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Matthew D. Hurteau is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily relates to environmental science, with a substantial focus on topics connected to fire effects on ecosystems and forest management.

The main field of study for this scientist is Environmental Science, with research spanning several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Atmospheric Science.

Their academic work explores a range of topics such as:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Seedling growth and survival studies

Recent publications by Matthew D. Hurteau include the following papers:

  • Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes, 2020, BioScience
  • Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions, 2021, Ecological Applications
  • Fire and climate change: conserving seasonally dry forests is still possible, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Pyrosilviculture Needed for Landscape Resilience of Dry Western United States Forests, 2021, Journal of Forestry
  • Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Malcolm P. North
  • Marissa J. Goodwin
  • Harold S. J. Zald
  • Daniel Krofcheck
  • Brandon M. Collins

Their work appears extensively in several publication venues, notably:

  • Forest Ecology and Management (11 publications)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (3 publications)
  • Ecosphere (3 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Natural climate solutions for the United States.

    Joseph E. Fargione;Steven Bassett;Timothy Boucher;Scott D. Bridgham

  • Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes

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

  • Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions.

    Susan J. Prichard;Paul F. Hessburg;Paul F. Hessburg;R. Keala Hagmann;Nicholas 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

  • Carbon protection and fire risk reduction: toward a full accounting of forest carbon offsets

    Matthew D Hurteau;George W Koch;Bruce A Hungate

  • Fuel treatment effects on tree‐based forest carbon storage and emissions under modeled wildfire scenarios

    Matthew Hurteau;Malcolm North

  • Prescribed fire as a means of reducing forest carbon emissions in the western United States.

    Christine Wiedinmyer;Matthew D. Hurteau

  • Climate change, fire management, and ecological services in the southwestern US

    Matthew D. Hurteau;John B. Bradford;Peter Z. Fulé;Alan H. Taylor

  • Short- and Long-term Effects of Fire on Carbon in US Dry Temperate Forest Systems

    Matthew D. Hurteau;Matthew L. Brooks

  • Fire suppression and fuels treatment effects on mixed-conifer carbon stocks and emissions.

    Malcolm North;Matthew Hurteau;James Innes

  • Fire and climate change: conserving seasonally dry forests is still possible

    Scott L. Stephens;A. Le Roy Westerling;Matthew D. Hurteau;M. Zachariah Peery

  • High-severity wildfire effects on carbon stocks and emissions in fuels treated and untreated forest

    Malcolm P. North;Malcolm P. North;Matthew David Hurteau

  • Pyrosilviculture Needed for Landscape Resilience of Dry Western United States Forests

    M P North;M P North;R A York;B M Collins;B M Collins;M D Hurteau

  • Projected effects of climate and development on California wildfire emissions through 2100.

    Matthew D. Hurteau;Anthony L. Westerling;Christine Wiedinmyer;Benjamin P. Bryant

  • Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States

    Joseph Fargione;Diane L. Haase;Owen T. Burney;Olga A. Kildisheva

  • Influence of fire and El Nino on tree recruitment varies by species in Sierran mixed conifer

    Malcolm North;Matthew Hurteau;Robert Fiegener;Michael Barbour

  • Vegetation-fire feedback reduces projected area burned under climate change.

    Matthew D. Hurteau;Shuang Liang;A. LeRoy Westerling;Christine Wiedinmyer

  • Accounting for risk in valuing forest carbon offsets

    Matthew D Hurteau;Bruce A Hungate;George W Koch

  • Carbon recovery rates following different wildfire risk mitigation treatments

    Matthew D. Hurteau;Malcolm North

  • A global meta‐analysis of forest bioenergy greenhouse gas emission accounting studies

    Thomas Buchholz;Thomas Buchholz;Matthew D. Hurteau;John Gunn;David Saah;David Saah

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm P. North
Malcolm P. North US Forest Service
George W. Koch
George W. Koch Northern Arizona University
Bruce A. Hungate
Bruce A. Hungate Northern Arizona University
Christine Wiedinmyer
Christine Wiedinmyer University of Colorado Boulder
Robert M. Scheller
Robert M. Scheller North Carolina State University
Brandon M. Collins
Brandon M. Collins University of California, Berkeley
Scott L. Stephens
Scott L. Stephens University of California, Berkeley
Marcy E. Litvak
Marcy E. Litvak University of New Mexico
Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Paul F. Hessburg
Paul F. Hessburg United States Department of Agriculture

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