Jeff W. Atkins, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Andrew T. Hudak, Jennifer Bakken, Andrew J. Lister, Francisco Mauro, Matthew J Gregory, Karin Riley, Barry T. (Ty) Wilson, Maurizio Santoro, Sean P. Healey, Lei Ma, Yifan Yu, Benjamin C. Bright, John C. Byrne, Roy Mita, Rachel Houtman, John D. Shaw, Patrick A Fekety, Grant M. Domke, Brian F. Walters, David M. Bell, Aaron Weiskittel, Jeff W. Atkins, Laura Duncanson, Neha Hunka, Robert Kennedy, Chad Babcock, Sassan Saatchi, Brett Raczka, Carlos Silva, Hao Tang, George Hurtt. 2026. A quantitative evaluation of forest aboveground biomass density map products in Oregon, USA
• Carlos Alberto Silva, Amy Neuenschwander, Caio Hamamura, Sérgio Godinho, Kody M. Brock, Lonesome Malambo, Lana Narine, Jeff W. Atkins, Jordan S. Borak, Sorin Popescu, Inacio T. Bueno, Lucas Bielak Rezende, Giulio Brossi Santoro, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Cesar Ivan Alvites Diaz, Nooshin Mashhadi, Adrián Cardil, Andrew T. Hudak, Lauri Korhonen, Ajay Sharma, Jeffery B. Cannon, Midhun Mohan, Wan Shafrina Wan Mohd Jaafar, Veraldo Liesenberg, Carine Klauberg. 2026. Beyond Ice: NASA’s ICESat-2 spaceborne lidar mission for land and vegetation applications
• Erin T. H. Crockett, Qinfeng Guo, Jeff W. Atkins, Ge Sun, Kevin M. Potter, Jennifer Costanza, Scott V. Ollinger, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Steve McNulty, Carl Trettin, Justin Holgerson, Jingfeng Xiao. 2026. Influences of Structural and Species Diversity on Forest Resistance to Drought
• Eugenia Kelly Luciano Batista, Andrew T. Hudak, Jeff W. Atkins, Eben North Broadbent, Kody Melissa Brock, Michael J. Campbell, Nuria Sanchez-Lopez, Monique Bohora Schlickmann, Francisco Mauro, Andres Susaeta, Eric Rowell, Caio Hamamura, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Inga La Puma, Russell A. Parsons, Benjamin C. Bright, Jason Vogel, Inacio Thomaz Bueno, Gabriel Maximo da Silva, Carine Klaubers, Jinyi Xia, Jessie F. Eastburn, Kleydson Diego Rocha, Carlos Alberto Silva. 2025. Comparing terrestrial and mobile laser scanning approaches for multi-layer fuel load prediction in the Western United States
• Carrie L. Kelly, Jeff W. Atkins, Carl C. Trettin. 2025. Distribution and Characterization of Soils Across Experimental Forests of the Southern Research Station
• Holly L. Munro, Christopher W. W. Woodall, William R. L. Anderegg, Colin M. Beier, Bronson P. Bullock, Kendall DeLyser, David D. Diaz, Bianca N.I. Eskelson, Margaret E. K. Evans, Jeff W. Atkins, John D. Foppert, Bryan C. Foster, Thomas R. Fox, Jereme M. Frank, Robert E. Froese, George C. Gaines, Peter Gould, Temesgen Hailemariam, Edie Sonne Hall, Katherine A. Heckman, Eileen Helmer, J. Aaron Hogan, Coeli Hoover, Stephen M. Kinane, David W. MacFarlane, Lara T. Murray, Gregory Paradis, Krishna P. Poudel, Stephen P. Prisley, James L. Rakestraw, Hector Restrepo, Ajay Sharma, John D. Shaw, Erin Smith-Mateja, Curtis L. VanderSchaaf, Can Vatandaslar, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Sheng-I. Yang. 2025. Challenges and Strategic Recommendations for Enhancing Quantification and Projection of Forest Carbon Dynamics
• Christopher W. W. Woodall, Holly L. Munro, Jeff W. Atkins, Bronson P. Bullock, Thomas R. Fox, Coeli Hoover, Stephen M. Kinane, Lara T. Murray, Stephen P. Prisley, John D. Shaw, Erin Smith-Mateja, Aaron R. Weiskittel, William R. L. Anderegg, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Kimberly Novick, Benjamin Poulter, Ajdin Starcevic, Courtney Giebink. 2025. Prioritizing Opportunities to Empower Forest Carbon Decisions Through Strategic Investment in Forest Modeling Capacity
