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Overview

Daniel C. Donato is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with 57 publications contributing to this field.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Insect Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

They have examined a range of topics, most notably:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Forest Management and Policy

Daniel C. Donato's research output includes publications in several frequent venues such as:

  • Ecosphere
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Ecological Monographs

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients," 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • "Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Estimating retention benchmarks for salvage logging to protect biodiversity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Cascadia Burning: The historic, but not historically unprecedented, 2020 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, USA," 2022, Ecosphere

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Joshua S. Halofsky (13 joint publications)
  • Brian J. Harvey (9 joint publications)
  • Derek J. Churchill (5 joint publications)
  • J. Boone Kauffman (4 joint publications)
  • María Fernanda Adame (4 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics

    Daniel C. Donato;J. Boone Kauffman;Daniel Murdiyarso;Sofyan Kurnianto

  • Estimating Global “Blue Carbon” Emissions from Conversion and Degradation of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems

    Linwood Pendleton;Daniel C. Donato;Brian C. Murray;Stephen Crooks

  • The potential of Indonesian mangrove forests for global climate change mitigation

    Daniel Murdiyarso;Daniel Murdiyarso;Joko Purbopuspito;Joko Purbopuspito;J. Boone Kauffman;Matthew W. Warren

  • Protocols for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of structure, biomass and carbon stocks in mangrove forests.

    J. B. Kauffman;D. C. Donato

  • Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change.

    Camille S. Stevens‐Rumann;Camille S. Stevens‐Rumann;Kerry B. Kemp;Philip E. Higuera;Brian J. Harvey

  • Ecosystem carbon stocks of micronesian mangrove forests

    J. Boone Kauffman;Chris Heider;Thomas G. Cole;Kathleen A. Dwire

  • Post-wildfire logging hinders regeneration and increases fire risk.

    D. C. Donato;Joseph B. Fontaine;Joseph B. Fontaine;J. L. Campbell;J. L. Campbell;W. D. Robinson;W. D. Robinson

  • Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity: A meta‐analysis

    Simon Thorn;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Philip J. Burton

  • A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30 m spatial resolution

    Jonathan Sanderman;Tomislav Hengl;Greg Fiske;Kylen Solvik

  • Consequences of spatial heterogeneity for ecosystem services in changing forest landscapes: priorities for future research

    Monica G. Turner;Daniel C. Donato;William H. Romme

  • Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients

    J. Boone Kauffman;Maria Fernanda Adame;Virni Budi Arifanti;Lisa M. Schile‐Beers

  • Multiple successional pathways and precocity in forest development: can some forests be born complex?

    Daniel C. Donato;John L. Campbell;Jerry F. Franklin

  • Carbon dynamics of Oregon and Northern California forests and potential land-based carbon storage.

    Tara Hudiburg;Beverly Law;David P. Turner;John Campbell

  • High and dry: post‐fire tree seedling establishment in subalpine forests decreases with post‐fire drought and large stand‐replacing burn patches

    Brian J. Harvey;Daniel C. Donato;Monica G. Turner

  • Pyrogenic carbon emission from a large wildfire in Oregon, United States

    John Campbell;Dan Donato;David Azuma;Beverly Law

  • Whole-island carbon stocks in the tropical Pacific: Implications for mangrove conservation and upland restoration

    D.C. Donato;J.B. Kauffman;R.A. Mackenzie;A. Ainsworth

  • Forest Fire Impacts on Carbon Uptake, Storage, and Emission: The Role of Burn Severity in the Eastern Cascades, Oregon

    Garrett W. Meigs;Daniel C. Donato;John L. Campbell;Jonathan G. Martin

  • Vegetation response to a short interval between high-severity wildfires in a mixed-evergreen forest

    Daniel C. Donato;Joseph B. Fontaine;W. Douglas Robinson;J. Boone Kauffman

  • Conifer regeneration in stand-replacement portions of a large mixed-severity wildfire in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains

    Daniel C. DonatoD.C. Donato;Daniel C. DonatoD.C. Donato;Joseph B. FontaineJ.B. Fontaine;Joseph B. FontaineJ.B. Fontaine;John L. CampbellJ.L. Campbell;John L. CampbellJ.L. Campbell;W. Douglas RobinsonW.D. Robinson;W. Douglas RobinsonW.D. Robinson

  • Recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks, wildfire severity, and postfire tree regeneration in the US Northern Rockies

    Brian J. Harvey;Daniel C. Donato;Monica G. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph B. Fontaine
Joseph B. Fontaine Murdoch University
Beverly E. Law
Beverly E. Law Oregon State University
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
William H. Romme
William H. Romme Colorado State University
J. Boone Kauffman
J. Boone Kauffman Oregon State University
Jerry F. Franklin
Jerry F. Franklin University of Washington
W. Douglas Robinson
W. Douglas Robinson Oregon State University
Markku Kanninen
Markku Kanninen University of Helsinki

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