- Forest Ecosystem Remote Sensing Team

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<html><img src="./TL_graphics/serbin.jpg" alt="Aditya S" align="left"></html> \n''email:'' _ <at> wisc <dot> edu\n''phone:'' 608.263.9107\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0387\n''classification:'' indri\n\nAditya's bio will be updated soon.

<html><img src="./TL_graphics/isaacson02.jpg" alt="Berniel" align="left"></html> \n''email:'' bernardisaacson <at> gmail <dot> com\n''phone:'' 608.263.9107\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0444\n''classification:'' bernobo\n\nBernie started his M.S. here in September 2007, working with Dr. Phil Townsend to map Ash trees in Wisconsin before emerald ash borer becomes endemic. You might have heard of his research subject in such DNR bulletins as "Little Green Insect, Big Green Firewood Restrictions," and "The little ash tree that couldn't."\n\nHe is interested in the effects of stress on plant reflectance, plant assemblage dynamics, tree pathogens, and almost anything spatial. Previously, he earned a B.S. from Rutgers University in 2006, with a major in Natural Resource Management, and earned certificates in Urban Forestry and Environmental Geomatics. As an undergrad, he wrote an honors thesis with Dr. Richard Lathrop about the pre-visual detection of bacterial leaf scorch in red oaks using a hyperspectral radiometer and corresponding indices. \n\nBernie enjoys various activities, including but certainly not limited to: anything outside, awkward conversations that end in "anyhoo," smiling, taekwondo, hilarious misunderstandings that in retrospect had deeper meaning, primitive skills, native crafts, cooking, and eating.

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<html><img src="./TL_graphics/kingdon02.jpg" alt="Clayton" align="left"></html>\n''email:'' kingdon <at> wisc <dot> edu\n''phone:'' 608.262.3296\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0213\n''classification:'' drill\n\nClayton manages logistical matters for FERST. He provides technical support for data and software for most lab projects. He is an ex-pat Canuck and lives in Madison, Wisconsin. His interests include reading prose of less than five pages, bunking, lawn mower repair, and [[BASE jumping|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping]]. He once believed that the plant genus [[Dieffenbachia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieffenbachia]] was named after //Dief the Chief//, [[John Diefenbaker|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Diefenbaker]], because his mother told him that once when he was young.\n

\n[[Brian Sturtevant]]\n[[David Mladenoff]]\n[[Rob Scheller]]\n

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!Forest Composition, Status and Structure\n\n''Classification and Analysis of Forest Structure from Remotely Sensed Data''\n//Funded by Connor Center of Excellence in Forestry//\nFunds: Peter Wolter, Ph.D. Student \n\n''Classifying spruce and fir composition, age class, and mortality due to spruce budworm defoliation: A remote sensing study''\n//Funded by US Forest Service//\n\n!Forest/Watershed Dynamics\n\n''Exacerbation of flooding responses due to land cover/land use change: a comparative study''\n//Funded by NASA//\nCollaborators: Keith Eshleman (UMCES Appalachian Laboratory)\n\n''Spatial patterns of forest disturbance and consequences for regional water quality''\n//Funded by NASA//\nCollaborators: Keith Eshleman (UMCES Appalachian Laboratory)\n\n!Forest/Insect Dynamics\n\n''Designing pest-resistant forest landscapes: a multi-scale test of the importance of spatial pattern''\n//Funded by USDA (Managed Ecosystems)//\nCollaborators: Brian Sturtevant (US Forest Service), Dan Kneeshaw (University of Quebec at Montreal), Barry Cooke (Canadian Forest Service), ~Marie-Josee Fortin (University of Toronto)\n\n''A multi-scale remote-sensing approach for monitoring regional impacts of insect defoliators''\n//Funded by US Forest Service//\nCollaborators: Brian Sturtevant (US Forest Service)\n\n''Effects of insect defoliation on regional carbon dynamics of forests''\n//Funded by NASA//\nCollaborators: Brian Sturtevant (US Forest Service), Rob Scheller (University of Wisconsin), David Mladenoff (University of Wisconsin)\n\n!Floodplain Ecosystems\n\n''Modeling the impacts of post-settlement sediment deposition on floodplain vegetation patterns''\n//Funded by the National Science Foundation//\nCollaborators: Cliff Hupp and Deb Willard (USGS), Bob Peet (University of North Carolina), Dan Richter (Duke), Roger Brown (Columbus State)\n\n''Flood of Mud: The Roanoke River Past and Future (Documentary)''\n//Funded by the National Science Foundation (Informal Science Education)//\nCollaborators: Cat Stylinski (UMCES Appalachian Laboratory), Neil Stylinski (Frostburg State)\n\n''Sedimentation, erosion, and channel morphology along the Lower Roanoke River: Data collection, description of existing and future conditions relative to JHK dam operations''\n//Funded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / John H. Kerr Section 216 Feasi//bility Study\nCollaborators: Cliff Hupp (USGS) and Jean Richter (US Fish and Wildlife Service)\n\n''Impacts of sustained growing-season floods on forests of the Roanoke River floodplain (using MODIS)\nFunded by The Nature Conservancy''\n\n!Landscape/Environmental Conservation\n\n''Development of remote sensing protocols for long-term monitoring of parks in the National Capital Region''\n//Funded by National Park Service//\nCollaborators: Bob Gardner and Todd Lookingbill (UMCES Appalachian Laboratory)\n\n''Development of remote sensing protocols for long-term monitoring of parks in the Appalachian Highlands Network''\n//Funded by National Park Service//\n\n!Environmental Science Education\n\n''Inquiring with GIS (I-GIS) Project: A partnership between scientists and educators''\n//Funded by the National Science Foundation//\nCollaborators: Cat Stylinski (UMCES Appalachian Laboratory), Danny Edelson (Northwestern) \n

