Publications

2019 Crouchet, S.E., Jensen, J., Schwartz, B.F., Schwinning, Susanne. 2019. Tree mortality after a hot drought: distinguishing density-dependent and - independent drivers and why it matters. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2:21 doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00021 Zhao, C., Jensen, J., Weng, Q., Currit, N. Weaver, R. 2019. Application of airborne remote sensing data on mapping local climate zones: Cases of three metropolitan areas of Texas, U.S. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 75, 175-193. doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.11.002
2018 Zhao, C., Jensen, J., Weng, Q., Weaver, R. 2018. A geographically weighted regression analysis of the underlying factors related to the surface urban heat island phenomenon. Remote Sensing, 10(9), 1428; doi: 10.3390/rs10091428 Pisek, J., Buddenbaum, H., Camacho, F., Hill, J., Jensen, J.L.R., Lange, H., Liu, Z., Piayda, A., Qu, Y., Roupsard, O., Serbin, S., Solberg, S., Sonnentag, O., Thimonier, A., Vuolo, F. 2018. Data synergy between leaf area index and clumping index Earth Observation products using photon recollision probability theory. Remote Sensing of Environment, 215, 1-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.026
2017 Zhao, C., Jensen, J., Zhan, B. 2017. A comparison of urban growth and their influencing factors of two border cities: Laredo in the US and Nuevo Laredo in Mexico, Applied Geography, 79: 223-234, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.12.017.
2016 Jensen, J. L.R., Mathews, A. J. 2016. Assessment of image-based point clouds products to generate a bare Earth surface and estimate canopy heights in a woodland ecosystem. Remote Sensing, 8(1). doi: 10.3390/rs8010050 Zhao, C., Jensen, J., Deng, X., Dede-Bamfo, N. 2016. Impacts of LiDAR sampling methods and point spacing on DEM generation. Papers in Applied Geography. doi: 10.1080/23754931.2015.1121405
Julian JP, Wilgruber N, de Beurs KM, Mayer PM, Jawarneh R. 2016, In press. Long-term impacts of land cover change on stream channel loss. Science of the Total Environment.
Tran TV, de Beurs KM, Julian JP. 2016. Monitoring forest disturbances in southeast Oklahoma using Landsat and MODIS images. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 44: 42-52.

2015 Mix, K., Lopes, V. L. and Rast, W. (2015). A Systems Approach to Understanding the Evolution of the Agro-Social-Ecological System of the Upper Rio Grande – San Luis Valley, Colorado. Journal of Water Resources Management, 29(2): 233-251.
Castro AJ, Vaughn CC, Julian JP, García-Llorente M, Bowman KN. 2015. Social perception and supply of ecosystem services: a watershed approach for carbon related ecosystem services. In: Blanco JA (editor), Biodiversity in Ecosystems: Linking Structure and Function, Open-Access: InTech,	pdf
Jawarneh RN, Julian JP, Lookingbill TR. 2015. Physiographic influences on historical and future urban growth: Case study of central Arkansas (USA), 1857-2030. Landscape and Urban Planning 143: 76-89.	pdf
2014
Saunders, B., Rast, W. and Lopes V. L. (2014). Stakeholder Evaluation of the Feasibility of Watershed Management Alternatives Using Integrated Lake Basin Management Principles. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management, 19(4): 255-268	pdf
Courville, B.C., Jensen, J.L.R., Dixon, R.W., Fonstad, M.A. 2014. A Landsat-based evaluation of lake water clarity in Maine lakes. Physical Geography, 1-14	pdf
2013 Fonstad, M. A., J. T. Dietrich, B. C. Courville, J. L. Jensen, and P. E. Carbonneau. 2013. Topographic structure from motion: a new development in photogrammetric measurement. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38:421-430.	pdf
Kukowski, K. R., S. Schwinning, and B. F. Schwartz. 2013. Hydraulic responses to extreme drought conditions in three co-dominant tree species in shallow soil over bedrock. Oecologia 171:819-830.	pdf
Schwinning, S. 2013. Do we need new rhizosphere models for rock-dominated landscapes? Plant and Soil 362:25-31.	pdf
2012
Mix, K., Lopes, V. L. and Rast, W. (2012a). Growing Season Expansion and Related Changes in Monthly Temperature and Growing Degree Days in the Inter-Montane Desert of the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Journal of Climatic Change, 114(3): 723-744	pdf
