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36
Citations
6779
World Ranking
7041
National Ranking
441

Overview

Lori D. Daniels is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada with a focus on environmental science. Their research spans multiple core areas including global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's work predominantly concentrates on the ecological effects of fire, wildfire dynamics, and landscape-level conservation issues. They have made significant contributions addressing topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, forest ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and landslides and related hazards.

Lori D. Daniels has contributed research published in a variety of scholarly journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecosphere
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Ecological Applications
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • Climatic Change

Their recent papers demonstrate ongoing engagement with wildfire ecology, forest dynamics, and fire stewardship. Notable publications include:

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020, Journal of Ecology)
  • Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s (2023, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • Fifty years of wildland fire science in Canada (2020, Canadian Journal of Forest Research)
  • The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada (2022, FACETS)

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with scientists such as Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, Robert W. Gray, Kira M. Hoffman, Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, and Raphaël D. Chavardès.

Best Publications

  • Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States

    Phillip J. van Mantgem;Nathan L. Stephenson;John C. Byrne;Lori D. Daniels

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers

    Kendra K. McLauchlan;Philip E. Higuera;Jessica Miesel;Brendan M. Rogers

  • 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

  • Climate, environment, and disturbance history govern resilience of Western North American forests

    Paul F. Hessburg;Paul F. Hessburg;Carol L. Miller;Sean A. Parks;Nicholas A. Povak

  • SPATIOTEMPORAL INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE ON ALTITUDINAL TREELINE IN NORTHERN PATAGONIA

    Lori D. Daniels;Thomas T. Veblen

  • Alpine treeline of western North America: Linking organism-to-landscape dynamics

    George P. Malanson;David R. Butler;Daniel B. Fagre;Stephen J. Walsh

  • Climate drivers of regionally synchronous fires in the inland Northwest (1651-1900)

    Emily K. Heyerdahl;Donald McKenzie;Lori D. Daniels;Amy E. Hessl

  • Determining year of death of logs and snags of Thuja plicata in southwestern coastal British Columbia

    L D Daniels;J Dobry;K Klinka;M C Feller

  • Mountain Treelines: a Roadmap for Research Orientation

    George P. Malanson;Lynn M. Resler;Maaike Y. Bader;Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

  • Novel forest decline triggered by multiple interactions among climate, an introduced pathogen and bark beetles

    Carmen M. Wong;Lori D. Daniels

  • Fifty years of wildland fire science in Canada

    Sean C.P. Coogan;Lori D. Daniels;Den Boychuk;Philip J. Burton

  • Climate impacts on lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth in a provenance experiment

    Sierra C. McLane;Lori D. Daniels;Sally N. Aitken

  • The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

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  • Regional and local effects of disturbance and climate on altitudinal treelines in northern Patagonia

    Lori D. Daniels;Thomas T. Veblen

  • Disturbance regimes in coastal British Columbia

    Lori D. Daniels;Robert W. Gray

  • Dynamics of large woody debris in small streams disturbed by the 2001 Dogrib fire in the Alberta foothills

    Trevor A. Jones;Lori D. Daniels

  • ENSO EFFECTS ON TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OF THE PATAGONIAN-ANDEAN REGION: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOGEOGRAPHY

    Lori D. Daniels;Thomas T. Veblen

  • A Guide to Historical Data Sets for Reconstructing Ecosystem Service Change over Time

    Stephanie A. Tomscha;Ira J. Sutherland;Delphine Renard;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Evidence of mixed-severity fires in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of west-central Alberta, Canada

    Mariano M. Amoroso;Mariano M. Amoroso;Lori D. Daniels;Mohammad Bataineh;David W. Andison

  • Detecting forest damage after a low-severity fire using remote sensing at multiple scales

    John T.T.R. Arnett;Nicholas C. Coops;Lori D. Daniels;Robert W. Falls

  • Differentiating mixed- and high-severity fire regimes in mixed-conifer forests of the Canadian Cordillera

    Hélène M. Marcoux;Lori D. Daniels;Sarah E. Gergel;Eric Da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas T. Veblen
Thomas T. Veblen University of Colorado Boulder
Patrick J. Baker
Patrick J. Baker University of Melbourne
Paul F. Hessburg
Paul F. Hessburg United States Department of Agriculture
Ricardo Villalba
Ricardo Villalba National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia
Sarah E. Gergel
Sarah E. Gergel University of British Columbia
Andrew J. Larson
Andrew J. Larson University of Montana
Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Alan H. Taylor
Alan H. Taylor Pennsylvania State University
Karel Klinka
Karel Klinka University of British Columbia

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