Nathan Gill, Ph.D.

Professional Summary

In the Landscape Ecology and Fire Lab, we are focused on three major themes within the broader discipline of fire ecology and related fields of landscape ecology, natural resources management, and geography. These include: 1) Developing the next generation of fire ecologists and managers 2) Exploring challenges and opportunities that arise from heterogeneity in landscapes and fire regimes 3) Examining socio-ecological effects of fires in temperate forests and rangelands

Publications

Schwilk, D., A. Alam, N.S. Gill, B.R. Murray, R.H. Nolan, S. Ondei, G.L.W. Perry, A.M.S. Smith, D.M.J.S. Bowman, A. Fidelis, P. Jaureguiberry, I.O. Menor, B.H.P. Rosado, H. Roland, M. Yebra, S.G. Yelenik, and T.J. Curran. 2025. From plant traits to fire behavior: scaling issues in flammability studies. American Journal of Botany, 112: e70040. LINK

Lechnar, C.V., G. Gyan, R. Puckett, R.D. Cox, B. Grisham, and N.S. Gill. 2025. Post-fire herbicide application reduces Macartney rose in Attwater’s prairie-chicken habitat. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 98:237-245. LINK

Davis, K.T., et al. (including N.S. Gill; 63 authors). 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 (PNAS), 120:e2208120120 LINK

Gill, N.S., J. Stallman, L. Pratt, J. Lewicki, T. Elias, P. Nadeau, and S. Yelenik. 2023. Out of the frying pan and into the fire: effects of volcanic heat and invasive grasses on the conservation of a critically endangered plant in Hawaiʻi. Environmental Conservation, 1-8 LINK

Durboraw, T.D., C.W. Boal, M.S. Fleck, and N.S. Gill. 2022. Long-term recovery of Mexican spotted owl nesting habitat after fire in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Fire Ecology, 18:31. LINK

Gill, N.S., M.G. Turner, C.D. Brown, S.I. Glassman, S.L. Haire, W.D. Hansen, E. Pansing, S.B. St Clair, and D.F. Tomback. 2022. Limitations to propagule dispersal will constrain post-fire recovery of plants and fungi in western coniferous forests. BioScience, biab139. LINK

Rodman, K., R. Andrus, A. Carlson, T. Carter, T. Chapman, J. Coop, P. Fornwalt, N.S. Gill, B. Harvey, A. Hoffman, K. Kelsey, D. Kulakowski, D. Laughlin, J. Morris, J. Negron, K. Nigro, G. Pappas, M. Redmond, C. Rhoades, M. Rocca, Z. Schapira, J. Sibold, C. Stevens-Rumann, T. Veblen, J. Wang, X. Zhang, and S. Hart. 2022. Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks, but with altered composition. Journal of Ecology, 110:2929-2949. LINK