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My research focuses on the effects of climate, disturbances, and land use on mountain forest ecosystems in the U.S. and in Europe. Important recent research themes include: 1) the causes and consequences of forest disturbances such as fires and insect outbreaks, 2) the effects of climate on tree mortality and forest dieback, 3) interactions and feedbacks among forest disturbances under climatic variability, and 4) resilience and management of ecological systems in the Anthropocene.
I have authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with coauthors from over 20 different countries on various aspects of ecology and ecosystem management. I have been widely interviewed in the popular press, have testified about my research before the United States Congress on three occasions, and work actively with governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the States and abroad.
Prior to joining the Clark faculty, I was a research scientist at the University of Colorado-Boulder and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) in Davos. I earned a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management and a M.S. in Ecology at Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Colorado-Boulder.Degrees
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002
- M.S. in Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
- B.S. in Environmental Resource Management, Pennsylvania State University, 1996
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Article in Refereed Journal
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 of the United States of America
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2023
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Vol. 120
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Issue #11
Kimberley Davis
,Marcos Robles
,Kerry Kemp
,Philip Higuera
,Teresa Chapman
,Kerry Metlen
,Jamie Peeler
,Kyle Rodman
,Travis Woolley
,Robert Addington
,Brian Buma
,C Cansler
,Michael Case
,Brandon Collins
,Jonathan Coop
,Solomon Dobrowski
,Nathan Gill
,Collin Haffey
,Lucas Harris
,Brian Harvey
,Ryan Haugo
,Matthew Hurteau
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Caitlin Littlefield
,Lis McCauley
,Nicholas Povak
,Kristen Shive
,Edward Smith
,Jens Stevens
,Camille Stevens-Rumann
,Alan Taylor
,Alan Tepley
,Derek J N Young
,Robert Andrus
,Mike Battaglia
,Julia Berkey
,Sebastian Busby
,Amanda Carlson
,Marin Chambers
,Erich Dodson
,Daniel Donato
,Willia Downing
,Paula Fornwalt
,Jo Halofsky
,Ashley Hoffman
,Andrés Holz
,Jose Iniguez
,Meg Krawchuk
,Ma Kreider
,Andrew Larson
,Garrett Meigs
,John Roccaforte
,Monica Rother
,Hugh Safford
,Michael Schaedel
,Ja Sibold
,Megan Singleton
,Monica Turner
,Alexandra Urza
,Kyra Clark-Wolf
,Larissa Yocom
,Joseph Fontaine
,John Campbell
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Article in Refereed Journal
Detecting subtle change from dense Landsat time series: case studies of mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle disturbance
Remote Sensing of Environment
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2022
S Ye
,John Rogan
,Z Zhu
,T Hawbaker
,S Hart
,R Andrus
,A Maddens
,J Hicke
,J. Ronald Eastman
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition
Journal of Ecology
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2022
Kyle Rodman
,Robert Andrus
,Amanda Carlson
,Trevor Carter
,Teresa Chapman
,Jonathan Coop
,Paula Fornwalt
,Nathan Gill
,Brian Harvey
,Ashley Hoffman
,others
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Article in Refereed Journal
Wildfire controls on land surface properties in mixed conifer and ponderosa pine forests of Sierra Nevada and Klamath mountains, Western US
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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2022
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Vol. 320
Surendra Shrestha
,Christopher Williams
,Brendan Rogers
,John Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
The Influence of Burn Severity on Post-Fire Spectral Recovery of Three Fires in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Remote Sensing
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2022
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Vol. 14
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Issue #6
Jaclyn Guz
,Florencia Sangermano
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Toward the development of deep learning analyses for snow avalanche releases in mountain regions
Geocarto International
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2022
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Vol. 37
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Issue #25
Yunzhi Chen
,Wei Chen
,Omid Rahmati
,Fatemeh Falah
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Saro Lee
,Fatemeh Rezaie
,Mahdi Panahi
,Aref Bahmani
,Hamid Darabi
,others
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Article in Refereed Journal
Debris flows modeling using geo-environmental factors: developing hybridized deep-learning algorithms
Geocarto International
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2022
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Vol. 37
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Issue #17
Yang Li
,Wei Chen
,Fatemeh Rezaie
,Omid Rahmati
,Moghaddam, Davoudi
,John Tiefenbacher
,Mahdi Panahi
,Moung-Jin Lee
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Bui, Tien
,others
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Article in Refereed Journal
Rocky Mountain forests poised to recover following recent bark beetle outbreaks, but with altered composition
