Director, Spatial Sciences Center, Associate Professor of Remote Sensing

Rick L. Lawrence

Publications

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Peer Reviewed

 

Sankey, J.B., R.L. Lawrence, and J.M. Wraith, 2008.  Ad hoc modeling of root zone soil water with Landsat imagery and terrain and soils data.  Sensors 8:314-326.

 

Baker, C., R. Lawrence, C. Montagne, and D. Patten, 2007.  Change detection of wetland and riparian ecosystems using change vector analysis.  Wetlands 27:610-619.

 

Maynard, C.L., R.L. Lawrence, G.A. Nielsen, and G. Decker, 2007.  Ecological site descriptions and remotely sensed imagery as a tool for rangeland evaluation.  Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 33:109-115.

 

Maynard, C.L., R.L. Lawrence, G.A. Nielsen, and G. Decker, 2007.  Modeling vegetation amount using bandwise regression and ecological range units as an alternative to vegetation indices.  GIScience & Remote Sensing 44:68-81.

 

Bricklemyer, R.S., R.L. Lawrence, P.R. Miller, and N. Battogtokh, 2007.  Monitoring and verifying agricultural practices related to soil carbon sequestration. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 118:201-210.

 

Tsagaan Sankey, T., C. Montagne, L. Graumlich, R. Lawrence, and J. Nielsen, 2006.  20th Century forest-grassland ecotone shift in Montana under differing livestock grazing pressure.  Forest Ecology and Management 234:282-292.

 

Tsagaan Sankey, T., C. Montagne, L. Graumlich, R. Lawrence, and J. Nielsen, 2006.  20th Century forest-grassland ecotone shift and livestock herbivory effects in northern Mongolia.  Forest Ecology and Management 233:36-44.

 

Baker, C., R. Lawrence, C. Montagne, and D. Patten,  2006.  Mapping wetlands and riparian areas using Landsat ETM+ imagery and decision tree-based models.  Wetlands 26:465-474.

 

Cobb, M.A., P.J.P. Gogan, K.D. Kozie, E.M. Olexa, R.L. Lawrence, and W.T. Route,  2006.  Home range characteristics of moose and white-tailed deer in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota.  Alces 40:169-192.

 

Bricklemyer, R.S., R.L. Lawrence, P.R. Miller, and N. Battogtokh, 2006.  Predicting tillage practices and agricultural soil disturbance in north central Montana with Landsat imagery. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 114:210-216.

 

Lawrence, R.L., R. Hurst, T. Weaver, and R. Aspinall,  2006.  Mapping prairie pothole communities with multitemporal IKONOS satellite imagery.  Photogrammetic Engineering & Remote Sensing 72:169-174.

 

Lawrence, R.L., S. Wood, and R. Sheley, 2006.  Mapping invasive plants using hyperspectral imagery and Breiman Cutler classifications (randomForest).  Remote Sensing of Environment 100:356-362.

 

Zambon, M., R.L. Lawrence, A. Bunn, and S. Powell,  2006.  Effect of alternative splitting rules on image processing using classification tree analysis.  Photogrammetic Engineering & Remote Sensing 72:25-30.

 

Lawrence, R., 2005.  Remote sensing of vegetation responses during the first 20 years following the eruptions of Mount St. Helens: A spatially and temporally stratified analysis.  In V. H. Dale, F. Swanson, and C. Crisafulli, eds., Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens after the 1980 Eruptions.

 

Roberts, E.A., R.L. Sheley, and R.L. Lawrence, 2004.  Using sampling and inverse distance weighted modeling for mapping invasive plants.  Western North American Naturalist 64:312-323.

 

Lawrence, R. L., A. Bunn, S. Powell, and M. Zambon, 2004.  Classification of remotely sensed imagery using stochastic gradient boosting as a refinement of classification tree analysis.  Remote Sensing of Environment 90:331-336.

 

Bunn, A.G., R.L. Lawrence, G.J. Bellante, L.A. Waggoner, and L.J. Graumlich, 2003.  Spatial variation in distribution and growth patterns of old growth strip-bark pines.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 35:323-330.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and M.A. Labus, 2003.  Early detection of Douglas-fir beetle infestation with sub-canopy resolution hyperspectral imagery.  Western Journal of Applied Forestry 18:202-206.

 

Legleiter, C., R.L. Lawrence, M. Fonstad, W.A. Marcus, and R. Aspinall, 2003.  Fluvial response a decade after wildfire in the northern Yellowstone ecosystem: a spatially explicit analysis.  Geomorphology 54:119-136.

 

Parmenter, A.W., A. Hansen, R. Kennedy, W. Cohen, U. Langner, R. Lawrence, B. Maxwell, A. Gallant, and R. Aspinall, 2003.  Land use and land cover change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: 1975-1995.  Ecological Applications 13:687-703.

 

Bricklemyer, R.S., R.L. Lawrence, and P.R. Miller, 2002.  Documenting no-till and conventional till practices using Landsat ETM+ imagery and logistic regression.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 57:267-271.

 

Hansen, A.J., R. Rasker, B. Maxwell, J.J. Rotella, J.D. Johnson, A. Wright Parmenter, U. Langner, W.B. Cohen, R.L. Lawrence, and M.P.V. Kraska, 2002.  Ecological causes and consequences of demographic change in the New West.  BioScience 52:151-162.

 

Kozar, B., R. Lawrence, and D. Long, 2002. Soil phosphorous and potassium mapping using a spatial correlation model incorporating terrain slope gradient. Precision Agriculture 3:407-417.

 

Labus, M.P., G.A. Nielsen, R.L. Lawrence, R. Engel, and D.S. Long. 2002. Wheat yield estimates using multi-temporal NDVI satellite imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23:4169-4180.

 

Legleiter, C., W.A. Marcus, and R.L. Lawrence, 2002.  Effects of sensor resolution on mapping in-stream habitats.  Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 68:801-807.

 

McConnell, J.T., P.R. Miller, R.L. Lawrence, R. Engel, and G.A. Nielsen, 2002.  Management of nitrogen nutrition of field pea and chickpea with spectral reflectance.  Canadian Journal of Plant Science 82:273-282.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and D.A. Deagen.  2001.  Choosing public participation methods for natural resources: A context specific guide.  Society & Natural Resources 14:859-874. 

 

Lawrence, R.L., and A. Wright. 2001. Rule-based classification systems using classification and regression tree (CART) analysis. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 67:1137-1142.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and W.J. Ripple.  2000.  Fifteen years of revegetation of Mount St. Helens: A landscape-scale analysis.  Ecology 81:2742-2752. 

 

Lawrence, R.L., and W.J. Ripple.  1999. Calculating change curves for multitemporal satellite imagery: Mount St. Helens 1980-1995. Remote Sensing of Environment 67:309-319.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and W.J. Ripple.  1998. Comparison among Vegetation Indices and Bandwise Regression in a Highly Disturbed, Heterogeneous Landscape: Mount St. Helens, Washington. Remote Sensing of Environment 64:91-102.

 

Lawrence, R.L., S.E. Daniels, and G.W. Stankey.  1997. Procedural justice and public involvement in natural resource decision making. Society and Natural Resources 10:577-589. 

 

Lawrence, R.L., and S.E. Daniels.  1996.  Public Involvement in Natural Resource Decision Making:  Goals, Methodology, and Evaluation.  Papers in Forest Policy 3.  Corvallis: Forest Research Laboratory.  Oregon State University. 49 p. 

 

Daniels, S.E., R.L. Lawrence, and R.J. Alig.  1996. Decision-Making and Ecosystem-Based Management: Applying the Vroom-Yetton Model to Public Participation Strategy.  Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 16:13-30. 

 

Lawrence, R.L., J.E. Means, and W.J. Ripple.  1996.  An automated method for digitizing color thematic maps.  Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 62:1245-1248.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and W.J. Ripple.  1996. Determining patch perimeters in raster image processing and geographic information systems. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:1255-1259.

 

In Review 

 

Sankey, J.B., D.J. Brown, M.L. Bernard, and R.L. Lawrence, Submitted 1/08.  Comparing local vs. global visible and near-infrared (VisNIR) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) calibrations for the prediction of soil clay, organic C and inorganic C.  Geoderma.

