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Michael A. Battaglia, PhD

Michael A. Battaglia, PhD

Research Forester

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0000-0002-4260-5804

michael.battaglia@usda.gov

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Katarina J. Warnick, Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Katherine Nigro, Sarah J. Hart. 2026. The influence of provenance on climate response and drought resilience of lodgepole pine in the southern Rocky Mountains, U.S.
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, George A. Woolsey, Lauren E. Lad, Lance A. Asherin. 2026. Frequency versus individuals, clumps, and openings prescription marking: Comparison in ponderosa pine restoration treatments using uncrewed aerial systems
Sylvia Kantor, Michael A. Battaglia, Wade Tinkham, Kimberley T. Davis, Russell A. Parsons, James Menakis, Chad M. Hoffman, Justin Ziegler. 2026. Restore ponderosa forests - and reduce fire risk? Study shows the path forward
Linda M Nagel, Maria Janowiak, Peter W Clark, Courtney L Peterson, Maria R Vicini, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W D’Amato, Michael A. Battaglia, Chris Swanston. 2026. Ten years of adaptive silviculture for climate change: an applied, coproduced experimental framework
Katherine Nigro, Michael A. Battaglia. 2025. Long-term survival, growth, and reproduction responses of Engelmann spruce provenances to climate
Justin Paul Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Wade Tinkham, Russell A. Parsons, Michael A. Battaglia, James Menakis. 2025. Impact of thinning strategy, surface fuel loading and burning conditions on fuel treatment efficacy in ponderosa pine dominated forests of the southern Rocky Mountains
Jack L. Butler, Stefanie D. Wacker, Jacqueline P. Ott, Scott Baggett, Michael A. Battaglia. 2025. Exotic plant responses to large-scale commercial logging in ponderosa pine forests of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, USA
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Lance A. Asherin. 2024. Assessment of crown base recession in uneven-aged ponderosa pine forest of Colorado and Arizona
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Chad M. Hoffman. 2024. Evaluating long-term seedling growth across densities using Nelder plots and FVS in the Black Hills
John D. Shaw, Michael A. Battaglia, Mark Castle. 2024. Sixth Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2023 March 7-9; Fort Collins, CO
Nehalem C. Clark, Signe Leirfallom, Hannah Farrell, Michael A. Battaglia, Brandon M. Collins, Justin S. Crotteau, Kimberley T. Davis, Paula J. Fornwalt, Paul F. Hessburg, Sharon M. Hood, Eric E. Knapp, W. Keith Moser, Jose Negron. 2024. What do we know about forest treatments and fire? Photos and long-term studies help us understand
Alex Jonko, Julia Oliveto, Teresa Beaty, Adam Atchley, Michael A. Battaglia, Matthew B. Dickinson, Michael R. Gallagher, Ash Gilbert, Daniel Godwin, John A. Kupfer, J. Kevin Hiers, Chad Hoffman, Malcolm P. North, Joseph Restaino, Carolyn H. Sieg, Nicholas Skowronski. 2024. How will future climate change impact prescribed fire across the contiguous United States?
Laura Hanna, Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Jody C. Vogeler, Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman. 2024. Characterizing heterogeneous forest structure in ponderosa pine forests via UAS‑derived structure from motion
Terrie B. Jain, Sharon M. Hood, Shawn McKinney, Jeffrey E. Ott, Alexandra K. Urza, Morgan Varner, Ilana Abrahamson, Nathaniel Anderson, Michael A. Battaglia, Jeanne C. Chambers, Brice Hanberry, Francis F. Kilkenny, Joseph O’Brien. 2023. Can fuel treatments change how a wildfire burns across a landscape?
