Matthew Fagan

About

Matthew is a conservation geographer and ecologist interested in the fragmentation and restoration of tropical and temperate forests.

Research interests

Forest fragmentation and connectivity in human-dominated landscapes, studied using remote sensing, GIS, modeling, and field work. Assessing conservation and restoration policies.

Teaching interests

Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), conservation science, landscape ecology, and sustainability

Education

Ph D, Ecology — Columbia University (2014)
The changing matrix: Reforestation and connectivity in a tropical habitat corridor
MS, Ecology — Dartmouth College (2003)
Impact of the invasive shrub glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula L.) on juvenile recruitment by canopy trees

Publications

The impact of urban forest corridors on the richness of urban bird populations in Baltimore forest patches 2025 Urban Ecosystems · 29 (8) Beatriz M Shobe, Matthew F Fagan, Colin E Studds
Comparing global and local maps of the Caribbean pine forests of Andros, home of the critically endangered Bahama Oriole 2021 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · 193 · pp. 817 Janine M Antalffy, Michael G Rowley, Scott B Johnson, Shelley Cant-Woodside, Ethan H Freid, K. E. Omland, Matthew Fagan
Hierarchical distance sampling reveals increased population size and broader habitat use of the endangered Bahama oriole 2021 Avian Conservation and Ecology · 16 (1:5) Michael G Rowley, Richard C Stanley, Janine M Antalffy, Jennifer L Christhilf, Daniel C Stonko, Scott B Johnson, Shelly Cant-Woodside, Terrence Scott Sillett, Matthew Fagan, Colin E Studds, K. E. Omland

Presentations

In global tree cover products, how much forest change is actually agricultural expansion? 2019 American Geophysical Union · AGU · Poster Matthew E Fagan (Author & Presenter), Daniel C Cunningham (Author)
Beyond edge effects: landscape controls on forest structure in the southeastern USM 2016 American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting · American Geophysical Union · Oral Presentation Matthew Fagan (Author & Presenter), Douglas C Morton (Author), Bruce D Cook (Author), Jeffery G Masek (Author), Feng Zhao (Author), Chengquan Huang (Author), Ross F Nelson
An airborne perspective on forest edge effects and patterns of native forests and pine plantations in the southeastern U.S. 2016 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting · Ecological Society of America · Oral Presentation Matthew Fagan (Author & Presenter), Douglas C Morton (Author), Bruce D Cook (Author), Jeffery G Masek (Author), Feng Zhao (Author), Chengquan Huang (Author), Ross F Nelson (Author)
The secret lives of timber plantations in the southeastern US: Insights from remote sensing 2016 Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education Seminar · CUERE · Oral Presentation

Grants and Contracts

DISES: An integrated sociocultural, economic, and ecological framework to understand the co-determination of forest integrity and human wellbeing in the tropics NSF · Grant · Not Funded Stella Schons (Principal), Margaret Buck Holland (Co-Principal), Matthew Fagan (Co-Principal), John L Reid (Co-Principal)
ARC AidData Workshop: Generating and testing a framework for mapping the influence of conservation aid on forest change in Mesoamerica AidData · Grant · In-Progress

Courses Taught

GIS Internship GES 483 · Fall 2023

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