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Carolyn Hull Sieg

Carolyn Hull Sieg

US Forest Service
United States

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3347
World Ranking
8139
National Ranking
2696

Carolyn Hull Sieg 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 Carolyn Hull Sieg sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 126 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carolyn Hull Sieg 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 Carolyn Hull Sieg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Carolyn Hull Sieg is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with an emphasis on fire effects on ecosystems and forest ecology. They have contributed extensively to the study of fire behavior, plant responses, and ecosystem dynamics within forested and rangeland environments.

Their recent published works include:

  • Effects of fuel spatial distribution on wildland fire behaviour, 2021, International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Soil properties and climate drive ponderosa pine seedling presence in the southwestern USA, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Persistent effects of fire severity on ponderosa pine regeneration niches and seedling growth, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

Carolyn Hull Sieg has collaborated frequently with several researchers including:

  • J. Kevin Hiers
  • Joseph J. O'Brien
  • Matthew P. Ayres
  • Rodman Linn
  • Chad M. Hoffman

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • Ecological Applications
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive

The main fields of study for Sieg encompass environmental science, with a particular focus on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and plant science. Subfields include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science

Key research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Best Publications

  • A multi-trait test of the leaf-height-seed plant strategy scheme with 133 species from a pine forest flora

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Jessica J. Leppert;Margaret M. Moore;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • Fire history in interior ponderosa pine communities of the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

    Peter M. Brown;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • Historical variability in fire at the ponderosa pine - Northern Great Plains prairie ecotone, southeastern Black Hills, South Dakota

    Peter M. Brown;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • Evaluating the role of cutting treatments, fire and soil seed banks in an experimental framework in ponderosa pine forests of the Black Hills, South Dakota

    Cody L. Wienk;Carolyn Hull Sieg;Guy R. McPherson

  • Post-wildfire seeding in forests of the western United States: An evidence-based review

    Donna Peppin;Peter Z. Fulé;Carolyn Hull Sieg;Jan L. Beyers

  • Species rarity: definition, causes, and classification

    Curtis H. Flather;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • Effects of fire severity and pre-fire stand treatment on plant community recovery after a large wildfire

    Amanda M. Kuenzi;Peter Z. Fulé;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • Unsupported inferences of high-severity fire in historical dry forests of the western United States: Response to Williams and Baker

    Peter Z. Fulé;Thomas W. Swetnam;Peter M. Brown;Donald A. Falk

  • Best Predictors for Postfire Mortality of Ponderosa Pine Trees in the Intermountain West

    Carolyn Hull Sieg;Joel D. McMillin;James F. Fowler;Kurt K. Allen

  • Spatial patterns of ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches.

    Suzanne M. Owen;Suzanne M. Owen;Carolyn H. Sieg;Andrew J. Sánchez Meador;Peter Z. Fulé

  • Postfire mortality of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir: a review of methods to predict tree death

    James F. Fowler;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • Modeling wind fields and fire propagation following bark beetle outbreaks in spatially-heterogeneous pinyon-juniper woodland fuel complexes

    Rodman R. Linn;Carolyn H. Sieg;Chad M. Hoffman;Judith L. Winterkamp

  • Pre-wildfire management treatments interact with fire severity to have lasting effects on post-wildfire vegetation response

    Kristen L. Shive;Carolyn H. Sieg;Peter Z. Fulé

  • Above- and belowground responses to tree thinning depend on the treatment of tree debris

    Suzanne M. Owen;Carolyn Hull Sieg;Catherine A. Gehring;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Invasion resistance and persistence: established plants win, even with disturbance and high propagule pressure

    Christopher M. McGlone;Carolyn Hull Sieg;Thomas E. Kolb

  • Effects of fuel spatial distribution on wildland fire behaviour

    Adam L. Atchley;Rodman Linn;Alex Jonko;Chad Hoffman

  • Influence of Environmental Factors and Preliminary Demographic Analyses of a Threatened Orchid, Platanthera praeclara

    Carolyn Hull Sieg;Rudy M. King

  • Numerical Investigation of Aggregated Fuel Spatial Pattern Impacts on Fire Behavior

    Russell A. Parsons;Rodman R. Linn;Francois Pimont;Chad Hoffman

  • The role of disturbance severity and canopy closure on standing crop of understory plant species in ponderosa pine stands in northern Arizona, USA

    Kyla E. Sabo;Carolyn Hull Sieg;Stephen C. Hart;John Duff Bailey

  • Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of wind flow and potential fire behavior following a mountain pine beetle outbreak in a lodgepole pine forest

    Chad M. Hoffman;Rodman Linn;Russell Parsons;Carolyn Sieg

  • Fires Following Bark Beetles: Factors Controlling Severity and Disturbance Interactions in Ponderosa Pine

    Carolyn H. Sieg;Rodman R. Linn;Francois Pimont;Chad M. Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Curtis H. Flather
Curtis H. Flather US Forest Service
Michael Battaglia
Michael Battaglia Agriculture and Food
Catherine A. Gehring
Catherine A. Gehring Northern Arizona University
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
Margaret M. Moore
Margaret M. Moore Northern Arizona University
Thomas Kolb
Thomas Kolb Northern Arizona University
Peter M. Brown
Peter M. Brown Colorado State University
J. Kevin Hiers
J. Kevin Hiers Texas A&M University
Craig D. Allen
Craig D. Allen University of New Mexico

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