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Dr.
Jeff
Hepinstall-Cymerman
Faculty
Assistant Professor
Landscape Ecology
Research Interests
I am a landscape ecologist and am interested in studying patterns across landscapes. I apply spatial data and modeling techniques to ecological and social systems to measure patterns and processes and to explore the interactions between coupled natural and human systems. I explore landscape changes using remotely sensed data and historic data and spatial modeling techniques including GIS, cellular automata, and individual- or agent-based modeling. I work with planners and conservationists to apply this knowledge to aid in the planning for and conservation of natural and human resources.
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Background
Education:PhD, Forest Resources 2000: Department of Forest Management, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Dr. Steven A. Sader (advisor). Dissertation: Creating spatially explicit predictions of land bird presence in Maine: Evaluating input data, model performance, and model output. MS, Wildlife Ecology 1992: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Dr. Peter A. Jordan (advisor). Thesis: Evaluation of moose habitat using a geographic information system (GIS) and USFS data according to the Lake Superior moose habitat suitability index (HSI). BA, Honors in Biology, 1990: Biology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Dr. Randall L. Fuller (advisor). Honors Thesis: Limitation of periphyton by light and nutrients and the response of bacteria to these manipulations.
Publications
Alberti, M; Redman, C; Wu, J; Marzluff, J; Handcock, M; Anderies, J; Waddell, P; Fox, D; Kautz, H; and Hepinstall-Cymerman, J. 2006. "Urban landscape patterns and global environmental change (GEC): Complex dynamics and emergent properties. International Human Dimension of Global Climate Change Update".
Hepinstall-Cymerman, J; Marzluff, J; Handcock, M; and Hurvitz, P. 2005. "Incorporating utilization distributions into the study of resource selection: dealing with spatial autocorrelation” in Huzurbazar, S., editor, Resource Selection Methods and Applications". Madison, WI: Omnipress.
Hepinstall-Cymerman, J and Harrison, J. 2003. "Marten as a tool for landscape-scale habitat planning in northern Maine. Final Contract Report to Cooperators.".
Hepinstall-Cymerman, J; Sader, S; and Krohn, W. 2002. "Effects of niche width on the performance and agreement of avian habitat models." in Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of scale and accuracy. Edited by Scott, J; Heglund, P; Morrison, M; Raphael, M; Haufler, J; and Wall, B. Covello, CA: Island Press.
Sader, S; Hayes, D; Hepinstall-Cymerman, J; Coan, M; and Soza, C. 2001. Forest monitoring of a remote biosphere reserve. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22(10):1937-1950.
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Office:
304
Building 4
Phone: 706.583.8097
Lab:
205
Building 4
Phone: 706.542.6183
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