Recent publications

Fieldwork thicket shrub

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Zinnert, J.C., S.A. Shiflett, J.K. Vick, and D.R. Young.  2011.  Woody vegetative cover dynamics in response to recent climate change on an Atlantic barrier island: remote sensing approach.  Geocarto International.  In press.

Vick, J.K., and D.R. Young.  2011.  Spatial variation in environment and physiological strategies for forb distribution on coastal dunes.  Journal of Coastal Research.  In press.

Young, D.R., S.T. Brantley, J.C. Naumann, and J.K. Vick.  2011.  Landscape position and habitat polygons in a dynamic coastal barrier environment.  Ecosphere 2(6): Article 71.

Nordstrom, K.F., N.L. Jackson, N.C. Kraus, T.W. Kana, R. Bearce, A. Hecht, L.M. Bocamozo, D.R. Young, and H.A. De Butts.  2011. Enhancing geomorphic and biologic functions and values on backshores and dunes of developed shores: A review of opportunities and constraints.  Environmental Conservation 38: 288-302.

Brantley, S.T. J.C. Naumann and D.R. Young.  2011.  Application of hyperspectral vegetation indices to detect variations of high leaf area index temperate shrub thicket canopies.  Remote Sensing of Environment 115: 514-523.

Feagin, R.A., W.K. Smith, N.P. Psuty, D.R. Young, M.L. Martinez, G.A. Carter, K.L. Lucas, J.C. Gibeat, J.N. Gemma and R.E. Koske.  2010.  Barrier islands:  Coupling anthropogenic stability with ecological sustainability.  Journal of Coastal Research 26: 987-992.

Brantley, S.T. and D.R. Young.  2010.  Shrub expansion stimulates soil C and N storage along a coastal soil chronosequence.  Global Change Biology 16: 2052-2061.

Naumann, J.C, J.E. Anderson and D.R. Young.  2010.  Remote detection of plant physiological responses to TNT soil contamination.  Plant and Soil 329: 239-248.

Brantley, S.T. and D.R. Young.  2010.  Linking light attenuation, sunflecks and canopy architecture in mesic shrub thicket.  Plant Ecology 206: 225-236.

Shiflett, S.A. and D.R. Young.  2010.  Avian seed dispersal on Virginia barrier islands: potential influence on vegetation community structure and patch dynamics.  American Midland Naturalist 164: 91-106.

Naumann, J.C., S.N. Bissett, D.R. Young, J. Edwards, and J.E. Anderson.  2010.  Diurnal patterns of photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and PRI to evaluate water stress in the invasive species, Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.  Trees 24: 237-245.

Brantley, S.T. and D.R. Young.  2009.  Contribution of sunflecks is minimal in expanding shrub thickets compared to temperate forests.  Ecology 90: 1021-1029.

Naumann, J.D., D.R. Anderson, and D.R. Young.  2009.  Spatial variations in salinity stress across a coastal landscape using vegetation indices derived from hyperspectral imagery.  Plant Ecology 202: 285-297.

Vick, J.K. and D.R. Young.  2009.  Corticular photosynthesis: a mechanism to enhance shrub expansion in coastal environments.  Photosynthetica 47: 26-32. 

Naumann, J.D., J.E. Anderson, and D.R. Young.  2008.  Linking physiological responses, chlorophyll fluorescence and hyperspectral imagery to detect salinity stress using the physiological reflectance index in the coastal shrub, Myrica cerifera.  Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 3865-3875. 

Naumann, J.C., D.R. Young, and J.E. Anderson.  2008.  Leaf fluorescence, reflectance, and physiological response to freshwater and saltwater flooding in the evergreen shrub, Myrica cerifera.  Environmental and Experimental Botany 63: 402-409.   

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, S.R. Archer, M.S. Bret-Harte, B.E. Ewers, D.P. Peters, D.R. Young, G.R. Shaver, E. Pendall, and M.B. Cleary.  2008.  Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shift in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs.  Global Change Biology 14: 615-623. 

Brantley, S.T. and D.R. Young.  2008.  Shifts in litterfall and dominant nitrogen sources after expansion of shrub thickets.  Oecologia 155: 337-345. 

Young, D.R., J.H. Porter, C.M. Bachmann, G. Shao, R.A. Fusina, J.H. Bowles, D. Korwan, and T.F. Donato.  2007.  Cross-scale patterns in shrub thicket dynamics in the Virginia barrier complex.  Ecosystems 10: 854-863. 

Naumann, J.C., D.R. Young, and J.E. Anderson.  2007.  Linking leaf chlorophyll fluorescence properties to physiological responses for stress detection in coastal plant species.  Physiologia Plantarum 131: 422-433. 

Naumann, J.C. and D.R. Young.  2007.  Relationship between community structure and seed bank to describe successional dynamics of an Atlantic Coast maritime forest.  Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 89-98. 

Brantley, S.T. and D.R. Young.  2007.  Leaf area index and light attenuation in rapidly expanding shrub thickets.  Ecology 88: 524-530.   

Young, D.R.  2006.  Estimating aboveground net primary production in shrub-dominated ecosystems.  In: T.J. Fahey and A.K. Knapp (eds.) Principles and standards for measuring net primary production in long-term ecological studies.  Oxford University Press, NY.

 

Published Proceedings

Wolner, C.W.V., L.J. Moore, D.R. Young,. S.T. Brantley, S.N. Bissett, M.D. Wilson and B.D. Watts.  2011.  Dune builders vs. overwash maintainers: ecomorphodynamic feedbacks on the Virginia Coast Reserve barrier islands.  Pgs 258-271 In: P. Wang, J.D. Rosati and T.M. Roberts (eds.) Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments '11. Miami, FL.

Nelson, J.D., J.C. Zinnert, J.E. Anderson, E. Mendoza and D.R. Young.  2010.  Remote lifetime imaging -- advanced technology for vegetation fluorescence sensing.  Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence, Valencia, Spain.

Zinnert, J.C., J.D. Nelson, J.K. Vick, A.M. Hoffman and D.R. Young.  2010 Rethinking chlorophyll responses to stress:  Fluorescence and reflectance remote sensing in a coastal environment.  Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence, Valencia, Spain.

Naumann, J.C., K. Rubis and D.R Young.  2010.  Fusing chlorophyll fluorescence and plant canopy reflectance to detect TNT contamination in soils.  Proceedings of SPIE 7664:  1L-1-7, Orlando, FL.

Guglielmo, L., L.A. Smock, D.R. Young and M.J. Polo.  2009.  Ecological water quality assessment using bioindicators.  Proceedings of the Center for Integrative Mediterranean Studies, Messina, Italy.

Selavo L., A. Wood, Q. Cao, T. Sookoor, H. Liu, A. Srinivasan, Y. Wu, W. Kang, J. Stankovic, D. Young, J. Porter.  2007.  LUSTER: Wireless Sensor Network for Environmental Research.  In The 5th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), Sydney, Australia.


 

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