Parker, Geoffrey

Former Forest Ecologist

Energy, water and carbon balance of forests; the forest canopy; atmosphere-canopy interactions; spatial vari-ability, pattern, and scale; community ecology of forest trees

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- Duncanson, Laura, Kellner, James R., Armston, John, Dubayah, Ralph, Minor, David M., Hancock, Steven, Healey, Sean P., Patterson, Paul L., Saarela, Svetlana, Marselis, Suzanne, Silva, Carlos E., Bruening, Jamis, Goetz, Scott J., Tang, Hao, Hofton, Michelle, Blair, Bryan, Luthcke, Scott, Fatoyinbo, Lola, Abernethy, Katharine, Alonso, Alfonso, Andersen, Hans-Erik, Aplin, Paul, Baker, Timothy R., Barbier, Nicolas, Bastin, Jean Francois et al. 2022. "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission." Remote Sensing of Environment, 270, New York; NY: Elsevier Science Incorporated. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845. 2022
- Needham, Jessica F., Johnson, Daniel J., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Bourg, Norman, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chen, Yu-Yun, Chuyong, George, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Duque, Alvaro, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fernando, Edwino S., Fisher, Rosie, Fletcher, Christine D., Foster, Robin, Hao, Zhanqing, Hart, Terese, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kenfack, David et al. 2022. "Demographic composition, not demographic diversity, predicts biomass and turnover across temperate and tropical forests." Global Change Biology, Hoboken; New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16100. 2022
- Piponiot, Camille, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Bourg, Norman A., Burslem, David F. R. P., Cardenas, Dairon, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chuyong, George, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere Shivaramaiah, Duque, Alvaro, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille, Ezedin, Zacky, Filip, Jonah, Giardina, Christian P., Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Itoh, Akira, Janik, David, Kenfack, David, Kral, Kamil et al. 2022. "Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world." New Phytologist, Hoboken; New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17995. 2022
- Zhong, Yonglin, Chu, Chengjin, Myers, Jonathan A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Lutz, James A., Stillhard, Jonas, Zhu, Kai, Thompson, Jill, Baltzer, Jennifer L., He, Fangliang, LaManna, Joseph A., Davies, Stuart J., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Burslem, David F. R. P., Alonso, Alfonso, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Wang, Xugao, Gao, Lianming, Orwig, David A., Yin, Xue, Sui, Xinghua, Su, Zhiyao, Abiem, Iveren, Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Bourg, Norm et al. 2021. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide." Nature Communications 12 (1):3137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23236-3 2021
- Sedio, Brian E., Spasojevic, Marko J., Myers, Jonathan A., Wright, S. Joseph, Person, Maria D., Chandrasekaran, Hamssika, Dwenger, Jack H., Prechi, Maria Laura, Lopez, Christian A., Allen, David N., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Bourg, Norman A., Castillo, Buck T., Day, Nicola J., Dewald-Wang, Emily, Dick, Christopher W., James, Timothy Y., Kueneman, Jordan G., LaManna, Joseph, Lutz, James A., McGregor, Ian R., McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., Parker, John D. et al. 2021. "Chemical Similarity of Co-occurring Trees Decreases With Precipitation and Temperature in North American Forests." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.679638 2021
- Davies, Stuart J., Abiem, Iveren, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Aguilar, Salomon, Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Arellano, Gabriel, Ashton, Peter S., Baker, Patrick J., Baker, Matthew E., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bissiengou, Pulcherie, Bohlman, Stephanie, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chao, Kuo-Jung et al. 2021. "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network." Biological Conservation, 108907–108907. 253, Oxford; England: Elsevier Science Limited. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907. 2021
- Jiang, Feng, Lutz, James A., Guo, Qingxi, Hao, Zhanqing, Wang, Xugao, Gilbert, Gregory S., Mao, Zikun, Orwig, David A., Parker, Geoffrey G., Sang, Weiguo, Liu, Yankun, Tian, Songyan, Cadotte, Marc W., and Jin, Guangze. 2021. "Mycorrhizal type influences plant density dependence and species richness across 15 temperate forests." Ecology 102 (3):e03259. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3259 2021
- LaRue, Elizabeth A., Rohr, Jason, Knott, Jonathan, Dodds, Walter K., Dahlin, Kyla M., Thorp, James H., Johnson, Jeremy S., Rodriguez Gonzalez, Mayra, I., Hardiman, Brady S., Keller, Michael, Fahey, Robert T., Atkins, Jeff W., Tromboni, Flavia, SanClements, Michael D., Parker, Geoffrey, Liu, Jianguo, and Fei, Songlin. 2021. "The evolution of macrosystems biology." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19 (1):11-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2288 2021
- Sedio, Brian E., Devaney, John L., Pullen, Jamie, Parker, Geoffrey G., Wright, S. Joseph, and Parker, John D. 2020. "Chemical novelty facilitates herbivore resistance and biological invasions in some introduced plant species." Ecology and Evolution 10 (16):8770-8792. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6575 2020
- Parker, Geoffrey G. 2020. "Tamm review: Leaf Area Index (LAI) is both a determinant and a consequence of important processes in vegetation canopies." Forest Ecology and Management 477:118496-118496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118496 2020