Hannah Farrell, Wade Tinkham, Andrew T. Hudak, Michael A. Battaglia, Lauren Lad, Amanda West Forma, Nic Kotlinskl, Ethan Bucholz. 2023. Eyes in the sky: Using drones for forest monitoring
Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, William E. Mell, Rodman Linn. 2023. Vertical and horizontal crown fuel continuity influences group-scale ignition and fuel consumption
Anthony G. Vorster, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Nicholas Young, Brian Woodward, Christopher Tsz Hin Choi, Marin E. Chambers, Antony S. Cheng, Michael Caggiano, Courtney Schultz, Matthew P. Thompson, Michelle Greiner, Greg Aplet, Robert N. Addington, Michael A. Battaglia, Daniel Bowker, Ethan Bucholz, Brian Buma, Paul Evangelista, David Huffman, Stephanie Mueller, Charles C. Rhoades, William H. Romme, Andrew J. Sanchez Meador, Wade Tinkham, Matt Tuten, Amanda West (Fordham). 2023. Metrics and considerations for evaluating how forest treatments alter wildfire behavior and effects
Andrea Watts, Nathaniel Anderson, Michael A. Battaglia, Elizabeth (Beth) Dodson, John Goodburn, McKenna Hedgepeth, Ching-Hyun Huang, Graham Worley-Hood, Mary-Ellen Reyna, Lucas Townsend. 2023. Keeping eyes on the prize: Laying the groundwork for sustainable biomass utilization in the Southwest
Jenna E. Morris, Michele S. Buonanduci, Michelle C. Agne, Michael A. Battaglia, Daniel C. Donato, Brian J. Harvey. 2023. Fuel profiles and biomass carbon following bark beetle outbreaks: Insights for disturbance Interactions from a historical silvicultural experiment
Michael A. Battaglia, Katherine Nigro. 2022. Wildfire: Helping aspen get one step ahead of a warming climate
Wade Tinkham, Neal C. Swayze, Chad M. Hoffman, Lauren E. Lad, Michael A. Battaglia. 2022. Modeling the missing DBHs: Influence of model form on UAV DBH Characterization
Michele S. Buonanduci, Jenna E. Morris, Michelle C. Agne, Michael A. Battaglia, Brian J. Harvey. 2022. Fine‑scale spatial heterogeneity shapes compensatory responses of a subalpine forest to severe bark beetle outbreak
Jenna E. Morris, Michele S. Buonanduci, Michelle C. Agne, Michael A. Battaglia, Brian J. Harvey. 2022. Does the legacy of historical thinning treatments foster resilience to bark beetle outbreaks in subalpine forests?
Thomas S. Davis, Arjan J. H. Meddens, Camille S. Stevens‐Rumann, Vincent S. Jansen, Jason S. Sibold, Michael A. Battaglia. 2022. Monitoring resistance and resilience using carbon trajectories: Analysis of forest management-disturbance interactions
Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, Terrie B. Jain. 2022. Restoration and fuel hazard reduction result in equivalent reductions in crown fire behavior in dry conifer forests
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, C. M. Hoffman. 2022. Evaluating long-term ponderosa pine seedling growth across densities using Nelder plots and FVS in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Katherine Nigro, Monique E. Rocca, Michael A. Battaglia, Jonathan D. Coop, Miranda D. Redmond. 2022. Wildfire catalyzes upward range expansion of trembling aspen in southern Rocky Mountain beetle-killed forests
Terrie B. Jain, Ilana Abrahamson, Nathaniel Anderson, Sharon M. Hood, Brice Hanberry, Francis F. Kilkenny, Shawn McKinney, Jeffrey E. Ott, Alexandra K. Urza, Jeanne C. Chambers, Michael A. Battaglia, J. Morgan Varner, Joseph J. O'Brien. 2021. Effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale: State of understanding and key research gaps
Josh McDaniel, Paula J. Fornwalt, Jose Iniguez, Michael A. Battaglia, Carolyn H. Sieg, Jeff Underhill, Lloyd "Randy". Fuller. 2021. Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire?
