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Alexandra D. Syphard

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
12458
World Ranking
3105
National Ranking
1106

Alexandra D. Syphard publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 120 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexandra D. Syphard 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 Alexandra D. Syphard sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alexandra D. Syphard is affiliated with the Conservation Biology Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive contributions to the subfields of global and planetary change, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, nature and landscape conservation, as well as safety, risk, reliability, and quality.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, landslides and related hazards, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, fire dynamics and safety research, and species distribution and climate change.

Syphard has published numerous papers, including recent notable works such as:

  • Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene, 2020, Science
  • Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context, 2021, Fire Ecology
  • Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene, 2022, PNAS Nexus
  • Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses, 2022, Fire Ecology
  • Evidence-based mapping of the wildland-urban interface to better identify human communities threatened by wildfires, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors include Jon E. Keeley, Erin Conlisk, Janet Franklin, Helen M. Regan, and Megan K. Jennings. Syphard's research has been published repeatedly in key venues such as the International Journal of Wildland Fire, Science, Fire Ecology, Environmental Research Letters, and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Best Publications

  • Learning to coexist with wildfire

    Max A. Moritz;Enric Batllori;Ross A. Bradstock;A. Malcolm Gill

  • Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk

    Volker C. Radeloff;David P. Helmers;H. Anu Kramer;Miranda H. Mockrin

  • HUMAN INFLUENCE ON CALIFORNIA FIRE REGIMES

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Jon E. Keeley;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

    Luke T. Kelly;Katherine M. Giljohann;Andrea Duane;Nuria Aquilue

  • Global change and terrestrial plant community dynamics

    Janet Franklin;Josep M. Serra-Diaz;Alexandra D. Syphard;Helen M. Regan

  • Modeling plant species distributions under future climates: how fine scale do climate projections need to be?

    Janet Franklin;Frank W. Davis;Makihiko Ikegami;Alexandra D. Syphard

  • Fine-grain modeling of species’ response to climate change: holdouts, stepping-stones, and microrefugia

    Lee Hannah;Lorraine Flint;Alexandra D. Syphard;Max A. Moritz

  • Predicting spatial patterns of fire on a southern California landscape

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Nicholas S. Keuler;Robert S. Taylor

  • Wildfire ignition-distribution modelling: a comparative study in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan, USA

    Avi Bar Massada;Alexandra D. Syphard;Susan I. Stewart;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Conservation Threats Due to Human-Caused Increases in Fire Frequency in Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Todd J. Hawbaker;Susan I. Stewart

  • Housing Arrangement and Location Determine the Likelihood of Housing Loss Due to Wildfire

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley;Avi Bar Massada;Teresa J. Brennan

  • The role of defensible space for residential structure protection during wildfires

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Teresa J. Brennan;Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley

  • Human presence diminishes the importance of climate in driving fire activity across the United States

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Jon E. Keeley;Anne Hopkins Pfaff;Ken Ferschweiler

  • Detection rates of the MODIS active fire product in the United States

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff;Alexandra D. Syphard;Zhiliang Zhu

  • Climate Change and Future Fire Regimes: Examples from California

    Jon E. Keeley;Alexandra D. Syphard

  • Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

    Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley;Alexandra D. Syphard

  • Location, timing and extent of wildfire vary by cause of ignition

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley

  • Twenty-first century California, USA, wildfires: fuel-dominated vs. wind-dominated fires

    Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley;Alexandra D. Syphard

  • Using a cellular automaton model to forecast the effects of urban growth on habitat pattern in southern California

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Keith C. Clarke;Janet Franklin

  • Differences in spatial predictions among species distribution modeling methods vary with species traits and environmental predictors

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Janet Franklin

  • Simulating dynamic and mixed-severity fire regimes: A process-based fire extension for LANDIS-II

    Brian R. Sturtevant;Robert M. Scheller;Brian R. Miranda;Douglas Shinneman;Douglas Shinneman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon E. Keeley
Jon E. Keeley United States Geological Survey
Janet Franklin
Janet Franklin San Diego State University
Helen M. Regan
Helen M. Regan University of California, Riverside
Volker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Susan I. Stewart
Susan I. Stewart University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alan L. Flint
Alan L. Flint United States Geological Survey
Lee Hannah
Lee Hannah Conservation International
Todd J. Hawbaker
Todd J. Hawbaker United States Geological Survey
Frank W. Davis
Frank W. Davis University of California, Santa Barbara
Max A. Moritz
Max A. Moritz University of California, Santa Barbara

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