Dean L. Urban | Scholars@Duke

Dean L. Urban
Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy

My interest in landscape ecology focuses on the agents and implications of pattern in forested landscapes. Increasingly, my research is in what has been termed "theoretical applied ecology," developing new analytic approaches to applications of immediate practical concern such as conservation planning. A hallmark of my Lab is the integration of field studies, spatial analysis, and simulation modeling in extrapolating our fine-scale empirical understanding of environmental issues to the larger space and time scales of management and policy.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2006

Contact Information

A320 Lev Sci Res Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
deanu@duke.edu (919) 684-6999
deanurban.org

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Tennessee Knoxville 1986
- M.A., Southern Illinois University 1981
- B.A., Southern Illinois University 1978
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2018
- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2014 - 2018
- Senior Associate Dean of Academic Initiatives, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2015 - 2017
- Chair, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2010 - 2014
- Associate Professor of Landscape Ecology, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2001 - 2006
- Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1994 - 2001
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 14, 2014
  
  Alan Townsend Named Dean Of Nicholas School
- JUN 13, 2013
  
  A University Course on Water
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Streams in urbanizing landscapes: from syndrome diagnosis to watershed prescription awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2018
- Assessing adaptative capacity in response to climate change: terrestrial salamanders in an urban heat island mesocosm awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2017
- South Atlantic LLC-Need1 awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2014 - 2016
- Assessment of Ecosystem Service Value and Program Delivery Options awarded by Mississippi State University 2014 - 2016
- Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 400 awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2015 - 2016
- Habitat and Connectivity for Mussel Populations: Dam and Dam Removal Impacts awarded by Fish and Wildlife 2011 - 2016
- Evaluating the implications of local adaptation, habitat connectivity, and gene flow for terrestrial salamanders under global change awarded by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 2014 - 2016
- Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 300 awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2015
- Evaluating the relative importance of local adaptation and directed dispersal under global change awarded by Sigma Xi 2014
- Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products Task 1 awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2014
- The influence of development configuration on thermal pollution in urban streams awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2013
- COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Reconciling human and natural systems for the equitable provision of ecosystem services in the Triangle of North Carolina awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2013
- A model- based approach to monitoring in the Southwest Alaska Network awarded by National Park Service 2004 - 2009
- Carbon dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: fusing remote sensing and spatial ecological models. awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2005 - 2008
- Scaling Process and Pattern in Montane Forest Landscapes awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2005
- Incorporating spatial variability into fire restoration plans awarded by US Geological Survey 2002 - 2005
- Dissertation Research: Ecotone Dynamics and Landscape Response to Climate Change awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2004
- Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics: Modeling Forest Response to Environmental Change awarded by US Geological Survey 1999 - 2004
- Urban Landscape Change: Linking Landscape Dynamics, Economic Valuation and Conservation Planning awarded by National Science Foundation 1999 - 2003
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Delesantro, J. M., J. M. Duncan, D. Riveros-Iregui, J. R. Blaszczak, E. S. Bernhardt, D. L. Urban, and L. E. Band. “The Nonpoint Sources and Transport of Baseflow Nitrogen Loading Across a Developed Rural-Urban Gradient.” Water Resources Research 58, no. 7 (July 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031533.
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  - Delesantro, J. M., J. M. Duncan, D. Riveros-Iregui, J. R. Blaszczak, E. S. Bernhardt, D. L. Urban, and L. E. Band. “Characterizing and classifying urban watersheds with compositional and structural attributes.” Hydrological Processes 35, no. 9 (September 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14339.
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  - Walker, N. J., D. Schaffer-Smith, J. J. Swenson, and D. L. Urban. “Improved connectivity analysis using multiple low-cost paths to evaluate habitat for the endangered San Martin titi monkey (Plecturocebus oenanthe) in north-central Peru.” Landscape Ecology 34, no. 8 (August 1, 2019): 1859–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00837-4.
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  - Blaszczak, Joanna R., Joseph M. Delesantro, Ying Zhong, Dean L. Urban, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “Watershed urban development controls on urban streamwater chemistry variability.” Biogeochemistry. 144, no. 1 (June 2019): 61–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00572-7.
