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41
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5871
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5894
National Ranking
1999

Overview

Michael S. Ross is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable emphasis on ecological and earth-surface processes.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their research explores various subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

The main topics of their work focus on coastal and ecological dynamics, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Several recent papers illustrate the range and impact of their research:

  • "A Research Framework to Integrate Cross-Ecosystem Responses to Tropical Cyclones" (2020), published in BioScience
  • "Evidence of economical territory selection in a cooperative carnivore" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Satellite Image-Based Time Series Observations of Vegetation Response to Hurricane Irma in the Lower Florida Keys" (2020), published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • "Salinity legacy: Foliar microbiome's history affects mutualist-conferred salinity tolerance" (2022), published in Ecology
  • "Delineation of Tree Patches in a Mangrove-Marsh Transition Zone by Watershed Segmentation of Aerial Photographs" (2020), published in Remote Sensing

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Wetlands
  • Ecosphere
  • BioScience
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Estuaries and Coasts

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications are:

  • Susana L. Stoffella
  • Jay P. Sah
  • Suresh C. Subedi
  • Rosario Vidales
  • John F. Meeder

Best Publications

  • Mapping Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park with SRTM Elevation Data

    Marc Simard;Keqi Zhang;Victor H. Rivera-Monroy;Michael S. Ross

  • The Southeast Saline Everglades revisited: 50 years of coastal vegetation change.

    M.S. Ross;J.F. Meeder;J.P. Sah;P.L. Ruiz

  • Estimating above-ground biomass and production in mangrove communities of Biscayne National Park, Florida (U.S.A.)

    Michael S. Ross;Pablo L. Ruiz;Guy J. Telesnicki;John F. Meeder

  • A community analysis of sal (Shorea robusta) forests in the western Terai of Nepal

    Nilesh Timilsina;Michael S. Ross;Joel T. Heinen

  • Sea‐Level Rise and the Reduction in Pine Forests in the Florida Keys

    Michael S. Ross;Joseph J. O'Brien;Leonel da Silveira Lobo Sternberg

  • Sea level rise and South Florida coastal forests

    Amartya K. Saha;Sonali Saha;Jimi Sadle;Jiang Jiang

  • Sediment and Nutrient Deposition Associated with Hurricane Wilma in Mangroves of the Florida Coastal Everglades

    Edward Castañeda-Moya;Robert R. Twilley;Victor H. Rivera-Monroy;Keqi Zhang

  • Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests

    J.P. Sah;M.S. Ross;S. Koptur;J.R. Snyder

  • Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

    Fabien H. Wagner;Bruno Hérault;Damien Bonal;Clément Stahl;Clément Stahl

  • Disturbance and the rising tide: the challenge of biodiversity management on low-island ecosystems

    Michael S Ross;Joseph J O'Brien;R Glenn Ford;Keqi Zhang

  • Interaction of hydrology and nutrient limitation in the Ridge and Slough landscape of the southern Everglades

    Michael S. Ross;Sherry Mitchell-Bruker;Jay P. Sah;Stuart Stothoff

  • Ecological site classification of Florida keys terrestrial habitats

    Michael S. Ross;Joseph J. O'Brien;Laura J. Flynn

  • Accuracy assessment of ASTER, SRTM, ALOS, and TDX DEMs for Hispaniola and implications for mapping vulnerability to coastal flooding

    Keqi Zhang;Daniel Gann;Michael Ross;Quin Robertson

  • Remote sensing of seasonal changes and disturbances in mangrove forest: a case study from South Florida

    Keqi Zhang;Bina Thapa;Michael S. Ross;Daniel Gann

  • δ15N Studies of Nitrogen Use by the Red Mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L. in South Florida

    B. Fry;A.L. Bern;M.S. Ross;J.F. Meeder

  • Rapid responses of vegetation to hydrological changes in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

    Thomas V. Armentano;Jay P. Sah;Michael S. Ross;David T. Jones

  • Seasonal and successional changes in light quality and quantity in the understory of boreal forest ecosystems

    Michael S. Ross;Lawrence B. Flanagan;George H. La Roi

  • Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the subtropical zone: a case study from south Florida

    Michael S. Ross;Pablo L. Ruiz;Jay P. Sah;Erin J. Hanan

  • Vegetation:environment relationships and water management in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park

    Michael S. Ross;David L. Reed;Jay P. Sah;Jay P. Sah;Pablo L. Ruiz

  • Water relations of coastal plant communities near the ocean/freshwater boundary.

    Leonel da Silveira Lobo Sternberg;Naomi Ish-Shalom-Gordon;Michael Ross;Joseph O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph J. O'Brien
Joseph J. O'Brien US Forest Service
Marc Simard
Marc Simard California Institute of Technology
Robert R. Twilley
Robert R. Twilley Louisiana State University
Fred H. Sklar
Fred H. Sklar South Florida Water Management District
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy Louisiana State University
Suzanne Koptur
Suzanne Koptur Florida International University
Yuncong Li
Yuncong Li University of Florida
Kaiyu Guan
Kaiyu Guan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evelyn E. Gaiser
Evelyn E. Gaiser Florida International University

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