Doug Ramsey

Publications | Abstracts

• Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., Norton, B.E, West, N.E, (1994). HIstorical Analysis of Land Degradation on the Bolivian Altiplano. Supplement to Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
• Ramsey, R., (1991). Generating a Regional Data base to Identify Surface Cover Types at Various Scales. 27th AWRA Annual Conference, "Water Management or River Systems”
• Homer, C.G, Edward, T.C, Ramsey, R., (1991). Modeling Sage Grouse Winter Habitat with Landsat TM Data in a GIS. The Second National U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Geographic Information Systems Workshop
• Neale, C.M, Ramsey, R., (1991). Multi Scale Classification of Watershed Land Cover Using Nested Satellite and Airborne Video Imagery. 27th AWRA Annual Conference, "Water Management or River Systems”
• Neale, C.M, Ramsey, R., (1990). Potential Applications of Digitized Video Imagery Obtained from Aircraft Platforms in a GIS Environment. Proceedings, Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Simulations Models, and Knowledge based Systems for Landuse Management

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Publications | Book Chapters

• Reeves, M.C, Washington-Allen, R., Angerer, J., Hunt, E.R, Kulawardhana, R.W, Kumar, L., Loboda, T., Loveland, T., Metternicht, G., Ramsey, R., (2015). A Global View of Remote Sensing of Rangelands: Evolution, Applications, Future Pathways: Remote Sensing Handbook, Volume II - Land Resources: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping: Advances over Last 50 Years and a Vision for the Future. Taylor and Francis
• Kumar, L., Sinha, P., Brown, J.F, Ramsey, R., Rigge, M., Stam, C.A, Hernandez, A.J, Hunt, E.R, Reeves, M., (2015). Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring of Rangelands: Methods and Approaches: Remote Sensing Handbook, Volume II - Land Resources: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping: Advances over Last 50 Years and a Vision for the Future. Taylor & Francis Group\CRC Press
• Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., Van Neil, T.G, West, N.E, (2014). Detection of Harbingers of Catastrophic Regime Shifts in Drylands: Application of Threshold Concepts in Natural Resource Decision Making. Springer Verlag
• Stum, A.K, Boettinger, J.L, White, M.A, Ramsey, R., (2010). Random Forests applied as a soil spatial predictive model in arid Utah: Digital Soil Mapping: Bridging Research, Environmental Application, and Operation . Springer Science+Business Media
• Gillies, R.R, Ramsey, R., (2009). Climate of Utah: Rangeland Resources of Utah, 2nd ed. USU Extension *
• Ramsey, R., West, N.E, (2009). Vegetation of Utah: Rangeland Resources of Utah, 2nd ed. USU Extension *
• Ramsey, R., Banner, R.E, McGinty, E.I, (2009). Watersheds of Utah: Rangeland Resources of Utah, 2nd ed. USU Extension *
• Boettinger, J.L, Ramsey, R., Stum, A.K, Kienast-Brown, S., Saunders, A.M, Cole, N.J, Bodily, J.M, (2008). Landsat spectral data for digital soil mapping: Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data. Springer, Dordrecht
• Zimmermann, N.E, Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., Schaepman, M.E, Mathys, L., Koetz, b., Kneubuehler, M., Edwards, T.C, (2007). Modern remote sensing for environmental monitoring of landscape states and trajectories: A Changing World: Challenges for Landscape Research Series: Landscape Series, Vol. 8.
• Ramsey, R., (2006). Modern remote sensing for environmental monitoring of landscape states and trajectories. A Changing World: Challenges for Landscape Research Series: Landscape Series