Journal of Ecology
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2022
K Rodman
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,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Wildfire Controls on Land Surface Properties in Mixed Conifer and Ponderosa Pine Forests of Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains, Western US
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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2022
S Shrestha
,Christopher Williams
,B Rogers
,John Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Post-fire spectral recovery of three fires in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Remote Sensing
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2022
J Guz
,Florencia Sangermano
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Chapters In Books
The Anthropocene
Chapter: Forests in the AnthropocenePublished by Routledge
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2022
J Guz
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Long-term empirical evidence shows post-disturbance climate controls post-fire regeneration
Journal of Ecology
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2021
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Vol. 109
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Issue #12
Jaclyn Guz
,Nathan Gill
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Detecting subtle change from dense Landsat time series: Case studies of mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle disturbance
Remote Sensing of Environment
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2021
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Vol. 263
S Ye
,John Rogan
,Zhe Zhu
,Todd Hawbaker
,Sarah Hart
,Robert Andrus
,Arjan Meddens
,Jeffrey Hicke
,J Eastman
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Effects of bark beetle outbreaks on forest landscape pattern in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA
Remote Sensing
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2021
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Vol. 13
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Issue #6
Kyle Rodman
,Robert Andrus
,Cori Butkiewicz
,Teresa Chapman
,Nathan Gill
,Brian Harvey
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Niko Tutland
,Thomas Veblen
,Sarah Hart
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Article in Refereed Journal
Detecting subtle change from dense Landsat time series: case studies of mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle disturbance
Remote Sensing of Environment
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2021
S Ye
,John Rogan
,Z Zhu
,T Hawbaker
,S Hart
,R Andrus
,A Maddens
,J Hicke
,J. Ronald Eastman
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Toward the development of deep-learning analyses for snow avalanche release in global mountain regions
Geocarto International
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2021
Y Chen
,W Chen
,O Rahmati
,F Falah
,Dominik Kulakowski
,S Lee
,F Rezaie
,M Panahi
,H Darabi
,A Haghighi
,H Bian
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Article in Refereed Journal
Long-term empirical evidence shows post-disturbance climate controls post-fire regeneration
Journal of Ecology
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2021
J Guz
,N Gill
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Debris flows modeling using anthropogenic and geo-environmental factors: developing hybridized deep-learning algorithms
Geocarto International
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2021
S Lee
,Y Li
,O Rahmati
,F Rezaie
,D Moghaddam
,J Tiefenbacher
,M Lee
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Recent Bark Beetle Outbreaks Transformed Forest Structure and Landscape Pattern in the Southern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
Remote Sensing
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2021
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Vol. 13
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Issue #6
K Rodman
,R Andrus
,C Butkiewicz
,T Chapman
,N Gill
,B Harvey
,Dominik Kulakowski
,N Tutland
,T Veblen
,S Hart
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Article in Refereed Journal
Forests in the Anthropocene
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
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2020
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Vol. 111
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Issue #3
Jaclyn Guz
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Disturbance history modulates how litter and herbaceous cover influence conifer regeneration after fire
International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2020
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Vol. 29
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Issue #6
Nathan Gill
,Daniel Jarvis
,John Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
The ecology of forest disturbances
Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes
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2020
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Vol. 3
Dominik Kulakowski
,Brian Buma
,Jaclyn Guz
,Katherine Hayes
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Article in Refereed Journal
A global view of aspen: Conservation science for widespread keystone systems
Global Ecology and Conservation
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2020
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Vol. 21
Paul Rogers
,Bradley Pinno
,Jan v{S}ebesta
,Benedicte Albrectsen
,Guoqing Li
,Natalya Ivanova
,Anton'in Kusbach
