Skip to Content
Report an accessibility problem
Trisalyn Nelson

Trisalyn Nelson

trisalyn@ucsb.edu

Biography

Trisalyn Nelson's research develops and uses spatial and spatial-temporal analyses to address applied questions in a wide range of fields from ecology to health. Currently, her research focuses on two areas: wildlife movement and active transportation. Her research team is developing new GIScience approaches to quantifying movement, particularly from wildlife telemetry data, and applying methods to better understand conservation strategies for grizzly bears. Most recently, Nelson has led the creation of www.BikeMaps.org, a web-map and App to gather volunteered geographic information on cycling collisions and near misses. Nelson's research team uses BikeMaps.org and other crowdsourced data to quantify and monitor patterns of urban cycling safety and ridership.

Nelson enjoys working collaboratively and has worked with over 100 co-authors on >110 publications. She has secured $13.2 million research dollars ($9.3 million jointly and $3.9 solely) and been the primary supervisor of 24 graduate students. She is particularly energized by working with industry partners to develop and solve applied research questions. She has partnered with software companies, mapping agencies, urban planning consultants, police departments, and insurance agencies. She also works with cities and national governments on issues ranging from safe cycling to forest management. 

Nelson was at the University of Victoria in Geography from 2005 to 2016. There she founded and directed the Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research (SPAR) Lab, was Director of the Geomatics Program, and held the Lansdowne Research Chair in Spatial Sciences.

Education

  • PhD, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2005
  • MS, Geography, University of Victoria, 2001
  • BS (with distinction/honours/co-op), Geography, University of Victoria, 1998

Expertise

Journal Articles

2018

Conrow, L., E. Wentz, T. Nelson and C. Pettit. 2018. Comparing spatial patterns of crowdsourced and conventional bicycling datasets. Applied Geography 92(Mar):21-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.01.009. (link )

2016

Branion-Calles, M. C., T. A. Nelson and G. Martin. 2016. Adjusting local alcohol consumption data for influence of tourist. Journal of Substance Use 1-9. DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2016.1140235. (link )

Jestico, B., T. Nelson and M. Winters. 2016. Mapping ridership with crowdsourced cycling data. Journal of Transport Geography 52(Apr):90-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.03.006. (link )

Kite, R., T. A. Nelson, G. Stenhouse and C. Darimont. 2016. A movement-driven approach to quantifying grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) near-road movement patterns in west-central Alberta, Canada. Biological Conservation 195(Mar):24-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.020. (link )

Konzack, M., T. McKetterick, T. Ophelders, M. Buchin, L. Giuggioli, J. A. Long, T. A. Nelson, M. A. Westenberg and K. Buchin. 2016. Visual analytics of delays and interaction in movement data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2016.1199806. (link )

Perez, L., T. Nelson, N. C. Coops, F. Fontana and C. R. Drever. 2016. Characterization of spatial relationships between three remotely sensed indirect indicators of biodiversity and climate: A 21-years’ data series review across the Canadian boreal forest. International Journal of Digital Earth 9(2): 676-696. DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2015.1116623. (link )

Powers, R. P., N. C. Coops, T. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2016. Evaluating nature reserve design efficacy in the Canadian boreal forest using time series AVHRR data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 42(3):171-189. DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2016.1171065. (link )

Thompson, S. D., T. A. Nelson, I. Giesbrecht, G. Frazer and S. C. Saunders. 2016. Data-driven regionalization of forested and non-forested ecosystems in coastal British Columbia with LiDAR and RapidEye imagery. Applied Geography 69(Apr):35-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.02.002. (link )

2015

Andrew, M. E., M. A. Wulder, T. A. Nelson and N. C. Coops. 2015. Spatial data, analysis approaches, and information needs for spatial ecosystem service assessments: A review. GIScience & Remote Sensing 52(3):344-373. DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2015.1033809. (link )

Branion-Calles, M. C., T. A. Nelson and S. B. Henderson. 2015. A geospatial approach to the prediction of indoor radon vulnerability in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.20. (link )

Branion-Calles, M. C., T. A. Nelson and S. B. Henderson. 2015. Evaluation of different radon guideline values based on characterization of ecological risk and visualization of lung cancer mortality trends in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Public Health 15:1144. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2438-2.. (link )

