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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Identify Forest Stand Structures in Eastern KY

Yang, J. (PI)

KY Department of Fish and Wildlife

2/1/24 → 6/30/24

Project: Research project

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Forest Health

Crocker, E. (PI) & Yang, J. (CoI)

KY Division of Forestry

4/25/22 → 6/30/26

Project: Research project

LiDAR-Derived Forest Stand Characteristics for Use in Ruffed Grouse Habitat Suitability Modeling

Yang, J. (PI)

KY Department of Fish and Wildlife

5/17/19 → 6/30/20

Project: Research project

LiDAR-Derived Forest Stand Characteristics for Use in Ruffed Grouse Habitat Suitability Modeling

Yang, J. (PI)

KY Department of Fish and Wildlife

5/17/19 → 6/30/19

Project: Research project

Estimating Kentucky's Forest Inventory at the County Level with Improved Precision by Combining FIA Data with Remote Sensing, GIS, and Small-Area-Estimation Techniques

Yang, J. (PI)

Forest Service

8/29/16 → 12/31/17

Project: Research project

Forest Health Research and Education Center-- Phase 2

Crocker, E. (PI), Ochuodho, T. (CoI), Stringer, J. (CoI) & Yang, J. (CoI)

Forest Service

9/6/19 → 8/14/24

Project: Research project