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D-Index
57
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9124
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2762
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975

Alan A. Ager publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan A. Ager sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 186 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Alan A. Ager D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan A. Ager sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan A. Ager is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work concentrates on topics including Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest Management and Policy, Landslides and related hazards, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management.

They have published several recent papers that cover various aspects of wildfire risk and management:

  • "Development of Comprehensive Fuel Management Strategies for Reducing Wildfire Risk in Greece" (2020) in Forests
  • "Application of simulation modeling for wildfire exposure and transmission assessment in Sardinia, Italy" (2021) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • "Planning for future fire: Scenario analysis of an accelerated fuel reduction plan for the western United States" (2021) in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Predicting Paradise: Modeling future wildfire disasters in the western US" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Assessing Wildfire Exposure to Communities and Protected Areas in Portugal" (2021) in Fire

Frequent coauthors with whom Alan A. Ager has collaborated include:

  • Michelle A. Day
  • Fermín Alcasena
  • Cody Evers
  • Bruno A. Aparício
  • Ken Bunzel

Their research has been published repeatedly in several key venues, including:

  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Fire
  • Forests
  • Ecological Modelling

Best Publications

  • A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure

    Alan A. Ager;Nicole M. Vaillant;Mark A. Finney

  • Simulation of long-term landscape-level fuel treatment effects on large wildfires

    Mark A. Finney;Rob C. Seli;Charles W. McHugh;Alan A. Ager

  • A review of recent advances in risk analysis for wildfire management

    Carol Miller;Alan A. Ager

  • Broadband, red-edge information from satellites improves early stress detection in a New Mexico conifer woodland

    Jan U.H. Eitel;Lee A. Vierling;Marcy E. Litvak;Dan S. Long

  • Modeling wildfire risk to northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) habitat in Central Oregon, USA

    Alan A. Ager;Mark A. Finney;Becky K. Kerns;Helen Maffei

  • DAILY AND SEASONAL MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE BY FEMALE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK AND MULE DEER

    Alan A. Ager;Bruce K. Johnson;John W. Kern;John G. Kie

  • Wildfire risk as a socioecological pathology

    A. Paige Fischer;Thomas A. Spies;Toddi A Steelman;Cassandra Moseley

  • Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems

    Thomas A. Spies;Eric M. White;Jeffrey D. Kline;A. Paige Fischer

  • Integrated national-scale assessment of wildfire risk to human and ecological values

    Matthew P. Thompson;David E. Calkin;Mark A. Finney;Alan A. Ager

  • Integrating Fire Behavior Models and Geospatial Analysis for Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Fuel Management Planning

    Alan A. Ager;Nicole M. Vaillant;Mark A. Finney

  • Wildfire risk estimation in the Mediterranean area

    Alan A. Ager;Haiganoush K. Preisler;Bachisio Arca;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano

  • Assessing exposure of human and ecological values to wildfire in Sardinia, Italy

    Michele Salis;Michele Salis;Alan A. Ager;Bachisio Arca;Mark A. Finney

  • Analyzing wildfire exposure and source–sink relationships on a fire prone forest landscape

    Alan A. Ager;Nicole M. Vaillant;Mark A. Finney;Haiganoush K. Preisler

  • Modeling animal movements using stochastic differential equations

    Haiganoush K. Preisler;Alan A. Ager;Bruce K. Johnson;John G. Kie

  • Climate and weather influences on spatial temporal patterns of mountain pine beetle populations in Washington and Oregon

    Haiganoush K. Preisler;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Alan A. Ager;Jane L Hayes

  • Restoration of fire in managed forests: a model to prioritize landscapes and analyze tradeoffs

    Alan A. Ager;Nicole M. Vaillant;Andrew McMahan

  • Understanding Ungulate Herbivory—Episodic Disturbance Effects on Vegetation Dynamics: Knowledge Gaps and Management Needs

    Michael J. Wisdom;Martin Vavra;Jennifer M. Boyd;Miles A. Hemstrom

  • Assessing the effect of a fuel break network to reduce burnt area and wildfire risk transmission

    Tiago M. Oliveira;Ana M. G. Barros;Alan A. Ager;Paulo M. Fernandes

  • Assessing climate change impacts on wildfire exposure in Mediterranean areas

    Olga M. Lozano;Michele Salis;Alan A. Ager;Bachisio Arca

  • Evaluating alternative fuel treatment strategies to reduce wildfire losses in a Mediterranean area

    Michele Salis;Michele Salis;Maurizio Laconi;Alan A. Ager;Fermin J. Alcasena

  • Progress towards and barriers to implementation of a risk framework for US federal wildland fire policy and decision making

    David C. Calkin;Mark A. Finney;Alan A. Ager;Matthew P. Thompson

  • Statistical methods for analysing responses of wildlife to human disturbance.

    Haiganoush K. Preisler;Alan A. Ager;Michael J. Wisdom

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Finney
Mark A. Finney US Forest Service
Donatella Spano
Donatella Spano University of Sassari
Haiganoush K. Preisler
Haiganoush K. Preisler US Forest Service
Pierpaolo Duce
Pierpaolo Duce National Research Council (CNR)
Michael J. Wisdom
Michael J. Wisdom US Forest Service
John G. Kie
John G. Kie Idaho State University
Thomas A. Spies
Thomas A. Spies US Forest Service
Carol Miller
Carol Miller US Forest Service
Marc-André Parisien
Marc-André Parisien Natural Resources Canada
David E. Calkin
David E. Calkin US Forest Service

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