Publications

Dubayah, R., Blair, J. B., Goetz, S., Fatoyinbo, L., Hansen, M., Healey, S., Hurtt, G., Kellner, J. R., Luthcke, S. Armston, J. Tang, H., Duncanson, L., Hancock, S., Jantz, P., Marselis, S. M., Patterson, P., Qi, W., and Silva, C.
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: high-resolution laser ranging of the Earth’s forests and topography
Science of Remote Sensing 1:100002. 2020. [ Full Text ]

VanValkenburgh, P., Cushman, KC. Butters, , L. J. C., Vega, C. R., Roberts, C., Kepler, C., and Kellner, J. R.
Lasers without Lost Cities: Using UAV-mounted LiDAR to capture architectural complexity at Kuelap, Amazonas, Peru
Journal of Field Archaeology. 45:sup1, S75 - S88. 2020. [ Full Text ]

Albert, L. P., Cushman, K. C., Allen, D. W., Zong, Y., Alonso, L., and Kellner, J. R.
Stray light characterization in a high-resolution imaging spectrometer designed for solar-induced fluorescence.
Proceedings Volume 10986, Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imagery XXV; 109860G. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Patterson, P. L., Healey, S. P., Stahl, G., Saarela, S., Holm, S., Andersen, H., Dubayah, R. O., Duncanson, L., Hancock, S., Armston, J., Kellner, J. R., Cohen, W. B., and Yang, Z.
Statistical properties of hybrid estimators proposed for GEDI – NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation
Environmental Research Letters. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Hancock, S., Armston, J., Hofton, M., Sun, X., Tang, H., Duncanson, L. I., Kellner, J. R., and R. O. Dubayah
The GEDI simulator: A large-footprint waveform lidar simulator for calibration and validation of spaceborne missions
Earth and Space Science. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Clark, D. B., Ferraz, A., Clark, D. A., Kellner, J. R. Letcher, S. G., Saatchi, S.
Diversity, distribution and dynamics of very large trees across and old-growth lowland Neotropical rain forest landscape
PLoS One. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R. Albert, L. P., Burley, J. T., and Cushman, K. C.
The case for remote sensing of individual plants
American Journal of Botany. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Duncanson, L., Armston, J., Disney, M., Avitabile, V., Barbier, N., Calders, K., Carter, S., Chave, J., Herold, M., Crowther, T., Falkowski, M., Kellner, J. R., Labriére, N., Lucas, R., MacBean. N., McRoberts, R. E., Meyer, V., Næsset, E., Nickeson, J. E.
The importance of consistent validation of global forest aboveground biomass products
Surveys in Geophysics. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., Armston, J. D., Birrer, M., Cushman, K. C., Duncanson, L. I., Eck, C., Falleger, C., Imbach, B., Král, K., Krůček, M., Trochta, J., Vrška, T., Zgraggen, C.
New opportunities for forest remote sensing through ultra-high-density drone lidar. Surveys in Geophysics
Surveys in Geophysics.. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Cushman, K. C., and J. R. Kellner
Prediction of forest aboveground net primary production from high-resolution vertical leaf-area profiles
Ecology Letters. 2019. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R. and S. P. Hubbell
Density-dependent adult recruitment in a low-density tropical tree
PNAS. 2018. [ Full Text ]

Becknell, J. M., Porder, S., Hancock, S., Chazdon, R., Hofton, M., Blair, J. B. and J. R. Kellner
Chronosequence predictions are robust in a Neotropical secondary forest, but plots miss the mark
Global Change Biology. 2018. [ Full Text ]

Bastin J-F., Rutishauser E., Kellner J. R. , et al
Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees
Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2018. [ Full Text ]

Clark, D. B., Clark, D. A., Oberbauer, S. F. and J. R. Kellner.
Multidecadal stability in tropical rain forest structure and dynamics across an old-growth landscape
PLos One. 2017. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R. and S. P. Hubbell
Adult mortality in a low-density tree population using high-resolution remote sensing
Ecology. 2017. [ Full Text ]

Cavanaugh, K. C., Parker, J. D., Cook-Patton, S. C., Feller, I. C., Williams, A. P. and J. R. Kellner.
Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species’ range expansion
Global Change Biology. 2015. [ Full Text ]

Kinney, K. M., Asner, G. P., Cordell, S., Chadwick, O. A., Heckman, K., Hotchkiss, S., Jeraj, M., Kennedy-Bowdoin, T., Knapp, D. E., Questad, E. J., Thaxton, J. M., Trusdell, F. and J. R. Kellner.
Primary succession on a Hawaiian dryland chronosequence
PLOS One. 2015. [ Full Text ]

Baldeck, C. A., Asner, G. P., Martin, R. E., Anderson, C. B., Knapp, D. E., Kellner, J. R. and S. J. Wright
Operational tree species mapping in a diverse tropical forest with airborne imaging spectroscopy
PLOS One. 2015. [ Full Text ]

Chynoweth, M. W., Lepczyk, C. A., Litton, C. M., Hess, S. C., Kellner, J. R. and S. Cordell
Home range use and movement patterns of non-native feral goats in a tropical island montane dry landscape
PLoS One. 2015. [ Full Text ]

