Publications

Shoemaker, D. A., Oneal, C., Rizzo, D. M. and Meentemeyer, R. K. ”Quantification of sudden oak death tree mortality in the Big Sur ecoregion of California”. Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium (2008). Eds. Frankel, Susan J., Kliejunas, John T., Palmieri, Katharine M. Gen. Tech. Rep.PSW-GTR-214. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. (PDF)

Shoemaker, D. A. and Cropper, W. P. ”Prediction of Leaf Area Index for Southern Pine Plantations from Satellite Imagery using Regression and Artificial Neural Networks”. Proceedings of the 6th Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference (2008), P. Bettinger, K. Merry, S. Fei, J. Drake, N. Nibbelink, and J. Hepinstall, eds. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.(PDF)

Meentemeyer, R.K., Rank, N.E., Shoemaker, D.A., Oneal, C., Rizzo, D.M. 2008. Impacts of sudden oak death on tree mortality in the Big Sur ecoregion of California. Biological Invasions. (PDF)

Shoemaker, D.A. 2005. Remote sensing and simulation to estimate forest productivity in southern pine plantations. University of Florida. Master's thesis,  67 pp. (PDF)

Research Grants and Funding

 2007-08 Catawba Lands Conservancy. $63,480.  Modeling the impacts of urban growth on natural and rural lands in the greater Charlotte area (1973 – 2030) (PIs: R.K. Meentemeyer, D.A. Shoemaker, and J. Michael).