John Paul Roccaforte
Northern Arizona University
22 Papers
44 Citations
John Paul Roccaforte is an academic researcher from Northern Arizona University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Restoration ecology & Basal area. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 18 publications.
Chat about Author
Papers
Do thinning and/or burning treatments in western USA ponderosa or Jeffrey pine-dominated forests help restore natural fire behavior?
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of forest thinning and burning treatments on restoring fire behavior attributes in western USA pine forests was carried out and the results indicated that combined treatments (thinning + burning) tended to have the greatest effect on reducing surface fuels and stand density, and raising modeled crowning and torching indices, as compared to burning or thinning alone.
252
Woody debris and tree regeneration dynamics following severe wildfires in Arizona ponderosa pine forests
TL;DR: This paper studied a chronosequence of severe fires in the US and found that severe forest fires leave behind large quantities of dead woody debris and regenerating trees that can affect future ecosystem trajectories.
115
Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States
Kimberley T. Davis,Marcos D. Robles,Kerry B. Kemp,Philip E. Higuera,Teresa B. Chapman,Kerry L. Metlen,Jamie L. Peeler,Kyle C. Rodman,Travis Woolley,Robert N. Addington,Brian Buma,C. Alina Cansler,Michael J. Case,Brandon M. Collins,Jonathan D. Coop,Solomon Z. Dobrowski,Nathan S. Gill,Collin Haffey,Lucas B. Harris,Brian J. Harvey,Ryan D. Haugo,Matthew D. Hurteau,Dominik Kulakowski,Caitlin E. Littlefield,Lisa A. McCauley,Nicholas A. Povak,Kristen L. Shive,Edward Smith,Jens T. Stevens,Camille S. Stevens-Rumann,Alan H. Taylor,Alan J. Tepley,Derek J. N. Young,Robert A. Andrus,Michael Battaglia,Julia K. Berkey,Sebastian Upton Busby,Amanda R. Carlson,Marin E. Chambers,Erich Kyle Dodson,Daniel C. Donato,William M. Downing,Paula J. Fornwalt,Joshua S. Halofsky,Ashley Hoffman,Andrés Holz,Jose M. Iniguez,Meg A. Krawchuk,Mark R. Kreider,Andrew J. Larson,Garrett W. Meigs,John Paul Roccaforte,Monica T. Rother,Hugh D. Safford,Michael S. Schaedel,Jason S. Sibold,Megan P. Singleton,Monica G. Turner,Alexandra K. Urza,Kyra D Clark-Wolf,Larissa L. Yocom,Joseph B. Fontaine,John Campbell +62 more
TL;DR: In this article , the relative importance of differences in fire-caused tree mortality, which limits seeds available for tree regeneration, to the impacts of warm, dry climate conditions in determining postfire conifer regeneration was compared.
82
Restoration applications of resource objective wildfires in western US forests: a status of knowledge review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a review of the literature on resource objective (RO) wildfires for restoring frequent-fire and associated forests of the western United States, and found 17 studies that investigated RO fire outcomes in Sierra Nevada forests, while other ecoregions represented in the literature included Arizona-New Mexico Mountains, Middle Rockies-Blue Mountains, and the Colorado Plateau.
Posttreatment Tree Mortality After Forest Ecological Restoration, Arizona, United States
TL;DR: Although mortality of large trees is a concern, the treated units have vigorous growth and low density, indicating that they will be relatively resistant to future drought and fire events.
29