Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

9. Kreider, M. R., Higuera, P. E., Parks, S. A., Rice, W. L., White, N., & Larson, A. J. (2024). Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2412. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46702-0

8. Kreider, M.R., Jaffe, M.R., Berkey, J.K., Parks, S.A., & Larson, A.J. (2023). The scientific value of fire in wilderness. Fire Ecology, 19(1), 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00195-2

7. Davis, K. T., and 62 others, including Kreider, M. R. (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(11), e2208120120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208120120

6. Jaffe, M. R., Kreider, M. R., Affleck, D. L. R., Higuera, P. E., Seielstad, C. A., Parks, S. A., & Larson, A. J. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121283

5. Kreider, M.R., and Larissa L.L. 2021. “Low-density aspen seedling establishment is widespread following recent wildfires in the western U.S.Ecology, e03436. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3436

4. Kreider, M.R., and Larissa L.L. 2021. “Aspen Seedling Establishment, Survival, and Growth Following a High-Severity Wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management, 493:119248. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119248.

3. Kreider, M.R., Mock, K.E., Yocom, L.L. 2020. Methods for distinguishing aspen seedlings from suckers in the field." Journal of Forestry, 118(6), 561–568 https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa030. (Cover article)

2. Wales, S. B., Kreider, M.R., Atkins, J., Hulshof, C.M., Fahey, R.T., Nave, L.E., Nadelhoffer, K.J., Gough, C.M. 2020.Stand age, disturbance history and the temporal stability of forest production." Forest Ecology and Management. 460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117865

1. Hickey, L.J., Atkins, J., Fahey, R.T., Kreider, M.R., Wales, S.B., Gough, C.M. 2019. Contrasting development of canopy structure and primary production in planted and naturally regenerated red pine forests.” Forests. 10(7): 566. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070566

Cover article: "Methods for distinguishing aspen seedlings from suckers in the field." 2020. Journal of Forestry. 

Invited publications

Kreider, M.R. 2022. "Wildfire and Wilderness Recreation." Wilderness Connect. https://wilderness.net/learn-about-wilderness/benefits/outdoor-recreation/fire-recreation.php