Alina Cansler, PhD
Former Employee
Research Forester
Treesearch Publications
- Josh Beisel, Alina Cansler, Sean A. Parks, David L. R. Affleck, Ashley P. Ballantyne, Andrew J. Larson. 2026. Climate change and fire alter biotic interactions and tree growth in high‐elevation forests
- Hannah M. Van Dusen, Caden P. Chamberlain, Betsy Black, Alexander P. Arkowitz, Andrew S. Johnson, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Michael A. Battaglia, Eric E. Knapp, Mark R. Kreider, Jessica R. Miesel, Alina Cansler, Jonathan Batchelor, Ernesto Alvarado, Leo O'Neill, Morris Johnson, Matthew B. Dickinson, Jens Stevens. 2026. Automated workflow demonstrates mixed treatment impacts on burn severity across ecoregion scales
- Jeffrey R. Chandler, Sean A. Parks, Tyler J. Hoecker, Alina Cansler, Solomon Z. Dobrowski. 2026. Beyond average: A new approach to calculating fire regime departures applied to Western United States forests
- Sara Winsemius, Yufang Jin, Hugh D. Safford, Michelle C. Agne, Robert A. Andrus, Alina Cansler, Anthony C. Caprio, W. Wallace Covington, Joseph E. Crouse, Calvin Farris, Peter Z. Fulé, Brian J. Harvey, Sharon M. Hood, David W. Huffman, Emma J. McClure, Alicia Reiner, John P. Roccaforte, Saba J. Saberi, Michael T. Stoddard, Laura Trader, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Micah C. Wright, Michael J. Koontz. 2026. Basal area loss from fire using field-calibrated remote sensing refines western US fire severity measurements
- Jesse D. Young, Christopher D. O'Connor, Alexander Arkowitz, Elijah Orland, Scott Ritter, Dave E. Calkin, Rahul Wadhwani, Alina Cansler. 2025. Containment lines, PODs and suppression success: A case study of the 2021 Schneider Springs Fire
- Jay Thomas, Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood. 2025. Trees in distress: Prefire drought increases postfire mortality
- Luca Bielski, Alina Cansler, Kate McGinn, M. Zachariah Peery, Connor M. Wood. 2024. Can the Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis) serve as an old-forest indicator species in the Sierra Nevada?
- Kimberley T. Davis, Marcos D. Robles, Kerry B. Kemp, Philip E. Higuera, Teresa Chapman, Kerry L. Metlen, Jamie L. Peeler, Kyle C. Rodman, Travis Woolley, Robert N. Addington, Brian J. Buma, Alina Cansler, Michael J. Case, Brandon M. Collins, Jonathan D. Coop, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Nathan S. Gill, Collin Haffey, Lucas B. Harris, Brian J. Harvey, Ryan D. Haugo, Matthew D. Hurteau, Dominik Kulakowski, Caitlin E. Littlefield, Lisa A. McCauley, Nicholas Povak, Kristen L. Shive, Edward Smith, Jens Stevens, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Alan H. Taylor, Alan J. Tepley, Derek J. N. Young, Robert A. Andrus, Michael A. Battaglia, Julia K. Berkey, Sebastian Busby, Amanda R. Carlson, Marin E. Chambers, Erich Dodson, Daniel C. Donato, William M. Downing, Paula J. Fornwalt, Joshua S. Halofsky, Ashley Hoffman, Andrés Holz, Jose Iniguez, Meg A. Krawchuk, Mark R. Kreider, Andrew J. Larson, Garrett W. Meigs, John Paul Roccaforte, Monica T. Rother, Hugh Safford, Michael Schaedel, Jason S. Sibold, Megan P. Singleton, Monica G. Turner, Alexandra K. Urza, Kyra D. Clark-Wolf, Larissa Yocom, Joseph B. Fontaine, John L. Campbell. 2023. Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States
- Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, Phillip J. van Mantgem, J. Morgan. Varner. 2020. A large database supports the use of simple models of post-fire tree mortality for thick-barked conifers, with less support for other species
- Alina Cansler, Mark E. Swanson, Tucker J. Furniss, Andrew J. Larson, James A. Lutz. 2019. Fuel dynamics after reintroduced fire in an old-growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest
- Ryan D. Haugo, Bryce S. Kellogg, Alina Cansler, Crystal A. Kolden, Kerry B. Kemp, James C. Robertson, Kerry L. Metlen, Nicole M. Vaillant, Christina M. Restaino. 2019. The missing fire: Quantifying human exclusion of wildfire in Pacific Northwest forests, USA
- Paul F. Hessburg, Carol L. Miller, Sean A. Parks, Nicholas Povak, Malcolm P. North, Brandon M. Collins, Thomas Spies, Alina Cansler, Michael A. Battaglia, Carl N. Skinner. 2019. Climate, environment, and disturbance history govern resilience of Western North American forests
- James A. Lutz, Tucker J. Furniss, Daniel Johnson, Stuart J. Davies, David Allen, Alfonso Alonso, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Ana Andrade, Jennifer Baltzer, Kendall M. L. Becker, Erika M. Blomdahl, Norman A. Bourg, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, David F. R. P. Burslem, Alina Cansler, Susan Cordell, Christian P. Giardina. 2018. Global importance of large-diameter trees
