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Edward Martinko

Edward A. Martinko
Courtesy Professor

Office: 108 B Higuchi Hall, West Campus
Phone: 785-864-1505
Email: martinko@ku.edu

Office Hours: T R 12:30-2:00

  • Ph.D., Kansas (1976)
  • Director, Kansas Biological Survey
  • Director, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program
  • Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Courses Taught   Research Interests
Ecosystem Management
Environmental Impact Assessment
Principles of Environmental Studies
 
Natural and anthropogenic changes in communities and ecosystems; spatial and temporal dimensions of change as an intellectual framework for the analysis of applied problems; human impacts on the environment and natural biological diversity as they relate to habitat quality, land use change, and natural resource and ecosystem management; insect community ecology.
Current Projects   Selected Publications
Applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems technology

Community, ecosystem, and landscape ecology
 
Griffith, J.A., E.A. Martinko, J.L. Whistler, and K.P. Price. 2002. Preliminary comparison of landscape pattern-Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) relationships to Central Plains Stream conditions. Journal of Environmental Quality. 31(3):846-859.

Peterson, D.L., K.P. Price, and E.A. Martinko. 2002. Investigating grazing intensity and range condition of grasslands in northeastern Kansas using Landsat Thematic Mapper data. Geocarto International. 17(4):1-11.

Griffith, J., K.P. Price, and E.A. Martinko. 2001. A multivariate analysis of biophysical parameters of tallgrass prairie among land management practices and years. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 68:249-271.

Griffith, J., E.A. Martinko, and K.P. Price. 2000. Landscape structure analysis of Kansas at three scales. Landscape and Urban Planning. 52(11):45-61.

Holt, R.D., D.M. Debinski, J.E. Diffendorfer, M.S. Gaines, E.A. Martinko, G.R. Robinson, and G.C. Ward. 1995. Perspectives from an Experimental Study of Habitat Fragmentation in an Agroecosystem. Chapter 10. D.M. Glen, M.P. Greaves and H.M. Anderson (eds.) Ecology and Integrated Farming Systems. John Wiley & Sons: New York. pp. 147-175.

Price, K.P., T. Crooks, and E.A. Martinko. 2001. Grasslands across time and scale: A remote sensing perspective. April Conference Edition 2001 Highlight Article, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 67(4):414-420.

Martinko, E.A., K.P. Price, S.L. Egbert, J.L. Whistler, M.E. Jakubauskas, and T.J. Crooks. 2000. Building on three decades of remote sensing and decision support: the NASA Great Plains RESAC and the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program. October 2000 Highlight Article, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 66(10):1158-1163.