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Publications | Fact Sheets

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Publications | Curriculum

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Muzzo, B., Ramsey, R., Bladen, K., Villalba, J., (2025). Tannin Supplementation Alters Foraging Behavior and Spatial Distribution in Beef Cattle. Sustainability, 17:23, 10611. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su172310611
• Muzzo, B.I, Ramsey, R.D, Villalba, J.J, (2024). Changes in Climate and Their Implications for Cattle Nutrition and Management. Climate, 13:1, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13010001
• Villalba, J., Ramsey, R., Athanasiadou, S., (2024). Review: Herbivory and the power of phytochemical diversity on animal health. Animal, 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101287
• Terletzky, P., Ramsey, R., (2016). Comparison of Three Techniques to Identify and Count Individual Animals in Aerial Imagery. Journal of Signal and Information Processing , 07:03, 123-135. doi: 10.4236/jsip.2016.73013
• Mittanck, C., Rogers, P.C, Ramsey, R., Bartos, D.L, Ryel, R.J, (2014). Exploring Succession Within Aspen Communities Using a Habitat-Based Modeling Approach. Ecological Modelling, 288, 203-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.010
• Sant, E.D, Simonds, G.E, Ramsey, R., Larsen, R.T, (2014). Assessment of sagebrush cover using remote sensing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Ecological Indicators, 43, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.014
• Ning, L., Hernandez, A., Ramsey, R., (2014). Land Cover Dynamics monitoring with Landsat data in Kunming, China: A cost-effective sampling and modeling scheme using Google Earth imagery and Random Forests. Geocarto International, 30:2, 186-201. doi: 10.1080/10106049.2014.894583
• Biswas, T., Ramsey, R., Bissonette, J.A, Symanzik, J., (2014). Integration of two spectral indices to monitor moist grassland loss. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35:3, 1038-1063. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2013.875631
• Terletzky, P., Ramsey, R., (2014). A semi-automated single day image differencing technique to identify animals in aerial imagery. Plos One, 9:1, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085239
• Yue, T., Zhao, N., Ramsey, R., Wang, C., Fan, Z., Chen, C., Lu, Y., Li, B., (2013). Climate Change Trend in China, with Improved Accuracy. Climate Change, doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-0785-5
• Hernandez, A.J, Ramsey, R., (2013). A Landscape Similarity Index: Multitemporal Remote Sensing to Track Changes in Big Sagebrush Ecological Sites. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 66:1, 71-81. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2111/REM-D-11-00195.1
• Terletzky, P., Ramsey, R., Neale, C.M, (2012). Spectral Characteristics of Domestic and Wild Mammals. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 49:4, 597-608. doi: 10.2747/1548-1603.49.4.597
• Rivera, S., Martinez de Anguita, P., Ramsey, R., Crowl, T.A, (2012). Spatial Modeling of Tropical Deforestation Using Socioeconomic and Biophysical Data. Small-Scale Forestry, doi: 10.1007/s11842-012-9214-2
• Lowry, J.H, Baker, M.E, Ramsey, R., (2012). Determinants of urban tree canopy in residential neighborhoods: Household characteristics, urban form, and the geophysical landscape. Urban Ecosystems, 15:1, 247-266. doi: 10.1007/s11252-011-0185-4
• Hernandez, A.J, Saborio, J., Ramsey, R., Rivera, S., (2012). Likelihood of occurrence of bark beetle attacks on conifer forests in Honduras under normal and climate change scenarios. Geocarto International, 27:7, 581-592. doi: 10.1080/10106049.2011.650652
• Rivera, S., Hernandez, A.J, Lowry, J.L, Ramsey, R., Lezama, R., Velazquez, M.A, (2011). A Comparison Between Cluster-Busting Technique and a Classification Tree Algorithm of a MODIS Land Cover Map of Honduras. Geocarto International, doi: 10.1080/10106049.2011.622050
• Rivera, S., Hernandez, A.J, Lowry, J.L, Ramsey, R., Lezama, R., Velazquez, M., (2011). A MODIS Generated Land Cover Mapping of Honduras: A Base-Line Layout to Create a National Monitoring Center. Revista de Teledetección, 35, 94-108.
• DeRose, J., Long, J.N, Ramsey, R., (2011). Combining dendrochronogical data and the disturbance index to assess Engelmann spruce mortality caused by a spruce beetle outbreak in southern Utah, USA. . Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 2342-2348.
• Lowry, J.H, Ramsey, R., Kjelgren, R.K, (2011). Predicting urban forest growth and its impact on residential landscape water demand in a semiarid urban environment. Urban Forests & Urban Greening, 10:3, 193-204.
• Washington-Allen, R.A, West, N.E, Ramsey, R., Phillips, D.H, Shugart, H.H, (2009). Retrospective assessment of dryland soil stability in relation to grazing and climate change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 160, 101-121. doi: 10.1007/s10661-008-0661-3
• Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., West, N.E, Norton, B.E, (2008). Quantification of the ecological resilience of drylands using digital remote sensing.. Ecology and Society, 13(1), 33.
