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Ecosystem Modeling, Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, GIS applications for environmental modeling, and Physical Geography

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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University of Iowa - (Iowa City, Iowa, United States)

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University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States)

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University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States)

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Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Variability in an edaphic indicator in alpine tundra

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Wind-Driven Sea-Level Variation Influences Dynamics of Salt Marsh Vegetation

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Effects of dispersal, population delays, and forest fragmentation on tree migration rates

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Contemporary and historic population structure of Abies spectabilis at treeline in Barun valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya

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Dendroclimatic relationships and possible implications for mountain birch and Scots pine at treeline in northern Sweden through the 21st century

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ALPINE TREELINES: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF THE GLOBAL HIGH ELEVATION TREE LIMITS (vol 45, pg 421, 2013)

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Simulating the impacts of southern pine beetle and fire on the dynamics of xerophytic pine landscapes in the southern Appalachians

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Population structure and dynamics of Abies spectabilis at treeline ecotone of Barun Valley, Makalu Barun National Park, Nepal

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Barriers and Species Persistence in a Simulated Grassland Community

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Unsupervised Fuzzy ARTMAP Classification of Hyperspectral Hyperion Data for Savanna and Agriculture Discrimination in the Brazilian Cerrado

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON MULTISCALE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF SALT MARSH VEGETATION

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Computer-based synthetic data to assess the tree delineation algorithm from airborne LiDAR survey

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Modeling the effects of fire on the long-term dynamics and restoration of yellow pine and oak forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains

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Environmental variables influencing the carbon balance at the alpine treeline: a modeling approach

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGICALLY MECHANISTIC MODEL FOR USE AT THE ALPINE TREELINE ECOTONE

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Restoration of Southern Pine Forests After the Southern Pine Beetle

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Hyperion and CBERS satellite image classification intercomparison for Cerrado and agricultural mapping

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Patterns and processes of global shrub expansion

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Patterns of shrub expansion in Alaskan arctic river corridors suggest phase transition.

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Multi-scale analysis of soil nutrients at alpine treeline in Glacier National Park, Montana

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Salt Marshes as Potential Indicators of Global Climate Change

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Comparing two methods for aging trees with suppressed, diffuse-porous rings (Betula pubescens ssp czerepanovii)

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Simulating carbon balance at treeline for krummholz and dwarf tree growth forms

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Coastal Marsh Vegetation Assemblages of Galveston Bay: Insights for the East Texas Chenier Plain

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Alpine Treelines: Functional Ecology of the Global High Elevation Tree Limits. By Christian Krner.

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Seedling Survival at Timberline Is Critical to Conifer Mountain Forest Elevation and Extent

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Evaluating Southern Appalachian Forest Dynamics without Eastern Hemlock: Consequences of Herbivory by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

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Seed dispersal at alpine treeline: an assessment of seed movement within the alpine treeline ecotone

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The suitability of montane ecotones as indicators of global climatic change

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Growth and Its Relationship to Individual Genetic Diversity of Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) at Alpine Treeline in Alaska: Combining Dendrochronology and Genomics

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Chapter 3 Ecotone Dynamics Invasibility of Alpine Tundra by Tree Species from the Subalpine Forest

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Simulating the reciprocal interaction of forest landscape structure and southern pine beetle herbivory using LANDIS

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Landscape modeling for forest restoration planning and assessment: Lessons from the southern Appalachian Mountains

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Geostatistics and Spatial Analysis: Characterizing Form and Pattern at the Alpine Treeline

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Factors structuring the treeline ecotone in Fennoscandia

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EFFECTS OF INCREASED CLOUD-COVER ON A MONTANE FOREST LANDSCAPE

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Phosphorus in the global environment: Transfers, cycles and management H. Tiessen (Editor). Wiley, Chichester, 1995. 452 pp. Price US$120.00. ISBN 0-471-95691-0

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Modeling controls on pattern at alpine treeline

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Evaluating Southern Appalachian forest dynamics without eastern hemlock: consequences of herbivory by the hemlock wooly adelgid.

