Southern
Research Station

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Sciences in Ecology, 2016

University of Virginia

B.A. English in Literature, 1999

Western Carolina University

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar, Virginia Commonwealth University

2016—2020

Field Scientist, Shenandoah Watershed Study/University of Virginia

2011—2019

Professional Organizations

• American Geophysical Union (AGU), (2012—Current)

Awards and Recognition

Trout Unlimited Award, 2014

Presented by the Trout Unlimited Virginia Area Council

Featured Publications and Products

• Atkins, Jeff W.; Walter, Jonathan A.; Stovall, Atticus E. L.; Fahey, Robert T.; Gough, Christopher M. 2022. Power law scaling relationships link canopy structural complexity and height across forest types.
• Silva, Carlos Alberto; Hudak, Andrew T.; Vierling, Lee A.; Valbuena, Ruben ; Cardil, Adrian ; Mohan, Midhun ; de Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves; Broadbent, Eben N.; Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M.; Wilkinson, Ben ; Sharma, Ajay ; Drake, Jason B.; Medley, Paul B.; Vogel, Jason G.; Prata, Gabriel Atticciati; Atkins, Jeff W.; Hamamura, Caio ; Jonson, Daniel J.; Klauberg, Carine . 2022. Treetop: A shiny‐based application and R package for extracting forest information from LiDAR data for ecologists and conservationists.

Publications

• Rocha, Kleydson Diego; Silva, Carlos Alberto; Cosenza, Diogo N.; Mohan, Midhun ; Klauberg, Carine ; Schlickmann, Monique Bohora; Xia, Jinyi ; Leite, Rodrigo V; de Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves; Atkins, Jeff W.; Cardil, Adrian ; Rowell, Eric ; Parsons, Russ ; Sanchez-Lopez, Nuria ; Prichard, Susan J.; Hudak, Andrew T. 2023. Crown-level structure and fuel load characterization from airborne and terrestrial laser scanning in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forest ecosystem.
• Walter, Jonathan A.; Buelo, Cal D.; Besterman, Alice F.; Tassone, Spencer J.; Atkins, Jeff W.; Pace, Michael L. 2022. An algorithm for detecting and quantifying disturbance and recovery in high‐frequency time series.
• Fahey, Robert; Tanzer, Danielle; Alveshere, Brandon; Atkins, Jeff; Gough, Christopher; Harfiman, Brady. 2022. An experimental approach for crown to whole-canopy defoliation in forests.
• Gough, Christopher M.; Atkins, Jeff W.; Fahey, Robert T.; Curtis, Peter S.; Bohrer, Gil ; Hardiman, Brady S.; Hickey, Laura J.; Nave, Lucas E.; Niedermaier, Kerstin M.; Clay, Cameron ; Tallant, Jason M.; Bond-Lamberty, Ben . 2022. Disturbance has variable effects on the structural complexity of a temperate forest landscape.
• Atkins, Jeff W.; Stovall, Atticus E.L.; Alberto Silva, Carlos . 2022. Open-Source tools in R for forestry and forest ecology.
• Fotis, Alexander ; Flower, Charles E.; Atkins, Jeff W.; Pinchot, Cornelia C.; Rodewald, Amanda D.; Matthews, Stephen . 2022. The short-term and long-term effects of honeysuckle removal on canopy structure and implications for urban forest management.

Research Highlights

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