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I am a systems ecologist and data scientist 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. 2019. Biophysical climate impacts due to fire across biomes. Nature Communications 10, no. 1: 214.
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.
