J. Kevin Hiers

Texas A&M University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

15h-index1.2kcitations38works5.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Fire effects on ecosystems(29), Forest ecology and management(12), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications(10), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(6), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(6)

Publications38 total

Wildfire Severity Reduction Through Prescribed Burning in the Southeastern United States
Sustainability·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Wildfire Severity to Valued Resources Mitigated by Prescribed Fire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Remote Sensing·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Prescribed Fire Reduces Wildfire Damages to Valued Resources Within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Preprints.org·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Lidar-derived estimates of forest structure in response to fire frequency
Fire Ecology·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Terrestrial laser scan metrics predict surface vegetation biomass and consumption in a frequently burned southeastern U.S. ecosystem
2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Vegetation’s influence on fire behavior goes beyond just being fuel
Fire Ecology·2022· 64 citedOpen Access
Applications of low-cost environmental monitoring systems for fine-scale abiotic measurements in forest ecology
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
LiDAR Voxel-Size Optimization for Canopy Gap Estimation
Remote Sensing·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Applications of Low-Cost Environmental Monitoring Systems for Fine-Scale Abiotic Measurements in Forest Ecology
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Effects of silvicultural selection treatments on spatial pattern and dynamics in a Pinus palustris Mill. woodland
Forest Ecology and Management·2021· 10 cited
Physical and acoustic response of <i>Pinus palustris</i> to fire
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2021
Non-Destructive Fuel Volume Measurements Can Estimate Fine-Scale Biomass across Surface Fuel Types in a Frequently Burned Ecosystem
Fire·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Tree crown injury from wildland fires: causes, measurement and ecological and physiological consequences
New Phytologist·2021· 80 citedOpen Access
Traditional field metrics and terrestrial LiDAR predict plant richness in southern pine forests
Forest Ecology and Management·2021· 22 citedOpen Access
A simplified and affordable approach to forest monitoring using single terrestrial laser scans and transect sampling
MethodsX·2021· 30 citedOpen Access
Fuel and emissions in a prescribed fire in the Blackwater River State Forest during FIREX-AQ: synthesis of observations from ground, aircraft, and satellites and comparison with models
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2020
Effects of canopy midstory management and fuel moisture on wildfire behavior
Scientific Reports·2020· 49 citedOpen Access
Diurnal Pine Bark Structure Dynamics Affect Properties Relevant to Firebrand Generation
Fire·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Diurnal Pine Bark Structure Dynamics Affect Properties Relevant to Firebrand Generation
Preprints.org·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem
Scientific Reports·2020· 20 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Joseph J. O’Brien(16), E. Louise Loudermilk(14), Scott Pokswinski(10), Nicholas S. Skowronski(8), Robert J. Mitchell(5), C. Wade Ross(5), Michael R. Gallagher(4), S. Flanagan(4), Andrew T. Hudak(3), J. Morgan Varner(3), Scott L. Goodrick(3), Chad M. Hoffman(3), Jeffery B. Cannon(3), Grant Snitker(3), S. J. Strenfel(3), Craig B. Clements(3), Steve B. Jack(2), Doug P. Aubrey(2), Kara M. Yedinak(2), Eric Rowell(2)