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D-Index
70
Citations
19565
World Ranking
1356
National Ranking
500

Peter Z. Fulé 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 Peter Z. Fulé sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 278 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Z. Fulé 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 Peter Z. Fulé sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Z. Fulé is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a focus on wildfire ecology and forest management. Their research covers multiple aspects of fire effects on ecosystems, vegetation dynamics, and fire safety systems, integrating interdisciplinary approaches across global change, ecology, and conservation.

The main fields of their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad area, Fulé's subfields of study encompass:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Their research topics highlight the following areas:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Fire Detection and Safety Systems
  • Forest ecology and management

Notable recent publications by Peter Z. Fulé include:

  • "Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes," 2020, BioScience
  • "Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests," 2021, Ecological Applications
  • "Wildland Fire Detection and Monitoring Using a Drone-Collected RGB/IR Image Dataset," 2022, IEEE Access
  • "A comprehensive survey of research towards AI-enabled unmanned aerial systems in pre-, active-, and post-wildfire management," 2024, Information Fusion
  • "Fire regimes shape diversity and traits of vegetation under different climatic conditions," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors contributing to these research efforts include:

  • David W. Huffman
  • Michael T. Stoddard
  • John P. Roccaforte
  • Kyle C. Rodman
  • Andrew J. Sánchez Meador

Fulé's works have been published predominantly in:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Applications
  • Fire Ecology

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

  • DETERMINING REFERENCE CONDITIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE FORESTS

    Peter Z. Fulé;W. Wallace Covington;Margaret M. Moore

  • Restoring Ecosystem Health in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwest

    W. Wallace Covington;Peter Z Fule;Margaret M Moore;Stephen C Hart

  • REFERENCE CONDITIONS AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: A SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE PERSPECTIVE

    Margaret M. Moore;W. Wallace Covington;Peter Z. Fulé

  • Comparison of burn severity assessments using Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio and ground data

    Allison E. Cocke;Peter Z. Fulé;Joseph E. Crouse

  • Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes

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

  • Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

    S. L. Stephens;James K. Agee;P. Z. Fulé;M. P. North

  • Reform forest fire management

    M. P. North;M. P. North;S. L. Stephens;B. M. Collins;B. M. Collins;J. K. Agee

  • RESTORATION OF PRESETTLEMENT AGE STRUCTURE OF AN ARIZONA PONDEROSA PINE FOREST

    Joy Nystrom Mast;Peter Z. Fulé;Margaret M. Moore;W. Wallace Covington

  • 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

  • Fire ecology of Mexican pines and a fire management proposal

    Dante Arturo Rodríguez-Trejo;Peter Z. Fulé

  • A predictive model of community assembly that incorporates intraspecific trait variation.

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Chaitanya Joshi;Peter M. van Bodegom;Zachary A. Bastow

  • Do thinning and/or burning treatments in western USA ponderosa or Jeffrey pine-dominated forests help restore natural fire behavior?

    Peter Z. Fulé;Joseph E. Crouse;John Paul Roccaforte;Elizabeth L. Kalies

  • Ecological effects of large fires on US landscapes: benefit or catastrophe?

    Robert E. Keane;James K. Agee;Peter Fule;Jon E. Keeley

  • Multi‐scale controls of historical forest‐fire regimes: new insights from fire‐scar networks

    Donald A Falk;Emily K Heyerdahl;Peter M Brown;Calvin Farris

  • U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests

    Scott L. Stephens;Brandon M. Collins;Eric Biber;Peter Z. Fulé

  • Measuring forest restoration effectiveness in reducing hazardous fuels

    P. Z. Fulé;A. E. M. Waltz;W. W. Covington;T. A. Heinlein

  • Comparison of Historical and Contemporary Forest Structure and Composition on Permanent Plots in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests

    Margaret M. Moore;David W. Huffman;Peter Z. Fulé;W. Wallace Covington

  • Perpetuating old ponderosa pine

    T.E. Kolb;J.K. Agee;P.Z. Fulé;N.G. McDowell

  • Mixed-severity fire regime in a high-elevation forest of Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

    Peter Z. Fulé;Joseph E. Crouse;Thomas A. Heinlein;Margaret M. Moore

  • Comparing ecological restoration alternatives: Grand Canyon, Arizona

    Peter Z. Fulé;W.Wallace Covington;H.B. Smith;Judith D. Springer

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Wallace Covington
W. Wallace Covington Northern Arizona University
Margaret M. Moore
Margaret M. Moore Northern Arizona University
Carolyn Hull Sieg
Carolyn Hull Sieg US Forest Service
Daniel C. Laughlin
Daniel C. Laughlin University of Wyoming
Donald A. Falk
Donald A. Falk University of Arizona
Scott L. Stephens
Scott L. Stephens University of California, Berkeley
Thomas W. Swetnam
Thomas W. Swetnam University of Arizona
Jonathan D. Bakker
Jonathan D. Bakker University of Washington
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford

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