Robert E. Keane, PhD

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Emeritus Scientist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

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Leda N. Kobziar, J. Kevin Hiers, Claire M. Belcher, William J. Bond, Carolyn A. Enquist, E. Louise Loudermilk, Jessica R. Miesel, Joseph J. O'Brien, Juli G. Pausas, Sharon M. Hood, Robert E. Keane, Penelope Morgan, Melissa R. A. Pingree, Karin Riley, Hugh Safford, Francisco Seijo, J. Morgan Varner, Tamara Wall, Adam Watts. 2024. Principles of fire ecology
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]
Josh McDaniel, Anna W. Schoettle, Barbara J. Bentz, Sara A. Goeking, Robert E. Keane, Melissa Jenkins, Diana Tomback. 2023. Not on our watch: Scientists and managers rush to save high-elevation, five-needle pines
Diana F. Tomback, Robert E. Keane, Richard A. Sniezko. 2022. Why this special issue is focused on the high elevation five-needle white pines
Gavin M. Jones, Emily K. Vraga, Paul F. Hessburg, Matthew D. Hurteau, Craig D. Allen, Robert E. Keane, Thomas Spies, Malcolm P. North, Brandon M. Collins, Mark A. Finney, Jamie Lydersen, A. Leroy. Westerling. 2022. Counteracting wildfire misinformation
Robert E. Keane, Barbara J. Bentz, Lisa M. Holsinger, Vicki A. Saab, Rachel A. Loehman. 2022. Modeled interactions of mountain pine beetle and wildland fire under future climate and management scenarios for three western US landscapes
Diana F. Tomback, