1. Refereed Journal Publications

2. Non-refereed Publications (invited editorials, reserach briefs, technical reports, etc.)

# denotes graduate or undergraduate student advised directly
* denotes graduate student co-advised 
@ denotes postdoc contribution while in lab

Refereed Journal Publications

[85] *Kreider, M.R., P.E. Higuera, Parks, S.A., Rice, W.L., White, N., and A.J. Larson. 2024. Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accetuates impacts of climate chagne and fuel accumulation. Nature Communications. 15: 2412. 

• Featured in Nature's "Behind the Paper" blog: The fire suppression biase
• Selected media coverage: The Hill, Wildfire Today, Mountain West News Bureau, The Missoulian, Daily Montanan, Explore Big Sky. Companion piece in The Conversation [UM Press Release] 

[84] #Clark-Wolf, K.D., P.E. Higuera, K.K. McLauchlan, B.N. Shuman, and M.C. Parish. 2023. Fire-regime variability and ecosystem resilience over four millennia in a Rocky Mountain subalpine watershed. Journal of Ecology. 111: 2643-2661. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14201

• Featured in the Journal of Ecology Blog
• Selected media coverage: Companion piece in The Conversation [CU Boulder Press Release]

[83] #Clark-Wolf, K.D., P.E. Higuera, B.N. Shuman, and K.K. McLauchlan. 2023. Wildfire activity in northern Rocky Mountain subalpine forests still within millennial-scale range of variability. Environmental Research Letters 18: 094029. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acee16

[82] Modaresi Rad, Arash, J.T. Abatzoglou, E. Fleishman, M.H. Mockrin, V.C. Radeloff, Y. Pourmohamad, M. Cattau, J.M. Johnson, P.E. Higuera, and Mojtaba Sadegh Social Vulnerability of the People Exposed to Wildfires in U.S. West Coast States. Science Advances 9, 38: eadh4615. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh4615

[81] @Peeler, J.L., L. McCauley, K.L. Metlen, T. Woolley, K.T. Davis, M.D. Robles, R.D. Haugo, R.K. Riley, P.E. Higuera, J.E. Fargione, R.N. Addington, S. Bassett, K. Blankenship, M.J. Case, T.B. Chapman, E. Smith, R. Swaty, and N. Welch. 2023. Identifying Opportunity Hot Spots for Reducing the Risk of Wildfire-Caused Carbon Loss in Western US Conifer Forests Environmental Research Letters 18: 094040. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf05a. 

• Selected media coverage: Companion piece in The Conversation [UM Press Release, TNC Press Release]

[80] Jaffe, M.R., M.R. Kreider, D.L.R. Affleck, P.E. Higuera, C.A. Seielstad, S.A. Parks, and A. J. Larson. 2023. Mesic mixed-conifer forests are resilient to both historical high-severity fire and contemporary reburns in the US Northern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management, 545:121283. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121283

[79] Davis, K.T., Robles, M.D., Kemp, K.B., Higuera, P.E., an 59 others. 2023 Reduced Fire Severity Offers Near-Term Buffer to Climate-Driven Declines in Conifer Resilience across the Western United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120: e2208120120. *Open access.

• Selected media coverage: The Guardian, Inside Climate News, The Hill, The Missoulian, companion piece in The Conversation [UM Press Release, TNC Press Release]

[78] Higuera, P.E., M.C. Cook, J.K. Balch, E.N. Stavros, A.L. Mahood, and L.A. St. Denis. 2023. Shifting social-ecological fire regimes explain increasing structure loss from Western wildfires. PNAS Nexus 2, doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad005 *Open Access

• Selected media coverage: The Missoulian, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Daily Montanan, Montana Public Radio, Scripps TV News, High Country News (re-post of our piece written for The Conversation) [CIRES/CU Boulder Press Release, UM Press Release] 

[77] #Clark-Wolf, K., P. E. Higuera, and K. T. Davis. 2022. Conifer seedling demography reveals mechanisms of initial forest resilience to wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120487 [Univ. of Montana Press Release]

[76] Shuman, J.K., J.K. Balch, R.T. Barnes, P.E. Higuera, C.I. Roos, D.W. Schwilk, E.N. Stavros, and 80 others. 2022. Reimagine fire science for the Anthropocene. PNAS Nexus 1, doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac115 [NCAR Press Release] *Open Access

[75] Parish, M., #Wolf, K.D., Higuera, P.E., and Shuman, B.N. 2022. Holocene water levels of Silver Lake, Montana, and the hydroclimate history of the Inland Northwest. Quaternary Research, 110, 54-66. doi:10.1017/qua.2022.17   

[74] Rank, R., M. Maneta, P.E. Higuera, Z. Holden, and S. Dobrowski. 2022. Conifer Seedling Survival in Response to High Surface Temperature Events of Varying Intensity and Duration. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4. *Open Access

[71] Davis, K.T., P.E. Higuera, S. Dobrowski, S.A. Parks, J.T. Abatzoglou, M. Rother, and T.T. Veblen. 2020. Fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests of the western United States. Environmental Research Letters. 15: 1040b8 [Univ. of Montana Press Release] *Open Access 

[70] *Chileen, B.V., K.K. McLauchlan, P.E. Higuera, M. Parish, and B.N. Shuman. 2020. Vegetation response to wildfire and climate forcing in a Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine forest over the past 2500 years. The Holocene 30: 1493–1503.

[69] Coop, J.D., S.A. Parks, C.S. Stevens-Rumann, S.D. Crausbay, P.E. Higuera, M.D. Hurteau, A. Tepley, E. Whitman, T. Assal, B.M. Collins, @K.T. Davis, S. Dobrowski, D.A. Falk, P.J. Fornwalt, P.Z. Fulé, B.J. Harvey, V.R. Kane, C.E. Littlefield, E.Q. Margolis, M. North, M-A. Parisien, S. Prichard, and K.C. Rodman. 2020. Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes. BioScience. 70: 659–673. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa061 *Open Access 

[68] McLauchlan, K.K., P.E. Higuera, J. Miesel, B.M. Rogers, J. Schweitzer, J.K. Shuman, A.J. Tepley, J.M. Varner, T.T. Veblen, S.A. Adalsteinsson, J.K. Balch, P. Baker, E. Batllori, E. Bigio, P. Brando, M. Cattau, M.L. Chipman, J. Coen, R. Crandall, L. Daniels, N. Enright, W.S. Gross, B.J. Harvey, J.A. Hatten, S. Hermann, R.E. Hewitt, L.N. Kobziar, J.B. Landesmann, M.M. Loranty, S.Y. Maezumi, L. Mearns, M. Moritz, J.A. Myers, J.G. Pausas, A.F.A. Pellegrini, W.J. Platt, J. Roozeboom, H. Safford, F. Santos, R.M. Scheller, R.L. Sherriff, K.G. Smith, M.D. Smith, and A.C. Watts. 2020. Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers. Journal of Ecology. 108: 2047–2069. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13403 *Open Access *Featured on JoE's blog. 

[67] #Hoecker, T.J., P.E. Higuera, R. Kelly, and F.S. Hu. 2020. Arctic and boreal paleofire records reveal drivers of fire activity and departures from Holocene variability. Ecology 101: e03096 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3096

[66] Pompeani, D.P., K.K. McLauchlan, B.V. Chileen, W.J. Calder, B.N. Shuman, and P.E. Higuera. 2020. The biogeochemical consequences of late Holocene wildfires in three subalpine lakes from northern Colorado. Quaternary Science Reviews 236:106293.

[65] *Bartowitz, K.J., P.E. Higuera, B.N. Shuman, K.K. McLauchlan, and T.W. Hudiburg. 2019. Post-Fire Carbon Dynamics in Subalpine Forests of the Rocky Mountains. Fire 2:58. *Open Access 

[64] McWethy, D.B., T. Schoennagel, P.E. Higuera, M.A. Krawchuk, B.J. Harvey, E.C. Metcalf, C.A. Schultz, C. Miller, A.L. Metcalf, B. Buma, A. Virapongse, J.C. Kulig, R.C. Stedman, Z. Ratajczak, C.R. Nelson, and C.A. Kolden. 2019. Rethinking Resilience to Wildfire. Nature Sustainability 2: 797-804.

