Ecosystems Ecology

Remote Sensing

Education

• Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of Virginia, 2016
• B.A., English, Western Carolina University, 2005

Research Interests

• Ecosystems Ecology
• Remote Sensing
• Disturbance Ecology
• Forest Ecology

Select Publications

• CW Woodhall, HL Munro, JW Atkins, BP Bullock, TR Fox, CM Hoover, SM Kinane, LT Murray, SP Prisley, JD Shaw, E Smith-Mateja, AR Weiskittle, WRL Anderegg, G Nabuurs, KA Novick, B Poulter, A Starcevic, CL Giebnik (2025) "Prioritizing Opportunities to Empower Forest Carbon Decisions Through Strategic Investment in Forest Modeling Capacity," Journal of Forestry, 123, 2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44392-
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• L Duncanson, N Humka, T Jucker, J Armston, N Harris, L Fatayinbo, CA Williams, JW Atkins, B Raczka, S Serbin, M Keller, R Dubayah, C Babcock, MA Cochrane, A Hudak, G Hurtt, PM Montesano, Lm Mosha, T Park, S saatchi, CA Silva, H Tang, R Vargas, A Science, Vol 387, Issue 6732, pp. 370-371; DOI: 10.1126/science.adt6811
• JW Atkins, KS Aho, X Chen, AJ Elmore, R Fiorella, W Luo, D Lombardozzi, C Lunch, L Manak, LX de Pablo, AN Myers-Pigg, S Record, T Qiu, S Reed, B Ruddel, B Strange, CL Torrens, K Yule, & AD Richardson (In Press) "Recommendations for developing, documenting, and distributing data products derived from NEON data," Ecosphere 16 (1), e70159; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70159
• JW Atkins, J Constanza, KM Dahlin, M Dannenberg, A Elmore, M Fitzpatrick, C Hakkenberg, BS Hardiman, A Kamoske, E LaRue, CA Silva, AEL Stovall, EK Tielens, (2023) "Scale dependency of lidar-derived forest structural diversity," Methods in Ecology in Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14040
• JW Atkins, JA Walter, AEL Stovall, RT Fahey, and CM Hough, (2022) "Power-law scaling relationships link forest complexity and canopy height across forest types," Functional Ecology 36 (3), https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1111/1365-2435.13983
• More publications from Jeff W. Atkins are available here.

Affiliations

• American Geophysical Union

Courses

• BIOL 317: Ecology
• BIOZ 317: Ecology Lab
• BIOL 591: Digital Earth