Pixel by pixel: the evolving landscapes of remote sensing.
This issue of "Science Findings" focuses on remote sensing research and how it can be used to assess a landscape. The work of PNW Research Station scientists Tom Spies and Warren Cohen and their use of satellite technology in developing the coastal landscape analysis and modeling study (CLAMS) is featured. The CLAMS study area includes more than 5 million acres in Oregon extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Willamette Valley fringe. Field and satellite data are combined to produce a picture of current vegetation and other resources in the Oregon Coast Range. The data are then used to model changing patterns of vegetation cover, wildlife habitat, and land use in the region over the next 100 years. The CLAMS study will produce the tools needed to assess sustainability of different forest and land use policies over time. The study also will help to visualize how social and ecological change will affect the landscape: useful information for land managers and land owners alike.
Citation
Duncan, Sally; Spies, Thomas A; Cohen, Warren. 1999. Pixel by pixel: the evolving landscapes of remote sensing. Science Findings. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. June (15): 1-5
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Thomas Spies
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Publications
- Miles Hemstrom, Thomas Spies, Craig Palmer, Ross Kiester, John Teply, Phil McDonald, Ralph Warbington. 1998. Late-successional and old-growth forest effectiveness monitoring plan for the Northwest Forest Plan.
- T.A. Spies, W.J. Ripple, G.A. Bradshaw. 1994. Dynamics and pattern of a managed coniferous forest landscape in Oregon.
External Publications
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Brooks, J. 1997. Bird-habitat relationships at multiple spatial resolutions in the Oregon Coast Range. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. M.S. thesis.
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Cohen,W.B. [and others]. 1995. Estimating the age and structure of forests in a multiownership landscape of western Oregon, U.S.A. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 16(4): 721-746.
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Garman, S.L. [and others]. [In press]. Past, present, and future landscape patterns in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest. In Rochelle, J.A. [and others], eds. Forest fragmentation: wildlife and management implications.The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishing. Leiden.
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Spies,T. [and others]. 1998. Coastal landscape analysis and modeling study (CLAMS) progress report. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, College of Forestry