Sharon M. Hood, Brian J. Harvey, Paula J. Fornwalt, Cameron E. Naficy, Winslow D. Hansen, Kimberley T. Davis, Michael A. Battaglia, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Vicki A. Saab. 2021. Fire ecology of Rocky Mountain forests [Chapter 8]
R. K. Hagmann, Paul F. Hessburg, S. J. Prichard, Nicholas Povak, P. M. Brown, P. Z. Fulé, Robert E. Keane, Eric E. Knapp, J. M. Lydersen, K. L. Metlen, Matthew Reilly, A. J. Sánchez Meador, S. L. Stephens, Jens Stevens, A. H. Taylor, L. L. Yocom, Michael A. Battaglia, D. J. Churchill, L. D. Daniels, D. A. Falk, P. Henson, J. D. Johnston, M. A. Krawchuk, C. R. Levine, G. W. Meigs, A. G. Merschel, Malcolm P. North, Hugh Safford, T. W. Swetnam, A. E. M. Waltz. 2021. Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests
Scott L. Stephens, Michael A. Battaglia, Derek J. Churchill, Brandon M. Collins, Michelle Coppoletta, Chad M. Hoffman, Jamie Lydersen, Malcolm P. North, Russell A. Parsons, Scott Ritter, Jens Stevens. 2021. Forest restoration and fuels reduction: Convergent or divergent?
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Chad M. Hoffman. 2021. Evaluating long-term seedling growth across densities using Nelder plots and the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Russell T. Graham, Michael A. Battaglia, Terrie B. Jain. 2021. A scenario-based assessment to inform sustainable ponderosa pine timber harvest on the Black Hills National Forest
Brian J. Harvey, Robert A. Andrus, Michael A. Battaglia, Jose Negron, Alexandra Orrego, Thomas T. Veblen. 2021. Droughty times in mesic places: Factors associated with forest mortality vary by scale in a temperate subalpine region
Kelly E. Gleason, John B. Bradford, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia. 2021. Forest density intensifies the importance of snowpack to growth in water‐limited pine forests
Michael A. Battaglia, Tony Cheng. 2020. Looking into the past: How reconstructing historical forest conditions can help future restoration efforts
Brett Wolk, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Michael A. Battaglia, Chris Wennogle, Chuck Dennis, Jonas Feinstein, Kristin Garrison, Gloria Edwards. 2020. Mulching: A knowledge summary and guidelines for best practices on Colorado’s Front Range
Thomas Dean, Anthony D’Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia, Connie Harrington. 2020. A Direct Measure of Stand Density Based on Stand Growth
Kyle C. Rodman, Thomas T. Veblen, Michael A. Battaglia, Marin E. Chambers, Paula J. Fornwalt, Zachary A. Holden, Thomas E. Kolb, Jessica R. Ouzts, Monica T. Rother. 2020. A changing climate is snuffing out post-fire recovery in montane forests
Caitlin M. Andrews, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian Palik, Michael A. Battaglia, John B. Bradford. 2020. Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi-arid forests
Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, William E. Mell. 2020. Fine-scale fire patterns mediate forest structure in frequent-fire ecosystems
Suzanne M. Owen, Carolyn H. Sieg, Peter Z. Fule, Catherine A. Gehring, L. Baggett, Jose Iniguez, Paula J. Fornwalt, Michael A. Battaglia. 2020. Persistent effects of fire severity on ponderosa pine regeneration niches and seedling growth
C. Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Michelle C. Agne, Robert A. Andrus, Matthew P. Ayres, Bruce D. Ayres, Jonathan D. Bakker, Michael A. Battaglia, Barbara J. Bentz, Carolyn R. Breece, James Brown, Daniel R. Cluck, Tom Coleman, R. Gregory Corace, W. Wallace Covington, Douglas S. Cram, James Cronan, Joseph E. Crouse, Adrian J. Das, Ryan S. Davis, Darci M. Dickinson, Stephen A. Fitzgerald, Peter Z. Fulé, Lisa M. Ganio, Lindsay M. Grayson, Charles B. Halpern, Jim L. Hanula, Brian J. Harvey, J. Kevin Hiers, David W. Huffman, MaryBeth Keifer, Tara L. Keyser, Leda N. Kobziar, Thomas E. Kolb, Crystal A. Kolden, Karen E. Kopper, Jason R. Kreitler, Jesse K. Kreye, Andrew M. Latimer, Andrew Lerch, Maria J. Lombardero, Virginia McDaniel, Charles W. McHugh, Joel D. McMillin, Jason J. Moghaddas, Joseph J. O’Brien, Daniel D. B. Perrakis, David W. Peterson, Susan J. Prichard, Robert Progar, Kenneth F. Raffa, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joseph Restaino, John P. Roccaforte, Brendan M. Rogers, Kevin C. Ryan, Hugh D. Safford, Alyson E. Santoro, Timothy M. Shearman, Alice M. Shumate, Carolyn H. Sieg, Sheri L. Smith, Rebecca J. Smith, Nathan L. Stephenson, Mary Stuever, Jens Stevens, Michael T. Stoddard, Walter G. Thies, Nicole M. Vaillant, Shelby A. Weiss, Douglas J. Westlind, Travis J. Woolley, Micah C. Wright. 2020. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
