Eric J. Gustafson
Title: Research Landscape Ecologist
Unit: Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies: Theory and Application of Scaling Science in Forestry
Address: NRS
5985 Highway K
Rhinelander, WI 54501-9128
Phone: 715-362-1152
E-mail: Contact Eric J. Gustafson
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Education
- Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. 1992. Landscape Ecology.
- M.S. SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. 1983. Wildlife Ecology.
- B.S. Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, Biology Department. 1978. Biology.
Civic & Professional Affiliations
Ecological Society of America, 1983 - present
International Association for Landscape Ecology, 1990 - present
US Chapter, International Association for Landscape Ecology, 1990 - present
International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Landscape Ecology Working Party, 1996 - present
Current Research
- I developed a timber harvest simulation (HARVEST), which allows scientists to simulate timber management strategies in a spatially explicit manner through time. I am using HARVEST to study the cumulative effects of the various objectives of multiple landowners across an entire landscape.
- I helped develop the LANDIS forest succession and disturbance model. I am working with other scientists to study the interactions among human and natural disturbances to determine the risk of wildfire within large landscapes
Why is This Important
This is important to help managers account for complex spatial and ecological interactions as they plan management strategies for large landscapes. These decision-support models allow managers to predict how proposed management options are likely to play out over large areas and long time periods.
Future Research
Use LANDIS to compare the effects of climate change on disturbance regimes, forest composition, and spatial pattern in North American and Siberian boreal and sub-boreal forests.
Featured Publications
- Sturtevant, Brian R; Miranda, Brian R; Shinneman, Douglas J; Gustafson, Eric J; Wolter, Peter T. 2012. Comparing modern and presettlement forest dynamics of a subboreal wilderness: Does spruce budworm enhance fire risk?. Ecological Applications. 22: 1278-1296.
- Gustafson, Eric J. 2012. D. McKenzie, C. Miller and D.A. Falk, eds. The Landscape Ecology of Fire [book review]. Landscape Ecology. 27: 925-926.
- Shvidenko, Anatoly Z.; Gustafson, Eric; McGuire, A. David; Kharuk, Vjacheslav I.; Schepaschenko, Dmitry G.; Shugart, Herman H.; Tchebakova, Nadezhda M.; Vygodskaya, Natalia N.; Onuchin, Alexander A.; Hayes, Daniel J.; McCallum, Ian; Maksyutov, Shamil; Mukhortova, Ludmila V.; Soja, Amber J.; Belelli-Marchesini, Luca; Kurbatova, Julia A.; Oltchev, Alexander V.; Parfenova, Elena I.; Shuman, Jacquelyn K. 2012. Terrestrial ecosystems and their change. Chapter 6. In: Groisman, P.Y.; Gutman, G., eds. Regional environmental changes in Siberia and their global consequences. Springer Environmental Science and Engineering: 171-249. DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4569-8_6.
- Gustafson, Eric; Shvidenko, Anatoly; Scheller, Robert; Sturtevant, Brian. 2011. Effectiveness of forest management strategies to mitigate effects of global change in Siberia. In: 26th annual landscape ecology symposium. Sustainability in dynamic landscapes; 2011 April 3-7; Portland, Oregon. U.S. International Association for Landscape Ecology: 71-72. Abstract.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Shvidenko, Anatoly Z.; Scheller, Robert M. 2011. Effectiveness of forest management strategies to mitigate effects of global change in south-central Siberia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 1405-1421.
Additional
Online Publications
- Gustafson, Eric J. 2011. Publishing landscape ecology research in the 21st Century. Landscape Ecology. 26: 1351-1354.
- Gustafson, Eric J. 2010. Ecological restoration [book review]. Landscape Ecology. 25: 1303-1304.
- Gustafson, Eric; Shvidenko, Anatoly D.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Scheller, Robert M. 2010. Predicting global change effects on forest biomass and composition in south-central Siberia. Ecological Applications. 20(3): 700-715. Abstract.
