ter Steege, H., N. Pitman, D. Sabatier, C. Baraloto et al. Hyper-dominance in the Amazonian flora. Science. In press.
Wang, O., L. J. Zachmann, S. E. Sesnie, A. D. Olsson, and B. G. Dickson. A targeted sampling design informed by habitat suitability models for detecting focal plant species over extensive areas. PLoS ONE. In revision.
Olsson, A., B. G. Dickson, S. Sesnie, B. Bradley, L. Zachmann, O. Wang, and J. Rundall. Phenology as a predictor of non-native plant invasion in the Sonoran Desert: a spatially-weighted ensemble approach. Ecography. In revision.
McSweeney, K., E. A. Nielsen, M. J. Taylor, D. J. Wrathall, Z. Pearson, O. Wang, and S. Plumb. Central America’s laundered forests. Science. In review.
Mitchard, E., T. Feldpausch, R.
Brienen, G. Lopez-Gonzalez
et al. Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest
carbon
density from ground plots and satellites. Global Ecology and
Biogeography. In review.
Fuller, T., H. A. Thomassen, M. Peralvo, W. Buermann, B. Milá, C. M. Kieswetter, P. Jarrín-V., S. E. Cameron Devitt, E. Mason, R. M. Schweizer, J. Schlunegger, J. Chan, O. Wang, C. J. Schneider, C. H. Graham, J. P. Pollinger, S. Saatchi, R. K. Wayne, and T. B. Smith. 2013. Intraspecific variation of common species predicts ranges of threatened ones. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 20130423. (pdf)
Wang, O. Forest canopy shadow extraction using aerial photographs in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 2012. Proceedings of the Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis: 174-179. (pdf)
Bradley, B. A., A. D. Olsson, O. Wang, B. G. Dickson, L. Pelech, S. Sesnie, and L. Zachmann. 2012. Species detection vs. habitat suitability: are we biasing habitat suitability models with remotely sensed data? Ecological Modelling 244: 57-64. (pdf)
Gardner, L., D. Fajardo, S. T. Waller, O. Wang, and S. Sarkar. 2012. A predictive spatial model for air travel associated dengue importation into the United States and Europe. Journal of Tropical Medicine Article ID 103679: doi:10.1155/2012/103679. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. 2011. Forest diversity and conservation in the western Amazon based on tree inventory and remote sensing data. Dissertation. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. (pdf)
Gardner, L., D. Fajardo, S. T. Waller, O. Wang, and S. Sarkar. 2011. A predictive model for air-travel associated dengue infections in the United States and Europe. Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers.
Thomassen, H. A., T. Fuller, W. Buermann, B. Milá, C. M. Kieswetter, P. A. Menéndez-Guerrero, P. Jarin, C. H. Graham, S. E. Cameron, J. Chan, E. Mason, R. Schweizer, J. Schlunegger, C. J. Schneider, O.Wang, M. Peralvo, J. P. Pollinger, S. Saatchi, R. K. Wayne, and T. B. Smith. 2011. Mapping evolutionary process: a multi-taxa approach to conservation prioritization. Evolutionary Applications 4: 397-413. (pdf)
González, C., O. Wang, S. Strutz, C. González-Salazar, V. Sánchez-Cordero, and S. Sarkar. Climate change and risk of leishmaniasis in North America: predictions from ecological niche models of vector and reservoir species. 2010. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4(1): e585. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000585. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. 2008. Palm community structure and land cover changes in the San Juan Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. Biotropica 40: 44-54. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. and C. K. Augspurger. 2006. Comparison of seedling recruitment under arborescent palms in two Neotropical forests. Oecologia 143: 533-545. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. and C. K. Augspurger. 2004. Dwarf palms and cyclanths strongly reduce Neotropical seedling recruitment. Oikos 107: 619-633. (pdf)
Contributions to published work
Publications in Preparation
Wang, O. Forest canopy shadow extraction using aerial photographs in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 2012. Proceedings of the Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis: 174-179. (pdf)
Bradley, B. A., A. D. Olsson, O. Wang, B. G. Dickson, L. Pelech, S. Sesnie, and L. Zachmann. 2012. Species detection vs. habitat suitability: are we biasing habitat suitability models with remotely sensed data? Ecological Modelling 244: 57-64. (pdf)
Gardner, L., D. Fajardo, S. T. Waller, O. Wang, and S. Sarkar. 2012. A predictive spatial model for air travel associated dengue importation into the United States and Europe. Journal of Tropical Medicine Article ID 103679: doi:10.1155/2012/103679. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. 2011. Forest diversity and conservation in the western Amazon based on tree inventory and remote sensing data. Dissertation. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. (pdf)
Gardner, L., D. Fajardo, S. T. Waller, O. Wang, and S. Sarkar. 2011. A predictive model for air-travel associated dengue infections in the United States and Europe. Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers.
