Publications & Presentations

Refereed Journal Articles

(updated 08/21)

^$ = graduate students and mentees currently or formerly under my supervision

• Vandever, MW., S.K. Carter, T.J. Assal, K. Elgersma, A. Wen, J.L. Welty, R.S. Arkle, RS, and R. Iovanna, 2021. Evaluating establishment of conservation practices in the Conservation Reserve Program across the central and western United States. Environmental Research Letters 16:074011. *Open-access
• Assal, T.J., V.A., Steen, T. Caltrider, T. Cundy, C. Stewart, N. Manning^$, and P.J. Anderson, 2021. Monitoring long-term riparian vegetation trends to inform local habitat management in a mountainous environment. Ecological Indicators 127, 107807. *Open-access
• Monroe, A.P., D.R. Edmunds, C.L. Aldridge, M.J. Holloran, T.J. Assal, A.G. Holloran, 2021. Prioritizing market-based conservation programs for grassland birds with hierarchical community models. Landscape Ecology 36:1023-1038. *Open-access
• Germaine, S., T.J. Assal, A. Freeman, and S.K. Carter, 2020. Distance effects of gas field infrastructure on pygmy rabbits in southwestern Wyoming. Ecosphere 11(8): e03230.10.1002/ecs2.3230 *Open-access
• Coop, J., S. Parks, C. Stevens-Rumann, (and others including T.J. Assal), 2020. Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes. BioScience 70(8):659-673 *Open-access
• Assal, T.J., González, M.E., and Sibold, J.S., 2018. Burn severity controls on postfire Araucaria‐Nothofagus regeneration in the Andean Cordillera: Journal of Biogeography 45(11):2483-2494, *Open-access
• Carlson, A.R., J. Sibold, T.J. Assal, and J. Negron, 2017. Evidence of Compounded Disturbance Effects on Vegetation Recovery Following High-Severity Wildfire and Spruce Beetle Outbreak. PLoS One 12(8): e0181778. *Open-access
• Monroe, A.P., C.L. Aldridge, T.J. Assal, K.E. Veblen, D.A. Pyke, M.L. Casazza, 2017. Patterns in Greater Sage-grouse population dynamics correspond with public grazing records at broad scales. Ecological Applications 27(4):1096-1107 **Link to Pre-print*
• Malone, S. L., M. G. Tulbure, A. J. Pérez-Luque, T. J. Assal, L. L. Bremer, D. P. Drucker, V. Hillis, S. Varela, and M. L. Goulden. 2016. Drought resistance across California ecosystems: evaluating changes in carbon dynamics using satellite imagery. Ecosphere 7(11): e01561. 10.1002/ecs2.1561 *Open-access
• Assal, T.J., Anderson, P.J., Sibold, J., 2016. Spatial and Temporal Trends of Drought Effects in a Heterogeneous Semi-Arid Forest Ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 365, 137-151. *Open-access
• Assal, T.J., Anderson, P., Sibold, J., 2015. Mapping forest functional type in a forest-shrubland ecotone using SPOT imagery and predictive habitat distribution modelling. Remote Sensing Letters 6, 755–764. **Link to Pre-print **Data Download
• Assal, T.J., Sibold, J., and R. Reich. 2014. Modeling a Historical Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak Using Landsat MSS and Multiple Lines of Evidence. Remote Sensing of Environment 155:275-288. **Link to Pre-print
• O’Donnell, M., T.J.Assal, P.J. Anderson, and Z.H. Bowen. 2014. Geospatial Considerations for a Multi-Organization Landscape-Scale Program. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries 10(1):62-99. *Open-access
• Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, C.L. Aldridge, M.E. Cassaza, T.J. Assal, and M.A. Farinha. 2014. Monitoring of Livestock Grazing Effects on the Bureau of Land Management Land. Rangeland Ecology and Management 67(1):68-77.
• Assal, T.J. and J.M. Montag. 2012. A Tale of Two Land Uses in American West: Rural Residential Growth and Energy Development. Journal of Maps 8(4): 327-333. *Open-access
• Assal, T.J. and J.A. Lockwood. 2007. Utilizing remote sensing and GIS to the detect prairie dog colonies. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:45-53.

Book Chapters and Edited Volumes

• Assal, T.J. 2020. Quaking Aspen: The Iconic and Dynamic Deciduous Tree of the Rocky Mountains. Pages 20-28 in M.J. Keables. Editor. The Rocky Mountain West: A Compendium of Geographic Perspectives. American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C.
• Assal, T.J., C.P. Melcher, and N.B. Carr (eds.), Southern Great Plains Rapid Ecoregional Assessment – Pre-Assessment Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1003. 284 p.

