Jacob Bendix
Biographic Data
| ID | 3635627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Bendix |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob |
| FAMILY NAME | Bendix |
| SIGNATURE | BENDIX J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5125-0347 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Nothing New under the Sun? George Perkins Marsh and Roots of U.S. Physical Geography
U.S. geomorphologists and biogeographers often cite early theoretical roots dating back to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century exemplars such as Powell, Gilbert, Cowles, and Clements, or earlier European contributors like Hutton, Lyell, von Humboldt, and, of course, Darwin. Yet reviews of our intellectual roots often overlook an early and important U.S. contributor: George Perkins Marsh. Marsh’s work on Man and Nature is more often cited…
Asynchronous lightning and Santa Ana winds highlight human role in southern California fire regimes
Southern California’s most extreme fire weather is caused by offshore Santa Ana winds, which commonly occur later in the year than the lightning which provides natural ignition. Examination of the specific dates of both lightning and Santa Ana winds over 25 years shows that Santa Ana winds are very rare during or even within ten days of lightning strikes. The median lag between the two phenomena is 52 days, and on those occasions when lightning d…
Riparian Ecosystems
Riparian ecosystems encompass the portion of the landscape that borders rivers and is affected by them. Their characteristics are largely determined by the interaction between the river and riparian vegetation. Fluvial and hydrological processes affect vegetation by destroying plants, by determining the characteristics of the landforms on which they grow, and by transporting propagules. In turn, riparian vegetation affects rivers by contributing …
Distribution and frequency of wildfire in California riparian ecosystems
Although wildfire has been recognized as having important ecological impacts on California’s riparian environments, understanding of its occurrence is largely anecdotal, based on studies of fire impacts in scattered locations. In this paper we use data for 21 years of wildfires to examine the distribution, seasonality and climatic context of riparian wildfire across the state. We used the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity and LANDFIRE databases …
Clay (a poem)
A brief reflection, in which the smallest discrete part of our physical world is elevated (or more accurately, translocated) into the leading role
Placing the River in Context
We characterize the fluvial geomorphology research of James C. Knox by considering five of his scholarly papers, selected to illustrate not only some of Knox's methods and results but also his conviction that stream-sediment interactions are intricately connected to a range of environmental variables reflecting the scope of physical geography. Those variables, as we discuss, included hydrology, climate, vegetation, position in the drainage networ…
Place, Distance, and Environmental News
This paper examines the geographic variation of newspaper coverage of the conflict over northern spotted owls and old-growth forest protection in the Pacific Northwest. We address four issues: the extent to which newspaper "framing" of the conflict favored one side or the other, the way in which coverage varied among newspapers publishing in different cities around the country, the extent to which that variation was related to the newspapers' phy…
Flood Disturbance and the Distribution of Riparian Species Diversity
Biodiversity varies considerably in Southern Californian riparian vegetation. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis posits greatest diversity in settings that are subject to moderate-intensity disturbance. Flood intensity tends to vary systematically in watersheds, potentially imposing patterns of biodiversity. In two study watersheds, species richness increases with flood severity. Diversity, or heterogeneity, is less predictable: Biodiversity…
Scale, Direction, and Pattern in Riparian Vegetation-Environment Relationships
Because of the linear nature of riparian environments, direction and scale are closely linked. Cross-valley variation in mountain stream valleys is typically seen on a scale of meters, while variation up- and down-valley may be measured in kilometers. As a result, environmental factors at transverse scale (varying within a cross section) and at longitudinal scale (varying between cross sections) impose different patterns on vegetation. This paper…
Environmental Degradation in Brazilian Amazonia
While news media play a major role in shaping public opinion and government policy, existing literature suggests that coverage of both the third world and environmental issues is superficial and crisis-oriented. This study uses the example of Amazonian deforestation to explore the quantity and content of coverage in influential American newspapers. We found that coverage included a wide range of (sometimes) contradictory theories regarding the ca…
Place, Distance, and Environmental News
This paper examines the geographic variation of newspaper coverage of the conflict over northern spotted owls and old-growth forest protection in the Pacific Northwest. We address four issues: the extent to which newspaper "framing" of the conflict favored one side or the other, the way in which coverage varied among newspapers publishing in different cities around the country, the extent to which that variation was related to the newspapers' phy…
Scale, Direction, and Pattern in Riparian Vegetation-Environment Relationships
Because of the linear nature of riparian environments, direction and scale are closely linked. Cross-valley variation in mountain stream valleys is typically seen on a scale of meters, while variation up- and down-valley may be measured in kilometers. As a result, environmental factors at transverse scale (varying within a cross section) and at longitudinal scale (varying between cross sections) impose different patterns on vegetation. This paper…
Environmental Degradation in Brazilian Amazonia
While news media play a major role in shaping public opinion and government policy, existing literature suggests that coverage of both the third world and environmental issues is superficial and crisis-oriented. This study uses the example of Amazonian deforestation to explore the quantity and content of coverage in influential American newspapers. We found that coverage included a wide range of (sometimes) contradictory theories regarding the ca…