Brooks, R., T. A. Nelson, K. Amolins and C. B. Hall. 2015. Semi-automated building footprint extraction from orthophotos. Geomatica 69(2):231-244. DOI: 10.5623/cig2015-206. (link )

Fitterer, J. L. and T. A. Nelson. 2015. A review of the statistical and quantitative methods used to study alcohol-attributable crime. PLOS One 10(9):e0139344. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139344. (link )

Fitterer, J. L., T. A. Nelson and F. S. Nathoo. 2015. Predictive crime mapping. Police Practice and Research 16(2):121-135. DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2014.972618. (link )

Fitterer, J. L., T. A. Nelson and T. Stockwell. 2015. A review of existing studies reporting the negative effects of alcohol access and positive effects of alcohol control policies on interpersonal violence. Frontiers in Public Health 3:Art. 253. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00253. (link )

Holmes, K. R., N. C. Coops, T. A. Nelson and F. M. Fontana. 2015. Indicators of vegetation productivity under a changing climate in British Columbia, Canada. Applied Geography 56(Jan):135-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.020. (link )

Long, J. A. and T. Nelson. 2015. Home range and habitat analysis using dynamic time geography. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(3):481-490. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.845. (link )

Long, J. A., S. L. Webb, T. A. Nelson and K. L. Gee. 2015. Mapping areas of spatial-temporal overlap from wildlife tracking data. Movement Ecology 3:38. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-015-0064-3. (link )

Nelson, T. A. 2015. Book Review: Statistical analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal point patterns, Third Edition. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 29(4):690-696. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2014.937718. (link )

Nelson, T. A., T. Denouden, B. Jestico, K. Laberee and M. Winters. 2015. BikeMaps.org: A global tool for collision and near miss mapping. Frontiers in Public Health 3:Art. 53. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00053. (link )

Nelson, T., J. A. Long, K. Laberee and B. P. Stewart. 2015. A time geographic approach for delineating areas of sustained wildlife use. Annals of GIS 21(1):81-90. DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2014.992366. (link )

Perez, L., T. A. Nelson, M. Bourbonnais and A. Ostry. 2015. Modelling the potential impact of climate change on agricultural production in the province of British Columbia. Energy and Environment Research 5(1):49-62. DOI: 10.5539/eer.v5n1p49 . (link )

Sorenson, A. A., G. B. Stenhouse, M. L. Bourbonnais and T. A. Nelson. 2015. Effects of habitat quality and anthropogenic disturbance on grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) home range fidelity. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93(11):857-865. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2015-0095. (link )

Suarez, C., T. Nelson and K. Laberee. 2015. Cosine: A tool for constraining spatial neighborhoods in marine environments. Geomatica 69(1):95-111. DOI: 10.5623/cig2015-107. (link )

Thompson, S. D., T. A. Nelson, J. C. White and M. A. Wulder. 2015. Mapping dominant tree species over large forested areas using Landsat best-available-pixel image composites. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 41(3):203-218. DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2015.1065708. (link )

2014

Andrew, M. E., M. A. Wulder and T. A. Nelson. 2014. Potential contributions of remote sensing to ecosystem service assessments. Progress in Physical Geography 38(3):328-353. DOI: 10.1177/0309133314528942. (link )

Bourbonnais, M. L., T. A. Nelson, M. R. Cattel, C. T. Darimont, G. B. Stenhouse and D. M. Janz. 2014. Environmental factors and habitat use influence body condition of individuals in a species at risk, the grizzly bear. Conservation Physiology 1(cou43):. DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou043. (link )

Bourbonnais, M. L., T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2014. Geographic analysis of the impacts of mountain pine beetle infestation on forest fire ignition. The Canadian Geographer 58(2):188-202. DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2013.12057.x. (link )

Coops, N. C., F. Fontana, G. K. Harvey, T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2014. Monitoring of a national -scale indirect indicator of biodiversity using a long time-series of remotely sensed imagery. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 40(3):179-191. DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2014.945826. (link )

Laberee, K., T. A. Nelson, B. P. Stewart, T. McKay and G. B. Stenhouse. 2014. Oil and gas infrastructure and the spatial pattern of grizzly bear habitat selection in Alberta, Canada. The Canadian Geographer 58(1):79-94. DOI: 10.1111/cag.12066. (link )

