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Imaging spectroscopy algorithms for mapping canopy foliar chemical and morphological traits and their uncertainties by Singh, Aditya, Serbin, Shawn P, McNeil, Brenden E, Kingdon, Clayton C, Townsend, Philip A

“…A major goal of remote sensing is the development of generalizable algorithms to repeatedly and accurately map ecosystem properties across space and time…”
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Spectroscopic determination of leaf morphological and biochemical traits for northern temperate and boreal tree species by Serbin, Shawn P., Singh, Aditya, McNeil, Brenden E., Kingdon, Clayton C., Townsend, Philip A.

“…The morphological and biochemical properties of plant canopies are strong predictors of photosynthetic capacity and nutrient cycling. Remote sensing research…”
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Measuring leaf angle distribution in broadleaf canopies using UAVs by McNeil, Brenden E., Pisek, Jan, Lepisk, Harald, Flamenco, Evelin A.

“…•Small, multi-rotor UAVs could be portable canopy research towers for measuring LAD.•We validate LAD of 5 tree species in USA and Europe, measured by 2 UAV…”
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Synthetic Forest Stands and Point Clouds for Model Selection and Feature Space Comparison by Bester, Michelle S., Maxwell, Aaron E., Nealey, Isaac, Gallagher, Michael R., Skowronski, Nicholas S., McNeil, Brenden E.

“…The challenges inherent in field validation data, and real-world light detection and ranging (lidar) collections make it difficult to assess the best…”
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Application of multidimensional structural characterization to detect and describe moderate forest disturbance by Atkins, Jeff W., Bond‐Lamberty, Ben, Fahey, Robert T., Haber, Lisa T., Stuart‐Haëntjens, Ellen, Hardiman, Brady S., LaRue, Elizabeth, McNeil, Brenden E., Orwig, David A., Stovall, Atticus E. L., Tallant, Jason M., Walter, Jonathan A., Gough, Christopher M.

“…The study of vegetation community and structural change has been central to ecology for over a century, yet the ways in which disturbances reshape the physical…”
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Is the growth of temperate forest trees enhanced along an ambient nitrogen deposition gradient? by Bedison, James E, McNeil, Brenden E

“…The extent to which atmospheric N deposition is enhancing primary production and CO₂ sequestration along the ambient N deposition gradients found within many…”
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Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Windstorm Damage in an Aggrading Forest by Christopher A. Walter, Zachariah K. Fowler, Mary Beth Adams, Mark B. Burnham, Brenden E. McNeil, William T. Peterjohn

“…Storms are the most significant disturbance events in temperate forests. Forests impacted by nitrogen deposition may face more severe storm damage as changes…”
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Discriminating tree species at different taxonomic levels using multi-temporal WorldView-3 imagery in Washington D.C., USA by Fang, Fang, McNeil, Brenden E., Warner, Timothy A., Maxwell, Aaron E., Dahle, Gregory A., Eutsler, Earl, Li, Junli

“…With the promise of transformative changes for the management of rural and urban forests, the discrimination of tree species from satellite imagery has been a…”
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Altered plant carbon partitioning enhanced forest ecosystem carbon storage after 25 years of nitrogen additions by Eastman, Brooke A., Adams, Mary B., Brzostek, Edward R., Burnham, Mark B., Carrara, Joseph E., Kelly, Charlene, McNeil, Brenden E., Walter, Christopher A., Peterjohn, William T.

“…Summary Decades of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition in the northeastern USA have enhanced this globally important forest carbon (C) sink by relieving N…”
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Combining high spatial resolution multi-temporal satellite data with leaf-on LiDAR to enhance tree species discrimination at the crown level by Fang, Fang, McNeil, Brenden E., Warner, Timothy A., Maxwell, Aaron E.

“…The long-standing goal of discriminating tree species at the crown-level from high spatial resolution imagery remains challenging. The aim of this study is to…”
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Maintenance of ecosystem nitrogen limitation by ephemeral forest disturbance: An assessment using MODIS, Hyperion, and Landsat ETM by McNeil, Brenden E., de Beurs, Kirsten M., Eshleman, Keith N., Foster, Jane R., Townsend, Philip A.