• Selected media coverage: ScienceDaily, Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Univ. of Montana Press Release]

[63] Hessburg, P.F., C.L. Miller, S.A. Parks, N.A. Povak, A.H. Taylor, P.E. Higuera, S.J. Prichard, M.P. North, B.M. Collins, M.D. Hurteau, A.J. Larson, C.D. Allen, S.L. Stephens, H. Rivera-Huerta, C.S. Stevens-Rumann, L.D. Daniels, Z.E. Gedalof, R.W. Gray, V.R. Kane, D.J. Churchill, R.K. Hagmann, T.A. Spies, C.A. Cansler, R.T. Belote, T.T. Veblen, M.A. Battaglia, C. Hoffman, C.N. Skinner, H.D. Safford, and R.B. Salter. 2019. Climate, Environment, and Disturbance History Govern Resilience of Western North American Forests. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:239. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00239 *Open Access 

[62] Higuera, P.E., A.L. Metcalf, C. Miller, B. Buma, D.B. McWethy, E. C. Metcalf, Z. Ratajczak, C.R. Nelson, B.C. Chaffin, R.C. Stedman, S. McCaffrey, T. Schoennagel, B.J. Harvey, S.M. Hood, C.A. Schultz, A.E. Black, D. Campbell, J.H. Haggerty, R.E. Keane, M.A. Krawchuk, J.C. Kulig, R. Rafferty, and A. Virapongse. 2019. Integrating subjective and objective dimensions of resilience in fire-prone landscapes. BioScience 69: 379-388. [Univ. of Montana Press Release] *Editors Choice *Open Access 

[61] #Hankin, L.E., P.E. Higuera, @K.T. Davis, and S.Z. Dobrowski. 2019. Impacts of growing-season climate on tree growth and post-fire regeneration in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests. Ecosphere 10(4):e02679. *Open Access 

[59] #Young, A.M., P.E. Higuera, J.T. Abatzoglou, P.A. Duffy, and F.S. Hu. 2019. Consequences of climatic thresholds for projecting fire activity and ecological change. Global Ecology & Biogeography. 28: 521-532. 

[58] #Hoecker, T.J., and P.E. Higuera. 2019. Forest succession and climate variability interacted to control fire activity over the last four centuries in an Alaskan boreal landscape. Landscape Ecology. 34, 227–241 doi: 10.1007/s10980-018-00766-8 Selected media: ScienceDaily [Univ. of Montana Press Release]

[57] #Kemp, K.B., P.E. Higuera, P. Morgan, and J.T. Abatzoglou. 2019. Climate will increasingly determine post-fire tree regeneration success in low-elevation forests, Northern Rockies, USA. Ecosphere 10: e02568. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2568 *Open Access 

[55] Keane, R.E., R.A. Loehman, L.M. Holsinger, D.A. Falk, P.E. Higuera, S.M. Hood, and P.F. Hessburg. 2018. Use of landscape simulation modeling to quantify resilience for ecological applications. Ecosphere 9:e02414. 10.1002/ecs2.2414 *Open Access 

[54] Hörnberg, G., T. Josefsson, T.H. DeLuca, P.E. Higuera, L. Liedgren, L. Östlund, and I. Bergman. 2018. Anthropogenic use of fire led to degraded scots pine-lichen forest in northern Sweden. Anthropocene 24:14-29.

[53] #Hankin, L.E., P.E. Higuera, @K.T. Davis, and S.Z. Dobrowski. 2018. Accuracy of node and bud-scar counts for aging two dominant conifers in western North America. Forest Ecology and Management 427:365-371.

[52] @Davis, K.T., P.E. Higuera, A. Sala. 2018. Anticipating fire-mediated impacts of climate change using a demographic framework. Functional Ecology. 32: 1729-1745.

[51] Morris, J.L., S. Cottrell, C.J. Fettig, R.J. DeRose, K.M. Mattor, V.A. Carter, J. Clear, J. Clement, W.D. Hansen, J.A. Hicke, P.E. Higuera, A.W.R. Seddon, H. Seppä, R.L. Sherriff, J.D. Stednick, and S.J. Seybold. 2018. Bark beetles as agents of change in social-ecological systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 16:S34-S43. *Open Access 

[50] Stevens-Rumann, C.S., Kemp, K.B., Higuera, P.E., Harvey, B.J., Rother, M.T., Donato, D.C., Morgan, P. & Veblen, T.T. 2018. Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change. Ecology Letters. 21: 243-252.  Selected media coverage: ScienceDaily [Univ. of Montana Press Release]

