Francisco J. Escobedo, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Francisco J. Escobedo, Haotian Cheng, Alyssa Thomas, AJ Moses. 2026. Community perceptions regarding prescribed fires, wildfires, and ecosystem disservices in southern California's Wildland-Urban Interface
• Augusto Akio Lucchezi Miyahara, Ana Paula Ramos, Filipa Maia, Ana Julia Francisco, Milena Godoy-Veiga, Mario Tomazello-Filho, Francisco William da Cruz, Francisco J. Escobedo, Laia Andreu-Hayles, Giulia Nunes de Aguiar Souto, Giuliano Maselli Locosselli. 2026. Responses of drought-tolerant Tipuana tipu trees to long-term irrigation: A tree-ring study in Lisbon, Portugal
• Onofrio Cappelluti, Francisco J. Escobedo, Giovanni Sanesi, Mario Elia. 2025. A tridimensional framework for governance in the wildland-urban interface using Pyro-Socio-Ecological Zones
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Kamini Yadav, Onofrio Cappelluti, Nels G. Johnson. 2025. Exploring urban vegetation type and defensible space’s role in building loss during wildfire-driven events in California
• Ibrahim Busari, Matthew Sloggy, Mani Rouhi Rad, Debabrata Sahoo, Stacy Drury, Francisco J. Escobedo. 2025. Modeling wildfire effects on ecosystem services in two disparate California watersheds and communities
• Haotian Cheng, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alyssa Thomas, Jesus Felix De Los Reyes, John N. Ng'ombe, José R. Soto. 2025. Understanding how urban communities make trade-offs between forest management and ecosystem service objectives
• Diana Lucia Giraldo-Charria, Francisco J. Escobedo, Nicola Clerici, Benjamin Quesada. 2025. Urban forests mitigate extreme heat exposure in a vulnerable tropical city
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Kamini Yadav, Alessandro Ossola, Ryan Klein, Stacy Drury. 2024. Urban forest cover and ecosystem service response to fire varies across California communities
• Stuart A. Ludsin, Charles K. Minns, Mohiuddin Munawar, Peter J. Alsip, Angela L. Andrade, Donald F. Boesch, Caitriona Carter, Elizelle Juaneé Cilliers, Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham, Francisco J. Escobedo, Kenneth T. Frank, William C. Leggett, Jason S. Link, Kerry A. Waylen. 2024. A perspective on successful implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to management and conservation in the Laurentian Great Lakes
• Haotian Cheng, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alyssa Thomas, Jesus Felix De Los Reyes, José R. Soto. 2024. Comparing individual and collective valuation of ecosystem service tradeoffs: A case study from montane forests in southern California, USA
• Nicola Clerici, Christina Staudhammer, Francisco J. Escobedo. 2024. Disentangling the deforestation-environmental crime nexus in Latin America
• Haojie Chen, Matthew Sloggy, Francisco J. Escobedo, Teemu Koskimäki, Tianchu Lu, Ziqi Meng, A. Rifaee Rasheed, José J. Sánchez, Xin Tan, Weishan Yang, Fang Yu. 2024. Boundary of ecosystem services: Differentiating between ecosystem services and geosystem services is needed
• Kamini Yadav, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alyssa Thomas, Nels G. Johnson. 2023. Increasing wildfires and changing sociodemographics in communities across California, USA
• Haojie Chen, Matthew Sloggy, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Francisco J. Escobedo, A. Rifaee Rasheed, José J. Sánchez, Weishan Yang, Fang Yu, Ziqi Meng. 2023. Boundary of ecosystem services: Guiding future development and application of the ecosystem service concepts
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Cynnamon Dobbs, Yuli Tovar, Paloma Cariñanos. 2023. Neotropical urban forest allergenicity and ecosystem disservices can affect vulnerable neighborhoods in Bogota, Colombia
• Giselle Toro, Maria Paula Otero, Nicola Clerici, Zoltan Szantoi, Andrés González-González, Francisco J. Escobedo. 2022. Interacting municipal-level anthropogenic and ecological disturbances drive changes in Neotropical forest carbon storage
• Edith B. de Guzman, Francisco J. Escobedo, Rachel O'Leary. 2022. A socio-ecological approach to align tree stewardship programs with public health benefits in marginalized neighborhoods in Los Angeles, USA
• Alejandro Feged-Rivadeneira, Federico Andrade-Rivas, Felipe González-Casabianca, Francisco J. Escobedo. 2022. Scaling patterns of human diseases and population size in Colombia