Tweiten, M., S. Hotchkiss, P. M. Vitousek, J. R. Kellner, O. Chadwick, and G. P. Asner
Resilience against exotic species invasion in a tropical montane forest
Journal of Vegetation Science. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R. and G. P. Asner
Winners and losers in the competition for space in tropical forest canopies
Ecology Letters. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Cavanaugh, K. C., J. R. Kellner, A. J. Forde, D. S. Gruner, J. D. Parker, W. Rodriguez and I. C. Feller.
Reply to Giri and Long: Freeze-mediated expansion of mangroves does not depend on whether expansion is emergence or reemergence
PNAS. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Questad, E. J., J. R. Kellner, K. Kinney, S. Cordell, G. P. Asner, J. Thaxton, Diep, J., Uowolo, A., Brooks, S., Inman-Narahari, N., Evans, S. A. and B. Tucker
Mapping habitat suitability for at-risk plant species and its implications for restoration and reintroduction
Ecological Applications. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Levy, O., B. A. Ball, B. Bond-Lamberty, K. S. Cheruvelil, A. O. Finley, N. Lottig, S. Punyasena, J. Xiao, J. Zhou, L. B. Buckley, J. Clark, C. T. Filstrup, T. Keitt, J. R. Kellner, A. K. Knapp, A. Richardson, C. Stow, D. Tcheng, M. Toomey, R. Vargas, J. W
Approaches to advance scientific understanding of macrosystems ecology
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Heffernan, J. B., P. Soranno, M. Angilletta, L. Buckley, W. K. Dodds, D. Gruner, T. Keitt, J. R. Kellner, J. Kominoski, A. Rocha, J. Xiao, T. Harms, S. Goring, L. Koenig, B. McDowell, H. Powell, A. Richardson, C. Stow, R. Vargas, and K. Weathers
Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Cavanaugh, K. C., J. R. Kellner, A. J. Forde, D. S. Gruner, J. D. Parker, W. Rodriguez and I. C. Feller
Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events
PNAS. 2014. [ Full Text ]

Silva, C. E., J. R. Kellner, D. B. Clark, and D. A. Clark
Response of an old‐growth tropical rainforest to transient high temperature and drought
Global Change Biology. 2013. [ Full Text ]

Thomas, R. Q., J. R. Kellner, D. B. Clark, and D. R. Peart
Low mortality in tall tropical trees
Ecology. 2013. [ Full Text ]

Asner, G. P., J. R. Kellner, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, D. E. Knapp, C. Anderson and R. E. Martin
Forest canopy gap distributions in the southern Peruvian Amazon
PLoS ONE. 2013. [ Full Text ]

Clark, D. B., and J. R. Kellner
Tropical forest biomass estimation and the fallacy of misplaced concreteness
Journal of Vegetation Science. 2012. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., G. P. Asner, J. Thaxton, K. M. Kinney, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, D. Knapp, E. J. Questad, and S. Ambagis
Historical land-cover classification for conservation and management in Hawaiian subalpine drylands
Pacific Science. 2012. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., G. P. Asner, P. M. Vitousek, M. A. Tweiten, S. Hotchkiss, and O. A. Chadwick
Dependence of forest structure and dynamics on substrate age and ecosystem development
Ecosystems. 2011. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., G. P. Asner, K. M. Kinney, S. R. Loarie, D. E. Knapp, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, E. J. Questad, S. Cordell, and J. M. Thaxton
Remote analysis of biological invasion and the impact of enemy release
Ecological Applications. 2011. [ Full Text ]

Vitousek, P. M., M. A. Tweiten, J. Kellner, S. C. Hotchkiss, O. A. Chadwick, and G. P. Asner
Top-down Analysis of forest structure and biogeochemistry across Hawaiian landscapes
Pacific Science. 2010. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., D. B. Clark, and S. P. Hubbell
Pervasive canopy dynamics produce short‐term stability in a tropical rain forest landscape
Ecology Letters. 2009. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., D. B. Clark, and M. A. Hofton
Canopy height and ground elevation in a mixed-land-use lowland Neotropical rain forest landscape
Ecology. 2009. [ Full Text ]

Kellner J. R. and G. P. Asner
Convergent structural responses of tropical forests to diverse disturbance regimes
Ecology Letters. 2009. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R., D. B. Clark, and M. A. Hofton
Data Paper: Canopy height and ground elevation in a mixed-land-use lowland Neotropical rain forest landscape
Ecological Archives. 2009. [ Full Text ]

Hubbell, S. P., F. He, R. Condit, L. Borda-de-Agua, J. Kellner, and H. ter Steege
How many tree species are there in the Amazon and how many of them will go extinct?
PNAS. 2008. [ Full Text ]

Hubbell, S. P., F. He, R. Condit, L. Borda-de-Agua, J. Kellner, and H. ter Steege
Reply to Feeley and Silman: Extinction risk estimates are approximations but are not invalid
PNAS. 2008. [ Full Text ]

Kellner, J. R. and R. A. Alford
The ontogeny of fluctuating asymmetry
The American Naturalist. 2003. [ Full Text ]