Publications

Parker, G.G. and Russ, M.E. 2004. The canopy surface and stand development: assessing forest canopy structure and complexity with near surface altimetry. Forest Ecology and Management, 189:307-315.

Nelson, R., Parker, G.G. and Horn, M. 2003. A portable airborne laser system for forest inventory. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69:267-273.

Lefsky, M.A., Cohen, W.B., Harding, D.J., Parker, G.G., Acker, S.A., and Gower, S.T. 2002. Lidar remote sensing of aboveground biomass in three biomes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11:393-400.

Lefsky, M.A., Cohen, W.B., Parker, G.G, and Harding, D.J. 2002. Lidar remote sensing for ecosystem studies. BioScience, 52:19-30.

Parker, G.G., Chapotin, S.M, and Davis, M. 2002. Canopy light transmittance in an age sequence of Douglas-fir/western hemlock stands. Tree Physiology, 22:147-157.

Harding, D.J., Lefsky, M.A., Parker, G.G., and Blair, B. 2001. Laser altimetry canopy height profiles: methods and validation for closed-canopy, broadleaved forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 76:283-297.

Parker, G.G., Lefsky, M.A., and Harding, D.J. 2001. PAR transmittance in forest canopies determined from airborne lidar altimetry and from in-canopy quantum measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 76:298-309.

Parker, G.G. and Brown, M.J. 2000. Forest canopy stratification - is it useful? The American Naturalist, 155:473-484.

Lefsky, M.A., Cohen, W.B., Acker, S.A., Parker, G.G., Spies, T.A., and Harding, D. 1999. Lidar remote sensing of biophysical properties of canopy structure of forests of Douglas-fir and western hemlock. Remote Sensing of Environment, 70:339-361.

Lefsky , M.A., Harding, D., Cohen, W.B., Parker, G.G., and Shugart, H.H. 1999. Surface lidar remote sensing of basal area and biomass in deciduous forests of eastern Maryland, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 67:83-98.

Parker, G.G. 1997. Canopy structure and light environment of an old-growth Douglas-fir/Western Hemlock forest. Northwest Science, 71:261-270.

Parker, G.G., Stone, P.J., and Bowers, D. 1996. A balloon for microclimate observations in the forest canopy. Journal of Applied Ecology, 33:173-177.

Parker, G.G. 1995. Structure and microclimate of forest canopies. pp. 73-106 In: (M. Lowman and N. Nadkarni, eds.) Forest Canopies - A Review of Research on a Biological Frontier . Academic Press, San Diego.

Brown, M.J. and Parker, G.G. 1994. Penetration of photosynthetically active radiation in a chronosequence of mixed species forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 24:1694-1703.

Brown, M.J., Parker, G.G., and Posner, N. 1994. A survey of ultraviolet-B radiation in forests. Journal of Ecology, 82:843-853.

Parker, G.G. 1994. Soil Fertility, Nutrient Acquisition, and Nutrient Cycling. pp 54-63 In: (L.A. McDade, K.S. Bawa, H.A. Hespenheide and G.S. Hartshorn, eds.) La Selva - Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rainforest . University of Chicago Press, Chicago.