Recent Publications
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DeChant, T. and M. Kelly. 2009. Individual object change detection for monitoring the impact of a forest pathogen on a hardwood forest. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 75(8): 1005-1014
Kelly, M. and K. Tuxen. 2009. Remote sensing support for tidal wetland vegetation research and management. Invited chapter in: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management: Principles and Applications. Pp. 341-364. Xiaojun Yang (Editor). Springer-Verlag
Kelly, M., D. Liu, B. McPherson, D. Wood and R. Standiford. 2008. Spatial pattern dynamics of oak mortality and associated disease symptoms in a California hardwood forest affected by sudden oak death. Journal of Forest Research 13:312-319. doi: 10.1007/s10310-008-0083-7
Kelly, M., K. Ueda and B. Allen-Diaz. 2008. Considerations for ecological reconstruction of historic vegetation: Analysis of the spatial uncertainties in the California Vegetation Type Map dataset. Plant Ecology 194 (1): 37-49
Cleve, C., M. Kelly F. Kearns and M. Moritz. 2008. Classification of urban environments for fire management support: A comparison of pixel- and object-based classifications using high-resolution aerial photography. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 32: 317–326. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2007.10.001
Collins, B., J. Miller, M. Kelly, J.W. van Wagtendonk, and S. L. Stephens. 2008. Interactions among wildland fires in a long-established Sierra Nevada natural fire area. Ecosystems. doi: 10.1007/s10021-008-9211-7
Rindfuss, R. R, B. Entwisle, S. J. Walsh, L. An, N. Badenoch, D.G. Brown, P. Deadman, T. P. Evans, J. Fox, J. Geoghegan, M. Gutmann, M. Kelly, M. Linderman, J. Liu, G. P. Malanson, C. F. Mena, J. P. Messina, E. F. Moran, D. C. Parker, W. Parton, P. Prasartkul, D. Robinson, Y. Sawangdee, L. K. VanWey, P. H. Verburg, and G. Zhong, Land use change: complexities and comparisons. Journal of Land Use Science 3(1): 1‐10
Tuxen, K. and M. Kelly. 2008. Multi-scale functional mapping of tidal wetlands: an object-based approach. Chapter in Object-based Image Analysis: Spatial concepts for knowledge driven remote sensing applications. Pages 415-442. Thomas Blaschke, Stefan Lang and Geoffrey Hay (Editors). Springer Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
Liu, Y., Q. Guo, and M. Kelly. 2008. A framework of region‐based spatial relationships for non‐overlapping features and its application in object based image analysis. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 63: 461–475
Tuxen, K., L. Schile, M. Kelly, and S. Siegel. 2008. Vegetation colonization in a restoring tidal marsh: A remote sensing approach. Restoration Ecology 16(2): 313‐323; doi: 10.1111/j.1526‐100X.2007.00313.x
Pu, R., M. Kelly, G. L. Anderson and P. Gong. 2008. Spectroscopic determination of health levels of coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) leaves. GeoCarto International 23 (1): 3‐20
Pu, R., M. Kelly, G. L. Anderson, and P. Gong. 2008. Using CASI hyperspectral imagery to detect mortality and vegetation stress associated with a new hardwood forest disease. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 74(1): 65‐75
Lozano, F. J, S. Suárez‐Seoane, M. Kelly, and E. Luis. 2008. Multi‐scale approach to fire occurrence probability in a Mediterranean region using satellite data and CART. Remote Sensing of Environment 112(3): 708‐719
Tuxen, K. and M. Kelly. 2008. The OakMapper webGIS: Improved access to sudden oak death spatial data. Proceedings of the 2007 Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service General Technical Report PSW‐GTR‐214
Liu, D., M. Kelly, P. Gong and Q. Guo. 2007. Characterizing spatial‐temporal tree mortality patterns associated with a new forest disease. Forest Ecology and Management 253 (1‐3): 220‐231
Kelly, M., Q. Guo, D. Liu and D. Shaari. 2007. Modeling the risk of a new invasive forest disease in the United States: an evaluation of five environmental niche models. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 31(6): 689‐710
Pederson, B., F. Kearns and M. Kelly. 2007. Methods for facilitating web‐based participatory research informatics. Ecological Informatics 2(1): 33‐42
Collins, B. M., M. Kelly, J. W. V. Wagendonk and S. L. Stephens. 2007. Spatial patterns of large natural fires in Sierra Nevada wilderness areas. Landscape Ecology 22(4): 545‐557
Guo, Q. C., M. Kelly, P. Gong and D. Liu. 2007. An object‐based classification approach in mapping tree mortality using high spatial resolution imagery. GIScience and Remote Sensing 44(1): 24–47
Byrd, K., M. Kelly and A. Merenlender. 2007. Temporal relationships between watershed land use and salt marsh disturbance in a Pacific estuary. Environmental Management 39(1): 98‐112