[49] Hudiburg, T.W., P.E. Higuera, and J.A. Hicke. 2017. Fire-regime variability impacts forest carbon dynamics for centuries to millennia. Biogeosciences. 14: 3873-3882. *Open Access 

[48] McLauchlan, K.K., L.M. Gerhart, J.J. Battles, J.M. Craine, A.J. Elmore, P.E. Higuera, M.C. Mack, M.C., B.E. McNeil, D.M. Nelson, N. Pederson, S.S. Perakis. 2017. Centennial-scale reductions in nitrogen availability in temperate forests of the United States. Scientific Reports. 7: 7856. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08170-z

[47] Itter, M.S., A.O. Finley, M.B. Hooten, P.E. Higuera, J.R. Marlon, R. Kelly, and J.S. McLachlan. 2017. A model-based approach to wildland fire reconstruction using sediment charcoal records. Environmetrics. doi: 10.1002/env.2450.

[46] Crausbay, S.D., P.E. Higuera, D.G. Sprugel, and L.B. Brubaker. 2017. Fire catalyzed rapid ecological change in lowland coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest over the past 14,000 years. Ecology. 98: 2356-2369. 

[45] @Morris, J.L., P.E. Higuera, S. Haberle, and C. Whitlock. 2017. Modern pollen from small hollows reflects Athrotaxis cupressoides density across a wildfire gradient in subalpine forests of the Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia. The Holocene. 27: 1781-1788.

[44] @Morris, J.L., S. Cottrell, C.J. Fettig, W.D. Hansen, R.L. Sherriff, V.A. Carter, J.L. Clear, J. Clement, R.J. DeRose, J.A. Hicke, P.E. Higuera, K.M. Mattor, A.W.R. Seddon, H.T Seppä, J.D. Stednick, S.J. Seybold. 2017. Managing bark beetle impacts on ecosystems and society: priority questions to motivate future research. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54: 750-760.

[42] Leys, B., P.E. Higuera, K.K. McLauchlan, and #P.V. Dunnette. 2016. Wildfires and geochemical change in a subalpine forest over the past six millennia. Environmental Research Letters 11: 125003. *Open Access

[41] Johnstone, J.F., C.D. Allen, J. F. Franklin, L. E. Frelich, B. J. Harvey, P.E. Higuera, M.C. Mack, R.K. Meentemeyer, M.R. Metz, G.L.W. Perry, T. Schoennagel, and M.G. Turner. 2016. Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience.Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14: 369-378. *Open Access 

[40] Marlon, J. R., R. Kelly, A.L. Daniau, B. Vannière, M. J. Power, P. Bartlein, P.E. Higuera, O. Blarquez, S. Brewer, and T. Brücher. 2016. Reconstructions of biomass burning from sediment-charcoal records to improve data–model comparisons. Biogeosciences 13: 3225-3244. *Open Access 

[39] Kranabetter, J.M., K.K. McLauchlan, S.K. Enders, J.M. Fraterrigo, P.E. Higuera, J.L. Morris@, E.B. Rastetter, R. Barnes, B. Buma, D.G. Gavin, L.M. Gerhart, L. Gillson, P. Hietz, M.C. Mack, B. McNeil, and S. Perakis. 2016. Temporal scaling of biogeochemical response to ecosystem disturbance. Ecosystems. 19: 387-395.

[38] Abbot, B.W., J.B. Jones, E.A.G. Schuur, F.S. Chapin III, and 96 others including P.E. Higuera. 2016. Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment. Environmental Research Letters. 11: 034014. *Open Access 

[37] Tinkham, W.T., A.M.S. Smith, P.E. Higuera, J.A. Hatten, N.W. Brewer, and S.H. Doerr. 2016. Replacing time with space: using laboratory fire to explore the effects of repeated burning on black carbon degredation. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25: 242-248.

[36] Smith, A.M.S., C.A. Kolden, T.B. Paveglio, M.A. Cochrane, D.M.J.S. Bowman, M.A. Moritz, A.D. Kliskey, L. Alessa, A.T. Hudak, C.M. Hoffman, J.A. Lutz, L.P. Queen, S.J. Goetz, P.E. Higuera, L. Boschetti, M. Flannigan, K.M. Yedinak, A.C. Watts, E.K. Strand, J.W. van Wagtendonk, J.W. Anderson, B.J. Stocks, and J.T. Abatzoglou. 2016. The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities. BioScience. 66:130-146.

[35] #Kemp, K.B., P.E. Higuera, and P. Morgan. 2016. Fire legacies impact conifer regeneration across environmental gradients in the U.S. northern Rockies. Landscape Ecology. 31: 619-636.

[34] Higuera, P.E. 2015. Taking time to consider the causes and consequences of large wildfires. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112: 13137-13139.

[33] Hu, F.S., P.E. Higuera, P.A. Duffy, M.L. Chipman, A.V. Rocha, #A.M. Young, R. Kelly, and M.C. Dietze. 2015. Tundra fires in the Arctic: Natural variability and responses to climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 13: 369-377. *Open Access 

[32] Klos, P. Z., J. Abatzoglou, A. Bean, J. Blades, M. A. Clark, M. Dodd, T. E. Hall, A. Haruch, P.E. Higuera, J. D. Holbrook, V. S. Jansen, #K. Kemp, A. Lankford, T. E. Link, T. Magney, A. J. H. Meddens, L. Mitchell, B. Moore, P. Morgan, B. A. Newingham, R. J. Niemeyer, B. Soderquist, A. A. Suazo, K. T. Vierling, V. Walden, and C. Walsh. 2015. Indicators of climate change in Idaho: An assessment framework for coupling biophysical change and social perception. Weather, Climate, and Society. 7, DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00070.1

[31]Higuera, P.E., J. T. Abatzoglou, J. S. Littell, and P. Morgan. 2015. The Changing Strength and Nature of Fire-Climate Relationships in the Northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A., 1902-2008. PLoS ONE. 10:e0127563. *Open Access 

[30] @Morris, J. L., K. K. McLauchlan, and P.E. Higuera. 2015. Sensitivity and complacency of sedimentary biogeochemical records to climate-mediated forest disturbances. Earth-Science Reviews. 148:121-133. 

[29] Chipman, M.L., V. Hudspith, P.E. Higuera, P.A. Duffy, R.F. Kelly, W.W. Oswald, and F.S. Hu. 2015. Spatiotemporal patterns of tundra fires: Late-Quaternary records from Alaska. Biogeosciences. 12: 4017-4027. *Open Access 

[28] Higuera, P.E., C.E. Briles, and C. Whitlock. Fire-regime complacency and sensitivity to centennial- through millennial-scale climate change in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests, Colorado, U.S.A. 2014. Journal of Ecology. 102: 1429-1441. 

[27] #Dunnette P.V., P.E. Higuera, K.K. McLauchlan, @K.M. Derr, C.E. Briles, M.H. Keefe. 2014. Biogeochemical impacts of wildfires over four millennia in a Rocky Mountain subalpine watershed. 2014. New Phytologist . 203: 900-912 *The definitive version is available at www.newphytologist.com

• Selected media coverage: Physics.org, Northwest Public Radio. [Press Release at New Phytologist]

[@] @Morris J.L., C. Courtney-Mustaphi, V. Carter, J. Watt, @K. Derr, M.F.J. Pisaric, R.S. Anderson, & A. Brunelle. 2014. Do bark beetle remains in lake sediments correspond to severe outbreaks? A review of published and ongoing research. Quaternary International. 387: 72-86.

[26] McLauchlan, K., P.E. Higuera, D.G. Gavin, S.S. Perakis, M. C. Mack, H. Alexander, J. Battles, F. Biondi, B. Buma, D. Colombaroli, S. Enders, D.R. Engstrom, F.S. Hu, J.R. Marlon, J.D. Marshal, M. McGlone, J.L. Morris, L.E. Nave, B.N. Shuman, E.A.H. Smithwick, D.H. Urrego, D.A. Wardel, C.J. Williams, and J.J. Williams. 2014. Reconstructing disturbances and their biogeochemical consequences over multiple timescales. Bioscience. 64: 105-116. 