- Gustafson, Eric. 2010. US-IALE Presidency: The Gustafson administration, 2002-2004. In: US-IALE 25th annual landscape ecology symposium. Is what humans do natural; 2010 April 5-9; Athens, GA.: 83. Abstract.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Shvidenko, Anatoly Z.; Scheller, Robert M. 2010. Using LANDIS II to study the effects of global change in Siberia. In: 7th Annual Research Review Symposium; 2010 Feb 23; Cloquet, MN. UMN Cloquet Forestry Center.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Shvidenko, Anatoly S.; Scheller, Robert M. 2010. Using landscape disturbance and succession models to support forest management. In: Li, Chao; Lafortezza, Raffaele; Chen, Jiquan. Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation, Challenges and Solutions for Global Change. Dordrecht, The Netherlands; Springer: 99-118. Chapter 5.
- Miranda, Brian R.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Yang, Jian; Gustafson, Eric J. 2009. Comparing fire spread algorithms using equivalence testing and neutral landscape models. Landscape Ecology. 24: 587-598.
- Shvidenko, A.; Gustafson, E. 2009. Forest forming process and dynamic vegetation models under global change. In: Ecological and Geographic Aspects of Forest Forming Process, Proceedings of the All-Russian Conference with International Participation; 2009 September 23-25; Krasnoyarsk, Russia: 19-22. [in Russian].
- Scheller, Robert M.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Ward, Brendan C.; Mladenoff, David J. 2009. Increasing the reliability of ecological models using modern software engineering techniques. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 8(5): 253-260.
- Sturtevant, Brian R.; Miranda, Brian R.; Yang, Jian; He, Hong S.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Scheller, Robert M. 2009. Studying fire mitigation strategies in multi-ownership landscapes: balancing the management of fire-dependent ecosystems and fire risk. Ecosystems. 12: 445-461.
- Yang, Jian; He, Hong S.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Miranda, Brian R.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2008. Comparing effects of fire modeling methods on simulated fire patterns and succession: a case study in the Missouri Ozarks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 1290-1302.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Loehle, Craig. 2008. How will the changing industrial forest landscape affect forest sustainability?. Journal of Forestry. October/November: 380-387.
- Zollner, Patrick A.; Roberts, L. Jay; Gustafson, Eric J.; He, Hong S.; Radeloff, Volker. 2008. Influence of forest planning alternatives on landscape pattern and ecosystem processes in northern Wisconsin, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 254: 429-444.
- Scheller, Robert M.; Domingo, James B.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Williams, Jeremy S.; Rudy, Arnold; Gustafson, Eric J.; Mladenoff, David J. 2007. Design, development, and application of LANDIS-II, a spatial landscape simulation model with flexible temporal and spatial resolution. Ecological Modelling. 201: 409?419.
- Gustafson, Eric J. 2007. Relative influence of the components of timber harvest strategies on landscape pattern. Forest Science. 53(5): 556-561.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Lytle, David E.; Swaty, Randy; Loehle, Craig. 2007. Simulating the cumulative effects of multiple forest management strategies on landscape measures of forest sustainability. Landscape Ecology. 22: 141?156.
- Yang, Jian; Healy, Hong S.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2007. Spatial patterns of modern period human-caused fire occurrence in the Missouri Ozark Highlands. Forest Science. 53(1): 1-15.
- Kramer, Daniel Boyd; Polasky, Stephen; Starfield, Anthony; Palik, Brian; Westphal, Lynn; Snyder, Stephanie; Jakes, Pamela; Hudson, Rachel; Gustafson, Eric. 2006. A Comparison of Alternative Strategies for Cost-Effective Water Quality Management in Lakes. Environmental Management Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 411-425
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Loehle, Craig. 2006. Effects of parcelization and land divestiture on forest sustainability in simulated forest landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management. 236: 305?314.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Roberts, L. Jay; Leefers, Larry A. 2006. Linking linear programming and spatial simulation models to predict landscape effects of forest management alternatives. Journal of Environmental Management. 81: 339?350.
- Radeloff, Volker C.; Mladenoff, David J.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Scheller, Robert M.; Zollner, Patrick A.; Heilman, Hong S.; Akcakaya, H. Resit. 2006. Modeling forest harvesting effects on landscape pattern in the Northwest Wisconsin Pine Barrens. Forest Ecology and Management 236: 113?126.
