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 Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Ellis, A., Vaclavik, T.,  and Meentemeyer R.K. When is connectivity important?      A case study of the spatial pattern of sudden oak death. In press in Oikos.

Vanwalleghem, T. and Meentemeyer, R.K. Predicting forest microclimate in heterogeneous landscapes. In press in Ecosystems.

Vaclavik, T. and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2009. Invasive species distribution modeling (iSDM): Are absence data and dispersal constraints needed to predict actual distributions? Ecological Modelling 220(23): 3248-3258. (URL)

Cobb, R.C., Meentemeyer, R.K. and Rizzo, D.M. Apparent competition in canopy trees determined by pathogen transmission rather than susceptibility. In press in Ecology.

Delmelle, E., and Goovaerts, P. Second-phase sampling designs for non-stationary spatial variables. In press in Geoderma. (PDF)

Vaclavik, T. and Rogan, J. 2009. Identifying trends in land use/land cover changes in the context of post-socialistic transformation in Central Europe: A case study of the greater Olomouc region, Czech Republic.  GIScience & Remote Sensing 46(1): 54-76. (URL)

Meng, Q., Borders, B.E., Cieszewski, C.J., and Madden, M. 2009. Closest spectral fit for removing clouds and cloud shadows. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 75(5): 569-576. (PDF)

Meng, Q., Cieszewski, C.J., and Madden, M. 2009. Large area forest inventory using Landsat ETM+: A geostatistical approach. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 64(1): 27-36. (URL)

Meentemeyer, R.K., Anacker, B., Mark, W., and Rizzo, D.M.  2008. Early detection of emerging forest disease using dispersal estimation and ecological niche modeling. Ecological Applications 18(2): 377-390. (PDF)

Meentemeyer, R.K., Rank, N.E., Anacker, B.L., Rizzo, D.M., and Cushman, J.H. 2008. Influence of land-cover change on the spread of an invasive forest pathogen. Ecological Applications 18(1): 159-171. (PDF)

Cushman, J.H. and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Multi-scale patterns of human activity and the incidence of an exotic forest pathogen. Journal of Ecology 96: 766-776. (PDF)

Vaclavik, T. 2008. Mapping land-use/land-cover change in the Olomouc region, Czech Republic. URISA Journal 20(1):45-51. (PDF)

Anacker, B.L., Rank, N.E., Huberli, D., Garbelotto, M., Gordon, S., Whitkus,
R., Harnik, T., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum in a key infectious host: landscape variation in host genotype, phenotype, and environmental factors. New Phytologist 177: 756-766. (PDF)

Meentemeyer, R.K., Rank, N.E., Shoemaker, D., Oneal, C., Rizzo, D.M. 2008 Impacts of sudden oak death on tree mortality in the Big Sur ecoregion of California. Biological Invasions 10: 1243-1255. (PDF)

Condeso, T.E. and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2007. Effects of landscape heterogeneity on the emerging forest disease Sudden Oak Death. Journal of Ecology 95: 364-375. (PDF)

Meentemeyer, R.K. 2006. Application of spatial modeling for early detection of Sudden Oak Death in forest landscapes. Phytopathology 96: S144.

Gordon, E. and Meentemeyer, R.K.  2006. Effects of dam operation and land use on stream channel morphology and riparian vegetation. Geomorphology 82: 412-429. (PDF)

Rodman, L. and Meentemeyer, R.K.  2006. Geographical analysis of optimal wind turbine placement in northern California. Energy Policy 34:21-37-2149. (PDF)

Oneal, C.B., Stuart, J.D., Steinberg, S.J., and Fox III, Lawrence.  2006. Geographic analysis of natural fire rotation in the California redwood forest during the suppression era. Fire Ecology 2:73-99. (PDF)

Hunter, R. and Meentemeyer, R.K.  2005. Climatologically-aided mapping of daily temperature and precipitation. Journal of Applied Meteorology 44: 1501-1510. (PDF

Meentemeyer, R.K., Rizzo, D., Mark, W., and Lotz., E. 2004. Mapping the risk of establishment and spread of Sudden Oak Death in California.  Forest Ecology and Management. 200: 195-214. (PDF)

Kelly, N.M. and Meentemeyer, R.K.  2002.  Landscape Dynamics of the Spread of Sudden Oak Death. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 68: 1001-1010. (PDF)

 

Submitted Manuscripts

Leonard, T., Allan, C.J. and Meentemeyer, R.K. Geospatial delineation of hydrological-correct low-relief floodplains. In revision in Journal of Environmental Management.

Rodman, L., Jackson, J., and Meentemeyer, R.K. Geographic association rule discovery applied to decision support in urban studies. Submitted to Applied Geography.

Meng, Q., and Meentemeyer, R.K. A new pattern-based model for reconstructing spatial spread of a biological invasion. Submitted to Geographical Analysis.

Wang, C., Meentemeyer, R.K., and Thill, J.C. Estimating the demand for public open space: Evidence from North Carolina municipalities. Submitted to Land Economics.

 

Recent Conference Proceedings
 

Rank, N., Cushman, H., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Woodland structure affects intensity of infection by an exotic forest pathogen. Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today’s challenges, tomorrow’s opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 677 p

Anacker, B., Rank, N., Huberli, D., Garbelotto, M., Gordon, S., Whitkus, R., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Susceptibility to sudden oak death in California bay laurel. Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today’s challenges, tomorrow’s opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 677 p

Cushman, H., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Human activity and spread of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death. Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today’s challenges, tomorrow’s opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 677 p

Hunter, R., and Meentemeyer, R.K., 2008. GIS-based epidemiological modeling of an emerging forest disease: Spread of sudden oak death across California landscapes. Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today’s challenges, tomorrow’s opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 677 p

Meentemeyer, R.K., and Cushman, H. 2008. Long-term change in oak woodlands and its influence on a forest disease. Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today’s challenges, tomorrow’s opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 677 p

Meentemeyer, R.K., Rank, N.E., Anacker, B.L., Rizzo, D.M., and Cushman, J.H. 2008. Influence of woodland expansion (1942 to 2000) on the establishment of Phytophthora ramorum. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Magarey, R., Fowler, G., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Climate-Host Mapping of Phytophthora ramorum, Causal Agent of Sudden Oak Death. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Hunter, R.D., Meentemeyer, R.K., Rizzo, D.M., and Gilligan, C.A. 2008. Predicting the spread of sudden oak death in California: spatio-temporal modeling of susceptible-infectious transitions. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Condeso T.E. and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Landscape heterogeneity of host availability and establishment of sudden oak death. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Shoemaker, D.S., Oneal, C.B., Rizzo, D.M., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Quantification of sudden oak death tree mortality in the Big Sur Ecoregion of California. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Cushman, J.H, Cooper, M., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Human activity and the spread of Phytophthora ramorum. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Cobb, R., Lynch, S.C., Meentemeyer, R.K., and Rizzo, D.M. 2008. Five years of monitoring infection and mortality in redwood tanoak forests. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Rank, N.E., Cushman, J.H., Anacker, B.L, Rizzo, D.M., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Influence of woodland composition and structure on infection by Phytophthora ramorum. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Anacker, B.L., Rank, N.E, Huberli, D., Garbelotto, M., Gordon, S., Whitkus, R., Harnik, T., Meshiry, and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2008. Susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum in bay laurel, a key foliar host of sudden oak death. Proceedings of the International Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 491 p

Rodman, L.C., Jackson, J., Huizar III, R., and Meentemeyer, R.K. 2006. An Association Rule Discovery System for Geographic Data, 2006 IEEE Int'l Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver, CO, July 31-August 4, 2006.