• Matthew Sloggy, Francisco J. Escobedo, José J. Sánchez. 2022. The role of spatial information in peri-urban ecosystem service valuation and policy investment preferences
• Alyssa Thomas, Francisco J. Escobedo, Matthew Sloggy, José J. Sánchez. 2022. A burning issue: Reviewing the socio-demographic and environmental justice aspects of the wildfire literature
• Tahia Devisscher, Camilo Ordóñez-Barona, Cynnamon Dobbs, Mariana Dias Baptista, Nuria Mónica Navarro, Luis Alberto Orozco Aguilar, Jose Felix Cercas Perez, Yolanny Rojas Mancebo, Francisco J. Escobedo. 2022. Urban forest management and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: A baseline study of stakeholder views
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Marius Bottin, Nicola Clerici, Salamanca Guibor Camargo, Alejandro Feged-Rivadeneira. 2022. Evaluating the role of spatial landscape literacy in public participation processes and opinions on environmental issues and ecosystem services
• Manuel Esperon‐Rodriguez, Paul D. Rymer, Sally A. Power, David N. Barton, Paloma Cariñanos, Cynnamon Dobbs, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Francisco J. Escobedo, Richard Hauer, Martin Hermy, Ali Jahani, Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Johan Östberg, Diane Pataki, Thomas B. Randrup, Tørres Rasmussen, Lara Roman, Alessio Russo, Charlie Shackleton, Ingjerd Solfjeld, Natalie S. van Doorn, Matthew J. Wells, Björn Wiström, Pengbo Yan, Jun Yang, Mark G. Tjoelker. 2022. Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate
• Sergio Alvarez, José R. Soto, Francisco J. Escobedo, John Lai, Abu S.M.G. Kibria, Damian C. Adams. 2021. Heterogeneous preferences and economic values for urban forest structural and functional attributes
• Yuli Paola Tovar Tique, Francisco J. Escobedo, Nicola Clerici. 2021. Community-based importance and quantification of ecosystem services, disservices, drivers, and neotropical dry forests in a rural colombian municipality
• Sophia J. Tanner, Francisco J. Escobedo, José R. Soto. 2021. Recognizing the insurance value of resilience: Evidence from a forest restoration policy in the southeastern U.S.
• Zhi-Xin Zhu, Francisco J. Escobedo, Liam J. Revell, Thomas Brandeis, Jun Xie, Hua-Feng Wang. 2021. Using phylogenetic diversity to explore the socioeconomic and ecological drivers of a tropical, coastal urban forest
• Peter Manning, Peter Massini, Ian MacGregor-Fors, Stacey McLean, David D. Mkwambisi, Alessandro Ossola, Gabriel Pérez Luque, Luis Pérez-Urrestarazu, Katia Perini, Gad Perry, Tristan J. Pett, Kate E. Plummer, Raoufou A. Radji, Uri Roll, Simon G. Potts, Heather Rumble, Jon P. Sadler, Stevienna de Saille, Sebastian Sautter, Catherine E. Scott, Assaf Shwartz, Tracy Smith, Robbert P. H. Snep, Carl D. Soulsbury, Margaret C. Stanley, Tim Van de Voorde, Stephen J. Venn, Philip H. Warren, Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Mark Whitling, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Jun Yang, Kumelachew Yeshitela, Ken P. Yocom, Martin Dallimer, Mark A. Goddard, Zoe G. Davies, Solène Guenat, Mark J. Ferguson, Jessica C. Fisher, Adeniran Akanni, Teija Ahjokoski, Pippin M. L. Anderson, Fabio Angeoletto, Constantinos Antoniou, Adam J. Bates, Andrew Barkwith, Adam Berland, Christopher J. Bouch, Christine C. Rega-Brodsky, Loren B. Byrne, David Cameron, Rory Canavan, Tim Chapman, Stuart Connop, Steve Crossland, Colleen T. Downs, Marie C. Dade, David A. Dawson, Cynnamon Dobbs, Erle C. Ellis, Francisco J. Escobedo, Paul Gobster, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, Burak Guneralp, Amy K. Hahs, James D. Hale, Christopher Hassall, Marcus Hedblom, Dieter F. Hochuli, Tommi Inkinen, Ioan-Cristian Ioja, Dave Kendal, Tom Knowland, Ingo Kowarik, Simon J. Langdale, Susannah B. Lerman. 2021. A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems
• Maykol Rodriguez, Antonio Bodini, Francisco J. Escobedo, Nicola Clerici. 2021. Analyzing socio-ecological interactions through qualitative modeling: Forest conservation and implications for sustainability in the peri‑urban bogota (Colombia)
• Alexandra Pineda-Guerrero, Francisco J. Escobedo, Fernando Carriazo. 2020. Governance, nature's contributions to people, and investing in conservation influence the valuation of urban green areas
• Guibor Camargo, Andrés Miguel Sampayo, Andrés Peña Galindo, Francisco J. Escobedo, Fernando Carriazo, Alejandro Feged-Rivadeneira. 2020. Exploring the dynamics of migration, armed conflict, urbanization, and anthropogenic change in Colombia
