Publications Library
Too hot to trot? Evaluating the effects of wildfire on patterns of occupancy and abundance for a climate-sensitive habitat specialist International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2015;Online early.
. The Influence of Western Spruce Budworm on Fire in Spruce-Fir Forests Fire Ecology. 2017;13(1).
. Contemporary (1984–2020) fire history metrics for the conterminous United States and ecoregional differences by land ownership. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2022;31(12): 1167–1183. WF22044.pdf (8 MB)
. Climate stress increases forest fire severity across the western United States Ecology Letters. 2013.
. Does prescribed fire promote resistance to drought in low elevation forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA? Fire Ecology. 2016;12(1). Available at: http://fireecologyjournal.org/journal/abstract/?abstract=266.
. An Evaluation of the Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Treatment Program—Are We Treating Enough to Promote Resiliency or Reduce Hazard? Journal of Forestry. 2017;115.
. Fuel accumulation and forest structure change following hazardous fuel reduction treatments throughout California International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2015;Online early.
. Assessing Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire in the USA Current Forestry Reports. 2016;2(3).
. ArcFuels10 System Overview. Portland, OR: USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station; 2013:72. Available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr875.pdf?utm_source=Northwest+Fire+Science+Consortium&utm_campaign=a68afc7c28-Weekly_digest_10_1_copy_02_9_28_2012&utm_medium=email.
. Developing an online tool for identifying at-risk populations to wildfire smoke hazards Science of The Total Environment. 2018;619-620.
. Landscape‑scale fuel treatment effectiveness: lessons learned from wildland fire case studies in forests of the western United States and Great Lakes region. Fire Ecology. 2023;19(1). Urza et al_2023_FireEcol_Landscape‑scale fuel treatment effectiveness- lessons learned from wildland fire case studies in forests of the western United States and Great Lakes region.pdf (1.27 MB)
. Episodic occurrence of favourable weather constrains recovery of a cold desert shrubland after fire. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2021. rmrs_2021_urza_a001.pdf (1.39 MB)
Visions of Restoration in Fire-Adapted Forest Landscapes: Lessons from the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Environmental Management. 2017;59(2).
. Social perspectives on the use of reference conditions in restoration of fire-adapted forest landscapes Restoration Ecology. 2017;Online early.
. Models predict longer, deeper U.S. droughts. Science. 2015;13.
. First Approximations of Prescribed Fire Risks Relative to Other Management Techniques Used on Private Lands PLOS ONE. 2015;10(10).
. Landscape Disturbance Dynamics. Second. ( ). New York: Springer; 2015:53.
. Effects of harvest, fire, and pest/pathogen disturbances on the West Cascades ecoregion carbon balance Carbon Balance and Management. 2015;10(12).
. Expanding the invasion footprint: Ventenata dubia and relationships to wildfire, environment, and plant communities in the Blue Mountains of the Inland Northwest, USA. Applied Vegetation Science. 2020. Tortorelli et al. 2020.pdf (1.78 MB)
. Use of night vision goggles for aerial forest fire protection. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2014;On-line early. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF13042.
Social Science at the WUI: A Compendium of Research Results to Create Fire-Adapted Communities. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service; 2013:80. Available at: http://www.firescience.gov/projects/07-1-6-12/project/07-1-6-12_gtr_nrs111.pdf. 07-1-6-12_gtr_nrs111.pdf (3.55 MB)
. Being Prepared. 2014. Available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/fmt/fmt_pdfs/FMT73-3.pdf.
. Synthesis on crown fire behavior in conifer forests. 2014. FMT73-4.pdf0_.pdf (3.59 MB)
. The push and pull of climate change causes heterogeneous shifts in avian elevational ranges. Global Change Biology. 2012;18:18. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02784.x/pdf.
. Advancing effects analysis for integrated, large-scale wildfire risk assessment. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2011;179:23. Available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2011_thompson_m003.pdf.
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