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- Large River-floodplain & Riparian Ecology
- Spatial Analysis & Modelling
- Landscape-level Response to Anthropogenic Disturbances
- Ecosystem Services and Ecological Economics
- Mapping & Monitoring with First Nations
- High Resolution Image Analysis (satellite imagery and historical aerial photographs)
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- Multi-Scale Assessment of River-floodplains (NSERC)
- Evaluating the impact of map accuracy on multiple resource management objectives: Pilot Scenarios for the Strathcona TSA (BC Ministry of Forests & Range)
- Clayoquot Sound Historic Air Photo Pilot Project (BC Ministry of Forests & Range)
- Analysis of Historical Aerial Photos of the Interior Columbia Basin (US NOAA/NMFS)
- Historic Air Photo Workshop on Haida Gwaii (Environment Canada)
- Historic Reconstruction of Ecosystem Services in Clayoquot Sound
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 Graduate students
| Kathryn Kirby, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Saturday, January 01, 2005 |
| Andy Mackinnon, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Thursday, January 01, 2009 |
| Helene Marcoux, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Thursday, January 01, 2009 |
| Jessica Morgan, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Monday, January 01, 2007 |
| Matthew Tomlinson, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Saturday, September 01, 2007 |
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| Links: |
http://farpoint.forestry.ubc.ca/fp/?sgergel
Lab: http://www.landscape.forestry.ubc.ca
Book: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/LearningLandscapeEcology
CACR: http://cacr.forestry.ubc.ca
Faculty of 1000: http://www.f1000biology.com
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 Current publications
| Morgan, J.L., Gergel, S.E., and N.C. Coops (2010) Aerial photography: A rapidly evolving tool for ecological management BioScience (In Press) |
| Lantz, T.C., S.E. Gergel and S.V. Kokelj (2010) Spatial heterogeneity in the shrub tundra ecotone in the Mackenzie Delta Region, NWT: Implications for Arctic Environmental Change Ecosystems (In Revision) |
| Morgan, J.L. and S.E. Gergel (2010) Quantifying landscape heterogeneity from historic aerial photographs using object-based analysis Landscape Ecology (In Revision) |
| Bater, C.W., Coops, N.C., Gergel, S.E., LeMay, V.M. and Collins, D. (2009) Estimation of standing dead tree class distributions in northwest coastal forests using lidar remote sensing Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 6, 1080-1091., NRC Press |
| Lantz, T.C., S.E. Gergel and G.H.R. Henry (2009) Response of green alder (Alnus viridis subsp. fruticosa) and plant community composition to fire and regional climate in Northwestern Canada Journal of Biogeography (In Revision) |
| Lantz, T.C., S.V. Kokelj, S.E. Gergel, and G.H.R. Henry (2009) Short and long-term changes in microenvironment, plant community composition, and shrub growth in Low Arctic thaw slumps Global Change Biology 15:1664-1675 |
| Predick, K.I., Gergel S.E. and M.G. Turner. (2009) Effect of flood regime on tree growth in the floodplain and surrounding uplands of the Wisconsin River. River Research and Applications 25:283-296 |
| Thompson, S.D. and S.E. Gergel (2008) Conservation implications of mapping rare habitats using high spatial resolution imagery: Recommendations for heterogeneous and fragmented landscapes Landscape Ecology 23(9):1023-1037 |
| Thompson, S.D., Gergel, S.E. and N.C. Coops (2008) Classification of Late seral Coastal Temperate Rainforests with High Spatial Resolution QuickBird Imagery Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing: 34(S2): 460-470 |
| Gillanders, S.N., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Gergel, S.E., Nelson, T. (2008) Multitemporal remote sensing of landscape dynamics and pattern change: Describing natural and anthropogenic trends. Progress in Physical Geography: 32(5) 503-528. |
| Gergel, S.E. (2007) New directions in landscape pattern analysis and linkages with remote sensing in M.A. Wulder and S.E. Franklin (editors), Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches., Taylor and Francis. |
| Gonzales, E. K. and S. E. Gergel. (2007) Testing assumptions of cost surface analysis: A tool for invasive species management Landscape Ecology 22(8): 1155-1168 |
| Gergel, S.E. and M.G. Turner, editors. (2007) Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques. In Korean. Life Science Publisher Co, Seoul, Korea. |
| Johansen, K., N.C. Coops, S.E. Gergel, Y. Stange. (2007) Application of high spatial resolution satellite imagery for riparian and forest ecosystem classification. Remote Sensing of Environment 110(1): 29-44 |
| Gergel, S.E., Y. Stange, N.C. Coops, C. Bater, K. Johansen, and K.R. Kirby. (2007) What is the value of a good map? An example using high spatial resolution imagery to aid riparian restoration. Ecosystems 10: 688-702 |
| Jewell, K.J. P. Arcese, S.E. Gergel (2007) Robust predictions of species distribution: spatial habitat models for a brood parasite Biological Conservation 140: 259-272 |
