The following three references have been most helpful to us:

Isaaks, E. H., and Srivastava, R. M. 1989. An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics. Oxford University Press.

Myers, D. E. 1991. Interpolation and estimation with spatially located data. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 11:209-228.

Rossi, R. E., Mulla, D. J., Journel, A. G., and Franz, E. H. 1992.  Geostatistical tools for modeling and interpreting ecological spatial dependence.  Ecological Monographs 62:277-314.

The following references have also been very helpful:

Deutsch, C. V. and Journel A. G. 1992. GSLIB Geostatistical Software Library and User's Guide. Oxford University Press New York.

Journel, A. G. 1989. Fundamentals of Geostatistics in Five Lessons. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C. 

Lecoustre, R., Fargette, D., Fauquet, C., and de Reffye, P. 1989. Analysis and mapping of the spatial spread of African cassava mosaic virus using geostatistics and the kriging technique. Phytopathology 79:913-920.

Liebhold, A. M., Rossi, R. E., and Kemp, W. P. 1993. Geostatistics and geographic information systems in applied insect ecology. Annual Review of Entomology 38:303-327.

Myers, D. E. 1989. To be or not to be...stationary: That is the question. Math. Geology 21: 347-362

Pannatier, Y. 1996.  Variowin. Software for Spatial Data Analysis in 2D. Springer-Verlag. New York.

Rossi, R. E., Borth, P. W., Tollefson, J. J. 1993. Stochastic simulations for characterizing ecological spatial patterns and appraising risk.  Ecol. Appl. 3:719-735.

Webster, R., and Boag, B. 1992. Geostatistical analysis of cyst nematodes in soil. J. of Soil Science 43:583-595.

Papers we have written using geostatistics:

Barnes, J. M., Trinidad-Correa, R., Orum, T. V., Felix-Gastelum, R., and Nelson, M. R. 1999. Landscape ecology as a new framework for improved management of plant viruses and their insect vectors in agroecosystems. Ecosystem Health 5:26-35.

Byrne, D. N., Rathman, R. J., Orum, T. V., and Palumbo, J. C. 1995. Localized migration and dispersal by the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, Oecologia 105:320-328.

Nelson, M. R., Felix-Gastelum, R., Orum, T. V., Stowell, L. J., and Myers, D. E. 1994. Geographic information systems and geostatistics in the design and validation of regional plant virus management programs. Phytopathology 84:898-905.

Nelson, M. R., Orum, T. V., Jaime-Garcia, R.,
and Nadeem, A. 1999.  Applications of          geographic information systems and geostatistics
in plant disease epidemiology and management.    Plant Dis. 83:308-319. 

Orum, T. V., Bigelow, D. M., Nelson, M. R.,
Howell, D. R., and Cotty, P. J. 1997. Spatial and
temporal patterns of Aspergillus flavus strain
composition and propagule density in Yuma
County, Arizona, soils. Plant Dis. 81:911-916. 

Orum, T. V., Bigelow, D. M., Cotty, P. J., and
Nelson, M. R. 1999.  Using predictions based on
geostatistics to monitor trends in Aspergillus
flavus strain composition. Phytopathology 89:761-769. 
 

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