Spatial Sciences Laboratory

Publications

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1. Feagin, R.A., Lozada-Bernard, S.M., Ravens, T., Moller, I., Yeager, K.M., & Baird, A.H. 2009. Does vegetation prevent wave erosion of salt marsh edges? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 10109-10113.

2. Williams, A.M., Feagin, R.A., Smith, W.K., & Jackson, N.L. 2009. Ecosystem impacts of Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula: Perspectives of the Coastal Barrier Island Network (CBIN). Shore & Beach 77: 71-76. 

3. Feagin, R.A. 2008. Vegetation's role in coastal protection. Science 320: 176-177.

4. Williams, A.M., Feagin, R.A., & Stafford, A.W. 2008. Environmental impacts of beach raking of Sargassum spp. on Galveston Island. Shore & Beach 76: 63-69. 

5. Feagin, R.A., & Williams, A.M. 2008. Sediment spatial patterns in a Hurricane Katrina overwash fan on Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 24: 1063-1070.

6. LaFever, D.H., Lopez, R.R., Feagin, R.A., & Silvy, N.J. 2007. Predicting the impacts of sea-level rise on an endangered lagomorph. Environmental Management 40: 430-437.

7. Feagin, R.A., & Wu. X.B. 2007. The spatial patterns of functional groups and sand dune plant community succession. Journal of Rangeland Ecology & Management 60: 417-425.

8. He, W., Feagin, R.A., Lu, J., Liu, W., Yan, Q., Xie, Z. 2007. Impacts of introduced Spartina alterniflora along an elevational gradient at the Jiuduansha Shoals in the Yangtze Estuary, suburban Shanghai, China. Ecological Engineering 29: 245-248.

9. Feagin, R.A., Wu, X.B., & Feagin, T. 2007. Edge effects in lacunarity analysis. Ecological Modelling 201: 262-268.

10. Tong, C., Feagin, R.A., Lu, J., Zhang, X., Zhu, X., Wang, W., & He, W. 2007. Ecosystem service values and restoration in the urban Sanyang Wetland of Wenzhou, China. Ecological Engineering 29: 249-258.

11. Feagin, R.A. & Wu, X.B. 2006. Spatial pattern and edge characteristics in restored terrace versus reference salt marshes in Galveston Bay. Wetlands 26: 1004-1011.

12. Feagin, R.A. 2005. Heterogeneity versus homogeneity: A conceptual and mathematical theory in terms of scale-invariant and scale-covariant distributions. Ecological Complexity 2: 339-356.

13. Feagin, R.A., Sherman, D.J., & Grant, W.E. 2005. Coastal erosion, global sea-level rise, and the loss of sand dune plant habitats.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 359-364.

14. Feagin, R.A. 2005. Artificial dunes created to protect property on Galveston Island, Texas: The lessons learned. Ecological Restoration 23: 89-94.

15. Feagin, R.A., Wu, X.B., Smeins, F.E., Whisenant, S.G. & Grant, W.E. 2005. Individual versus community processes and pattern formation in a model of sand dune succession. Ecological Modelling 183: 435-449.

16. Feagin, R.A. & Wu, X.B. 2005. An experimental approach for quantifying the spatial interactions of plants under different treatment conditions. Ecoscience 21: 44-52.

17. Feagin, R.A. 2003. Relationship of second order lacunarity, Brownian motion, Hurst exponent, and pattern organization. Physica A 328: 315-321.

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