Northern Research Station
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Newtown Square, PA 19073
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Andrew Lister
Title: Research Forester
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis, National Inventory & Monitoring Applications Center
Previous Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Address: Northern Research Station
11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Phone: 610-557-4038
E-mail: Contact Andrew Lister
Education
- MS, Forest Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA: 1999
- BS, Biology and Environmental Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA: 1992
Civic & Professional Affiliations
- Ecological Society of America
- International Association of Landscape Ecologists
- Society of American Foresters 2002-present
Current Research
I worked for several years in the Techniques Development group for Northeastern Forest Inventory and Analysis, and now work in the Biometric and Geospatial Sciences group for Northern FIA. My main focus has been on spatial analysis and techniques development, including GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics. My research interests include multivariate spatial analysis, simulation studies, forest fragmentation analysis, and image classification methods.
Why is This Important
In order for Forest Inventory and Analysis to remain effective, continue to improve, and advance forest inventory science, we need to refine existing and develop new techniques. We also need to communicate to the outside world the most recent information on the status of and trends in our forests in an interesting and meaningful way. Research into techniques development and technology transfer methods advances these goals and benefits the broader forest science community.
Future Research
Recently, a monitoring branch of Northern FIA was developed. This program, which deals with the technical aspects of establishing and implementing a monitoring program, works with international, national, state and local groups interested in developing or refining their own forest monitoring program. Part of my future research in this area will be in support of this new program, and will include small area estimation, geospatial modeling, change detection methods, and monitoring network establishment. The FIA part of my research will focus on regional- and national-scale applications of FIA data to mapping projects, statistical estimation issues, accuracy assessment protocols, forest fragmentation assessments, and unique data display and presentation technologies.
Featured Publications
- Ruefenacht, B.; Finco, M.V.; Nelson, M.D.; Czaplewski, R.; Helmer, E.H.; Blackard, J. A.; Holden, G.R.; Lister, A.J.; Salajanu, D.; Weyermann, D.; Winterberger, K. 2008. Conterminous U.S. and Alaska Forest Type Mapping Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data
- Blackard, J. A.; Finco, M.V.; Helmer, E.H.; Holden, G.R.; Hoppus, M.L.; Jacobs, D.M.; Lister, A.J.; Moisen, G.G.; Nelson, M.D.; Riemann, R.; Ruefenacht, B.; Salajanu, D.; Weyermann, D.L.; Winterberger, K.C.; Brandeis, T.J.; Czaplewski, R.L.; McRoberts, R.E.; Patterson, P.L.; Tymcio, R.P. 2008. Mapping U.S. forest biomass using nationwide forest inventory data and moderate resolution information
- Lister, Andrew; Scott, Charles T. 2008. Use of space-filling curves to select sample locations in natural resource monitoring studies
- McWilliams, William H.; Cassell, Seth P.; Alerich, Carol L.; Butler, Brett J.; Hoppus, Michael L.; Horsley, Stephen B.; Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Morin, Randall S.; Perry, Charles H.; Westfall, James A.; Wharton, Eric H.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2007. Pennsylvania's Forest 2004
- Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W. 2006. Post-Modeling Histogram Matching of Maps Produced Using Regression Trees
Additional Online Publications
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Moser, Warren K.; Lister, Andrew J.; King, Susan L.; LaPoint, Elizabeth B.; et al. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations
- Lister, Andrew; Hoppus, Michael; Czaplewski, Raymond L. 2005. K-nearest neighbor imputation of forest inventory variables in New Hampshire
