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David L. Martell

David L. Martell

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
7300
World Ranking
5555
National Ranking
358

Overview

David L. Martell is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields with a particular focus on environmental science and medicine. Within environmental science, their work concentrates on areas such as global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecology. In medicine, their focus includes epidemiology and related public health concerns.

Their research topics encompass a variety of areas, including:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Homelessness and social issues
  • HIV, drug use, sexual risk
  • Substance abuse treatment and outcomes
  • Flood risk assessment and management

Several frequent co-authors have contributed alongside Martell in their research efforts. Key collaborators include:

  • Douglas G. Woolford
  • Chelene C. Hanes
  • Mike Wotton
  • Mike Flannigan
  • B. Mike Wotton

Martell's work has been published in a range of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Fire
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • The Canadian Journal of Addiction
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Martell include:

  • Evaluation of an emergency safe supply drugs and managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters for people experiencing homelessness (2022) published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The development and implementation of a human-caused wildland fire occurrence prediction system for the province of Ontario, Canada (2020) published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • Cell2Fire: A Cell-Based Forest Fire Growth Model to Support Strategic Landscape Management Planning (2021) published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Preceding Fall Drought Conditions and Overwinter Precipitation Effects on Spring Wildland Fire Activity in Canada (2020) published in Fire
  • Evaluation of an emergency safe supply drugs and managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters for people experiencing homelessness (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Large forest fires in Canada, 1959–1997

    B. J. Stocks;J. A. Mason;J. B. Todd;E. M. Bosch

  • Direct carbon emissions from Canadian forest fires, 1959-1999

    B D Amiro;J B Todd;B M Wotton;K A Logan

  • Forest management challenges for operational researchers

    David L. Martell;Eldon A. Gunn;Andres Weintraub

  • CLIMATE CHANGE AND PEOPLE-CAUSED FOREST FIRE OCCURRENCE IN ONTARIO

    B. M. Wotton;B. M. Wotton;D. L. Martell;K. A. Logan

  • A lightning fire occurrence model for Ontario

    B M Wotton;David L Martell

  • The Association Between Circulation Anomaliesin the Mid-Troposphere and Area Burnedby Wildland Fire in Canada

    W. R. Skinner;B. J. Stocks;D. L. Martell;B. Bonsal

  • Spatial patterns of lightning-caused forest fires in Ontario, 1976–1998

    Justin Podur;David L Martell;Ferenc Csillag

  • A logistic model for predicting daily people-caused forest fire occurrence in Ontario

    D. L. Martell;S. Otukol;B. J. Stocks

  • A 500 hPa synoptic wildland fire climatology for large Canadian forest fires, 1959–1996

    W. R. Skinner;M. D. Flannigan;B. J. Stocks;D. L. Martell

  • A model for predicting human-caused wildfire occurrence in the region of Madrid, Spain

    Lara Vilar;Douglas. G. Woolford;David L. Martell;MP Martín

  • Fire weather index system components for large fires in the Canadian boreal forest

    B. D. Amiro;K. A. Logan;B. M. Wotton;B. M. Wotton;M. D. Flannigan

  • Operations Research challenges in forestry: 33 open problems

    Mikael Rönnqvist;Mikael Rönnqvist;Sophie D'Amours;Andrés Weintraub;Alejandro Jofré

  • Statistical quality control analysis of forest fire activity in Canada

    Justin Podur;David L Martell;Keith Knight

  • A multistage stochastic programming model for sustainable forest-level timber supply under risk of fire

    Dennis Boychuk;David L. Martell

  • The optimal rotation of a flammable forest stand

    D. L. Martell

  • A Review of Recent Forest and Wildland Fire Management Decision Support Systems Research

    David L. Martell

  • A Review of Initial Attack Fire Crew Productivity and Effectiveness

    KG Hirsch;DL Martell

  • Forest Fire Management

    David L. Martell

  • A Stochastic Model for the Occurrence of Man-caused Forest Fires

    A. A. Cunningham;D. L. Martell

  • The impact of fire suppression, vegetation, and weather on the area burned by lightning-caused forest fires in Ontario

    David L. MartellD.L. Martell;Hua SunH. Sun

  • A review of operational research studies in forest fire management

    D. L. Martell

  • Modelling seasonal variation in daily people-caused forest fire occurrence

    D. L. Martell;E. Bevilacqua;B. J. Stocks

  • Wildfire Prediction to Inform Fire Management: Statistical Science

    Challenges W. Taylor;Douglas G. Woolford;C. B. Dean;David L. Martell

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Stocks
Brian J. Stocks Canadian Forest Service
B. M. Wotton
B. M. Wotton University of Toronto
Andrés Weintraub
Andrés Weintraub University of Chile
Mike D. Flannigan
Mike D. Flannigan University of Alberta
Brian D. Amiro
Brian D. Amiro University of Manitoba
Mikael Rönnqvist
Mikael Rönnqvist Université Laval
David L. Woodruff
David L. Woodruff University of California, Davis
Carlos Romero
Carlos Romero Technical University of Madrid
Barrie Bonsal
Barrie Bonsal University of Victoria
Sylvie Gauthier
Sylvie Gauthier Natural Resources Canada

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