• Franciel Eduardo Rex, Carlos Alberto Silva, Eben North Broadbent, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Rodrigo Leite, Andrew T. Hudak, Caio Hamamura, Hooman Latifi, Jingfeng Xiao, Jeff W. Atkins, Cibele Amaral, Ernandes Macedo da Cunha Neto, Adrian Cardil, Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Veraldo Liesenberg, Jingjing Liang, Danilo Roberti Alves De Almeida, Carine Klauber. 2025. Spatial characterization of woody species diversity in tropical savannas using GEDI and optical data
• Jiehao Zhang, Yulong Zhang, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Jeff W. Atkins, Wenhong Li, Ge Sun. 2025. Eco-hydrological recovery following large vegetation disturbances from a mega earthquake on the eastern Tibetan plateau
• Lara T. Murray, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Andrew J. Lister, Keith Stockmann, Hongmei Gu, Shawn P. Urbanski, Karin Riley, Eric J. Greenfield, Christopher Farley, Hans Andersen, Linda S. Heath, Jeff W. Atkins, Grant M. Domke, Andrew C. Oishi, James Smith, Richard Birdsey, David Skole, Stephen Prisley, Anthony D’Amato, Ethan Belair, Eric Marland, Prakash Nepal, Poonam Khatri, Indroneil Ganguly, Richard Bergman, Kamalakanta Sahoo, John D. Shaw, Jens Stevens, Thomas Buchholz, John Gunn, Lisa McCauley, Joe Fargione, Alexis Ellis, David J. Nowak, Mark Majewsky, Christopher Mihiar. 2024. Quantifying greenhouse gas sources and sinks in managed forest systems
• Jeff W. Atkins, Alexey Shiklomanov, Kayla C. Mathes, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Christopher M. Gough. 2023. Effects of forest structural and compositional change on forest microclimates across a gradient of disturbance severity
• Jeff W. Atkins, Parth Bhatt, Luis Carrasco, Emily Francis, James Garabedian, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Brady S. Hardiman, Jinha Jung, Anil Koirala, Elizabeth A. LaRue, Sungchan Oh, Gang Shao, Guofan Shao, H. H. Shugart, Anna Spiers, Atticus E. L. Stovall, Thilina D. Surasinghe, Xiaonan Tai, Lu Zhai, Tao Zhang, Keith Krause. 2023. Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research
• Erin T.H. Crockett, Jeff W. Atkins, Qinfeng Guo, Ge Sun, Kevin M. Potter, Scott Ollinger, Carlos A. Silva, Hao Tang, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Justin J. Holgerson, Jingfeng Xiao. 2023. Structural and species diversity explain aboveground carbon storage in forests across the United States: Evidence from GEDI and forest inventory data
• Matt C. Reeves, E. Natasha Stavros, Nancy F. Glenn, Andrew T. Hudak, Birgit Peterson, Amanda Armstrong, Everett Hinkley, Elizabeth Hoy, Jeff W. Atkins. 2023. USFS-NASA Joint applications workshop: Satellite data to support natural resource management: A framework for aligning NASA products with land management agency needs
• Dennis Heejoon Choi, Elizabeth A. LaRue, Jeff W. Atkins, Jane Foster, Jaclyn Hatala Matthes, Robert T. Fahey, Bina Thapa, Songlin Fei, Brady S. Hardiman. 2023. Short‐term effects of moderate severity disturbances on forest canopy structure
• Jonathan A. Walter, Robert A. Johnson, Jeff W. Atkins, David A. Ortiz, Grace M. Wilkinson. 2023. Toward a standardized method for quantifying ecosystem hot spots and hot moments
• Jeff W. Atkins, Jennifer Costanza, Kyla M. Dahlin, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Andrew J. Elmore, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Brady S. Hardiman, Aaron Kamoske, Elizabeth A. LaRue, Carlos Alberto Silva, Atticus E. L. Stovall, Elske K. Tielens. 2023. Scale dependency of lidar‐derived forest structural diversity
• Qinfeng Guo, Anping Chen, Erin T. H. Crockett, Jeff W. Atkins, Xiongwen Chen, Songlin Fei. 2023. Integrating gradient with scale in ecological and evolutionary studies