,Timo Kuuluvainen
,Simon Landh"ausser
,Hongyan Liu
,others
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Article in Refereed Journal
Changing Forest Disturbances during the Anthropocene
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
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2020
J Guz
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Drivers of fire ignition in Southern California Mediterranean-type Ecosystems
International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2020
Rogan, J., A. Elmes, H. Rosenblum, N. Mietkiewicz, D. Kulakowski, and D. Stow
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Article in Refereed Journal
Disturbance history modulates how litter and herbaceous cover influence conifer regeneration
International Journal of Wildfire Research
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2020
Gill, N., D. Jarvis, J. Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Presentations
Changing drivers of the structure and dynamics of temperate mountain forests – a North American perspective
Temperate and Boreal Primeval Forests in the Face of Global Change Conference
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Lviv, Ukraine
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2019
Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
A global view of aspen: conservation science for widespread keystone systems
Global Ecology and Conservation
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2019
Rogers, P. C. , B.D. Pinno, J. Šebesta, B. R. Albrectsen, G. Li, N. Ivanova, A. Kusbach, T. Kuuluvainen, S.M. Landhäusser, H. Liu, T. Myking, P. Pulkkinen, Z. Wen
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Chapters In Books
Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes
Chapter: The ecology of forest disturbancePublished by Elsevier
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2019
Dominik Kulakowski
,B Buma
,J Guz
,K Hayes
,D DellaSala
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Article in Refereed Journal
Pre-outbreak forest conditions mediate the effects of spruce beetle outbreaks on fuels in subalpine forests of Colorado
Ecological Applications
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2018
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Vol. 28
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Issue #2
Nathan Mietkiewicz
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Assessing the interaction between mountain forests and snow avalanches at Nevados de Chill'an, Chile and its implications for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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2018
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Vol. 18
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Issue #4
Alejandro Casteller
,Thomas H"afelfinger
,Donoso, Cort'es
,Karen Podvin
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Data: Pre-fire disturbance history modulates relationships between ground cover and post-fire conifer regeneration
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2018
Nathan Gill
,Dan Jarvis
,Tom Veblen
,John Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Large-scale disturbance legacies and the climate sensitivity of primary Picea abies forests
Global change biology
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2018
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Vol. 24
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Issue #5
Jonathan Schurman
,Volodymyr Trotsiuk
,Radek Bače
,Vojtěch Čada
,Shawn Fraver
,Pavel Janda
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Jana Labusova
,Martin Mikoláš
,Thom Nagel
,Rupert Seidl
,Michal Synek
,Kristýna Svobodová
,Oleh Chaskovskyy
,Marius Teodosiu
,Miroslav Svoboda
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Article in Refereed Journal
Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
Nature communications
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2018
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Vol. 9
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Issue #1
Andreas Sommerfeld
,Cornelius Senf
,Brian Buma
,Anthony D'Amato
,Tiphaine Després
,Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal
,Shawn Fraver
,L Frelich
,Álvaro G Gutiérrez
,Sarah Hart
,Brian Harvey
,Hong He
,Tomáš Hlásny
,Andrés Holz
,Thomas Kitzberger
,Dominik Kulakowski
,David Lindenmayer
,Akira Mori
,Jörg Müller
,Juan Paritsis
,George L W Perry
,Scott Stephens
,Miroslav Svoboda
,Monica Turner
,Thomas T Veblen
,Rupert Seidl
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Article in Refereed Journal
Creating a buzz: insect outbreaks and disturbance interactions
Dendroecology: tree-ring analyses applied to ecological studies
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2017
James Speer
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Assessing the interaction between mountain forests and natural hazards at Nevados de Chill'an, Chile, and its implications for Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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2017
Alejandro Casteller
,Thomas H"afelfinger
,E Donoso
,Karen Podvin
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Populus tremuloides seedling establishment: An underexplored vector for forest type conversion after multiple disturbances
Forest Ecology and Management
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2017
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Vol. 404
Nathan Gill
,Florencia Sangermano
,Brian Buma
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Is initial post-disturbance regeneration indicative of longer-term trajectories?
