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D-Index
49
Citations
14052
World Ranking
3957
National Ranking
1385

Penelope Morgan 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 Penelope Morgan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Penelope Morgan 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 Penelope Morgan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Penelope Morgan is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and engineering. Their work primarily focuses on fire ecology and its effects on ecosystems, with additional interests spanning fire dynamics, rangeland and wildlife management, and vegetation studies.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Fire and land cover change in the Palouse Prairie-forest ecotone, Washington and Idaho, USA (2020, Fire Ecology)
  • Principles of fire ecology (2024, Fire Ecology)
  • Fuel Dynamics Following Wildfire in US Northern Rockies Forests (2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change)
  • Spatial and temporal drivers of post-fire tree establishment and height growth in a managed forest landscape (2022, Fire Ecology)
  • Environmental Influences on Density and Height Growth of Natural Ponderosa Pine Regeneration following Wildfires (2021, Fire)

Their research is published predominantly in the journal Fire Ecology, followed by contributions to Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Fire, and the Forest Service Research Data Archive.

Penelope Morgan's collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with several co-authors such as Francisco Rego, Chad M. Hoffman, Paulo M. Fernandes, Andrew T. Hudak, and Eva K. Strand, with whom they have co-authored multiple publications.

Their expertise lies within the broader field of Environmental Science, which accounts for most of their publications, alongside a significant number of works in Engineering. Their subfields of study include global and planetary change, safety and risk, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and insect science.

Main topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Disaster management and resilience
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics

In addition to journal articles, Penelope Morgan has authored a book titled Fire Science, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Best Publications

  • OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF NATURAL VARIABILITY CONCEPTS IN MANAGING ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

    Peter B. Landres;Penelope Morgan;Frederick J. Swanson

  • ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE ECOSYSTEMS: A BROAD PERSPECTIVE

    Craig D. Allen;Melissa Savage;Donald A. Falk;Kieran F. Suckling

  • Remote sensing techniques to assess active fire characteristics and post-fire effects

    Leigh B. Lentile;Zachary A. Holden;Alistair M. S. Smith;Michael J. Falkowski

  • Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes

    Tania Schoennagel;Jennifer K. Balch;Hannah Brenkert-Smith;Philip E. Dennison

  • Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change.

    Camille S. Stevens‐Rumann;Camille S. Stevens‐Rumann;Kerry B. Kemp;Philip E. Higuera;Brian J. Harvey

  • Mapping Fire Regimes Across Time and Space: Understanding Coarse and Fine-scale Fire Patterns

    Penelope Morgan;Colin C. Hardy;Thomas W. Swetnam;Matthew G. Rollins

  • Historical Range of Variability: A Useful Tool for Evaluating Ecosystem Change

    Penelope Morgan;Gregory H. Aplet;Jonathan B. Haufler;Hope C. Humphries

  • Both topography and climate affected forest and woodland burn severity in two regions of the western US, 1984 to 2006

    Gregory K. Dillon;Zachary A. Holden;Penelope Morgan;Michael A. Crimmins

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

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

  • Tree regeneration following wildfires in the western US: a review

    Camille S. Stevens-Rumann;Camille S. Stevens-Rumann;Penelope Morgan

  • Challenges of assessing fire and burn severity using field measures, remote sensing and modelling

    Penelope Morgan;Robert E. Keane;Gregory K. Dillon;Theresa B. Jain

  • The Relationship of Multispectral Satellite Imagery to Immediate Fire Effects

    Andrew T. Hudak;Penelope Morgan;Michael J. Bobbitt;Alistair M. S. Smith

  • Regression modeling and mapping of coniferous forest basal area and tree density from discrete-return lidar and multispectral satellite data

    Andrew T Hudak;Nicholas L Crookston;Jeffrey S Evans;Michael J Falkowski

  • MULTI-SEASON CLIMATE SYNCHRONIZED FOREST FIRES THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY, NORTHERN ROCKIES, USA

    Penelope Morgan;Emily K. Heyerdahl;Carly E. Gibson

  • Returning fire to the land: celebrating traditional knowledge and fire

    Frank K. Lake;Vita Wright;Penelope Morgan;Mary McFadzen

  • Landscape-scale controls over 20th century fire occurrence in two large Rocky Mountain (USA) wilderness areas

    Matthew G. Rollins;Penelope Morgan;Thomas Swetnam

  • A predictive model of burn severity based on 20-year satellite-inferred burn severity data in a large southwestern US wilderness area

    Zachary A. Holden;Penelope Morgan;Jeffrey S. Evans

  • Characterizing and mapping forest fire fuels using ASTER imagery and gradient modeling

    Michael J. Falkowski;Paul E. Gessler;Penelope Morgan;Andrew T. Hudak

  • Fire legacies impact conifer regeneration across environmental gradients in the U.S. northern Rockies

    Kerry B. Kemp;Philip E. Higuera;Penelope Morgan

  • Post-Fire Burn Severity and Vegetation Response Following Eight Large Wildfires Across the Western United States

    Leigh B. Lentile;Penelope Morgan;Andrew T. Hudak;Michael J. Bobbitt

  • Fire-Bgc: A Mechanistic Ecological Process Model for Simulating Fire Succession on Coniferous Forest Landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains

    Robert E. Keane;Penelope Morgan;Steven W. Running

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Hudak
Andrew T. Hudak US Forest Service
Alistair M. S. Smith
Alistair M. S. Smith University of Idaho
Zachary A. Holden
Zachary A. Holden United States Department of Agriculture
Peter R. Robichaud
Peter R. Robichaud United States Department of Agriculture
John T. Abatzoglou
John T. Abatzoglou University of California, Merced
Paul E. Gessler
Paul E. Gessler University of Idaho
Michael J. Falkowski
Michael J. Falkowski Colorado State University
Charles H. Luce
Charles H. Luce US Forest Service
Philip E. Higuera
Philip E. Higuera University of Montana
Lee A. Vierling
Lee A. Vierling University of Idaho

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