Books (peer-reviewed)

McLeod, K. L. and H. M. Leslie (editors). 2009. Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans. Washington, DC: Island Press.   * Reviewed in Science magazine and BioScience

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Journal Articles & Book Reviews

Leslie, H. M., E. Goldman, K. M. McLeod, L. Sievanen, H. Balasubramanian, R. Cudney-Bueno, A. Feurerstein, N. Knowlton, K. Lee, R. Pollnac, and J. F. Samhouri. 2013. How good science and stories can go hand‐in‐hand. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12080  (published online 5.21.2013)

Walsh, S, A.Wentz, O. Aburto-Oropeza, M.  Maxey, S. Nagavarapu, and H. M. Leslie. In press. Evidence of market-driven size-selective fishing and the mediating effects of biological and institutional factors. Ecological Applications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-1196.1

Bernhardt, J. R. and H. M. Leslie. 2013. Resilience to climate change in coastal marine ecosystems. Annual Review of Marine Science 5.371-392. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172411.

Sievanen, L., R. L. Gruby, and L. M. Campbell. 2013. Fixing Marine Governance in Fiji? The New Scalar Narrative of Ecosystem-Based Management. Global Environmental Change 23:206-216.

Halpern, B. S., C. Longo, D. Hardy, K. L McLeod, J. F. Samhouri, S. K. Katona, K. Kleisner, S. E. Lester, J. O’Leary, M. Ranelletti, A. A. Rosenberg, C. Scarborough, E. R. Selig, B. D. Best, D. R. Brumbaugh, F. S. Chapin III, L. B. Crowder, K. L. Daly, S. C. Doney, C. Elfes, M. J. Fogarty, S. D. Gaines, K. I. Jacobsen, L. Bunce Karrer, H. M. Leslie and 8 others. An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean. 2012. Nature 488:615-620.

Sievanen, L., L.M. Campbell, and H.M. Leslie. 2012. Challenges to Interdisciplinary Research in Ecosystem-Based Management. Conservation Biology. 26(2): 315-323.

Hastings, J., R.L. Gruby, L. Sievanen. 2012. Science-based coastal management in Fiji: Two case studies from the NGO sector. Marine Policy. 36: 907-914.

Leslie, H. M. 2011. Roadmap to Nature’s Benefits. Science 332: 1264-1265. DOI:10.1126/science.1207662

Sievanen, L., H.M. Leslie, J.M. Wondolleck, S.L. Yaffee, K.L. McLeod and L.M. Campbell. 2011. Linking top-down and bottom-up processes through the new US National Ocean Policy. Conservation Letters. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00178.x

Gedan, K.B., J. Bernhardt, M.D. Bertness, and H.M. Leslie. 2011. Substrate size mediates thermal stress in the rocky intertidal. Ecology 92:576–582. doi:10.1890/10-0717.1.

Leslie, H.M., M. Schlüter, R. Cudney-Bueno, and S. A. Levin. 2009. Modeling responses of the coupled social-ecological systems of the northern Gulf of California to anthropogenic and natural perturbations. Ecological Research 24(3); 505-514.

Schlüter, M., H. M. Leslie, and S. A. Levin. 2009. Managing water use tradeoffs in a semi-arid river delta to sustain multiple ecosystem services – a modeling approach. Ecological Research 24(3): 491-503.

Leslie, H.M., A. R. Rosenberg, J. Eagle. 2008. Is a new mandate needed for marine ecosystem-based management? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(1):43-48.

Leslie, H. M. and K. L. McLeod. 2007. Confronting the challenges of implementing marine ecosystem-based management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5(10):540-548.

Hughes, T. P., L. Gunderson, C. Folke, A. Baird, D. Bellwood, F. Berkes, B. Crona, A. Helfgott, H. Leslie, J. Norberg, M. Nyström, P. Olsson, H. Österblom, M.Scheffer, H. Schuttenberg, R.S. Steneck, M. Tengö, M. Troell, B. Walker, J. Wilson, B. Worm. 2007. Adaptive Management of the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon World Heritage Areas. Ambio 36:586-592.

Satake, A., H. M. Leslie, Y. Iwasa, and S. A. Levin. 2007. Coupled ecological-social dynamics in a forested landscape: spatial interactions and information flow. Journal of Theoretical Biology 246: 695-707.

Berkes, F., T. P. Hughes, R. S. Steneck, J. A. Wilson, D. R. Bellwood, B. Crona, C. Folke, L. H. Gunderson, H. M. Leslie, J. Norberg, M. Nyström, P. Olsson, H. Österblom, M. Scheffer, B. Worm. 2006. Globalization, roving bandits and marine resources. Science 311:1557-58.

Leslie, H. M. 2005a. A synthesis of marine conservation planning approaches. Cons. Biol. 19(6): 1701-1713.