<html><img src="./TL_graphics/helmers02.jpg" alt="Dave" align="left"></html> \n\nVisit Dave's new webpage at the [[UW SILVIS Lab|http://www.silvis.forest.wisc.edu/people/helmers.asp]]\n\nMy interests include computer modeling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and remote sensing analyses: more specifically, performing regional extrapolations of site-based ecological models through coupling with GIS and remote sensing technologies.\n\nI enjoy the physically strenuous sports of golf, bowling, softball, and fishing (or basically anything that allows me to enjoy a beer while performing). I’m a Wisconsin native, and one of 11 children.

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<html><img src="./TL_graphics/McNeilBrenden02.jpg" alt="Brenden" align="left"></html> \n\nVisit Brenden's new webpage at West Virginia University's [[Dept. of Geology & Geography|http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~bmcneil/]].\n\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0000\n''classification:'' human\n\nHi! I started my postdoc here in September 2006. I was previously at Syracuse University where I completed a Ph.D. in Geography studying the “Spatial Variability of Foliar Nitrogen in the Adirondack Park, New York” [[(pdf)|https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bmcneil/web/McNeil_diss_all.pdf]]. This work was part of a broader inter-disciplinary project examining the effects of acidic deposition (i.e. “acid rain”) on ecosystems of the Northeastern U.S.\n\nMy research interests focus on applying spatial analytical tools toward understanding the nitrogen dynamics of forest ecosystems. This involves things ranging from a project that used GIS models and the ~PnET ecosystem model to examine the relationship among historic logging and present-day N cycling in the Adirondack Park [[(pdf)|https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bmcneil/web/McNeil_etal_06_ecolmod.pdf]], to my present work on a NASA IDS project that is exploring connections among stream-water N export and remotely-sensed patterns of gypsy moth defoliation and foliar nitrogen in Western Maryland. \n\nI’ve been lucky to have a wide range of jobs in geography and forest ecology. To mention a few, I’ve been an intern at the city planning department in my hometown of Middletown, Ohio, a research assistant at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, and a GIS intern for the National Park Service in Lakewood, Colorado. For more on my background, my publications, or just for my contact info, have a look at my CV [[(pdf)|https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bmcneil/web/mcneil_CV_12_06.pdf]]. \n\nWhen I’m not playing with data at work, I like to wander about the world while talking about maps, drinking beer, and eating good food with my wife Karen Culcasi (a fellow geographer who studies cartography and the “Middle East”). We live a nice bike ride from campus on Madison’s “west side” within the Queen-dom of our dog Ama and under the fierce dictatorship of our cat Zerk.

<html><img src="./TL_graphics/DeBeursKirsten01.jpg" alt="Kirsten" align="left"></html>\n\n\nVisit Kirsten's new webpage at [[Virginia Tech's Geography Department|http://www.geography.vt.edu/people/Kirsten%20D.htm]].

