Stephens, Scott L.

How biochar works, and when it doesn't: a review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

Joseph, S., Cowie, A. L., Van Zwieten, L., Bolan, N., Budai, A., Buss, W., Cayuela, M. L., Graber, E. R., Ippolito, J. A., Kuzyakov, Y., et al. (2021) · GCB Bioenergy

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Cited by 1,090

FEDERAL FOREST‐FIRE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES

Stephens, S. L., & Ruth, L. W. (2005) · Ecological Applications

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 584

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

Moreira, F., Ascoli, D., Safford, H., Adams, M. A., Moreno, J. M., Pereira, J. M. C., Catry, F. X., Armesto, J., Bond, W., González, M. E., et al. (2020) · Environmental Research Letters

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 561

Reform forest fire management

North, M. P., Stephens, S. L., Collins, B. M., Agee, J. K., Aplet, G., Franklin, J. F., & Fulé, P. Z. (2015) · Science

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 484

Managing forests and fire in changing climates

Stephens, S. L., Agee, J. K., Fulé, P. Z., North, M. P., Romme, W. H., Swetnam, T. W., & Turner, M. G. (2013) · Science

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 464

The Effects of Forest Fuel-Reduction Treatments in the United States

Stephens, S. L., McIver, J. D., Boerner, R. E. J., Fettig, C. J., Fontaine, J. B., Hartsough, B. R., Kennedy, P. L., & Schwilk, D. W. (2012) · BioScience

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 423

Fire treatment effects on vegetation structure, fuels, and potential fire severity in western U.S. forests

Stephens, S. L., Moghaddas, J. J., Edminster, C., Fiedler, C. E., Haase, S., Harrington, M., Keeley, J. E., Knapp, E. E., McIver, J. D., Metlen, K., et al. (2009) · Ecological Applications

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 415

Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire

Stephens, S. L., Collins, B. M., Fettig, C. J., Finney, M. A., Hoffman, C. M., Knapp, E. E., North, M. P., Safford, H., & Wayman, R. B. (2018) · BioScience

Fire effects on ecosystemsPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Cited by 407

Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests

Hagmann, R. K., Hessburg, P. F., Prichard, S. J., Povak, N. A., Brown, P. M., Fulé, P. Z., Keane, R. E., Knapp, E. E., Lydersen, J. M., Metlen, K. L., et al. (2021) · Ecological Applications

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 400

Using Fire to Increase the Scale, Benefits, and Future Maintenance of Fuels Treatments

North, M., Collins, B. M., & Stephens, S. (2012) · Journal of Forestry

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 317

The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon, and northern California

Perry, D. A., Hessburg, P. F., Skinner, C. N., Spies, T. A., Stephens, S. L., Taylor, A. H., Franklin, J. F., McComb, B., & Riegel, G. (2011) · Forest Ecology and Management

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 306

The National Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels

Schwilk, D. W., Keeley, J. E., Knapp, E. E., McIver, J., Bailey, J. D., Fettig, C. J., Fiedler, C. E., Harrod, R. J., Moghaddas, J. J., Outcalt, K. W., et al. (2009) · Ecological Applications

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 291

Impacts of fire exclusion and recent managed fire on forest structure in old growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests

Collins, B. M., Everett, R. G., & Stephens, S. L. (2011) · Ecosphere

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 240

Land Management Practices Associated with House Loss in Wildfires

Gibbons, P., van Bommel, L., Gill, A. M., Cary, G. J., Driscoll, D. A., Bradstock, R. A., Knight, E., Moritz, M. A., Stephens, S. L., & Lindenmayer, D. B. (2012) · PLoS ONE

Fire effects on ecosystemsDisaster Management and Resilience

Cited by 237

Forest fire causes and extent on United States Forest Service lands

Stephens, S. L. (2005) · International Journal of Wildland Fire

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 232

Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire–climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600–2015 CE

Taylor, A. H., Trouet, V., Skinner, C. N., & Stephens, S. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 228

An ecosystem management strategy for Sierran mixed-conifer forests

North, M., Stine, P., O'Hara, K., Zielinski, W., & Stephens, S. (2009)

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 214

U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests

Stephens, S. L., Collins, B. M., Biber, E., & Fulé, P. Z. (2016) · Ecosphere

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 205

Changing spatial patterns of stand-replacing fire in California conifer forests

Stevens, J. T., Collins, B. M., Miller, J. D., North, M. P., & Stephens, S. L. (2017) · Forest Ecology and Management

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 182

Historical and current landscape-scale Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest structure in the Southern Sierra Nevada

Stephens, S. L., Lydersen, J. M., Collins, B. M., Fry, D. L., & Meyer, M. D. (2015) · Ecosphere

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest ecology and management

Cited by 167

Dendrochronology-based fire history of Jeffrey pine-mixed conifer forests in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Mexico

Stephens, S. L., Skinner, C. N., & Gill, S. J. (2003) · Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Fire effects on ecosystemsTree-ring climate responses

Cited by 165

Stand-replacing patches within a mixed severity fire regime: Quantitative characterization using recent fires in a long-established natural fire area

Collins, B. M., & Stephens, S. L. (2010) · Landscape Ecology

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 133

Fire‐climate interactions in the American West since 1400 CE

Trouet, V., Taylor, A. H., Wahl, E. R., Skinner, C. N., & Stephens, S. L. (2010) · Geophysical Research Letters

Fire effects on ecosystemsTree-ring climate responses

Cited by 130

Managed wildfire effects on forest resilience and water in the Sierra Nevada

Boisramé, G., Thompson, S., Collins, B., & Stephens, S. (2017) · Ecosystems

Fire effects on ecosystemsPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Cited by 128