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  - Blaszczak, J. R., J. M. Delesantro, D. L. Urban, M. W. Doyle, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Scoured or suffocated: Urban stream ecosystems oscillate between hydrologic and dissolved oxygen extremes.” Limnology and Oceanography 64, no. 3 (May 1, 2019): 877–94. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11081.
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  - Xi, W., R. K. Peet, M. T. Lee, and D. L. Urban. “Hurricane disturbances, tree diversity, and succession in North Carolina Piedmont forests, USA.” Journal of Forestry Research 30, no. 1 (February 15, 2019): 219–31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-018-0813-4.
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  - Lopez, Bianca E., Dean Urban, and Peter S. White. “Testing the effects of four urbanization filters on forest plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity.” Ecological Applications : A Publication of the Ecological Society of America 28, no. 8 (December 2018): 2197–2205. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1812.
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  - Lovette, John P., Jonathan M. Duncan, Lindsey S. Smart, John P. Fay, Lydia P. Olander, Dean L. Urban, Nancy Daly, et al. “Leveraging Big Data Towards Functionally-Based, Catchment Scale Restoration Prioritization.” Environmental Management 62, no. 6 (December 2018): 1007–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1100-z.
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  - Baruch, E. M., K. A. Voss, J. R. Blaszczak, J. Delesantro, D. L. Urban, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Not all pavements lead to streams: Variation in impervious surface connectivity affects urban stream ecosystems.” Freshwater Science 37, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 673–84. https://doi.org/10.1086/699014.
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  - Hassett, B. A., E. B. Sudduth, K. A. Somers, D. L. Urban, C. R. Violin, S. Y. Wang, J. P. Wright, R. M. Cory, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Pulling apart the urbanization axis: patterns of physiochemical degradation and biological response across stream ecosystems.” Freshwater Science 37, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 653–72. https://doi.org/10.1086/699387.
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  - Lopez, B. E., D. Urban, and P. S. White. “Nativity and seed dispersal mode influence species’ responses to habitat connectivity and urban environments.” Global Ecology and Biogeography 27, no. 9 (September 1, 2018): 1017–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12760.
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  - Forester, Brenna R., Jesse R. Lasky, Helene H. Wagner, and Dean L. Urban. “Comparing methods for detecting multilocus adaptation with multivariate genotype-environment associations.” Molecular Ecology 27, no. 9 (May 2018): 2215–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14584.
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  - Qiu, Jiangxiao, Edward T. Game, Heather Tallis, Lydia P. Olander, Louise Glew, James S. Kagan, Elizabeth L. Kalies, et al. “Evidence-Based Causal Chains for Linking Health, Development, and Conservation Actions.” Bioscience 68, no. 3 (March 2018): 182–93. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix167.
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  - Olander, L. P., R. J. Johnston, H. Tallis, J. Kagan, L. A. Maguire, S. Polasky, D. Urban, J. Boyd, L. Wainger, and M. Palmer. “Benefit relevant indicators: Ecosystem services measures that link ecological and social outcomes.” Ecological Indicators 85 (February 1, 2018): 1262–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.001.
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  - Hakkenberg, C. R., R. K. Peet, D. L. Urban, and C. Song. “Modeling plant composition as community continua in a forest landscape with LiDAR and hyperspectral remote sensing.” Ecological Applications : A Publication of the Ecological Society of America 28, no. 1 (January 2018): 177–90. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1638.
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  - Belote, R Travis, Matthew S. Dietz, Peter S. McKinley, Anne A. Carlson, Carlos Carroll, Clinton N. Jenkins, Dean L. Urban, Timothy J. Fullman, Jason C. Leppi, and Gregory H. Aplet. “Mapping Conservation Strategies under a Changing Climate.” Bioscience 67, no. 6 (June 2017): 494–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix028.
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  - Austin, K. G., M. E. Lee, C. Clark, B. R. Forester, D. L. Urban, L. White, P. S. Kasibhatla, and J. R. Poulsen. “An assessment of high carbon stock and high conservation value approaches to sustainable oil palm cultivation in Gabon.” Environmental Research Letters 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5437.