<html><img src="./TL_graphics/townsend02.jpg" alt="Phil" align="left"></html> \n''email:'' ptownsend <at> wisc <dot> edu\n''phone:'' 608.262.1669\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0259\n''classification:'' mongoose lemur\n\nPhil Townsend is an Associate Professor of Forest Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis in the [[Department of Forest Ecology and Management| http://www.forest.wisc.edu]] at the [[University of Wisconsin – Madison|http://www.wisc.edu/]]. In 2005, Phil moved to the University of Wisconsin from the [[Appalachian Laboratory| http://www.al.umces.edu/]] of the [[University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science| http://www.umces.edu/]], where he had been on the faculty since 1998. He received a B.A. from the [[University of Virginia| http://www.virginia.edu/]] in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Geography from the [[University of North Carolina| http://www.unc.edu/]] in 1997.\n\nPhil has been married to Emily ~McKnight Townsend since 1990, and they have two daughters (Zoe and Quillan) and a son (Ben). They share a house in Monona, Wisconsin with a couple of crazy cats. Hobbies in the family include hiking, swimming, basketball (though Phil is reconsidering this one), music, and all things Simpsons (Homer, not OJ). Phil has also been deeply involved in watershed and landscape conservation. Emily has a much varied background including degrees in Religious Studies from UVA and Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina. She has advanced training in film, video and audio production and is deeply interested in early childhood literacy. Before moving to Wisconsin, Emily worked a Children’s Literacy Specialist for the [[Garrett County, Maryland library system| http://www.relib.net/]].\n\nIf you want to know more about my academic credentials, click [[here]] for my most recent CV. And if you are interested – but you really should have better things to do – a brief and modestly embellished biography of Phil Townsend can be found [[here]].\n\n\n\n

<html><img src="./TL_graphics/suming2.jpg" alt="" align="left"></html> \n''email:'' sumingjin <at> hotmail <dot> com\n''phone:'' 608.263.9107\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0085\n''classification:'' human\n\nSuming joined our group in January of 2007 to work on the project "Revised Forest Map of Roanoke River Floodplain" where a circa-1993 vegetation classification will be updated using Landsat images from 2001 through 2006.\n\nIn August of 2005 Suming graduated from the [[University of Maine|http://www.umaine.edu/MIAL/]] with a ~PhD in [[Forest Resources|http://www.forest.umaine.edu/education/graduate.html]]. Her dissertation was titled //"Multi-temporal and ~Multi-Sensor Monitoring of Forest Disturbance"//; she focused on using MODIS to detect and monitor forest disturbance through time and space in northern Maine.\n\nPrior to this, Suming received her MA in Forest Management from the [[Chinese Academy of Forestry|http://www.forestry.ac.cn/newcaf/english/main1.cfm]] in Beijing in July of 2001. There she developed software for processing ERS SAR data. Specifically, the software was designed to allow for the import, visualization, radiometric correction, mosaicking of SAR images.\n\n\n''//Recent Publications://''\n\nJin, S. and S.A.Sader (2006). //Effects of forest ownership and change on forest harvest rates, type and trends in Northern Maine.// Forest Ecology and Management, 228 (1-3): 177-186.\n\nSader, S.A., S.Jin, J.M.Metzler and M.Hoppus (2006). //Exploratory analysis of forest harvest and regeneration pattern among multiple landowners.// The Forestry Chronicle, 82 (2): 203-210.\n\nJin, S. and S.A.Sader (2005). //Comparison of time-series tasseled cap wetness and the normalized difference moisture index in detecting forest disturbances.// Remote Sensing of Environment, 94(3): 364-372.\n\nJin, S. and S.A. Sader (2005). //MODIS time-series imagery for forest disturbance detection and quantification of patch size effects.// Remote Sensing of Environment, 99(4): 462-470.\n\nSader, S.A., M.Hoppus, J.M.Metzler and S.Jin (2005). //Perspectives of Maine forest cover change from Lansat imagery and FIA inventory.// Journal of Forestry, 103(6): 299-303.\n