• Damian C. Adams, José R. Soto, John Lai, Francisco J. Escobedo, Sergio Alvarez, Abu S.M.G. Kibria. 2020. Public preferences and willingness to pay for invasive forest pest prevention programs in urban areas
• Christina L. Staudhammer, Francisco J. Escobedo, Nathan Holt, Linda J. Young, Thomas Brandeis, Wayne C. Zipperer, Other. 2015. Predictors, spatial distribution, and occurrence of woody invasive plants in subtropical urban ecosystems
• Nilesh Timilsina, Francisco J. Escobedo, Christina Staudhammer, Thomas Brandeis. 2014. Analyzing the causal factors of carbon stores in a subtropical urban forest
• Thomas Brandeis, Francisco J. Escobedo, Christina L. Staudhammer, David J. Nowak, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2014. San Juan Bay Estuary watershed urban forest inventory
• J. M. Tucker Lima, C. L. Staudhammer, Thomas Brandeis, Francisco J. Escobedo, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2013. Temporal dynamics of a subtropical urban forest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001-2010
• Nilesh Timilsina, Francisco J. Escobedo, Wendell P. Cropper, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Thomas Brandeis, Sonia Delphin, Samuel G. Lambert. 2013. A framework for identifying carbon hotspots and forest management drivers
• Zoltan Szantoi, Sparkle L. Malone, Francisco J. Escobedo, Orlando Misas, Scot Smith, Bon Dewitt. 2012. A tool for rapid post-hurricane urban tree debris estimates using high resolution aerial imagery
• Alicia B. Lawrence, Francisco J. Escobedo, Christina L. Staudhammera, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2012. Analyzing growth and mortality in a subtropical urban forest ecosystem
• Miriam Wyman, Francisco J. Escobedo, Sebastian Varela, Cesar Asuaje, Henry Mayer, Mickie Swisher, Annie Hermansen. 2011. Analyzing the natural resource extension needs of Spanish-speakers: A perspective from Florida
• Cynnamon Dobbs, Francisco J. Escobedo, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2011. A framework for developing urban forest ecosystem services and goods indicators
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Sebastian Varela, Min Zhao, John E. Wagner, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2010. Analyzing the efficacy of subtropical urban forests in offsetting carbon emissions from cities
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2009. Carbon sequestration and storage by Gainesville's urban forest
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2009. Air pollution removal and temperature reduction by Gainesville's urban forest
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2009. Gainesville's urban forest canopy cover
• Francisco J. Escobedo, David J. Nowak. 2009. Spatial heterogeneity and air pollution removal by an urban forest
• Francisco J. Escobedo, John E. Wagner, David J. Nowak, Carmen Luz De la Maza, Manuel Rodriguez, Daniel E. Crane. 2008. Analyzing the cost effectiveness of Santiago, Chile's policy of using urban forests to improve air quality
• Francisco J. Escobedo, David J. Nowak, John E. Wagner, Carmen Luz De la Maza, Manuel Rodríguez, Daniel E. Crane, Jaime Hernández. 2006. The socioeconomics and management of Santiago de Chile's public urban forests
• Francisco J. Escobedo, Peter F. Ffolliott, Gerald J. Gottfried, Florentino Garza. 2001. Fire frequency effects on fuel loadings in pine-oak forests of the Madrean Province

• Program
  

  Southern California Research Zone

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/programs/southzone
  Station

  Pacific Southwest Research Station

Other Publications

• Report
  

  Knocking on our Front Doors: Fires in Urban Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/understory/knocking-our-front-doors-fires-urban-forests

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCE x Urban Interfaces

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/science-x-urban-interfaces
• Webinars

  Urban forests, fires, and communities: The “U” in Wildland-Urban Interface

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/products/multimedia/webinars/urban-forests-fires-and-communities-u-wildland-urban-interface
• Webinars

  Wildfire Effects and Recovery in Urban Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/wildfire-effects-and-recovery-urban-ecosystems

• State University of New York- ESF, Phd, Forest and Natural Resources Policy, 2004
• University of Arizona, Ms, Watershed Management, 1998
• New Mexico State University, Bsc, Soil Science, 1994