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D-Index
46
Citations
10440
World Ranking
4580
National Ranking
1592

Paul F. Hessburg publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul F. Hessburg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 139 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Paul F. Hessburg D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul F. Hessburg sits on this spectrum.

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46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Paul F. Hessburg is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in global and planetary change, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation. Additional areas of expertise include safety, risk, reliability and quality, as well as ecological modeling.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, forest ecology and management, forest management and policy, and fire dynamics and safety research.

Recent publications demonstrate active research engagement in the fields of forest ecology and wildfire management. Notable papers include:

  • "Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests" (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • "Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions" (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • "Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management" (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • "Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management" (2022, Current Environmental Health Reports)
  • "Previous wildfires and management treatments moderate subsequent fire severity" (2021, Forest Ecology and Management)

Paul F. Hessburg frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their most common coauthors include Nicholas A. Povak, Derek J. Churchill, R. Brion Salter, Susan J. Prichard, and Van R. Kane.

The majority of their work appears in prominent journals such as Forest Ecology and Management, Fire Ecology, Ecological Applications, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and Ecosphere.

Best Publications

  • Learning to coexist with wildfire

    Max A. Moritz;Enric Batllori;Ross A. Bradstock;A. Malcolm Gill

  • Dry forests and wildland fires of the inland Northwest USA: Contrasting the landscape ecology of the pre-settlement and modern eras

    Paul F. Hessburg;James K. Agee;Jerry F. Franklin

  • An environmental narrative of Inland Northwest United States forests, 1800–2000

    Paul F. Hessburg;James K. Agee

  • The use of historical range and variability (HRV) in landscape management

    Robert E. Keane;Paul F. Hessburg;Peter B. Landres;Fred J. Swanson

  • Restoring forest resilience: From reference spatial patterns to silvicultural prescriptions and monitoring

    Derek J. Churchill;Andrew J. Larson;Matthew C. Dahlgreen;Jerry F. Franklin

  • The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

    David A. Perry;Paul F. Hessburg;Carl N. Skinner;Thomas A. Spies

  • 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

  • Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: seven core principles

    Paul F. Hessburg;Derek J. Churchill;Andrew J. Larson;Ryan D. Haugo

  • 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

  • Predicting late-successional fire refugia pre-dating European settlement in the Wenatchee Mountains

    Ann Camp;Chad Oliver;Paul Hessburg;Richard Everett

  • Re-examining fire severity relations in pre-management era mixed conifer forests: inferences from landscape patterns of forest structure

    Paul F. Hessburg;R. Brion Salter;Kevin M. James

  • Tamm Review: Shifting global fire regimes: Lessons from reburns and research needs

    Susan J. Prichard;Camille S. Stevens-Rumann;Paul F. Hessburg

  • Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: current knowledge and key questions

    Peter A. Bisson;Bruce E. Rieman;Charlie Luce;Paul F. Hessburg

  • Recent changes (1930s–1990s) in spatial patterns of interior northwest forests, USA

    P.F. Hessburg;B.G. Smith;R.B. Salter;R.D. Ottmar

  • Tamm Review: Management of mixed-severity fire regime forests in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California

    Paul F. Hessburg;Thomas A. Spies;David A. Perry;Carl N. Skinner

  • Estimating historical range and variation of landscape patch dynamics: limitations of the simulation approach

    Robert E Keane;Russell A Parsons;Paul F Hessburg

  • DETECTING CHANGE IN FOREST SPATIAL PATTERNS FROM REFERENCE CONDITIONS

    Paul F. Hessburg;Bradley G. Smith;R. Brion Salter

  • Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management.

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

  • Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management

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  • A structural classification for inland northwest forest vegetation.

    Kevin L. O''Hara;Penelope A. Latham;Paul Hessburg;Bradley G. Smith

  • The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon,

    David A. Perry;Paul F. Hessburg;Carl N. Skinner;Thomas A. Spies

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Keane
Robert E. Keane US Forest Service
Thomas A. Spies
Thomas A. Spies US Forest Service
Jerry F. Franklin
Jerry F. Franklin University of Washington
Scott L. Stephens
Scott L. Stephens University of California, Berkeley
Gordon H. Reeves
Gordon H. Reeves US Forest Service
Carl N. Skinner
Carl N. Skinner US Forest Service
Andrew J. Larson
Andrew J. Larson University of Montana
Alan H. Taylor
Alan H. Taylor Pennsylvania State University
Bruce E. Rieman
Bruce E. Rieman US Forest Service
Brandon M. Collins
Brandon M. Collins University of California, Berkeley

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