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''Relating Human Systems to Landscape Dynamics: The Effects of Change Agent Networks on Water Quality''\n\n~Pre-Proposal to NASA, June 2007\n\nPI’s: Phil Townsend and Mark Rickenbach (U. of Wisconsin), Kathleen Bell (U. Maine)\n\n\n''Here are the citations in the proposal:''\n\nLikens, G. E., F. H. Bormann, N. M. Johnson, D. W. Fisher, and R. S. Pierce, 1970. The effect of forest cutting and herbicide treatment on nutrient budgets in the Hubbard Brook watershed-ecosystem. Ecological Monographs 40, 23-47.\n\nOlsson, P., Folke, C., Berkes, F., 2004. Adaptive comanagement for building resilience in social-ecological systems. Environmental Management 34, 75-90.\n\nScott, J., 2000. Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. Sage Publications, London.\n\nTownsend, P. A., K. N. Eshleman, and C. Welcker, 2004. Remote sensing of gypsy moth defoliation to assess stream nitrate concentration. Ecological Applications 74, 504-516.\n\n\n''Here are some additional citations that inform our proposal:''\n \nBodin, O., B. Crona, and H. Ernstson. 2006. Social Networks in Natural Resource Management: What Is There to Learn from a Structural Perspective? Ecology and Society 11 (2):r2.\n\nCarlsson, L., and F. Berkes. 2005. Co-management: concepts and methodological implications. Journal of Environmental Management 75 (1):65-76.\n\nFolke, C., T. Hahn, P. Olsson, and J. Norberg. 2005. Adaptive governance of social-ecological systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 30:441-473.\n \nFolke, C. 2006. Resilience: The emergence of a perspective for social-ecological systems analyses. Global Environmental ~Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 16 (3):253-267.\n\nHahn, T., P. Olsson, C. Folke, and K. Johansson. 2006. Trust-building, knowledge generation and organizational innovations: The role of a bridging organization for adaptive comanagement of a wetland landscape around Kristianstad, Sweden. Human Ecology 34 (4):573-592.\n\nJanssen, M. A., O. Bodin, J. M. Anderies, T. Elmqvist, H. Ernstson, R. R. J. ~McAllister, P. Olsson, and P. Ryan. 2006. Toward a network perspective of the study of resilience in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11 (1).\n\nMabee, W. E., E. D. G. Fraser, and O. Slaymaker. 2004. Evolving ecosystem management in the context of British Columbia resource planning. ~BC-Journal-of-Ecosystems-and-Management 4 (1):article 5.\n \nWasserman, S., Faust, K., 1994. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press, New York.\n\n

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! ~PhD assistantship: remote sensing/forest ecology\n//posted:// 03/23/2007\n\nThere is an opening for at least one, and possibly a second, Ph.D. assistantship for the ''Fall of 2007'' to work in the field of remote sensing of landscape and ecosystem processes. The research in of our lab group looks at the effects of insect disturbances on forests at the landscape to regional scale. One component of the research examines how insect disturbances affect factors such as forest growth, nutrient cycling and succession. We are also interested in how landscape patterns (e.g., fragmentation), patterns of historical disturbances, and host tree species distributions affect insect dynamics and the intensity of the disturbances.\n\nIn our research, we make extensive use of Landsat, MODIS and SPOT imagery to map forest patterns and disturbance. The student will also have the opportunity to employ hyperspectral imagery for mapping species composition and canopy nutrient status. The study areas for this research are the northern forests of the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin and Minnesota) and adjacent Ontario.\n\nQualified applicants should have the following skills:\n*Educational background in landscape/forest ecology, geography, forestry, environmental science, or a related discipline\n*Interest in remote sensing of forests (e.g, disturbance, landscape change, or nutrient cycling)\n*Experience and/or some background in techniques of remote sensing analysis\n*Motivation to work independently and to publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals\n*Proficiency with GIS (e.g. ~ArcGIS) and/or statistical analysis software\n*Excellent English writing and verbal communication skills are essential\n\nThe successful candidate will work collaboratively with a dynamic group of researchers at the University of Wisconsin and U.S. Forest Service.\n\nThe position is available starting with the Fall Semester of 2007, but the successful candidate may start with the Summer 2007 field season if they are available. Interested applicants should contact [[Dr. Phil Townsend|Dr. Philip Townsend]] as soon as possible, but we are hoping to make a decision by May 1, 2007.\n\nApplication procedures for the Department of Forest Ecology and Management can be found at http://forest.wisc.edu/grad_admissions.htm.\n\nApplicants should also directly contact [[Dr. Phil Townsend]] (ptownsend <at> wisc <dot> edu) by email with the following information:\n*Brief cover letter summarizing research interests and academic and professional background\n*Resume/CV\n*Copies of transcripts (unofficial copies acceptable at this point)\n*GRE scores, if available\n*Names and contact information for three references.\n\nAssistantships are available for 3-year periods and include an annual stipend of $18,480 (for 2006-2007), health insurance and a tuition waiver (see http://www.wisc.edu/grad/).\n\nFor more about the University of Wisconsin, click [[here|About the University of Wisconsin]]; for more about the City of Madison, click [[here|City of Madison]].\n\n\n! Undergraduate Intern\n//posted:// 04/04/2007\n\n~UW-Madison undergraduates who are interested in a paid fieldwork internship in the Appalachians for approximately mid-May through mid- or late-July, please contact [[Phil Townsend|Dr. Phil Townsend]]. The student would be involved in a whole host of work associated with the study of the impacts of insect defoliation on forest ecosystems, including:\n# forest inventory (composition, structure)\n# litter and frass sampling\n# foliage collection for measurement of foliar chemistry\n# stream and soil water sample collection\n\nThe student will work in collaboration with Drs. [[Phil Townsend|Dr. Phil Townsend]] and [[Brenden McNeil|Dr. Brenden McNeil]] and their collaborators at the University of Maryland. Salary will be paid by the University of Maryland. \n\n

