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Biography

McGill University (B Sc. In Biology)
University of Virginia (MS. In Environmental Sciences)
University of Georgia (Ph. D. in Ecology)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (postdoctoral fellow)

Geoffrey (‘Jess’) Parker has been the forest ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Md., since 1987.   His research interests concern the structure and function of forest ecosystems at long temporal and large spatial scales, in the canopies of forests, the spatial relationships of forest trees, and in comparative forest ecology.   An organizing theme of the majority of studies has been the interaction between the structure of the forest canopy and:  1.) exchanges of material and energy with the atmospheric boundary layer, 2.) forest microclimates, and 3.) biotic habitats.  He is currently involved in a variety of LIDAR-based studies of forest structure, eddy covariance-based measures of forest functions, and biometrically-based studies of forest carbon budgets.  

 

Publications

  • Leite, Melina De Souza ; McMahon, Sean M. ; Prado, Paulo Inácio ; Davies, Stuart J. ; Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo De ; De Deurwaerder, Hannes P. ; Aguilar, Salomón ; Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J. ; Aqilah, Nurfarah ; Bourg, Norman A. ; Brockelman, Warren Y. ; Castaño, Nicolas ; Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao ; Chen, Yu‐Yun ; Chuyong, George ; Clay, Keith ; Duque, Álvaro ; Ediriweera, Sisira ; Ewango, Corneille E. N. ; Gilbert, Gregory ; Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. ; Gunatilleke, C. V. S. ; Howe, Robert ; Huasco, Walter Huaraca ; Itoh, Akira ; Johnson, Daniel J. ; Kenfack, David ; Král, Kamil ; Leong, Yao Tze ; Lutz, James A. ; Makana, Jean‐Remy ; Malhi, Yadvinder ; McShea, William J. ; Mohamad, Mohizah ; Nasardin, Musalmah ; Nathalang, Anuttara ; Parker, Geoffrey ; Parmigiani, Renan ; Pérez, Rolando ; Phillips, Richard P. ; Šamonil, Pavel ; Sun, I‐F ; Tan, Sylvester ; Thomas, Duncan ; Thompson, Jill ; Uriarte, María ; Wolf, Amy ; Zimmerman, Jess ; Zuleta, Daniel ; Visser, Marco D. ; Hülsmann, Lisa. (2024). [node:title] . Ecography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07187
  • Smith, Marielle N. ; Stark, Scott C. ; Taylor, Tyeen C. ; Schietti, Juliana ; de Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves ; Aragon, Susan ; Torralvo, Kelly ; Lima, Albertina P. ; de Oliveira, Gabriel ; de Assis, Rafael Leandro ; Leitold, Veronika ; Pontes-Lopes, Aline ; Scoles, Ricardo ; Vieira, Luciana Cristina de Sousa ; Resende, Angelica Faria ; Coppola, Alysha, I. ; Brandao, Diego Oliveira ; Silva Junior, Joao de Athaydes ; Lobato, Laura F. ; Freitas, Wagner ; Almeida, Daniel ; Souza, Mendell S. ; Minor, David M. ; Villegas, Juan Camilo ; Law, Darin J. ; Goncalves, Nathan ; da Rocha, Daniel Gomes ; Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro ; Tonini, Helio ; da Silva, Katia Emidio ; van Haren, Joost ; Rosa, Diogo Martins ; do Valle, Dalton Freitas ; Cordeiro, Carlos Leandro ; de Lima, Nicolas Zaslavsky ; Shao, Gang ; Menor, Imma Oliveras ; Conti, Georgina ; Florentino, Ana Paula ; Montti, Lia ; Aragao, Luiz E. O. C. ; McMahon, Sean M. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Breshears, David D. ; Da Costa, Antonio Carlos Lola ; Magnusson, William E. ; Mesquita, Rita ; Camargo, Jose Luis C. ; de Oliveira, Raimundo C. ; de Camargo, Plinio B. ; Saleska, Scott R. ; Nelson, Bruce Walker. (2023). [node:title] . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21 (1) , 24-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2590
  • Davies, Stuart J., Abiem, Iveren, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Aguilar, Salomon, Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Arellano, Gabriel, Ashton, Peter S., Baker, Patrick J., Baker, Matthew E., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bissiengou, Pulcherie, Bohlman, Stephanie, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chao, Kuo-Jung, et al. (2021). ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. Biological Conservation, 253 , 108907-108907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907
