Publications

Link to Google Scholar profile and please feel free to contact me at mgmaclean@umass.edu for any reprints.

Barker Plotkin, A., B. Keevan, M.G. MacLean, Shiffrin, and J.R. Thompson, 2025. Defoliation and demography interact to affect oak survival in Southern New England. Forest Ecology and Management, 579, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122507.

Thompson, J.R., D. Laflower, J. Plisinski, M.G. MacLean, et al., 2025. Forest Carbon Study: The Impact of Alternative Land-Use Scenarios on Terrestrial Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Massachusetts. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/forest-carbon-study 

Tumber‐Dávila, S.J., T. Lucey, E.R. Boose, D. Laflower, A. León‐Sáenz, B.T. Wilson, M.G. MacLean, and J. R. Thompson, 2024. Hurricanes pose a substantial risk to New England forest carbon stocks. Global Change Biology, 30(4), e17259.

Barker Plotkin, A., D.A. Orwig, M.G. MacLean, & A.M. Ellison, 2024. Logging response alters trajectories of reorganization after loss of a foundation tree species. Ecological Applications, 34(3), e2957.

Birdsey, R., P. Catanzaro, A. D'Amato, D.R. Foster, A. Kosiba, M.G. MacLean, L. Marx, W.R. Moomaw, T.A. Ontl, C. Riely, J. Shakun, J.R. Thompson, 2023. Report of the Climate Forestry Committee: Recommendations for Climate-Oriented Forest Management Guidelines. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/forests-as-climate-solutions

Markowski-Lindsay, M., P. Catanzaro, A. Robillard, B.J. Butler, D.A. Orwig, A.W. D’Amato, J.R. Thompson, D.M. Laflower, M.G. MacLean, and M. Itter, 2023. Forester and Logger Response to Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts and Vermont: a Secondary Disturbance. Journal of Forestry, p.fvad019.

Markowski-Lindsay, M., and M.G. MacLean, 2023. Disturbance. Dictionary of Ecological Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. 132-133.

Mitchell, M.F., M.G. MacLean, K.M. DeAngelis, 2022. Microbial necromass response to soil warming: A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Soil Science 2:987178.

Thompson, J.R., D. Laflower, J. Plisinski, M.G. MacLean, 2021. Land Sector Report: A Technical Report of the Massachusetts 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap Study. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ma-decarbonization-roadmap 

MacLean, M.G., M.J. Duveneck, J. Plisinski, L. Morreale, K. Fallon-Lambert, D. Laflower, J.R. Thompson, 2021. Forest carbon trajectories: Consequences of alternative land-use scenarios in New England. Global Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102310.

Evans, A. B. Lopez, M.G. MacLean, T.L. Morelli, R. Narayanan, M. Ocana, 2021. Adaptation actions for resistance, resilience, and transformation. Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network (Mass ECAN) and Northeast Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network.

Lopez, B., C. Brown-Lima, J. Dalaba, A. Evans, M.G. MacLean, T.L. Morelli, 2021. Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Management Challenge: Embracing the Future: Promoting adaptation and resilience to invasive species and climate change. RISCC outreach publication. https://doi.org/10.7275/djdw-cm44.

Plotkin, A.B., M.G. MacLean, C. Cheng, E. Cousins, B. Lopez, A. O’uhuru, 2021. Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Management Challenge: Forest Pest Risk is Heating Up. RISCC outreach publication. https://doi.org/10.7275/p217-7g43.

Holt, J., M. Borsuk, M. Markowski-Lindsay, M.G. MacLean, J.R. Thompson, B.J. Butler. 2021. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Family Forest Owners’ Responses to Invasive Forest Insects. Society & Natural Resources. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2021.1924330

Thompson, J.R., J. Plisinski, K. Fallon-Lambert, M. Duveneck, L. Morrale, M. McBride, M.G. MacLean¸ M. Weiss, L. Lee, 2020. Spatial simulation of co-designed land-cover change scenarios in New England: Alternative futures and their consequences for conservation priorities. Earth’s Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001348.

MacLean, M.G., J. Holt, M. Borsuk, M. Markowski-Lindsay, B.J. Butler, D.B. Kittredge, M.J. Duveneck, D. Laflower, D. Orwig, J.R. Thompson, 2020. Potential impacts of insect induced salvage harvests in mixed forests. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11050498 

Beaury, E.M., A. Barker-Plotkin, C. Brown-Lima, E.J. Fusco, B. Griffin, S. Jourbran, B.B. Laginhas, M.G. MacLean, L. Munro, M. Nelson, S. Talbot, B.A. Bradley, 2020. Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Management Challenge: Taking Action. Managing invasive species in the context climate change. RISCC outreach publication. https://doi.org/10.7275/k8q5-4f71. 

