Becky K. Kerns, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Claire Tortorelli, Alison Dean, Meg A. Krawchuk, Becky K. Kerns. 2026. Prescribed fire drives divergent invasive annual grass responses in a dry forest-mosaic landscape
• Ty C. Nietupski, Hailemariam Temesgen, Becky K. Kerns. 2025. Mapping an invasive grass in the northwestern US with fused satellite time series and biophysical features
• Ty C. Nietupski, John B. Kim, Claire Tortorelli, Rebecca Lemons, Becky K. Kerns. 2024. Ventenata dubia projected to expand in the western United States despite future novel conditions
• Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day. 2024. Long‐term frequent fire and cattle grazing alter dry forest understory vegetation
• Alex Dye, Matthew Reilly, Andy McEvoy, Rebecca Lemons, Karin Riley, John B. Kim, Becky K. Kerns. 2024. Simulated future shifts in wildfire regimes in moist forests of Pacific Northwest, USA
• Michael T. Stoddard, Kyle C. Rodman, David W. Huffman, Paula J. Fornwalt, Rory J. Pedersen, Judith D. Springer, Daniel C. Laughlin, Christopher M. McGlone, Mark L. Daniels, Peter Z. Fule, Margaret M. Moore, Becky K. Kerns, Jens Stevens, Julie E. Korb, Sara Souther. 2024. Increases in understory plant cover and richness persist following restoration treatments in Pinus ponderosa forests
• Janet S. Prevéy, Catherine S. Jarnevich, Ian S. Pearse, Seth M. Munson, Jens Stevens, Kevin J. Barrett, Jonathan D. Coop, Michelle A. Day, David Firmage, Paula J. Fornwalt, Katharine M. Haynes, James D. Johnston, Becky K. Kerns, Meg A. Krawchuk, Becky A. Miller, Ty C. Nietupski, Jacquilyn Roque, Judith D. Springer, Camille S. Stevens‑Rumann, Michael T. Stoddard, Claire Tortorelli. 2024. Non‑native plant invasion after fire in western USA varies by functional type and with climate
• John Kirkland, Becky K. Kerns. 2023. Not just another cheatgrass: The ventenata invasion in the interior Northwest
• Rebecca E. Lemons, Susan J. Prichard, Becky K. Kerns. 2023. Evaluating fireline effectiveness across large wildfire events in north-central Washington State
• Claire Tortorelli, John B. Kim, Nicole M. Vaillant, Karin Riley, Alex Dye, Ty C. Nietupski, Kevin C. Vogler, Rebecca Lemons, Michelle A. Day, Meg A. Krawchuk, Becky K. Kerns. 2023. Feeding the fire: Annual grass invasion facilitates modeled fire spread across Inland Northwest forest‐mosaic landscapes
• Luke W. Ridder, Lesley R. Morris, Michelle A. Day, Becky K. Kerns. 2022. Ventenata (Ventenata dubia) response to grazing and prescribed fire on the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie
• Claire Tortorelli, Becky K. Kerns, Meg A. Krawchuk. 2022. Community invasion resistance is influenced by interactions between plant traits and site productivity
• Matthew Reilly, Aaron Zuspan, Joshua S. Halofsky, Crystal Raymond, Andrew McEvoy, Alex W. Dye, Daniel C. Donato, John B. Kim, Brian Potter, Nathan Walker, Raymond J. Davis, Christopher J. Dunn, David M. Bell, Matthew J. Gregory, James D. Johnston, Brian J. Harvey, Jessica Halofsky, Becky K. Kerns. 2022. Cascadia Burning: The historic, but not historically unprecedented, 2020 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, USA
• Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Steven Seybold, Wendell R. Haag, Tracy Johnson, Becky K. Kerns, John Kilgo, Daniel Larkin, Rima Lucardi, Bruce Moltzan, Dean E. Pearson, John Rothlisberger, John Schardt, Michael K. Schwartz, Michael K. Young. 2021. Impacts of invasive species in terrestrial and aquatic systems in the United States.
• Andy McEvoy, Becky K. Kerns, John B. Kim. 2021. Hazards of risk: Identifying plausible community wildfire disasters in low-frequency fire regimes
• Ty C. Nietupski, Robert Kennedy, Hailemariam Temesgen, Becky K. Kerns. 2021. Spatiotemporal image fusion in Google Earth Engine for annual estimates of land surface phenology in a heterogenous landscape
• Becky K. Kerns, Robert C. Venette, Toral Patel-Weynand, Deborah M. Finch, Allen Rowley, Deborah C. Hayes, Mike Ielmini, Therese M. M. Poland. 2021. Future Invasive Species Research Challenges and Opportunities
• Steven J. Seybold, Susan J. Frankel, Deanna H. Olson, Rebecca Flitcroft, Becky K. Kerns, Jana C. Lee, Karen L. Ripley, Steve Munson. 2021. Regional Summaries: Northwest Region
• Anne S. Marsh, Deborah C. Hayes, Patrice N. Klein, Nicole Zimmerman, Aliso Dalsimer, Douglas A. Burkett, Cynthia Huebner, Robert Rabaglia, Laura A. Meyerson, Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, Jamie L. Davidson, Marla R. Emery, Travis Warziniack, Rebecca Flitcroft, Becky K. Kerns, Vanessa M. Lopez. 2021. Sectoral Impacts of Invasive Species in the United States and Approaches to Management
• Christopher M. Oswalt, Alycia Crall, Robert Rabaglia, Sonja Oswalt, Michael K. Schwartz, Becky K. Kerns. 2021. Inventory and Monitoring of Invasive Species
• Becky K. Kerns, Toral Patel-Weynand, Deborah M. Finch, Deborah C. Hayes. 2021. Introduction
• Doug Westlind, Becky K. Kerns. 2021. Repeated fall prescribed fire in previously thinned Pinus ponderosa increases growth and resistance to other disturbances
• Michael J. Case, John B. Kim, Becky K. Kerns. 2020. Using a vegetation model and stakeholder input to assess the climate change vulnerability of tribally important ecosystem services
• Harold Zald, Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day. 2020. Limited effects of long-term repeated season and interval of prescribed burning on understory vegetation compositional trajectories and indicator species in ponderosa pine forests of Northeastern Oregon, USA
• Claire Tortorelli, Meg A. Krawchuk, Becky K. Kerns. 2020. Expanding the invasion footprint: Ventenata dubia and relationships to wildfire, environment, and plant communities in the Blue Mountains of the Inland Northwest, USA
• Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day, Dana Ikeda. 2020. Long-term seeding outcomes in slash piles and skid trails after conifer removal
• Sylvia Kantor, Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day. 2020. Can prescribed fire do the work we hired it to do?
• Becky K. Kerns, Claire Tortorelli, Michelle A. Day, Ty Nietupski, Ana M.G. Barros, John B. Kim, Meg A. Krawchuk. 2020. Invasive grasses: A new perfect storm for forested ecosystems?
• Yueyang Jiang, John B. Kim, Christopher J. Still, Becky K. Kerns, Jeffrey D. Kline, Pat Cunningham. 2018. Inter-comparison of multiple statistically downscaled climate datasets for the Pacific Northwest, USA
• Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day. 2018. Prescribed fire regimes subtly alter ponderosa pine forest plant community structure
• John B. Kim, Becky K. Kerns, Raymond J. Drapek, G. Stephen Pitts, Jessica E. Halofsky. 2018. Simulating vegetation response to climate change in the Blue Mountains with MC2 dynamic global vegetation model
• Doug Westlind, Becky K. Kerns. 2017. Long-term effects of burn season and frequency on ponderosa pine forest fuels and seedlings
• Becky K. Kerns, David C. Powell, Sabine Mellmann-Brown, Gunnar Carnwath, John B. Kim. 2017. Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Upland Vegetation in the Blue Mountains [Chapter 6].
• Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day. 2017. The importance of disturbance by fire and other abiotic and biotic factors in driving cheatgrass invasion varies based on invasion stage
• Marie Oliver, Becky K. Kerns, John B. Kim, Jeffrey D. Kline. 2017. Mapping the future: U.S. exposure to multiple landscape stressors
• Becky K. Kerns, John B. Kim, Jeffrey D. Kline, Michelle A. Day. 2016. US exposure to multiple landscape stressors and climate change
• Marie Oliver, David W. Peterson, Becky K. Kerns. 2016. Predicting the unpredictable: potential climate change impacts on vegetation in the Pacific Northwest
• Miles Hemstrom, Jessica E. Halofsky, David R. Conklin, Joshua S. Halofsky, Dominique Bachelet, Becky K. Kerns. 2014. Chapter 7: Developing climate-informed state-and-transition models
• David W. Peterson, Becky K. Kerns, Erich Kyle Dodson. 2014. Climate change effects on vegetation in the Pacific Northwest: a review and synthesis of the scientific literature and simulation model projections
• Becky K. Kerns, Douglas J. Westlind. 2013. Effect of season and interval of prescribed burn on ponderosa pine butterfly defoliation patterns
• Jeffrey D. Kline, Becky K. Kerns, Michelle A. Day, Roger B. Hammer. 2013. Mapping multiple forest threats in the northwestern United States
• Michelle Buonopane, Gabrielle Snider, Becky K. Kerns, Paul S. Doescher. 2013. Complex restoration challenges: weeds, seeds, and roads in a forested wildland urban interface
• Marie Oliver, Becky K. Kerns, Michelle Buonopane. 2012. A closer look: decoupling the effects of prescribed fire and grazing on vegetation in a ponderosa pine forests
• Michael G. Ryan, James Vose, Matthew Ayers, Lawrence Band, Chelcy F. Miniat, Paul Hanson, Jeffrey Hick, Louis Iverson, Becky K. Kerns, Steven Klein, Jeremy Littell, Charlie H. Luce, Don McKenzie, David Wear, Aaron Weed. 2012. Effects of climatic variability and change
• Becky K. Kerns, Miles Hemstrom, David Conklin, Gabriel I. Yospin, Bart Johnson, Dominique Bachelet, Scott Bridgham. 2012. Approaches to incorporating climate change effects in state and transition simulation models of vegetation
• Becky K. Kerns, Ayn J. Shlisky, Colin J. Daniel. 2012. Proceedings of the First Landscape State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling Conference, June 14–16, 2011, Portland, Oregon
• Becky K. Kerns, Michelle Buonopane, Walter G. Thies, Christine Niwa. 2011. Reintroducing fire into a ponderosa pine forest with and without cattle grazing: understory vegetation response
• Jeremy S. Littell, Donald McKenzie, Becky K. Kerns, Samuel A. Cushman, Charles Shaw. 2011. Managing uncertainty in climate-driven ecological models to inform adaptation to climate change
• Michael Furniss, Connie I. Millar, David L. Peterson, Linda A. Joyce, Ron Neilson, J.E. Halofsky, Becky K. Kerns. 2009. Adapting to Climate Change: A Short Course for Land Managers
• Becky K. Kerns, Bridgett Naylor, Michelle Buonopane, Catherine Parks, Brendan Rogers. 2009. Modeling Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) habitat and climate change effects in the northwestern United States
• Becky K. Kerns, Margaret M. Moore, Stephen C. Hart. 2008. Understanding ponderosa pine forest-grassland vegetation dynamics at Fort Valley Experimental Forest using phytolith analysis
• Becky K. Kerns, Margaret M. Moore, Stephen C. Hart. 2008. Understanding ponderosa pine forest-grassland vegetation dynamics at Fort Valley Experimental Forest using phytolith analysis (P-53)
• Becky K. Kerns, Alan Ager. 2007. Risk assessment for biodiversity conservation planning in Pacific Northwest forests
• Becky K. Kerns, Walter G. Thies, Christine G. Niwa. 2006. Season and severity of prescribed burn in ponderosa pine forests: implications for understory native and exotic plants.
• Becky K. Kerns, Janet Ohmann. 2004. Evaluation and prediction of shrub cover in coastal Oregon forests (USA)
• Becky K. Kerns, Susan J. Alexander, John D. Bailey. 2004. Huckleberry abundance, stand conditions, and use in western Oregon: evaluating the role of forest management.
• Becky K. Kerns, Margaret M. Moore, Michael E. Timpson, Stephen C. Hart. 2003. Soil properties associated with vegetation patches in a Pinus Ponderosa--bunchgrass mosaic
• Becky K. Kerns, Margeret M. Moore, Stephen C. Hart. 2001. Estimating forest-grassland dynamics using soil phytolith assemblages and δ13C of soil organic matter
• Becky K. Kerns. 2001. Diagnostic phytoliths for a ponderosa pine-bunchgrass community near Flagstaff, Arizona