<html><img src="./TL_graphics/Pete-Wolter01.jpg" alt="Arrrrgh" align="left"></html> \n''email:'' wolter <at> wisc <dot> edu\n''phone:'' 608.263.9107\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0267\n''classification:'' mongoose lemur\n\nI recently transferred from the Environmental Monitoring Ph.D. program to Forest Ecology and Management to work with Dr. Phil Townsend. While here I will investigate the use of multi-temporal/multi-sensor imagery for broad-scale mapping of temperate forest structure. Currently, detailed information on temperate forest structure is sorely lacking in many ecosystem studies. Thus, the goal is to be able to accurately and efficiently monitor forest biophysical parameters using readily available data sources, and provide a framework for semi-automated, periodic updates.\n\nIn addition, I am a Research Fellow with the [[Natural Resources Research Institute|http://www.nrri.umn.edu/]] at the University of Minnesota Dululth. My work at NRRI includes using multi-temporal satellite sensor data (Landsat) for classifying forest cover types as well as monitoring forest change and how forest harvesting patterns influence landscape structure in the upper Midwest and Canada. Prior to NRRI, I was a scientist at [[Complex Systems Research Center|http://www.csrc.sr.unh.edu/]] within the Institute for the [[Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space|http://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/]] at the University of New Hampshire, where I also earned a M.S. degree in Forest Resources in 1990. While at Complex Systems, I quantified rates of deforestation in the Amazon using multi-scale/multi-sensor satellite data. The goal was to link fine-scale forest change to broader scales for global change research and simulation models of biotic influence on atmospheric gas composition.\n\nWhen not doing the above, I like to go sailing and canoeing on the local lakes, travel about, hike, rock climb, play Frisbee golf, and snowboard.\n\n

\n[[Current Projects]]\n[[Roanoke River]]\n[[Carbon]]\n[[Western Maryland]]\n[[MN Spruce Budworm]]

Rachel was our undergraduate intern in 2006 and 2007and was responsible for digitizing our field notes, analyzing hemispherical photographs, processing satellite imagery, and editing our website. She is currently working on her BS in [[engineering mechanics|http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ep/ema/]] here at ~UW-Madison. In her spare time she likes to play volleyball and participate in [[Ring Game|http://www.ringgame.net/]].

