Associated Departments

Forestry and Natural Resources

Scholars@UK

A process-based framework for validating forest landscape modeling outcomes

Wu, M. M., Liang, Y., He, H. S., Yang, J., Liu, B. & Ma, T., Feb 2025, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 185, 106327.

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Characterizing phenological differences of invasive shrubs in a forest matrix using high resolution VENµS time series

Liang, L., Yang, J., Wittenbraker, W. C., Crocker, E. V., Tomaszewska, M. A. & Henebry, G. M., Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 136, 104333.

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Fine-Scale Mangrove Species Classification Based on UAV Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Using Machine Learning

Yang, Y., Meng, Z., Zu, J., Cai, W., Wang, J., Su, H. & Yang, J., Aug 2024, In: Remote Sensing. 16, 16, 3093.

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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Forest Biomass Carbon Sink in China from 1990 to 2021

Guo, W., Liu, Z., Xu, W., Wang, W. J., Shafron, E., Lv, Q., Li, K., Zhou, S., Guan, R. & Yang, J., Oct 2024, In: Remote Sensing. 16, 20, 3811.

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Monitoring Spatiotemporal Expansion Dynamics of Short-Rotation Eucalyptus Plantations over Large Scales Using Landsat Time-Series Data

Yang, Y., Cai, W. H., Huang, Q., Yu, L., Zu, J., Wang, J. & Yang, J., 2024, In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17, p. 18915-18925 11 p.

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Topography and Wildfire Jointly Mediate Postfire Ecosystem Multifunctionality in a Chinese Boreal Forest

Kong, J., Ding, Z., Cai, W., Zu, J., Liu, B. & Yang, J., Nov 2024, In: Fire. 7, 11, 417.

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Wildfire effects on the fate of deposited nitrogen in a boreal larch forest

Liu, W., Zu, J., Liu, B., Qi, L., Huang, W., Fang, Y. & Yang, J., May 2024, In: Biogeochemistry. 167, 5, p. 681-693 13 p.

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Investigating the spatial interaction between urban expansion and the regional thermal environment in Guangxi Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration of China

Wang, J., Yang, Y., Zu, J., Cai, W. & Yang, J., Oct 2024, In: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 135, 103666.

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Impacts of Land Ownership and Forest Fragmentation on Water-Related Ecosystem Services Provision, Dynamics and Their Economic Valuation in Kentucky

Bai, Y., Yang, J., Ochuodho, T. O. & Thapa, B., Jul 2024, In: Land. 13, 7, 984.

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Artificial Intelligence for Climate Smart Forestry: A Forward Looking Vision

Luo, F., Liu, L., Wang, G. G., Kumar, V., Ashton, M. S., Abernethy, J., Afghah, F., Browning, M. H. E. M., Coyle, D., Dames, P., O'Halloran, T., Hays, J., Heisl, P., Jiang, C., Khanal, P., Krovi, V. N., Kuebbing, S., Li, N., Liang, J. J. & Liu, N. & 9 others, McNulty, S., Oswalt, C. M., Pederson, N., Terzopoulos, D., Woodall, C. W., Wu, Y., Yang, J., Yang, Y. & Zhao, L., 2023, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cognitive Machine Intelligence, CogMI 2023. p. 1-10 10 p. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cognitive Machine Intelligence, CogMI 2023).

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Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest

Baltzer, J. L., Day, N. J., Walker, X. J., Greene, D., Mack, M. C., Alexander, H. D., Arseneault, D., Barnes, J., Bergeron, Y., Boucher, Y., Bourgeau-Chavez, L., Brown, C. D., Carriere, S., Howard, B. K., Gauthier, S., Parisien, M. A., Reid, K. A., Rogers, B. M., Roland, C. & Sirois, L. & 7 others, Stehn, S., Thompson, D. K., Turetsky, M. R., Veraverbeke, S., Whitman, E., Yang, J. & Johnstone, J. F., Nov 9 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 45, e2024872118.

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Integrating GIS, Remote Sensing, and Citizen Science to Map Oak Decline Risk across the Daniel Boone National Forest

Crocker, E., Gurung, K., Calvert, J., Nelson, C. D. & Yang, J., May 2023, In: Remote Sensing. 15, 9, 2250.

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Wood bioenergy for rural energy resilience: Suitable site selection and potential economic impacts in Appalachian Kentucky

Sena, K., Ochuodho, T. O., Agyeman, D. A., Contreras, M., Niman, C., Eaton, D. & Yang, J., Dec 2022, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 145, 102847.

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Wildfire alters the linkage between total and available soil C:N:P ratios and the stoichiometric effects on fine root growth in a Chinese boreal larch forest

Kong, J., Xiang, X. & Yang, J., Feb 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 471, 1-2, p. 211-225 15 p.

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Competition and burn severity determine post-fire sapling recovery in a nationally protected boreal forest of china: An analysis from very high-resolution satellite imagery

Fang, L., Crocker, E. V., Yang, J., Yan, Y., Yang, Y. & Liu, Z., Mar 1 2019, In: Remote Sensing. 11, 6, 603.

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Effects of meteorological factors on the defoliation dynamics of the larch caterpillar (Dendrolimus superans Butler) in the Great Xing’an boreal forests

Fang, L., Yu, Y., Fang, G., Zhang, X., Yu, Z., Zhang, X., Crocker, E. & Yang, J., Dec 2021, In: Journal of Forestry Research. 32, 6, p. 2683-2697 15 p.

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Bundles and hotspots of multiple ecosystem services for optimized land management in kentucky, united states

Bai, Y., Ochuodho, T. O., Yang, J. & Agyeman, D. A., Jan 2021, In: Land. 10, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., 69.

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Studying fire mitigation strategies in multi-ownership landscapes: Balancing the management of fire-dependent ecosystems and fire risk

Sturtevant, B. R., Miranda, B. R., Yang, J., He, H. S., Gustafson, E. J. & Scheller, R. M., Apr 2009, In: Ecosystems. 12, 3, p. 445-461 17 p.

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Microbial community composition regulates SOC decomposition response to forest conversion in a Chinese temperate forest

Qi, L. & Yang, J., Mar 1 2017, In: Ecological Research. 32, 2, p. 163-172 10 p.

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The wildland-urban interface dynamics in the southeastern U.S. from 1990 to 2000

Zhang, Y., He, H. S. & Yang, J., Apr 30 2008, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 85, 3-4, p. 155-162 8 p.

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