Courtney L. Peterson, Linda M. Nagel, Jim M. Guldin, Chris Swanston, Maria Janowiak, Michael A. Battaglia, Seth W. Bigelow, Leslie Brandt, Anthony W. D’Amato, Christopher Looney, Kevin Evans, Steve B. Jack, Terrie B. Jain, Melissa M. Jenkins, Elaine K. Sutherland, Mary Hammes, Brian J. J. Palik, Matt C. Tuten, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2020. Adaptive silviculture for climate change network: learning from land manager-research partnerships
Jeffery B. Cannon, Wade Tinkham, Ryan K. DeAngelis, Edward M. Hill, Michael A. Battaglia. 2019. Variability in mixed conifer spatial structure changes understory light environments
Russell T. Graham, Lance A. Asherin, Terrie B. Jain, Scott Baggett, Michael A. Battaglia. 2019. Differing ponderosa pine forest structures, their growth and yield, and mountain pine beetle impacts: Growing stock levels in the Black Hills
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
Justin P. Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, William E. Mell. 2019. Stem-maps of forest restoration cuttings in Pinus ponderosa-dominated forests in the interior West, USA
Yvette L. Dickinson, Michael A. Battaglia, Lance A. Asherin. 2019. Evaluation of the FVS-CR diameter growth model in structurally heterogeneous ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson) stands in the Southern Rockies, and potential modifications
Peter M. Brown, Benjamin Gannon, Michael A. Battaglia, Paula J. Fornwalt, Laurie Huckaby, Antony S. Cheng, Scott Baggett. 2019. Identifying old trees to inform ecological restoration in montane forests of the central Rocky Mountains, USA
Lucas R. Mattson, Jonathan D. Coop, Michael A. Battaglia, Antony S. Cheng, Jason S. Sibold, Sara Viner. 2019. Post-spruce beetle timber salvage drives short-term surface fuel increases and understory vegetation shifts
Daniel C. C. Dey, Benjamin O. Knapp, Michael A. Battaglia, Robert Deal, Justin L. Hart, Kevin L. O'Hara, Callie Schweitzer, Thomas M. Schuler. 2019. Barriers to natural regeneration in temperate forests across the USA
Sparkle L. Malone, Paula J. Fornwalt, Michael A. Battaglia, Marin E. Chambers, Jose Iniguez, Carolyn H. Sieg. 2018. Mixed-severity fire fosters heterogeneous spatial patterns of conifer regeneration in a dry conifer forest
Michael A. Battaglia, Tony Cheng. 2018. Construyendo resiliencia en los bosques de la Cordillera frontal de Colorado para el futuro
Michael A. Battaglia, Tony Cheng. 2018. Building resilience in Colorado Front Range forests for the future
Chad M. Hoffman, Brandon M. Collins, Michael A. Battaglia. 2018. Wildland fuel treatments
Brian Cooke, Michael A. Battaglia, Kathleen A. Dwire, Daniel J. Isaak, Linda A. Joyce, David Merritt, Jill Oropeza, Claudia Regan, Lindsay Reynolds, Janine Rice, Trey Schillie. 2018. Warming and warnings: Assessing climate change vulnerability in the Rocky Mountain Region
Jeffery B. Cannon, Kevin J. Barrett, Benjamin M. Gannon, Robert N. Addington, Michael A. Battaglia, Paula J. Fornwalt, Gregory H. Aplet, Antony S. Cheng, Jeffrey L. Underhill, Jennifer S. Briggs, Peter M. Brown. 2018. Collaborative restoration effects on forest structure in ponderosa pine-dominated forests of Colorado
Michael A. Battaglia, Benjamin Gannon, Peter M. Brown, Paula J. Fornwalt, Antony S. Cheng, Laurie Huckaby. 2018. Changes in forest structure since 1860 in ponderosa pine dominated forests in the Colorado and Wyoming Front Range, USA
Seth Bigelow, Michael C. Stambaugh, Joseph J. O'Brien, Andrew J. Larson, Michael A. Battaglia. 2018. Longleaf pine restoration in context comparisons of frequent fire forests
