and K.N. Johnson. 2003. Spatial scheduling of forest management activities using a dynamic deterministic harvest block aggregation process. Journal of Forest Planning. 9:25-34.

Bettinger, P., and J. Sessions. 2003. Spatial forest planning: to adopt, or not to adopt? Journal of Forestry. 101(2):24-29.

Bettinger, P., D. Graetz, K. Boston, J. Sessions, and W. Chung. 2002. Eight heuristic planning techniques applied to three increasingly difficult wildlife planning problems. Silva Fennica. 36:561-584.

Boston, K. and P. Bettinger. 2002. Combining tabu search and genetic algorithm heuristic techniques to solve spatial harvest scheduling problems. Forest Science. 48:35-46.

Boston, K. and P. Bettinger. 2001. Development of spatially feasible forest plans: A comparison of two modeling approaches. Silva Fennica. 35:425-435.

Bettinger, P. 2001. Challenges and opportunities for linking the modeling of forest vegetation dynamics with landscape planning models. Landscape and Urban Planning. 56:107-124.

Bettinger, P. and K. Boston. 2001. A conceptual model for describing decision-making situations in integrated natural resource planning and modeling projects. Environmental Management. 28:1-7.

Bocco, G., F. Rosete, P. Bettinger, and A. Velázquez. 2001. Developing a GIS program in rural Mexico. Journal of Forestry. 99(6):14-19.

Boston, K. and P. Bettinger. 2001. The economic impact of green-up constraints in the southeastern USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 145:191-202.

Bettinger, P., K. Boston, and J. Sessions. 1999. Intensifying a heuristic forest harvest scheduling search procedure with 2-opt decision choices. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 29:1784-1792.

Alig, R.J., D.A. Adams, J.T. Chmelik, and P. Bettinger. 1999. Private forest investment and long-run sustainable timber harvest volumes. New Forests. 17:307-327.

Boston, K. and P. Bettinger. 1999. An analysis of Monte Carlo integer programming, simulated annealing, and tabu search heuristics for solving spatial harvest scheduling problems. Forest Science. 45(2):292-301.

Bettinger, P. 1999. Distributing geographic information systems capabilities to field offices: benefits and challenges. Journal of Forestry. 97(6):22-26.

Bettinger, P., K. Boston, and J. Sessions. 1999. Combinatorial optimization of elk habitat effectiveness and timber harvest volume. Environmental Modeling and Assessment. 4:143-153.

Bettinger, P., K.N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1998. Improving aquatic habitat conditions over time while producing wood products: An examination of options. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 34(4):891-907.

Bettinger, P., K.N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1998. Evaluating the association between alternative measures of cumulative effects on a forested watershed in eastern Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 13(1):15-22.

Bettinger, P., J. Sessions, and K.N. Johnson. 1998. Ensuring the compatibility of aquatic habitat and commodity production goals with a Tabu search procedure. Forest Science. 44(1):96-112.

Bettinger, P., K.A. Bettinger, and K. Boston. 1998. Correlation among spatial and non-spatial variables describing a cut-to-length thinning site in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 104:139-149.

Bettinger, P., J. Sessions, and K. Boston. 1997. Using Tabu search to schedule timber harvests subject to spatial wildlife goals for big game. Ecological Modelling. 94:111-123.

Bettinger, P., K.N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1996. Forest planning in an Oregon case study: defining the problem and attempting to meet goals with a spatial-analysis technique. Environmental Management. 20(4):565-577.

Kellogg, L.D., P. Bettinger, and R.M. Edwards. 1996. A comparison of logging planning, felling, and skyline yarding costs between clearcutting and five group-selection harvesting methods. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 11(3):90-96.

Bettinger, P., G.A. Bradshaw, and G.W. Weaver. 1996. Effects of geographic information system vector-raster-vector data conversion on landscape indices. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 26:1416-1425.

Bettinger, P. and R.J. Alig. 1996. Timber availability on non-federal land in western Washington: implications based on physical characteristics of the timberland base. Forest Products Journal. 46(9):30-38.

Siegel, W.C., H.L. Haney, Jr., D.M. Peters, P. Bettinger, and D.S. Callihan. 1996. The impact of federal and state income taxes on timber income in the Northeast and Midwest following the 1986 Tax Reform Act. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 13(1):8-15.

Kellogg, L.D. and P. Bettinger. 1994. Thinning productivity and cost for a mechanized cut-to-length system in the Northwest Pacific Coast region of the USA. Journal of Forest Engineering. 5(2):43-54.

Bettinger, P., D. Armlovich, and L.D. Kellogg. 1994. Evaluating area in logging trails with a geographic information system. Transactions of the ASAE. 37(4):1327-1330.

Bettinger, P., J. Sessions, and L.D. Kellogg. 1993. Timber availability for mechanized harvesting in Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 8(1):11-15.

Bettinger, P. 1993. Incorporating state income taxes in soil expectation values - impacts and pitfalls. Forest Products Journal. 43(5):61-67.

Bettinger, P. and L.D. Kellogg. 1993. Residual stand damage from cut-to-length thinning of second-growth timber in the Cascade Range of western Oregon. Forest Products Journal. 43(11/12):59-64.

Bettinger, P., H.L. Haney, Jr., and W.C. Siegel. 1991. The impact of federal and state income taxes on timber income in the West following the 1986 Tax Reform Act. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 6(1):15-20.

Bettinger, P., H.L. Haney, Jr., and W.C. Siegel. 1989. The impact of federal and state income taxes on timber income in the South following the 1986 Tax Reform Act. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 13(4):196-202.