Paulette L. Ford, PhD
Former Employee
Research Ecologist
Treesearch Publications
- Katelyn P. Driscoll, Laurel F. Martinez, Jared Lucian, Paulette L. Ford. 2026. Carbon storage in Southwestern riparian ecosystems: Impacts of climate change, human modifications, and restoration strategies for climate mitigation
- Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves, Carol Baldwin. 2021. Shortgrass steppe in the southern Great Plains: Prescribed fire, drought, production, and grazing
- Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves. 2020. Asking "what-if" questions: New ST-Sim tool helps managers forecast future rangeland conditions
- Deborah M. Finch, Carolyn Baldwin, David P. Brown, Katelyn P. Driscoll, Erica Fleishman, Paulette L. Ford, Brice Hanberry, Amy J. Symstad, Bill Van Pelt, Richard Zabel. 2019. Management opportunities and research priorities for Great Plains grasslands
- Paulette L. Ford, Matthew C. Reeves, Leonardo Frid. 2019. A tool for projecting rangeland vegetation response to management and climate
- Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves. 2018. The Rangeland Vegetation Simulator: A decision support tool for monitoring and projecting grassland conditions
- William M. Block, L. Mike Conner, Paul A. Brewer, Paulette L. Ford, Jonathan Haufler, Andrea Litt, Ronald E. Masters, Laura R. Mitchell, Jane Park. 2016. Effects of prescribed fire on wildlife and wildlife habitat in selected ecosystems of North America
- Matt C. Reeves, Paulette L. Ford, Leonardo Frid, David Augustine, Justin Derner. 2016. A prototype application of state and transition simulation modeling in support of grassland management
- Deborah M. Finch, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Matt C. Reeves, Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Jack L. Butler, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jeremy R. Pinto, Paulette L. Ford, Justin B. Runyon, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2016. Rangeland drought: Effects, restoration, and adaptation [Chap. 8]
- Jean L. Steiner, Jeanne M. Schneider, Clay Pope, Sarah Pope, Paulette L. Ford, Rachel F. Steele, Terry Anderson. 2015. Southern Plains assessment of vulnerability and preliminary adaptation and mitigation strategies for farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners
- Paulette L. Ford, Charles Jackson, Matthew Reeves, Benjamin Bird, David Turner. 2015. Landscape-scale patterns of fire and drought on the high plains, USA
- M. D. Petrie, S. L. Collins, A. M. Swann, Paulette L. Ford, M. E. Litvak. 2015. Grassland to shrubland state transitions enhance carbon sequestration in the northern Chihuahuan Desert
- Laura M. Ladwig, Scott L. Collins, Paulette L. Ford, Laura B. White. 2014. Chihuahuan Desert grassland responds similarly to fall, spring, and summer fires during prolonged drought
- Robert J. Delph, Michael J. Clifford, Neil S. Cobb, Paulette L. Ford, Sandra L. Brantley. 2014. Pinyon pine mortality alters communities of ground-dwelling arthropods
- Michell L. Thomey, Paulette L. Ford, Matthew C. Reeves, Deborah M. Finch, Marcy E. Litvak, Scott L. Collins. 2014. Climate change impacts on future carbon stores and management of warm deserts of the United States
- Michell L. Thomey, Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves, Deborah M. Finch, Marcy E. Litvak, Scott L. Collins. 2014. Review of climate change impacts on future carbon stores and management of warm deserts of the United States
- Felicia D. Archuleta, Paulette L. Ford. 2013. Prescribed fire: A proposed management tool to facilitate black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony expansion
- Michael J. Clifford, Patrick D. Royer, Neil S. Cobb, David D. Breshears, Paulette L. Ford. 2013. Precipitation thresholds and drought-induced tree die-off: Insights from patterns of Pinus edulis mortality along an environmental stress gradient
- Paulette L. Ford, Jeanne C. Chambers, Sharon J. Coe, Burton K. Pendleton. 2012. Disturbance and Climate Change in the Interior West (Chapter 6)
- Paulette L. Ford, Sandra L. Brantley. 2012. Climate change and arthropods: Pollinators, herbivores, and others (Chapter 3)
- Paulette L. Ford, Laura Calabrese, Scott Collins, Don Kearney. 2011. Experimental fire in two different grassland ecosystems in the Southwestern United States
- Megan M. Friggens, Paulette L. Ford, R. R. Parmenter, M. Boyden, K. Gage. 2011. Assessing plague risk and presence through surveys of small mammal flea communities
