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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sarah E. Gergel is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their main field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus on various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research covers multiple topics related to environmental and health sciences. Key topics include Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Noise Effects and Management, and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Sarah E. Gergel has contributed to scientific literature through publications in several venues. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Landscape Ecology
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Research
  • The Lancet Planetary Health

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Sarah E. Gergel and colleagues include:

  • Conceptual Links between Landscape Diversity and Diet Diversity: A Roadmap for Transdisciplinary Research, 2020, BioScience
  • Different types of urban natural environments influence various dimensions of self-reported health, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Assessing the association between lifetime exposure to greenspace and early childhood development and the mediation effects of air pollution and noise in Canada: a population-based birth cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Quantifying lost and inaccessible habitat for Pacific salmon in Canada's Lower Fraser River, 2021, Ecosphere
  • The influence of early-life residential exposure to different vegetation types and paved surfaces on early childhood development: A population-based birth cohort study, 2022, Environment International

Frequent collaborators in Sarah E. Gergel's research include Nicholas C. Coops, Frédéric Baudron, Ingrid Jarvis, Mieke Koehoorn, and Matilda van den Bosch.

In 2018, Sarah E. Gergel was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

    Michael E. McClain;Elizabeth W. Boyer;C. Lisa Dent;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Landscape indicators of human impacts to riverine systems

    Sarah E. Gergel;Monica G. Turner;James R. Miller;John M. Melack

  • Aerial Photography: A Rapidly Evolving Tool for Ecological Management

    Jessica L. Morgan;Sarah E. Gergel;Nicholas C. Coops

  • DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON AS AN INDICATOR OF THE SCALE OF WATERSHED INFLUENCE ON LAKES AND RIVERS

    Sarah E. Gergel;Monica G. Turner;Timothy K. Kratz

  • Learning landscape ecology : a practical guide to concepts and techniques

    Sarah E. Gergel;Monica Goigel Turner

  • Application of high spatial resolution satellite imagery for riparian and forest ecosystem classification

    Kasper Johansen;Nicholas C. Coops;Sarah E. Gergel;Yulia Stange

  • Relative impacts of disturbance and temperature: persistent changes in microenvironment and vegetation in retrogressive thaw slumps

    Trevor C. Lantz;Steven V. Kokelj;Sarah E. Gergel;Greg H. R. Henry

  • Multitemporal remote sensing of landscape dynamics and pattern change: Describing natural and anthropogenic trends

    Steve N. Gillanders;Nicholas C. Coops;Michael A. Wulder;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Merging aquatic and terrestrial perspectives of nutrient biogeochemistry.

    Nancy B. Grimm;Sarah E. Gergel;William H. McDowell;Elizabeth W. Boyer

  • Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies misunderstood without landscape history

    Stephanie A. Tomscha;Sarah E. Gergel

  • CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN‐ALTERED FLOODS: LEVEES, FLOODS, AND FLOODPLAIN FORESTS ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER

    Sarah E. Gergel;Mark D. Dixon;Monica G. Turner

  • Response of green alder (Alnus viridis subsp. fruticosa) patch dynamics and plant community composition to fire and regional temperature in north-western Canada

    Trevor C. Lantz;Sarah E. Gergel;Greg H. R. Henry

  • Map Misclassification Can Cause Large Errors in Landscape Pattern Indices: Examples from Habitat Fragmentation

    William T. Langford;Sarah E. Gergel;Thomas G. Dietterich;Warren Cohen

  • Spatial and non-spatial factors: When do they affect landscape indicators of watershed loading?

    Sarah E. Gergel

  • Spatial Heterogeneity in the Shrub Tundra Ecotone in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Northwest Territories: Implications for Arctic Environmental Change

    Trevor C. Lantz;Sarah E. Gergel;Steven V. Kokelj

  • Distribution and abundance of trees in floodplain forests of the Wisconsin River: Environmental influences at different scales

    Monica G. Turner;Sarah E. Gergel;Mark D. Dixon;James R. Miller

  • Assessing changes in forest fragmentation following infestation using time series Landsat imagery

    Nicholas C. Coops;Steve N. Gillanders;Michael A. Wulder;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Learning Landscape Ecology

    Sarah E. Gergel;Monica G. Turner

  • What is the Value of a Good Map? An Example Using High Spatial Resolution Imagery to Aid Riparian Restoration

    Sarah E. Gergel;Yulia Stange;Nicholas C. Coops;Kasper Johansen

  • Testing assumptions of cost surface analysis—a tool for invasive species management

    Emily K. Gonzales;Emily K. Gonzales;Sarah E. Gergel

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Amanda C. J. Vincent
Amanda C. J. Vincent University of British Columbia
Elena M. Bennett
Elena M. Bennett McGill University
Kathy Martin
Kathy Martin University of British Columbia
Trisalyn A. Nelson
Trisalyn A. Nelson University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada
Kasper Johansen
Kasper Johansen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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