Long, J. A., T. A. Nelson and F. S. Nathoo. 2014. Toward a kinetic-based probabilistic time geography. International Journal of Geeographical Information Science 28(5):855-874. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2013.818151. (link )

Long, J. A., T. A. Nelson, S. L. Webb and K. L. Gee. 2014. A critical examination of indices of dynamic interaction for wildlife telemetry studies. Journal of Animal Ecology 83(5):1216-1233. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12198. (link )

Nelson, T. A., N. C. Coops, M. A. Wulder, L. Perez, J. Fitterer, R. Powers and F. Fontana. 2014. Predicting climate change impacts to the Canadian boreal forest. Diversity 6(1):133-157. DOI: 10.3390/d6010133. (link )

Rickbeil, G. J., N. C. Coops, M. E. Andrew, D. K. Bolton, N. Mahony and T. A. Nelson. 2014. Assessing conservation regionalization schemes: Employing a beta diversity metric to test the environmental surrogacy approach. Diversity and Distributions 20(5):503-514. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12146. (link )

Rickbeil, G. J., N. C. Coops, M. C. Drever and T. A. Nelson. 2014. Assessing coastal species distribution models through the integration of terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric data. Journal of Biogeography 41(8):1614-1625. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12340. (link )

Robertson, C., J. A. Long, F. S. Nathoo, T. A. Nelson and C. C. Plouffe. 2014. Assessing quality of spatial models using the structural similarity index and posterior predictive checks. Geographical Analysis 46(1):53-74. DOI: 10.1111/gean.12028. (link )

Robertson, C. and T. A. Nelson. 2014. An overview of spatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases. The Professional Geographer 66(4):579-588. DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2014.907702. (link )

White, C. F., N. C. Coops, W. Nijland, T. Hilker, T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder, S. E. Nielsen and G. Stenhouse. 2014. Characterizing a decade of disturbance events using Landsat and MODIS satellite imagery in western Alberta, Canada for grizzly bear management. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 40(4):336-347. DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2014.987082. (link )

2013

Andrew, M. E., T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder, G. W. Hobart, N. C. Coops and C. J. Farmer. 2013. Ecosystem classifications based on summer and winter conditions. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185(4):3057-3075. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2773-z. (link )

Bone, C., J. C. White, M. A. Wulder, C. Robertson and T. A. Nelson. 2013. Impact of forest fragmentation on patterns of mountain pine beetle-caused tree mortality. Forests 4(2):279-295. DOI: 10.3390/f4020279. (link )

Bone, C., M. A. Wulder, J. C. White, C. Robertson and T. A. Nelson. 2013. GIS-based risk rating of forest insect outbreaks using aerial overview surveys and the local Moran's I statistic. Applied Geography 40(Jun):161-170. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.02.011. (link )

Bourbonnais, M. L., T. A. Nelson, M. R. Cattet, C. T. Darimont and G. Stenhouse. 2013. Spatial analysis of factors influencing long-term stress in the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) population of Alberta, Canada. PLOS One 8(12):e83768. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083768. (link )

Fitterer, J. L., T. A. Nelson, N. C. Coops, M. A. Wulder and N. A. Mahony. 2013. Exploring the ecological processes driving geographical patterns of breeding bird richness in British Columbia, Canada. Ecological Applications 23(4):888-903. DOI: 10.1890/12-1225.1. (link )

Holmes, K. R., T. A. Nelson, N. C. Coops and M. A. Wulder. 2013. Biodiversity indicators show climate change will alter vegetation in parks and protected areas. Diversity 5(2):352-373. DOI: 10.3390/d5020352. (link )

Long, J. A. and T. A. Nelson. 2013. A review of quantitative methods for movement data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 27(2):292-318. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.682578. (link )

Long, J. A. and T. A. Nelson. 2013. Measuring dynamic interaction in movement data. Transactions in GIS 17(1):62-77. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01353.x. (link )

Powers, R. P., N. C. Coops, J. L. Morgan, M. A. Wulder, T. A. Nelson, C. R. Drever and S. G. Cumming. 2013. A remote sensing approach to biodiversity assessment and regionalization of the Canadian boreal forest. Progress in Physical Geography 37(1):36-62. DOI: 10.1177/0309133312457405. (link )

Powers, R. P., N. C. Coops, T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder and C. R. Drever. 2013. Integrating accessibility and intactness into large-area conservation planning in the Canadian boreal forest. Biological Conservation 167(Nov):371-379. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.032. (link )

