Tanner, James T.. "Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Nesting in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." The Migrant 36, no. 3 (1965): 59.

Tanner, James T.. "Mountain Temperatures in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States during Late Spring and Early Summer." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2, no. 4 (1963): 473-483.

Tanner, James T.. "Juncos in the Great Smoky Mountains." The Migrant 29, no. 4 (1958): 61-65.

Tanner, James T.. "Adventures for Bird-Watchers in the Great Smoky Mountains." Audubon  59, no. 3 (1957): 118-123.

Tanner, James T.. "Sight Record of a Saw-Whet Owl in the Great Smoky Mountains." The Migrant 28, no. 2 (1957): 28.

Tanner, James T.. "The Altitudinal Distribution of Birds in a Part of the Great Smoky Mountains." The Migrant 26, no. 3 (1955): 37-40.

Tanner, James T.. "Black-Capped and Carolina Chickadees in the Southern Appalachian Mountains." The Auk 69, no. 4 (1952): 407-424.

Tanner, James T.. "Golden Eagle in the Great Smoky Mountains in July." The Migrant 19, no. 2 (1948): 24.