Thomassen, H. A., T. Fuller, W. Buermann, B. Milá, C. M. Kieswetter, P. A. Menéndez-Guerrero, P. Jarin, C. H. Graham, S. E. Cameron, J. Chan, E. Mason, R. Schweizer, J. Schlunegger, C. J. Schneider, O.Wang, M. Peralvo, J. P. Pollinger, S. Saatchi, R. K. Wayne, and T. B. Smith. 2011. Mapping evolutionary process: a multi-taxa approach to conservation prioritization. Evolutionary Applications 4: 397-413. (pdf)
González, C., O. Wang, S. Strutz, C. González-Salazar, V. Sánchez-Cordero, and S. Sarkar. Climate change and risk of leishmaniasis in North America: predictions from ecological niche models of vector and reservoir species. 2010. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4(1): e585. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000585. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. 2008. Palm community structure and land cover changes in the San Juan Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. Biotropica 40: 44-54. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. and C. K. Augspurger. 2006. Comparison of seedling recruitment under arborescent palms in two Neotropical forests. Oecologia 143: 533-545. (pdf)
Wang, Y. H. and C. K. Augspurger. 2004. Dwarf palms and cyclanths strongly reduce Neotropical seedling recruitment. Oikos 107: 619-633. (pdf)
Contributions to published work
Case study cited in Chapter 5:
Biodiversity and Conservation
in S. Sarkar. 2012. Environmental Philosophy: from theory
to practice. Wiley-Blackwell,
Hoboken, NJ.
Figure 13.21 in Chapter 13:
Parasitism in Cain, M. L., W. D.
Bowman, and S. D. Hacker. 2011. Ecology,
second edition.
Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Publications in Preparation
Sankey, T., B. G. Dickson, S. E.
Sesnie, O. Wang, and L. J.
Zachmann. WorldView-2 high spatial resolution
improves
desert invasive species detection.
Plumb, S., O. Wang, E. Nielsen,
K. McSweeney et al. Cocaine,
cattle, and tropical deforestation: the effects of
drug trade on
tropical forest conservation.
Rivas, C., O. Wang, B. Stevens, K. Williams-Guillén, S. Otterstrom, and T. Sisk. Landscape fragmentation and deforestation patterns in southwestern Nicaragua.
Sesnie, S. E., B. G. Dickson, A. D. Olsson, O. Wang, and L. Zachmann. Phenology- and spectroscopy-based methods for mapping native and non-native fine fuels in Sonoran Desert ecosystems.
Pos, E., J. E. Guevara Andino,
D. Sabatier, N. Pitman, H. ter
Steege et al. Are all species necessary to
reveal ecologically
important patterns?
M. Ciarleglio, O. Wang, and S. Sarkar, S., J. S. Dyer, and C. Margules. Building an objective hierarchy for multi–criteria decisions for biodiversity conservation, with a case study from Papua, Indonesia.
Reports and Technical Notes
Rivas, C., B. Stevens, and O. Wang. 2013. A spatial model of dominant vegetation types within the land of Paso del Istmo Corridor in southwestern Nicaragua. Final report to Paso Pacifico. Lab of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
Ray, C.T., O. Wang, M. A. Williamson, L. J. Zachmann, and B. G. Dickson. 2013. Rapid plot monitoring design for the Kaibab National Forest. Final report to the Kaibab National Forest. Lab of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
Ray, C., O. Wang, B. G. Dickson, and S. E. Sesnie. 2012. A spatial model of dominant vegetation types on the Kane and Two Mile Ranches and adjacent areas, Arizona. Final Summary to the Grand Canyon Trust. Lab of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
Ciarleglio,M., O. Wang, and S. Sarkar. 2009. Area Prioritization for Medco Concession in Merauke: report to Conservation International. Biodiversity and Biocultural Conservation Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Technical Note No. 63.