• Lowry, J.L, Ramsey, R., Boykin, K., Bradford, D., Comer, P., Falzarano, S., Kepner, W., Kirby, J., Langs, L., Prior-Magee, J., Manis, G., O'Brien, L., Pohs, K., Reith, W., Sajwaj, T., Schrader, S., Thomas, K.A, Schrupp, D., Schulz, K., Thompson, B., Wallace, C., Velasquez, C., Waller, E., Wolk, B., (2007). Mapping Meso-Scale Land Cover Over Very Large Geographic Areas Within a Collaborative Framework: A Case Study of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project (SWReGAP). Remote Sensing of Environment, 108, 59-73.
• Nield, S.J, Boettinger, J.L, Ramsey, R., (2007). Digitally Mapping Gypsic and Natric Soils Using Landsat and Topographic Data. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71, 245-252.
• Washington-Allen, R.A, West, N.E, Ramsey, R., Efroymson, R.A, (2006). A Protocol for Retrospective Remote Sensing-Based Ecological Monitoring of Rangelands. Range Ecology and Management, 59(1), 19-29.
• Sexton, J.O, Ramsey, R., Bartos, D.L, (2006). Habitone Analysis of Quaking Aspen in the Utah Book Cliffs: Effects of Site Water Demand and Conifer Cover. Ecological Modeling, 198, 301-311.
• West, N.E, Dougher, F.L, Manis, G.S, Ramsey, R., (2005). A comprehensive ecological land classification for Utah's West Desert. Western North American Naturalist, 65:3, 281-309.
• White, M.A, Shaw, J.D, Ramsey, R., (2005). Accuracy assessment of the vegetation continuous field tree cover product using 3954 ground plots in the southwestern USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26(12), 2699-2704.
• Wright, D.L, Rasmussen, V.P, Ramsey, R., (2005). Comparing the Use of Remote Sensing with Traditional Techniques to Detect Nitrogen Stress in Wheat. Geocarto International, 20:1, 63-68.
• Wright, D.L, Rasmussen, V.P, Ramsey, R., Baker, D.J, Ellsworth, J.W, (2004). Canopy Reflectance Estimation of Wheat Nitrogen Content for Grain Protein Management. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 41:4, 287-300.
• Ramsey, R., Shultz, L., (2004). Evaluating the geographic distribution of herbarium collections in Utah from the Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Utah. Western North American Naturalist, 64:4, 421-432.
• Ramsey, R., Wright, D.L, McGinty, C.M, (2004). Evaluating the use of Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper to monitor vegetation cover in shrub steppe environments. Geocarto International, 19:2, 29-47. doi: 10.1080/10106040408542305
• Washington-Allen, R.A, Van Niel, T.G, Ramsey, R., West, N.E, (2004). Remote sensing based piosphere analysis. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 41, 136-154. doi: 10.2747/1548-1603.41.2.136
• Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., West, N.E, (2004). Spatiotemporal mapping of the dry season vegetation response of sagebrush steppe. Community Ecology, 5, 69-79.
• Wright, D.L, Ritchie, G.L, Rasmussen, V.P, Ramsey, R., Baker, D., (2003). Managing Grain Protein in Wheat Using Remote Sensing. Online Journal of Space Communication, 3
• Wright, D., Stephens, C., Rasmussen, V.P, Ramsey, R., Baker, D.J, (2003). On top of the world: The best applications of 2003. Geospatial Solutions
• Means, J.E, Hopkins, P.F, Jensen, J.R, Schill, S.R, Chipman, J.W, Ramsey, R., Stow, D.A, (2001). ARC Partnerships: Industry and Academia Explore Remote Sensing Applications. Journal of Forestry, 99:6, 4-12.
• Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., Norton, B.E, West, N.E, (1998). Change Detection of the Effect of Severe Drought on Subsistence Agropastoral Communities on the Bolivian Altiplano. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19:7, 1319-1333. doi: 10.1080/014311698215469
• Ricotta, C., Avena, G.C, Oslen, E., Ramsey, R., Winn, D.S, (1998). Monitoring the Landscape Stability of Mediterranean Vegetation in Relation to Fire With a Fractal Algorithm. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19:5, 871-881.
• Ricotta, C., Olsen, E.R, Ramsey, R., Winn, D.S, (1997). A Generalized Non-Regression Technique for Evaluating the Fractal Dimension of raster GIS Layerers Consisting of Non Square Cells. COENOSES, 12:1, 23-26.
• Homer, C.G, Ramsey, R., Edwards, T.C, Falconer, A., (1997). Landscape Cover Type Modeling Using A Multi Scene Thematic Mapper Mosaic. Photgrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 63:1, 59-68.
• Bosakowski, T., Ramsey, R., Smith, D.G, (1996). Habitat and Spatial Relationships of Nesting Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsonii) and Red Tailed Hawks (B. Jamaicensis) in Northern Utah. The Great Basin Naturalist, 56:4, 341-347.
• Ramsey, R., Falconer, A., Jensen, J.R, (1995). The Relationship Between NOAA AVHRR NDVI and Ecoregions in Utah. Remote Sensing of Environment, 53:3, 188-198.
• Bissonette, J.A, Sherburne, S.S, Ramsey, R., (1994). Analyzing Telemetry Data by a GIS Based Vector Structure. Int. J. of GIS, 8:6
• Olsen, E.R, Ramsey, R., Winn, D.S, (1993). A Modified Fractal Dimension as a Measure of Landscape Diversity. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 59:10, 1517-1520.
• Homer, C.G, Edwards, T.C, Ramsey, R., Price, K.P, (1993). Use of Remote Sensing Methods in Modeling Sage Grouse Winter Habitat. J. of Wildlife Management, 57:1, 78-84.
• Dewey, S.D, Price, K.P, Ramsey, R., (1991). Satellite Remote Sensing to Predict Potential Distribution of Dyers Woad (Isatis tinctoria). Weed Technology, 5, 479-484.
• Wright, P.M, Lira, H., Ramsey, R., (1990). Interpretation of Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery at Los Azufres Geothermal Field, Michoacan, Mexico. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 14:2, 1553-1559.