Stewart, B. P., T. A. Nelson, K. Laberee, S. E. Nielsen, M. A. Wulder and G. Stenhouse. 2013. Quantifying grizzly bear selection of natural and anthropogenic edges. Journal of Wildlife Management 77(5):957-964. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.535. (link )

2012

Fitterer, J. L., T. A. Nelson, N. C. Coops and M. A. Wulder. 2012. Modelling the ecosystem indicators of British Columbia using Earth observation data and terrain indices. Ecological Indicators 20(Sep):151-162. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.024. (link )

Gralewicz, N. J., T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2012. Factors influencing national scale wildfire susceptibility in Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 265(Feb):20-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.031. (link )

Gralewicz, N. J., T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2012. Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfire ignitions in Canada from 1980 to 2006. International Journal of Wildland Fire 21(3):230-242. DOI: 10.1071/WF10095#sthash.BlmFEFtf.dpuf. (link )

Long, J. A. and T. A. Nelson. 2012. Time geography and wildlife home range delineation. Journal of Wildlife Management 76(2):407-413. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.259. (link )

Long, J. A., C. Robertson, F. S. Nathoo and T. A. Nelson. 2012. A Bayesian space-time model for discrete spread processes on a lattice. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 3(2):151-162. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2012.04.008. (link )

Morrison, K. T., T. A. Nelson, F. S. Nathoo and A. Ostry. 2012. Application of Bayesian spatial smoothing models to assess agricultural self-sufficiency. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 26(7):1213-1229. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.633491. (link )

Nelson, T. A. 2012. Trends in spatial statistics. The Professional Geographer 64(1):83-94. DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.578540. (link )

Nelson, T. A. and C. Robertson. 2012. Refining spatial neighbourhoods to capture terrain effects. Ecoloigical Processes 1:3. DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-1-3. (link )

Robertson, C., T. A. Nelson and C. Stephen. 2012. Spatial epidemiology of suspected clinical leptospirosis in Sri Lanka. Epidemiology & Infection 140(4):731-743. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001014. (link )

Service, C. N., T. A. Nelson, P. C. Paquet, W. S. McInnes and C. T. Darlmont. 2012. Pipelines and parks: Evaluating external risks to protected areas from the proposed Northern Gateway Oil Transport Project. Natural Areas Journal 32(4):367-376. DOI: 10.3375/043.032.0404. (link )

Smulders, M., T. A. Nelson, D. E. Jelinski, S. E. Nielsen, G. Stenhouse and K. Laberee. 2012. Quantifying spatial-temporal patterns in wildlife ranges using STAMP: A grizzly bear example. Applied Geography 35(1-2):124-131. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.06.009. (link )

Stewart, B. P., T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder, S. E. Nielsen and G. Stenhouse. 2012. Impact of disturbance characteristics and age on grizzly bear habitat selection. Applied Geography 34(May):614-625. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.03.001. (link )

2011

Long, J. A., S. L. Hazlitt, T. A. Nelson and K. Laberee. 2011. Estimating 30-year change in coastal old-growth habitat for a forest-nesting seabird in British Columbia, Canada. Endangered Species Research 14:49-59. DOI: 10.3354/esr00341. (link )

Morrison, K. T., T. A. Nelson and A. S. Ostry. 2011. Mapping spatial variation in food consumption. Applied Geography 31(4):1262-1267. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.11.020. (link )

Morrison, K. T., T. A. Nelson and A. S. Ostry. 2011. Methods for mapping local food production capacity form agricultural statistics. Agricultural Systems 104(6):491-499. DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.03.006. (link )

Nelson, T. A., S. N. Gillanders, J. Harper and M. Morris. 2011. Nearshore aquatic habitat monitoring: A seabid imaging and mapping approach. Journal of Coastal Research 27(2):348-355. DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00110.1. (link )

Nelson, T. A., C. P. Laroque and D. J. Smith. 2011. Detecting spatial connections within a dendrochronological network on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Dendrochronologia 29(1):49-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.08.002. (link )

Robertson, C., K. Sawford, W. S. Gunawardana, T. A. Nelson, F. S. Nathoo and C. Stephen. 2011. A hidden Markov model for analysis of frontline veterinary data for emerging zoonotic disease surveillance. PLOS One 6(9):e24833. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024833. (link )

