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Matthew Peters

Title: GIS Technician
Unit: Sustaining Forests in a Changing Environment
Address: USFS - Northern Research Station
11328 E Quintana Ave
Mesa , AZ 85212
Phone: 440-537-3837
E-mail: Contact Matthew Peters

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Current Research

Modeling potential suitable habitat for tree and bird species under climate change
Modeling the spread of Emerald Ash Borer in Ohio and Michigan
Assessing Forest Site Quality in Ohio from Forest Inventory & Analysis data and an Integrated Moisture Index (IMI)

Why is This Important

As climatic patterns become more variable each year it is important to understand how this will affect plant and animal species. By modeling tree and birds species responses to warmer climates we can begin to see how climate influences the landscape.

As the Emerald Ash Borer continues to spread across the United States killing ash trees, it is important to determine areas that are at a greater risk of infestation. A GIS model has allowed us to identify the potential spread of the insect in Ohio.

Future Research

I plan to continue my current work, but would like to incorporate aspects of water resource management into future projects. I want to use my experience of GIS technologies to explore the possible relationship between climate change and resource management.

Featured Publications

Matthews, Stephen N.; Iverson, Louis R.; Prasad, Anantha M.; Peters, Matthew P. 2011. Changes in potential habitat of 147 North American breeding bird species in response to redistribution of trees and climate following predicted climate change. Ecography. 34: 933-945.
Swanston, Chris; Janowiak, Maria; Iverson, Louis; Parker, Linda; Mladenoff, David; Brandt, Leslie; Brandt, Leslie; St. Pierre, Matt; Prasad, Anantha; Matthews, Stephen; Peters, Matthew; Higgins, Dale; Dorland, Avery. 2011. Ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Climate Change Response Framework Project in northern Wisconsin. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-82. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 142 p.
Iverson, Louis R.; Prasad, Anantha M.; Matthews, Stephen N.; Peters, Matthew P. 2011. Lessons learned while integrating habitat, dispersal, disturbance, and life-history traits into species habitat models under climate change. Ecosystems. 14: 1005-1020.
Matthews, Stephen N.; Iverson, Louis R.; Prasad, Anantha M.; Peters, Matthew P.; Rodewald, Paul G. 2011. Modifying climate change habitat models using tree species-specific assessments of model uncertainty and life history-factors. Forest Ecology and Management. 262: 1460-1472.
Hellmann, Jessica J.; Nadelhoffer, Knute J.; Iverson, Louis R.; Ziska, Lewis H.; Matthews, Stephen N.; Myers, Philip; Prasad, Anantha M.; Peters, Matthew P. 2010. Climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems in metropolitan Chicago and its surrounding, multi-state region. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 36: 74-85.

Additional Online Publications

Prasad, Anantha; Iverson, Louis; Matthews, Stephen; Peters, Matthew. 2010. Climate change poses additional threat to the future of ash resources in the eastern United States. In: Michler, Charles H.; Ginzel, Matthew D., eds. 2010. Proceedings of symposium on ash in North America; 2010 March 9-11; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-72. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 20.
Iverson, Louis R.; Prasad, Anantha M.; Matthews, Stephen N.; Peters, Matthew P. 2010. Merger of three modeling approaches to assess potential effects of climate change on trees in the eastern United States. In: Azevedo, Joao Carlos; Feliciano, Manuel; Castro, Jose; Pinto, Maria Alice, eds. Forest landscapes and global change-new frontiers in management, conservation and restoration. Proceedings of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Working Group International Conference; 2010 September 21-27; Braganca, Portugal: 135-140.
Prasad, Anantha M.; Iverson, Louis R.; Peters, Matthew P.; Bossenbroek, Jonathan M.; Matthews, Stephen N.; Sydnor, T. Davis; Schwartz, Mark W. 2010. Modeling the invasive emerald ash borer risk of spread using a spatially explicit cellular model. Landscape Ecology. 25: 253-369.
Iverson, Louis; Prasad, Anantha; Matthews, Stephen; Peters, Matthew; Hoover, Ceoli. 2010. Potential changes in habitat suitability under climate change: lessons learned from 15 years of species modelling. In: Proceedings, XIII World Forestry Congress; 2009 October 18-23; Buenos Aires. Argentina.[Place of publication unknown]: World Forestry Congress: 1-10.
Matthews, Stephen; Iverson, Louis; Prasad, Anantha; Peters, Matthew. 2010. Potential impacts of climate change on bird and tree habitats within the Appalachian Mountains. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 217.
Peters, Matthew; Iverson, Louis R.; Prasad, Anantha M. 2010. Using an intergrated moisture index to assess forest composition and productivity. Chapter 11.. In: Eredics, Peter, ed. Mapping Forsetry. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press: 41-44.
Prasad, Anantha; Iverson, Louis; S. Matthews, Stephen; Peters, Matt. 2009. Atlases of tree and bird species habitats for current and future climates. Ecological Restoration. 27: 260-263.
Peters, Matthew P.; Iverson, Louis R. 2009. Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis): Towards a classification of tree health and early detection. The Ohio Journal of Science. 109(2): 15-25.
Iverson, Louis; Hutchinson, Todd; Prasad, Anantha; Peters, Matthew. 2009. Oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in Ohio: some limited success after thinning, two fires, and seven years. In: Hutchinson, Todd F., ed. Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference; 2008 May 20-22; Carbondale, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-46. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 151.
Iverson, Louis R.; Prasad, Anantha N.; Matthews, Stephen M.; Peters, Matthew P. 2009. Potential changes in tree habitat under Illinois climate change. Chapter 16. In: Taft, John B., ed. Canaries in the catbird seat. Special Publication 30. Champaign, IL: Illinois Natural History Survey: 263-270.
Prasad, Anantha; Iverson, Louis; Peters, Matthew; Bossenbroek, Jonathan; Sydnor, Davis; Schwartz, Mark. 2008. Modeling emerald ash borer spread in Ohio and Michigan. In: Mastro,Victor; Lance, David; Reardon, Richard; Parra, Gregory, comps. Emerald ash borer research and development meeting; 2007 October 23-24; Pittsburgh, PA. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: 3.
Iverson, Louis R.; Hutchinson, Todd F.; Prasad, Anantha M.; Peters, Matthew P. 2008. Thinning, fire, and oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in the eastern U.S.: 7-year results. Forest Ecology and Management. 255: 3035-3050.
Iverson, L.R.; Prasad, A.M.; Matthews, S.N.; Peters, M.P. 2007. Potential impacts of climate change on birds and trees of the eastern United States: newest climate scenarios and species abundance modelling techniques. In: Bunce, R.G.H.; Jongman, R.H.G.; Hojas, L.; Weel, S., eds. 25 years of landscape ecology: scientific principles in practice, proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress- part 2; 2007 July 8-12; Wageningen, The Netherlands. IALE publication series 4. [Place of publication unknown]: IALE: 925-926.

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