Ecosphere
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2017
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Vol. 8
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Issue #8
Nathan Gill
,Daniel Jarvis
,Thomas Veblen
,Steward Pickett
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Long-term change in sub-alpine forest cover, tree line and species composition in the Swiss Alps
Journal of Vegetation Science
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2017
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Vol. 28
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Issue #5
Nathan Mietkiewicz
,Dominik Kulakowski
,John Rogan
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Wind effects and regeneration in broadleaf and pine stands after hurricane Felix (2007) in Northern Nicaragua
Forest Ecology and Management
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2017
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Vol. 400
E Rossi
,I Cerda
,C Oliver
,D Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Abiotic disturbances in Bulgarian mountain coniferous forests--An overview
Forest Ecology and Management
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2017
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Vol. 388
Momchil Panayotov
,Georgi Gogushev
,Evgeni Tsavkov
,Pepa Vasileva
,Nickolay Tsvetanov
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Changes of forest cover and disturbance regimes in the mountain forests of the Alps
Forest ecology and management
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2017
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Vol. 388
P Bebi
,R Seidl
,R Motta
,M Fuhr
,D Firm
,F Krumm
,M Conedera
,C Ginzler
,T Wohlgemuth
,D Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
A walk on the wild side: Disturbance dynamics and the conservation and management of European mountain forest ecosystems
Forest ecology and management
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2017
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Vol. 388
Dominik Kulakowski
,Rupert Seidl
,Jan Holeksa
,Timo Kuuluvainen
,Thom Nagel
,Momchil Panayotov
,Miroslav Svoboda
,Simon Thorn
,Giorgio Vacchiano
,Cathy Whitlock
,Thomas Wohlgemuth
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Fire severity controlled susceptibility to a 1940s spruce beetle outbreak in Colorado, USA
PLoS One
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2016
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Vol. 11
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Issue #7
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Managing bark beetle outbreaks (Ips typographus, Dendroctonus spp.) in conservation areas in the 21st century
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2016
Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Kontrolowanie gradacji kornik'ow (Ips typographus, Dendroctonus spp.) na obszarach chronionych w XXI wieku
Le'sne Prace Badawcze
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2016
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Vol. 77
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Issue #4
Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
The relative importance of tree and stand properties in susceptibility to spruce beetle outbreak in the mid-20th century
Ecosphere
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2016
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Vol. 7
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Issue #10
Felicia Bakaj
,Nathan Mietkiewicz
,Thomas Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Not only temperature: interacting drivers of treeline change in Europe
Geographia Polonica
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2016
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Vol. 89
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Issue #1
Dominik Kulakowski
,Ignacio Barbeito
,Alejandro Casteller
,Ryszard Kaczka
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Climate extremes during high competition contribute to mortality in unmanaged self-thinning Norway spruce stands in Bulgaria
Forest Ecology and Management
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2016
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Vol. 369
Momchil Panayotov
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Nickolay Tsvetanov
,Frank Krumm
,Ignacio Barbeito
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Relative importance of climate and mountain pine beetle outbreaks on the occurrence of large wildfires in the western USA
Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
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2016
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Vol. 26
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Issue #8
Nathan Mietkiewicz
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Negative feedbacks on bark beetle outbreaks: widespread and severe spruce beetle infestation restricts subsequent infestation
PLoS One
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2015
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Vol. 10
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Issue #5
Sarah Hart
,Thomas Veblen
,Nathan Mietkiewicz
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Chapters In Books
Chapter: Bark beetles and high-severity fires in Rocky Mountain subalpine forestsPublished by Elsevier
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2015
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Interactions among spruce beetle disturbance, climate change and forest dynamics captured by a forest landscape model
Ecosphere
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2015
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Vol. 6
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Issue #11
Christian Temperli
,Thomas Veblen
,Sarah Hart
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Alan Tepley
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Article in Refereed Journal
Long-term history and synchrony of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in lodgepole pine forests
Journal of Biogeography
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2015
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Vol. 42
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Issue #6
Daniel Jarvis
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
The disturbance regime of Norway spruce forests in Bulgaria
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
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2015
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Vol. 45
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Issue #9
Momchil Panayotov
,Peter Bebi
,Nickolay Tsvetanov
,Neno Alexandrov
,Lucinda Laranjeiro
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Large carbon release legacy from bark beetle outbreaks across Western United States
Global change biology
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2015
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Vol. 21
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Issue #8
Bardan Ghimire
,Christopher Williams
,G Collatz
,Melanie Vanderhoof
,John Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Jeffrey Masek
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Article in Refereed Journal
Mapping Burn Severity using the Composite Burn Index in an Oak Savannah in Central Massachusetts
The Geographical Bulletin
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2014
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Vol. 55
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Issue #1
III, Danko
,John Rogan
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Maureen McConnell
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Article in Refereed Journal
Are density reduction treatments effective at managing for resistance or resilience to spruce beetle disturbance in the southern Rocky Mountains?
