2016 Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2004 Bachelor of Arts, English, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Research Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, New Ellenton, SC Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biology (*affiliated appointment)
CM Gough, JW Atkins, RT Fahey, PS Curtis, G Bohrer, BS Hardiman, LJ Hickey, LE Nave, KM Neidermaier, CS Clay, JM Tallant, B Bond-Lamberty (Accepted) “Disturbance has variable effects on the structural complexity of a temperate forest landscape,” Accepted at Ecological Indicators, May 2022
JA Walter, C Buelo, ML Pace, A Besterman, JW Atkins (2022) “An algorithm for detecting and quantifying disturbance and recovery in high-frequency ecological time series,” Limnology & Oceanography Methods, https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10490
A Fotis, CE Flower, JW Atkins, CC Pinchot, S Matthews (2022) “The short-term and long-term effects of honeysuckle removal on canopy structural complexity and its implications for urban forest management,” Forest Ecology and Management.
CA Silva, A Hudak . . . JW Atkins, (2022) “Treetop: A Shiny-based Application and R Package for Extracting Forest Information from LiDAR data for Ecologists and Conservationists,” Methods in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13830 [In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric]
JW Atkins, JA Walter, AEL Stovall, RT Fahey, and CM Gough, (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
JW Atkins, AEL Stovall, CA Silva (2021) “Open-source tools in R for forestry and forest ecology,” Forest Ecology and Management 503, 119813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119813
RT Fahey, B Alveshare, JW Atkins, CM Gough, BS Hardiman, D Tanzer (2022) “An experimental approach for crown to whole-canopy defoliation in forests,” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52 (2), https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0527
CM Gough, G Bohrer, BS Hardiman, L Nave, C Vogel, JW Atkins, B Bond-Lamberty, RT Fahey, A Fotis, M Grigri, LT Haber, J Yang, C Kleinke, K Maythes, K Nadelhoffer, E Stuart-Haëntjens, P Curtis (2021) “Disturbance-accelerated succession increases the production of a temperate forest,” Ecological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2417
EM Ordway, AJ Elmore, S Kolstoe, JE Quinn, R Swanwick, M Cattau, D Taillie, SM Guiin, KD Chadwick, JW Atkins, RE Blake, M Chapman, K Cobourn, T Goulden, MR Helmus, K Hondula, C Hritz, J Jensen, JP Julian, Y Kuwayama, V Lulla, D O’Leary, DR Nelson, JP Ocon, S Pau, GE Ponce-Campos, C Portillio-Quintero, NG Pricope, RG Rivero, L Schneider, M Steele, MG Tulbure, MA Williamson, C Wilson (2021) “Leveraging the NEON Airborne Observation Platform for socio-environmental systems research,” Ecosphere 12 (6), e03640, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3640
JW Atkins, EA Agee, A Barry, KM Dahlin, K Dorheim, MS Grigri, LT Haber, LJ Hickey, AG Kamoske, K Mathes, C McGuigan, E Paris, SC Pennington, C Rodriguez, A Shafer, A Shiklomanov, J Tallant, CM Gough, B Bond-Lamberty (2021) “The fortedata R package: open-science datasets from a manipulative experiment testing forest resilience,” Earth Systems Science Data 13, 943–952. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-943-2021
JA Walter, AEL Stovall, JW Atkins (2021) “Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity in the Great Smoky Mountains,” Ecosphere 12 (3), e03390, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3390
LaRue, E, J Rohr, J Knott, WK Dodds, KM Dahlin, JH Thorp, JS Johnson, MI Rodriguez Gonzalez, BS Hardiman, M Keller, RT Fahey, JW Atkins, F Tromboni, MD SanClements, GG Parker, J Liu, S Fei (2021) “The evolution of macrosystem biology,” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19 (1), 11-19, https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2288
JW Atkins, AEL Stovall, X Yang (2020) “Mapping Temperate Forest Phenology Using Tower, UAV, and Ground-Based Sensors,” Drones 4 (3), 56: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones4030056
