Robert N Coulson
Professor of Entomology and Forest Science - Knowledge Engineering Laboratory
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77845
Email: r-coulson@tamu.edu
Website: http://kelab.tamu.edu/coulson
So. Appalachian
The Landscape
Resource Management
The Land Manager's Guide to the Mammals of the South
Aquatic Resource Management
Recreation
Nontimber Forest Products
Intrinsic Ecosystem Values
Management Tools
Ecology
Forest Health
Social Science
Environmental Threats
Land
Air & Water
Fire
Pests/Biota
Native
Exotic
Dispersal
Representing Human-Mediated Pathways in Forest Pest Risk Mapping
Introduction
Foreign Cargo Statistical Data
Domestic Commodity Movement Data
Business Data
Land Use/Landcover Data Sets
Application Examples
Wood Product Flows from Canada and Mexico into the United States
Truck Traffic Data and Risk of Sirex noctilio Spread
Network Model of Nursery Stock Flows
Phytophthora ramorum and Production Nurseries
Wildland-Urban Interface Data and Areas at Risk for Phytophthera ramorum Introduction
Road Density Change and Increased Phytophthera ramorum Risk
Final Considerations
Case Studies
Case Study: Spread of Invasive Plants from Roads to River Systems in Alaska
Case Study: Evaluating Wildland Fire Danger and Prioritizing Treatments
Case Study: Analyzing Risks Using the Human Modification Framework
Case Study: Modeling Species' Climatic Niche Space & Response to Global Warming
Case Study: Evaluating the Vulnerability of Maine Forests to Wind Damage
Case Study: Information Needs, Acceptability of Risk, Trust, and Reliance
Case Study: The Experience of Community Residents in a Fire-Prone Ecosystem
Case Study: Probabilistic Risk Models for Multiple Disturbances: Insects and Wildfires
Case Study: Population Genetic Structure and Plant Response to Climate Change
Case Study: Assessment of Habitat Threats to Shrublands in the Great Basin
Case Study: Establishing a Nationwide Baseline of Historical Burn Severity Data
Case Study: Threats to Private Forest Lands in the U.S.A.
Case Study: A Spatial Model for Predicting Effects of Climate Change
Case Study: Assessment of Oak Wilt Threat to Habitat of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler
Case Study: Managing Wildland Fire Risk in Florida
Case Study: Utilizing Remotely Sensed Data & Elementary Analytical Techniques to Examine Storm Damage Modeling
Case Study: An Aquatic Multi-Scale Assessment and Planning Framework Approach
Case Study: A Landscape Scale Remote Sensing/GIS Tool to Assess Eastern Hemlock Vulnerability
Case Study: Modeling Potential Movements of the Emerald Ash Borer
Case Study: Assessing Insect-Induced Tree Mortality
Case Study: Evaluating Impacts of Southern Pine Beetles and Hemlock Woolly Adelgids
Case Study: Using Historical Photography to Monitor and Assess Threats over Time
Case Study: Assessing Annual Risk of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks Using Pheromone Traps
Case Study: Digital Aerial Sketchmapping and Downlink Communications
Case Study: Integrating Natural Disturbances and Management Activities
Case Study: Modeling Current Climate Conditions for Forest Pest Risk Assessment
Case Study: Producing Local, Regional, and National Insect and Disease Risk Maps
Case Study: Uncertainty Estimation for Map-Based Analyses
Case Study: Assessing Risks to Multiple Resources Affected by Wildfire and Forest Management
Case Study: Moderate Resolution Data and Gradient Nearest Neighbor Imputation
Case Study: Risk Analysis and Guidelines for Harvest Activities to Minimize Oak Wilt Threat
Case Study: Previsual Detection of Two Conifer-Infesting Adelgid Species
Case Study: Estimating the Susceptibility to Phytophthora alni Globally
Case Study: Air Pollution Increases Forest Susceptibility to Wildfires, San Bernardino Mountains
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