Forest Structure and Climate Dynamics from LiDAR and Remote Sensing
Combines high-resolution LiDAR point cloud analysis, remote sensing imagery, and Bayesian modeling to understand how individual tree structure, forest inventory metrics, and climate variables interact to shape forest growth and vulnerability across mountain ecosystems.
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Concept (13) →
basal area
equivolumetric diameter
individual tree detection
Automated algorithms for identifying and delineating individual trees from LiDAR point cloud data
epidemic dynamics
The temporal progression and patterns of disease spread through host populations
stand structure
The horizontal and vertical distribution of components of a forest stand including the height, diameter, crown layers, and stems of trees, shrubs, her...
allometric relationships
Mathematical relationships that describe how tree dimensions and biomass scale with each other
vaccine efficacy
virulence evolution
generalized additive mixed model
Statistical modeling approach that allows for nonlinear relationships using smooth functions while accounting for random effects structure
climate zonation
Spatial classification of areas based on climatic characteristics and water balance parameters
Protocol (7) →
Forest inventory plot sampling
Uses full-waveform LiDAR returns processed through adaptive deconvolution and individual tree detection algorithms to map forest structure metrics inc...
Generalized additive modeling
Hierarchical Bayesian models predicting vital rates from individual and neighborhood characteristics, with population-level random effects and model s...
PRISM climate data
Extraction of environmental variables from spatial data platform using zonal functions to calculate average climate values within tree polygon boundar...
Imaging spectrometry species classification
Deriving individual-scale species data from co-acquired imaging spectrometry data.
ITCSegment algorithm
Region-growing algorithm that iteratively incorporates LiDAR points into candidate tree canopies starting from seed locations identified as local heig...
Multi-site flax rust epidemic monitoring
Weekly monitoring of flax rust disease prevalence across multiple wild flax populations to track epidemic progression and relate it to local environme...
Bayesian spatial record linkage for multi-temporal LiDAR (Plantae)
A two-stage Bayesian hierarchical approach that identifies unique individuals across LiDAR scans by modeling observed locations as noisy transformatio...
Publication (15) →
High-Resolution Snow-Covered Area Mapping in Forested Mountain Ecosystems Using PlanetScope Imagery
Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth
A multi-year case study highlighting the influence of hydrological conditions on epidemic dynamics in a natural plant pathosystem
The ecology and evolution of pathogens in a changing world
A pathogen's spatial range is not constrained by geographical features in the flax rust pathosystem
Predicting the effects of climate change on the cross? scale epidemiological dynamics of a fungal plant pathogen
Analysis of growth patterns in Conifer stands present in Gothic town
Stem and canopy growth analysis in Picea Engelmannii with UAVs and field measurements
The Influence of Forest Structure and Composition on Transpiration Rates Among Drought-Stressed Conifer Species in the Upper East River Watershed
A multimodel ensemble forecast framework: Application to spring seasonal flows in the Gunnison River Basin
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Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado
Relationships between atmospheric circulation and snowpack in the Gunnison River basin, Colorado
Silviculture
Prototype Decision Support System for Operations on the Gunnison Basin with Improved Forecasts
Flower behavior in Linum lewisii: some ecological and physiological factors in opening and abscission of petals
Dataset (11) →
Data from: Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth
Predicting long-term trends in forest growth requires accurate characterisation of how the relationship between forest productivity and climatic stres...
Data from: Historical stocking data and 19th century DNA reveal human-induced changes to native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout
Many species are threatened with extinction and efforts are underway worldwide to restore imperiled species to their native ranges. Restoration requir...
ND2 haplotype table for 53 modern populations
We sequenced a 648 or 889 base pair region of the ND2 gene for at least 10 individuals from 53 contemporary populations. This table shows ND2 haplotyp...
Data from: A multi-year case study highlighting the influence of hydrological conditions on epidemic dynamics in a natural plant pathosystem
The scale of influence of hydrological and thermal conditions on disease remains uncertain for most wild plant pathosystems, thus restricting our abil...
Data from: 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed'
This package archives the core data used for analysis and inference in 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine w...
A pathogen's spatial range is not constrained by geographical features in the flax rust pathosystem
In this study, we performed several transect surveys over the course of the 2021 summer field season to assess potential ecogeographical range determi...
Herbarium specimens reliably track plant phenological responses to climate change in understudied montane biomes
File: Peng_et_al._20206.zip Description: There are three folders here. The Data folder contains the raw specimen phenology data and the RMBL phenology...
Herbarium-Derived Phenological Data in North America
We present infrastructure for developing large-scale and long-term phenological datasets across multiple herbaria, as well as a sample dataset that ha...
Data from: 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed'
This package archives the core data used for analysis and inference in 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine w...
Vaccine driven virulence evolution: Consequences of unbalanced reductions in mortality and transmission and implications for pertussis vaccines
Many vaccines have heterogenous effects across individuals. Additionally, some vaccines do not prevent infection, but reduce disease-associated mortal...