CM Gough, JW Atkins and others (2020) “Forest structural complexity and biomass predict first-year carbon cycling responses to disturbance” Ecosystems, 37: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00544-1
CM Gough, JW Atkins, RT Fahey, BS Hardiman, E LaRue, (Accepted) “Community and structural constraints on the complexity of eastern North American forests,” Global Ecology and Biogeography: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13180
AN Shiklomanov, B Bond-Lamberty, JW Atkins, CM Gough (2020) “Structure and parameter uncertainty in centennial projections of forest community structure and carbon cycling.” Global Change Biology: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15164
MS Grigri, JW Atkins, C Vogel, B Bond-Lamberty, CM Gough (2020) Aboveground wood productiction is sustained in the first growing season after phloem-disrupting disturbance.” Forests 11 (12), 1306: https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121306
EA LaRue, FW Wagner, S Fei, JW Atkins, RT Fahey, CM Gough, BS Hardiman (In Press) “Compatibility of Aerial and Terrestrial LiDAR for Quantifying Forest Structural Diversity” In press at Remote Sensing
JW Atkins, RT Fahey, BS Hardiman, L Haber, E Stuart-Haëntjens, E LaRue, B McNeil, D Orwig, AES Stovall, J Tallant, CM Gough (In Press) A Multidimensional Approach is Needed to Detect and Differentiate Moderate Disturbance” In press at Ecosphere
LaRue, E, W Dodds, J Rohr, K Rose, F Tromboni, BS Hardiman, J Johnson, K Dahlin, JW Atkins, RT Fahey, JH Thorp, M Rodriguez, M SanClements, G Parker (In Press) “Nature and future of macrosystems biology” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Wales, S, M Kreider, JW Atkins, C Hulshof, RT Fahey, L Nave, K Nadelhoffer, CM Gough (2020) “Stand Age, Disturbance History, and the Temporal Stability of Forest Production,” Forest Ecology and Management 460, 117865.
Fahey, RT, JW Atkins, JL Campbell, LE Rustad, M Duffy, CT Driscoll, TJ Fahey, PG Shaberg (2020) “Effects of an Experimental Ice Storm on Forest Canopy Structure,” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50 (999), 136-145. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2019-0276 PDF
Fahey, RT, JW Atkins, CM Gough, BS Hardiman, L Nave, J Tallant, K Nadelhoffer, C Vogel, C Scheuermann, E Stuart-Haentjens, LM Haber, A Fotis, R Ricart, P Curtis (In Press) “Defining a spectrum of integrative trait-based vegetation canopy structural types” In press at Ecology Letters
Gough, CM, JW Atkins, RT Fahey, BS Hardiman (2019) “High rates of primary production in structurally complex forests.” In press at Ecology
Hickey, LJ, JW Atkins, RT Fahey, MT Kreider, CM Gough (2019) “Contrasting development of canopy structure and primary production in planted and naturally regenerated red pine forests.” Forests, 10 (7), 566. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070566
Atkins, JW and E Agee (2019) “Phenological and structural linkages to seasonality inform productivity relationships in the amazon rainforest.” New Phytologist 222 (3), 1165-1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15783
JW Atkins, HE Epstein, DL Welsch (2018) “Characterization of understory shrub expansion in a West Virginia watershed from 1986 – 2011 using Landsat derived vegetation indices.” Ecosphere, 9 (10). DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2404
JW Atkins, G Bohrer, RT Fahey, BH Hardiman, T Morin, A Stovall, N Zimmerman, CM Gough (2018) “ Quantifying forest and canopy structural complexity metrics from terrestrial LiDAR data using the forestr R package” Methods of Ecology and Evolution 9 (10), 2057-2066. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13061
JW Atkins, RT Fahey, BH Hardiman, CM Gough (2018) “Canopy structural complexity predicts forest canopy light absorption at plot to sub-continental scales” JGR-Biogeosciences 123 (4), 1387-1405. DOI: 10.1001/2017/JG004256