Sue Miller, Rob Addington, Greg Aplet, Michael A. Battaglia, Tony Cheng, Jonas Feinstein, Jeff Underhill. 2018. Back to the Future: Building resilience in Colorado Front Range forests using research findings and a new guide for restoration of ponderosa and dry-mixed conifer landscapes
Robert N. Addington, Gregory H. Aplet, Michael A. Battaglia, Jennifer S. Briggs, Peter M. Brown, Antony S. Cheng, Yvette Dickinson, Jonas A. Feinstein, Kristen A. Pelz, Claudia M. Regan, Jim Thinnes, Rick Truex, Paula J. Fornwalt, Benjamin Gannon, Chad W. Julian, Jeffrey L. Underhill, Brett Wolk. 2018. Principles and practices for the restoration of ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forests of the Colorado Front Range
Justin P. Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Paula J. Fornwalt, Carolyn H. Sieg, Michael A. Battaglia, Marin E. Chambers, Jose Iniguez. 2017. Tree regeneration spatial patterns in ponderosa pine forests following stand-replacing fire: Influence of topography and neighbors
Suzanne M. Owen, Carolyn H. Sieg, Andrew J. Sanchez Meador, Peter Z. Fule, Jose Iniguez, Scott Baggett, Paula J. Fornwalt, Michael A. Battaglia. 2017. Spatial patterns of ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches
Wade Tinkham, Yvette Dickinson, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, Seth Ex, Jeffrey Underhill. 2017. Visualization of heterogeneous forest structures following treatment in the southern Rocky Mountains
Alessandra Bottero, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford, Shawn Fraver, Michael A. Battaglia, Lance A. Asherin. 2017. Density-dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought
Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Louis Iverson, Kelly E. Gleason, John B. Bradford, Alessandra Bottero, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia. 2017. Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients
Linda M. Nagel, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia, Anthony W. D'Amato, Jim M. Guldin, Chris Swanston, Maria Janowiak, Matthew Powers, Linda A. Joyce, Connie I. Millar, David L. Peterson, Lisa M. Ganio, Chad Kirschbaum, Molly R. Roske. 2017. Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: A National Experiment in Manager-Scientist Partnerships to Apply an Adaptation Framework
Paula J. Fornwalt, Monique E. Rocca, Michael A. Battaglia, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael G. Ryan. 2017. Mulching fuels treatments promote understory plant communities in three Colorado, USA, coniferous forest types
Justin Paul Ziegler, Chad Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, William E. Mell. 2017. Spatially explicit measurements of forest structure and fire behavior following restoration treatments in dry forests
Marin E. Chambers, Paula J. Fornwalt, Sparkle L. Malone, Michael A. Battaglia. 2016. Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa pine - dominated forests of the Colorado Front Range
Russell T. Graham, Lance A. Asherin, Michael A. Battaglia, Terrie B. Jain, Stephen A. Mata. 2016. Mountain pine beetles: A century of knowledge, control attempts, and impacts central to the Black Hills
Wade Tinkham, Chad M. Hoffman, Seth A. Ex, Michael A. Battaglia, Jarred D. Saralecos. 2016. Ponderosa pine forest restoration treatment longevity: Implications of regeneration on fire hazard
Arne Buechling, Patrick H. Martin, Charles D. Canham, Wayne D. Shepperd, Michael A. Battaglia. 2016. Climate drivers of seed production in Picea engelmannii and response to warming temperatures in the southern Rocky Mountains
Chadwick P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Michael A. Battaglia, Todd R. Mills, Lance A. Asherin. 2016. Influence of mountain pine beetle epidemic on winter habitat conditions for Merriam's turkeys: Management implications for current and future condition
Kristen A. Pelz, Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Michael A. Battaglia, F. W. Smith. 2015. Species composition influences management outcomes following mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine-dominated forests
