Alex Fremier
Assistant Professor
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
 

• Riparian Ecology and River Restoration 
• Landscape Ecology of Large Rivers 
• Semi Arid River Systems 
• Watershed Scale Dynamics of Large Woody Debris 
• Modeling of Landscape Genetics 
• Geographic Information Systems
• EcoAgriculture

•   Fish 430 Riparian Ecology
•   Fish 504 River Forum 

• Modeling river channel migration in large semi-arid river systems, California and France 
• Drivers of riparian stand heterogeneity and species composition using field data and LiDAR technology
• Modeling physical drivers and age structure of cottonwood forest habitat: an integrated systems approach
• Watershed connectivity of large woody debris, Japanese archipelago
• Landscape genetic modeling to predict dispersal patterns in pond-breeding, terrestrial salamanders

• Fremier, A.K., E.H. Girvetz, S. E. Greco, and E. W. Larsen. In prep. Using a large-scale, process-based approach to quantify cumulative impacts and manage riparian forests. (To: Ecosystems)
• Fremier, A.K. and W.K. Savage. In prep. A cost corridor approach for testing landscape genetics in heterogeneous landscapes. (To: Landscape Ecology)
• Fremier, A.K., and T.S. Talley. In press. Scaling riparian conservation efforts with river hydrology: lessons from blue elderberry distributions along four central California rivers. Wetlands
• Greco, S.E., A.K. Fremier, R.E. Plant, and E.W. Larsen. 2007. A method to track surficial patterns of floodplain chronology on a large meandering river: Analysis of land production rates and riparian vegetation distribution over land age gradients. Landscape and Urban Planning 81:354-373.
• Larsen, E.W., A.K. Fremier, and E.H. Girvetz. 2006. Modeling the effects of variable annual flow on river channel meander migration patterns, Sacramento River, California, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42:1063-1075.
• Larsen, E.W., A.K. Fremier, and S.E. Greco. 2006. Cumulative effective stream power and bank erosion on the Sacramento River, California, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42:1077-1097.
• Larsen, E.W., E.H. Girvetz, and A.K. Fremier. 2006. Assessing the effects of alternative setback channel constraint scenarios employing a river meander migration model. Environmental Management 37:880-897.
• Larsen, E.W., E.H. Girvetz, and A.K. Fremier. 2007. Landscape level planning in alluvial riparian floodplain ecosystems: using geomorphic modeling to avoid conflicts between human infrastructure and habitat conservation. Landscape and Urban Planning 79:338-346.
• Vaghti, M. G., M. Holyoak, A. Williams, T. S. Talley, A. K. Fremier, and S. E. Greco. In press. Understanding the ecology of blue elderberry to inform landscape restoration in semi-arid river corridors. Environmental Managemen