Jacob Fraser
Lead Ecologist
Sustainable Management of Central Hardwood Ecosystems and Landscapes
202 ABNR Building
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-7260
United States
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-7260
United States
Phone
573-875-5341 x241
Current Research
Collaborating on the design and implementation of ecological models to estimate the effects of climate, disturbance, and management on individual tree species and forest resources over time. Exploring how USDA Forest Service nation-wide inventory data can be integrated in forest landscape models to help answer research or management questions. Investigating methods to utilize remote sensing data sources such as satellite imagery or LIDAR in models that predict forest stand characteristics.
Education
- University of Missouri, Ph.D., Natural Resources - Forest Ecology, 2018
- University of Missouri, M.S., Forestry, 2012
Professional Organizations
- Ecological Society of America, Current
- International Association for Landscape Ecology, Current
Featured Publications
- Butler-Leopold, Patricia R.; Iverson, Louis R.; Thompson, Frank R.; Brandt, Leslie A.; Handler, Stephen D.; Janowiak, Maria K.; Shannon, P. Danielle; Swanston, Christopher W.; Bearer, Scott ; Bryan, Alexander M.; Clark, Kenneth L.; Czarnecki, Greg ; DeSenze, Philip ; Dijak, William D.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Gugger, Paul F.; Hille, Andrea ; Hynicka, Justin ; Jantz, Claire A.; Kelly, Matthew C.; Krause, Katrina M.; La Puma, Inga Parker; Landau, Deborah ; Lathrop, Richard G.; Leites, Laura P.; Madlinger, Evan ; Matthews, Stephen N.; Ozbay, Gulnihal ; Peters, Matthew P.; Prasad, Anantha ; Schmit, David A.; Shephard, Collin ; Shirer, Rebecca ; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Steele, Al ; Stout, Susan ; Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa ; Thompson, John ; Turcotte, Richard M.; Weinstein, David A.; Yáñez, Alfonso. 2018. Mid-Atlantic forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework project
- Janowiak, Maria K.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Swanston, Christopher W.; Iverson, Louis; Thompson, Frank R.; Dijak, William D.; Matthews, Stephen; Peters, Matthew P.; Prasad, Anantha; Fraser, Jacob S.; Brandt, Leslie A.; Butler-Leopold, Patricia; Handler, Stephen D.; Shannon, P. Danielle; Burbank, Diane; Campbell, John; Cogbill, Charles; Duveneck, Matthew J.; Emery, Marla R.; Fisichelli, Nicholas; Foster, Jane; Hushaw, Jennifer; Kenefic, Laura; Mahaffey, Amanda; Morelli, Toni Lyn; Reo, Nicholas J.; Schaberg, Paul G.; Simmons, K. Rogers; Weiskittel, Aaron; Wilmot, Sandy; Hollinger, David; Lane, Erin; Rustad, Lindsey; Templer, Pamela H.. 2018. New England and northern New York forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework project
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Dijak, William D.. 2017. Changes in forest biomass and tree species distribution under climate change in the northeastern United States
- Iverson, Louis R.; Thompson, Frank R.; Matthews, Stephen ; Peters, Matthew ; Prasad, Anantha ; Dijak, William D.; Fraser, Jacob ; Wang, Wen J.; Hanberry, Brice ; He, Hong ; Janowiak, Maria ; Butler, Patricia ; Brandt, Leslie ; Swanston, Christopher. 2017. Multi-model comparison on the effects of climate change on tree species in the eastern U.S.: results from an enhanced niche model and process-based ecosystem and landscape models
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Spetich, Martin A.. 2014. LANDIS PRO: a landscape model that predicts forest composition and structure changes at regional scales
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Spetich, Martin A.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Thompson III, Frank R.; Larsen, David R.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Yang, Jian. 2013. A large-scale forest landscape model incorporating multi-scale processes and utilizing forest inventory data
Other Publications
- Duan, Shengwu; He, Hong; Spetich, Marty; Wang, Wen; Fraser, Jacob; Xu, Wenru. 2021. Long-term effects of succession, climate change and insect disturbance on oak-pine forest composition in the U.S. Central Hardwood Region
- Duan, Shengwu ; He, Hong S.; Spetich, Martin A.; Wang, Wen J.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Thompson, Frank R.. 2021. Indirect effects mediate direct effects of climate warming on insect disturbance regimes of temperate broadleaf forests in the central U.S.