Kelly, M. and Q. Guo. 2007. Integrated agricultural pest management through remote sensing and related technologies. Invited chapter in: Integrated Management of Plant Pests and Disease. Pages 191‐226. Aurelio Ciancio and K. G. Mukerji (Editors). Kluwer
Byrd, K. and M. Kelly. 2006. Salt marsh vegetation response to edaphic and topographical changes from upland sedimentation in a Pacific estuary. Wetlands 26(3): 813‐829
Liu, D., P. Gong, Q. Guo, and M. Kelly. 2006. Automatic registration of airborne images by combining area‐based methods with local transformation methods. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72(9): 1049‐1059
Chen, Q., D. Baldocchi, P. Gong, and M. Kelly. 2006. Isolating individual trees in a savanna woodland using small footprint LIDAR data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72(8): 923‐932
Fisher, J., M. Kelly and J. Romm. 2006. Scales of environmental justice: combining GIS and spatial analysis for air toxics in West Oakland, California. Health and Place 12: 701‐714
Yu, Q., P. Gong, N. Clinton, M. Kelly and D. Schirokauer. 2006. Object‐based detailed vegetation classification with airborne high resolution remote sensing imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72(7): 799‐811
Liu, D., M. Kelly, and P. Gong. 2006. A Spatial‐temporal approach for monitoring forest disease dynamics using multi‐temporal high spatial resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 101(2): 167‐180
Byrd, K., and M. Kelly. 2006. Looking Back: History recorded on a coastal marsh. Research Report in Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative (CEQI), University of California Marine Council Report, Pp. 2 2005
Opperman, J. J., K. Lohse, C. Brooks, N. M. Kelly and A. M. Merenlender. 2005. Influence of watershed‐scale land use on salmonid spawning habitat in a Mediterranean‐climate basin, California. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 62: 2740‐2751
Kelly, M., B. Allen-Diaz, and N. Kobzina. 2005. Digitization of a historic dataset: the Wieslander California vegetation type mapping project. Madroño 52(3):191-201
McPherson, B. A. D. L. Wood, P. Švihra, A. J. Storer, N. M. Kelly and R. B. Standiford. 2005. Sudden oak death in California: Disease progression in oaks and tanoaks. Journal of Forest Ecology and Management 213(1-3): 71-89
Kearns, F. R., N. M. Kelly, J. L. Carter, and V. Resh. 2005. A method for the use of landscape metrics in freshwater research and management. Landscape Ecology 20(1): 113-125
Guo, Q., M. Kelly, and C. Graham. 2005. Support vector machines for predicting distribution of Sudden Oak Death in California. Ecological Modeling 182(1):75-90
Byrd, K. B., M. Kelly, and E. Van Dyke. 2004. Decadal changes in a Pacific estuary: a multi-source remote sensing approach for historical ecology. GIScience and Remote Sensing 41(4): 347-370
Kelly, M., D. Shaari, Q. Guo, and D. Liu. 2004. A comparison of standard and hybrid classifier methods for mapping hardwood mortality in areas affected by sudden oak death. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 70(11): 1229-1239
Guo, Q. C., and M. Kelly. 2004. Interpretation of scale in paired quadrat variance methods. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 763-770
Švihra, P. and M. Kelly. 2004. Importance of oak ambrosia beetles in predisposing coast live oak trees to wood decay. Journal of Aboriculture 30(6): 371-375
Wacker, M. and N. M. Kelly. 2004. Changes in vernal pool edaphic settings through mitigation at the project and landscape scale. Wetlands Ecology and Management 12(3): 165-178
Kelly, M., K. A. Tuxen, and F. R. Kearns. 2004. Geospatial informatics for management of a new forest disease: Sudden Oak Death. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 70(9): 1001-1004
Wacker, M. and N. M. Kelly. 2004. Ranchers vs. ranchettes in California’s oak rangelands. Rangelands 26(1): 17-22
Kelly, M. and D. Liu. 2004. Mapping diseased oak trees using ADAR imagery. Geocarto International 19(1): 57-64
Kearns, F. R., M. Kelly, and K. A. Tuxen. 2003. Everything happens somewhere: using webGIS as a tool for sustainable natural resource management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1(10): 541-548
Kelly, N. M., and K. Tuxen. 2003. WebGIS for monitoring “sudden oak death” in coastal California. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 27(5): 527-547
Pu, R., S. Ge, N. M. Kelly, and P. Gong. 2003. Spectral absorption features as indicators of water status in coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) leaves. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24(9): 1799-1810
McPherson, B. A., D. L. Wood, A. J. Storer, N. M. Kelly, and R. B. Standiford. 2003. Sudden oak death, a new forest disease in California. Integrated Pest Management Reviews (3-4): 243-246