MacLean, M. G., 2020. Data management and introduction to QGIS and RStudio for spatial analysis. ESA Data Access - Inclusive Pedagogy, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/48G8-6Y44. 

MacLean, M. G., 2020. NELF Explorer: Drivers of Landscape Change. QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/SAXJ-XC69. 

MacLean, M. G., 2020. Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally. ESA Data Access - Inclusive Pedagogy, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/QB8W-8B80. 

Markowski-Lindsay, M., M. Borsuk, B.J. Butler, M.J. Duveneck, J. Holt, D.B. Kittredge, D. Laflower, M.G. MacLean, D. Orwig, and J.R. Thompson, 2020. Compounding the disturbance: Family forest owner reactions to invasive forest insects. Ecological Economics. 167. DOI: 10.1016/ j.ecolecon.2019.106461.

Holt, J., M.G. MacLean, M. Borsuk, M. Markowski-Lindsay, B.J. Butler, D.B. Kittredge, D. Orwig, D. Laflower, J.R. Thompson, 2019. Classifying landowners into functional types to characterize responses to forest insects. People and Nature. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10065

Graham, K.K., and M.G. MacLean, 2018. Presence-only modeling is ill-suited for a recent generalist invader, Anthidium manicatum. Ecological Indicators. 89:56-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.02.002 (link)

MacLean, M.G., 2017. Edge Influence Detection using Aerial LiDAR in Northeastern US Deciduous Forests. Ecological Indicators. 72:310–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.034 (link)

MacLean, M.G., H. Hertler, and M. Seifert, 2016. Undergraduate research at The School for Field Studies (SFS) Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands. In: How Undergraduate Research Advances Science Policy, Spring CUR Quarterly. 36(3):21-27. DOI: 10.18833/curq/36/3/3.

MacLean, M.G. and R.G. Congalton, 2015. A comparison of landscape fragmentation analysis programs for identifying possible invasive plant species locations in forest edge. Landscape Ecology. 30(7):1241-1256. (link)

Winrich, C., V.L. Rodgers, M.G. MacLean, D.M. Blodgett, and J. Schaefer, 2015. Science Education as Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® Methodology. In V.L. Crittenden, K. Esper, N. Karst, and R. Slegers (Eds.) Evolving Entrepreneurial Education: Innovation in the Babson Classroom (pp. 159-174). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

MacLean, M.G. and R.G. Congalton, 2013. PolyFrag: A vector-based program for computing landscape metrics. Journal of GIScience and Remote Sensing. 50(6):591-603. (pdf)

MacLean, M.G. and R.G. Congalton, 2013. Applicability of multi-date land cover mapping using Landsat 5TM imagery in the Northeastern US. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 79(4):359-368. (pdf)

MacLean, M.G., M. Campbell, D. Maynard, M.J. Ducey, and R.G. Congalton, 2013. Requirements for prism sampling polygons in an object-based image analysis classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34(7):2531-2547. (pdf)

MacLean, M.G. and R. Congalton, 2013. Predicting woody invasive species presence using a new fragmentation program: PolyFrag. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 2013 Annual Conference, 24-28 March 2013, Baltimore, MD.

MacLean, M.G. and R. Congalton, 2012. Map accuracy assessment issues when using an object-oriented approach. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 2012 Annual Conference, 19-23 March 2012, Sacramento, CA. (pdf)

MacLean, M.G. and R. Congalton, 2011b. Investigating issues in map accuracy when using an object-based approach to map benthic habitats. Journal of GIScience and Remote Sensing. 48(4):457-477. (pdf)

MacLean, M.G. and R. Congalton, 2011a.  Using object-oriented classification to map forest community types. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 2011 Annual Conference, 1-5 May 2011, Milwaukee, WI (Bethesda: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), 10 pp.

MacLean, M.G. and R. Congalton, 2010. Mapping and analysis of fragmentation in southeastern New Hampshire. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing/Cartography & GIS 2010 Fall Specialty Conference, 15-19 November 2010, Orlando, FL (Bethesda, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), 5 pp.

MacLean, M.G., A. Rudko, and R. Congalton, 2010. Multi-temporal image analysis of the Coastal Watershed, NH. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 2010 Annual Conference, 26-30 April 2010, San Diego, CA (Bethesda: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), 7 pp.

Graham, M. and R. Congalton, 2009b. A comparison of the 1992 and 2001 National Land Cover Datasets in the Lamprey River Watershed, NH. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing/Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors 2009 Fall Conference, 16-19 November 2009, San Antonio, TX (Bethesda: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), 8 pp.

Graham, M. and R. Congalton, 2009a. Evaluating issues in map accuracy: A study of mapping benthic habitats on the Texas gulf coast. In: American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 2009 Annual Conference, 9-13 March 2009, Baltimore, MD (Bethesda: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), pp. 23-34.