[25] Kelly, R.F.*, M.L. Chipman*, P.E. Higuera, V. Stefanova, L.B. Brubaker, and F.S. Hu. 2013. Recent burning of boreal forests exceeds variability of the past 10,000 years.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110: 13055-13060 

• Selected media coverage: Scientific America, LA Times, NSF Science 360, Fairbanks Daily News Miner, CBC Radio.

[24] McWethy, D.B., P.E. Higuera, C. Whitlock, T.T. Veblen, D.M.J.S. Bowman, G. Cary, S.G. Haberle, R.E. Kean, B.D. Maxwell, M.S. McGlone, G.L.W. Perry, J.M. Wilmshurst, A. Holz, and A. Tepley. 2013. A conceptual framework for predicting temperate ecosystem sensitivity to human impacts on fire regimes. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 22: 900-912. 

[23] Barrett, C.M.*, Kelly, R.F.*, Higuera, P.E., and F.S. Hu. 2013. Climatic and land-cover influences on the spatiotemporal dynamics of Holocene boreal fire regimes. Ecology, 92: 389-402. 

[22] Brewer, N.W.*, A.M.S. Smith, J.A. Hatten, P.E. Higuera, A.T. Hudak, R.D. Ottmar, and *W.T. Tinkham. 2013. Fuel Moisture Influences on Fire-altered Carbon in Masticated Fuels: An Experimental Study. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 118: 1-11. doi: 10.1029/2012JG002079 

[21] Rocha, A.V., M.M. Loranty, P.E. Higuera, M.C. Mack, F.S. Hu, B.M. Jones, A.L. Breen, E.B. Rastetter, S.J. Goetz, and G.R. Shaver. 2012. The footprint of Alaskan tundra fires during the past half-century: implications for surface properties and radiative forcing. Environmental Research Letters, 7: 044039. *Open Access

[20] Higuera, P.E., Chipman, M.L.*, Barnes, J.L., Urban, M.A., and F.S. Hu. 2011. Variability of tundra fire regimes in Arctic Alaska: millennial scale patterns and ecological implications. Ecological Applications, 21: 3211-3226. 

[19] Higuera, P.E., C. Whitlock, and J. Gage*. 2011. Linking tree-ring and sediment-charcoal records to reconstruct fire occurrence and area burned in subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A. The Holocene, 21: 327-341.

[18] Kelly, R.F.*, P.E. Higuera, C.M. Barrett*, and F.S. Hu. 2011. A signal-to-noise index to quantify the potential for peak detection in sediment-charcoal records. Quaternary Research, 75: 11-17. 

[17] Higuera, P.E., D.G. Gavin, P.J. Bartlein and D.J. Hallett. 2010. Peak detection in sediment-charcoal records: impacts of alternative data analysis methods on fire-history interpretations. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19: 996-1014. 

[16] Hu, F.S., P.E. Higuera, J.E. Walsh, W.L. Chapman, P.A. Duffy, L.B. Brubaker, and M.L. Chipman*. 2010. Tundra burning in Alaska: linkages to climatic change and sea-ice retreat. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 115, G04002, doi:10.1028/2009JG001270. 
Selected media coverage: Science Daily, Discovery News

[15] Whitlock, C., P.E. Higuera, D. McWethy, and C.E. Briles. 2010. Paleoecological perspectives on fire ecology: revisiting the fire regime concept.The Open Ecology Journal, 3: 6-23. *Open Access

[14] Ali, A.A., P.E. Higuera, Y. Bergeron, and C. Carcaillet. 2009. Comparing fire-history interpretations based on area, number and estimated volume of macroscopic charcoal in lake sediments.Quaternary Research. 72: 462-468.

[13] Brubaker, L.B., P.E. Higuera, T.S. Rupp, M. Olson, P.M. Anderson, and F.S. Hu. 2009. Linking sediment charcoal records and ecological modeling to understand causes of past fire-regime change in Alaskan boreal forests. Ecology 90: 1788-1801. 