Referred Government Publications & Published Data Sets

• Vandever, MW., (and others including T.J. Assal), 2021. Presence of erosional features and cover of grasses, forbs, and bare ground on fields enrolled in grassland, wetland, and wildlife practices of the Conservation Reserve Program in the central and western United States from 2016 to 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release. Reston, Virginia.
• Assal, T.J., 2020. Data from: Monitoring long-term riparian vegetation trends to inform local habitat management in a mountainous environment. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. Santa Barbara, CA.
• Anderson, P.J., (and others including T.J.Assal,), 2021. U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2018 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1067, 33 p.
• Zeigenfuss, L.C., Aikens, E.L., Aldridge, C.L., Anderson, P.J., Assal, T.J., et al. 2019, U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2017 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1188, 57 p.
• Bowen, Z.H., Aikens, E.L., Aldridge, C.L., Anderson, P.J., Assal, T.J., et al. 2018, U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2016 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1048, 49 p.
• Manier, D.J., Anderson, P.J., Assal, T.J., Chong, G.W., Melcher, C.P., 2017, Monitoring the southwestern Wyoming landscape – A foundation for management and science: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2017–3030, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20163030.
• Reese, G.C., D.J. Manier, N.B. Carr, R. Callan, I.F. Leinwand, T.J. Assal, L. Burris, D.A. Ignizio, 2016, Estimated Historical Distribution of Grassland Communities of the Southern Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1184. 13 p.
• Bowen, Z.H., Aldridge, C.L., Anderson, P.J., Assal, T.J., et al. 2016, U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2015 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1141, 70 p.
• Assal, T.J., 2015. Data from: Mapping forest functional type in a forest-shrubland ecotone using SPOT imagery and predictive habitat distribution modelling. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
• Bowen, Z.H., Aldridge, C.L., Anderson, P.J., Assal, T.J., et al. 2015, U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2014 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1091, 61 p.
• Bowen, Z.H., Aldridge, C.L., Anderson, P.J., Assal, T.J., et al. 2014, U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2013 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1213, 60 p.
• Bowen, Z.H., C.L. Aldridge, P.J. Anderson, T.J. Assal, et al. 2014. U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2012 Annual Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1093. 71 p.
• Bowen, Z.H., C.L. Aldridge, P.J. Anderson, T.J. Assal, et al. 2013. U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2011 Annual Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1033. 145 p.
• Assal, T.J., S.L. Garman, Z.H. Bowen, P.J. Anderson, D. Manier, and R.R. McDougal. 2012. Data Resources for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) Integrated Assessment (IA): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 700.
• Assal, T.J., K.E. Veblen, M.A. Farinha, C.L. Aldridge, M.E. Cassaza, and D.A. Pyke. 2012. Data resources for range-wide assessment of livestock grazing across the Sagebrush Biome: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 690.
• Bowen, Z.H., C.L. Aldridge, P.J. Anderson, T.J. Assal, et al. 2011. U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2010 Annual Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1219. 147 p.
• Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, C.L. Aldridge, M.L. Cassazza, T.J. Assal, and M.A. Farinha. 2011. Range-Wide Assessment of Livestock Grazing Across the Sagebrush Biome: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1263, 74p.
• Bowen, Z.H., C.L. Aldridge, P.J. Anderson, T.J. Assal, et al. 2010. U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2009 Annual Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1231. 106 p.
• Bowen, Z.H., C.L. Aldridge, P.J. Anderson, T.J. Assal, et al. 2009. U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2008 Annual Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1201. 83 p.