Heiman, J., M. Litvak, K. J. McInnes, J. F. Kjelgaard, R. Kamps, and S. Schwinning. 2012. Water-storage capacity controls energy partitioning and water use in karst ecosystems on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Ecohydrology	pdf
Mathews, A. J. and J. L. R. Jensen. 2012. An airborne LiDAR-based methodology for vineyard parcel detection and delineation. International Journal of Remote Sensing 33:5251-5267.	pdf
Ruckman, E. M., T. Robinson, K. G. Lyons, and S. Schwinning. 2012a. Comparative seed heat tolerances among native and non-indigenous invasive grassland species. Ecological Restoration 30:136-142.	pdf
Ruckman, E. M., S. Schwinning, and K. G. Lyons. 2012b. Effects of Phenology at Burn Time on Post-Fire Recovery in an Invasive C-4 Grass. Restoration Ecology 20:756-763.	pdf
Small, M., J. Veech, and J. Jensen. 2012. Local landcape composition around North American Breeding Bird Survey routes. Ecology 93:2298.	pdf
2011 Jensen, J. L. R., K. S. Humes, A. T. Hudak, L. A. Vierling, and E. Delmelle. 2011. Evaluation of the MODIS LAI product using independent lidar-derived LAI: A case study in mixed conifer forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 115:3625-3639.	pdf
2010 Moltz, H.L.N., Lopes, V. L., Rast, W. and Ventura, S. J. (2010). A Hydrologic-Economic Analysis of Best Management Practices for Sediment Control in the Santa Fe Watershed, New Mexico. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15(4): 308-317	pdf
2009 Eggemeyer, K. D. and S. Schwinning. 2009. Biogeography of woody encroachment: why is mesquite excluded from shallow soils? Ecohydrology 2:81-87.	pdf
Heilman, J. L., K. J. McInnes, J. F. Kjelgaard, M. K. Owens, and S. Schwinning. 2009. Energy balance and water use in a subtropical karst woodland on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Journal of Hydrology 373:426-435.	pdf
2008 Jensen, J. L. R., K. S. Humes, L. A. Vierling, and A. T. Hudak. 2008. Discrete return lidar-based prediction of leaf area index in two conifer forests. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:3947-3957.	pdf
Schwinning, S. 2008. The water relations of two evergreen tree species in a karst savanna. Oecologia 158:373-383.	pdf
2006 Jensen, J. L. R., K. S. Humes, T. Conner, C. J. Williams, and J. DeGroot. 2006. Estimation of biophysical characteristics for highly variable mixed-conifer stands using small-footprint lidar. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 36:1129-1138.	pdf
2005 Seyfried, M. S., S. Schwinning, M. A. Walvoord, W. T. Pockman, B. D. Newman, R. B. Jackson, and E. M. Phillips. 2005. Ecohydrological control of deep drainage in arid and semiarid regions. Ecology 86:277-287.	pdf
2004 Chesson, P., R. L. E. Gebauer, S. Schwinning, N. Huntly, K. Wiegand, M. S. K. Ernest, A. Sher, A. Novoplansky, and J. F. Weltzin. 2004. Resource pulses, species interactions, and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments. Oecologia 141:236-253.	pdf
Huxman, T. E., M. D. Smith, P. A. Fay, A. K. Knapp, M. R. Shaw, M. E. Loik, S. D. Smith, D. T. Tissue, J. C. Zak, J. F. Weltzin, W. T. Pockman, O. E. Sala, B. M. Haddad, J. Harte, G. W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E. E. Small, and D. G. Williams. 2004a. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429:651-654.	pdf
Huxman, T. E., K. A. Snyder, D. Tissue, A. J. Leffler, K. Ogle, W. T. Pockman, D. R. Sandquist, D. L. Potts, and S. Schwinning. 2004b. Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semiarid and arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141:254-268.	pdf
Schwinning, S. and O. E. Sala. 2004. Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in and and semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141:211-220.	pdf
2003 Weltzin, J. F., M. E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D. G. Williams, P. A. Fay, B. M. Haddad, J. Harte, T. E. Huxman, A. K. Knapp, G. H. Lin, W. T. Pockman, M. R. Shaw, E. E. Small, M. D. Smith, S. D. Smith, D. T. Tissue, and J. C. Zak. 2003. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. Bioscience 53:941-952.	pdf
2001 Schwinning, S. and J. R. Ehleringer. 2001. Water use trade-offs and optimal adaptations to pulse-driven arid ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 89:464-480.	pdf