Forest Ecology and Management
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2014
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Vol. 334
Christian Temperli
,Sarah Hart
,Thomas Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Julia Hicks
,Robert Andrus
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Article in Refereed Journal
Albedo-induced radiative forcing from mountain pine beetle outbreaks in forests, south-central Rocky Mountains: magnitude, persistence, and relation to outbreak severity
Biogeosciences
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2014
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Vol. 11
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Issue #3
Myyy Vanderhoof
,C Williams
,Y Shuai
,D Jarvis
,D Kulakowski
,J Masek
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Article in Refereed Journal
Do tree and stand-level attributes determine susceptibility of spruce-fir forests to spruce beetle outbreaks in the early 21st century?
Forest Ecology and Management
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2014
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Vol. 318
Sarah Hart
,Thomas Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Drought induces spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks across northwestern Colorado
Ecology
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2014
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Vol. 95
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Issue #4
Sarah Hart
,Thomas Veblen
,Karen Eisenhart
,Daniel Jarvis
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
The consequences of changing disturbance regimes for quaking aspen in the western US
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2013
Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Albedo-induced radiative forcing from mountain pine beetle outbreaks in forests, south-central Rocky Mountains: magnitude, persistence, and relation to outbreak severity.
Biogeosciences Discussions
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2013
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Vol. 10
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Issue #7
M Vanderhoof
,C Williams
,Y Shuai
,D Jarvis
,D Kulakowski
,J Masek
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Article in Refereed Journal
Natural forest disturbances and the design of REDD+ initiatives
Environmental science & policy
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2013
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Vol. 33
Pheakkdey Nguon
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Low-severity fires increase susceptibility of lodgepole pine to mountain pine beetle outbreaks in Colorado
Forest Ecology and Management
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2013
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Vol. 289
Dominik Kulakowski
,Daniel Jarvis
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Article in Refereed Journal
Long-term aspen cover change in the western US
Forest Ecology and Management
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2013
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Vol. 299
Dominik Kulakowski
,Margot Kaye
,Daniel Kashian
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Article in Refereed Journal
Do bark beetle outbreaks increase wildfire risks in the central US Rocky Mountains? Implications from recent research
Natural Areas Journal
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2013
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Vol. 33
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Issue #1
Scott Black
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Barry Noon
,Dominick DellaSala
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Article in Refereed Journal
Fire regimes of quaking aspen in the Mountain West
Forest Ecology and Management
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2013
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Vol. 299
Douglas Shinneman
,William Baker
,Paul Rogers
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Compounded disturbances in sub-alpine forests in western Colorado favour future dominance by quaking aspen (P opulus tremuloides)
Journal of Vegetation Science
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2013
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Vol. 24
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Issue #1
Dominik Kulakowski
,Carolyn Matthews
,Daniel Jarvis
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Bark beetle outbreaks, wildfires and defensible space: how much area do we need to treat to protect homes and communities?
International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2012
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Vol. 22
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Issue #2
Glen Aronson
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Stem exclusion and mortality in unmanaged subalpine forests of the Swiss Alps
European journal of forest research
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2012
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Vol. 131
Frank Krumm
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Anita Risch
,Heinrich Spiecker
,Urs-Beat Br"andli
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Stand-replacing fires reduce susceptibility of lodgepole pine to mountain pine beetle outbreaks in Colorado
Journal of Biogeography
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2012
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Vol. 39
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Issue #11
Dominik Kulakowski
,Daniel Jarvis
,Thomas Veblen
,Jeremy Smith
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Article in Refereed Journal
The influences of climate on aspen dieback
Forest Ecology and Management
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2012
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Vol. 274
Philip Hanna
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Natural disturbance history of the pristine Picea abies forest Parangalitsa
Forestry
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2011
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Vol. 17
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Issue #1
Momchil Panayotov
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Heinrich Spiecker
,Frank Krumm
,Lucinda Laranjeiro
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Stand development of Norway spruce dominated subalpine forests of the Swiss Alps
Forest Ecology and Management
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2011
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Vol. 262
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Issue #4
Frank Krumm
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Heinrich Spiecker
,Philippe Duc
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Wind disturbances shape old Norway spruce-dominated forest in Bulgaria
Forest ecology and Management
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2011
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Vol. 262
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Issue #3
M Panayotov
,D Kulakowski
,Santos, Dos
,P Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
The influence of mountain pine beetle outbreaks and drought on severe wildfires in northwestern Colorado and southern Wyoming: a look at the past century
Forest Ecology and Management
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2011
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Vol. 262
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Issue #9
Dominik Kulakowski
,Daniel Jarvis
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Article in Refereed Journal
