| Restoring Fire to Long‐Unburned Pinus palustris Ecosystems: Novel Fire Effects and Consequences for Long‐Unburned Ecosystems JM Varner III, DR Gordon, FE Putz, JK Hiers Restoration Ecology 13 (3), 536-544, 2005 | 217 | 2005 |
| Silviculture that sustains: the nexus between silviculture, frequent prescribed fire, and conservation of biodiversity in longleaf pine forests of the southeastern United States RJ Mitchell, JK Hiers, JJ O'Brien, SB Jack, RT Engstrom Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36 (11), 2724-2736, 2006 | 203 | 2006 |
| Modeling silviculture after natural disturbance to sustain biodiversity in the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem: balancing complexity and implementation BJ Palik, RJ Mitchell, JK Hiers Forest Ecology and Management 155 (1-3), 347-356, 2002 | 151 | 2002 |
| FOREST FLOOR DEPTH MEDIATES UNDERSTORY VIGOR IN XERIC PINUS PALUSTRIS ECOSYSTEMS JK Hiers, JJ O'Brien, RE Will, RJ Mitchell Ecological Applications 17 (3), 806-814, 2007 | 149 | 2007 |
| The burning characteristics of southeastern oaks: discriminating fire facilitators from fire impeders JM Kane, JM Varner, JK Hiers Forest Ecology and Management 256 (12), 2039-2045, 2008 | 137 | 2008 |
| The wildland fuel cell concept: an approach to characterize fine-scale variation in fuels and fire in frequently burned longleaf pine forests JK Hiers, JJ O’Brien, RJ Mitchell, JM Grego, EL Loudermilk International Journal of Wildland Fire 18 (3), 315-325, 2009 | 133 | 2009 |
| Ecological forestry in the Southeast: understanding the ecology of fuels RJ Mitchell, JK Hiers, J O'Brien, G Starr Journal of Forestry 107 (8), 391-397, 2009 | 130 | 2009 |
| Foundations of translational ecology CAF Enquist, ST Jackson, GM Garfin, FW Davis, LR Gerber, JA Littell, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15 (10), 541-550, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Toward a mechanism for eastern North American forest mesophication: differential litter drying across 17 species JK Kreye, JM Varner, JK Hiers, J Mola Ecological Applications 23 (8), 1976-1986, 2013 | 107 | 2013 |
| Future climate and fire interactions in the southeastern region of the United States RJ Mitchell, Y Liu, JJ O’Brien, KJ Elliott, G Starr, CF Miniat, JK Hiers Forest Ecology and Management 327, 316-326, 2014 | 103 | 2014 |
| Ground-based LIDAR: a novel approach to quantify fine-scale fuelbed characteristics EL Loudermilk, JK Hiers, JJ O’Brien, RJ Mitchell, A Singhania, ... International Journal of Wildland Fire 18 (6), 676-685, 2009 | 99 | 2009 |
| Overstory tree mortality resulting from reintroducing fire to long-unburned longleaf pine forests: the importance of duff moisture JM Varner, JK Hiers, RD Ottmar, DR Gordon, FE Putz, DD Wade Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37 (8), 1349-1358, 2007 | 99 | 2007 |
| The effects of fire regime on legume reproduction in longleaf pine savannas: is a season selective? JK Hiers, R Wyatt, RJ Mitchell Oecologia 125 (4), 521-530, 2000 | 98 | 2000 |
| Post-fire tree stress and growth following smoldering duff fires JM Varner, FE Putz, JJ O’Brien, JK Hiers, RJ Mitchell, DR Gordon Forest Ecology and Management 258 (11), 2467-2474, 2009 | 97 | 2009 |
| Imputation of Individual Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) Tree Attributes from Field and LiDAR Data CA Silva, AT Hudak, LA Vierling, EL Loudermilk, JJ O’Brien, JK Hiers, ... Canadian journal of remote sensing 42 (5), 554-573, 2016 | 87 | 2016 |
| Measurements of convective and radiative heating in wildland fires D Frankman, BW Webb, BW Butler, D Jimenez, JM Forthofer, P Sopko, ... International Journal of Wildland Fire 22 (2), 157-167, 2013 | 79 | 2013 |
| Acute physiological stress and mortality following fire in a long-unburned longleaf pine ecosystem JJ O’Brien, JK Hiers, RJ Mitchell, JM Varner, K Mordecai Fire Ecology 6 (2), 1-12, 2010 | 72 | 2010 |
| Competitive responses of seedlings and understory plants in longleaf pine woodlands: separating canopy influences above and below ground SD Pecot, RJ Mitchell, BJ Palik, EB Moser, JK Hiers Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37 (3), 634-648, 2007 | 68 | 2007 |
| The precision problem in conservation and restoration JK Hiers, ST Jackson, RJ Hobbs, ES Bernhardt, LE Valentine Trends in Ecology & Evolution 31 (11), 820-830, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Ecological value of retaining pyrophytic oaks in longleaf pine ecosystems JK Hiers, JR Walters, RJ Mitchell, JM Varner, LM Conner, LA Blanc, ... The Journal of Wildlife Management 78 (3), 383-393, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
Joseph J. O'BrienUSDA Forest ServiceVerified email at usda.gov