Peter M. Brown, Michael A. Battaglia, Paula J. Fornwalt, Benjamin Gannon, Laurie Huckaby, Chad Julian, Antony S. Cheng. 2015. Historical (1860) forest structure in ponderosa pine forests of the northern Front Range, Colorado
Daniel S. Falster, Remko A. Duursma, Masae I. Ishihara, Diego R. Barneche, Richard G. FitzJohn, Angelica Varhammar, Masahiro Aiba, Makoto Ando, Niels Anten, Michael J. Aspinwall, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Christopher Baraloto, Michael A. Battaglia, John J. Battles, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Michiel van Breugel, Yves Claveau, Masako Dannoura, Sylvain Delagrange, Jean-Christophe Domec, Farrah Fatemi, Wang Feng, Veronica Gargaglione, Yoshiaki Goto, Akio Hagihara, Jefferson S. Hall, Steve Hamilton, Degi Harja, Tsutom Hiura, Robert Holdaway, Lindsay S. Hutley, Tomoaki Ichie, Eric J. Jokela, Anu Kantola, Jeff Kelly, Tanaka Kenzo, David King, Brian D. Kloeppel, Takashi Kohyama, Akira Komiyama, Jean-Paul Laclau, Christopher H. Lusk, Douglas A. Maguire, Guerric Le Maire, Ammikki Makela, Lars Markesteijn, John Marshall, Katherine McCulloh, Itsuo Miyata, Karel Mokany, Shugeta Mori, Randall W. Myster, Masahiro Nagano, Shawna L. Naidu, Yann Nouvellon, Anthony P. O'Grady, Kevin L. O'Hara, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Noriyuki Osada, Olusegun O. Osunkoya, Pablo Luis Peri, Any Mary Petritan, Lourens Poorter, Angelika Portsmuth, Catherine Potvin, Johannes Ransijn, Douglas Reid, Sabina C. Ribeiro, Scott D. Roberts, Rolando Rodriguez, Angela Saldana-Acosta, Ignacio Santa-Regina, Kaichiro Sasa, N. Galia Selaya, Stephen C. Sillett, Frank Sterck, Kentaro Takagi, Takeshi Tange, Hiroyuki Tanouchi, David Tissue, Toru Umehara, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Fernando Valladares, Petteri Vanninen, Jian R. Wang, Elizabeth Wenk, Richard Williams, Fabiano de Aquino Ximenes, Atsushi Yamaba, Toshihiro Yamada, Takuo Yamakura, Ruth D. Yanai, Robert A. York. 2015. BAAD: a biomass and allometry database for woody plants
Yvette L. Dickinson, Rob Addington, Greg Aplet, Mike Babler, Michael A. Battaglia, Peter Brown, Tony Cheng, Casey Cooley, Dick Edwards, Jonas Feinstein, Paula J. Fornwalt, Hal Gibbs, Megan S. Matonis, Kristen A. Pelz, Claudia Regan. 2014. Desirable forest structures for a restored Front Range
Peter Z. Fule, Thomas W. Swetnam, Peter M. Brown, Donald A. Falk, David L. Peterson, Craig D. Allen, Gregory H. Aplet, Michael A. Battaglia, Dan Binkley, Calvin Farris, Robert E. Keane, Ellis Q. Margolis, Henri Grissino-Mayer, Carol L. Miller, Carolyn H. Sieg, Carl N. Skinner, Scott L. Stephens, Alan Taylor. 2014. Unsupported inferences of high-severity fire in historical dry forests of the western United States: Response to Williams and Baker
Sue Miller, Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. Revisiting disturbance: A new guide for keeping dry mixed conifer forests healthy through fuel management
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Russell T. Graham. 2014. Northern Rocky Mountain experimental forests: Settings for science, management, and education alliances
Rob Hubbard, Michael A. Battaglia, Charles C. Rhoades, Jim Thinnes, Tom Martin, Jeff Underhill, Mark Westfahl. 2014. Forests in transition: Post-epidemic vegetation conditions [Chapter 4]
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Monitoring
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Inventory and model-based economic analysis of mechanical fuel treatments
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Mechanical, chemical, and biological fuel treatment methods
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Prescribed fire
Karl Malcolm, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael A. Battaglia, Paula J. Fornwalt, Robert M. Hubbard, Kelly J. Elder, Byron Collins. 2012. From death comes life: Recovery and revolution in the wake of epidemic outbreaks of mountain pine beetle
Bryon J. Collins, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael A. Battaglia, Robert M. Hubbard. 2012. Effects of salvage logging on fire risks after bark beetle outbreaks in Colorado lodgepole pine forests
