Dr. Mark A. Cochrane Senior Scientist, Professor 605-688-5353 Mark.Cochrane@sdstate.edu Fire Ecology, Land Cover Change, Land Cover and Land Use Interactions, Dynamic Systems

Dr. Mark Cochrane of SDSU conducts interdisciplinary work that combines remote sensing, ecology and other fields of study to provide a landscape perspective of the dynamic processes involved in land-cover change. He is an expert on wildfire in tropical ecosystems, documenting the characteristics, behavior and severe effects of fire in tropical forests that are inherent to current systems of human land-use. His research focuses on understanding spatial patterns, interactions and synergisms between the multiple physical and biological factors that affect ecosystems. Recently published work emphasizes the human dimensions of land-cover change and the potential for sustainable development, and has been instrumental in the Brazilian government's recent program to expand its national forest system in the Amazon to 50 million hectares. In his ongoing research program, Dr. Cochrane continues to investigate the drivers and effects of disturbance regime changes resulting from various forms of forest degradation, including fire, fragmentaion and logging. He currently has funded projects in Brazil through NASA and USAID, the United States (Joint Fire Sciences) and in China (NASA). He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from Pennsylvania State University and a S.B. in Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institue of Technology.

Publications

Souza, C.M., Roberts, D.A. and M.A. Cochrane. 2005. Combining Spectral and Spatial Information to Map Canopy Damages from Selective Logging and Forest Fires. Remote Sensing of Environment 98: 329-343.

Matricardi, E.A.T., D.L. Skole, M.A. Cochrane, J. Qi and W.Chomentowski. 2005. Monitoring Selective Logging in Tropical Evergreen Forests Using Landsat: Multitemporal Regional Analyses in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Earth Interactions 9 (Paper 24) 1-24.

Wang, C., J. Qi and M. Cochrane. 2005. Assessment of Tropical Forest Degradation with Canopy Fractional Cover from Landsat ETM+ and IKONOS Imagery. Earth Interactions 9.

Laurance, William F., Scott Bergen, Mark A. Cochrane, Philip M. Fearnside, Patricia Delamonica, Sammya D'Angelo, Christopher Barber, and Tito Fernandes. 2005. The future of the Amazon. Pages 583-609 in E. Bermingham, C. Dick, and C. Moritz, editors. Tropical rainforests: past, present, and future. University of Chicago Press.

Drake, B.G., Hughes, L., Johnson, E.A., Seibel, B.A., Cochrane, M.A., Fabry, V.J., Rasse, D. and L. Hannah. 2005. Synergistic Effects. Pages 296-316 in T.E. Lovejoy and L. Hannah, editors. Climate Change and Biodiversity. Yale University Press.

Cochrane, M.A., D.L. Skole, E.A.T. Matricardi, C. Barber and W. Chomentowski. 2004. Selective Logging, Forest Fragmentation and Fire Disturbance: Implications of Interaction and Synergy. Pp. 310-324 in Working Forests in the Neotropics: Conservation through Sustainable Management? (D.J. Zarin, et al. eds). Columbia University Press.

Kodandapani N., M.A. Cochrane, and R. Sukumar. 2004. Conservation Threat of Increasing Fire Frequencies in the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Biology 18(6): 1553-1561.

Simmons, C.S., R.T. Walker, C.H. Wood, E. Arima and M.A. Cochrane. 2004. Wildfires in Amazonia: A pilot study examining the role of farming systems, social capital, and fire contagion. Journal of Latin American Geography 3(1): 81-96.

Gutman, G.; Janetos, A.C.; Justice, C.O.; Moran, E.F.; Mustard, J.F.; Rindfuss, R.R.; Skole, D.; Turner II, B.L.; Cochrane, M.A. (Eds.) 2004. Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 461pp.

Skole D.L. and M.A. Cochrane. 2004. Observations of LCLUC in Regional Case Studies. Pp. 52-55 in Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface (Gutman et al. eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Skole D.L., M.A. Cochrane, E.A.T. Matricardi, W. Chomentowski, M. Pedlowski and D. Kimble. 2004. Pattern to Process in the Amazon Region: measuring forest conversion, regeneration and degradation. Pp. 77-95 in Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface (Gutman et al. eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Csiszar, I., C.O. Justice, A.D. Mcguire, M.A. Cochrane, D.P. Roy, F. Brown, S.G. Conard, P.G.H. Frost, L. Giglio, C. Elvidge, M.D. Flannigan, E. Kasischke, D.J. McCrae, T.S. Rupp, B.J. Stocks, and D.L. Verbyla. 2004. Land Use And Fires. Pp. 329-350 in Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface (Gutman et al. eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Cochrane, M.A. 2003. Fire Science for Rainforests. Nature 421: 913-919.

Veríssimo A. and M.A. Cochrane. 2003. Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests:Brazil's Bold Initiative in the Amazon. ITTO Tropical Forest Update 13(3): 4-6.

Veríssimo, A. and M.A. Cochrane. 2003. A Risky Forest Policy in the Amazon? – Response. Science 299: 1843.