- Alina Cansler, Donald McKenzie, Charles B. Halpern. 2016. Area burned in alpine treeline ecotones reflects region-wide trends
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Lutz, J.A., T.J. Furniss, D.J. Johnson, S.J. Davies, D. Allen, A. Alonso, K.J. Anderson-Teixeira, J. Baltzer, K.M.L. Becker, E.M. Blomdahl, N.A. Bourg, S. Bunyavejchewin, D.F.R.P. Burslem, C.A. Cansler, K. Cao, M. Cao, D. Cárdenas, L. Chang, K. Chao, W. Chao, J. Chiang, C. Chu, G.B. Chuyong, K. Clay,R. Condit, S. Cordell, H.S. Dattaraja, A. Duque, C.E.N. Ewango, G.A. Fischer, C. Fletcher, J.A. Freund, C. Giardina, S.J. Germain, G.S. Gilbert, B.C.H. Hau, Z. Hao, T. Hart, F. He, A. Hector, R.W. Howe, Y. Hu, S.P. Hubbell, C. Hsieh, F.M. Inman-Narahari, A. Itoh, D. Janík, A.R. Kassim, D. Kenfack, L. Korte, K. Král, A. J. Larson, Y. Li, Y. Lin, S. Liu, S. Lum, K. Ma, Y. Malhi, J. Makana, S.M. McMahon, W.J. McShea, H.R. Memiaghe, X. Mi, M. Morecroft, P.M. Musili, J.A. Myers, V. Novotny, A. de Oliveira, P, Ong, D,A. Orwig, R. Ostertag, G.G. Parker, R. Patankar, R.P. Phillips, G.n Reynolds, L. Sack, G.M. Song, R. Sukumar, H.S. Suresh, S. Su, I. Sun, M.E. Swanson, S. Tan, D.W. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, R. Valencia, A. Vicentini, T. Vrška, X. Wang, G.D. Weiblen, A. Wolf, S. Wu, H. Xu, T. Yamakura, S. Yap, J. K. Zimmerman. Global importance of large-diameter trees in forests. In press at Global Ecology and Biogeography.
- Cansler, C.A., D. McKenzie, C.B. Halpern. 2018. Fire enhances the complexity of forest structure in alpine treeline ecotones. Ecosphere. 9:e02091. 10.1002/ecs2.2091
- Ward, A., C.A. Cansler, and A.J. Larson. 2017. Black carbon on coarse woody debris in once- and twice-burned mixed-conifer forest. Fire Ecology. 13(2). 10.4996/fireecology.130288796
- Cansler, C.A., D. McKenzie, C. Halpern. 2017. Area burned in alpine treeline ecotones reflects region-wide trends. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25:1209-1220. 10.1071/WF16025
- Lutz, J.A., T.J. Furniss, S.J. Germain, K.M.L. Becker, E.M. Blomdahl, S.A. Jeronimo, C.A. Cansler, J.A. Freund, M.E. Swanson, and A.J. Larson. 2017. Shrub consumption and community change by reintroduced fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Fire Ecology. 13:104-126. 10.4996/fireecology.1301104
- Larson, A.J., C.A. Cansler, S.G. Cowdery, S. Hiebert, T.J. Furniss, M.E. Swanson, and J.A. Lutz. 2016. Post-fire morel (Morchella) mushroom abundance, spatial structure, and harvest sustainability. Forest Ecology and Management. 337:16-25. 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.038
- Kolden, C., J.T. Abatzoglou, J.A. Lutz, C.A. Cansler, J. Kane, J. van Wagtendonk, C. Key. 2015. Climate contributors to forest mosaics: ecological persistence following wildfire. Northwest Science. 89:219-238. doi: 10.3955/046.089.0305
- Kane, V.R., C.A. Cansler, N.A. Povak, J.T. Kane, R.J. McGaughey, J.A. Lutz, D.J. Churchill, M.P. 2015. Mixed severity fire effects within the Rim fire: Relative importance of local climate, fire weather, topography, and forest structure. Forest Ecology and Management. 358:62-79. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.001
- Kane, V.R., J.A. Lutz, C.A. Cansler, N.A. Povak, D.J. Churchill, D.F. Smith, J.T. Kane, M.P North. 2015. Water balance and topography predict fire and forest structure patterns. Forest Ecology and Management. 338:1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.038
- Cansler, C.A., D. McKenzie. 2014. Climate, fire size, and ecological setting influence severity and spatial pattern of wildfires. Ecological Applications. 24:1037-1056. doi: 10.1890/13-1077.1
- Larson, A.J., R.T. Belote, C.A. Cansler, S.A. Parks, and M.S. Dietz. 2013. Latent resilience in ponderosa pine forest: Effects of resumed frequent fire. Ecological Applications. 23:1243–1249. doi: 10.1890/13-0066.1
- Cansler, C.A., D. McKenzie. 2012. How robust are burn severity indices when applied in a new region? Evaluation of alternate field-based and remote-sensing methods. Remote Sensing 4:456-483. doi:10.3390/rs4020456
- University of Washington, Ph.D., Environmental and Forest Resources, 2015
- University of Washington, M.S., Forest Resources, 2011
- Willamette University, B.A., Dual major: Environmental Science; Politics, 2002
Last updated March 10, 2026