Scott J. Goetz

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize 28 multidisciplinary studies which provide field evidence, remote sensing observations, and modeling results on various scales to understand how permafrost interacts with ecosystems and climate on various spatial and temporal scales.

TL;DR: In this article, the history, spatial distribution, and characteristics of different types of disturbance (in particular fire, insects, and harvest) in North America are discussed, as well as the integrated measurements and experimental designs required to quantify forest carbon dynamics in the years and decades after disturbance, as presented in a series of case studies.

TL;DR: A comparison of methods to estimate the loss of carbon from the terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere from wildland fires is presented in this paper, where the authors identify key uncertainties and areas of improvement for understanding the magnitude and spatial-temporal patterns of pyrogenic carbon emissions across North America.

TL;DR: This work generates the first globally-consistent, continuous index of forest condition as determined by degree of anthropogenic modification, by integrating data on observed and inferred human pressures and an index of lost connectivity.

TL;DR: In this paper, forest cover loss and bare ground gain from 2006 to 2010 for the conterminous United States (CONUS) were quantified at a 30-m spatial resolution using Web-enabled Landsat Data available from the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) ( http://landsat.cr.usgs.gov/WELD.php ).