[12]Higuera, P.E., L.B. Brubaker, P.M. Anderson, F.S. Hu, T.A. Brown. 2009. Vegetation mediated the impacts of postglacial climate change on fire regimes in the south-central Brooks Range, Alaska. Ecological Monographs. 79: 201-219.  Press Release and coverage in Science Daily

[11] Marlon, J.R., P.J. Bartlein, M.K. Walsh, S.P. Harrison, K.J. Brown, M.E. Edwards, P.E. Higuera, M.J. Power, C. Whitlock, R.S. Anderson, C. Briles, A. Brunelle, C. Carcaillet, M. Daniels, F.S. Hu, M. Lavoie, C. Long, T. Minckley, P.J.H. Richard, S.L. Shafer, W. Tinner, and C. Umbanhowar. 2009. Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106: 2519-2524. Selected media coverage: Science Daily

[10] Marlon, J.R., P.J. Bartlein, C. Carcaillet, D.G. Gavin, S.P. Harrison, P.E. Higuera, F. Joos, M.J. Power, and I.C. Prentice. 2008. Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia. Nature Geoscience. 1: 697-702; supplementary material
Selected popular media coverage: Science Daily

[9] Sugimura, W., D.G. Sprugel, L.B. Brubaker, and P.E. Higuera. 2008. Millennial-scale changes in local vegetation and fire regimes on Mt. Constitution, Orcas Island, Washington, USA, using small hollow sediments. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38: 566-575. 

[8] Briles, C.E., C. Whitlock, P.J. Bartlein, and P.E. Higuera. 2008. Regional and local controls on postglacial vegetation and fire in the Siskiyou Mountains, northern California, USA. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 265: 159-169. 

[7]Higuera, P.E., L.B. Brubaker, P.M. Anderson, T.A. Brown, A.T. Kennedy#, and F.S. Hu. 2008. Frequent Fires in Ancient Shrub Tundra: Implications of Paleo-records for Arctic Environmental Change. PLoS ONE, 3: e0001744. *Open Access
Featured in Editors' Choice in Science 328:586  Comment on and freely access a PDF of this paper

• Selected media coverage: New Scientist, Science Daily, The Economic Times, Our World, Voice of America Radio, March 15, 2008 (MP3 file)

[6] Power, M.J., J. Marlon, N. Ortiz, P.J. Bartlein, S.P. Harrison, F.E. Mayle, A. Ballouche, R.H.W. Bradshaw, C. Carcaillet, C. Cordova, S. Mooney, P.I. Moreno, I.C. Prentice, K.Thonicke, W. Tinner, C. Whitlock, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A.A. Ali, R.S. Anderson, R. Beer, H. Behling, C. Briles, K.J. Brown, A. Brunelle, M. Bush, P. Camill, G.Q. Chu, J. Clark, D. Colombaroli, S. Connor, A.L. Daniau, M. Daniels, J. Dodson, E. Doughty, M. E. Edwards, W. Finsinger, D. Foster, J. Frechette, M.J. Gaillard, D.G. Gavin, E. Gobet, S. Haberle, D.J. Hallett, P. Higuera, G. Hope, S. Horn, J. Inoue, P. Kaltenrieder, L. Kennedy, Z.C. Kong, C. Larsen, C.J. Long, J. Lynch, E.A. Lynch, M. McGlone, S. Meeks, S. Mensing, G. Meyer, T. Minckley, J. Mohr, D.M. Nelson, J. New, R. Newnham, R. Noti, W. Oswald, J. Pierce, P.J.H. Richard, C. Rowe, M.F.S. Goni, B.N. Shuman, H. Takahara, J. Toney, C. Turney, D.H. Urrego-Sanchez, C. Umbanhowar, M. Vandergoes, B. Vanniere, E. Vescovi, M. Walsh, X. Wang, N. Williams, J. Wilmshurst, and J.H. Zhang. 2008. Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics, 30:887-907. 

[5]Higuera, P.E., M.E. Peters, L.B. Brubaker, and D.G. Gavin. 2007. Understanding the origin and analysis of sediment charcoal records with a simulation model. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26: 1790-1809. 

[4] Peters, M.E., and P.E. Higuera. 2007. Quantifying the source area of macroscopic charcoal with a particle dispersal model. Quaternary Research, 67: 304-310. 

[3] Hu, F.S., L.B. Brubaker, D.G. Gavin, P.E. Higuera, J.A. Lynch, T.S. Rupp, and W. Tinner. 2006. How climate and vegetation influence the fire regime of the Alaskan Boreal Biome: the Holocene perspective. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 11: 829-846. 