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  - Schwartz, N. B., D. L. Urban, P. S. White, A. Moody, and R. N. Klein. “Vegetation dynamics vary across topographic and fire severity gradients following prescribed burning in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.” Forest Ecology and Management 365 (April 1, 2016): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.01.027.
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  - Somers, K. A., E. S. Bernhardt, B. L. Mcglynn, and D. L. Urban. “Downstream Dissipation of Storm Flow Heat Pulses: A Case Study and its Landscape-Level Implications.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 52, no. 2 (April 1, 2016): 281–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12382.
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  - Wilson, Robyn S., David J. Hardisty, Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell, Michael C. Runge, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Dean L. Urban, Lynn A. Maguire, Alan Hastings, Peter J. Mumby, and Debra P. C. Peters. “A typology of time-scale mismatches and behavioral interventions to diagnose and solve conservation problems.” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 30, no. 1 (February 2016): 42–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12632.
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  - Austin, Kemen G., Prasad S. Kasibhatla, Dean L. Urban, Fred Stolle, and Jeffrey Vincent. “Reconciling oil palm expansion and climate change mitigation in Kalimantan, Indonesia.” Plos One 10, no. 5 (January 2015): e0127963. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127963.
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  - Trainor, A. M., J. R. Walters, D. L. Urban, and A. Moody. “Evaluating the effectiveness of a safe harbor program for connecting wildlife populations.” Animal Conservation 16, no. 6 (December 1, 2013): 610–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12035.
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  - Sexton, J. O., D. L. Urban, M. J. Donohue, and C. Song. “Long-term land cover dynamics by multi-temporal classification across the Landsat-5 record.” Remote Sensing of Environment 128 (January 21, 2013): 246–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.010.
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  - Thorne, L. H., D. W. Johnston, D. L. Urban, J. Tyne, L. Bejder, R. W. Baird, S. Yin, et al. “Predictive modeling of spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) resting habitat in the main Hawaiian Islands.” Plos One, July 2012.
  - Poor, Erin E., Colby Loucks, Andrew Jakes, and Dean L. Urban. “Comparing habitat suitability and connectivity modeling methods for conserving pronghorn migrations.” Plos One 7, no. 11 (January 2012): e49390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049390.
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  - Somers, K. A., E. S. Bernhardt, J. B. Grace, B. A. Hassett, E. B. Sudduth, S. Wang, and D. L. Urban. “Streams in the urban heat island: spatial and temporal variability in stream temperatures (Accepted).” Freshwater Science, 2012.
  - Lookingbill, T. R., M. E. Rocca, and D. L. Urban. “Focused assessment of scale-dependent vegetation pattern,” December 1, 2011, 111–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7390-0_7.
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  - Stephenson, N. L., P. J. Van Mantgem, A. G. Bunn, H. Bruner, M. E. Harmon, K. B. O’Connell, D. L. Urban, and J. F. Franklin. “Causes and implications of the correlation between forest productivity and tree mortality rates.” Ecological Monographs 81, no. 4 (January 1, 2011): 527–55. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-1077.1.
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  - Schick, R. S., P. N. Halpin, A. J. Read, D. L. Urban, B. D. Best, C. P. Good, J. J. Roberts, et al. “Community structure in pelagic marine mammals at large spatial scales as revealed by multivariate ordination.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 434 (2011): 165–81. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09183.
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  - Minor, E., and D. Urban. “Forest bird communities across a gradient of urban development.” Urban Ecosystems 13, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 51–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-009-0103-1.
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  - Urban, D., E. Minor, E. Treml, and R. Schick. “Graph models of habitat mosaics.” Ecol Letters, 2009.
  - Xi, W., R. K. Peet, J. K. Decoster, and D. L. Urban. “Tree damage risk factors associated with large, infrequent wind disturbances of Carolina forests.” Forestry 81, no. 3 (July 1, 2008): 317–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpn020.
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  - Minor, E. S., R. I. McDonald, E. A. Treml, and D. L. Urban. “Uncertainty in spatially explicit population models.” Biological Conservation 141, no. 4 (April 1, 2008): 956–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.032.
