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James D. Wickham
James D. Wickham
Senior Research Biologist
U.S. EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory.
Tel: (919) 541-3077
Fax: (919) 541-4329
E-mail: wickham.james@epa.gov
Education
- Ph.D. program Geography, 1996-1997, University of Tennessee
- M.A. Geography, 1984, University of Georgia
- B.S. Biology, 1982, Pennsylvania State University
- B.S. Geography, 1982, Pennsylvania State University
Current Projects
- EPA Director, Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium - Federal Agency consortium responsible for national land-cover mapping (NLCD, C-CAP, GAP, LANDFIRE).
- Recovery potential of 303(d)-listed (impaired) waters.
- Center for Landscape Pattern Analysis - international consortium (US EPA, US Forest Service, Joint Research Center (JRC) [Ispra, Italy], University of Solento [Lecce, Italy]) focused on interpretation of landscape pattern for environmental assessments.
- Landscape pattern development and interpretation for H. John Heinz Center's "State of the Nation's Ecosystems."
Appointments
- Editorial Board, Landscape Ecology, 2003-present
- Faculty of 1000 Biology, member Spatial and Landscape Ecology Section
Selected Publications (8 of 56)
Stephman, S., J. D. Wickham, T. G. Wade, and J. Smith. Designing a Multi-Objective Multi-Support Accuracy Assessment of the 2001 National Land Cover Data (NLCD 2001) of the Conterminous United States. (TIP #07-070, Journal Article), Photogrammetric Engineering and RemoteSensing. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, 74(12):1561-1571, (2008). Published 12/01/2008.
Wicham, J. D. Conterminous National Land-Cover Change Data From NLCD 1992 and NLCD 2001. EPA/600/X-08/017. (TIP # 08-140, Internal Report), Published on 10/20/2008.
Riitters, K., J. D. Wickham, and T. G. Wade. An Indicator Of Forest Dynamics Using A Shifting Landscape Mosaic. (TIP # 08-075, Journal Arctile) F. Muller (ed.), Ecological Indicators. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 8(6):1-11, (2008). Published 02/03/2008.
Wickham J.D., Riitters KH, Wade TG, and Coulston JW. 2007. Temporal change in forest fragmentation at multiple scales. Landscape Ecology 22:481-489.
Wickham J.D., Riitters KH, Wade TG, Coan M, and Homer C. 2007. The effect of Appalachian mountaintop mining on interior forest. Landscape Ecology 22:179-187.
Wickham J.D., Nash MS, Wade TG, Currey L. 2006. Statewide empirical modeling of bacterial contamination of surface waters. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42:583-591.
Wickham J.D., Riitters KH, Wade TG, and Jones KB. 2005. Evaluating the relative roles of ecological regions and land-cover composition for guiding establishment of nutrient criteria. Landscape Ecology 20:791-798.
Wickham J.D., Riitters KH, O'Neill RV, Reckhow KH, Wade TG, and Jones KB. 2001. Invited. Land cover as a framework for assessing risk of water pollution. Water Resources Journal, ST/ESCAP/SER.C/210, September, 2001, United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Republished with permission from Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36:1-6.