Publications

Dr. Todd Lookingbill
Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment
Assistant Professor of Biology
Profile
Presentations
Biogeography and Landscape Ecology. HHMI Research Introduction, October 21, 2010.
Selected Publications
Articles
Suarez-Rubio, M., T. Lookingbill, & A. Elmore. 2012. Exurban development derived from Landsat from 1986 to 2009 surrounding the District of Columbia, USA. Remote Sensing Environment. 124:360-370 doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.029
Suarez-Rubio, M., T. Lookingbill, & L. Wainger. 2012. Modeling exurban development near Washington, DC, USA: Comparison of a pattern-based model and a spatially-explicit econometric model. Landscape Ecology. 27: 1045-1061 doi:10.1007/s10980-012-9760-1
Minor, E.S. and T.R. Lookingbill. 2010. Multiscale network analysis of protected-area connectivity for mammals in the United States. Conservation Biology 24:1549-1558
Lookingbill, T.R., A.J. Elmore, K.A.M. Engelhardt, J.B. Churchill, J.E. Gates, & J.B. Johnson. 2010. Influence of wetland networks on bat activity in mixed-use landscapes. Biological Conservation 143:974-983
Lookingbill, T.R., R.H. Gardner, J.R. Ferrari & C. Keller. 2010. Combining a dispersal model with network theory to assess habitat connectivity. Ecological Applications 22:427-441.
Minor, E.S., S.M. Tessel, K.A.M. Engelhardt & T.R. Lookingbill. 2009. The role of landscape connectivity in assembling exotic plant communities: a network analysis. Ecology 90:1802-1809
Townsend, P.A., T.R. Lookingbill, C.C. Kingdon, & R.H. Gardner. 2009. Spatial pattern analysis for monitoring protected areas. Remote Sensing Environment 113:1410-1420.
Ferrari, J.R., & T.R. Lookingbill. 2009. Initial conditions and their effect on invasion velocity across heterogeneous landscapes. Biological Invasions 11:1247-1258.
Ferrari J., T. Lookingbill, B. McCormick, P. Townsend & K. Eshleman. 2009. Surface mining and reclamation efforts on flood response of watersheds in the Central Appalachian Plateau region. Water Resources Research 45, W00407.
Lookingbill, T.R., S.S. Kaushal, A.J. Elmore, R.H. Gardner, K.N. Eshleman, R.H. Hilderbrand, R.P. Morgan, W.R. Boynton, M.A. Palmer & W.C. Dennison. 2009. Altered ecological flows blur boundaries in urbanizing watersheds. Ecology and Society 14: 10. Full Article.
Lookingbill, T., R. Gardner, P. Townsend & S. Carter. 2007. Conceptual models as hypotheses in monitoring urban landscapes. Environmental Management 40:171-182.
Dennison, W., T. Lookingbill, T. Carruthers, J. Hawkey & S. Carter. 2007. An eye opening approach to integrated environmental assessments. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:307-314.
Ferrari, J., T. Lookingbill & M. Neel. 2007. Two measures of landscape-graph connectivity: assessment across gradients in area and configuration. Landscape Ecology 22:1315-1323.
Lookingbill, T. & D. Urban. 2005. Gradient analysis, the next generation: Towards more plant-relevant explanatory variables. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:1744-1753.
Lookingbill, T. & D. Urban. 2003. Spatial estimation of air temperature differences for landscape-scale studies in montane environments. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 114:141-151.
Urban, D., S. Goslee, K. Pierce, & T. Lookingbill. 2002. Extending community ecology to landscapes. Ecoscience 9:200-212.
Lookingbill, T. & M. Zavala. 2000. Spatial pattern of Quercus ilex nd Quercus pubescens recruitment in Pinus halepensis dominated woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 11:607-612.
Chapters
Lookingbill, T., J. Schmit, & S. Carter. 2012. GRTS and graphs: Monitoring natural resources in urban landscapes. Pages 361-380 in R. Gitzen, J. Millspaugh, A. Cooper and D. Licht, eds. Design and Analysis of Long-ter Ecological Monitoring Studies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Lookingbill, T., Rocca, M. & D. Urban. 2011. Focused assessment of scale-dependent vegetation pattern. Pages 111-138 in A. Drew, Y. Wiersma, and F. Huettmann, eds. Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology. Springer Press, New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7390-0_7
Education
Ph.D., Duke University
B.A., Princeton University
Areas of Expertise
Landscape EcologyProtected Areas Management
Natural Resource Monitoring Design and Assessment
Forest Community Ecology