- Zhou, G., X. Wei, X. Chen, P. Zhou, X. Liu, Y. Xiao, Ge Sun, D.F. Scott, S. Zhou, L. Han and Y. Su, 2015. Global pattern for the effect of climate and land cover on water yield. Nature Communications6:5918 doi: 10.1038/ncomms6918.
- Zhao, F.F., Zhang, L., Xu Z.X. and Scott, D.F. 2010. Evaluation of methods for estimating the effects of vegetation change and climate variability on streamflow. Water Resources Research46, W03505, doi:10.1029/2009WR007702, 2010
- Scott, David F and F. W. Prinsloo, 2008. The longer-term effects of pine and eucalypt plantations on streamflow. Water Resources Research VOL. 44, XXX, doi:10.1029/2007WR006781, 2008
- H. Doerr, C. J. Ritsema, L. W. Dekker, D. F. Scott, D. Carter, 2007. Water repellence of soils: new insights and emerging research needs. Hydrological Processes, 21(17): 2223-2228. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6762
- Scott, D.F., M.P. Curran, P.R. Robichaud, and J.W. Wagenbrenner. 2008. Soil Erosion After Forest Fire. Chapter 6, In: Cerdà, A and P Robichaud, Restoration Strategies after Forest Fires. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. In Press.
- Curran, M.P. and D.F.Scott. 2008. Fire Landscapes in Canada: How to Restore or Prevent Them. Chaper 17 In: Cerda, A and P Robichaud, Restoration Strategies after Forest Fires. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. In Press
- Scott DF, Bruijnzeel LA, Mackensen J (2004) The hydrological and soil impacts of forestation in the tropics. In: Bonell M, Bruijnzeel LA (eds), Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 622-651.
- Moore, RD and DF Scott, (2005). Camp Creek revisited: effects of forest harvesting on streamflow in a medium-sized, snowmelt-dominated catchment. Accepted by Canadian Water Resources Journal30: 331-344.
- Scott, David F, 2005. On the hydrology of industrial timber plantations. {Invited commentary} Hydrological Processes19: 4203-4206.
- Scott, David F., LA. (Sampurno) Bruijnzeel, Rob Vertessy and Ian R. Calder, 2004. Forest hydrology: impacts of forest plantations on streamflow, in “The Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences” Edited by J. Burley, J. Evans and J.A. Youngquist. (ISBN (Set): 0-12-145160-7) Oxford, Elsevier.
- Scott, David F, Bruijnzeel, LA, and Mackensen, J, 2004. The hydrological and soil impacts of forestation in the tropics. In: Bonell M, Bruijnzeel LA (eds), Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (in press, to appear in 2004).
- Gush, MB, Scott, DF, Jewitt, GPW, Schulze, RE, Hallowes, LA and Görgens, AHM, 2002. A new approach to modeling streamflow reductions resulting from commercial afforestation in South Africa. Southern African Forestry Journal196: 27-36.
- Midgley, JJ, Scott, DF, and Harris, C, 2001. How do we know how much groundwater is stored in Southwestern Cape mountains? South African Journal of Science97: 285-286.
- Van Wilgen, BW and Scott, DF, 2001. Managing fires on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa: dealing with the inevitable. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology 2: 197-208.