Paul F. Hessburg

University of Washington — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

45h-index9.2kcitations210works7.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Fire effects on ecosystems(100), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(54), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(47), Forest Management and Policy(19), Species Distribution and Climate Change(15)

Publications208 total

Indigenous stewardship rights and opportunities to recenter Indigenous fire
Fire Ecology·2025Open Access
The western North American forestland carbon sink: will our climate commitments go up in smoke?
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment·2025Open Access
Wildfire and forest treatments mitigate—but cannot forestall—climate-driven changes in streamflow regimes in a western US mountain landscape
Environmental Research Letters·2025Open Access
Evidence for strong bottom-up controls on fire severity during extreme events
Fire Ecology·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Wildfire management decisions outweigh mechanical treatment as the keystone to forest landscape adaptation
Fire Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Reconciling species conservation and ecosystem resilience: Northern spotted owl habitat sustainability in a fire-dependent forest landscape
Forest Ecology and Management·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States
Fire Ecology·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
Blending <scp>I</scp>ndigenous and western science: Quantifying cultural burning impacts in <scp>K</scp>aruk <scp>A</scp>boriginal <scp>T</scp>erritory
Ecological Applications·2024· 22 citedOpen Access
Fuel types misrepresent forest structure and composition in interior British Columbia: a way forward
Fire Ecology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Reconciling Species Conservation and Ecosystem Resilience: Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Sustainability in a Fire-Dependent Forest Landscape
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Informing climate adaptation strategies using ecological simulation models and spatial decision support tools
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
System-level feedbacks of active fire regimes in large landscapes
Fire Ecology·2023· 24 citedOpen Access
The REBURN model: simulating system-level forest succession and wildfire dynamics
Fire Ecology·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Assessing impacts of sulfur deposition on aquatic ecosystems: A decision support system for the Southern Appalachians
Ecosphere·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Climate change, wildfire, and past forest management challenge conservation of Canada lynx in Washington, USA
Journal of Wildlife Management·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
The REBURN model: Simulating system-level forest succession and wildfire dynamics
Research Square (Research Square)·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Predicting future patterns, processes, and their interactions: Benchmark calibration and validation procedures for forest landscape models
Ecological Modelling·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Counteracting wildfire misinformation
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment·2022· 38 cited
A century of transformation: fire regime transitions from 1919 to 2019 in southeastern British Columbia, Canada
Landscape Ecology·2022· 19 cited
Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management
Current Environmental Health Reports·2022· 134 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

R. Brion Salter(13), Nicholas A. Povak(12), Robert E. Keane(8), Derek J. Churchill(8), Thomas A. Spies(7), Keith M. Reynolds(7), Susan J. Prichard(6), Scott L. Stephens(6), Andrew J. Larson(6), Bradley G. Smith(6), R. Keala Hagmann(5), Malcolm P. North(5), Jerry F. Franklin(4), Van R. Kane(4), Bruce E. Rieman(4), Jens T. Stevens(3), Lori D. Daniels(3), Hugh D. Safford(3), James A. Lutz(3), Carl N. Skinner(3)