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I am a systems ecologist with experience using large spatiotemporal datasets in combination with high performance computing and statistics to answer questions related to forest and ecosystem management. I am currently based in East Lansing, Michigan working for the Spatial and Community Ecology Lab at Michigan State University.
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In the past, I have worked with remote sensing products, in combination with data collected in the field, to investigate the impacts of forest disturbances (e.g., fire) on climate. I am currently using remotely sensed data to determine the spatial and temporal scales at which environmental variables affect biodiversity.
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Publications
Z. Liu, L. A. Cooper, and A. P. Ballantyne. 2018. Biophysical climate impacts due to fire across biomes. In press at Nature Communications.
Z. Liu, A.P. Ballantyne, L.A. Cooper. 2018. Increases in land surface temperature in response to fire in Siberian boreal forests and their attribution to biophysical processes. Geophysical Research Letters 45, no. 13: 6485-6494.
L.A. Cooper, C.C. Reed, A.P. Ballantyne. 2018. Mountain pine beetle attack faster growing lodgepole pine at low elevations in western Montana, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 427: 200-207.
C.C. Reed, A.P. Ballantyne, L.A. Cooper, A. Sala. 2018. Limited evidence for CO2-related growth enhancement in northern Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine populations across climate gradients. Global Change Biology 24, no. 9: 3922-3937.
W. Li, P. Ciais, Y. Wang, Y. Yin, S. Peng, Z. Zhu, A. Bastos, C. Yue, A.P. Ballantyne, G. Broquet, J.G. Canadell, A. Cescatti, C. Chen, L. Cooper, P. Friedlingstein, C. Le Quere, R.B. Myneni, S. Piao. 2017. Recent changes in global photosynthesis and terrestrial ecosystem respiration constrained from multiple observations. Geophysical Research Letters 45, no. 2: 1058-1068.
L. A. Cooper, A. P. Ballantyne, E. L. Landguth, and Z. A. Holden. 2017. Disturbance impacts on land surface temperature and gross primary productivity in the western United States. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 122, no. 4: 930-946.
A. Hursh, A. Ballantyne, L. A. Cooper, M. Maneta, J. Kimball, J. Watts. 2016. The sensitivity of soil respiration to soil temperature, moisture, and carbon supply at the global scale. Global Change Biology 23, no. 5: 2090- 2103.
W. Li, P. Ciais, Y. Wang, S. Peng, G. Broquet, A. Ballantyne, J. Canadell, L. Cooper, P. Friedlingstein, C. Le Quere, R. B. Myneni, G.P. Peters, S. Piao, J. Pongratz. 2016. Reducing uncertainties in decadal variability of the global carbon budget with multiple datasets. PNAS 113, no. 46: 13104-13108.
A. P. Ballantyne, R. Andres, R. Houghton, B. D. Stocker, R. Wanninkhof, W. Anderegg, L. A. Cooper, M. DeGrandpre, P. P. Tans, J. C. Miller, C. Alden, and J. W. C. White. 2015. Audit of the global carbon budget: estimate errors and their impact on uptake uncertainty. Biogeosciences 12, no. 8: 2565-2584.
Z. Liu, A.P. Ballantyne, L.A. Cooper. 2018. Increases in land surface temperature in response to fire in Siberian boreal forests and their attribution to biophysical processes. Geophysical Research Letters 45, no. 13: 6485-6494.
L.A. Cooper, C.C. Reed, A.P. Ballantyne. 2018. Mountain pine beetle attack faster growing lodgepole pine at low elevations in western Montana, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 427: 200-207.
C.C. Reed, A.P. Ballantyne, L.A. Cooper, A. Sala. 2018. Limited evidence for CO2-related growth enhancement in northern Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine populations across climate gradients. Global Change Biology 24, no. 9: 3922-3937.
W. Li, P. Ciais, Y. Wang, Y. Yin, S. Peng, Z. Zhu, A. Bastos, C. Yue, A.P. Ballantyne, G. Broquet, J.G. Canadell, A. Cescatti, C. Chen, L. Cooper, P. Friedlingstein, C. Le Quere, R.B. Myneni, S. Piao. 2017. Recent changes in global photosynthesis and terrestrial ecosystem respiration constrained from multiple observations. Geophysical Research Letters 45, no. 2: 1058-1068.
L. A. Cooper, A. P. Ballantyne, E. L. Landguth, and Z. A. Holden. 2017. Disturbance impacts on land surface temperature and gross primary productivity in the western United States. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 122, no. 4: 930-946.
A. Hursh, A. Ballantyne, L. A. Cooper, M. Maneta, J. Kimball, J. Watts. 2016. The sensitivity of soil respiration to soil temperature, moisture, and carbon supply at the global scale. Global Change Biology 23, no. 5: 2090- 2103.
W. Li, P. Ciais, Y. Wang, S. Peng, G. Broquet, A. Ballantyne, J. Canadell, L. Cooper, P. Friedlingstein, C. Le Quere, R. B. Myneni, G.P. Peters, S. Piao, J. Pongratz. 2016. Reducing uncertainties in decadal variability of the global carbon budget with multiple datasets. PNAS 113, no. 46: 13104-13108.
A. P. Ballantyne, R. Andres, R. Houghton, B. D. Stocker, R. Wanninkhof, W. Anderegg, L. A. Cooper, M. DeGrandpre, P. P. Tans, J. C. Miller, C. Alden, and J. W. C. White. 2015. Audit of the global carbon budget: estimate errors and their impact on uptake uncertainty. Biogeosciences 12, no. 8: 2565-2584.
