SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Spruce, J.P., S.A. Sader and several others. Assessment of MODIS and simulated VIIRS data products for detecting Gypsy Moth forest defoliation. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. Manuscript in review.
Hayes, D.J., W.B. Cohen, S.A. Sader and D.E. Irwin. 2008. Estimating proportional change in forest cover as a continuous variable from multi-year MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 735-749.
Sader, S.A. and K.R. Legaard. 2008. Inclusion of forest harvest legacies, forest type, and regeneration spatial patterns in updated forest maps: a comparison of mapping results. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 3846-3856.
Cordero, S.S. and S.A. Sader. 2007. Spectral analysis and classification accuracy of coffee crops using Landsat and a topographic-environmental model. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(7): 1577-1593.
Jin, S. and S.A. Sader. 2006. Effects of ownership and change on forest harvest rates, types and trends in northern Maine. Forest Ecology and Management 228: 177-186.
Sader, S.A., S. Jin, J.W. Metzler, and M. Hoppus. 2006. Exploratory analysis of forest harvest and regeneration pattern among multiple landowners. Forestry Chronicle 82(2): 203-210.
Williams, K., S.A. Sader, C. Pryor, and F. Reed. 2006. Application of geospatial technology to monitor forest legacy conservation easements. Journal of Forestry 104(2):89-93.
Jin, S., and S.A. Sader. 2005. Comparison of time-series tasseled cap wetness and the normalized difference moisture index in detecting forest disturbances. Remote Sensing of Environment 94(3): 364-372.
Jin, S., and S.A. Sader. 2005. MODIS time-series imagery for forest disturbance detection and quantification of patch size effects. Remote Sensing of Environment 99(4): 462-470.
Metzler, J.W. and S.A. Sader. 2005. Model development and comparison to predict softwood and hardwood percent cover using high and medium spatial resolution imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26(17): 3749-3761
Metzler, J. and S.A. Sader. 2005. Agreement assessment between regression-derived forest cover maps and forest industry type maps. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 71(11): 1303-1309.
Sader, S.A., M. Hoppus, J. Metzler, and S. Jin. 2005. Perspectives of Maine forest cover change from Landsat imagery and forest inventory analysis (FIA). Journal of Forestry 103(6): 299-303.
Sader, S.A., R.R. Chowdury, L. Schneider, and B.L. Turner. 2004. Forest change and human driving forces in Central America. Chapter 4, pp. 57-76 in: G. Guttman, A. Janetos, and D. Skole (Eds.), Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Sader, S.A., M. Bertrand, and E.H. Wilson, 2003. Satellite change detection of forest harvest patterns on an industrial forest landscape, Forest Science 49(3): 341-353.
Hayes, D. J., S.A. Sader, and N.B. Schwartz, 2002. Analyzing a forest conversion history database to explore the spatial and temporal characteristics of land cover change in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve, Landscape Ecology 17: 299-314.
Hepinstall, J.A., W.B. Krohn, and S.A. Sader. 2002. Effects of niche width on the performance and agreement of avian habitat models, Chapter 53, pp. 593-606, In Predicting Species Occurances: Issues of Scale and Accuracy (Scott, J.M., P.J. Heglund, M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, B. Wall, editors). Island Press, Covello, CA.
Sader, S.A., K. Ross, and F.C. Reed, 2002. Pingree Forest Partnership: Monitoring Easements at the Landscape Level, Journal of Forestry 100(3): 20-25.
Wilson, E.H. and S.A. Sader, 2002. Detection of forest harvest type using multiple dates of Landsat TM imagery, Remote Sensing of Environment 80: 385-396.
Hayes, D.J. and S.A. Sader, 2001. Change Detection Techniques for Monitoring Forest Clearing and Regrowth in a Tropical Moist Forest, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 67(9):1067-1075.
Sader, S.A., D.J. Hayes, M. Coan, J.A. Hepinstall, and C. Soza, 2001. Forest change monitoring of a remote biosphere reserve, International Journal of Remote Sensing 22(10): 1937-1950.
