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Research Interests
My work is rooted in theory, concepts,
and methods from ecology, biogeography, remote sensing and
spatial analysis. Although my research has been rather broad,
in the systems studied, approaches taken, and questions asked,
there are several dominant themes. At the most basic level, I
study interactions between biological and physical systems,
with particular emphasis on how these dynamics produce
geographic patterns and temporal dynamics in the biosphere. Typically, I pursue my work using some combination of
field data, remote sensing and other spatial data, environmental models, and quantitative
analysis. Within this general context, I have focused my research on plant-water
relations in California chaparral, ecosystem response to climate variability, patterns and causes
of biodiversity, and habitat conservation. My research has spanned
spatial scales from intercellular to global, but I gravitate towards
what might be called "landscape" to "regional" scales.
My teaching reflects and inspires my
work. I currently teach Environmental Conservation (Geog 112);
Biogeography (Geog 444); Remote Sensing (477); Quantitative
Methods in Geography (705); and occasional seminars.
Aside from research and
teaching, I enjoy exploring nature with my wife, Rebecca, and
daughters, Lili and Chloe, cycling, gardening, sailing, music,
art, making stuff, being in or on or at the edge of an ocean,
studying exploration history, and critiquing humanity . . .
plus a couple of other things.
To learn more about my professional
world, please visit the UNC Landscape Ecology and Biogeography
Group webpage at: http://www.unc.edu/depts/geog/lbe/. Feel
free to contact me by email if you have questions.
Selected Recent Publications
Hayes, M., Moody, A.,
White, P. S. & Costanza J. L. 2007. The
influence of logging and topography on the distribution of
spruce-fir forests near their southern limits in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, USA.
Plant Ecology DOI
10.1007/s11258-006-9166-8.
Xiao, J. & Moody, A.
2005. A
comparison of methods for estimating fractional vegetation
cover across a large region of central New Mexico, USA.
Remote Sensing of Environment. 98:237-250.
McDonald, R., McKnight,
M., Weiss, D., Selig, E., O'Conner, M., Violin, C., &
Moody, A. 2005. Species compositional similiarity in
ecoregions: Do ecoregion boundaries represent zones of high
species turnover? Biological
Conservation, 126: 24-40.
Xiao, J. & Moody, A.
2005. Geographic distribution of global greening
trends and their climatic correlates: 1982 to 1998.
International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26(11): 2371-2390.
Xiao, J. & Moody, A. 2004. Trends in vegetation activity and their
climatic correlates: China 1982 to 1998. International Journal
of Remote Sensing 25:5669-5689.
Moody, A. & Katz, D.B.
2004. Artificial intelligence in the study of mountain
landscapes. In: M. P. Bishop & J. F. Shroder, Jr. (Eds.)
Geographic Information Science (GIScience) and Mountain
Geomorphology Springer Verlag-Praxis Scientific Publishing
Ltd., PP219-251.
Xiao, J. & Moody, A. 2004. Photosynthetic activity of U.S. biomes:
Response to spatial and temporal variability in temperature
and precipitation. Global Change
Biology, 10: 437-451.
Xiao, J., Li, J., &
Moody, A. 2003. A detail-preserving and flexible adaptive
filter for speckle suppression in SAR imagery.
International Journal of Remote Sensing 24: 2451-2465.
Meentemeyer, R.K. & Moody, A. 2002. Distribution of plant life-history types
in California chaparral: The role of topographically
determined drought severity. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 67-78.
Frizzelle, B. G. & Moody, A. 2001. Mapping continuous distributions of
land cover: A comparison of maximum likelihood estimation and
artificial neural networks. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 67(6): 693-705.
Meentemeyer, R. K., Moody, A., & Franklin, J. 2001. Landscape-scale patterns of shrub species
abundance in California chaparral: The role of topographically
mediated resource gradients. Plant Ecology 156(1): 19-41.
Moody, A. & Johnson, D.M. 2001. Land-surface phenologies using the
discrete Fourier transform. Remote Sensing of Environment 75(3): 305-323.
Moody, A. & Meentemeyer, R.K. 2001. Environmental factors influencing spatial
patterns of woody plant diversity in chaparral, Santa Ynez
Mountains, California. Journal of Vegetation Science 12(1): 41-52.
Meentemeyer, R. K. & Moody, A. 2000. Rapid sampling of plant species
composition for assessing vegetation patterns in rugged
terrain. Landscape Ecology 15(8): 697-711.
Meentemeyer, R. K. & Moody, A. 2000. Automated mapping of alignment between
topography and geologic bedding planes. Computers & Geosciences 26(7): 815-829.
Moody, A. 2000. Analysis of plant species diversity in
response to island characteristics on the Channel Islands,
California. Journal of Biogeography 27(3): 711-724.
Moody, A. & Jones, J.A. 2000. Soil response to canopy position and feral
pig disturbance beneath Quercus agrifolia on Santa Cruz
Island, California. Applied Soil Ecology 14(3): 269-281. |