The interacting effects of land use change, climate change and suppression of natural disturbances on landscape forest structure in the Swiss Alps
Oikos
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2011
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Vol. 120
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Issue #2
Dominik Kulakowski
,Peter Bebi
,Christian Rixen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Improving forest type discrimination with mixed lifeform classes using fuzzy classification thresholds informed by field observations
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
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2010
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Vol. 36
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Issue #6
J Rogan
,N Bumbarger
,D Kulakowski
,Z Christman
,D Runfola
,S Blanchard
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Article in Refereed Journal
Snow avalanche disturbances in forest ecosystems—State of research and implications for management
Forest ecology and Management
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2009
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Vol. 257
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Issue #9
Peter Bebi
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Christian Rixen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Effect of prior disturbances on the extent and severity of wildfire in Colorado subalpine forests
Ecology
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2007
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Vol. 88
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Issue #3
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
COS 86-3: Multidecadal climate variability and climate interactions affect subalpine fire occurrence, western Colorado (USA)
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2007
Tania Schoennagel
,Thomas Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Andr'es Holz
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Article in Refereed Journal
Natural avalanche disturbance shapes plant diversity and species composition in subalpine forest belt
Journal of Vegetation Science
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2007
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Vol. 18
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Issue #5
Christian Rixen
,Susanne Haag
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
A typology of stand structure and dynamics of Quaking aspen in northwestern Colorado
Forest Ecology and Management
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2007
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Vol. 252
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Issue #1-3
Brian Kurzel
,Thomas Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Multidecadal climate variability and climate interactions affect subalpine fire occurrence, western Colorado (USA)
Ecology
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2007
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Vol. 88
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Issue #11
Tania Schoennagel
,Thomas T Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Andrés Holz
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Article in Refereed Journal
Historical range of variability assessment for forest vegetation of the Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado
USDA Forest Service, Golden, CO
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2006
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
The effect of fires on susceptibility of subalpine forests to a 19th century spruce beetle outbreak in western Colorado
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
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2006
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Vol. 36
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Issue #11
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Influences of infrequent fire, elevation and pre-fire vegetation on the persistence of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) in the Flat Tops area, Colorado, USA
Journal of Biogeography
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2006
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Vol. 33
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Issue #8
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
,Brian Kurzel
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Article in Refereed Journal
Changes in forest structure and in the relative importance of climatic stress as a result of suppression of avalanche disturbances
Forest Ecology and Management
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2006
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Vol. 223
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Issue #1-3
Dominik Kulakowski
,Christian Rixen
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Recent forest insect outbreaks and fire risk in Colorado forests: a brief synthesis of relevant research
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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2006
William Romme
,J Clement
,J Hicke
,D Kulakowski
,L MacDonald
,T Schoennagel
,T Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Multiple disturbance interactions and drought influence fire severity in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests
Ecology
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2005
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Vol. 86
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Issue #11
Christof Bigler
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
The persistence of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Grand Mesa area, Colorado
Ecological Applications
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2004
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Vol. 14
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Issue #5
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
,Sarah Drinkwater
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Article in Refereed Journal
Subalpine forest development following a blowdown in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness, Colorado
Journal of Vegetation Science
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2003
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Vol. 14
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Issue #5
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Effects of fire and spruce beetle outbreak legacies on the disturbance regime of a subalpine forest in Colorado
Journal of Biogeography
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2003
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Vol. 30
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Issue #9
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
,Peter Bebi
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Article in Refereed Journal
Interactions between fire and spruce beetles in a subalpine Rocky Mountain forest landscape
Ecology
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2003
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Vol. 84
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Issue #2
Peter Bebi
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Effect of vegetation on the impact of a severe blowdown in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA
Forest Ecology and Management
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2002
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Vol. 168
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Issue #1-3
William Baker
,Patrick Flaherty
,Jeremiah Lindemann
,Thomas Veblen
,Karen Eisenhart