• Kleydson Diego Rocha, Carlos Alberto Silva, Diogo N. Cosenza, Midhun Mohan, Carine Klauberg, Monique Bohora Schlickmann, Jinyi Xia, Rodrigo V Leite, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Jeff W. Atkins, Adrian Cardil, Eric Rowell, Russ Parsons, Nuria Sanchez-Lopez, Susan J. Prichard, Andrew T. Hudak. 2023. Crown-level structure and fuel load characterization from airborne and terrestrial laser scanning in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forest ecosystem
• Jeff W. Atkins, Jonathan A. Walter, Atticus E. L. Stovall, Robert T. Fahey, Christopher M. Gough. 2022. Power law scaling relationships link canopy structural complexity and height across forest types
• Robert Fahey, Danielle Tanzer, Brandon Alveshere, Jeff W. Atkins, Christopher Gough, Brady Harfiman. 2022. An experimental approach for crown to whole-canopy defoliation in forests
• Jonathan A. Walter, Cal D. Buelo, Alice F. Besterman, Spencer J. Tassone, Jeff W. Atkins, Michael L. Pace. 2022. An algorithm for detecting and quantifying disturbance and recovery in high‐frequency time series
• Christopher M. Gough, Jeff W. Atkins, Robert T. Fahey, Peter S. Curtis, Gil Bohrer, Brady S. Hardiman, Laura J. Hickey, Lucas E. Nave, Kerstin M. Niedermaier, Cameron Clay, Jason M. Tallant, Ben Bond-Lamberty. 2022. Disturbance has variable effects on the structural complexity of a temperate forest landscape
• Jeff W. Atkins, Atticus E.L. Stovall, Carlos Alberto Silva. 2022. Open-Source tools in R for forestry and forest ecology
• Alexander Fotis, Charles E. Flower, Jeff W. Atkins, Cornelia Wilson, Amanda D. Rodewald, Stephen Matthews. 2022. The short-term and long-term effects of honeysuckle removal on canopy structure and implications for urban forest management
• Carlos Alberto Silva, Andrew T. Hudak, Lee A. Vierling, Ruben Valbuena, Adrian Cardil, Midhun Mohan, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Eben N. Broadbent, Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Ben Wilkinson, Ajay Sharma, Jason B. Drake, Paul B. Medley, Jason G. Vogel, Gabriel Atticciati Prata, Jeff W. Atkins, Caio Hamamura, Daniel J. Jonson, Carine Klauberg. 2022. Treetop: A shiny‐based application and R package for extracting forest information from LiDAR data for ecologists and conservationists

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Walter, J. A., Stovall, A. E., & Atkins, J. W. (2021). Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity in the Great Smoky Mountains. Ecosphere, 12(3), e03390.Atkins, J. W., Agee, E., Barry, A., Dahlin, K. M., Dorheim, K., Grigri, M. S., ... & Bond-Lamberty, B. (2021). The fortedata R package: open-science datasets from a manipulative experiment testing forest resilience. Earth System Science Data, 13(3), 943-952.Gough, C. M., Atkins, J. W., Fahey, R. T., Hardiman, B. S., & LaRue, E. A. (2020). Community and structural constraints on the complexity of eastern North American forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(12), 2107-2118.Atkins, J. W., Bohrer, G., Fahey, R. T., Hardiman, B. S., Morin, T. H., Stovall, A. E., ... & Gough, C. M. (2018). Quantifying vegetation and canopy structural complexity from terrestrial Li DAR data using the forestr r package. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(10), 2057-2066.Fahey, R. T., Alveshere, B. C., Burton, J. I., D'Amato, A. W., Dickinson, Y. L., Keeton, W. S., ... & Hardiman, B. S. (2018). Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management, 421, 59-71.Atkins, J. W., Fahey, R. T., Hardiman, B. S., & Gough, C. M. (2018). Forest canopy structural complexity and light absorption relationships at the subcontinental scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(4), 1387-1405.

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  Center for Forest Watershed Research

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• University of Virginia, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, Ecology, 2016
• Western Carolina University, B.A. English, Literature, 1999