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Gary J. Sheridan is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and focuses their research primarily within Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Soil Science.

The main topics of Sheridan's research include Fire effects on ecosystems, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Landslides and related hazards, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Forest ecology and management, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Recent publications by Sheridan illustrate the scope of their work across environmental processes related to fire, forest ecology, and hydrology. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply" (2021) published in Hydrological Processes
  • "Chemical characteristics of wildfire ash across the globe and their environmental and socio-economic implications" (2023) published in Environment International
  • "Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models" (2020) published in Landscape Ecology
  • "Performance of GEDI Space-Borne LiDAR for Quantifying Structural Variation in the Temperate Forests of South-Eastern Australia" (2022) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Estimation of surface dead fine fuel moisture using automated fuel moisture sticks across a range of forests worldwide" (2020) published in International Journal of Wildland Fire

Sheridan frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most frequent coauthors including Patrick N.J. Lane, Petter Nyman, Thomas J. Duff, Assaf Inbar, and Christopher S. Lyell.

Their work has been published across a range of venues, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement. Some of the most common publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Hydrological Processes, International Journal of Wildland Fire, and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • Wildfire effects on water quality in forest catchments: A review with implications for water supply

    Hugh G. Smith;Gary J. Sheridan;Patrick N.J. Lane;Petter Nyman

  • Evidence of debris flow occurrence after wildfire in upland catchments of south-east Australia

    Petter Nyman;Gary J. Sheridan;Hugh G. Smith;Patrick N.J. Lane

  • Changes in sediment loads and discharge from small mountain catchments following wildfire in south eastern Australia

    Patrick N.J. Lane;Gary J. Sheridan;Philip J. Noske

  • Quantification of hillslope runoff and erosion processes before and after wildfire in a wet Eucalyptus forest

    Gary J. Sheridan;Patrick N.J. Lane;Philip J. Noske

  • Impact of an unsealed forest road stream crossing: water quality and sediment sources

    Patrick N. J. Lane;Gary J. Sheridan

  • Synergistic effects of water repellency and macropore flow on the hydraulic conductivity of a burned forest soil, south‐east Australia

    Petter Nyman;Gary Sheridan;Patrick N. J. Lane

  • A multi-purpose rainfall simulator for field infiltration and erosion studies

    R. J. Loch;B. G. Robotham;L. Zeller;N. Masterman

  • Surface runoff and erosion after prescribed burning and the effect of different fire regimes in forests and shrublands: a review

    J. G. Cawson;J. G. Cawson;G. J. Sheridan;G. J. Sheridan;H. G. Smith;H. G. Smith;P. N. J. Lane;P. N. J. Lane

  • Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply

    François Nicolas Robinne;Dennis W. Hallema;Kevin D. Bladon;Mike D. Flannigan

  • Phosphorus and nitrogen exports from SE Australian forests following wildfire

    Patrick N.J. Lane;Gary J. Sheridan;Philip J. Noske;Christopher B. Sherwin

  • Effects of fire severity and burn patchiness on hillslope-scale surface runoff, erosion and hydrologic connectivity in a prescribed burn

    J.G. Cawson;J.G. Cawson;G.J. Sheridan;G.J. Sheridan;H.G. Smith;P.N.J. Lane;P.N.J. Lane

  • Predicting sediment delivery from debris flows after wildfire

    Petter Nyman;Petter Nyman;Hugh G. Smith;Christopher B. Sherwin;Christopher B. Sherwin;Christoph Langhans

  • Modeling the effects of surface storage, macropore flow and water repellency on infiltration after wildfire

    Petter Nyman;Petter Nyman;Gary J. Sheridan;Gary J. Sheridan;Hugh G. Smith;Patrick N.J. Lane;Patrick N.J. Lane

  • Changes to sediment sources following wildfire in a forested upland catchment, southeastern Australia

    Hugh G. Smith;Gary J. Sheridan;Patrick N. J. Lane;Philip J. Noske

  • Assessing water contamination risk from vegetation fires: Challenges, opportunities and a framework for progress

    Joao P. Nunes;Stefan H. Doerr;Gary Sheridan;Jonay Neris

  • Estimation of erosion model erodibility parameters from media properties

    G. J. Sheridan;H. B. So;R. J. Loch;C. M. Walker

  • Quantifying sources of fine sediment supplied to post-fire debris flows using fallout radionuclide tracers

    Hugh G. Smith;Hugh G. Smith;Gary J. Sheridan;Petter Nyman;David P. Child

  • A quantitative study of sediment delivery and stream pollution from different forest road types

    Gary J. Sheridan;Philip J. Noske

  • Quantifying the effects of topographic aspect on water content and temperature in fine surface fuel

    Petter Nyman;Daniel Metzen;Philip J. Noske;Patrick N. J. Lane

  • The effect of truck traffic and road water content on sediment delivery from unpaved forest roads

    Gary J. Sheridan;Philip J. Noske;Robyn K. Whipp;Nimal Wijesinghe

  • Carbon loads, forms and sequestration potential within ash deposits produced by wildfire: new insights from the 2009 ‘Black Saturday’ fires, Australia

    Cristina Santín;Stefan H. Doerr;Richard A. Shakesby;Rob Bryant

  • How soil temperatures during prescribed burning affect soil water repellency, infiltration and erosion

    Jane G. Cawson;Petter Nyman;Hugh G. Smith;Patrick N.J. Lane

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick N.J. Lane
Patrick N.J. Lane University of Melbourne
Hugh G. Smith
Hugh G. Smith Landcare Research
Cristina Santín
Cristina Santín Swansea University
Stefan H. Doerr
Stefan H. Doerr Swansea University
Rodger B. Grayson
Rodger B. Grayson University of Melbourne
William J. Elliot
William J. Elliot US Forest Service
Peter R. Robichaud
Peter R. Robichaud United States Department of Agriculture
John A. Moody
John A. Moody United States Geological Survey
Geoffrey J. Cary
Geoffrey J. Cary Australian National University
Annette Menzel
Annette Menzel Technical University of Munich

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