• Program
  

  Fire, Fuels, and Smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/programs/ffs
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Improving Restoration Outcomes and Forest Resilience: Testing Pretreatment Weed Control Prior to Management Actions

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/weed-pretreatment
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Climate Adaptive Landscape Monitoring (CALM)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/projects/post-fire-climate-adaptive-landscape-monitoring
  Station

  Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  West-Side Fire and Climate Adaptation Research Initiative

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/centers/wsfcari
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Simulating the impacts of climate change on west-side fire regimes

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/fireregimes
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Updating the Forest Service’s Most Important Tool for Confronting the Wildfire Crisis

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/bil-updating-fs-tools-confronting-wildfire-crisis
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Novel analysis of existing risk assessment data: Evaluation of plausible future community wildfire disasters in western Oregon and Washington

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/futurecommunitywildfire
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/centers/fera
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Maintaining Fuels Treatments: Planning for the Long Term

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/maintaining-fuels-treatments-planning-long-term
• Webinars

  Identifying plausible community wildfire disasters in low-frequency fire regimes

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/products/multimedia/webinars/identifying-plausible-community-wildfire-disasters-low-frequency

• Northern Arizona University, Ph.D., Forest Science, 1999
• Northern Arizona University, M.S., Quarternary Studies, 1994
• UC Santa Barbara, B.S., Geology, 1988