Duncan C. Lutes

Treesearch Publications

• Susan J. Prichard, Eric Rowell, Robert E. Keane, Andrew T. Hudak, Duncan C. Lutes, E. Louise Loudermilk. 2023. Wildland fuel characterization across space and time [Chapter 4]
• Duncan C. Lutes, Colin C. Hardy. 2021. Lodgepole pine bole wood density and decay rate 1, 11, and 22 years after felling in central Montana, United States
• Woongsoon Jang, Justin S. Crotteau, Yvette K. Ortega, Sharon M. Hood, Christopher R. Keyes, Dean E. Pearson, Duncan C. Lutes, Anna Sala. 2021. Native and non-native understory vegetation responses to restoration treatments in a dry conifer forest over 23 years
• Susan Prichard, Eric M. Rowell, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert E. Keane, E. Louise Loudermilk, Duncan C. Lutes, Roger D. Ottmar, Linda M. Chappell, John Hall, Benjamin S. Hornsby. 2020. Fuels and Consumption
• Josh McDaniel, Shawn P. Urbanski, Duncan C. Lutes, Leland Tarnay, Scott Williams. 2020. Know your smoke: Updated smoke modeling tool estimates higher particulate emissions from wildfire than previously predicted
• Katelynn J. Bowen, Christopher R. Keyes, Sharon M. Hood, Carl Seielstad, Duncan C. Lutes. 2020. Comparison of three methods for quantifying coarse surface fuel loading
• Sharon M. Hood, Christopher R. Keyes, Katelynn J. Bowen, Duncan C. Lutes, Carl Seielstad. 2020. Fuel treatment longevity in ponderosa pine-dominated forest 24 years after cutting and prescribed burning
• Justin S. Crotteau, Sharon M. Hood, Duncan C. Lutes, Christopher R. Keyes, Anna Sala, Michael G. Harrington. 2018. Management and succession at the Lick Creek Demonstration/Research Forest, Montana
• Sharon M. Hood, Duncan C. Lutes. 2017. Predicting post-fire tree mortality for 12 western US conifers using the First-Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)
• Robert E. Keane, Jason Herynk, Chris Toney, Shawn P. Urbanski, Duncan C. Lutes, Roger D. Ottmar. 2015. Assessing three fuel classification systems and their maps using Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) surface fuel measurements
• Robert E. Keane, Greg Dillon, Stacy Drury, Robin J. Innes, Penny Morgan, Duncan C. Lutes, Susan J. Prichard, Jane Smith, Eva Strand. 2014. New and revised fire effects tools for fire management
• Robert E. Keane, Jason Herynk, Chris Toney, Shawn P. Urbanski, Duncan C. Lutes, Roger D. Ottmar. 2013. Evaluating the performance and mapping of three fuel classification systems using Forest Inventory and Analysis surface fuel measurements
• Duncan C. Lutes, Colin C. Hardy. 2013. Lodgepole pine bole wood density 1 and 11 years after felling in central Montana
• Duncan C. Lutes. 2013. Predicted fuel consumption in the Burnup model: sensitivity to four user inputs
• Duncan C. Lutes, MaryBeth Keifer, Nathan C. Benson, John F. Caratti. 2009. FFI: What it is and what it can do for you
• Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane, John F. Caratti. 2009. A surface fuel classification for estimating fire effects
• Duncan C. Lutes, Nathan C. Benson, MaryBeth Keifer, John F. Caratti, S. Austin Streetman. 2009. FFI: A software tool for ecological monitoring
• Pamela G. Sikkink, Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane. 2009. Field guide for identifying fuel loading models
• Elizabeth Reinhardt, Duncan C. Lutes, Joe Scott. 2006. FuelCalc: A Method for Estimating Fuel Characteristics
• Robert E. Keane, Duncan C. Lutes. 2006. Integrated Sampling Strategy (ISS) Guide
• Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane, John F. Caratti, Carl H. Key, Nathan C. Benson. 2006. How To ... Guide
• Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane. 2006. Fuel Load (FL)
• Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane, John F. Caratti, Carl H. Key, Nathan C. Benson, Steve Sutherland, Larry J. Gangi. 2006. FIREMON: Fire effects monitoring and inventory system
• Duncan C. Lutes, Donald C. E. Robinson. 2003. Variant descriptions [Chapter 4]
• Duncan C. Lutes. 2002. Assessment of the line transect method: an examination of the spatial patterns of down and standing dead wood
• Paul B. Alaback, Duncan C. Lutes. 1997. Methods for the quantification of coarse woody debris and an examination of its spatial patterning: A study from the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, MT

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  FOFEM/SpatialFOFEM - fire effects model

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/fofem/spatialfofem-fire-effects-model
• Tool
  

  FFI: Ecological Monitoring Story Map

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/ffi-ecological-monitoring-story-map
• Tool
  

  FIREMON - Ecological inventory and monitoring

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/firemon-ecological-inventory-and-monitoring
• Tool
  

  FuelCalc - Canopy fuel calculator and model

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/fuelcalc-canopy-fuel-calculator-and-model
• Tool
  

  FFI: FEAT-FIREMON Integrated

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/ffi-feat-firemon-integrated

• Center or Group
  

  Fire Modeling Institute (FMI)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/centers/fmi
• Program
  

  Fire, Fuel, and Smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/firefuelsmoke
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Ponderosa Pine Restoration and Fuel Hazard Reduction at Lick Creek

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/lickcreekrestoration
• Project
  

  TCEF Grid - Monitoring wildland fuels

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/tcef

Other Publications

• User Guide
  

  FOFEM 6.9.4 Tutorial Exercises

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/understory/fofem-694-tutorial-exercises
• User Guide
  

  FOFEM 6.9.4 User Guide

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/understory/fofem-694-user-guide
• User Guide
  

  FuelCalc 1.7 User Guide

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/understory/fuelcalc-17-user-guide

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Know your smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/know-your-smoke

• University of Montana, Missoula, B.S., Forest Management, 1996
• University of Montana, Missoula, M.S., Forestry, 1999