Presentations

^$ = graduate students and mentees currently or formerly under my supervision

• Assal, T.J., V.A., Steen, T. Caltrider, T. Cundy, C. Stewart, N. Manning^$, and P.J. Anderson, 2021. Connecting stakeholders across scales: monitoring long-term upland and riparian vegetation trends to inform habitat management in a mountainous environment. Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
• Islam, A.H.M.^$ and T.J. Assal. 2021. Tracking Cyclonic Impact and Recovery Rate of Mangrove Forest using Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• Assal, T.J., M. Vandever, S.K. Carter, and R. Iovanna. 2021. Remote sensing of conservation practices: Do expired Conservation Reserve Program fields continue to provide environmental benefits? American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• Assal, T.J. 2021. (Invited Talk) Spatiotemporal analysis in applied ecology: connecting pixels to process. Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, San Diego State University, California.
• Assal, T.J. 2020. (Invited Talk) The legacies of fire in forest ecosystems: initiating change from local to landscape scales. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Ohio.
• Assal, T.J., Haffey, E. Margolis, and C. Allen. 2019. An Open-Access Framework to track post-fire shits in dominant plant function type at the watershed scale (Contributed Poster). American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
• Assal, T.J., Haffey, E. Margolis, and C. Allen. 2019. Fire Sparks Conversion: Measuring Decadal Changes to Vegetation Structure in the Jemez Mountains. US-Int. Assoc. for Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, CO.
• Assal, T.J., Haffey, E. Margolis, and C. Allen. 2019. Big fires lead to big changes in the vegetation structure of the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
• Assal, T.J. (Invited Talk) From pixel to process: a space-based approach to gain insight into management of current and future landscapes. Dept. of Geography, Kent State University, Ohio.
• Assal, T.J. (Invited Talk) Mining the Macroscope to Understand Legacies of Ecological Disturbance: Insight into management of current and future landscapes. Dept. of Social Science, California Polytechnic State University, California.
• Carlson, J. Sibold, and T.J. Assal.2018. Compound disturbance effects on vegetation recovery from spruce beetle outbreak and high-severity wildfire. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• Assal, T.J., P. Anderson, J. Randall, and K. Clause. 2017. A coarse-scale approach to understand drought-induced variability of sagebrush ecosystem productivity. Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Jackson, Wyoming.
• Germaine, S., S. Carter, A. Freeman, and T.J. Assal. 2017. Distance effects of gas field infrastructure on pygmy rabbits residing in the remaining undeveloped shrubsteppe habitat. Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Jackson, Wyoming.
• Assal, T.J. 2017. (Invited Talk) Remote sensing and the Macroscope provide key insights for Aspen Communities. 2017 Aspen Days Workshop (Wyoming Game and Fish Dept., U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Western Aspen Alliance), Sheridan, Wyoming.
• Assal, T.J., M. González, and J. Sibold. 2017. Burn severity and post-fire regeneration in Chilean Araucaria-Nothofagus Forest. Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
• Assal, T.J. and P. Anderson. 2016. A cross-scale approach to understand drought-induced variability of sagebrush ecosystem productivity. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
• Assal, T.J. and Sibold. 2016. After the gray phase: Can an historical mountain pine beetle outbreak influence subsequent patterns of burn severity? Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• Assal, T.J. (Invited Talk) Condition and Trends of Aspen Communities in Wyoming using Spaced-based Observations. 2016 Aspen Days Workshop (Wyoming Game and Fish Dept., U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Western Aspen Alliance), Lander, Wyoming.
• T.J. Assal. 2016. (Invited Talk) Spaced-based observations: “existing data” or untapped monitoring resource? Broader-scale Monitoring Strategy Workshop (U.S. Forest Service), Laramie, Wyoming.
• González, M., A. Muñoz, T.J. Assal, J. Sibold. 2016. Fire regimes and fire effects in Chilean Araucaria Forests. VIII Southern Connection Congress, Punta Arenas, Chile.
• Assal, T.J., P. Anderson and J. Sibold. 2015. Spatial and Temporal Trends of Drought Effects in a Heterogeneous Semi-Arid Forest Ecosystem. (Contributed Poster). American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. *PDF Download
• Monroe, A.P., C.L. Aldridge, T.J. Assal, Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, and M.L. Cassazza. 2015. Broad-scale population response of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) to grazing management and precipitation. 13th International Grouse Symposium, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Assal, T.J., P. Anderson and J. Sibold. 2015. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Drought Effects on Aspen Forest in Southwestern Wyoming. The Wildlife Society and Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Joint Conference, Lander, Wyoming.
• Assal, T.J. 2015. Fire, Insects and Drought: Using Remote Sensing to Uncover Ecological Legacies of Forest Disturbance.USGS Seminar, Fort Collins Science Center, Colorado.
• Assal, T.J. and J. Sibold. 2014. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Drought Impacts on Semi-Arid Woodlands. ForestSAT, Riva del Garda, Italy.
• Assal, T.J.,**J. Sibold and R. Reich. 2013. Modeling Mountain Pine Beetle Disturbance in Glacier National Park Using Multiple Lines of Evidence. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
• Assal, T.J. and**J. Sibold. 2013. Modeling Mountain Pine Beetle Disturbance in Glacier National Park Using Multiple Lines of Evidence. Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
• Assal, T.J., P.J. Anderson, and A.K. Urza. 2012. Assessment and monitoring of semi-arid woodlands in the Little Mountain Ecosystem abs.. In: Third WLCI Science Mtg, Rock Springs, WY, May 14-17, 2012. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. p. 1.
• Assal, T.J. and**J. Sibold. 2012. Investigation of Disturbance Legacies Despite Vanished Evidence. Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
• Assal, T.J.and J. Sibold. 2011. Utilizing Historical Data to Detect Past Ecosystem Disturbance in Glacier National Park. American Association of Geographers Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, C.L. Aldridge, M.L. Cassazza, T.J. Assal, and M.A. Farinha. 2011. Monitoring of Livestock Grazing Effects on Bureau of Land Management. (Contributed Poster) Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Billings, MT.
• Assal, T.J. and J.M. Montag. 2010. Modeling Land Cover Change and Human Population Growth using Remote Sensing and Dasymetric Mapping: Scenario Building for Planning and Wildlife Management. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, C.L.Aldridge, M.L. Casazza, T.J. Assal, and M.A. Farinha. 2009. Assessment of livestock grazing effects and land management in sagebrush steppe across the western United States. (Contributed Poster) Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• O’Donnell, M.S and T.J. Assal. 2009. A Scalable Geospatial Support Network Model. (Contributed Poster) ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California.
• Montag, J. and T.J. Assal. 2009. Utilizing Dasymetric Modeling to Enhance Understanding of Human Population Distribution and Growth: a Scenario Building Tool for Management and Conservation Planning and Research. Wyoming Conservation Landscape Initiative Science Workshop, Laramie, Wyoming.
• Assal, T.J. and M.R. O’Donnell. 2009. The Role of Data Drivers in a Landscape Scale Project. Geospatial ’09 (hosted by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management), Salt Lake City, Utah