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  - Minor, Emily S., and Dean L. Urban. “A graph-theory framework for evaluating landscape connectivity and conservation planning.” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 22, no. 2 (April 2008): 297–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00871.x.
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  - Xi, W., R. K. Peet, and D. L. Urban. “Changes in forest structure, species diversity and spatial pattern following hurricane disturbance in a Piedmont North Carolina forest, USA.” Journal of Plant Ecology 1, no. 1 (March 1, 2008): 43–57. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtm003.
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  - Treml, E. A., P. N. Halpin, D. L. Urban, and L. F. Pratson. “Modeling population connectivity by ocean currents, a graph-theoretic approach for marine conservation.” Landscape Ecology 23, no. SUPPL. 1 (January 1, 2008): 19–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-007-9138-y.
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  - Minor, Emily S., and Dean L. Urban. “Graph theory as a proxy for spatially explicit population models in conservation planning.” Ecological Applications : A Publication of the Ecological Society of America 17, no. 6 (September 2007): 1771–82. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1073.1.
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  - Hierl, L. A., C. S. Loftin, J. R. Longcore, D. G. McAuley, and D. L. Urban. “A multivariate assessment of changes in wetland habitat for waterbirds at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Maine, USA.” Wetlands 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2007): 141–52. https://doi.org/10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[141:AMAOCI]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Gardner, R. H., and D. L. Urban. “Neutral models for testing landscape hypotheses.” Landscape Ecology 22, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-006-9011-4.
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  - Goslee, S. C., and D. L. Urban. “The ecodist package for dissimilarity-based analysis of ecological data.” Journal of Statistical Software 22, no. 7 (January 1, 2007): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v022.i07.
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  - McDonald, Robert I., Patrick N. Halpin, and Dean L. Urban. “Monitoring succession from space: A case study from the North Carolina Piedmont.” Applied Vegetation Science 10, no. 2 (2007): 193–193. https://doi.org/10.1658/1402-2001(2007)10[193:msfsac]2.0.co;2.
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  - McDonald, R. I., and D. L. Urban. “Edge effects on species composition and exotic species abundance in the North Carolina Piedmont.” Biological Invasions 8, no. 5 (July 1, 2006): 1049–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-005-5227-5.
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  - McDonald, R. I., and D. L. Urban. “Spatially varying rules of landscape change: Lessons from a case study.” Landscape and Urban Planning 74, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 7–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.08.005.
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  - Wiersma, Y. F., and D. L. Urban. “Beta diversity and nature reserve system design in the Yukon, Canada.” Conservation Biology 19, no. 4 (December 1, 2005): 1262–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00099.x.
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  - Taverna, K., D. L. Urban, and R. I. McDonald. “Modeling landscape vegetation pattern in response to historic land-use: A hypothesis-driven approach for the North Carolina Piedmont, USA.” Landscape Ecology 20, no. 6 (September 1, 2005): 689–702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-004-5652-3.
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  - Lookingbill, T. R., and D. L. Urban. “Gradient analysis, the next generation: Towards more plant-relevant explanatory variables.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35, no. 7 (July 1, 2005): 1744–53. https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-109.
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  - Bunn, A. G., L. J. Graumlich, and D. L. Urban. “Trends in twentieth-century tree growth at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains, USA.” Holocene 15, no. 4 (May 1, 2005): 481–88. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683605hl827rp.
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  - Pierce, K. B., T. Lookingbill, and D. Urban. “A simple method for estimating potential relative radiation (PRR) for landscape-scale vegetation analysis.” Landscape Ecology 20, no. 2 (February 1, 2005): 137–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-004-1296-6.
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  - Goslee, S. C., W. A. Niering, D. L. Urban, and N. L. Christensen. “Influence of environment, history and vegetative interactions on stand dynamics in a Connecticut forest.” Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132, no. 3 (January 1, 2005): 471–82. https://doi.org/10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[471:IOEHAV]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Keitt, T. H., and D. L. Urban. “Scale-specific inference using wavelets.” Ecology 86, no. 9 (January 1, 2005): 2497–2504. https://doi.org/10.1890/04-1016.
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  - Urban, D. L. “Modeling ecological processes across scales.” Ecology 86, no. 8 (January 1, 2005): 1996–2006. https://doi.org/10.1890/04-0918.