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2012. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States
B. J. Collins, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael A. Battaglia, Robert M. Hubbard. 2012. The effects of bark beetle outbreaks on forest development, fuel loads and potential fire behavior in salvage logged and untreated lodgepole pine forests
Charles C. Rhoades, Michael A. Battaglia, M. E. Rocca, Michael G. Ryan. 2012. Short- and medium-term effects of fuel reduction mulch treatments on soil nitrogen availability in Colorado conifer forests
Jennifer G. Klutsch, Michael A. Battaglia, Daniel R. West, Sheryl L. Costello, Jose Negron. 2011. Evaluating potential fire behavior in lodgepole pine-dominated forests after a mountain pine beetle epidemic in north-central Colorado
Byron J. Collins, Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Michael A. Battaglia. 2011. Tree regeneration and future stand development after bark beetle infestation and harvesting in Colorado lodgepole pine stands
Michael A. Battaglia, Monique E. Rocca, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael G. Ryan. 2010. Surface fuel loadings within mulching treatments in Colorado coniferous forests
Michael A. Battaglia, Kellen Nelson, Dan Kashian, Michael G. Ryan. 2010. Forest biomass and tree planting for fossil fuel offsets in the Colorado Front Range
Terry L. Sharik, William Adair, Fred A. Baker, Michael A. Battaglia, Emily J. Comfort, Anthony W. D'Amato, Craig Delong, R. Justin DeRose, Mark J. Ducey, Mark Harmon, Louise Levy, Jesse A. Logan, Joseph J. O'Brien, Brian J. J. Palik, Scott D. Roberts, Paul C. Rogers, Douglas J. Shinneman, Thomas Spies, Sarah L. Taylor, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Andrew Youngblood. 2010. Emerging themes in the ecology and management of North American forests
Joseph Seidenberg, Judy Springer, Tessa Nicolet, Michael A. Battaglia, Christina Vothja. 2009. Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI) Biophysical Monitoring Workshop Report
Michael A. Battaglia, Frederick W. Smith, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2009. Predicting mortality of ponderosa pine regeneration after prescribed fire in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Michael A. Battaglia, Frederick W. Smith, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2008. Can prescribed fire be used to maintain fuel treatment effectiveness over time in Black Hills ponderosa pine forests?
Ann L. Lezberg, Michael A. Battaglia, Wayne D. Shepperd, Anna W. Schoettle. 2008. Decades-old silvicultural treatments influence surface wildfire severity and post-fire nitrogen availability in a ponderosa pine forest
Michael A. Battaglia, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2007. Ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, and spruce-fir forests [Chapter 2]
Stephen D. Pecot, Stephen B. Horsley, Michael A. Battaglia, Robert J. Mitchell. 2005. The influence of canopy, sky condition, and solar angle on light quality in a longleaf pine woodland
Michael A. Battaglia, Jonathan M. Dodson, Wayne D. Shepperd, Mark J. Platten, Owen M. Tallmadge. 2005. Colorado Front Range fuel photo series
Michael A. Battaglia, Robert J. Mitchell, Paul P. Mou, Stephen D. Pecot. 2003. Light transmittance estimates in a longleaf pine woodland
Wayne D. Shepperd, Michael A. Battaglia. 2002. Ecology, silviculture, and management of Black Hills ponderosa pine
Michael A. Battaglia, Pu Mou, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert J. Mitchell. 2002. The effect of spatially variable overstory on the understory light environment of an open-canopied longleaf pine forest

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University of South Carolina, B.S., Biology, 1995
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, M.S., Forestry, 2000
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Ph.D., Forest Science; Silviculture/Fire, 2007

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