Search Results - "Zachmann, Luke J."

Chimera: A Multi-Task Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network for Forest Classification and Structural Estimation by Chang, Tony, Rasmussen, Brandon, Dickson, Brett, Zachmann, Luke

“…More consistent and current estimates of forest land cover type and forest structural metrics are needed to guide national policies on forest management,…”
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Achieving conservation targets by jointly addressing climate change and biodiversity loss by Suraci, Justin P., Farwell, Laura S., Littlefield, Caitlin E., Freeman, Patrick T., Zachmann, Luke J., Landau, Vincent A., Anderson, Jesse J., Dickson, Brett G.

“…Unprecedented rates of climate change and biodiversity loss have galvanized efforts to expand protected areas (PAs) globally. However, limited spatial overlap…”
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Short-Term Space-Use Patterns of Translocated Mojave Desert Tortoise in Southern California by Farnsworth, Matthew L, Dickson, Brett G, Zachmann, Luke J, Hegeman, Ericka E, Cangelosi, Amanda R, Jackson, Jr, Thomas G, Scheib, Amanda F

“…Increasingly, renewable energy comprises a larger share of global energy production. Across the western United States, public lands are being developed to…”
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An iterative and targeted sampling design informed by habitat suitability models for detecting focal plant species over extensive areas by Wang, Ophelia, Zachmann, Luke J, Sesnie, Steven E, Olsson, Aaryn D, Dickson, Brett G

“…Prioritizing areas for management of non-native invasive plants is critical, as invasive plants can negatively impact plant community structure. Extensive and…”
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Species detection vs. habitat suitability: Are we biasing habitat suitability models with remotely sensed data? by Bradley, Bethany A., Olsson, Aaryn D., Wang, Ophelia, Dickson, Brett G., Pelech, Lori, Sesnie, Steven E., Zachmann, Luke J.

“…► Remotely sensed data are increasingly being used to model plant habitat suitability. ► These data are rarely interpreted, creating an unclear definition of…”
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Informing Strategic Efforts to Expand and Connect Protected Areas Using a Model of Ecological Flow, with Application to the Western United States by Dickson, Brett G., Albano, Christine M., McRae, Brad H., Anderson, Jesse J., Theobald, David M., Zachmann, Luke J., Sisk, Thomas D., Dombeck, Michael P.

“…Under rapid landscape change, there is a significant need to expand and connect protected areas (PAs) to prevent further loss of biodiversity and preserve…”
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Systematic identification of potential conservation priority areas on roadless Bureau of Land Management lands in the western United States by Dickson, Brett G., Zachmann, Luke J., Albano, Christine M.

“…•We mapped seven ecological indicators across 11 western states.•We modeled the location of conservation priority areas on roadless BLM lands.•We identified…”
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Bayesian Models for Analysis of Inventory and Monitoring Data with Non-ignorable Missingness by Zachmann, Luke J., Borgman, Erin M., Witwicki, Dana L., Swan, Megan C., McIntyre, Cheryl, Hobbs, N. Thompson

“…We describe the application of Bayesian hierarchical models to the analysis of data from long-term, environmental monitoring programs. The goal of these…”
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Probabilistic models of fire occurrence across National Park Service units within the Mojave Desert Network, USA by Hegeman, Ericka E, Dickson, Brett G, Zachmann, Luke J

“…The frequency and size of wildfires within the Mojave Desert are increasing, possibly due to climate and land cover changes and associated increases in…”
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A weekly, continually updated dataset of the probability of large wildfires across western US forests and woodlands by Gray, Miranda E, Zachmann, Luke J, Dickson, Brett G

“…There is broad consensus that wildfire activity is likely to increase in western US forests and woodlands over the next century. Therefore, spatial predictions…”
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Prescribed fire and natural recovery produce similar long-term patterns of change in forest structure in the Lake Tahoe basin, California by Zachmann, Luke J., Shaw, Daniel W.H., Dickson, Brett G.

“…•Similar long-term forest structure change from prescribed fire and natural recovery.•Small trees and fine fuels are declining in long-recovering, untreated…”
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PS3: The Pheno-Synthesis software suite for integration and analysis of multi-scale, multi-platform phenological data by Morisette, Jeffrey T., Duffy, Katharyn A., Weltzin, Jake F., Browning, Dawn M., Marsh, R. Lee, Friesz, Aaron M., Zachmann, Luke J., Enns, Kyle D., Landau, Vincent A., Gerst, Katharine L., Crimmins, Theresa M., Jones, Katherine D., Chang, Tony, Miller, Brian W., Maiersperger, Thomas K., Richardson, Andrew D.

“…Phenology is the study of recurring plant and animal life-cycle stages which can be observed across spatial and temporal scales that span orders of magnitude…”
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Short-Term Space-Use Patterns of Translocated Mojave Desert Tortoise in Southern California: e0134250 by Farnsworth, Matthew L, Dickson, Brett G, Zachmann, Luke J, Hegeman, Ericka E, Cangelosi, Amanda R, Jackson, Thomas G, Scheib, Amanda F

“…Increasingly, renewable energy comprises a larger share of global energy production. Across the western United States, public lands are being developed to…”
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Drivers of plant population dynamics in three arid to subhumid ecosystems by Zachmann, Luke J

“…Understanding the relative importance of density-dependent and density-independent factors in driving population dynamics is one of the oldest challenges in…”
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Drivers of plant population dynamics in three arid to subhumid ecosystems by Zachmann, Luke J

“…Understanding the relative importance of density-dependent and density-independent factors in driving population dynamics is one of the oldest challenges in…”
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