 

Savage, S., and R. Lawrence, Submitted 5/07.  Vegetation dynamics in Yellowstone’s northern range: 1985-1999. Journal of Land Use Science.

 

Landenburger, L., R.L. Lawrence, S. Podruzny, and C.C. Schwartz, Submitted 11/07.  Mapping whitebark pine distribution in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.  Western Journal of Applied Forestry.

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Lawrence, R.L. 2007. Improving classification tree analysis for remotely sensed data: Boosting and bagging algorithms, ISRSE 2007 Proceeding, July 25-29, 2007, San Juan, Costa Rica.

 

Lawrence, R.L. 2007. Recent developments for improving accuracy of classification tree analysis, AmericaView Fall Technical Meeting, September 19-20, 2007, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

 

Savage, S., and R.L. Lawrence. 2007. Yellowstone’s northern range: Mapping rangeland vegetation change, GIS in the Rockies, September 12-14, 2007, Denver, CO.

 

Campos, N., and R.L. Lawrence. 2007. The effects of radiometric normalization on CVA, GIS in the Rockies, September 12-14, 2007, Denver, CO.

 

Jewett, J., and R.L. Lawrence. 2007. Mapping changes in whitebark pine distribution in the northern Rockies: 1984-2002, GIS in the Rockies, September 12-14, 2007, Denver, CO.

 

Watts, J., and R.L. Lawrence. 2007. A comparison of multi-resolution segmentation strategies for the object-oreiented delineation of agricultural fields within moderate-resolution imagery, GIS in the Rockies, September 12-14, 2007, Denver, CO.

 

Schulthess, U., D. Weist, R. Lawrence, C. Jones, and N. Christensen. 2007. Protein management of wheat with a SPAD in the sky, ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2007 International Annual Meetings, November 4-8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.

 

Landenburger, L, R.L. Lawrence, S. Podruzny, and C. Schwartz. 2006. Mapping whitebark pine distribution in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, ASPRS 2006 Proceedings, May 1-5, 2006, Reno, NV.

 

Wood, S., R.L. Lawrence, and S. Sheley. 2006. Mapping invasive plants using hyperspectral imagery, classification trees, and classification thresholds, ASPRS 2006 Proceedings, May 1-5, 2006, Reno, NV.

 

Bricklemyer, R.S., R.L. Lawrence, and P.R. Miller, 2004.  Analysis of Landsat ETM+ imagery for monitoring management practices that influence soil C sequestration in north central Montana, ASPRS 2004 Proceedings, Denver, CO.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and A.W. Parmenter. 2002. Performing supervised classifications with classification and regression tree analysis: a tutorial, ASPRS 2002 Proceedings, April 22-26, 2002, Washington, D.C.

 

Driscoll, S., and R.L. Lawrence. 2002. Effects of color balancing of airborne multispectral imagery on invasive plant mapping, ASPRS 2002 Proceedings, April 22-26, 2002, Washington, D.C.

 

Bunn, A.G., and R.L. Lawrence. 2002. Comparison of topographic correction algorithms for use with Landsat ETM+ in mountainous landscapes, ASPRS 2002 Proceedings, April 22-26, 2002, Washington, D.C.

 

Driscoll, S.G., R.L. Sheley, and R.L. Lawrence. 2001. Detecting and mapping spotted knapweed in rangeland ecosystems using airborne digital imagery.  In L. Smith (ed.) The First International Knapweed Symposium of the Twenty-First Century, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 15-16 March 2001.

 

Driscoll, S.G., R.L. Sheley, and R.L. Lawrence. 2001. Spotted knapweed in rangeland ecosystems using multispectral and hyperspectral imagery.  In The Society for Range Management 54th Annual Meeting, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, February 17-23, 2001.

 

Hansen, A.J., L.J. Graumlich, R.L. Lawrence, S.L. Powell, W. Cohen, and M. Lefsky. 2001. Monitoring forest response to past and future global change in Greater Yellowstone. NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program Temperate and Boreal Workshop, College Park, Maryland.

 

Hansen, A., S. Powell, R. Lawrence, and L. Graumlich. 2001. Spatial patterns of conifer forest expansion in Greater Yellowstone.  In Ecological Society of America 2001 Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, August 5-10, 2001.