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Influences of fire history and topography on the pattern of a severe wind blowdown in a Colorado subalpine forest
Journal of Ecology
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2002
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Vol. 90
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Issue #5
Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Subalpine forest damage from a severe windstorm in northern Colorado
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
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2001
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Vol. 31
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Issue #12
Thomas Veblen
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Karen Eisenhart
,William Baker
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Chapters In Books
Mixed-high severity fires: ecosystem processes and biodiversity
Chapter: Bark Beetles and High-Severity Fires in Rocky Mountain Subalpine ForestsPublished by Elsevier
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Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
Centuries of Repeated Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks Increase Ground and Surface Fuels, But Have Negligible Effects on Canopy Fuels after Two Decades of Recovery
But Have Negligible Effects on Canopy Fuels after Two Decades of Recovery
Nathan Gill
,Daniel Jarvis
,John Rogan
,C Williams
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Repeated Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks Have Negligible Effects on Canopy Fuels While Enhancing Ecological Diversity
Available at SSRN 4104345
Nathan Gill
,Daniel Jarvis
,John Rogan
,C Williams
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Relative importance of climate and mountain pine beetle outbreaks on the
Journal of Wildland Fire
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Vol. 22
Nathan Mietkiewicz
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Article in Refereed Journal
Climate variability and historical spruce beetle outbreaks across northwestern Colorado
Sarah Hart
,Karen Eisenhart
,Daniel Jarvis
,Dominik Kulakowski
,Thomas Veblen
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Article in Refereed Journal
FIRE-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS FROM LOWER MONTANE TO UPPER SUBALPINE FORESTS IN THE COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Thomas Veblen
,Rosemary Sherriff
,Jason Sibold
,Tania Schoennagel
,Dominik Kulakowski
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Awards & Grants
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Optimising post-bark beetle disturbance management to promote forest biodiversity and recovery under climate change
Velux Foundation
Oct. 1, 2024
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How do bark beetle outbreaks, tree regeneration, and climate determine fuel treatment longevity?
JFSP
Sep. 12, 2023
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My research focuses on the effects of climate, disturbances, and land use on mountain forest ecosystems in the U.S. and in Europe. Important recent research themes include: 1) the causes and consequences of forest disturbances such as fires and insect outbreaks, 2) the effects of climate on tree mortality and forest dieback, 3) interactions and feedbacks among forest disturbances under climatic variability, and 4) resilience and management of ecological systems in the Anthropocene.
I have authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with coauthors from over 20 different countries on various aspects of ecology and ecosystem management. I have been widely interviewed in the popular press, have testified about my research before the United States Congress on three occasions, and work actively with governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the States and abroad.
Prior to joining the Clark faculty, I was a research scientist at the University of Colorado-Boulder and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) in Davos. I earned a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management and a M.S. in Ecology at Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Colorado-Boulder.Degrees
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002
- M.S. in Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
- B.S. in Environmental Resource Management, Pennsylvania State University, 1996
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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 of the United States of America
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2023
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Vol. 120
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Issue #11
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Detecting subtle change from dense Landsat time series: case studies of mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle disturbance
Remote Sensing of Environment
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2022
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Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition
Journal of Ecology
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2022
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Wildfire controls on land surface properties in mixed conifer and ponderosa pine forests of Sierra Nevada and Klamath mountains, Western US
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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2022
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Vol. 320
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The Influence of Burn Severity on Post-Fire Spectral Recovery of Three Fires in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Remote Sensing
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2022
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Vol. 14
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Toward the development of deep learning analyses for snow avalanche releases in mountain regions
Geocarto International
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2022
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Vol. 37
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Debris flows modeling using geo-environmental factors: developing hybridized deep-learning algorithms
Geocarto International
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2022
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Vol. 37
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Rocky Mountain forests poised to recover following recent bark beetle outbreaks, but with altered composition
Journal of Ecology
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2022
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Wildfire Controls on Land Surface Properties in Mixed Conifer and Ponderosa Pine Forests of Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains, Western US
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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2022
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Post-fire spectral recovery of three fires in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Remote Sensing
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2022
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Awards & Grants
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Optimising post-bark beetle disturbance management to promote forest biodiversity and recovery under climate change
Velux Foundation
Oct. 1, 2024
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How do bark beetle outbreaks, tree regeneration, and climate determine fuel treatment longevity?
JFSP
Sep. 12, 2023
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