2010

Coops, N. C., S. N. Gillanders, M. A. Wulder, S. E. Gergel, T. A. Nelson and N. R. Goodwin. 2010. Assessing changes in forest fragmentation following infestation using time series Landsat imagery. Forest Ecology and Management 259(12):2355-2365. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.008. (link )

Farmer, C. J., T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder and C. Derksen. 2010. Identification of snow cover regimes through spatial and temporal clustering of satellite microwave brightness temperatures. Remote Sensing of Environment 114(1):199-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.002. (link )

Long, J. A., T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2010. Characterizing forest fragmentation: Distinguishing change in composition from configuration. Applied Geography 30(3):426-435. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.12.002. (link )

Long, J. A., T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2010. Local indicators for categorical data: Impacts of scaling decisions. The Canadian Geographer 54(1):15-28. DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00300.x. (link )

Long, J., T. Nelson and M. Wulder. 2010. Regionalization of landscape pattern indices using multivariate cluster analysis. Environmental Management 46(1):134-142. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9510-6. (link )

Robertson, C. and T. A. Nelson. 2010. Review of software for space-time disease surveillance. International Journal of Health Geographics 9:16. DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-16. (link )

Robertson, C., T. A. Nelson, Y. C. MacNab and A. B. Lawson. 2010. Review of methods for space-time disease surveillance. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 1(2-3):105-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2009.12.001. (link )

Robertson, C., K. Sawford, S. L. Daniel, T. A. Nelson and C. Stephen. 2010. Mobile phone–based infectious disease surveillance system, Sri Lanka. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16(10):1524-1531. DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.100249.. (link )

Smulders, M., T. A. Nelson, D. E. Jelinski, S. E. Nielsen and G. Stenhouse. 2010. A spatially explicit method for evaluating accuracy of species distribution models. Diversity and Distributions 16(6):996-1008. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00707.x. (link )

Wulder, M. A., S. M. Ortlepp, J. C. White, T. A. Nelson and N. C. Coops. 2010. A provincial and regional assessment of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia: 1999-2008. Journal of Environmental Informatics 15(1):1-13. DOI: 10.3808/jei. (link )

2009

Farmer, C. J., T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder and C. Derksen. 2009. Spatial-temporal patterns of snow cover in western Canada. The Canadian Geographer 53(4):473-487. DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00283.x. (link )

Nelson, T. A., D. Duffus, C. Robertson, K. Laberee and L. J. Feyrer. 2009. Spatial-temporal analysis of marine wildlife. Journal of Coastal Research II(56):1537-1541. (link )

Robertson, C., C. J. Farmer, T. A. Nelson, I. K. Mackenzie, M. A. Wulder and J. C. White. 2009. Determination of the compositional change (1999–2006) in the pine forests of British Columbia due to mountain pine beetle infestation. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 158(1-4):593-608. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0607-9. (link )

Robertson, C., T. A. Nelson, D. E. Jelinski, M. A. Wulder and B. Boots. 2009. Spatial-temporal analysis of species range expansion: The case of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Journal of Biogeography 36(8):1446-1458. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02100.x. (link )

Stewart, B. P., M. A. Wulder, G. J. McDermid and T. A. Nelson. 2009. Disturbance capture and attribution through the integration of Landsat and IRS-1C imagery. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 35(6):523-533. DOI: 10.5589/m10-006. (link )

Wulder, M. A., B. P. Stewart, M. E. Andrew, M. Smulders, T. A. Nelson, N. C. Coops and G. Stenhouse. 2009. Remote sensing derived edge location, magnitude, and class transitions for ecological studies. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 35(6):509-522. DOI: 10.5589/m10-007. (link )

Wulder, M. A., J. C. White, D. Grills, T. A. Nelson, N. C. Coops and T. Ebata. 2009. Aerial overview survey of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia: Communication of impacts. Journal of Ecosystems & Management 10(1):Open Access. (link )

2008

Berland, A., T. Nelson, G. Stenhouse, K. Graham and J. Cranston. 2008. The impact of landscape disturbance on grizzly bear habitat use in the Foothills Model Forest, Alberta, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 256(11):1875-1883. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.019. (link )