  • Jiang, Feng ; Lutz, James A. ; Guo, Qingxi ; Hao, Zhanqing ; Wang, Xugao ; Gilbert, Gregory S. ; Mao, Zikun ; Orwig, David A. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Sang, Weiguo ; Liu, Yankun ; Tian, Songyan ; Cadotte, Marc W. ; Jin, Guangze. (2021). Mycorrhizal type influences plant density dependence and species richness across 15 temperate forests. Ecology, 102 (3) , e03259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3259
  • LaRue, Elizabeth A. ; Rohr, Jason ; Knott, Jonathan ; Dodds, Walter K. ; Dahlin, Kyla M. ; Thorp, James H. ; Johnson, Jeremy S. ; Rodriguez Gonzalez, Mayra, I. ; Hardiman, Brady S. ; Keller, Michael ; Fahey, Robert T. ; Atkins, Jeff W. ; Tromboni, Flavia ; SanClements, Michael D. ; Parker, Geoffrey ; Liu, Jianguo ; Fei, Songlin. (2021). [node:title] . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19 (1) , 11-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2288
  • Sedio, Brian E. ; Spasojevic, Marko J. ; Myers, Jonathan A. ; Wright, S. Joseph ; Person, Maria D. ; Chandrasekaran, Hamssika ; Dwenger, Jack H. ; Prechi, Maria Laura ; Lopez, Christian A. ; Allen, David N. ; Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. ; Baltzer, Jennifer L. ; Bourg, Norman A. ; Castillo, Buck T. ; Day, Nicola J. ; Dewald-Wang, Emily ; Dick, Christopher W. ; James, Timothy Y. ; Kueneman, Jordan G. ; LaManna, Joseph ; Lutz, James A. ; McGregor, Ian R. ; McMahon, Sean M. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Parker, John D. ; Vandermeer, John H. (2021). [node:title] . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.679638
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. (2020). [node:title] . Forest Ecology and Management, 477 , 118496-118496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118496
  • Almeida, Danilo R. A. ; Stark, Scott C. ; Schietti, Juliana ; Camargo, Jose L. C. ; Amazonas, NinoT ; Gorgens, Eric B. ; Rosa, Diogo M. ; Smith, Marielle N. ; Valbuena, Ruben ; Saleska, Scott ; Andrade, Ana ; Mesquita, Rita ; Laurance, Susan G. ; Laurance, William F. ; Lovejoy, Thomas E. ; Broadbent, Eben N. ; Shimabukuro, Yosio E. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Lefsky, Michael ; Silva, Carlos A. ; Brancalion, Pedro H. S. (2019). [node:title] . Ecological Applications, 29 (6) , e01952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.1952
  • Beland, Martin ; Parker, Geoffrey ; Sparrow, Ben ; Harding, David ; Chasmer, Laura ; Phinn, Stuart ; Antonarakis, Alexander ; Strahler, Alan. (2019). [node:title] . Forest Ecology and Management, 450 , 117484-117484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117484
  • Fung, Tak, Chisholm, Ryan A., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chitra-Tarak, Rutuja, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fewless, Gary, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hao, Zhanqing, Hogan, J. Aaron, Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Kenfack, David, Lin, YiChing, Ma, Keping, Makana, Jean-Remy, et al. (2019). [node:title] . Ecology Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13412
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Fitzjarrald, David R. ; Gonçalves Sampaio, Irene Cibelle. (2019). [node:title] . Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 278 , Article 107661. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107661
  • Maass, Manuel ; Ahedo-Hernández, Raúl ; Araiza, Salvador ; Verduzco, Abel ; Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina ; Jaramillo, Ví ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Pascual, Fermín ; García-Méndez, Georgina ; Sarukhán, José. (2018). [node:title] . Forest Ecology and Management, 426 , 7-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.040
  • Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina ; Jaramillo, Ví ; Maass, Manuel ; Búrquez, Alberto ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Álvarez-Yépiz, Juan C. ; Araiza, Salvador ; Verduzco, Abel ; Sarukhán, José. (2018). [node:title] . Forest Ecology and Management, 426 , 53-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.02.024
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina ; Álvarez-Yépiz, Juan C. ; Maass, Manuel ; Araiza, Salvador. (2018). [node:title] . Forest Ecology and Management, 426 , 39-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.11.037
  • Coble, Adam P. ; Fogel, Marilyn L. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (2017). [node:title] . Tree physiology, 37 (10) , 1415-1425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx048

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