Nathan L. Stephenson

United States Geological Survey — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

43h-index13.0kcitations117works6.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Fire effects on ecosystems(53), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(33), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(33), Forest ecology and management(26), Tree-ring climate responses(20)

Publications116 total

Effects of recent wildfires on giant sequoia groves were anomalous at millennial timescales: a response to Hanson et al.
Fire Ecology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates
Ecology Letters·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Post-fire reference densities for giant sequoia seedlings in a new era of high-severity wildfires
Forest Ecology and Management·2024· 6 cited
Author response for "The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates"
2024
Assessing giant sequoia mortality and regeneration following high‐severity wildfire
Ecosphere·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Snag dynamics and surface fuel loads in the Sierra Nevada: Predicting the impact of the 2012–2016 drought
Forest Ecology and Management·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
Nature Plants·2023· 30 citedOpen Access
Post-fire reference densities for giant sequoia seedlings
2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Assessing giant sequoia mortality and regeneration following high severity wildfire
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Snag Dynamics and Surface Fuel Loads in the Sierra Nevada: Predicting the Impact of the 2012-2016 Drought
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Fire and tree mortality database (FTM) (2nd Edition)
Forest Service Research Data Archive·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Nature Communications·2022· 53 citedOpen Access
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Ecology Letters·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients"
2022
North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East
Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)·2022· 62 citedOpen Access
Crowding, climate, and the case for social distancing among trees
Ecological Applications·2021· 43 cited
Forest Resistance to Extended Drought Enhanced by Prescribed Fire in Low Elevation Forests of the Sierra Nevada
Forests·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Guiding concepts for park and wilderness stewardship in an era of global environmental change
UNC Libraries·2021Open Access
Mapping the vulnerability of giant sequoias after extreme drought in California using remote sensing
Ecological Applications·2021· 6 cited
Author Correction: Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects
Nature Communications·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Adrian J. Das(21), Phillip J. van Mantgem(20), Jerry F. Franklin(6), John J. Battles(5), Jon E. Keeley(5), Constance I. Millar(4), Thomas T. Veblen(4), Yves Bergeron(4), Michał Bogdziewicz(4), Benoı̂t Courbaud(4), Michael C. Dietze(4), Timothy J. Fahey(4), Gregory S. Gilbert(4), Cathryn H. Greenberg(4), Qinfeng Guo(4), Inés Ibáñez(4), Jill F. Johnstone(4), Johannes M. H. Knops(4), Georges Künstler(4), Jalene M. LaMontagne(4)