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Overview

Sandra Brown is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research covers multiple interconnected subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change, Epidemiology, and Equine studies.

Their scientific output includes recent publications that address diverse topics within environmental and veterinary research. Notable papers published by Sandra Brown include "Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forest Edge Degradation: Gold Mining in Guyana as a Case Study" (2020) in Forests, and "Hyperglycaemia and glucosuria in a Polish-Arabian foal with an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt" (2025) in Veterinary Record Case Reports. These works reflect a multidisciplinary approach intersecting forest ecology with veterinary case studies.

Their research extensively explores topics that involve the management and ecology of forest ecosystems, with particular attention to forest biomass utilization and fire effects on ecosystems. Additionally, their veterinary research focuses on liver disease diagnosis and treatment, equine medical research, and aspects of muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Frequent publication venues for Sandra Brown include:

  • Forests
  • Veterinary Record Case Reports

Their contributions highlight the following main topics of work:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition

Sandra Brown has collaborated with several coauthors including:

  • Abu Rushed Jamil Mahmood
  • Katherine M. Goslee
  • T. Pearson
  • Hansrajie Sukhdeo
  • Daniel N.M. Donoghue

These collaborations contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of their work, spanning environmental changes and veterinary sciences. Their research engages with global environmental challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions related to forest degradation as well as clinical veterinary cases involving equine physiology.

Best Publications

  • Carbon pools and flux of global forest ecosystems.

    R. K. Dixon;A. M. Solomon;S. Brown;R. A. Houghton

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

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

  • Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents.

    Sassan S Saatchi;Nancy L Harris;Sandra Brown;Michael A Lefsky

  • Monitoring and estimating tropical forest carbon stocks: making REDD a reality

    Holly K Gibbs;Sandra Brown;John O Niles;Jonathan A Foley

  • Biomass Estimation Methods for Tropical Forests with Applications to Forest Inventory Data

    Sandra Brown;Andrew J. R. Gillespie;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Root biomass allocation in the world's upland forests.

    Michael A. Cairns;Sandra Brown;Eileen H. Helmer;Greg A. Baumgardner

  • Tropical secondary forests

    Sandra Brown;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Estimating biomass and biomass change of tropical forests: A primer

    Sandra Brown

  • The Storage and Production of Organic Matter in Tropical Forests and Their Role in the Global Carbon Cycle

    Sandra Brown;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from long-term plots

    Oliver L. Phillips;Yadvinder Malhi;Niro Higuchi;William F. Laurance

  • MEASURING NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN FORESTS: CONCEPTS AND FIELD METHODS

    Deborah A. Clark;Sandra Brown;David W. Kicklighter;Jeffrey Q. Chambers

  • Measuring carbon in forests: current status and future challenges

    Sandra Brown

  • Biomass of Tropical Forests: A New Estimate Based on Forest Volumes

    Sandra Brown;Ariel E. Lugo

  • NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN TROPICAL FORESTS: AN EVALUATION AND SYNTHESIS OF EXISTING FIELD DATA

    Deborah A. Clark;Sandra Brown;David W. Kicklighter;Jeffrey Q. Chambers

  • Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

    Nancy L. Harris;Sandra Brown;Stephen C. Hagen;Sassan S. Saatchi;Sassan S. Saatchi

  • Primary Productivity, Decomposition and Consumer Activity in Freshwater Wetlands

    Mark Brinson;Ariel Lugo;Sandra Brown

  • Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land

    Virginia H Dale;Sandra Brown;R A Haeuber;N T Hobbs

  • The spatial distribution of forest biomass in the Brazilian Amazon: a comparison of estimates

    R. A. Houghton;K. T. Lawrence;J. L. Hackler;Sandra Brown

  • Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001.

    O. L. Phillips;T. R. Baker;T. R. Baker;L. Arroyo;N. Higuchi

  • Sourcebook for land use, land-use change and forestry projects

    Sarah Walker;Timothy Pearson;Sandra Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Ariel E. Lugo
Ariel E. Lugo US Forest Service
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Louis R. Iverson
Louis R. Iverson US Forest Service
Nancy Lee Harris
Nancy Lee Harris World Resources Institute
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Jiangming Mo
Jiangming Mo Chinese Academy of Sciences
William Salas
William Salas Durham University

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