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49
Citations
18964
World Ranking
3946
National Ranking
1377

Overview

Bruce Walker Nelson is affiliated with Amazon in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Infectious Diseases, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Forest Ecology and Management, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Recent papers by Bruce Walker Nelson include the following publications:

  • Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil, 2021, Science
  • Genomics and epidemiology of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Monitoring restored tropical forest diversity and structure through UAV-borne hyperspectral and lidar fusion, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Forest fragmentation impacts the seasonality of Amazonian evergreen canopies, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Multi-scale integration of satellite remote sensing improves characterization of dry-season green-up in an Amazon tropical evergreen forest, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Bruce Walker Nelson frequently publishes in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Nature Medicine

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Scott C. Stark, Jin Wu, Marielle N. Smith, S. R. Saleska, and Nathan Gonçalves, contributing jointly on multiple research projects.

Best Publications

  • Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests

    J. Chave;C. Andalo;S. Brown;M. A. Cairns

  • Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

    Jérôme Chave;Maxime Réjou‐Méchain;Alberto Búrquez;Emmanuel Chidumayo

  • Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil.

    Nuno R Faria;Thomas A Mellan;Charles Whittaker;Ingra M Claro

  • Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees

    T.R. Feldpausch;L. Banin;O.L. Phillips;T.R. Baker

  • Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

    T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

  • Allometric regressions for improved estimate of secondary forest biomass in the central Amazon

    Bruce W Nelson;Rita Mesquita;Jorge L.G Pereira;Silas Garcia Aquino de Souza

  • Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests.

    Jin Wu;Loren P. Albert;Aline P. Lopes;Natalia Restrepo-Coupe;Natalia Restrepo-Coupe

  • Endemism centres, refugia and botanical collection density in Brazilian Amazonia.

    Bruce W. Nelson;Carlos A. C. Ferreira;Marlene F. da Silva;Maria L. Kawasaki

  • Estimates of forest biomass in the Brazilian Amazon: New allometric equations and adjustments to biomass from wood-volume inventories

    Euler Melo Nogueira;Philip Martin Fearnside;Bruce Walker Nelson;Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa

  • Forest disturbance by large blowdowns in the Brazilian Amazon

    Bruce W. Nelson;Valerie Kapos;John B. Adams;Wilson J. Oliveira

  • The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols

    M. O. Andreae;M. O. Andreae;O. C. Acevedo;A. Araùjo;P. Artaxo

  • Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance

    Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Manuel Gloor;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Yadvinder Malhi

  • Spatial patterns of hydrology, geomorphology, and vegetation on the floodplain of the Amazon River in Brazil from a remote sensing perspective

    Leal A.K. Mertes;Darin L. Daniel;John M. Melack;Bruce Nelson

  • Wood density in dense forest in central Amazonia, Brazil

    Euler Melo Nogueira;Bruce Walker Nelson;Philip M. Fearnside

  • Natural forest disturbance and change in the Brazilian Amazon

    Bruce W. Nelson

  • Tree height in Brazil's 'arc of deforestation' : Shorter trees in south and southwest Amazonia imply lower biomass

    Euler Melo Nogueira;Bruce Walker Nelson;Philip Martin Fearnside;Mabiane Batista França

  • Genomics and epidemiology of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

    Nuno R. Faria;Nuno R. Faria;Nuno R. Faria;Thomas A. Mellan;Charles Whittaker;Ingra M. Claro

  • Wood density in forests of Brazil's 'arc of deforestation': Implications for biomass and flux of carbon from land-use change in Amazonia

    Euler Melo Nogueira;Philip Martin Fearnside;Bruce Walker Nelson;Mabiane Batista França

  • Distributary channels and their impact on sediment dispersal

    James P.M. Syvitski;Albert J. Kettner;Anna Correggiari;Bruce W. Nelson

  • Widespread Amazon forest tree mortality from a single cross-basin squall line event

    Robinson I. Negrón-Juárez;Jeffrey Q. Chambers;Jeffrey Q. Chambers;Jeffrey Q. Chambers;Giuliano Guimaraes;Hongcheng Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott R. Saleska
Scott R. Saleska University of Arizona
Michael Keller
Michael Keller US Forest Service
Scott C. Stark
Scott C. Stark Michigan State University
Philip M. Fearnside
Philip M. Fearnside National Institute of Amazonian Research
Alfredo Huete
Alfredo Huete University of Technology Sydney
Antonio O. Manzi
Antonio O. Manzi National Institute for Space Research
Natalia Restrepo-Coupe
Natalia Restrepo-Coupe University of Technology Sydney
Kaiyu Guan
Kaiyu Guan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Sassan Saatchi
Sassan Saatchi California Institute of Technology

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