 

Laguette, S., G. Seielstad, S. Seelan, C. Wivell, D. Olsen, R. Lawrence, G. Nielsen, J. Rattling Leaf, D. Clay, K. Dalstad, L. Welling.  2001.  Precision farming management via information dissemination, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 13-21 2001, Sydney, Australia.

 

Laguette, S., D. Clay, K. Dalstad, R. Lawrence, J. Rattling Leaf, C. Maynard, C. Reese, S. Seelan, and C. Wivell.  2001.  Rapid integration of remote sensing data into in-field management decisions: From acquisition to use of data, ASPRS 2001 Proceedings, April 23-27, 2001, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

Laguette, S., G. A. Seielstad, S. Seelan, C. E. Wivell, D. E. Clay, K. Dalstad, C. Reese, G. A. Nielsen, R. L. Lawrence, C. Maynard, and J. Rattling Leaf. 2001. Rapid integration of remote sensed data into in-field management decisions, Third European Conference on Precision Agriculture, June 18-20, 2001, Montpellier, France.

 

Powell, S.L., A.J. Hansen, and R.L. Lawrence. 2001. Conifer forest expansion and densification in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Detection and quantification over a 15-year time period. Annual meeting of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Tempe, Arizona.

 

Roberts, E.A., R.L. Sheley, and R.L. Lawrence.  2001.  Sampling and modeling invasive plant infestations: Techniques for identifying plant distribution in rangeland environments.  In L. Smith (ed.) The First International Knapweed Symposium of the Twenty-First Century, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 15-16 March 2001.

 

Roberts, E.A., R.L. Sheley, R.L. Lawrence, and R. Aspinall.  2001.  Sampling and modeling invasive plant infestations: Techniques for identifying plant distribution in rangeland environments. In The Society for Range Management 54th Annual Meeting, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, February 17-23, 2001.

 

Seielstad, G., S. Laguette, S. Seelan, R. Lawrence, M. Henry, C. Maynard, K. Dalsted, and J. Rattling Leaf. 2001. Remote sensing to address the needs of local communities: Applications of remote sensing to precision agriculture, Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, Massachusetts, May 31, 2001.

 

Seielstad, G., S. Laguette, S. Seelan, R. Lawrence, G. Nielsen, D. Clay, and K. Dalsted. 2001. Applications of remote sensing to precision agriculture with dual economic and environmental benefits, 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing, SPIE, Toulouse, France.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and W.J. Ripple. 2000. Mount St. Helens revegetation since 1980: Use of long-sequence time series following landscape-scale disturbance, ASPRS 2000 Proceedings, May 22-26, 2000, Washington, D.C.

 

Patten, D. T., W. Minshall, R. Lawrence, and A. Marcus. 2000. Developing effective ecological indicators for watershed analysis, Proceedings: 2000 STAR Ecosystem Indicators Progress Review Workshop, May 8-10, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Hanson, D., R. Lawrence, K. Hansen, and R. Aspinall. 2000. Automated estimate of non-forest green biomass from AVHRR satellite images of Yellowstone, The 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, June 9-12, 2000.

 

Hanson, D., R. Lawrence, K. Hansen, and R. Aspinall. 2000. Using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite images to estimate snow cover in Yellowstone National Park, ASPRS 2000 Proceedings, May 22-26, 2000, Washington, D.C.

 

Henry, M.P., G.A. Nielsen, R.L. Lawrence, R. Engel, and D.S. Long. 2000. Farm-scale wheat yield estimates using multi-temporal AVHRR-NDVI satellite imagery, ASPRS 2000 Proceedings, May 22-26, 2000, Washington, D.C.

 

Hanson, D., R. Lawrence, K. Hansen, and R. Aspinall. 1999. Development of algorithms to use with satellite images to assess annual snow melt and green biomass in Yellowstone National Park, Sixth Yellowstone Interagency Science Conference, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, September 16-17, 1999.

 

Lawrence, R.L., and W.J. Ripple. 1997. Determination of vegetation cover in a hightly disturbed, heterogeneous landscape using satellite imagery: Mount St. Helens, Washington, Proceedings of the Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, June 22, 1997, Corvallis, Oregon, 16(1):54.