Cairns, David
individual record
Professor and Head
Positions:
- Professor and Head, Geography, College of Geosciences
overview
Ecosystem Modeling, Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, GIS applications for environmental modeling, and Physical Geography
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of Iowa - (Iowa City, Iowa, United States) 1995
- M.S. in Geography, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 1991
- B.A. in Genetics, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 1989
selected publications
Academic Articles43
- Bader, M. Y., Llambí, L. D., Case, B. S., Buckley, H. L., Toivonen, J. M., Camarero, J. J., ... Resler, L. M (2021). A global framework for linking alpine‐treeline ecotone patterns to underlying processes. Ecography. 44(2), 265-292.
- Brodersen, C. R., Germino, M. J., Johnson, D. M., Reinhardt, K., Smith, W. K., Resler, L. M., ... Wieser, G (2019). Seedling Survival at Timberline Is Critical to Conifer Mountain Forest Elevation and Extent. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 2, 9.
- Dwight, R. A., & Cairns, D. M (2018). The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Facilitates Shrub Establishment in Northern Alaska. ARCTIC. 71(3), 249-258.
- Johnson, J. S., Gaddis, K. D., Cairns, D. M., Konganti, K., & Krutovsky, K. V (2017). Landscape genomic insights into the historic migration of mountain hemlock in response to Holocene climate change.. Am J Bot. 104(3), 439-450.
- Johnson, J. S., Gaddis, K. D., Cairns, D. M., & Krutovsky, K. V (2017). Seed dispersal at alpine treeline: an assessment of seed movement within the alpine treeline ecotone. Ecosphere. 8(1),
Chapters10
- Johnson, J. S., Krutovsky, K. V., Rajora, O. P., Gaddis, K. D., & Cairns, D. M (2018). Advancing Biogeography Through Population Genomics. Population Genomics. 539-585. Springer International Publishing.
- Balkenhol, N., Dudaniec, R. Y., Krutovsky, K. V., Johnson, J. S., Cairns, D. M., Segelbacher, G., ... Joost, S (2017). Landscape Genomics: Understanding Relationships Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Genomic Characteristics of Populations. Population Genomics. 261-322. Springer International Publishing.
- Cairns, D. M (2017). Polar Region Ecosystems. International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. 1-9. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Xi, W., Waldron, J. D., Cairns, D. M., Lafon, C. W., Birt, A. G., Tchakerian, M. D., Klepzig, K. D., & Coulson, R. N. (2012). Restoration of Southern Pine Forests After the Southern Pine Beetle. Stanturf, J., Madsen, P., & Lamb, D. (Eds.), A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration. 321-354. Springer Netherlands.
- Malanson, G. P., Brown, D. G., Butler, D. R., Cairns, D. M., Fagre, D. B., & Walsh, S. J. (2009). Chapter 3 Ecotone Dynamics. Developments in Earth Surface Processes. Developments in Earth Surface Processes. 35-61. Elsevier.
Conference Papers2
- Xi, W., Chen, S., Birt, A. G., Waldron, J. D., Lafon, C. W., Cairns, D. M., ... Coulson, R. N. (2010). SIMULATING THE INTERACTIONS OF FOREST STRUCTURE, FIRE REGIME, AND PLANT INVASION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS USING LANDIS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INTERAGENCY RESEARCH FORUM ON INVASIVE SPECIES. 75, 143-143.
- Filippi, A. M., Brannstrom, C., Cairns, D. M., & Kim, D. (2007). Hyperion and CBERS satellite image classification intercomparison for Cerrado and agricultural mapping. SPIE Proceedings, Remote Sensing. 6749, 674913-674913-12-674913-12.
in the news
researcher on
Principal Investigator5
- An evaluation of dispersal distances of two treeline forming species awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2017
Co-Principal Investigator1
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- GEOG325 Geography Of Europe Instructor
- GEOG352 Gnss In The Geosciences-poland Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies-poland Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Morris, Max Alexander (2019-05). Fuel for Wildfire: Controls on the Distribution of Wildfire in the Southeastern United States. (Master's Thesis)
- Dwight, Rosemary Anne (2019-05). A Multiscale Analysis of Factors Associated with Shrub Cover and Shrub Expansion on the North Slope of Alaska. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Johnson, Jeremy Scott (2016-08). Mountain Hemlock Landscape Genetics on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Naito, Adam Takashi (2014-08). Characterizing and Modeling Arctic Shrub Expansion on the North Slope of Alaska, USA. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Granberg, Tynan (2012-08). Variation of Treeline Mountain Birch Establishment Under Herbivory Pressure. (Master's Thesis)
Email
cairns@tamu.edu
First Name
David
Last Name
Cairns
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Geography; 3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA