Dr. Steven E. Franklin

Diploma, Forest Management, Lakehead University
B.E.S. (Honours Geography), University of Waterloo
M.A. (Physical Geography), University of Waterloo
Ph.D. (Remote Sensing), University of Waterloo

Research Interests:

Steven Franklin joined the department as Trent's 7th President, beginning July 2009. His research addresses  the application of satellite and aerial remote sensing to terrain analysis and environmental management. Publication highlights include more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and two books.

 

Selected Recent Publications:

Franklin, S. E., 2010, Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Wildlife Management: Synthesis and Applications, McGraw-Hill Professional, New York, 346p.

Wang, K., S. E. Franklin, X. Guo, A. Collingwood, G. B. Stenhouse, and S. Lowe, 2010, Comparison of Landsat multispectral and IRS panchromatic imagery for landscape pattern analysis of grizzly bear habitat in agricultural areas of western Alberta, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(1): 36-47.

He, Y., S. E. Franklin, X. Guo, and G. B. Stenhouse, 2010, Narrow-linear and small-area forest disturbance detection and mapping from high spatial resolution imagery, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 3, 033570 (2009); doi:10.1117/1.3283905.

Wang, K., S. E. Franklin, X. Guo, Y. He, and G. J. McDermid, 2009, Problems in remote sensing of landscapes and habitat, Progress in Physical Geography, 33(6): 747-768.

Collingwood, A., S. E. Franklin, X. Guo, and G. Stenhouse, 2009, A medium-resolution remote sensing classification of agricultural areas in Alberta grizzly bear habitat, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(1): 23-36.

Linke, J., G. J. McDermid, A. D. Pape, A. J. McLane, D. N. Laskin, M. Hall-Beyer, and S. E. Franklin, 2009, The influence of patch delineation mismatches on multi-temporal landscape pattern analysis, Landscape Ecology, 24(1): 157-170.

Linke, J., D. N. Laskin, G. J. McDermid, A. D. Pape, A. J. McLane, J. Cranston, M. Hall-Beyer, and S. E. Franklin, 2009, A disturbance-inventory framework for flexible and reliable landscape monitoring, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 75(8): 981-995.

McDermid, G. J., R. J. Hall, G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, T. Kobliuk, S. E. Franklin, G. B. Stenhouse and E. F. LeDrew, 2009, Remote sensing and forest inventory for wildlife habitat assessment, Forest Ecology and Management, 257: 2262-2269.

Barlow, J., Y. Martin, and S. E. Franklin, 2009, Characterizing debris slide occurrence using digital data: paraglacial activity in Chilliwack Valley, British Columbia, Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 46(3): 181-191.

Wunderle, A., S. E. Franklin, and X. Guo, 2009, Texture analysis of SPOT-5 pan-sharpened data for western cedar forest age classifications in British Columbia, Geocarto International, 24(1): 47-64.

McDermid, G. J., M. A. Wulder, N. Coops, S. E. Franklin and N. Seitz, 2009, Critical remote sensing contributions to wildlife ecological knowledge and management, Chapter 11 in Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation, Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, 193-220.