Flood Disturbance and the Distribution of Riparian Species Diversity
Biodiversity varies considerably in Southern Californian riparian vegetation. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis posits greatest diversity in settings that are subject to moderate-intensity disturbance. Flood intensity tends to vary systematically in watersheds, potentially imposing patterns of biodiversity. In two study watersheds, species richness increases with flood severity. Diversity, or heterogeneity, is less predictable: Biodiversity…
Nothing New under the Sun? George Perkins Marsh and Roots of U.S. Physical Geography
U.S. geomorphologists and biogeographers often cite early theoretical roots dating back to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century exemplars such as Powell, Gilbert, Cowles, and Clements, or earlier European contributors like Hutton, Lyell, von Humboldt, and, of course, Darwin. Yet reviews of our intellectual roots often overlook an early and important U.S. contributor: George Perkins Marsh. Marsh’s work on Man and Nature is more often cited…
Placing the River in Context
We characterize the fluvial geomorphology research of James C. Knox by considering five of his scholarly papers, selected to illustrate not only some of Knox's methods and results but also his conviction that stream-sediment interactions are intricately connected to a range of environmental variables reflecting the scope of physical geography. Those variables, as we discuss, included hydrology, climate, vegetation, position in the drainage networ…
Environmental Degradation in Brazilian Amazonia
While news media play a major role in shaping public opinion and government policy, existing literature suggests that coverage of both the third world and environmental issues is superficial and crisis-oriented. This study uses the example of Amazonian deforestation to explore the quantity and content of coverage in influential American newspapers. We found that coverage included a wide range of (sometimes) contradictory theories regarding the ca…
Scale, Direction, and Pattern in Riparian Vegetation-Environment Relationships
Because of the linear nature of riparian environments, direction and scale are closely linked. Cross-valley variation in mountain stream valleys is typically seen on a scale of meters, while variation up- and down-valley may be measured in kilometers. As a result, environmental factors at transverse scale (varying within a cross section) and at longitudinal scale (varying between cross sections) impose different patterns on vegetation. This paper…
Flood Disturbance and the Distribution of Riparian Species Diversity
Biodiversity varies considerably in Southern Californian riparian vegetation. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis posits greatest diversity in settings that are subject to moderate-intensity disturbance. Flood intensity tends to vary systematically in watersheds, potentially imposing patterns of biodiversity. In two study watersheds, species richness increases with flood severity. Diversity, or heterogeneity, is less predictable: Biodiversity…
Place, Distance, and Environmental News
This paper examines the geographic variation of newspaper coverage of the conflict over northern spotted owls and old-growth forest protection in the Pacific Northwest. We address four issues: the extent to which newspaper "framing" of the conflict favored one side or the other, the way in which coverage varied among newspapers publishing in different cities around the country, the extent to which that variation was related to the newspapers' phy…
Placing the River in Context
We characterize the fluvial geomorphology research of James C. Knox by considering five of his scholarly papers, selected to illustrate not only some of Knox's methods and results but also his conviction that stream-sediment interactions are intricately connected to a range of environmental variables reflecting the scope of physical geography. Those variables, as we discuss, included hydrology, climate, vegetation, position in the drainage networ…
Clay (a poem)
A brief reflection, in which the smallest discrete part of our physical world is elevated (or more accurately, translocated) into the leading role
Riparian Ecosystems
Riparian ecosystems encompass the portion of the landscape that borders rivers and is affected by them. Their characteristics are largely determined by the interaction between the river and riparian vegetation. Fluvial and hydrological processes affect vegetation by destroying plants, by determining the characteristics of the landforms on which they grow, and by transporting propagules. In turn, riparian vegetation affects rivers by contributing …
Distribution and frequency of wildfire in California riparian ecosystems
Although wildfire has been recognized as having important ecological impacts on California’s riparian environments, understanding of its occurrence is largely anecdotal, based on studies of fire impacts in scattered locations. In this paper we use data for 21 years of wildfires to examine the distribution, seasonality and climatic context of riparian wildfire across the state. We used the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity and LANDFIRE databases …
Asynchronous lightning and Santa Ana winds highlight human role in southern California fire regimes
Southern California’s most extreme fire weather is caused by offshore Santa Ana winds, which commonly occur later in the year than the lightning which provides natural ignition. Examination of the specific dates of both lightning and Santa Ana winds over 25 years shows that Santa Ana winds are very rare during or even within ten days of lightning strikes. The median lag between the two phenomena is 52 days, and on those occasions when lightning d…
Nothing New under the Sun? George Perkins Marsh and Roots of U.S. Physical Geography
U.S. geomorphologists and biogeographers often cite early theoretical roots dating back to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century exemplars such as Powell, Gilbert, Cowles, and Clements, or earlier European contributors like Hutton, Lyell, von Humboldt, and, of course, Darwin. Yet reviews of our intellectual roots often overlook an early and important U.S. contributor: George Perkins Marsh. Marsh’s work on Man and Nature is more often cited…
Geography (9 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · Physical geography (5 works) · Fire effects on ecosystems (4 works) · Geomorphology (4 works) · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (4 works) · Riparian zone (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)