Research

Areas of research include:

•  The current and historical role and effects of fire in terrestrial and riparian ecosystems

•  The ecological and economic consequences of the use of fire and fire surrogates in ecosystem restoration and management

•  Development and review of fire policies in the United States, Australia, and Mexico

•  Investigating the interaction of other ecosystem components (such as wildlife, soils, water, invasive organisms) and ecosystem processes (such as insects, disease, climate, dispersal and regeneration, herbivory, and biodiversity) with fire

•  Interaction of global climate change and fire regimes, and consequences for future natural resource management

• Wildfire use in remote areas including impacts on biodiversity, carbon stocks, hydrology, fire hazards, forest regeneration, and understory vegetation

• Fire, vegetation, and fuel dynamics in the Sierra San Pedro Martir in Northern Baja California, Mexico

• Restoration treatments in mixed hardwood forests of northern California

• Sustainable management of pygmy forests of northwestern California

• Partnerships with Indigenous people to enhance stewardship and complementary policy development