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Susan J. Prichard is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and aspects related to safety, risk, reliability, and quality.

The scientist has produced significant work on topics including fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, as well as fire dynamics and safety research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan J. Prichard include:

  • Paul F. Hessburg
  • Nicholas A. Povak
  • Van R. Kane
  • Robert W. Gray
  • Maureen C. Kennedy

Major venues for publication include Fire Ecology, Ecological Applications, Remote Sensing, International Journal of Wildland Fire, and Forest Ecology and Management.

Recent papers by Susan J. Prichard include:

  • Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions, 2021, Ecological Applications
  • 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
  • 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

Best Publications

  • Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes

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

  • An overview of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System — Quantifying, classifying, and creating fuelbeds for resource planningThis article is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Forum on the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.

    Roger D. OttmarR.D. Ottmar;Roger D. OttmarR.D. Ottmar;David V. SandbergD.V. Sandberg;David V. SandbergD.V. Sandberg;Cynthia L. RiccardiC.L. Riccardi;Cynthia L. RiccardiC.L. Riccardi;Susan J. PrichardS.J. Prichard;Susan J. PrichardS.J. Prichard

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Forest fire and climate change in western North America: insights from sediment charcoal records

    Daniel G. Gavin;Douglas J. Hallett;Feng Sheng Hu;Kenneth P. Lertzman

  • 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

  • Fuel treatments reduce the severity of wildfire effects in dry mixed conifer forest, Washington, USA

    Susan J. PrichardS.J. Prichard;Susan J. PrichardS.J. Prichard;David L. PetersonD.L. Peterson;David L. PetersonD.L. Peterson;Kyle JacobsonK. Jacobson;Kyle JacobsonK. Jacobson

  • Fuel treatments and landform modify landscape patterns of burn severity in an extreme fire event

    Susan J. Prichard;Maureen C. Kennedy

  • Wildland fire emission factors in North America: synthesis of existing data, measurement needs and management applications

    Susan Prichard;Susan O'Neill;Paige Eagle;Anne Andreu

  • Fuel treatment effectiveness in the context of landform, vegetation, and large, wind‐driven wildfires

    Susan J. Prichard;Nicholas A. Povak;Nicholas A. Povak;Maureen C. Kennedy;David W. Peterson

  • Carbon distribution in subalpine forests and meadows of the Olympic Mountains, Washington

    Susan J. Prichard;David L. Peterson;R. David Hammer

  • Prior wildfires influence burn severity of subsequent large fires

    Camille S. Stevens-Rumann;Susan J. Prichard;Eva K. Strand;Penelope Morgan

  • Fire Behaviour and Smoke Modelling: Model Improvement and Measurement Needs for Next-generation Smoke Research and Forecasting Systems

    Yongqiang Liu;Adam Kochanski;Kirk R. Baker;William Mell

  • Predicting forest floor and woody fuel consumption from prescribed burns in southern and western pine ecosystems of the United States

    S.J. Prichard;M.C. Kennedy;C.S. Wright;J.B. Cronan

  • Fuel Characteristic Classification System version 3.0: technical documentation

    Susan J. Prichard;David V. Sandberg;Roger D. Ottmar;Ellen Eberhardt

  • Towards spatially explicit quantification of pre- and postfire fuels and fuel consumption from traditional and point cloud measurements

    Andrew T. Hudak;Akira Kato;Benjamin C. Bright;E. Louise Loudermilk

  • Modeling Regional-Scale Wildland Fire Emissions with the Wildland Fire Emissions Information System*

    Nancy H. F. French;Donald McKenzie;Tyler Erickson;Benjamin Koziol

  • Pre-fire and post-fire surface fuel and cover measurements collected in the south-eastern United States for model evaluation and development – RxCADRE 2008, 2011 and 2012

    Roger D. Ottmar;Andrew T. Hudak;Susan J. Prichard;Clinton S. Wright

  • Evaluating potential trade-offs among fuel treatment strategies in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada

    Jens T. Stevens;Brandon M. Collins;Brandon M. Collins;Jonathan W. Long;Malcolm P. North;Malcolm P. North

  • Holocene fire and vegetation dynamics in a montane forest, North Cascade Range, Washington, USA

    Susan J. Prichard;Ze ' ev Gedalof;W. Wyatt Oswald;David L. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger D. Ottmar
Roger D. Ottmar US Forest Service
Paul F. Hessburg
Paul F. Hessburg United States Department of Agriculture
Nancy H. F. French
Nancy H. F. French Michigan Technological University
David L. Peterson
David L. Peterson University of Washington
Malcolm P. North
Malcolm P. North US Forest Service
Andrew T. Hudak
Andrew T. Hudak US Forest Service
Robert E. Keane
Robert E. Keane US Forest Service
Shawn Urbanski
Shawn Urbanski US Forest Service
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis
Brandon M. Collins
Brandon M. Collins University of California, Berkeley

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