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Overview

J. Boone Kauffman is a researcher affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, contributing significantly to subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science, and Oceanography.

Their recent publication record includes studies focused on coastal and wetland ecosystems, particularly relating to carbon dynamics and conservation efforts. Important papers include:

  • Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients, 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Contributions of mangrove conservation and restoration to climate change mitigation in Indonesia, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Total ecosystem carbon stocks at the marine-terrestrial interface: Blue carbon of the Pacific Northwest Coast, United States, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • All tidal wetlands are blue carbon ecosystems, 2024, BioScience

Their research covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Kauffman has frequently published in venues such as Ecosphere, Global Change Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, BioScience, and Limnology and Oceanography. Their collaborative network includes several frequent coauthors, notably Nisa Novita, Ângelo F. Bernardino, Tiago Osório Ferreira, Robert L. Beschta, and Daniel Murdiyarso.

Best Publications

  • Deforestation, Fire Susceptibility, and Potential Tree Responses to Fire in the Eastern Amazon

    Christopher Uhl;J. Boone Kauffman

  • Peatlands in the Earth's 21st century climate system

    Steve Frolking;Julie Talbot;Miriam C. Jones;Claire C. Treat

  • Ecosystem carbon stocks of micronesian mangrove forests

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

  • Postfire Management on Forested Public Lands of the Western United States

    Robert L. Beschta;Jonathan J. Rhodes;J. Boone Kauffman;Robert E. Gresswell

  • 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

  • Fire in the Brazilian Amazon: 1. Biomass, nutrient pools, and losses in slashed primary forests.

    J. Boone Kauffman;D. L. Cummings;D. E. Ward;R. Babbitt

  • Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands within the Karstic Landscape of the Mexican Caribbean

    Maria Fernanda Adame;Maria Fernanda Adame;J. Boone Kauffman;Israel Medina;Julieta N. Gamboa

  • Smoke and fire characteristics for cerrado and deforestation burns in Brazil: BASE-B experiment

    D. E. Ward;R. A. Susott;J. B. Kauffman;R. E. Babbitt

  • 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

  • Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Pools in Mexican Tropical Dry Forest Landscapes

    Víctor J. Jaramillo;J. Boone Kauffman;Lyliana Rentería-Rodríguez;Dian L. Cummings

  • Biomass and nutrient dynamics associated with slash fires in neotropical dry forests

    J. Boone Kauffman;Robert L. Sanford;Dian L. Cummings;I. H. Salcedo

  • Carbon stocks of intact mangroves and carbon emissions arising from their conversion in the Dominican Republic.

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  • Indonesia's blue carbon: a globally significant and vulnerable sink for seagrass and mangrove carbon

    D. M. Alongi;D. Murdiyarso;J. W. Fourqurean;J. B. Kauffman

  • Fuel biomass and combustion factors associated with fires in savanna ecosystems of South Africa and Zambia

    Ronald W. Shea;Barbara W. Shea;J. Boone Kauffman;Darold E. Ward

  • 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

  • Fire in the Brazilian Amazon 2. Biomass, nutrient pools and losses in cattle pastures.

    J. Boone Kauffman;D. L. Cummings;D. E. Ward

  • Allometric Models for Predicting Aboveground Biomass in Two Widespread Woody Plants in Hawaii

    Creighton M. Litton;J. Boone Kauffman

  • 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

  • PLANT SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO WATER-TABLE DEPTH AND SOIL REDOX POTENTIAL IN MONTANE RIPARIAN MEADOWS

    Kathleen A. Dwire;J. Boone Kauffman;John E. Baham

  • Survival by sprouting following fire in tropical forests of the Eastern amazon

    Unknown

  • Fire in the Venezuelan Amazon 2: Environmental conditions necessary for forest fires in the evergreen rainforest of Venezuela

    Christopher Uhl;J. Boone Kauffman;Dian L. Cummings

  • 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

  • ECOSYSTEM‐SCALE IMPACTS OF DEFORESTATION AND LAND USE IN A HUMID TROPICAL REGION OF MEXICO

    R. Flint Hughes;J. Boone Kauffman;Víctor J. Jaramillo

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Douglas Robinson
W. Douglas Robinson Oregon State University
Beverly E. Law
Beverly E. Law Oregon State University
James W. Fourqurean
James W. Fourqurean Florida International University
Joseph B. Fontaine
Joseph B. Fontaine Murdoch University
Daniel C. Donato
Daniel C. Donato University of Washington
Darold E. Ward
Darold E. Ward US Forest Service
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Kennedy Bangor University
Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

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