A5065964093- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Management and Policy
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Coffee research and impacts
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Forest ecology and management
James Madison University
2014-2020
Indiana University Bloomington
2010-2013
Indiana University
2012
Fleischman, F. D., K. Boenning, G. A. Garcia-Lopez, S. Mincey, M. Schmitt-Harsh, Daedlow, Lopez, X. Basurto, B. Fischer, and E. Ostrom. 2010. Disturbance, response, persistence in self-organized forested communities: analysis of robustness resilience five communities southern Indiana. Ecology Society 15(4): 9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03512-150409
Given the importance of succinctly communicating complex information, proficiency in graphing is a central element scientific literacy. Evidence indicates that learners all ages and levels expertise have difficulties displaying reading visual data. Numerous studies investigated enactment various activities to improve college science classroom, but most this work has focused on implications general instructional strategies as part semester-long curriculum. Few discussed how specific...
The coffee sector is working towards sector-wide commitments for sustainable production. Yet, knowledge of where cultivated and its environmental impact remains limited, in part due to the challenges mapping using satellite remote sensing. We recognize urgency capitalize on recent technological advances improve sensing methods generate more accurate, reliable, scalable approaches mapping. In this study, we provide a systematic review satellite-based extent, which produced 43 articles...
Schmitt-Harsh, M. L., and S. K. Mincey. 2020. Operationalizing the social-ecological system framework to assess residential forest structure: a case study in Bloomington, Indiana. Ecology Society 25(2):14. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11564-250214
This research applies linear spectral mixture analysis (LSMA) to a Landsat TM image, and assesses the value of fraction images (green vegetation, shade, soil) thermal band (TM-B6) in discriminating shade-grown coffee systems from forests. Four combinations bands were compared, maximum likelihood algorithm was used classify five land cover classes: high-density woodlands, low-density agroforests, crop / pasturelands, urban settlements. The classification accuracy each model combination...
Thousands of trees are lost in urbanizing areas Virginia each year to land development, storms, and pests. As a result, large amounts tree debris, much which could be suitable for high-value wood products, flowing from Virginia’s urban forests annually. Finding cost-effective, sustainable strategies recycling this particularly into durable products that keep carbon stored, benefit the local economy environment throughout state. To inform outreach technical assistance efforts multiple groups...