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D-Index
62
Citations
22544
World Ranking
2019
National Ranking
735

William H. Romme 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 William H. Romme sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 171 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William H. Romme 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 William H. Romme sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Fire and landscape diversity in subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Monographs 52:199–221.

Overview

William H. Romme is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with an emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and related policy and management issues.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to rangeland and wildlife management, fire effects on ecosystems, and vegetation dynamics. Additional areas of research include seedling growth and survival, landslides and related hazards, as well as forest ecology and biodiversity studies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Effects of Recent Wildfires in Piñon-Juniper Woodlands of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA," 2021, Natural Areas Journal
  • "Early postfire response of a northern range margin coast redwood forest community," 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Metrics and Considerations for Evaluating How Forest Treatments Alter Wildfire Behavior and Effects," 2023, Journal of Forestry
  • "Insights from recent fires into juniper savanna dynamics at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, USA," 2021, Rangelands
  • "Snag-fall patterns following stand-replacing fire vary with stem characteristics and topography in subalpine forests of Greater Yellowstone," 2023, Forest Ecology and Management

Frequent co-authors of William H. Romme include:

  • Paul Evangelista
  • Brian Woodward
  • Robert G. Woodmansee
  • Thomas J. Stohlgren
  • Anthony G. Vorster

Their work has been published in several venues, most notably:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Journal of Forestry
  • Natural Areas Journal
  • Rangelands

William H. Romme's contributions to environmental science include research on fire and landscape diversity, exemplified by the award of the William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1985 for work on subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park.

Best Publications

  • Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought

    David D. Breshears;Neil S. Cobb;Paul M. Rich;Kevin P. Price

  • Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions

    Kenneth F. Raffa;Brian H. Aukema;Barbara J. Bentz;Allan L. Carroll

  • The Interaction of Fire, Fuels, and Climate across Rocky Mountain Forests

    Tania Schoennagel;Thomas T. Veblen;William H. Romme

  • FIRE AND LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY IN SUBALPINE FORESTS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

    William H. Romme

  • Landscape dynamics in crown fire ecosystems

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme

  • EFFECTS OF FIRE SIZE AND PATTERN ON EARLY SUCCESSION IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme;Robert H. Gardner;William W. Hargrove

  • Effects of fire on landscape heterogeneity in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

    Monica G. Turner;William W. Hargrove;Robert H. Gardner;William H. Romme

  • A revised concept of landscape equilibrium: Disturbance and stability on scaled landscapes

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme;Robert H. Gardner;Robert V. O'Neill

  • Continued warming could transform Greater Yellowstone fire regimes by mid-21st century

    Anthony L. Westerling;Monica G. Turner;Erica A. H. Smithwick;William H. Romme

  • Expansion of the US wildland–urban interface

    David M. Theobald;William H. Romme

  • Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

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

  • Historical and Modern Disturbance Regimes, Stand Structures, and Landscape Dynamics in Piñon–Juniper Vegetation of the Western United States

    William H. Romme;Craig D. Allen;John D. Bailey;William L. Baker

  • Historical Perspective on the Yellowstone Fires of 1988A reconstruction of prehistoric fire history reveals that comparable fires occurred in the early 1700s

    William H. Romme;Don G. Despain

  • Prefire heterogeneity, fire severity, and early postfire plant reestablishment in subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme;Robert H. Gardner

  • Surprises and lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone fires

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme;Daniel B. Tinker

  • Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests

    Martin Simard;William H. Romme;Jacob M. Griffin;Monica G. Turner

  • Fire Frequency and Subalpine Forest Succession Along a Topographic Gradient in Wyoming

    William H. Romme;Dennis H. Knight

  • Aspen, Elk, and Fire in Northern Yellowstone Park

    William H. Romme;Monica G. Turner;Linda L. Wallace;Jennifer S. Walker

  • Simulating fire patterns in heterogeneous landscapes

    W.W Hargrove;R.H Gardner;M.G Turner;W.H Romme

  • Consequences of spatial heterogeneity for ecosystem services in changing forest landscapes: priorities for future research

    Monica G. Turner;Daniel C. Donato;William H. Romme

Frequent Co-Authors

Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Robert H. Gardner
Robert H. Gardner University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Erica A. H. Smithwick
Erica A. H. Smithwick Pennsylvania State University
Gerald A. Tuskan
Gerald A. Tuskan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thomas T. Veblen
Thomas T. Veblen University of Colorado Boulder
Daniel C. Donato
Daniel C. Donato University of Washington
Thomas W. Swetnam
Thomas W. Swetnam University of Arizona
William W. Hargrove
William W. Hargrove US Forest Service
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford

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