“…Ephemeral disturbances, such as non-lethal insect defoliations and crown damage from meteorological events, can significantly affect the delivery of ecosystem…”
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Tree crown economics by McNeil, Brenden E, Fahey, Robert T, King, Christopher J, Erazo, Dara A, Heimerl, Ty Z, Elmore, Andrew J

“…Trees respond to global change in myriad ways, many of which may be linked to adaptations relating to tree crown architecture. However, there is a paucity of…”
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Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians detected using a 1976–2006 Landsat time series by Townsend, Philip A., Helmers, David P., Kingdon, Clayton C., McNeil, Brenden E., de Beurs, Kirsten M., Eshleman, Keith N.

“…Surface mining and reclamation is the dominant driver of land cover land use change (LCLUC) in the Central Appalachian Mountain region of the Eastern U.S…”
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Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems by Craine, Joseph M., Elmore, Andrew J., Wang, Lixin, Aranibar, Julieta, Bauters, Marijn, Boeckx, Pascal, Crowley, Brooke E., Dawes, Melissa A., Delzon, Sylvain, Fajardo, Alex, Fang, Yunting, Fujiyoshi, Lei, Gray, Alan, Guerrieri, Rossella, Gundale, Michael J., Hawke, David J., Hietz, Peter, Jonard, Mathieu, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kenzo, Tanaka, Makarov, Mikhail, Marañón-Jiménez, Sara, McGlynn, Terrence P., McNeil, Brenden E., Mosher, Stella G., Nelson, David M., Peri, Pablo L., Roggy, Jean Christophe, Sanders-DeMott, Rebecca, Song, Minghua, Szpak, Paul, Templer, Pamela H., Van der Colff, Dewidine, Werner, Christiane, Xu, Xingliang, Yang, Yang, Yu, Guirui, Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, Katarzyna

“…Human societies depend on an Earth system that operates within a constrained range of nutrient availability, yet the recent trajectory of terrestrial nitrogen…”
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Reducing Uncertainties in Applying Remotely Sensed Land Use and Land Cover Maps in Land-Atmosphere Interaction: Identifying Change in Space and Time by He, Yaqian, Warner, Timothy, McNeil, Brenden, Lee, Eungul

“…Land use and land cover (LULC) data are a central component of most land-atmosphere interaction studies, but there are two common and highly problematic scale…”
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Does spatial resolution matter? A multi-scale comparison of object-based and pixel-based methods for detecting change associated with gas well drilling operations by Baker, Benjamin A, Warner, Timothy A, Conley, Jamison F, McNeil, Brenden E

“…An implicit assumption of the geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) literature is that GEOBIA is more accurate than pixel-based methods for high…”
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Hemlock: A Forest Giant on the Edge ed. by David R. Foster (review) by McNeil, Brenden E

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Nitrogen Availability Decreases the Severity of Snow Storm Damage in a Temperate Forest by Walter, Christopher A, Burnham, Mark B, Adams, Mary Beth, McNeil, Brenden E, Deel, Lindsay N, Peterjohn, William T

“…Abstract Storms are among the greatest natural disturbances in temperate forests, and increased nitrogen (N) availability is thought to increase storm damage…”
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Site-level importance of broadleaf deciduous trees outweighs the legacy of high nitrogen (N) deposition on ecosystem N status of Central Appalachian red spruce forests by Smith, Kenneth R., Mathias, Justin M., McNeil, Brenden E., Peterjohn, William T., Thomas, Richard B.

“…Background and aims Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition can influence forest ecosystem N status, and the resilience of forests to the effects of N deposition…”
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Maps on Acid: Cartographically Constructing the Acid Rain Environmental Issue, 1972-1980 by McNeil, Brenden E., Culcasi, Karen L.

“…This article traces how maps aided the conceptualization and ensuing debate over one of the first inherently spatial and multiscale environmental issues, acid…”
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