- Paulette L. Ford. 2011. Site characteristics of intact shortgrass steppe in the southern Great Plains USA
- Megan M. Friggens, Robert R. Parmenter, Michael Boyden, Paulette L. Ford, Kenneth Gage, Paul Keim. 2010. Flea abundance, diversity, and plague in Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) and their burrows in montane grasslands in northern New Mexico
- Donald L. Hazlett, Michael H. Schiebout, Paulette L. Ford. 2009. Vascular plants and a brief history of the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands
- M. Lisa Floyd, Michael Clifford, Neil S. Cob, Dustin Hanna, Robert Delph, Paulette L. Ford, David Turner. 2009. Relationship of stand characteristics to drought-induced mortality in three Southwestern pinyon-juniper woodlands
- Jack D. Alexander III, Jean Findley, Brenda K. Kury, Jan L. Beyers, Douglas S. Cram, Terrell T. Baker, Jon C. Boren, Carl Edminster, Sue A. Ferguson, Steven McKay, David E. Nagel, Trent Piepho, Miriam Rorig, Casey Anderson, Jeanne Hoadley, Paulette L. Ford, Mark C. Andersen, Ed L. Fredrickson, Joe Truett, Gary W. Roemer, Brenda K. Kury, Jennifer Vollmer, Christine L. May, Danny C. Lee, James Menakis, Robert E. Keane, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Carol L. Miller, Brett H. Davis, Katharine Gray, Ken Mix, William P. Kuvlesky Jr., D. Lynn Drawe, Marcia G. Narog, Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton S. Wright, Timothy Paysen, Burton K. Pendleton, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Carleton S. White, John Rogan, Doug Stow, Janet Franklin, Carol L. Miller, Lisa Levien, Chris Fischer, Emma Underwood, Robert Klinger, Peggy Moore, Clinton Wright. 2008. Poster Session- Extended Abstracts
- Paulette L. Ford, Mark C. Andersen, Ed L. Fredrickson, Joe Truett, Gary W. Roemer. 2008. Effects of fire and mowing on expansion of reestablished black-tailed prairie dog colonies in Chihuahuan Desert grassland
- Paulette L. Ford, Carleton S. White. 2008. Effects of dormant-season fire at three different fire frequencies in shortgrass steppe of the southern Great Plains
- Michael J. Clifford, Monique E. Rocca, Robert Delph, Paulette L. Ford, Neil S. Cobb. 2008. Drought induced tree mortality and ensuing bark beetle outbreaks in southwestern pinyon-juniper woodlands
- Gerald J. Gottfried, John D. Shaw, Paulette L. Ford. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops
- Aaron N. Facka, Paulette L. Ford, Gary W. Roemer. 2008. A novel approach for assessing density and range-wide abundance of prairie dogs
- Jason Northcott, Mark C. Andersen, Gary W. Roemer, Ed L. Fredrickson, Michael DeMers, Joe Truett, Paulette L. Ford. 2008. Spatial analysis of effects of mowing and burning on colony expansion in reintroduced black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
- Paulette L. Ford. 2007. Shared community patterns following experimental fire in a semiarid grassland
- Paulette L. Ford, G. V. Johnson. 2006. Effects of dormant- vs. growing-season fire in shortgrass steppe: Biological soil crust and perennial grass responses
- Paulette L. Ford, Richard A. Fagerlund, Donald W. Duszynski, Paul J. Polechla. 2004. Fleas and lice of mammals in New Mexico
- Paulette L. Ford, Deborah U. Potter, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Wayne A. Robbie, Gerald J. Gottfried. 2004. Southwestern Grassland Ecology
- Deborah U. Potter, Paulette L. Ford. 2004. Grassland Sustainability
- Paulette L. Ford. 2003. Steppe plant response to seasonal fire
- Sandra L. Brantley, Paulette L. Ford, Richard A. Fagerlund, David C. Lightfoot. 2001. Surface-active arthropods of shortgrass prairie: New county and state records from New Mexico
- Richard A. Fagerlund, Paulette L. Ford, Paul J. Polechla. 2001. New records for fleas (Siphonaptera) from New Mexico with notes on plague-carrying species
- Paulette L. Ford. 2001. Biodiversity and fire in shortgrass steppe
- Paulette L. Ford, Deborah M. Finch. 1999. Amphibians and land use in the Chihuahuan Desert border region
- Paulette L. Ford, Guy R. McPherson. 1996. Ecology of fire in shortgrass prairie of the southern Great Plains
- University of Arizona, Ph.D., Renewable Natural Resources Studies (Major) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Minor), 2000
- University of New Mexico, M.S., Biology, 1992
- University of New Mexico, B.S., Biology, 1989
- University of New Mexico, B.S., Psychology, 1989
Last updated March 10, 2026