| Gergel, S.E., and T. Reed-Andersen (2007) Modeling ecosystem processes in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques. In Korean, Life Science Publisher Co, Seoul, Korea |
| Gergel, S.E., M.G. Turner and D.J. Mladenoff (2007) Collecting spatial data at broad scales in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques., Life Science Publisher Co, Seoul, Korea |
| Greenberg, J.G., S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (2007) Understanding landscape metrics II: Effects of changes in scale in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques. In Korean, Life Science Publisher Co, Seoul, Korea |
| Turner, M.G., D.B. Tinker and S.E. Gergel (2007) Landscape disturbance: location, pattern and dynamics in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques. In Korean, Life Science Publisher Co, Seoul, Korea |
| Langford, W., S.E. Gergel, T.G. Dietterich, W. Cohen. (2006) Map misclassification can cause large errors in landscape pattern indices: examples from habitat fragmentation. Ecosystems 9(3):474-488 |
| Cardille, J.A., M.G. Turner, M. Clayton, S.E. Gergel and S. Price. (2005) METALAND: Characterizing spatial patterns and statistical context of landscape metrics. Bioscience 55(11)983-988 |
| Gergel, S.E. (2005) Spatial and non-spatial factors: when do they impact the utility of landscape indicators of water quality? Landscape Ecology 20(2):177 - 189 |
| Gergel, S.E., S.R. Carpenter, and E.H. Stanley. (2005) Do dams and levees impact nitrogen cycling? Simulating the effects of flood alterations on floodplain denitrification Global Change Biology 11:1352-1367 |
| Turner, M.G., S.E. Gergel, M.D. Dixon, and J.R. Miller. (2004) Distribution and abundance of trees in floodplain forests of the Wisconsin River: environmental influences at different scales. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 729-738 |
| Gergel, S.E., E.M. Bennett, B.K. Greenfield, S. King, C.A. Overdevest, and B. Stumborg (2004) A test of the environmental Kuznets curve using long-term watershed inputs Ecological Applications 14(2):555–570 |
| McClain M.E., E.W. Boyer, C.L. Dent, S.E. Gergel, N.B. Grimm, P.M. Groffman, S.C. Hart, J.W. Harvey, C.A. Johnston, E. Mayorga, W.H. McDowell, and G. Pinay (2003) Biogeochemical Hotspots and Hot moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems Ecosystems 6:301-312 |
| Nancy B. Grimm, Sarah E. Gergel, William H. McDowell, Elizabeth W. Boyer, C. Lisa Dent, Peter Groffman, Stephen C. Hart, Judson Harvey, Carol Johnston, Emilio Mayorga, Michael E. McClain, Gilles Pinay (2003) Merging aquatic and terrestrial perspectives of nutrient biogeochemistry Oecologia 442:485-501 |
| Gergel, S.E., M.G. Turner, J.R. Miller, J.M. Melack, and E.H. Stanley (2002) Landscape indicators of human impacts to riverine systems Aquatic Sciences 64:118-128 |
| Gergel, S.E. (2002) Assessing cumulative impacts of levees and dams on floodplain ponds: A neutral-terrain model approach. Ecological Applications 12(6):1740-1754 |
| Gergel, S.E., M.D. Dixon, and M.G. Turner (2002) Consequences of human-altered floods: Levees, floods, and floodplain forests along the Wisconsin River. Ecological Applications 12(6):1755-1770 |
| S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner, editors (2001) Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques Springer-Verlag, NY |
| Gergel, S.E and T. Reed-Andersen. (2001) Modeling ecosystem processes. Pp. 266-277 in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques., Springer-Verlag, New York |
| Gergel, S.E., M.G. Turner and D.J. Mladenoff (2001) Collecting spatial data at broad scales. Pp. 9-16 in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques. , Springer-Verlag, New York. |
| Greenberg, J.G., S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner. (2001) Understanding landscape metrics II: Effects of changes in scale. Pp. 101-111in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques., Springer-Verlag, New York. |
| Turner, M.G., D.B. Tinker and S.E. Gergel. (2001) Landscape disturbance: location, pattern and dynamics. Pp. 147-165 in S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner (eds.), Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques., Springer-Verlag, New York. |
| Gergel, S.E., M.G. Turner, and T.K. Kratz (1999) Dissolved organic carbon as an indicator of the scale of watershed influence on lakes and rivers Ecological Applications 9(4):1377-1390 |
| Harris, L.D., T.S. Hoctor and S.E. Gergel. (1996) Landscape processes and their significance to biodiversity conservation. Pp. 319-347 in O.E. Rhodes, R.K. Chesser and M.H. Smith (eds.), Population Dynamics in Ecological Space and Time., University of Chicago Press, Chicago. |
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| Councillor-at-Large, International Association for Landscape Ecology - US Chapter US-IALE |
| Ecological Society of America |
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Sarah E Gergel
Landscape Ecology & Conservation
PhD 2001, Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, USA
MSc 1996, Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, USA
BSc 1992, Forest Resources & Conservation, University of Florida - Gainesville, FL, USA
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