Publications
Kildisheva, O., Hobbs, S., Dobrowski, S., Sloan, J., Shaw, N., Aghai, M. (2023). Got Seeds? Strengthening the Reforestation Pipeline in the Western United States. Tree Planters’ Notes, 66, 1.
Pinto, J.R., Sloan, J.L., Ervan, G., & Burney, O.T. (2023) Physiological and morphological responses of Pinus ponderosa seedlings to moisture limitations in the nursery and their implications for restoration. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14.
Dixit, A., Kolb, T., & Burney, O. (2022). Trade-off between growth rate and water use efficiency in southwestern ponderosa pine provenances. Forest Ecology and Management, 515, 120239.
Presentations
Baxter, S., Biggs, J., Cespedes, B., (2023). Contextualizing the Southwestern Landscape for Prescribed Fire Treatments: A Study of Resiliency Using Spatial Analysis.
Rotunda, A., Cespedes, B., Garcia, J., Klutsch, J. (2023). How does time-since prescribed fire impact soil microbiomes and plant community structure in ponderosa pine restored forest? Ecological Society of America, Annual Conference, Innovations of Climate Resilience, Wiland Urban Fire Summit.
Roe, S., Burney, O. (2023). Evaluating the effects of drought conditioning, container size, and planting season on ponderosa pine seedlings in post-fire reforestation. March 19-23, 2023, Riverside, CA.
Dixit, A., Kolb, T., Burney, O. (2022). The right seedling for reforestation: success, partners, and policy. Forest regeneration in a changing climate, Science for Managers Webinar.
Dixit, A., Kolb, T., Burney, O. (2022). Opportunities to improve out-planting performance of southwestern ponderosa pine by selection of arid adapted seed sources: insights from field and greenhouse common gardens. 16th Biennial Conference of Science and Management for the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Region, September 12-15, 2022, Flagstaff, AZ.
Posters
Roe, S., Dixit, A., Burney, O. (2022). Evaluating the effects of drought conditioning, container size, and planting season on ponderosa pine seedlings in post-fire reforestation. 16th Biennial Conference of Science and Management for the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Region, September 12-15, 2022, Flagstaff, AZ.
Safiullah, D., Dixit, A., Sloan, J., Burney, O. (2022). Assessing combinations of nucleation size and planting density to improve survival and performance of planted ponderosa pine seedlings. 16th Biennial Conference of Science and Management for the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Region, September 12-15, 2022, Flagstaff, AZ.
Theses
Roe, S. (2023). Nursery cultural practices influence seedling traits for planting on post-fire environments. Master’s thesis, New Mexico State University.
Rotunda, A. (2023). The impact of prescribed fires on mycorrhizae and graminoid communities in a southwestern ponderosa pine forest. Master’s thesis, New Mexico Highlands University.
Daniels, R. (2022). Relationships between overstory and understory density and composition in a mixed-conifer forest following thinning on the eastern slope of the southern Rocky Mountains. Master’s thesis, New Mexico Highlands University.