EA LaRue, JW Atkins, K Dahlin, RT Fahey, S Fei, CM Gough, BS Hardiman (2018) “Linking Landsat to terrestrial LiDAR: Vegetation metrics of forest greenness are correlated with canopy structural complexity” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 73, 420-427. DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2018.07.001
RT Fahey, C Kern, Y Dickinson, B Alveshere, CM Gough, BH Hardiman, W Keeton, K Puettmann, M Saunders, JW Atkins, C Webster, J Burton, A Larson, A D’Amato, B Palik (2018) “Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and siliviculture” Forest Ecology and Management 421, 59-71. DOI: 10.1061/j.foreco.2018.01.011
JW Atkins, HE Epstein, DL Welsch (2017) “Seasonal and inter-annual variability in litter decomposition and nitrogen availability in a mid-Appalachian watershed.” Ecosphere 8 (9). DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1908
JA Walter, JC Neblett, JW Atkins, HE Epstein (2017) “Regional and watershed scale analysis of current and future suitable habitat for red spruce in the central Appalachian Mountains.” Plant Ecology 218 (3), 305-316. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0687-5
####2015 JW Atkins, HE Epstein, DL Welsch (2015) “Vegetation and elevation influence the timing and magnitude of soil CO2 efflux in a humid, topographically complex watershed.” Biogeosciences 12 (10), 2975-2994. DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2975-2015
JW Atkins (2020) “Interdisciplinary applications of LiDAR remote sensing: Where have we been and where can we go?” SESYNC Leveraging NEON for Socio-Environmental Synthesis Feb 10-12, 2020, Annapolis, MD (Invited)
JW Atkins (2019) “Across scales: understanding ecosystem function by quantifying structure.” Oak Ridge National Lab (Invited)
JW Atkins (2019) “Podcasting and science communication,” Science Communication Graduate Seminar at Iowa State University (Invited)
JW Atkins (2019) “Ecological Informatics: From Sensors to Synthesis,” Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Invited)
JW Atkins (2019) “Integration across scales: ecological informatics and novel sensor applications to address the “big” questions,” Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Seminar Series, Purdue University (Invited)
Jw Atkins (2019) “Ecological Informatics: From Sensors to Synthesis,” Education Seminar Series, Purdue University (Invited)
JW Atkins (2018) “Forest structure and function relationships at the continental scale,” Biology Seminar Series, Virginia Commonwealth University (Invited)
JW Atkins, RT Fahey, BS Hardiman, CM Gough (2018) “The Forests and the Trees” Forest Growth and Water-Use Symposium at the University of Virginia
JW Atkins, RT Fahey, CM Gough, BS Hardiman (2017) “Using portable canopy LiDAR (PCL) to measure canopy structural complexity: forest structure-function relationships at the continental scale” The Royal Society, The Terrestrial Laser Scanning Revolution in Forest Ecology
JW Atkins, RT Fahey, CM Gough, BS Hardiman (2016) “Canopy structural complexity as a continental predictor of primary production: Using NEON to transform understanding of forest structure-function” 2016 American Geophysical Union, abstract #B51I-07
Atkins, JW (2016) ”Carbon cycling in a humid watershed in West Virginia”, Biology Seminar Series, Virginia Commonwealth University (Invited)
Atkins, JW (2016) ”Where you are on the land matters . . . at least some times,” Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL special session “Up-Goer Five Challenge: Using Common Language to Communicate Science”
Atkins, JW, CM Gough, P Buckaveckas, M Beck (2016) “Canopy complexity and chronic nitrogen amendments constrain the primary production of a Mid-Atlantic forest: A long-term study at the nexus of environmental and ecological change” Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Atkins, JW, AM Riscassi (2015) “Impact of episodic acidification events on brook trout in Shenandoah National Park,” Robert J. Huskey Research Exhibition, University of Virginia
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