Goodwin, N. R., N. C. Coops, M. A. Wulder, S. Gillanders, T. A. Schroeder and T. Nelson. 2008. Estimation of insect infestation dynamics using a temporal sequence of Landsat data. Remote Sensing of Environment 112(9):3680-3689. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.005. (link )

Lightowlers, C., T. Nelson, E. Setton and C. P. Keller. 2008. Determining the spatial scale for analyzing mobile measurements of air pollution. Atmospheric Environment 42(23):5933-5937. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.03.033. (link )

Nelson, T. A. and B. Boots. 2008. Detecting spatial hot spots in landscape ecology. Ecography 31(5):556-566. DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05548.x. (link )

Nelson, T. A., D. A. Duffus, C. Robertson and L. J. Feyrer. 2008. Spatial-temporal patterns in intra-annual gray whale foraging: Characterizing interactions between predators and prey in Clayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Marine Mammal Science 24(2):356-370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00190.x. (link )

Robertson, C., M. A. Wulder, T. A. Nelson and J. C. White. 2008. Risk rating for mountain pine beetle infestation of lodgepole pine forests over large areas with ordinal regression modelling. Forest Ecology and Management 256(5):900-912. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.054. (link )

2007

Nelson, T. A., B. Boots, M. A. Wulder and A. L. Carroll. 2007. Environmental characteristics of mountain pine beetle infestation hot spots. Journal of Ecosystems & Management 8(1):Open Access. (link )

Robertson, C., T. A. Nelson and B. Boots. 2007. Mountain pine beetle dispersal: The spatial-temporal interactions of infestation. Forest Science 53(3):395-405. (link )

Robertson, C., T. A. Nelson, B. Boots and M. A. Wulder. 2007. STAMP: Spatial-temporal analysis of moving polygons. Journal of Geographical Sciences 9(3):207-227. DOI: 10.1007/s10109-007-0044-2. (link )

Wulder, M. A., T. A. Nelson, C. Derksen and D. Seemann. 2007. Snow cover variability across central Canada (1978-2002) derived from satellite passive microwave data. Climatic Change 82(1-2):113-130. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9148-9. (link )

Wulder, M. A., T. A. Nelson and D. Seemann. 2007. Using spatial pattern to quantify relationship between samples, surroundings, and populations. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 131(1-3):221-230. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9470-8. (link )

Wulder, M. A., J. C. White, N. C. Coops, T. Nelson and B. Boots. 2007. Using local spatial autocorrelation to compare outputs from a forest growth model. Ecological Modelling 209(2-4):264-276. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.033. (link )

2006

Dymond, C. C., M. A. Wulder, T. L. Shore, T. A. Nelson, B. Boots and B. G. Riel. 2006. Evaluation of risk assessment of mountain pine beetle infestations. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 21(1):5-13. (link )

Nelson, T., B. Boots, K. J. White and A. C. Smith. 2006. The impact of treatment on mountain pine beetle infestation rates. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 7(2):20-36. (link )

Nelson, T., B. Boots and M. A. Wulder. 2006. Large-area mountain pine beetle infestations: Spatial data representation and accuracy. The Forestry Chronicle 82(2):243-252. DOI: 10.5558/tfc82243-2. (link )

Nelson, T., B. Boots, M. A. Wulder, T. Shore, L. Safranyik and T. Ebata. 2006. Rating the susceptibility of forests to mountain pine beetle infestations: The impact of data. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(11):2815-2825. DOI: 10.1139/x06-163. (link )

Wulder, M. A., J. C. White, C. C. Dymond, T. Nelson, B. Boots and T. L. Shore. 2006. Calculating the risk of mountain pine beetle attack: A comparison of distance- and density-based estimates of beetle pressure. Journal of Environmental Informatics 8(2):58-69. DOI: 10.3808/jei.200600077. (link )

2005

Leckie, D. G., F. A. Gougeon, S. Tinis, T. Nelson, C. N. Burnett and D. Paradine. 2005. Automated tree recognition in old growth conifer stands with high resolution digital imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 94(3):311-326. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.10.011. (link )

Leckie, D. G., S. Tinis, T. Nelson, C. Burnett, F. A. Gougeon, E. Cloney and D. Paradine. 2005. Issues in species classification of trees in old growth conifer stands. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 31(2):125-190. DOI: 10.5589/m05-004. (link )