Johnson, E.A. and M.A. Cochrane. 2003. Disturbance Regime Interactions. Pp. 39-44 in Climate Change and Biodiversity: Synergistic Impacts. Edited by T. Lovejoy and L. Hannah. Advances in Applied Biodiversity Science, Number 4. Conservation International. Washington, DC.

Veríssimo, A., M.A. Cochrane, and C. Souza Jr. 2002. National Forests in the Amazon. Science 297: 1478.

Cochrane, M.A., Alencar, A., Schulze, M.D., Souza Jr., C.M., Lefebvre, P. and Nepstad, D.C. 2002. Investigating Positive Feedbacks in the Fire Dynamic of Closed Canopy Tropical Forests. In: Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon (C.H. Wood and R. Porro eds.). University Press of Florida. Pg. 285-298.

Cochrane, M.A. (UNEP) 2002. Spreading Like Wildfire – Tropical Forest Fires In Latin America And The Caribbean: Prevention, Assessment And Early Warning. United Nations Environment Program, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. 96pp. http://www.rolac.unep.mx/dewalac/eng/fire_ingles.pdf (also published in Spanish 109pp).

Cochrane, M.A. and Laurance, W.F. 2002. Fire As A Large-Scale Edge Effect In Amazonian Forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18: 311-325.

Veríssimo, A., M. A. Cochrane, C. Souza Jr., and R. Salomão. 2002. Priority areas for establishing national forests in the Brazilian Amazon. Conservation Ecology 6(1): 4. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss1/art4

Laurance, W.F., Fearnside, P.M., Cochrane, M.A., D'Angelo S., Bergen S., Delamonica P. 2001. Development of the Brazilian Amazon - Response. Science 292: 1652-1654.

Laurance, W.F., Cochrane, M.A., Bergen, S., Fearnside, P.M., Delamônica, P., Barber, C., d’Angelo, S. And T. Fernandes. 2001. The Future of the Brazilian Amazon: Development Trends and Deforestation. Science 291: 438-439.

Cochrane M.A. 2001. In the Line of Fire: Understanding the Impacts of Tropical Forest Fires. Environment, 43(8): 28-38.

Cochrane, M.A. 2001. Synergistic Interactions Between Habitat Fragmentation and Fire in Evergreen Tropical Forests. Conservation Biology 15(6): 1515-1521.

Laurance, W.F. and Cochrane, M.A. 2001. Synergistic Effects in Fragmented Landscapes. Conservation Biology 15(6): 1488-1489.

Cochrane, M.A. 2000. Using Vegetation Reflectance Variability for Species Level Classification of Hyperspectral Data.  International Journal of Remote Sensing 21: 2075-2087.

Cochrane, M.A. 2000. Forest fire, deforestation and landcover change in the Brazilian Amazon. Pp. 170-176 in Volume 1: L.F. Neuenschwander, K. C. Ryan, G. E. Gollberg, and J. D. Greer, editors, Proceedings from, The Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, June 15-17, 1999, "Crossing the Millennium: Integrating Spatial Technologies and Ecological Principals for a New Age in Fire Management." University of Idaho and the International Association of Wildland Fire. Moscow, Idaho. http://www.nifc.gov/joint_fire_sci/conferenceproc/Ma-03Cochrane.pdf

Cochrane, M.A. 2000. Compreendendo o Significado das Queimadas na Floresta Amazônica (in Portuguese) Ciencia Hoje 27(157): 26-31.

Cochrane, M.A., Alencar, A., Schulze, M.D, Souza Jr., C.M., Nepstad, D.C., Lefebvre, P., & Davidson, E. 1999. Positive feedbacks in the fire dynamic of closed canopy tropical forests. Science 284: 1832-1835.

Nepstad D.C., Veríssimo A., Alencar A., Nobre C., Lima E., Lefebvre P., Schlesinger P., Potter C., Moutinho P., Mendoza E., Cochrane M.A., Brooks V. 1999. Large-scale Impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire. Nature 398: 505-508.

Cochrane, M.A. & Schulze, M.D. 1999. Fire as a recurrent event in tropical forests of the eastern Amazon: effects on forest structure, biomass, and species composition. Biotropica 31(1): 2-16.

Cochrane, M.A. & Souza Jr., C.M. 1998. Linear mixture model classification of burned forests in the eastern Amazon. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19: 3433-3440.

Cochrane, M.A. & Schulze, M.D. 1998. Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon. Conservation Biology 12(5): 948-950.

Cochrane, M.A. 1998. The Current And Future Ecological Significance Of Fire In The Eastern Amazon: Fire Effects And Feedbacks In Tropical Lowland Forest. Doctoral Dissertation. The Pennsylvania State University. 108pp.

Uhl, C., Kulakowski, D., Gerwing, J., Brown, M. & Cochrane, M.A. 1996. Sustainability: A touchstone concept for university operations, education and research. Conservation Biology 10(5): 1308-1311.