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Low recruitment above treeline indicates treeline stability under changing climate in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Western Nepal

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Scale-dependent Interactions and Community Structure along Environmental Gradients on a Coastal Salt Marsh

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Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.

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Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation and wind waves on salt marsh dynamics in the Danish Wadden Sea: a quantitative model as proof of concept

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Spatial heterogeneity and domain of scale on the Skallingen salt marsh, Denmark

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GIS Goes Far Beyond Geography at Texas A&M

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Sigmoid wave transitions at alpine treeline

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Examination of the carbon balance hypothesis of alpine treeline location in Glacier National Park, Montana

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Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change?

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SPATIAL PATTERN-ANALYSIS OF WITCHES-BROOM DISEASE OF CACAO AT A LANDSCAPE SCALE IN RONDONIA, BRAZIL

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Plant responses to global change: next generation biogeography

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Relationships between Arctic shrub dynamics and topographically derived hydrologic characteristics

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Tidal Creek Morphology and Sediment Type Influence Spatial Trends in Salt Marsh Vegetation

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Islands in the sky: alpine and treeline ecosystems of the Rockies

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Stability of alpine treeline in Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A.

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Simulation Modeling as a Tool for Understanding the Landscape Ecology of Southern Pine Beetle Infestations in Southern Appalachian Forests

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Predicting the Suitable Habitat of Treeline Species in the Nepalese Himalayas Under Climate Change

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International Mountain Society (IMS) and United Nations University

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Landscape Genomics: Understanding Relationships Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Genomic Characteristics of Populations

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Dendroclimatic response of Abies spectabilis at treeline ecotone of Barun Valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya

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A simple stochastic weather generator for ecological modeling

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Scale-Dependent Correspondence of Floristic and Edaphic Gradients across Salt Marsh Creeks

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Modeling the spatial distribution of subarctic forest in northern Manitoba using GIS-based terrain and climate data

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A comparison of methods for predicting vegetation type

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Landscape genomic insights into the historic migration of mountain hemlock in response to Holocene climate change.

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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Facilitates Shrub Establishment in Northern Alaska

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SIMULATING THE INTERACTIONS OF FOREST STRUCTURE, FIRE REGIME, AND PLANT INVASION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS USING LANDIS

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Modeling Long-Term Effects of Altered Fire Regimes following Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks (North Carolina)

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Influences of animal activity on treeline position and pattern: Implications for treeline responses to climate change

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Geomorphic and biogeographic setting of the Rocky Mountains

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Patterns of winter desiccation in krummholz forms of Abies lasiocarpa at treeline sites in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

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Stage-structured matrix models for organisms with non-geometric development times.

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A global framework for linking alpine-treeline ecotone patterns to underlying processes

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Feedback and Pattern in Computer Simulations of the Alpine Treeline Ecotone

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Geometrid moth outbreaks and their climatic relations in northern Sweden

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Remote sensing and GIS techniques for spatial and biophysical analyses of alpine treeline through process and empirical models

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Review of forest landscape models: Types, methods, development and applications

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Topography and human disturbances are major controlling factors in treeline pattern at Barun and Manang area in the Nepal Himalaya

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Perceptions, governance and stakeholder relationships along the Texas coast

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United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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An evaluation of dispersal distances of two treeline forming species

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Developing Gridded Soil Moisture Maps using NRCS SSURGO

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Doctoral Dissertation Research:  Assessing the Role of Geologic Framework on Barrier Island Geomorphology

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH: A genetic approach to dispersal at the alpine treeline ecotone

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Geography; 3147 TAMU

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AAAS Names Seven Texas A&M System Faculty Members As 2020 Fellows

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Gielstra, Dianna A (2009-05). Abies lasiocarpa establishment of subalpine meadows in Glacier National Park, Montana. Doctoral Dissertation.