Postdoctoral Research Associate
(CV)
Grant
F. Walton
Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
(CRSSA)
Cook
College, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0231 USA
Phone:
(732) 932-1582 Fax: (732) 932-2587
Email: royle@crssa.rutgers.edu
Advisor: Dr. Richard G.
Lathrop.
Research Interests:
eastern
hemlock decline due to hemlock woolly adelgid
landscape ecology
geospatial technologies - remote sensing, GIS, GPS
For my masters thesis I mapped and monitored
the 1994 condition of hemlock forest stands in northern New Jersey using
Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite imagery and change detection techniques.
My Ph.D. dissertation focused on a
landscape analysis of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) decline caused
by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) infestation. This
introduced insect has killed thousands of acres of hemlock forest in the
Northeastern USA over the past 45 years.
Professional Memberships:
· Ecological Society of America (ESA)
· International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE)
· American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS)
· Society of American Foresters (SAF)
· Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
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