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<html><img src="./TL_graphics/serbin.jpg" alt="Shawn S" align="left"></html> \n''email:'' serbin <at> wisc <dot> edu\n''phone:'' 608.263.9107\n''[[ape index|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index]]:'' 1.0387\n''classification:'' indri\n\nShawn started in the lab in the spring of 2008 to work with Dr. Phil Townsend on his Ph.D. in forest ecology. Shawn’s research focuses on the use of land-surface remote sensing, models, and extensive field data for monitoring and modeling the impacts of disturbance on forest biogeochemical cycling. Specifically, he is working on a NASA-funded project to investigate the use of hyperspectral and mutli-temporal imagery along with ecosystem models to address the impacts of insect defoliation on nutrient cycling and productivity. The goal is to test the links between forest ecosystem processes and mechanisms that can be remotely sensed, thereby advancing large-scale modeling abilities.\n\nPrior to joining the lab, Shawn was a member of the [[Forest Ecosystem Ecology Lab|http://forestecology.forest.wisc.edu/]] and completed dual M.S. degrees in Forestry and Environmental Monitoring under the supervision of Dr. S. Tom Gower. His research involved the use of multi-sensor remote sensing (e.g. ASTER, MODIS) and field observations to examine the relationship between wildfire disturbance, vegetation structure, and phenology in the boreal forests of Canada. \n\nPreviously, Shawn earned a B.A. from Michigan State University in 2004 where he became interested in the use of remote sensing and GIS in the field of ecology. At MSU Shawn worked in the [[Arctic Ecology Lab|http://www.cevl.msu.edu/ael/personnel/index.html]] under Dr. Patrick Webber and Dr. Craig Tweedie. There he assisted with various research projects and conducted field work funded by the National Science Foundation in and around [[Barrow|http://www.cityofbarrow.org/]], Alaska. In 2003, Shawn presented his research at an [[Arctic Coastal Dynamics|http://www.arcticportal.org/acd/]] conference in [[St. Petersburg, Russia|http://www.petersburg-russia.com/]].\n\nWhen not in the lab or the field, Shawn enjoys being outdoors biking, skiing, paddling, kayaking, playing Ultimate or traveling.\n\n\n''Recent Publications''\n\nSerbin, S.P., Ahl, D.E., & Gower, S.T. (2008). Application of modis to quantify canopy structure, growing season dynamics, and phenology of a boreal wildfire chronosequence. Remote Sensing of Environment, In Revision\n\nSerbin, S.P., Gower, S.T., & Ahl, D.E. (2008). Canopy dynamics and phenology of a boreal black spruce wildfire chronosequence. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, In Press\n\nPeckham, S.D., Ahl, D.E., Serbin, S.P., & Gower, S.T. (2008). Fire induced changes in start of growing season and leaf maturity in Canadian forests measured by satellite remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112 (9), 3594-3603\n\nSerbin, S.P., & Kucharik, C.J. (2008). Spatio-temporal mapping of daily temperature and precipitation for the development of a multi-decadal climatic dataset for Wisconsin. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, In Review\n\nKucharik, C.J., & Serbin, S.P. (2008). Impacts of recent climate change on Wisconsin corn and soybean yield trends. Environmental Research Letters, 3\n\nKucharik, C.J., & Serbin, S.P. (2008). Climate effects on Wisconsin corn and soybean yields from 1950 - 2006. Agronomy Journal, In revision\n

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The Forest Ecosystem Remote Sensing Team at the [[University of Wisconsin – Madison|http://www.wisc.edu/]] engages in research, education, and outreach that is focused on understanding the dynamics of forest and watershed ecosystems. Over the last ten years this has involved work in the oak and hemlock forests of the Appalachian highlands, the forested wetlands of the Southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain, and forests of the Upper Midwest and adjacent Ontario. We have worked in the Altiplano and Amazon regions of Bolivia and on the South Island of New Zealand. Generally speaking, our research examines the structure, composition, and functioning of forested ecosystems in changing environments. The key tools of our research include remote sensing and geospatial technologies, as integrated with extensive field data and models.\n\nThe fundamental unit of study for most of our research is the [[watershed]] (usually examined at the [[landscape]] and broader scales), with specific studies concentrating on feedbacks and interactions between forest processes and [[watershed hydrology]]. In our research, we study the ways in which nitrogen and carbon cycling within forested watersheds influence stream chemistry (e.g., nitrogen export), especially insofar as watershed processes are driven in part by forest species composition and periodic disturbances such as insect defoliation. Our research also addresses the impacts of insect disturbances on forest productivity (carbon sequestration) and composition dynamics. Another aspect of our research involves measuring and modeling fluxes of water and sediments in floodplain [[ecosystems]] to examine how these fluxes affect long-term forest dynamics. \n\nFrom all of this, we have developed a multidisciplinary collaborative research program that merges advanced technological approaches including remote sensing and modeling with fundamental field and laboratory research to address basic hypotheses about ecological response to environmental change. Ultimately, our research seeks to identify the processes that contribute to spatial variations in ecosystem functioning and structure across landscapes, and to determine how forest dynamics – ranging from species composition to carbon and nitrogen cycling – change in the context of natural and anthropogenic environmental change. Our research involves a heavy methodological component (especially remote sensing), but the techniques have always been secondary in importance to asking fundamental environmental questions and theoretically sound hypothesis testing. \n\nFor more information about our work, please follow the Research and People links in the menu on the left. Prospective graduate students should follow the Opportunities link, as well as visit the [[Forest Ecology Department’s website |http://www.forest.wisc.edu]] for additional information. \n\n\n