- Fung, Tak, Chisholm, Ryan A., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang‐Yang, Chia-Hao, Chitra‐Tarak, Rutuja, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fewless, Gary, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, C. V. S., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Hao, Zhanqing, Hogan, J. A., Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Kenfack, David, Lin, Yiching, Ma, Keping, Makana, Jean-Remy et al. 2020. "Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient." Ecology Letters 23 (1):160-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13412 2020
- Parker, Geoffrey G., Fitzjarrald, David R., and Gonçalves Sampaio, Irene Cibelle. 2019. "Consequences of environmental heterogeneity for the photosynthetic light environment of a tropical forest." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 278:Article 107661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107661 2019
- Chu, Chengjin, Lutz, James A., Kral, Kamil, Vrska, Tomas, Yin, Xue, Myers, Jonathan A., Abiem, Iveren, Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norm, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cao, Min, Chapman, Hazel, Condit, Richard S., Fang, Suqin, Fischer, Gunter A., Gao, Lianming, Hao, Zhanqin, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Qing, Hector, Andrew, Hubbell, Stephen P., Jiang, Mingxi, Jin, Guangze, Kenfack, David, Lai, Jiangshan et al. 2019. "Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees." Ecology Letters 22 (2):245-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13175 2019
- Beland, Martin, Parker, Geoffrey, Sparrow, Ben, Harding, David, Chasmer, Laura, Phinn, Stuart, Antonarakis, Alexander, and Strahler, Alan. 2019. "On promoting the use of lidar systems in forest ecosystem research." Forest Ecology and Management 450:117484-117484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117484 2019
- Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Salim, Kamariah Abu, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei-Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard S., Cordell, Susan, da Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., de Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A. de, Ouden, Jan den, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, C. V. S. et al. 2019. "Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America." Journal of Ecology 107 (6):2598-2610. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13199 2019
- Almeida, Danilo R. A., Stark, Scott C., Schietti, Juliana, Camargo, Jose L. C., Amazonas, NinoT, Gorgens, Eric B., Rosa, Diogo M., Smith, Marielle N., Valbuena, Ruben, Saleska, Scott, Andrade, Ana, Mesquita, Rita, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lovejoy, Thomas E., Broadbent, Eben N., Shimabukuro, Yosio E., Parker, Geoffrey G., Lefsky, Michael, Silva, Carlos A., and Brancalion, Pedro H. S. 2019. "Persistent effects of fragmentation on tropical rainforest canopy structure after 20 yr of isolation." Ecological Applications 29 (6):e01952. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1952 2019
- Parker, Geoffrey G., Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina, Álvarez-Yépiz, Juan C., Maass, Manuel, and Araiza, Salvador. 2018. "Effects of hurricane disturbance on a tropical dry forest canopy in western Mexico." Forest Ecology and Management 426:39-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.11.037 2018
- Lutz, James A., Furniss, Tucker J., Johnson, Daniel J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Baltzer, Jennifer, Becker, Kendall M. L., Blomdahl, Erika M., Bourg, Norman A., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cansler, C. Alina, Cao, Ke, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Chao, Wei-Chun, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chu, Chengjin, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith et al. 2018. "Global importance of large-diameter trees." Global Ecology and Biogeography 27 (7):849-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12747 2018
- Maass, Manuel, Ahedo-Hernández, Raúl, Araiza, Salvador, Verduzco, Abel, Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina, Jaramillo, Ví, Parker, Geoffrey G., Pascual, Fermín, García-Méndez, Georgina, and Sarukhán, José. 2018. "Long-term (33 years) rainfall and runoff dynamics in a tropical dry forest ecosystem in western Mexico: Management implications under extreme hydrometeorological events." Forest Ecology and Management 426:7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.040 2018
- Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina, Jaramillo, Ví, Maass, Manuel, Búrquez, Alberto, Parker, Geoffrey G., Álvarez-Yépiz, Juan C., Araiza, Salvador, Verduzco, Abel, and Sarukhán, José. 2018. "Resilience of tropical dry forest productivity to two hurricanes of different intensity in western Mexico." Forest Ecology and Management 426:53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.02.024 2018
- LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janik, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa et al. 2018. "Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"." Science 360 (6391):https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar5245 2018
- LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janik, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa et al. 2018. "Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"." Science 360 (6391):aar3824-aar3824. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3824 2018
- Coble, Adam P., Fogel, Marilyn L., and Parker, Geoffrey G. 2017. "Canopy gradients in leaf functional traits for species that differ in growth strategies and shade tolerance." Tree physiology 37 (10):1415-1425. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx048 2017
- LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard S., Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janik, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David et al. 2017. "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale." Science 356 (6345):1389-1392. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam5678 2017
- Dandois, Jonathan, Baker, Matthew, Olano, Marc, Parker, Geoffrey G., and Ellis, Erle. 2017. "What is the Point? Evaluating the Structure, Color, and Semantic Traits of Computer Vision Point Clouds of Vegetation." Remote Sensing 9 (4):355. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9040355 2017
- Král, Kamil, Shue, Jessica, Vrška, Tomáš, González-Akre, Erika B., Parker, Geoffrey G., McShea, William J., and McMahon, Sean M. 2016. "Fine-scale patch mosaic of developmental stages in Northeast American secondary temperate forests: the European perspective." European Journal of Forest Research, 981–996. 135, (5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-016-0988-1. 2016
- McMahon, Sean M. and Parker, Geoffrey G. 2015. "A general model of intra-annual tree growth using dendrometer bands." Ecology and Evolution 5 (2):243-254. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1117 2015
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart James, Bennett, Amy C., González-Akre, Erika B., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M., Alonso, Alfonso, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bourg, Norman A., Broadbent, Eben N., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Deng, Xiaobao, Detto, Matteo et al. 2015. "CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change." Global Change Biology, 528–549. 21, (2), Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12712. 2015
- McMahon, Sean M., Bebber, Daniel P., Butt, Nathalie, Crockatt, Martha, Kirby, Keith, Parker, Geoffrey G., Riutta, Terhi, and Slade, Eleanor M. 2015. "Ground based LiDAR demonstrates the legacy of management history to canopy structure and composition across a fragmented temperate woodland." Forest Ecology and Management 335:255-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.039 2015
- Duncanson, L. I., Dubayah, R. O., Cook, B. D., Rosette, J., and Parker, Geoffrey G. 2015. "The importance of spatial detail: Assessing the utility of individual crown information and scaling approaches for lidar-based biomass density estimation." Remote Sensing of Environment 168:102-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.06.021 2015
- Graham, Heather V., Patzkowsky, Mark E., Wing, Scott L., Parker, Geoffrey G., Fogel, Marilyn L., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2014. "Isotopic characteristics of canopies in simulated leaf assemblages." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 144:82-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.08.032 2014
- Chisholm, Ryan A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Abdul Rahman, Kassim, Bebber, Daniel P., Bin, Yue, Bohlman, Stephanie A., Bourg, Norman A., Brinks, Joshua, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Honglin, Cao, Min, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard S., Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart, Duque, Alvaro, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hao, Zhanqing, Harrison, Rhett D. et al. 2013. "Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests." Journal of Ecology 101 (5):1214-1224. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12132 2013
- Stark, Scott C., Leitold, Veronika, Wu, Jin L., Hunter, Maria O., de Castilho, Carolina V., Costa, Flávia R. C., McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., Shimabukuro, Mô, Lefsky, Michael A., Keller, Michael, Alves, Luciana F., Schietti, Juliana, Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir, Brandão, Diego O., Woodcock, Tara K., Higuchi, Niro, de Camargo, Plinio B., de Oliveira, Raimundo C., and Saleska, Scott R. 2012. "Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment." Ecology Letters 15 (12):1406-1414. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01864.x 2012
- Nadkarni, Nalini M., Parker, Geoffrey G., and Lowman, Margaret D. 2011. "Forest canopy studies as an emerging field of science." Annals of Forest Science 68 (2):217-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-011-0046-6 2011
- McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., and Miller, Dawn R. 2010. "Evidence for a recent increase in forest growth." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (8):3611-3615. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912376107 2010
- McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., and Miller, Dawn R. 2010. "Reply to Foster et al.: Using a forest to measure trees: Determining which vital rates are responding to climate change." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (21):E88-E89; E88-E89. 2010
- Bergen, K. M., Goetz, S. J., Dubayah, R. O., Henebry, G. M., Hunsaker, C. T., Imhoff, M. L., Nelson, R. F., Parker, Geoffrey G., and Radeloff, V. C. 2009. "Remote sensing of vegetation 3-D structure for biodiversity and habitat: Review and implications for lidar and radar spaceborne missions." Journal of Geophysical Research. G. Biogeosciences 114:G00E06-G00E06. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000883 2009
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- Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Abu Salim, Kamariah, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei-Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, da Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., de Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A., den Ouden, Jan, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri et al. 2019. [Dataset] "Data from: Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America." Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.T1S010M 2019

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