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Education & Experience:
Current Academic Responsibilities:
GIS Applications in Natural Resources (NR 402)
Advanced GIS Applications in Wildlife Sciences (NR 505)
Advanced GIS Applications in Fire Ecology and Management (NR 506)
Other Areas of Interest and Ongoing Projects:
- Spatial ecological modeling of the past and future of quaking aspen in the Intermountain West.
- Landscape succession and disturbance dynamics of western juniper in sagebrush steppe.
- GIS and remote sensing applications in range management.
- GIS and wildlife habitat modeling as support in Candidate Conservation Agreements.
- Spatial Wavelet Analysis of Junipers [SWA project website]
Ongoing research projects...
Publications:
Smith, A.M.S., Garrity, S.R., Vierling, L.A. and Strand, E.K., Evaluating the location, size, and structure of vegetative image objects, Remote Sensing of Environment, in review.
Strand, E.K, Smith A.M.S., Bunting, S.C., Vierling, L.A., Hann, D.B., and Gessler, P.E., 2006. Wavelet estimation of plant spatial patterns in multi-temporal aerial photography, International Journal of Remote Sensing, in press.
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500444764
Beck J.L., Peek J.M., and Strand E.K., 2006. Estimates of elk summer range nutritional carrying capacity constrained by probabilities of habitat selection. The Journal of Wildlife Management 70(1):283-294.
Cantu C., Wright R.G., Scott J.M., Strand E. 2004. Assessment of current and proposed nature reserves of Mexico based on their capacity to protect geophysical features and biodiversity. Biological Conservation, 115:411-417.
Cantu C., Wright R.G., Scott J.M., Strand E. 2003. Conservation Assessment of Current and Proposed Nature Reserves of Tamaulipas State, Mexico, Natural Areas Journal, V. 23 (3).
Cormack, K., Landsberg, J.D., Everett, R.L., Zeleny, R. Giardina, C.P., Strand, E.K., Anderson, T.D., Averill, R., Smyrski, R., 2000. Assessing the Impacts of Severe Fire on Forest Ecosystem Recovery, J. of Sustainable Forestry, v. 11, p.177-228.
Bunting, S.C., J.L. Kingery and E. Strand. 1999. Effects of succession on species richness of the western juniper woodland/sagebrush steppe mosaic. In: S.B. Monsen and R. Stevens, compilers. Proceedings: Ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the Interior West. USDA For. Ser. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-P-9, pp. 76-81.
Black, A.E., E. Strand, R.G. Wright, J.M. Scott, P. Morgan, and C. Watson. 1998. Land use history at multiple scales: implications for conservation planning. Landscape and Urban Planning. 553:1-12.
Recent Conference Participation
Strand, E.K., S.C. Bunting and L.A.Vierling 2006. A Quantitative Approach to Development of a State-and Transition Model for Quaking Aspen. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. Feb 11-18, 2006.
Strand, E.K., Vierling L.A., Smith, A.M.S., Bunting, S.C., Hann, D.B. and Gessler, P.E., 2005 Wavelet estimation of plant spatial patterns in multi-temporal aerial photography, Eos transactions, American Geophysical Union, 86, 52, Fall Meeting, Supplemental, B43B-0287.
Roth, A., S. Bunting and E. Strand. 2005. Fire-landscape patterns within a successional gradient of a sagebrush steppe/juniper woodland. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Ft Worth TX. Feb 6-11.
Blakely, A., K. Launchbaugh and E. Strand. 2005. Spatial Technology in Range Management, Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Ft Worth TX. Feb 6-11, 2005.
Strand, E., S. Bunting and J. Kingery. 2005. Predicting future landscape patterns under varying fire regimes in western juniper woodlands. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Ft Worth TX. Feb 6-11, 2005.
Bunting, S.C., E.K. Strand and J.L. Kingery. 2005 Landscape characteristics of sagebrush steppe/juniper woodland mosaics under varying modeled prescribed fire regimes. Poster presentation Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, Bartlesville, OK. Oct 17-20, 2005.
Yanish, C.R., Bunting, S.C., Kingery, J.L., and E. K. Strand. 2004. Western juniper succession: Changing fuels and fire behavior. Presentation at Society for Range Management 58th annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 24-30, 2004.
Beck, J. L., J. M. Peek, D. J. King, and E. K. Strand. 2004. Elk summer range carrying capacity in the Great Basin: nutritional estimates from a spatial perspective. Presentation at Society for Range Management 57th annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 24-30, 2004.
Yanish, C.R., Bunting, S.C., Kingery, J.L., and E. K. Strand. 2004. Western juniper succession: Changing fuels and fire behavior. Presentation at Society for Range Management 57th annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 24-30, 2004.
Beck, J. L., J. M. Peek, D. J. King, and E. K. Strand. 2003. Elk summer range carrying capacity in the Great Basin: nutritional estimates from a spatial perspective. The Wildlife Society Tenth Annual Meeting, Burlington, VT.
Strand E.K., Eareckson L.A. 2003 Amphibian Monitoring on the Palouse, Intermountain GIS Users Conference, Coeur d’Alene, April 2003
E.K. Strand, 2001 GIS education in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho, Intermountain GIS conference, April 2001, Boise, Idaho.
E. K. Strand, P. Gessler and S. C. Bunting, 2000 Poster: Analysis of structural stages in a western juniper/sagebrush mosaic using remote sensing techniques, Society of Range Management Meeting, February 12-18, 2000, Boise, Idaho
E. K. Strand, P. Gessler and S. C. Bunting, 1999 Poster: Analysis of structural stages in a western juniper/sagebrush mosaic using remote sensing techniques, Ecological Society of America, August 8-12, 1999, Spokane, Washington
J. W. Karl, J. M. Scott, E. K. Strand, 1999 Poster: An assessment of Idaho wildlife management areas for the protection of wildlife, Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Boise, ID, March 1999
S.C. Bunting, J.L. Kingery and E. Strand, 1997 Poster: Effects of succession on species richness of the western juniper-sagebrush mosaic, Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities within the Interior West Symposium, September 1997, Provo, UT
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