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  - Peters, D. P. C., J. E. Herrick, D. L. Urban, R. H. Gardner, and D. D. Breshears. “Strategies for ecological extrapolation.” Oikos 106, no. 3 (September 1, 2004): 627–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12869.x.
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  - Lookingbill, T., and D. Urban. “An empirical approach towards improved spatial estimates of soil moisture for vegetation analysis.” Landscape Ecology 19, no. 4 (July 20, 2004): 417–33. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:LAND.0000030451.29571.8b.
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  - King, R. S., C. J. Richardson, D. L. Urban, and E. A. Romanowicz. “Spatial dependency of vegetation-environment linkages in an anthropogenically influenced wetland ecosystem.” Ecosystems 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 75–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-003-0210-4.
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  - McDonald, R. I., and D. L. Urban. “Forest edges and tree growth rates in the North Carolina Piedmont.” Ecology 85, no. 8 (January 1, 2004): 2258–66. https://doi.org/10.1890/03-0313.
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  - Peters, D. P., J. E. Herrick, D. L. Urban, R. H. Gardner, and D. D. Breshears. “2004. Strategies for ecological extrapolation.” Oikos 106 (2004): 627–36.
  - Arge, L., J. S. Chase, P. Halpin, L. Toma, J. S. Vitter, D. Urban, and R. Wickremesinghe. “Efficient flow computation on massive grid terrain datasets.” Geoinformatica 7, no. 4 (December 1, 2003): 283–313. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025526421410.
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  - Lookingbill, T. R., and D. L. Urban. “Spatial estimation of air temperature differences for landscape-scale studies in montane environments.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 114, no. 3–4 (January 31, 2003): 141–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00196-X.
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  - McDonald, R. I., R. K. Peet, and D. L. Urban. “Spatial pattern of Quercus regeneration limitation and Acer rubrum invasion in a Piedmont forest.” Journal of Vegetation Science 14, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 441–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02170.x.
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  - Kintsch, J. A., and D. L. Urban. “Focal species, community representation, and physical proxies as conservation strategies: A case study in the Amphibolite Mountains, North Carolina, U.S.A.” Conservation Biology 16, no. 4 (August 17, 2002): 936–47. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00542.x.
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  - McDonald, R. I., R. K. Peet, and D. L. Urban. “Environmental correlates of oak decline and red maple increase in the North Carolina Piedmont.” Castanea 67, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 84–95.
  - Urban, D., S. Goslee, K. Pierce, and T. Lookingbill. “Extending community ecology to landscapes.” Ecoscience 9, no. 2 (January 1, 2002): 200–212. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2002.11682706.
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  - Acevedo, M. F., M. Ablan, D. L. Urban, and S. Pamarti. “Estimating parameters of forest patch transition models from gap models.” Environmental Modelling and Software 16, no. 7 (October 10, 2001): 649–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00034-2.
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  - Acevedo, M. F., S. Pamarti, M. Ablan, D. L. Urban, and A. Mikler. “Modeling forest landscapes: Parameter estimation from gap models over heterogeneous terrain.” Simulation 77, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2001): 53–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/003754970107700104.
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  - Toma, L., R. Wickremesinghe, L. Arge, J. S. Chase, J. S. Vitter, P. N. Halpin, and D. Urban. “Flow computation on massive grids.” Proceedings of the Acm Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, January 1, 2001, 82–87. https://doi.org/10.1145/512161.512180.
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  - Urban, D., and T. Keitt. “Landscape connectivity: A graph-theoretic perspective.” Ecology 82, no. 5 (January 1, 2001): 1205–18. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1205:LCAGTP]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Bunn, A. G., D. L. Urban, and T. H. Keitt. “Landscape connectivity: A conservation application of graph theory.” Journal of Environmental Management 59, no. 4 (January 1, 2000): 265–78. https://doi.org/10.1006/jema.2000.0373.
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  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “Modeling the effects of fire management alternatives on Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests.” Ecological Applications 10, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 85–94. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0085:MTEOFM]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Schick, R. S., and D. L. Urban. “Spatial components of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) distribution in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57, no. 11 (January 1, 2000): 2193–2200. https://doi.org/10.1139/f00-196.
