Search Results - "Riitters, K."

Influence of high-resolution data on the assessment of forest fragmentation by Wickham, J., Riitters, K. H.

“…Context Remote sensing has been a foundation of landscape ecology. The spatial resolution (pixel size) of remotely sensed land cover products has improved…”
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Where forest may not return in the western United States by Wickham, J., Neale, A., Riitters, K., Nash, M., Dewitz, J., Jin, S., van Fossen, M., Rosenbaum, D.

“…•About 10,500 km2 of forestland was disturbed between 2001 and 2004.•About 33% of the disturbed forestland may not return to forest.•About 80% of these…”
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effect of Appalachian mountaintop mining on interior forest by Wickham, J. D, Riitters, K. H, Wade, T. G, Coan, M, Homer, C

“…Southern Appalachian forests are predominantly interior because they are spatially extensive with little disturbance imposed by other uses of the land…”
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An isoline separating relatively warm from relatively cool wintertime forest surface temperatures for the southeastern United States by Wickham, J., Wade, T.G., Riitters, K.H.

“…Forest-oriented climate mitigation policies promote forestation as a means to increase uptake of atmospheric carbon to counteract global warming. Some have…”
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Temporal change in forest fragmentation at multiple scales by Wickham, J. D, Riitters, K. H, Wade, T. G, Coulston, J. W

“…Previous studies of temporal changes in fragmentation have focused almost exclusively on patch and edge statistics, which might not detect changes in the…”
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Disturbance patterns in a socio-ecological system at multiple scales by Zurlini, G., Riitters, K., Zaccarelli, N., Petrosillo, I., Jones, K.B., Rossi, L.

“…Ecological systems with hierarchical organization and non-equilibrium dynamics require multiple-scale analyses to comprehend how a system is structured and to…”
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A factor analysis of landscape pattern and structure metrics by Riitters, K. H., O'Neill, R. V., Hunsaker, C. T., Wickham, J. D., Yankee, D. H., Timmins, S. P., Jones, K. B., Jackson, B. L.

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Scale problems in reporting landscape pattern at the regional scale by O'NEILL, R. V, HUNSAKER, C. T, TIMMINS, S. P, JACKSON, B. L, JONES, K. B, RIITTERS, K. H, WICKHAM, J. D

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A multi-scale method of mapping urban influence by Wade, Timothy G., Wickham, James D., Zacarelli, Nicola, Riitters, Kurt H.

“…Urban development can impact environmental quality and ecosystem services well beyond urban extent. Many methods to map urban areas have been developed and…”
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Indicating disturbance content and context for preserved areas by Zaccarelli, N., Riitters, K.H., Petrosillo, I., Zurlini, G.

“…An accepted goal of conservation is to build a conservation network that is resilient to environmental change. The conceptual patch-corridor-matrix model views…”
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Assessing habitat suitability at multiple scales: A landscape-level approach by Riitters, K.H., O'Neill, R.V., Jones, K.B.

“…The distribution and abundance of many plants and animals are influenced by the spatial arrangement of suitable habitats across landscapes. We derived habitat…”
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Where forest may not return in the western United States by Wickham, James, Neale, A., Riitters, K., Nash, M., Dewitz, J., Jin, S., van Fossen, M., Rosenbaum, D.

“…Droughts that are hotter, more frequent, and last longer; pest outbreaks that are more extensive and more common; and fires that are more frequent, more…”
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Forest fragmentation in Massachusetts, USA: a town-level assessment using Morphological spatial pattern analysis and affinity propagation by Rogan, J., Wright, T.M., Cardille, J., Pearsall, H., Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Riemann, R., Riitters, K., Partington, K.

“…Forest fragmentation has been studied extensively with respect to biodiversity loss, disruption of ecosystem services, and edge effects although the…”
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integrated environmental assessment of US mid-Atlantic region by Wickham, J.D, Jones, K.B, Riiters, K.H, O'Neill, R.V, Tankersley, R.D, Smith, E.R, Neale, A.C, Chaloud, D.J

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Transitions in forest fragmentation : implications for restoration opportunities at regional scales by WICKHAM, J. D, JONES, K. B, RIITTERS, K. H, WADE, T. G, O'NEILL, R

“…Where the potential natural vegetation is continuous forest (e.g., eastern US), a region can be divided into smaller units (e.g., counties, watersheds), and a…”
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Global-Scale Patterns of Forest Fragmentation by Riitters, Kurt, Wickham, James, O’Neill, Robert, Jones, Bruce, Smith, Elizabeth

“…We report an analysis of forest fragmentation based on 1-km resolution land-cover maps for the globe. Measurements in analysis windows from 81 km² (9 × 9…”
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Landscape correlates of breeding bird richness across the United States mid-Atlantic region by JONES, K. B, NEALE, A. C, NASH, M. S, RIITTERS, K. H, WICKHAM, J. D, O'NEILL, R. V, VAN REMORTEL, R. D

“…Using a new set of landscape indicator data generated by the U.S.EPA, and a comprehensive breeding bird database from the National Breeding Bird Survey, we…”
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Use of Road Maps in National Assessments of Forest Fragmentation in the United States by Riitters, Kurt, Wickham, James, Coulston, John

“…The question of incorporating road maps into U.S. national assessments of forest fragmentation has been a contentious issue, but there has not been a…”
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A multi-scale analysis of landscape statistics by CAIN, D. H, RIITTERS, K, ORVIS, K

“…It is now feasible to monitor some aspects of landscapeecological condition nationwide using remotely-sensed imagery andindicators of land cover pattern…”
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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING: An Integrated Environmental Assessment of the US Mid-Atlantic Region by Wickham, JD, Jones, KB, Riitters, KH, O'Neill, RV, Tankersley, RD, Smith, ER, Neale, AC, Chaloud, DJ

“…/ Many of today's environmental problems are regional in scope and their effects overlap and interact. We developed a simple method to provide an integrated…”
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