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Donald A. Falk

University of Arizona · US
Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Ecology
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology, Geography, Disturbance (geology), Fire regime, Environmental science, and Climate change.
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citations
4,826
works
49
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Recent publications

A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned
Nature Communications 2025cited by 51position: middledoi
Spatiotemporal Synchrony of Climate and Fire Occurrence Across North American Forests (1750–1880)
Global Ecology and Biogeography 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Examining the Impacts of Pre-Fire Forest Conditions on Burn Severity Using Multiple Remote Sensing Platforms
Remote Sensing 2024cited by 13position: lastdoi
Drivers of California’s changing wildfires: a state-of-the-knowledge synthesis
International Journal of Wildland Fire 2023cited by 44position: middledoi
Mortality thresholds of juvenile trees to drought and heatwaves: implications for forest regeneration across a landscape gradient
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2023cited by 17position: middledoi
Mechanisms of forest resilience
Forest Ecology and Management 2022cited by 221position: firstdoi
Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses
Fire Ecology 2022cited by 89position: middledoi
The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network
Ecosphere 2022cited by 67position: middledoi
Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests
Ecological Applications 2021cited by 378position: middledoi
The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active–passive dichotomy
Restoration Ecology 2021cited by 171position: middledoi
Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes
BioScience 2020cited by 612position: middledoi
Disturbance macroecology: a comparative study of community structure metrics in a high‐severity disturbance regime
Ecosphere 2020cited by 33position: middledoi
Widespread fire years in the US–Mexico Sky Islands are contingent on both winter and monsoon precipitation
International Journal of Wildland Fire 2020cited by 16position: middledoi
Scaling and Complexity in Landscape Ecology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2019cited by 153position: middledoi
Seasonal and drought‐related changes in leaf area profiles depend on height and light environment in an Amazon forest
New Phytologist 2019cited by 114position: middledoi
Scaling Ecological Resilience
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2019cited by 111position: firstdoi
Fire, climate and changing forests
Nature Plants 2019cited by 54position: lastdoi
Spatiotemporal variability of human–fire interactions on the Navajo Nation
Ecosphere 2019cited by 37position: middledoi
Pre‐fire drought and competition mediate post‐fire conifer mortality in western U.S. National Parks
Ecological Applications 2018cited by 82position: middledoi
Use of landscape simulation modeling to quantify resilience for ecological applications
Ecosphere 2018cited by 63position: middledoi
Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States
Fire 2018cited by 30position: middledoi
A multi-century history of fire regimes along a transect of mixed-conifer forests in central Oregon, U.S.A.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2018cited by 27position: lastdoi
Direct and indirect climate controls predict heterogeneous early-mid 21st century wildfire burned area across western and boreal North America
PLoS ONE 2017cited by 182position: middledoi
Long-Term Persistence and Fire Resilience of Oak Shrubfields in Dry Conifer Forests of Northern New Mexico
Ecosystems 2017cited by 119position: middledoi
Restoration Ecology, Resilience, and the Axes of Change
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 2017cited by 80position: firstdoi
Fusing tree‐ring and forest inventory data to infer influences on tree growth
Ecosphere 2017cited by 51position: middledoi
Climate drives fire synchrony but local factors control fire regime change in northern Mexico
Ecosphere 2017cited by 43position: middledoi
Fire Severity and Regeneration Strategy Influence Shrub Patch Size and Structure Following Disturbance
Forests 2017cited by 31position: middledoi
Foundations of Restoration Ecology
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics eBooks 2016cited by 423position: firstdoi
Multiscale perspectives of fire, climate and humans in western North America and the Jemez Mountains, USA
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2016cited by 122position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Thomas W. Swetnam · University of Arizona11 papers (2013–2020)Ellis Q. Margolis · University of Arizona7 papers (2013–2025) · 7 papers (2012–2020)Rachel A. Loehman · United States Geological Survey7 papers (2014–2025)Christopher H. Guiterman · University of Arizona5 papers (2017–2025) · 4 papers (2014–2018) · 4 papers (2012–2025)Peter M. Brown · Colorado State University4 papers (2013–2018)Craig D. Allen · University of Nebraska–Lincoln4 papers (2013–2019) · 3 papers (2014–2018)Ellen Whitman · Dalhousie University3 papers (2020–2025) · 3 papers (2012–2017) · 3 papers (2012–2017)Robert E. Keane · Rocky Mountain Research (United States)3 papers (2013–2018)Christopher D. O’Connor · University of Arizona3 papers (2014–2016) · 3 papers (2020–2025)Calvin A. Farris · University of Arizona3 papers (2013–2016) · 3 papers (2014–2016)Kevin T. Smith · University of Houston3 papers (2014–2016)Michael C. Stambaugh · University of Missouri3 papers (2018–2025)