- Bergen, Kathleen M.; Brown, Daniel G.; Rutherford, James F.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2005. Change detection with heterogeneous data using ecoregional stratification, statistical summaries and a land allocation algorithm. Remote Sensing of Environment 97: 434-446.
- He, Hong S.; Li, Wei; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Yang, Jian; Shang, Bo Z.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Mladenoff, David J. 2005. LANDIS 4.0 users guide. LANDIS: a spatially explicit model of forest landscape disturbance, management, and succession. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-263. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 93 p.
- Zollner, Patrick A.; Gustafson, Eric J.; He, Hong S.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Mladenoff, David J. 2005. Modeling the Influence of Dynamic Zoning of Forest Harvesting on Ecological Succession in a Northern Hardwoods Landscape. Environmental Management Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 410-425
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Potts, Robert. 2005. The relationship between environmental amenities and changing human settlement patterns between 1980 and 2000 in the Midwestern USA . Landscape Ecology (2005) 20:773-789
- Yang, Jian; He, Hong S.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2004. A hierarchical fire frequency model to simulate temporal patterns of fire regimes in LANDIS. Ecological Modelling. 180: 119-133
- Sturtevant, Brian R.; Zollner, Patrick A.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Cleland, David T. 2004. Human influence on the abundance and connectivity of high-risk fuels in mixed forests of northern Wisconsin, USA. Landscape Ecology 19: 235?253, 2004.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Zollner, Patrick A.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Hong, S. He; Mladenoff, David J. 2004. Influence of forest management alternatives and land type on susceptibility to fire in northern Wisconsin, USA. Landscape Ecology 19: 327-341, 2004.
- Sturtevant, Brian R.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Li, Wei; He, Hong S. 2004. Modeling biological disturbances in LANDIS: a module description and demonstration using spruce budworm. Ecological Modelling 180 (2004) 153?174
- Sturtevant, Brian R.; Gustafson, Eric J.; He, Hong S. 2004. Modeling disturbance and succession in forest landscapes using LANDIS: introduction. Ecological Modelling 180 (2004) 1?5
- Gardner, Robert H.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2004. Simulating dispersal of reintroduced species within heterogeneous landscapes. Ecological Modelling 171 (2004) 339?358
- He, Hong S.; Shang, Bo Z.; Crow, Thomas R.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Shifley, Stephen R. 2004. Simulating forest fuel and fire risk dynamics across landscapes--LANDIS fuel module design. Ecological Modelling. 180: 135?151.
- Potts, Robert; Gustafson, Eric; Stewart, Susan I.; Thompson, Frank R.; Bergen, Kathleen; Brown, Daniel G.; Hammer, Roger; Radeloff, Volker; Bengston, David; Sauer, John; Sturtevant, Brian. 2004. The Changing Midwest Assessment: land cover, natural resources, and people. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-250. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 87 p.
- Leefers, Larry A.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Freeman, Phillip. 2003. Linking Temporal-Optimization and Spatial-Simulation Models for Forest Planning. In: Arthaud, Greg J.; Barrett, Tara M., eds. Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium; Snowmass Village, CO. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers: 165-173
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Lietz, Sue M.; Wright, John L. 2003. Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Aspen Growth Potential in the Upper Great Lakes Region. Forest Science 49(4):499-508
- Euskirchen, Eugénie; Chen, Jiquan; Gustafson, Eric J.; Ma, Siyan. 2003. Soil Respiration at Dominant Patch Types within a Managed Northern Wisconsin Landscape. Ecosystems 6:595-607
- Euskirchen, Eugenie S.; Chen, Jiquan; Gustafson, Eric J.; Ma, Siyan. 2003. Soil respiration at dominant patch types within a managed northern Wisconsin landscape. Ecosystems (2003) 6: 595?607
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Rasmussen, Luke V.; Leefers, Larry A. 2003. Spec2Harv: Converting Spectrum output to HARVEST input. HARVEST for Windows: User's Guide 1-11
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Rasmussen, Luke V. 2002. Assessing the spatial implications of interactions among strategic forest management options using a Windows-based harvest simulator.. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 33:179-196.
