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Shaun R. Levick is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as environmental engineering, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, and insect science.

The scientist's work frequently explores topics including remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, remote sensing in agriculture, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Levick has published extensively, with recent papers reflecting a focus on advanced remote sensing techniques applied to forest and landscape ecology. Notable publications include:

  • Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Heterogeneity-diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Non-destructive estimation of individual tree biomass: Allometric models, terrestrial and UAV laser scanning, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Using terrestrial laser scanning for characterizing tree structural parameters and their changes under different management in a Mediterranean open woodland, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Leveraging TLS as a Calibration and Validation Tool for MLS and ULS Mapping of Savanna Structure and Biomass at Landscape-Scales, 2021, Remote Sensing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, which include:

  • Kim Calders
  • Louise Terryn
  • Harm Bartholomeus
  • Ellen Rochelmeyer
  • Mathias Disney

Levick's research is published in several recurring venues that focus on remote sensing and ecological studies. These include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon

    Kim Calders;Jennifer Adams;John Armston;Harm Bartholomeus

  • Large-scale impacts of herbivores on the structural diversity of African savannas

    Gregory P. Asner;Shaun R. Levick;Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin;David E. Knapp

  • Carbon stock and density of northern boreal and temperate forests

    Martin Thurner;Christian Beer;Maurizio Santoro;Nuno Carvalhais

  • Landscape‐scale effects of herbivores on treefall in African savannas

    Gregory P. Asner;Shaun R. Levick

  • A synthesis of tree functional traits related to drought-induced mortality in forests across climatic zones

    Michael J. O'Brien;Michael J. O'Brien;Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht;Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht;Julia Joswig;Gabriela Pereyra

  • Heterogeneity–diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests

    Lea Heidrich;Soyeon Bae;Shaun Levick;Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold

  • Non-destructive estimation of individual tree biomass: Allometric models, terrestrial and UAV laser scanning

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  • The relative influence of fire and herbivory on savanna three-dimensional vegetation structure.

    Shaun R. Levick;Gregory P. Asner;Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin;David E. Knapp

  • Ecosystem‐scale effects of megafauna in African savannas

    Gregory P. Asner;Nicholas Vaughn;Izak P. J. Smit;Izak P. J. Smit;Shaun Levick

  • Spatial variability and abiotic determinants of termite mounds throughout a savanna catchment

    Andrew B. Davies;Shaun R. Levick;Gregory P. Asner;Mark P. Robertson

  • Deadwood enrichment in European forests – Which tree species should be used to promote saproxylic beetle diversity?

    Martin M. Gossner;Beate Wende;Shaun R. Levick;Peter Schall

  • Fire, fragmentation, and windstorms: A recipe for tropical forest degradation

    Divino V. Silvério;Paulo M. Brando;Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Francis E. Putz

  • Topo-edaphic controls over woody plant biomass in South African savannas

    M. S. Colgan;M. S. Colgan;G. P. Asner;Shaun R. Levick;R. E. Martin

  • When a tree dies in the forest: Scaling climate-driven tree mortality to ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

    William R. L. Anderegg;Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Maxime Cailleret;Jesus Julio Camarero

  • Regional insight into savanna hydrogeomorphology from termite mounds.

    Shaun R. Levick;Gregory P. Asner;Oliver A. Chadwick;Lesego M. Khomo

  • Radar vision in the mapping of forest biodiversity from space

    Soyeon Bae;Shaun R. Levick;Shaun R. Levick;Lea Heidrich;Paul Magdon

  • Patch and species specific responses of savanna woody vegetation to browser exclusion

    Shaun Levick;Kevin Rogers

  • The spatial extent of termite influences on herbivore browsing in an African savanna

    Shaun R. Levick;Gregory P. Asner;Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin;David E. Knapp

  • Mapping and monitoring geological hazards using optical, LiDAR, and synthetic aperture RADAR image data

    K. E. Joyce;S. V. Samsonov;Shaun R. Levick;J. Engelbrecht

  • Ecosystem dynamics and management after forest die-off: a global synthesis with conceptual state-and-transition models

    Richard C. Cobb;Katinka X. Ruthrof;Katinka X. Ruthrof;David D. Breshears;Francisco Lloret

  • Landscape‐scale variation in plant community composition of an African savanna from airborne species mapping

    C. A. Baldeck;M. S. Colgan;J.-B. Féret;Shaun R. Levick

  • Community composition and abundance of bacterial, archaeal and nitrifying populations in savanna soils on contrasting bedrock material in Kruger National Park, South Africa

    Saskia Rughöft;Martina Herrmann;Cassandre S. Lazar;Simone Cesarz

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University
Claus Bässler
Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Sebastian Seibold
Sebastian Seibold Technical University of Munich
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Izak P.J. Smit
Izak P.J. Smit South African National Parks
Oliver A. Chadwick
Oliver A. Chadwick University of California, Santa Barbara
Berndt J. van Rensburg
Berndt J. van Rensburg University of Queensland

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