Nelson, T. and B. Boots. 2005. Identifying insect infestation hot spots: An approach using conditional spatial randomization. Journal of Geographical Systems 7(3-4):291-311. DOI: 10.1007/s10109-005-0005-6. (link )

Nelson, T., B. Boots and M. A. Wulder. 2005. Techniques fpr accuracy assessment of tree locations extracted from remotely sensed imagery. Journal of Environmental Management 74(3):265-271. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.10.002. (link )

Nelson, T., H. G. Wilson, B. Boots and M. A. Wulder. 2005. Use of ordinal cnversion for radiometric normalization and change detection. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26(3):535-541. DOI: 10.1080/01431160512331314065. (link )

2004

Nelson, T., M. Wulder and R. Feick. 2004. Predicting forest age classes from high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery using Voronoi polygon aggregation. GeoInformatics 8(2):143-155. DOI: 10.1023/B:GEIN.0000017745.92969.31. (link )

Wulder, M. A., J. C. White, K. O. Niemann and T. Nelson. 2004. Comparison of airborne and satellite high spatial resolution data for the identification of individual trees with local maxima filtering. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(11):2225-2232. DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001659252. (link )

2002

Nelson, T., K. Niemann and M. A. Wulder. 2002. Spatial statistical techniques for aggregating point objects extracted from high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery. Journal of Geographical Systems 4(4):423-433. DOI: 10.1007/s101090300092. (link )

2001

Nelson, T., M. Wulder and K. O. Niemann. 2001. Spatial resolution implications of digitizing aerial photography for environmental applications. The Imaging Science Journal 49(4):223-232. (link )

1999

Carter, R., S. LeRoy, T. Nelson, C. P. Laroque and D. J. Smith. 1999. Dendroglaciological investigations at Hilda Creek rock glacier, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Geographie Physique et Quarternaire 53(3):365-371. DOI: 10.7202/004777aradresse copiéeune erreur s'est produite. (link )

Book Chapters

2015

Lawrence, H., C. Robertson, R. Feick and T. A. Nelson. 2015. Identifying the optimal study areas and spatial aggregation units for point-based VGI from multiple sources. Pp. 65-84 In: Harvey, F. and Y. Leung eds., Advances in Spatial Data Handling and Analysis: Select Papers from the 16th IGU Spatial Data Handling Symposium. Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19950-4_5. ISBN: 978-3-319-19949-8. (link )

2011

Nelson, T. A. 2011. Quantifying wildlife home range changes. Pp. Chapter 13 In: Krejcar, O. ed., Modern Telemetry. INTECH. DOI: 10.5772/23978. ISBN: 978-953-307-415-3. (link )

Reports

2009

Nelson, T. A., J. A. Long and K. Laberee. 2009. Change in Available Marbled Murrelet Nesting Habitat from 1978 to 2008 in British Columbia, Canada. Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research Lab, Department of Geography. Report Prepared for the Integrated Land Management Bureau, Victoria, BC (link )

Working Papers

2009

Long, J. A., T. A. Nelson and M. A. Wulder. 2009. Preliminary Analysis on the Regionalization of Landscape Pattern Indices using Multivariate Cluster Analysis. MPBI Project #7.32 (link )

Report Chapters

2012

Laberee, K., B. P. Stewart, T. A. Nelson, T. McKay, J. A. Long and G. Stenhouse. 2012. Grizzly bear movement in relation to oil and gas activities. Pp. 43-57 (Chapter 4) In: McKay, T. and G. Stenhouse eds., Grizzly Bear Response to Oil and Gas Activities in Alberta 2011 Final Report: Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund. Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program. 2011 Final Report 09-9163-50. (link )

Laberee, K., B. Stewart, T. Nelson, T. McKay, G. Stenhouse and A. Saxena. 2012. Grizzly bear use of habitat containing oil and gas development and activities. Pp. 5-25 (Chapter 2) In: McKay, T. and G. Stenhouse eds., Grizzly Bear Response to Oil and Gas Activities in Alberta 2011 Final Report: Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund. Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program. Final Report 09-9163-50. (link )

2011

Wulder, M., N. Coops, T. Hilker, C. Bater, T. Nelson and B. P. Stewart. 2011. Chapter 12: Remote sensing report on mountain pine beetle/grizzly bear project 2010/2011. Pp. 126-159 In: Stenhouse, G. B. and K. Graham eds., Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program 2010 Annual Report. Annual (link )