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Publications | MultiMedia

Video

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Publications | Technical Reports

AES Reports

Research Reports

• Ramsey, R., Lowry, J., West, N.E, Stoner, L.L, Peterson, K., Rivera, S., Shultz, L., (2008). Development of State and Transition Models for Selected Ecological Site Descriptions in Utah. Final Report to the Natural Resources Conservation Service *
• Lowry, J.H, Ramsey, R., Boykin, K., Bradford, D., Comer, P., Falzarano, S., Kepner, W., Kirby, J., Langs, L., Prior-Magee, J., Manis, G., O'Brien, L., Sajwaj, T., Thomas, K.A, Rieth, W., Schrader, S., Schrupp, D., Schulz, K., Thompson, B., Velasquez, C., Wallace, C., Waller, E., Wolk, B., (2006). Land cover classification and mapping, Chapter 2. Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Final Report, U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Program
• Adair, W.A, Ramsey, R., Lowry, J.H, (2005). Developing an Empirical Rangeland Cover Legend for the Intermountain West. Final Project Report to the USGS National Center for Earth Resources Observation & Science (EROS), LANDFIRE Program
• Ramsey, R., Wright, D., McGinty, C.M, (2004). Establishing a Semi Automated, Image Based Landscape Change Monitoring System. Final Project Report to NASA Earth Science Enterprise, Earth Science Applications Directorate, Utah State University Affiliated Research Center
• Wright, D.L, Rasmussen, V.P, Baker, D.J, Ramsey, R., (2004). Using Remotely Sensed Imagery to Improve Grain Yield and Quality in Irrigated Wheat. NASA SSC Report ARC-USU-001-03
• Baker, D.J, Ramsey, R., Rasmussen, V.P, Wright, D.L, Olsen, K., (2003). 2002 Annual Program Report: Affiliated Research Center at Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Cooperative Agreement No. NCC13-00005. Earth Science Enterprise Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John C. Stennis Space Center
• Taylor, K., Wright, D.L, Ramsey, R., Baker, D.J, Rasmussen, V.P, (2003). Southern Wind River Landscape Feature Extraction for Risk Assessment. NASA SSC Report ARC-USU-002-02
• Wright, D.L, Rasmussen, V.P, Baker, D.J, Ramsey, R., (2003). Using Remote Sensing to Manage Wheat Grain Protein. NASA SSC Report ARC-USU-001-02
• Tueller, P.T, Ramsey, R., Frank, T.D, Washington-Allen, R.A, Tweddale, S., Karalus, R.S, Hunsaker, C.T, McCarthy, L., Van Niel, T.G, (2000). Emerging and Contemporary technologies in remote sensing for ecosystem assessment and change detection on military reservations. Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Annual Report
• West, N.E, Washington-Allen, R.A, Ramsey, R., (1999). Characterization of the Ecological Integrity of Commercially Grazed Rangelands Using Remote Sensing Based Ecological Indicators. Annual Report to Environmental Protection Agency's STAR Grants Ecological Assessment/Ecological Indicators Program
• Tueller, P.T, Ramsey, R., Frank, T.D, Washington-Allen, R.A, Tweddale, S., Karalus, R.S, Hunsaker, C.T, McCarthy, L., Van Niel, T.G, (1999). Emerging and Contemporary technologies in remote sensing for ecosystem assessment and change detection on military reservations. Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Annual Report
• Neale, C.M, Ramsey, R., Farag, F.A, Ahmed, R.H, (1994). Development of a Geographic Information System Database for Modelling Irrigation Distribution Systems in Egypt. Final Report of Task 7: Irrigation Management Systems Project Planning Studies and Models Component
