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Philip J. Burton is a researcher affiliated with the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada. Their work primarily centers on Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Insect Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics related to fire effects on ecosystems, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, forest management and policy, forest insect ecology and management, rangeland and wildlife management, and forest ecology and management.

Philip J. Burton's frequent co-authors include Sylvie Gauthier, Ekaterina Shorohova, Sebastian Seibold, Rupert Seidl, and Michael D. Ulyshen.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • The Ecology of Disturbance Interactions, 2020, BioScience
  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition, 2021, Nature
  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Globally consistent climate sensitivity of natural disturbances across boreal and temperate forest ecosystems, 2020, Ecography
  • Tamm review: Does salvage logging mitigate subsequent forest disturbances?, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

Among the scientific journals where Philip J. Burton frequently publishes are the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Current Forestry Reports, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and Nature.

Best Publications

  • Edge Influence on Forest Structure and Composition in Fragmented Landscapes

    Karen A. Harper;S. Ellen Macdonald;Philip J. Burton;Jiquan Chen

  • A gap-based approach for development of silvicultural systems to address ecosystem management objectives

    K.Dave Coates;Philip J. Burton

  • Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity: A meta‐analysis

    Simon Thorn;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Philip J. Burton

  • The value of managing for biodiversity

    P. J. Burton;A. C. Balisky;L. P. Coward;D. D. Kneeshaw

  • Salvage logging and its ecological consequences

    David B. Lindenmayer;Philip Joseph Burton;Jerry F. Franklin

  • Plant Functional Types

    T. M. Smith;H. H. Shugart;F. I. Woodward;P. J. Burton

  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition

    Sebastian Seibold;Werner Rammer;Torsten Hothorn;Rupert Seidl

  • Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change

    I. Aubin;A. D. Munson;F. Cardou;F. Cardou;P. J. Burton

  • Towards sustainable management of the boreal forest.

    P. J. Burton;C. Messier;D. W. Smith;W. L. Adamowicz

  • Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science

    Elise Filotas;Lael Parrott;Philip J. Burton;Robin L. Chazdon

  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts.

    Nancy Shackelford;Nancy Shackelford;Gustavo B. Paterno;Gustavo B. Paterno;Daniel E. Winkler;Todd E. Erickson

  • Large fires as agents of ecological diversity in the North American boreal forest

    Philip J. Burton;Marc-André Parisien;Marc-André Parisien;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Ronald J. Hall

  • Some limitations inherent to static indices of plant competition

    Philip J. Burton

  • RESPONSE OF METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA SEEDLINGS TO EXPERIMENTAL CANOPY OPENING

    Philip J. Burton;Dieter Mueller-Dombois

  • Conservation value of forests attacked by bark beetles: Highest number of indicator species is found in early successional stages

    Lukas W. Lehnert;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Philip J. Burton

  • The Ecology of Disturbance Interactions

    Philip J. Burton;Anke Jentsch;Lawrence R. Walker

  • Impact of mountain pine beetle on the net ecosystem production of lodgepole pine stands in British Columbia

    M. Brown;T.A. Black;Z. Nesic;V.N. Foord

  • Globally consistent climate sensitivity of natural disturbances across boreal and temperate forest ecosystems

    Rupert Seidl;Rupert Seidl;Juha Honkaniemi;Tuomas Aakala;Alexey Aleinikov

  • Effects of logging on fire regimes in moist forests

    David B. Lindenmayer;Malcolm L. Hunter;Philip J. Burton;Philip Gibbons

  • Managing forest harvesting to maintain old growth in boreal and sub-boreal forests

    Philip J. Burton;Daniel D. Kneeshaw;K. David Coates

  • Growth of planted tree seedlings in response to ambient light levels in northwestern interior cedar-hemlock forests of British Columbia

    K. Dave Coates;Philip J. Burton

  • TREE SEEDLING EMERGENCE ON INTERACTIVE TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE GRADIENTS AND IN PATCHES OF OLD-FIELD VEGETATION

    Philip J. Burton;F. A. Bazzaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Wiktor L. Adamowicz
Wiktor L. Adamowicz University of Alberta
Sylvie Gauthier
Sylvie Gauthier Natural Resources Canada
Daniel Kneeshaw
Daniel Kneeshaw University of Quebec at Montreal
J. A. Trofymow
J. A. Trofymow University of Victoria
Zoran Nesic
Zoran Nesic University of British Columbia
Yan Boulanger
Yan Boulanger Environment and Climate Change Canada
T. A. Black
T. A. Black University of British Columbia
David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation

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