Sader, S.A., D.J. Hayes, D.E. Irwin, and S.S. Saatchi, 2001. Preliminary forest cover change estimates for Central America (1990's), with reference to the proposed Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, Proceedings of the Year 2001 Annual Conference of the American Society of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, St. Louis, MO.
Sader, S.A. and S. Vermillion. 2000. Remote sensing education: an updated survey. Journal of Forestry 98(4):31-37.
Hepinstall, J.A., S.A. Sader, W.B. Krohn, R.B. Boone and R. Bartlett. 1999. Development and testing of a vegetation and land cover map of Maine. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, Technical Bulletin 173, 104pp.
Hepinstall, J.A. and S.A. Sader. 1997. Using bayesian statistics, thematic mapper satellite imagery and breeding bird survey data to model bird species probability of occurrence in Maine. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 63(10):1321-37.
Sader, S.A., C. Reining, T. Sever, and C. Soza. 1997. Human migration and agricultural expansion: an impending threat to the Maya Biosphere Reserve. Journal of Forestry 95(12):27-32.
Sader, S.A. 1995. Spatial Characteristics of Forest Clearing and Vegetation Regrowth as Detected by Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 61(9):1145-1151.
Sader, S.A., D.E. Ahl, and W. Liou. 1995. Accuracy of Landsat-TM and GIS rule-based methods for forest wetland classification in Maine. Remote Sensing of Environment 53:133-144.
Sader, S.A., T. Sever, J.C. Smoot, and M. Richards. 1994. Forest change estimates for the northern Peten region of Guatemala -- 1986-1990. Human Ecology 22(3):317-332.
Powell, G.V.N, J.H. Rappole, and S.A. Sader. 1992. Neartic migrant use of lowland Atlantic habitats in Costa Rica: A test of remote sensing for identification of habitat. In: Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds. Dec. 7-9, 1989, MBL - Wood Hole, Manomet Bird Observatory, MA pp. 287-298.
Sader, S.A. and J.C. Winne. 1992. RGB-NDVI color composites for visualizing forest change dynamics. International Journal of Remote Sensing 13(16):3055-3067.
Sader, S.A. and J.C. Winne. 1991. Digital image analysis hardware/software use at U.S. forestry schools. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 57(2):209-211.
Sader, S.A., G.V.N. Powell, and J.H. Rappole. 1991. Migratory bird habitat monitoring through remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing 12(3):363-372.
Sader, S.A. and J.C. Winne. 1990. Remote sensing graduate research. Journal of Forestry 88(6):18-21.
Sader, S.A., T.A. Stone, and A.T. Joyce. 1990. Remote sensing of tropical forests: An overview of research applications using non-photographic sensors. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 56(10):1343-1351.
Sader, S.A., R.M. Hoffer, and E.W. Johnson. 1989. The status of remote sensing education in the U.S. and Canadian Forestry Schools: A 1988 survey. Journal of Forestry 87(10):25-30.
Sader, S.A., R.B. Waide, W.T. Lawrence, and A.T. Joyce. 1989. Tropical forest biomass and successional age class relationships to a vegetation index derived from Landsat-TM data. Remote Sensing of Environment 28(4):143-156.
Sader, S.A. and A.T. Joyce. 1988. Deforestation rates and trends in Costa Rica, 1940 to 1983. Biotropica 20(1):11-19.
Sader, S.A. 1987. Forest biomass, canopy structure and species composition relationships with multipolarization L-band synthetic aperture radar data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 53(2):193-202.
Sader, S.A., 1987. Airborne remote sensing of forest biomes. Geocarto International. Vol. 1, March 1987. pp. 9-17.
Sader, S.A., 1986. Analysis of effective radiant temperatures in a Pacific Northwest forest using thermal infrared multispectral scanner data. Remote Sensing of Environment 19:105-115.