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  - Urban, D. L. “Using model analysis to design monitoring programs for landscape management and impact assessment.” Ecological Applications 10, no. 6 (January 1, 2000): 1820–32. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1820:UMATDM]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Urban, D. L., C. Miller, N. L. Stephenson, and P. N. Halpin. “Forest pattern in Sierran landscapes: the physical template.” Landscape Ecology 15 (2000): 603–20.
  - Urban, D. L., C. Miller, P. N. Halpin, and N. L. Stephenson. “Forest gradient response in Sierran landscapes: the physical template.” Landscape Ecology, 2000.
  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “Connectivity of forest fuels and surface fire regimes.” Landscape Ecology 15, no. 2 (January 1, 2000): 145–54. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008181313360.
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  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “Interactions between forest heterogeneity and surface fire regimes in the southern Sierra Nevada (vol 29, pg 202, 1999).” Canadian Journal of Forest Research Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 29, no. 5 (May 1, 1999): 646–646.
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  - Hansen, A. J., and D. L. Urban. “Avian response to landscape pattern: the role of species' life histories.” Ncasi Technical Bulletin, no. 781 I (January 1, 1999): 218.
  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “Forest pattern, fire, and climatic change in the Sierra Nevada.” Ecosystems 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 76–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100219900060.
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  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “Erratum: Interactions between forest heterogeneity and surface fire regimes in the southern Sierra Nevada (Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29 (202-212)).” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29, no. 5 (January 1, 1999): 646. https://doi.org/10.1139/x98-188e.
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  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “Interactions between forest heterogeneity and surface fire regimes in the southern Sierra Nevada.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 202–12. https://doi.org/10.1139/x98-188.
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  - Miller, C., and D. L. Urban. “A model of surface fire, climate and forest pattern in the Sierra Nevada, California.” Ecological Modelling 114, no. 2–3 (January 1, 1999): 113–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00119-7.
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  - Keitt, T. H., D. L. Urban, and B. T. Milne. “Detecting critical scales in fragmented landscapes.” Ecology and Society 1, no. 1 (January 1, 1997). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-00015-010104.
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  - Keitt, T. H., D. L. Urban, and B. T. Milne. “Detecting critical scales in fragmented landscapes.” Conservation Ecology 1, no. 1 (1997).
  - Acevedo, M. F., D. L. Urban, and H. H. Shugart. “Models of forest dynamics based on roles of tree species.” Ecological Modelling 87, no. 1–3 (January 1, 1996): 267–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(94)00208-8.
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  - Weishampel, J. F., and D. L. Urban. “Coupling a spatially-explicit forest gap model with a 3-D solar routine to simulate latitudinal effects.” Ecological Modelling 86, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 101–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(94)00201-0.
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  - Acevedo, M. F., D. L. Urban, and M. Ablan. “Transition and gap models of forest dynamics.” Ecological Applications 5, no. 4 (January 1, 1995): 1040–55. https://doi.org/10.2307/2269353.
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  - Hansen, A. J., S. L. Garman, J. F. Weigand, D. L. Urban, W. C. McComb, and M. G. Raphael. “Alternative silvicultural regimes in the Pacific Northwest: Simulations of ecological and economic effects.” Ecological Applications 5, no. 3 (January 1, 1995): 535–54. https://doi.org/10.2307/1941965.
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  - Urban, D. L., M. E. Harmon, and C. B. Halpern. “Potential response of pacific northwestern forests to climatic change, effects of stand age and initial composition.” Climatic Change 23, no. 3 (March 1, 1993): 247–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091618.
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  - Coffin, D. P., and D. L. Urban. “Implications of natural history traits to system-level dynamics: comparisons of a grassland and a forest.” Ecological Modelling 67, no. 2–4 (January 1, 1993): 147–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(93)90003-B.
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  - Lauenroth, W. K., D. L. Urban, D. P. Coffin, W. J. Parton, H. H. Shugart, T. B. Kirchner, and T. M. Smith. “Modeling vegetation structure-ecosystem process interactions across sites and ecosystems.” Ecological Modelling 67, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 49–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(93)90099-E.