[2]Higuera, P.E., L.B. Brubaker, and D.G. Sprugel. 2005. Reconstructing fire regimes with charcoal from small hollows: a calibration with tree-ring records of fire. The Holocene, 15: 238-251. 

[1] Trombulak, S.C., P.E. Higuera, and M. DesMeules. 2001. Population trends of wintering bats in Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist, 8: 51-62. 

Non-refereed Publications: public outreach, invited editorials, reserach briefs, technical reports, etc.

[17] #Clark-Wolf, K.D. and Higuera P.E. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West. The Conversation. October 17, 2023. *Invited public-facing summary

[16] Davis, K.T., Peeler, J., and Higuera, P.E. The West’s iconic forests are increasingly struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could boost their chances. The Conversation. March 6, 2023.  *Invited public-facing summary

[15] Higuera, P.E., Cook, M.C., Balch, J.K., Stavros, E.N. 2023. Western wildfires destroyed 246% more homes and buildings over the past decade – fire scientists explain what’s changing. The Conversation. Feb. 1, 2023.  *Invited public-facing summary

[14] #Wolf, K.D., K.T. Davis, and P.E. Higuera. 2022. Wildfire effects on microclimate conditions and tree regeneration in mixed conifer forests. Northern Rockies Fire Science Network Research Brief 15:3.

[13] Higuera, P.E., Crausbay, S., Shuman, B.N., #Wolf, K.D. 2022. Challenges to Forest Restoration in an Era of Unprecedented Climate and Wildfire Activity in Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests Past Global Changes Magazine, 30: 30-31. 

[12] Miller, C., Higuera, P.E., McWethy, D.B., Metcalf, A.L., Metcalf, E.C., Black, A.E.; Clarke, L., Hodge, H. 2021. Developing strategies to support social-ecological resilience in flammable landscapes: A structured approach for natural resource managers and other stakeholders. Research Note RMRS-RN-92. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 41 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-RN-92.

[11] Higuera, P.E., Metcalf, A.L., McWethy, D.B., Balch, J.K. Skip the fireworks this record-dry Fourth of July, over 150 wildfire scientists urge the US West. The Conversation. June 30, 2021.  *Invited. Covered on NRP 

[10] Higuera, P.E., Shuman, B.N., and #Wolf, K.D. 2021. Rocky Mountain forest burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years. The Conversation. June 14, 2021.  *Invited public-facing summary.

[9] Higuera, P.E., and Abatzoglou, J.T. 2021. Record-setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the western United States. Global Change Biology, 27: 1-2 doi:10.1111/gcb.15388 *Invited Editorial [Univ. of Montana Press Release]

[8] Higuera, P., Dodson, E., Metcalf, A., and Dobrowski, S. September 22, 2020. There will be more wildfire. What should we do? The Washington Post *Invited Opinion

[7] Higuera, P.E. 2019. First- and Second-order Fire Effects. In: Manzello S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer. 

[6] Higuera, P., Hoffmann, H.M., Miller, S.R., and Saxer, S.R. 2019. Climate change, population demographics, and wildfire planning in the West. Trends, the e-newsletter of the American Bar Association’s Environment, Energy, and Resources Section.

[5] Higuera, P.E, A.J. Larson, and E.C. Metcalf. October 28, 2017. Learning to live with Western wildfires. Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Bozeman, MT. *Invited Opinion

[4] Higuera, P.E. 2015. Taking time to consider the causes and consequences of large wildfires.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112:13137-13139. *Invited commentary

[3]Higuera, P.E., J.L. Barnes, M.L. Chipman*, M. Urban, and F.S. Hu. 2011. Tundra fire history over the past 6000 years in the Noatak National Preserve, northwestern Alaska. Alaska Park Science 10:37-41. 

[2] McWethy D.B., S.T. Gray, P.E. Higuera, J.S. Littell, G.T. Pederson, A.J. Ray, and C. Whitlock. 2010. Climate and terrestrial ecosystem change in the U.S. Rocky Mountains and Upper Columbia Basin: Historical and future perspectives for natural resource management. Natural Resource Report NPS/GRYN/NRR—2010/260. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. 

[1] Higuera, P.E., D.G. Gavin, P.D. Henne, and R.F. Kelly*. 2010. Recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of sediment-charcoal records. PAGES Newsletter,18: 57-59. 

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