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5215
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1951

Overview

Bruce C. Murray was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research contributed primarily to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific focus on several subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, Ecological Modeling, and Pollution.

Their scientific work concentrated on key topics that included Fire effects on ecosystems, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Fire dynamics and safety research.

The scientist published a number of papers in various academic journals. Notable recent publications included:

  • Biodiversity impacts of the 2019-2020 Australian megafires (2024), published in Nature
  • Fire and rain are one: extreme rainfall events predict wildfire extent in an arid grassland (2020), published in International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Community perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices linked to urban tree plantings (2023), published in Urban forestry & urban greening
  • An Integrated Approach to Identify Low-Flammability Plant Species for Green Firebreaks (2020), published in Fire
  • Decontaminating Terrestrial Oil Spills: A Comparative Assessment of Dog Fur, Human Hair, Peat Moss and Polypropylene Sorbents (2020), published in Environments

Bruce C. Murray collaborated frequently with several coauthors. These included Megan L. Murray, Jonathan K. Webb, Daniel W. Krix, Christopher M. McLean, and Chris R. Dickman.

Their research was published often in journals such as Fire, International Journal of Wildland Fire, American Journal of Botany, Nature, and Urban forestry & urban greening.

Best Publications

  • The behavior of volatiles on the lunar surface

    Kenneth Watson;Bruce C. Murray;Harrison Brown

  • Diviner Lunar Radiometer Observations of Cold Traps in the Moon’s South Polar Region

    David A. Paige;Matthew A. Siegler;Jo Ann Zhang;Paul O. Hayne

  • The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment

    D. A. Paige;M. C. Foote;B. T. Greenhagen;J. T. Schofield

  • Practical limits on hyperspectral vegetation discrimination in arid and semiarid environments

    Gregory S Okin;Dar A Roberts;Bruce Murray;William J Okin

  • Evidence that the reactivity of the martian soil is due to superoxide ions.

    A. S. Yen;S. S. Kim;M. H. Hecht;M. S. Frant

  • Nonlinear spectral mixing in desert vegetation

    Terrill W. Ray;Bruce C. Murray

  • On the possible presence of ice on the Moon

    Kenneth Watson;Bruce Murray;Harrison Brown

  • Geological framework of the south polar region of Mars.

    Bruce C. Murray;Laurence A. Soderblom;Laurence A. Soderblom;James A. Cutts;Robert P. Sharp

  • Stability of polar frosts in spherical bowl-shaped craters on the Moon, Mercury, and Mars

    Andrew P. Ingersoll;Tomas Svitek;Bruce C. Murray

  • Mercury's Surface: Preliminary Description and Interpretation from Mariner 10 Pictures.

    Bruce C. Murray;Michael J. S. Belton;G. Edward Danielson;Merton E. Davies

  • Mariner IV Photography of Mars: Initial Results.

    Robert B. Leighton;Bruce C. Murray;Robert P. Sharp;J. Denton Allen

  • The state and future of Mars polar science and exploration.

    Stephen M. Clifford;David Crisp;David A. Fisher;Ken E. Herkenhoff

  • Venus: atmospheric motion and structure from mariner 10 pictures.

    Bruce C. Murray;Michael J. S. Belton;G. Edward Danielson;Merton E. Davies

  • Surface History of Mercury: Implications for Terrestrial Planets

    Bruce C. Murray;Robert G. Strom;Newell J. Trask;Donald E. Gault

  • Mariner 9 observations of the surface of Mars in the north polar region

    L. A. Soderblom;M. C. Malin;J. A. Cutts;B. C. Murray

  • Climatic variations on Mars. 2. Evolution of carbon dioxide atmosphere and polar caps.

    William R. Ward;Bruce C. Murray;Michael C. Malin

  • Mariner 9 Television Reconnaissance of Mars and Its Satellites: Preliminary Results

    Harold Masursky;R. M. Batson;J. F. McCauley;L. A. Soderblom

  • Winter frost at Viking Lander 2 site

    Thomas Svitek;Bruce Murray

  • Polar Wandering on Mars

    Bruce C. Murray;Michael C. Malin

  • The stability of volatiles in the solar system

    Kenneth Watson;Bruce C. Murray;Harrison Brown

  • Mariner 6 and 7 television pictures: preliminary analysis.

    R. B. Leighton;N. H. Horowitz;B. C. Murray;R. P. Sharp

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Sharp
Robert P. Sharp California Institute of Technology
David A. Paige
David A. Paige University of California, Los Angeles
Conway B. Leovy
Conway B. Leovy University of Washington
Robert G. Strom
Robert G. Strom University of Arizona
Laurence A. Soderblom
Laurence A. Soderblom United States Geological Survey
Harold Masursky
Harold Masursky United States Geological Survey
Michael H. Carr
Michael H. Carr United States Geological Survey
Ashwin R. Vasavada
Ashwin R. Vasavada California Institute of Technology
Shane Byrne
Shane Byrne University of Arizona
David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology

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