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Overview

Jan W. van Wagtendonk was affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their scholarly contributions focused primarily on environmental science and social sciences, with a specialized emphasis on global and planetary change, ecology, anthropology, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

The research topics central to van Wagtendonk's work included fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, archaeology and natural history, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, and forest management and policy.

Van Wagtendonk authored several papers with documented publication years and venues. Notable recent publications included:

  • "The distribution of woody species in relation to climate and fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA" (2020, Fire Ecology)
  • "Fire, water, and biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada: a possible triple win" (2021, Environmental Research Communications)
  • "Introduction to the article by Harold Biswell: Prescribed Burning in Georgia and California Compared" (2021, Fire Ecology)

Frequent co-authors working alongside van Wagtendonk included Scott L. Stephens, David Parsons, Sally Thompson, Gabrielle Boisramé, and Brandon M. Collins. Collaboration with these researchers contributed to multiple publications, particularly in venues such as Fire Ecology and Environmental Research Communications.

The primary publication venues for van Wagtendonk's work were:

  • Fire Ecology
  • Environmental Research Communications

Their research contributed to advancing understanding in several environmental science subfields, particularly those related to fire ecology, species distribution affected by climate and fire, and landscape-level ecological processes.

Best Publications

  • The use of shaded fuelbreaks in landscape fire management.

    James K. Agee;Bernie Bahro;Mark A. Finney;Philip N. Omi

  • Comparison of AVIRIS and Landsat ETM+ detection capabilities for burn severity

    Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Ralph R. Root;Carl H. Key

  • Mapping wildland fuels for fire management across multiple scales: Integrating remote sensing, GIS, and biophysical modeling

    Robert E. Keane;Robert E. Burgan;Jan W. Van Wagtendonk

  • Temperate and boreal forest mega-fires: characteristics and challenges

    Scott L Stephens;Neil Burrows;Alexander Buyantuyev;Robert W Gray

  • Interactions among wildland fires in a long-established Sierra Nevada natural fire area

    Brandon M. Collins;Jay D. Miller;Andrea E. Thode;Maggi Kelly

  • Climatic water deficit, tree species ranges, and climate change in Yosemite National Park

    James A. Lutz;Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Jerry F. Franklin

  • Spatial patterns of large natural fires in Sierra Nevada wilderness areas

    Brandon M. Collins;Maggi Kelly;Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Scott L. Stephens

  • The History and Evolution of Wildland Fire Use

    Jan W. van Wagtendonk

  • The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities.

    Alistair M. S. Smith;Crystal A. Kolden;Travis B. Paveglio;Mark A. Cochrane

  • Mapped versus actual burned area within wildfire perimeters: Characterizing the unburned

    Crystal A. Kolden;James A. Lutz;Carl H. Key;Jonathan T. Kane

  • Climate, lightning ignitions, and fire severity in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

    James A. Lutz;Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Andrea E. Thode;Jay D. Miller

  • Factors Associated with the Severity of Intersecting Fires in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

    Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Kent A. van Wagtendonk;Andrea E. Thode

  • Natural fire management in National Parks

    David J. Parsons;David M. Graber;James K. Agee;Jan W. Van Wagtendonk

  • Fire as an Ecological Process

    Neil G. Sugihara;Jan W. Van Wagtendonk;Joann Fites-Kaufman

  • The use of multi-temporal Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data for mapping fuel models in Yosemite National Park, USA

    Jan W. Van Wagtendonk;Ralph R. Root

  • Sierra Nevada Bioregion

    Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman;Hugh D. Safford;Malcolm P. North

  • Differences in wildfires among ecoregions and land management agencies in the Sierra Nevada region, California, USA

    Jay D. Miller;Brandon M. Collins;James A. Lutz;Scott L. Stephens

  • Effects of fire on spotted owl site occupancy in a late-successional forest

    Susan L. Roberts;Jan W. van Wagtendonk;A. Keith Miles;Douglas A. Kelt

  • Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Lightning Strikes in California in Relation to Large-Scale Weather Patterns

    Jan W. van Wagtendonk;Daniel R. Cayan

  • Fire Regime Attributes of Wildland Fires in Yosemite National Park, USA

    Jan W. van Wagtendonk;James A. Lutz

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Lutz
James A. Lutz Utah State University
Scott L. Stephens
Scott L. Stephens University of California, Berkeley
Brandon M. Collins
Brandon M. Collins University of California, Berkeley
Crystal A. Kolden
Crystal A. Kolden University of California, Merced
David N. Cole
David N. Cole US Forest Service
David Riaño
David Riaño Spanish National Research Council
James K. Agee
James K. Agee University of Washington
Douglas A. Kelt
Douglas A. Kelt University of California, Davis
Robert E. Keane
Robert E. Keane US Forest Service
Emilio Chuvieco
Emilio Chuvieco University of Alcalá

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