- Lott, Casey A.; Akresh, Michael E.; Costanzo, Bridgett E.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Duan, Shengwu ; Fiss, Cameron J.; Fraser, Jacob S.; He, Hong S.; King, David I; McNeil, Darin J.; Stoleson, Scott H.; Yamasaki, Mariko ; Larkin, Jeffery L.. 2021. Do Review Papers on Bird Vegetation Relationships Provide Actionable Information to Forest Managers in the Eastern United States
- Xu, Wenru ; He, Hong S.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Henne, Paul D.; Duan, Shengwu ; Zhu, Zhiliang. 2020. Spatially explicit reconstruction of post-megafire forest recovery through landscape modeling
- Fraser, Jacob S.; Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.. 2019. Modeling Post-Fire Tree Mortality Using a Logistic Regression Method within a Forest Landscape Model
- Wang, Wen J.; Thompson, Frank R.; He, Hong S.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Dijak, William D.; Jones‐Farrand, Todd. 2019. Climate change and tree harvest interact to affect future tree species distribution changes
- Hanberry, Brice B.; Fraser, Jacob S.. 2019. Visualizing current and future climate boundaries of the conterminous United States: Implications for forests
- Wang, Wen J.; Thompson, Frank R.; He, Hong S.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Dijak, William D.; Spetich, Martin A.. 2018. Population dynamics has greater effects than climate change on tree species distribution in a temperate forest region
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Spetich, Martin A.; Fraser, Jacob S.. 2018. Effects of species biological traits and environmental heterogeneity on simulated tree species distribution shifts under climate change
- Dijak, William D.; Hanberry, Brice B.; Fraser, Jacob S.; He, Hong S.; Wang, Wen J.; Thompson, Frank R.. 2017. Revision and application of the LINKAGES model to simulate forest growth in central hardwood landscapes in response to climate change
- Jin, Wenchi; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Wang, Wen J.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Hanberry, Brice B.; Dijak, William D.. 2017. Future forest aboveground carbon dynamics in the central United States: the importance of forest demographic processes
- LeBrun, Jaymi J.; Schneiderman, Jeffrey E.; Thompson, Frank R.; Dijak, William D.; Fraser, Jacob S.; He, Hong S.; Millspaugh, Joshua J.. 2017. Bird response to future climate and forest management focused on mitigating climate change
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Dijak, William D.. 2016. Landscape-and regional-scale shifts in forest composition under climate change in the Central Hardwood Region of the United States
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Fraser, Jacob S.; Hanberry, Brice B.; Dijak, William D.. 2015. Importance of succession, harvest, and climate change in determining future composition in US Central Hardwood Forests
- Schneiderman, Jeffrey E.; He, Hong S.; Thompson, Frank R.; Dijak, William D.; Fraser, Jacob S.. 2015. Comparison of a species distribution model and a process model from a hierarchical perspective to quantify effects of projected climate change on tree species
- Fraser, Jacob S.; He, Hong S.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Wang, Wen J.; Thompson, Frank R., III.. 2013. Simulating stand-level harvest prescriptions across landscapes: LANDIS PRO harvest module design
- Wang, Wen J.; He, Hong S.; Spetich, Martin A.; Shifley, Stephen R.; Thompson, Frank R. III; Fraser, Jacob S.. 2013. Modeling the effects of harvest alternatives on mitigating oak decline in a Central Hardwood Forest landscape