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Dean L. Urban

Dean L. Urban

Publications  

Papers Published

  1. Minor, E., R. McDonald, E. Treml, and D. Urban, Uncertainty in spatially explicit population models, Biological Conservation, vol. 141 (2008), pp. 956-970 .
  2. Minor, E.S., and D.L. Urban, A graph-theory framework for evaluating landscape connectivity and conservation planning, Conservation Biology, vol. 22 (2008), pp. 297-307 .
  3. Treml, E., P. Halpin, D. Urban, and L. Pratson, Modeling population connectivity by ocean currents: a graph-theoretic approach for marine conservation, Landscape Ecology, vol. 22 (2008), pp. 19-36 .
  4. Xi, W., R. Peet, J. DeCoster, and D. Urban, Changes in forest structure, species diversity, and spatial pattern following hurricane disturbance in a Piedmont North Carolina forest, USA, Journal of Plant Ecology, vol. 1 (2008), pp. 43-57 .
  5. Xi, W., R. Peet, J. DeCoster, and D. Urban, Tree damage risk factors associated with large, infrequent wind disturbances of Carolina forests, Forestry, vol. 81 (2008), pp. 317-334 .
  6. D.P. Peters, J.E. Herrick, D.L. Urban, R.H. Gardner & D.D. Breshears, 2004. Strategies for ecological extrapolation, Oikos, vol. 106 (2004), pp. 627-636 .
  7. D.L. Urban, S. Goslee, K.B. Pierce & T.R. Lookingbill, Extending community ecology to landscapes, Ecoscience, vol. 9 (2002), pp. 200-212 .
  8. D.L. Urban & T.H. Keitt, Landscape connectivity: a graph-theoretic perspective, Ecology, vol. 82 (2001), pp. 1205-1218 .
  9. D.L. Urban, C. Miller, N.L. Stephenson & P.N. Halpin, Forest pattern in Sierran landscapes: the physical template, Landscape Ecology, vol. 15 (2000), pp. 603-620 .
  10. D.L. Urban, Using model analysis to design monitoring programs for landscape management and impact assessment, Ecological Applications, vol. 10 (2000), pp. 1820-1832 .

Papers Accepted

  1. D.L. Urban, Modeling ecological processes across scales, Ecology (2005) (in press.) .
  2. T.H. Keitt & D.L. Urban, Scale-specific inference using wavelet, Ecology (2005) (in press.) .

Book Chapters

  1. D.L. Urban, Nature reserve portfolio design, in Learning landscape ecology: a practical guide to concepts and techniques, edited by S. Gergel & M. Turner (2001), pp. 293-305, New York: Springer .
    



 

Contact Urban at:

A320 LSRC
Box 90328
Durham, NC 27708
919-613-8076
fax: (919) 684-8741
deanu@duke.edu