Alan Taylor

Professor of Geography

Alan Taylor

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Topography Climate Fire Severity Wildfires Wildfire Fire Regime Fires Vegetation Climate Change Coniferous Forests Canopy National Park Coniferous Tree Mixed Forests Fire Fuels (Fire Ecology) History Vegetation Types Chaparral Fire History Mountains Mountain National Parks Stand Structure Smoke

Most Recent Publications

Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses

Christopher H. Guiterman, Rachel M. Gregg, Laura A.E. Marshall, Jill J. Beckmann, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Donald A. Falk, Jon E. Keeley, Anthony C. Caprio, Jonathan D. Coop, Paula J. Fornwalt, Collin Haffey, R. Keala Hagmann, Stephen T. Jackson, Ann M. Lynch, Ellis Q. Margolis, Christopher Marks, Marc D. Meyer, Hugh Safford, Alexandra Dunya Syphard, Alan Taylor, Craig Wilcox, Dennis Carril, Carolyn A.F. Enquist, David Huffman, Jose Iniguez, Nicole A. Molinari, Christina Restaino, Jens T. Stevens, 2022, Fire Ecology

Public and manager perceptions about prescribed fire in the Mid-Atlantic, United States

Hong Wu, Zachary D. Miller, Rui Wang, Katherine Y. Zipp, Peter Newman, Yau Huo Shr, Cody L. Dems, Alan Taylor, Margot W. Kaye, Erica A.H. Smithwick, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management

Low-Severity Wildfire Shifts Mixed Conifer Forests toward Historical Stand Structure in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA

John Sakulich, Helen M. Poulos, Richard G. Gatewood, Kelsey A. Wogan, Christopher Marks, Alan H. Taylor, 2022, Fire

The North American tree-ring fire-scar network

Ellis Q. Margolis, Christopher H. Guiterman, Raphaël D. Chavardès, Jonathan D. Coop, Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, Denyse A. Dawe, Donald A. Falk, James D. Johnston, Evan Larson, Hang Li, Joseph M. Marschall, Cameron E. Naficy, Adam T. Naito, Marc André Parisien, Sean A. Parks, Jeanne Portier, Helen M. Poulos, Kevin M. Robertson, James H. Speer, Michael Stambaugh, Thomas W. Swetnam, Alan J. Tepley, Ichchha Thapa, Craig D. Allen, Yves Bergeron, Lori D. Daniels, Peter Z. Fulé, David Gervais, Martin P. Girardin, Grant L. Harley, Jill E. Harvey, Kira M. Hoffman, Jean M. Huffman, Matthew David Hurteau, Lane B. Johnson, Charles W. Lafon, Manuel K. Lopez, R. Stockton Maxwell, Jed Meunier, Malcolm North, Monica T. Rother, Micah R. Schmidt, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Lauren A. Stachowiak, Alan Taylor, Erana J. Taylor, Valerie Trouet, Miguel L. Villarreal, Larissa L. Yocom, Karen B. Arabas, Alexis H. Arizpe, Dominique Arseneault, Alicia Azpeleta Tarancón, Christopher Baisan, Erica Bigio, Franco Biondi, Gabriel D. Cahalan, Anthony Caprio, Julián Cerano-Paredes, Brandon M. Collins, Daniel C. Dey, Igor Drobyshev, Calvin Farris, M. Adele Fenwick, William Flatley, M. Lisa Floyd, Ze'ev Gedalof, Andres Holz, Lauren F. Howard, David W. Huffman, Jose Iniguez, Kurt F. Kipfmueller, Stanley G. Kitchen, Keith Lombardo, Donald McKenzie, Andrew G. Merschel, Kerry L. Metlen, Jesse Minor, Christopher D. O'Connor, Laura Platt, William J. Platt, Thomas Saladyga, Amanda B. Stan, Scott Stephens, Colleen Sutheimer, Ramzi Touchan, Peter J. Weisberg, 2022, Ecosphere

Topography, Climate and Fire History Regulate Wildfire Activity in the Alaskan Tundra

Arif Masrur, Alan Taylor, Lucas Harris, Jennifer Barnes, Andrey Petrov, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Changes in fire behavior caused by fire exclusion and fuel build-up vary with topography in California montane forests, USA

Catherine Airey-Lauvaux, Andrew D. Pierce, Carl N. Skinner, Alan H. Taylor, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management

MODIS-based smoke detection shows that daily smoke cover dampens fire severity in initial burns but not reburns in complex terrain

Lucas B. Harris, Alan H. Taylor, 2022, International Journal of Wildland Fire

Mixed-severity wildfire as a driver of vegetation change in an arizona madrean sky island system, usa

Helen M. Poulos, Michael R. Freiburger, Andrew M. Barton, Alan H. Taylor, 2021, Fire

Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests

R. K. Hagmann, P. F. Hessburg, S. J. Prichard, N. A. Povak, P. M. Brown, P. Z. Fulé, R. E. Keane, E. E. Knapp, J. M. Lydersen, K. L. Metlen, M. J. Reilly, A. J. Sánchez Meador, S. L. Stephens, J. T. Stevens, A. H. Taylor, L. L. Yocom, M. A. Battaglia, D. J. Churchill, L. D. Daniels, D. A. Falk, P. Henson, J. D. Johnston, M. A. Krawchuk, C. R. Levine, G. W. Meigs, A. G. Merschel, M. P. North, H. D. Safford, T. W. Swetnam, A. E.M. Waltz, 2021, Ecological Applications

Drivers of fire severity shift as landscapes transition to an active fire regime, Klamath Mountains, USA

Alan H. Taylor, Lucas B. Harris, Stacy A. Drury, 2021, Ecosphere

Most-Cited Papers

Tamm Review: Management of mixed-severity fire regime forests in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California

Paul F. Hessburg, Thomas A. Spies, David A. Perry, Carl N. Skinner, Alan H. Taylor, Peter M. Brown, Scott L. Stephens, Andrew J. Larson, Derek J. Churchill, Nicholas A. Povak, Peter H. Singleton, Brenda McComb, William J. Zielinski, Brandon M. Collins, R. Brion Salter, John J. Keane, Jerry F. Franklin, Greg Riegel, 2016, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 221-250

Climate, Environment, and Disturbance History Govern Resilience of Western North American Forests

Paul F. Hessburg, Carol L. Miller, Sean A. Parks, Nicholas A. Povak, Alan H. Taylor, Philip E. Higuera, Susan J. Prichard, Malcolm P. North, Brandon M. Collins, Matthew D. Hurteau, Andrew J. Larson, Craig D. Allen, Scott L. Stephens, Hiram Rivera-Huerta, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Lori D. Daniels, Ze'ev Gedalof, Robert W. Gray, Van R. Kane, Derek J. Churchill, R. Keala Hagmann, Thomas A. Spies, C. Alina Cansler, R. Travis Belote, Thomas T. Veblen, Mike A. Battaglia, Chad Hoffman, Carl N. Skinner, Hugh D. Safford, R. Brion Salter, 2019, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire-climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600-2015 CE

Alan H. Taylor, Valerie Trouet, Carl N. Skinner, Scott Stephens, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 13684-13689

Climate change, fire management, and ecological services in the southwestern US

Matthew D. Hurteau, John B. Bradford, Peter Z. Fulé, Alan H. Taylor, Katherine L. Martin, 2014, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 280-289

Influence of Vegetation Structure on Lidar-derived Canopy Height and Fractional Cover in Forested Riparian Buffers During Leaf-Off and Leaf-On Conditions

Leah Wasser, Rick Day, Laura Chasmer, Alan Taylor, 2013, PLoS One

High severity fire and mixed conifer forest-chaparral dynamics in the southern Cascade Range, USA

Catherine Airey Lauvaux, Carl N. Skinner, Alan H. Taylor, 2016, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 74-85

Topography, Fuels, and Fire Exclusion Drive Fire Severity of the Rim Fire in an Old-Growth Mixed-Conifer Forest, Yosemite National Park, USA

Lucas Harris, Alan H. Taylor, 2015, Ecosystems on p. 1192-1208

Unsupported inferences of high-severity fire in historical dry forests of the western United States: Response to Williams and Baker

Peter Z. Fulé, Thomas W. Swetnam, Peter M. Brown, Donald A. Falk, David L. Peterson, Craig D. Allen, Gregory H. Aplet, Mike A. Battaglia, Dan Binkley, Calvin Farris, Robert E. Keane, Ellis Q. Margolis, Henri Grissino-Mayer, Carol Miller, Carolyn Hull Sieg, Carl Skinner, Scott L. Stephens, Alan Taylor, 2014, Global Ecology and Biogeography on p. 825-830

Previous burns and topography limit and reinforce fire severity in a large wildfire

Lucas Harris, Alan H. Taylor, 2017, Ecosphere

Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests

R. K. Hagmann, P. F. Hessburg, S. J. Prichard, N. A. Povak, P. M. Brown, P. Z. Fulé, R. E. Keane, E. E. Knapp, J. M. Lydersen, K. L. Metlen, M. J. Reilly, A. J. Sánchez Meador, S. L. Stephens, J. T. Stevens, A. H. Taylor, L. L. Yocom, M. A. Battaglia, D. J. Churchill, L. D. Daniels, D. A. Falk, P. Henson, J. D. Johnston, M. A. Krawchuk, C. R. Levine, G. W. Meigs, A. G. Merschel, M. P. North, H. D. Safford, T. W. Swetnam, A. E.M. Waltz, 2021, Ecological Applications