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  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donald A. Falk is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and specializes in environmental science. Their work primarily focuses on fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Their research spans several subfields of environmental science, including global and planetary change, ecology, atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, and environmental engineering. This multidisciplinary approach supports a broad understanding of ecological processes and environmental change.

Recent publications by Donald A. Falk include:

  • Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes, 2020, BioScience
  • Evidence for Widespread Changes in the Structure, Composition, and Fire Regimes of Western North American Forests, 2021, Ecological Applications
  • Mechanisms of Forest Resilience, 2022, Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Intervention Continuum in Restoration Ecology: Rethinking the Active-Passive Dichotomy, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • Vegetation Type Conversion in the US Southwest: Frontline Observations and Management Responses, 2022, Fire Ecology

Frequent coauthors include Ellis Q. Margolis, Christopher H. Guiterman, Sean A. Parks, Larissa L. Yocom, and Lori D. Daniels. Collaboration with these researchers suggests active engagement in topics related to fire ecology and forest dynamics.

The following venues have frequently published their work:

  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Ecological Applications
  • Fire Ecology
  • Ecosphere
  • Remote Sensing

Donald A. Falk has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1991.

Best Publications

  • Genetic and evolutionary consequences of small population size in plants: implications for conservation.

    S. C. H. Barrett;J. R. Kohn;D. A. Falk;K. E. Holsinger

  • ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE ECOSYSTEMS: A BROAD PERSPECTIVE

    Craig D. Allen;Melissa Savage;Donald A. Falk;Kieran F. Suckling

  • Genetics and conservation of rare plants.

    Donald A. Falk;Kent E. Holsinger

  • PLANT DIVERSITY IN MANAGED FORESTS: UNDERSTORY RESPONSES TO THINNING AND FERTILIZATION

    Sean C. Thomas;Charles B. Halpern;Donald A. Falk;Denise A. Liguori

  • Correlations between species traits and allozyme diversity: implications for conservation biology.

    J. L. Hamrick;M. J. W. Godt;D. A. Murawski;M. D. Loveless

  • Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes

    Jonathan D. Coop;Sean A. Parks;Camille S. Stevens-Rumann;Shelley D. Crausbay

  • Foundations of restoration ecology

    Margaret A. Palmer;Joy B. Zedler;Donald A. Falk

  • Ecological implications of genetic variation in plant populations.

    L. F. Huenneke;D. A. Falk;K. E. Holsinger

  • The changing role of history in restoration ecology

    Eric Higgs;Donald A Falk;Anita Guerrini;Marcus Hall

  • Conservation of rare and endangered plants: principles and prospects.

    K. E. Holsinger;L. D. Gottlieb;D. A. Falk

  • Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests.

    R. K. Hagmann;P. F. Hessburg;P. F. Hessburg;S. J. Prichard;N. A. Povak

  • Restoring diversity: strategies for reintroduction of endangered plants.

    Christopher P. Dunn;Donald A. Falk;Constance I. Millar;Margaret Olwell

  • Cross-scale analysis of fire regimes

    Donald A. Falk;Carol Miller;Donald McKenzie;Anne E. Black

  • Mechanisms of forest resilience

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  • Multi‐scale controls of historical forest‐fire regimes: new insights from fire‐scar networks

    Donald A Falk;Emily K Heyerdahl;Peter M Brown;Calvin Farris

  • Patterns of genetic variation and breeding systems in rare plant species.

    J. D. Karron;D. A. Falk;K. E. Holsinger

  • Ecological Theory and Restoration Ecology

    Margaret A. Palmer;Joy B. Zedler;Donald A. Falk

  • A comparison of methods for assessing genetic variation in plant conservation biology.

    B. A. Schaal;W. J. Leverich;S. H. Rogstad;D. A. Falk

  • Direct and indirect climate controls predict heterogeneous early-mid 21st century wildfire burned area across western and boreal North America.

    Thomas Kitzberger;Donald A. Falk;Anthony L. Westerling;Thomas W. Swetnam

  • The Landscape Ecology of Fire

    Donald McKenzie;Carol Miller;Donald A. Falk

  • Fire severity, size, and climate associations diverge from historical precedent along an ecological gradient in the Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona, USA

    Christopher D. O’Connor;Donald A. Falk;Ann M. Lynch;Ann M. Lynch;Thomas W. Swetnam

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Swetnam
Thomas W. Swetnam University of Arizona
Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Kent E. Holsinger
Kent E. Holsinger University of Connecticut
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford
Craig D. Allen
Craig D. Allen University of New Mexico
Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel University of Geneva
Carol Miller
Carol Miller US Forest Service
Alan H. Taylor
Alan H. Taylor Pennsylvania State University
Peter M. Brown
Peter M. Brown Colorado State University
Robert E. Keane
Robert E. Keane US Forest Service

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