We are a research team focusing on understanding the rates, causes, and consequences of land change across a range of geographic and temporal scales. Our emphasis is on developing alternative future projections and quantifying the impact on environmental systems, in particular, the role of land-use change on ecosystem carbon dynamics.
We are interested in how land-use and climate systems will evolve and interact to shape future land-use and carbon dynamics. Our team is developing the Land Use and Carbon Scenario Simulator (LUCAS) model. LUCAS is a state-and-transition simulation model designed to track changes in land use, land cover, land management, and disturbance, and their impacts on ecosystem carbon storage and flux.
The LUCAS model has been applied over multiple areas and temporal scales to track land-use and carbon dynamics as well as impacts on water use and protected areas. Learn more about the LUCAS model or explore our projects below.
The LUCAS Model
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Effects of contemporary land-use and land-cover change on the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in the United States
Land-use impacts on water resources and protected areas: applications of state-and-transition simulation modeling of future scenarios
Integrated climate and land use change scenarios for California rangeland ecosystem services: wildlife habitat, soil carbon, and water supply
Projecting the spatiotemporal carbon dynamics of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from 2006 to 2050
Potential future land use threats to California's protected areas
Land-use threats and protected areas: a scenario-based, landscape level approach
Land-cover change in the conterminous United States from 1973 to 2000
Status and trends of land change in the Western United States--1973 to 2000
Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales
Late twentieth century land-cover change in the basin and range ecoregions of the United States
Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States
Below are partners associated with this project.
We are a research team focusing on understanding the rates, causes, and consequences of land change across a range of geographic and temporal scales. Our emphasis is on developing alternative future projections and quantifying the impact on environmental systems, in particular, the role of land-use change on ecosystem carbon dynamics.
We are interested in how land-use and climate systems will evolve and interact to shape future land-use and carbon dynamics. Our team is developing the Land Use and Carbon Scenario Simulator (LUCAS) model. LUCAS is a state-and-transition simulation model designed to track changes in land use, land cover, land management, and disturbance, and their impacts on ecosystem carbon storage and flux.
The LUCAS model has been applied over multiple areas and temporal scales to track land-use and carbon dynamics as well as impacts on water use and protected areas. Learn more about the LUCAS model or explore our projects below.
The LUCAS Model
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Effects of contemporary land-use and land-cover change on the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in the United States
Land-use impacts on water resources and protected areas: applications of state-and-transition simulation modeling of future scenarios
Integrated climate and land use change scenarios for California rangeland ecosystem services: wildlife habitat, soil carbon, and water supply
Projecting the spatiotemporal carbon dynamics of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from 2006 to 2050
Potential future land use threats to California's protected areas
Land-use threats and protected areas: a scenario-based, landscape level approach
Land-cover change in the conterminous United States from 1973 to 2000
Status and trends of land change in the Western United States--1973 to 2000
Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales
Late twentieth century land-cover change in the basin and range ecoregions of the United States
Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States
Below are partners associated with this project.