- Morin, Randall S.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Luzader, Eugene R.; Lister, Andrew J.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twardus, Daniel B. 2005. Mapping host-species abundance of three major exotic forest pests
- Hoppus, Michael L.; Lister, Andrew J. 2005. Measuring Forest Area Loss Over Time Using FIA Plots and Satellite Imagery
- Lister, Andrew; Riemann, Rachel; Lister, Tonya; McWilliams, Will. 2005. Northeastern Regional Forest Fragmentation Assessment: Rationale, Methods, and Comparisons With Other Studies
- Riemann, Rachel; Lister, Andrew. 2005. Regression and Geostatistical Techniques: Considerations and Observations from Experiences in NE-FIA
- Lister, Andrew; Scott, Charles; King, Susan; Hoppus, Michael; Butler, Brett ; Griffith, Douglas. 2005. Strategies for Preserving Owner Privacy in the National Information Management System of the USDA Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit
- McWilliams, William H.; Butler, Brett J.; Caldwell, Laurence E.; Griffith, Douglas M.; Hoppus, Michael L.; Laustsen, Kenneth M.; Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Metzler, Jacob W.; Morin, Randall S.; Sader, Steven A.; Stewart, Lucretia B.; Steinman, James R.; Westfall, James, A.; Williams, David A.; Whitman, Andrew; Woodall, Christopher W. 2005. The forests of Maine: 2003
- Lister, Andrew; Riemann, Rachel; Westfall, James; Hoppus, Mike. 2005. Variable Selection Strategies for Small-area Estimation Using FIA Plots and Remotely Sensed Data
- McWilliams, William H.; Alerich, Carol A.; Devlin, Daniel A.; Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Sterner, Stephen L.; Westfall, James A. 2004. Annual inventory report for Pennsylvania's forests: results from the first three years
- Lister, Andrew; Hoppus, Mike; Riemann, Rachel. 2004. Technique for ranking potential predictor layers for use in remote sensing analysis
- Wharton, Eric H.; Widmann, Richard H.; Alerich, Carol L.; Barnett, Charles H.; Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Smith, Don; Borman, Fred. 2004. The forests of Connecticut
- Wharton, Eric H.; Widmann, Richard H.; Barnett, Charles H.; Frieswyk, Thomas S.; Lister, Andrew J.; DeGeus, Bob. 2003. The forests of the Green Mountain State
- Hoppus, Michael L.; Lister, Andrew J. 2002. A statistically valid method for using FIA plots to guide spectral class rejection in producing stratification maps
- Barnett, Charles; Butler, Brett; Dolan, Paul; Dupree, Thomas; Emery, Marla; Lister, Andrew; Lister, Tonya; Ricard, Paul; Sparks, Catherine; Wharton, Eric; Widmann, Richard. 2002. Forests of Rhode Island (Part 1 of 4)
- Barnett, Charles; Butler, Brett; Dolan, Paul; Dupree, Thomas; Emery, Marla; Lister, Andrew; Lister, Tonya; Ricard, Paul; Sparks, Catherine; Wharton, Eric; Widmann, Richard. 2002. Forests of Rhode Island (Part 2 of 4)
- Barnett, Charles; Butler, Brett; Dolan, Paul; Dupree, Thomas; Emery, Marla; Lister, Andrew; Lister, Tonya; Ricard, Paul; Sparks, Catherine; Wharton, Eric; Widmann, Richard. 2002. Forests of Rhode Island (Part 3 of 4)
- Barnett, Charles; Butler, Brett; Dolan, Paul; Dupree, Thomas; Emery, Marla; Lister, Andrew; Lister, Tonya; Ricard, Paul; Sparks, Catherine; Wharton, Eric; Widmann, Richard. 2002. Forests of Rhode Island (Part 4 of 4)
- Riemann, Rachel; Lister, Andrew; Hoppus, Michael; Lister, Tonya. 2002. Fragmentation statistics for FIA: designing an approach
- Huang, Chengquan; Yang, Limin; Homer, Collin; Coan, Michael; Rykhus, Russell; Zhang, Zheng; Wylie, Bruce; Hegge, Kent; Zhu, Zhiliang; Lister, Andrew; Hoppus, Michael; Tymcio, Ronald; DeBlander, Larry; Cooke, William; McRoberts, Ronald; Wendt, Daniel; Weyermann, Dale. 2002. Synergistic use of FIA plot data and Landsat 7 ETM+ images for large area forest mapping
- Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Riemann, Rachel; Hoppus, Mike. 2002. Techniques and Considerations for FIA forest fragmentation analysis
- Hoppus, Michael L.; Riemann, Rachel I.; Lister, Andrew J.; Finco, Mark V. 2002. The effectiveness of texture analysis for mapping forest land using the panchromatic bands of Landsat 7, SPOT, and IRS imagery
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