- Gustafson, Eric; Nestler, John; Gross, Louis; Reynolds, Keith M.; Yaussy, Daniel; Maxwell, Thomas P.; Dale, Virginia H. 2002. Evolving Approaches and Technologies to Enhance the Role of Ecological Modeling in Decision Making. In: Dale, Virginia H., ed. Ecological Modeling for Resource Management. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag: Chapter 8: 135-164
- Euskirchen, Eugenie S.; Chen, Jiquan; Li, Harbin; Gustafson, Eric J.; Crow, Thomas R. 2002. Modeling landscape net ecosystem productivity (LandNEP) under alternative management regimes. Ecological Modelling 154 (2002) 75?91
- Hong, S. He; Mladenoff, David J.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2002. Study of landscape change under forest harvesting and climate warming-induced fire disturbance. Forest Ecology and Management 155 (2002) 257?270
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Murphy, Nathan L.; Crow, Thomas R. 2001. Using a GIS model to assess terrestrial salamander response to alternative forest management plans. Journal of Environmental Management (2001) 63, 281?292
- Twery, Mark J. ; Rauscher, H. Michael; Bennett, Deborah J.; Thomasma, Scott A.; Stout, Susan L.; Palmer, James F.; Hoffman, Robin E.; DeCalesta, David S.; Gustafson, Eric; Cleveland, Helene; Grove, J. Morgan; Nute, Donald; Kim, Geneho; Kollasch, R. Peter. 2000. NED-1: integrated analyses for forest stewardship decisions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 27 (2000) 167-193
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Mladenoff, David J.; Nimerfro, Kevin K.; He, Hong S. 2000. Spatial simulation of forest succession and timber harvesting using LANDIS. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Vol. 30 no. 1.:p. 32-43. (2000)
- Fauth, Peter T.; Gustafson, Eric J.; Rabenold, Kerry N. 2000. Using landscape metrics to model source habitat for Neotropical migrants in the midwestern U.S.. Landscape Ecology. Vol. 15. p. 621-631. (2000)
- Shifley, Steven R.; Thompson, Frank R., III; Larsen, David R.; Mladenoff, David J.; Gustafson, Eric J. 2000. Utilizing inventory information to calibrate a landscape simulation model. In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 549-561.
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Crow, Thomas R. 1999. HARVEST: linking timber harvesting strategies to landscape patterns. Spatial modeling of forest landscape change: approaches and applications. 309-332. (1999)
- Gustafson, Eric J. 1998. Clustering Timber Harvests and the Effects of Dynamic Forest Management Policy on Forest Fragmentation. Ecosystems. Vol. 1 no. 1.:p. 482-492. (1998)
- Gustafson, Eric J. 1998. Quantifying Landscape Spatial Pattern: What Is the State of the Art?. Ecosystems. Vol. 1 no. 1.:p. 143-156. (1998)
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Crow, Thomas R. 1998. Simulating spatial and temporal context of forest management using hypothetical landscapes. Environmental Management 22:777-787.
- Tang, Swee May; Gustafson, Eric J. 1997. Perception of scale in forest management planning: Challenges and implications. Landscape and Urban Planning 39 (1997) l-9
- Gustafson, Eric J. 1996. Expanding the scale of forest management: allocating timber harvests in time and space. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol. 87 no. 1.:p. 27-39. (1996)
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Crow, Thomas. 1996. Simulating the Effects of Alternative Forest Management Strategies on Landscape Structure. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol. 46 no. 1.:p. 77-94. (1996)
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Crow, Thomas R. 1994. Modeling the effects of forest harvesting on landscape structure and the spatial distribution of cowbird brood parasitism. Landscape Ecology. Vol. 9 no. 4.:p. 237-248. (1994)
- Gustafson, Eric J.; Parker, George R. 1994. Using an index of habitat patch proximity for landscape design. Landscape and Urban Planning 29 (1994) 117-130
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