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  - Levine, E. R., K. J. Ranson, J. A. Smith, D. L. Williams, R. G. Knox, H. H. Shugart, D. L. Urban, and W. T. Lawrence. “Forest ecosystem dynamics: linking forest succession, soil process and radiation models.” Ecological Modelling 65, no. 3–4 (January 1, 1993): 199–219. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(93)90080-C.
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  - Van Voris, P., W. David Millard, J. Thomas, and D. Urban. “Terra-vision-the integration of scientific analysis into the decision-making process.” International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 7, no. 2 (January 1, 1993): 143–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799308901947.
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  - Hansen, A. J., and D. L. Urban. “Avian response to landscape pattern: The role of species' life histories.” Landscape Ecology 7, no. 3 (September 1, 1992): 163–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133308.
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  - Weishampel, J. F., D. L. Urban, H. H. Shugart, and J. B. Smith. “Semivariograms from a forest transect gap model compared with remotely sensed data.” Journal of Vegetation Science 3, no. 4 (January 1, 1992): 521–26. https://doi.org/10.2307/3235808.
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  - Urban, D. L., G. B. Bonan, T. M. Smith, and H. H. Shugart. “Spatial applications of gap models.” Forest Ecology and Management 42, no. 1–2 (July 31, 1991): 95–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(91)90067-6.
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  - Shugart, H. H., G. B. Bonan, D. L. Urban, W. K. Lauenroth, W. J. Parton, and G. M. Hornberger. “Computer models and long-term ecological research.” Long Term Ecological Research, January 1, 1991, 211–39.
  - Bonan, G. B., H. H. Shugart, and D. L. Urban. “The sensitivity of some high-latitude boreal forests to climatic parameters.” Climatic Change 16, no. 1 (February 1, 1990): 9–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00137344.
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  - Shugart, H. H., and D. L. Urban. “Factors affecting the relative abundances of forest tree species.” Toward a More Exact Ecology, January 1, 1989, 249–73.
  - Urban, D. L., and T. M. Smith. “Microhabitat pattern and the structure of forest bird communities.” American Naturalist 133, no. 6 (January 1, 1989): 811–29. https://doi.org/10.1086/284954.
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  - Smith, T. M., and D. L. Urban. “Scale and resolution of forest structural pattern.” Vegetatio 74, no. 2–3 (April 1, 1988): 143–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044739.
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  - Shugart, H. H., and D. L. Urban. “Scale, synthesis and ecosystem dynamics.” Concepts of Ecosystem Ecology, January 1, 1988, 279–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3842-3_14.
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- Book Sections
  - Torres, L. G., and D. Urban. “Using spatial analysis to assess bottlenose dolphins as an indicator of healthy fish habitat.” In Estuarine Indicators, 423–36, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420038187.
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- Reports
  - Olander, Lydia, Ken Bagstad, Gregory Characklis, Patrick Comer, Micah Effron, John Gunn, Tom Holmes, et al. “Data and Modeling Infrastructure for National Integration of Ecosystem Services into Decision Making: Expert Summaries.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, July 17, 2017.
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  - Olander, Lydia, Dean Urban, Robert Johnston, George Van Houtven, and James Kagan. “Proposal for Increasing Consistency When Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Decision Making.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, November 15, 2016.
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- Conference Papers
  - Urban, D. L., R. I. McDonald, E. S. Minor, and E. A. Treml. “Causes and consequences of land use change in the north carolina piedmont: the scope of uncertainty,” 239–57, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4663-4_13.
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  - Aber, J. D., E. S. Bernhardt, F. A. Dijkstra, R. H. Gardner, K. H. Macneale, W. J. Parton, S. T. A. Pickett, D. L. Urban, and K. C. Weathers. “Standards of practice for review and publication of models: Summary of discussion.” In Models in Ecosystem Science, edited by C. D. Canham, J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth, 204–10. PRINCETON UNIV PRESS, 2003.
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  - Urban, D. L. “A community-wide investment in modeling.” In Models in Ecosystem Science, edited by C. D. Canham, J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth, 466–70. PRINCETON UNIV PRESS, 2003.
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