Leslie, H. M., E. N. Breck, F. Chan, B. A. Menge, and J. Lubchenco. 2005. Barnacle reproductive hotspots linked to nearshore ocean conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(30):10534-39.

Leslie, H. M. 2005b. Positive intraspecific effects trump negative effects in high-density barnacle aggregations. Ecology 86(10):2716-2725.

Giller, P., H. Hillebrand, U G. Berninger, M. Gessner, S. Hawkins, P. Inchausti, C. Inglis, H. Leslie, B. Malmqvist, M. Monaghan, P. Morin, G. O’Mullan. 2004. Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: emerging issues and their experimental test in aquatic communities. Oikos 104(3): 423-436.

Leslie, H., M. Ruckelshaus, I. R. Ball, S. Andelman, and H. P. Possingham. 2003. Using siting algorithms in the design of marine reserve networks. Ecological Applications 13(1): S185-S198.

Airamé, S., J. E. Dugan, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, D. A. McArdle, and R. R. Warner. 2003. Applying ecological criteria to marine reserve design: A case study from the California Channel Islands. Ecol. Appl. 13(1): S170-S184.

Menge, B. A., J. Lubchenco, M. E. S. Bracken, F. Chan, M. M. Foley, T. L. Freidenburg, S. D. Gaines, G. Hudson, C. Krenz, H. Leslie, D. N. L. Menge, R. Russell, and M. S. Webster. 2003. Coastal oceanography sets the pace of rocky intertidal community dynamics. PNAS 100(21):12229-12234.

Palumbi, S. R., S.D. Gaines, H. Leslie, and R. R. Warner. 2003. New wave: high-tech tools to help marine reserve research. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1(2): 73-79.

Roberts, C. M., S .J. Andelman, G. M. Branch, R. Bustamante, J. C. Castilla, J. E. Dugan, B. Halpern, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, J. Lubchenco, D. A. McArdle, H. P. Possingham, M. H. Ruckelshaus, and R. R. Warner. 2003a. Ecological criteria for evaluating candidate sites for marine reserves. Ecol. Appl. 13(1): S199-S214.

Roberts, C. M., G. Branch, R. H. Bustamante, J. C. Castilla, J. Dugan, B. Halpern, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, J. Lubchenco, D. McArdle, M. Ruckelshaus, and R. R. Warner. 2003b. Application of ecological criteria in selecting marine reserves and developing reserve networks. Ecol. Appl. 13(1): S215-S228.

Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)

Leslie, H. M. and A. P Kinzig. 2009. Resilience Science. Chapter 4 In: Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans. Washington, DC: Island Press.

McLeod, K. L. and H. M. Leslie. 2009. Why Ecosystem-Based Management? Chapter 1 in Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans. Washington, DC: Island Press.

McLeod, K. L. and H. M. Leslie. 2009. State of Practice. Chapter 17 in Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans. Washington, DC: Island Press.

McLeod, K. L. and H. M. Leslie. 2009. Ways Forward. Chapter 19 in Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans. Washington, DC: Island Press.

Sala, O.E., D. Sax, and H. Leslie. 2009. Biodiversity consequences of biofuel production, pp 127-37. Ch 7 In R.W. Howarth and S. Bringezu (eds) Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment, 22-25 September 2008, Gummersbach Germany. Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA.

Non-Refereed Articles

McLeod, K. M. and H. Leslie. 2005. Marine Ecosystem-Based Management: Transforming U.S. Ocean Policy. In M. Groom et al. (eds.), Principles of Conservation Biology (3rd edition), pp. 476-479.

Simler, B., R. Davis-Born, A. Guerry, H. Leslie, and J. Lubchenco. 2002. The Catalogue of Oregon Marine and Coastal Information: Meta-data to inform area-based management. In Proceedings of 2002 Conference of The Coastal Society.

Leslie, H. 2001. Coastal Zone Management. In J. Barry and E. G. Frankland (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics. Florence, KY: Routledge. p. 94-95.

Leslie, H. 1999. It’s too soon to open just-recovering scallop beds. The Boston Globe, p. A17 (2/25/99).

Leslie, H. 1997. Coastal wetlands management in Yucatan, Mexico: Nature-based tourism in the Celestún Estuary. In M. C. Miller and J. Cogan (eds.) Coastal Zone 97 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2., Boston, MA: 1997, pp. 938-940.

Leslie, H. 1994. Birds, buggies, and barrier beaches. Sanctuary. Lincoln, MA: Massachusetts Audubon Society. pp. 16-17.

Book Reviews

Leslie, H. 2008. Global Coastal Change. The Quarterly Review of Biol. 83(1):136-137.

Leslie, H. 2004. Coastal Marine Conservation: Science and Policy. The Quarterly Review of Biol. 79(4): 447.