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Biography

McGill University (B Sc. In Biology)
University of Virginia (MS. In Environmental Sciences)
University of Georgia (Ph. D. in Ecology)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (postdoctoral fellow)

Geoffrey (‘Jess’) Parker has been the forest ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Md., since 1987.   His research interests concern the structure and function of forest ecosystems at long temporal and large spatial scales, in the canopies of forests, the spatial relationships of forest trees, and in comparative forest ecology.   An organizing theme of the majority of studies has been the interaction between the structure of the forest canopy and:  1.) exchanges of material and energy with the atmospheric boundary layer, 2.) forest microclimates, and 3.) biotic habitats.  He is currently involved in a variety of LIDAR-based studies of forest structure, eddy covariance-based measures of forest functions, and biometrically-based studies of forest carbon budgets.  

 

Publications

  • Dandois, Jonathan ; Baker, Matthew ; Olano, Marc ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Ellis, Erle. (2017). [node:title] . Remote Sensing, 9 (4) , 355. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9040355
  • Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart James, Bennett, Amy C., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, 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). [node:title] . Global Change Biology, 21 (2) , 528-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12712
  • Duncanson, L. I. ; Dubayah, R. O. ; Cook, B. D. ; Rosette, J. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (2015). [node:title] . Remote Sensing of Environment, 168 , 102-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.06.021
  • Nadkarni, Nalini M. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Lowman, Margaret D. (2011). Forest canopy studies as an emerging field of science. Annals of Forest Science, 68 (2) , 217-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13595-011-0046-6
  • Bergen, K. M. ; Goetz, S. J. ; Dubayah, R. O. ; Henebry, G. M. ; Hunsaker, C. T. ; Imhoff, M. L. ; Nelson, R. F. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000883
  • Ogunjemiyo, S. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Roberts, D. (2005). [node:title] . Geosciences and Remote Sensing Letters, 2 , 90-93.
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Tinoco-Ojanguren, Clara ; Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina ; Maass, Manuel. (2005). [node:title] . Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21 (3) , 283-295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467405002282
  • Hiroaki, I. ; Van Pelt, R. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Nadkarni, N. M. ; Cushing, J. (2004). Age-related development of canopy structure and its ecological functions. Forest canopies (102-117) Elsevier .
  • Nadkarni, N. N. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Rinker, H. B. ; Jarzen, D. M. (2004). Nature of canopies. Forest canopies (3-23) Elsevier .
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Harding, D. J. ; Berger, M. (2004). [node:title] . Journal of Applied Ecology, 41 , 755-767.
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Harmon, M. E. ; Lefsky, M. A. ; Chen, J. ; Van Pelt, R. ; Weiss, S. B. ; Thomas, S. C. ; Winner, W. E. ; Shaw, D. C. ; Franklin, J. F. (2004). [node:title] . Ecosystems, 7 , 440-453.
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Russ, Mary E. (2004). [node:title] . Forest Ecology and Management, 189 , 307-315.
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Tibbs, Donna J. (2004). [node:title] . Forest Science, 50 , 387-397.
  • Shaw, D. C. ; Franklin, J. F. ; Bible, K. ; Klopatek, J. ; Freeman, E. ; Greene, S. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (2004). [node:title] . Ecosystems, 7 , 427-439.
  • Nelson, R. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Horn, M. (2003). [node:title] . Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69 (3) , 267-273.

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