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Overview

Todd J. Hawbaker is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant number of publications related to fire effects on ecosystems and remote sensing applications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields, including global and planetary change, ecology, environmental engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as safety, risk, reliability, and quality. Their studies encompass key topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, rangeland and wildlife management, remote sensing in agriculture, land use and ecosystem services, landslides and related hazards, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Todd J. Hawbaker's frequent coauthors include:

  • Volker C. Radeloff
  • Amanda R. Carlson
  • Miranda H. Mockrin
  • David P. Helmers
  • Melanie K. Vanderhoof

The scientist's work has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple papers published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, Fire, Forest Service Research Data Archive, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Remote Sensing of Environment.

Selected recent papers by Todd J. Hawbaker include:

  • The Landsat Burned Area algorithm and products for the conterminous United States (2020), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • The global wildland-urban interface (2023), Nature
  • Rising wildfire risk to houses in the United States, especially in grasslands and shrublands (2023), Science
  • The wildland-urban interface in the United States based on 125 million building locations (2022), Ecological Applications
  • Detecting subtle change from dense Landsat time series: Case studies of mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle disturbance (2021), Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk

    Volker C. Radeloff;David P. Helmers;H. Anu Kramer;Miranda H. Mockrin

  • HUMAN INFLUENCE ON CALIFORNIA FIRE REGIMES

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Jon E. Keeley;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • The wildland-urban interface in the United States based on 125 million building locations.

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  • Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation

    Emilio Chuvieco;Florent Mouillot;Guido R. van der Werf;Jesús San Miguel

  • Housing growth in and near United States protected areas limits their conservation value.

    Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart;Todd J. Hawbaker;Urs Gimmi

  • Predicting spatial patterns of fire on a southern California landscape

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Nicholas S. Keuler;Robert S. Taylor

  • Effects of roads, topography, and land use on forest cover dynamics in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Simone R. Freitas;Simone R. Freitas;Todd J. Hawbaker;Jean Paul Metzger

  • Defining the Wildland-Urban Interface

    Susan I. Stewart;Volker C. Radeloff;Roger B. Hammer;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • Conservation Threats Due to Human-Caused Increases in Fire Frequency in Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Todd J. Hawbaker;Susan I. Stewart

  • Mapping burned areas using dense time-series of Landsat data

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Melanie K. Vanderhoof;Yen Ju Beal;Joshua D. Takacs

  • Detection rates of the MODIS active fire product in the United States

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff;Alexandra D. Syphard;Zhiliang Zhu

  • Road Density and Landscape Pattern in Relation to Housing Density, and Ownership, Land Cover, and Soils

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff;Roger B. Hammer;Murray K. Clayton

  • Wildfire risk in the wildland―urban interface: A simulation study in northwestern Wisconsin

    Avi Bar Massada;Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • The global wildland–urban interface

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  • Roads and Landscape Pattern in Northern Wisconsin Based on a Comparison of Four Road Data Sources

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff

  • High-resolution image texture as a predictor of bird species richness

    Véronique St-Louis;Anna M. Pidgeon;Volker C. Radeloff;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds

    Joel B. Sankey;Jason Kreitler;Todd J. Hawbaker;Jason L. McVay

  • Road Development, Housing Growth, And Landscape Fragmentation In Northern Wisconsin: 1937–1999

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff;Murray K. Clayton;Roger B. Hammer

  • Improved estimates of forest vegetation structure and biomass with a LiDAR‐optimized sampling design

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Nicholas S. Keuler;Adrian A. Lesak;Terje Gobakken

  • The Landsat Burned Area algorithm and products for the conterminous United States

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Melanie K. Vanderhoof;Gail L. Schmidt;Yen-Ju Beal

  • Associations of forest bird species richness with housing and landscape patterns across the USA.

    A. M. Pidgeon;V. C. Radeloff;C. H. Flather;C. A. Lepczyk

  • Human and biophysical influences on fire occurrence in the United States

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart;Roger B. Hammer

  • Modeling forest songbird species richness using LiDAR-derived measures of forest structure

    Adrian A. Lesak;Volker C. Radeloff;Todd J. Hawbaker;Anna M. Pidgeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiliang Zhu
Zhiliang Zhu United States Geological Survey
Volker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hong S. He
Hong S. He University of Missouri
Susan I. Stewart
Susan I. Stewart University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peng Gong
Peng Gong University of Hong Kong
Murray K. Clayton
Murray K. Clayton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Shuguang Liu
Shuguang Liu Central South University of Forestry and Technology
Alexandra D. Syphard
Alexandra D. Syphard Conservation Biology Institute
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Anna M. Pidgeon
Anna M. Pidgeon University of Wisconsin–Madison

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