• Neale, C.M, Ramsey, R., (1993). Mapping of Canal and Drain Layouts for Modelling Irrigation Distribution Systems in Egypt. Final Report of Task 1: Irrigation Management Systems Project Planning Studies and Models Component
• O'Neill, W.A, Ramsey, R., Chou, J., (1992). Analysis of Transit Service Areas Using Geographic Information Systems. Transportation Research Record No. 1364
• Ramsey, R., Winn, D.S, Maw, R.W, Falconer, A., Van Niel, T., (1991). Fire Modification of the Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone. FInal Report to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Subcommittee
• Ramsey, R., (1989). Modeling leaf area as an input to transpiration models in aspen conifer forests in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah using remotely sensed data and Geographic Information Systems. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Geography Unviersity of Utah
• Ramsey, R., Ridd, M.K, (1987). Riparian habitat on the South Fork of the Little Humboldt River from the Humboldt/Elko county line to Cosgrave Quadrangle, Nevada. Final Report to the Dept. of Wildlife
• Ramsey, R., Ridd, M.K, (1986). Riparian habitat on the South Fork Humboldt River from Lee, Nevada to the confluence with the Humboldt river and the Humboldt river from Dixie Flats to Beoware, Nevada. Final report to the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife
• Ramsey, R., Price, K.P, Ridd, M.K, (1985). Riparian habitat on the North Fork of the Humboldt River, Ryndon to Wild Horse S.W. Quadrangle. Final report to the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife
• Ramsey, R., Ridd, M.K, (1985). The influence of shadow on spectral response in a semiarid shrub environment. Final report to the U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
• Ridd, M.K, Ramsey, R., Douglass, G.E, Merola, J.A, (1984). Classification of vegetation communities in the Battle Mountain E.E. Quadrangle, Nevada with MSS digital data. Final report to the U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
• Ramsey, R., Price, K.P, Ridd, M.K, (1984). Riparian habitat on the Marys River, Deeth to Marys River Basin S.E. Quadrangle, Nevada. Final Report to the Nevada Department of Wildlife
• Ramsey, R., Harper, K.T, (1983). Influence of tree overstory on the understory production and composition in aspen forests of central Utah. Masters Thesis, Dept. Botany and Range Science, Brigham Young University

Other Reports

• Oukrop, C.M, Evans, D.M, Bartos, D.L, Ramsey, R., Ryel, R.J, (2011). Moderate-scale mapping methods of aspen stand types: a case study for Cedar Mountain in southern Utah. USFS - Rocky Mountain Research Station

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Publications | Other

Bulletins

• Lowry, J., Garrard, C., Ramsey, R., (2004). Land Cover mapping Using StatMod: An ArcView 3.x Extension for Classification of Trees Using SPLUS. GAP Analysis Bulletin No. 12, U.S. Geological Survey
• Manis, G., Lowry, J., Ramsey, R., (2001). Preclassification: An Ecologically Predictive Landform Model. GAP Analysis Bulletin #10
• Manis, G., Homer, C., Ramsey, R., Lowry, J., Sajwaj, T., Graves, S., (2000). The Development of Mapping Zones to Assist in Land Cover Mapping Over Large Geographic Areas: A Case Study of the Southwest ReGAP Project. GAP Analysis Bulletin #9

Other

• Ramsey, R., (1989). Modeling archaeological site location using geographic information systems and remote sensing: Classification of Landsat MSS data for input to a GIS database. Final Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office *

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