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Alan Swanson

Present Title / Contact Information

Biometrician, Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, 2048 Analysis Dr., Bozeman, MT 59718
Phone: 406-556-1414; fax: 406-556-1405; email: swanson [at] yellowstoneresearch [dot] org

Education
2002   M.S. in Statistics, Montana State University
1996   B.S. in Biology, Oregon State University

Professional Profile

Alan Swanson is biometrician who joined YERC in 2003. He developed an interest in quantitative ecology as an undergraduate, after spending several summers managing a lab and field crew at the H. J. Andrews experimental forest in the central cascades of Oregon. He is still involved in the analysis of data resulting from these studies. His research interests at YERC include analysis of spatio-temporal patterns in coyote territoriality, survival analysis, terrain calibration of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and relating SAR attenuation to forest biomass. He is interested in spatio-temporal dynamic modeling and methods which take advantage of recent advances in computational capacity.

Selected publications

  • Swanson, AK; Huang, S.; Crabtree, R.  (In prep.)  Accuracy of SAR Biomass Prediction in Rugged Terrain.
  • Swanson, AK; Huang, S.; Crabtree, R.  (In prep.)  Using a LiDAR Vegetation Model to Predict UHF SAR Attenuation in Coniferous Forests
  • Griffiths RP, Madritch MD and AK Swanson. 2005. The effects of topography on forest soil characteristics in the Oregon Central Cascade Mountains, ( USA): implications for climate change and soil C, N pools. (Accepted). Forest Ecology and Management.
  • Griffiths RP, Madritch MD and AK Swanson. 2005. Conifer invasion of forest meadows transforms soil characteristics in the Pacific Northwest Forest Ecology and Management. (Accepted). Forest Ecology and Management.
  • Griffiths RP and AK Swanson. 2001. Forest soil characteristics in a chronosequence of harvested Douglas-fir forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(11): 1871-1879.

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