\n[[Dr. Philip Townsend]]\nAssociate Professor\n\n[[Bernard Isaacson]]\nM.S. Student\n\n[[Dr. Suming Jin]]\nPost-doctoral Research Associate\n\n[[Clayton Kingdon]]\nResearch Program Manager\n\n[[Peter Wolter]]\nPh.D. Candidate\n\n[[Shawn Serbin]]\nPh.D. Candidate\n\n[[Aditya Singh]]\nPh.D. Candidate\n\n[[Alumni]]

And what is an Ecosystem?\n\nThe “ecological system” or ecosystem is a fundamental unit of study in ecology. Most textbooks refer to the ecosystem as an assemblage of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms, i.e. the biotic community) existing in conjunction with their environment (soils, climate, etc.), functioning as an interacting whole. Ecosystems are dynamic and complex, and can range widely in spatial scale based upon the scale of interactions among the components being studied. Ecosystem ecology involves the study of the movement of matter and energy through ecosystems. It deals less with the study of communities (populations of coexisting organisms) and more with biogeochemical studies of nutrient cycling (e.g. carbon and nitrogen dynamics), primary productivity and trophic dynamics. Ecosystem ecology is closely related to systems ecology of H.T. Odum, which addresses ecosystem functioning as a matter of bioenergetic relationships within living systems.\n

!!What is a Landscape?\n\n"Landscape” is a somewhat slippery term that refers to a scale of observation somewhere between that of a plot or a stand (0.1 – 100 ha) and that of a region (e.g., the Upper Midwest, 105 km^^2^^ and up). The term derives from the sub-discipline [[Landscape Ecology|http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/le/]], and generally refers to “an area that is spatially heterogeneous in at least one factor of interest” (Turner et al. 2001). We usually think of landscapes as having mixed land cover (or vegetation), often characterized by fragmentation. From the practical remote sensing perspective, a landscape is usually smaller than the extent of a Landsat image!\n\nMonica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner, and Robert V. O'Neill. 2001. //Pattern and process: landscape ecology in theory and practice.// ~Springer-Verlag, New York.\n\n\n

!!What is a Watershed?\n\nA watershed or catchment or drainage basin is “an area of land in which water flowing across the land surface drains into a particular stream or river and ultimately flows through a single point or outlet on the receiving body of water” (Hornberger et al. 1998). The catchment or watershed is defined in terms of the upslope drainage area above a specific location along a water course. Obviously, watersheds range from very small to large river basins (e.g. the Amazon River basin), but most of our research focuses on first- through third-order watersheds in Northern Hemisphere temperate climates, i.e. from tens of hectares to small river basins of 104 ha or more. Our interest in the watershed as a basis for research relates to the fact that as a fundamental unit of study, measurements of the watershed itself integrate biological and physical processes occurring below, above and at the surface of the area defined by the watershed.\n\nGeorge M. Hornberger, Jeffrey P. Raffensperger, Patricia L. Wiberg and Keith N. Eshleman. 1998. //Elements of physical hydrology.// Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.\n\n\n

!!What about Watershed Hydrology?\n\nWatershed hydrology is the study of how processes within a watershed affect stream processes, such as flows (discharge), flooding and nutrient export. Watershed hydrology is explicitly spatial in its application, meaning that we are interested not only in an overall characterization of the watershed, but also in the patterns of land cover and ecological processes within a watershed. Watershed ecology refers specifically to the linkage between hydrologic and ecological processes within a watershed. This is an important distinction, because in our research we are also interested in how hydrology affects ecology, e.g. how do flooding patterns affect floodplain vegetation?\n\n\n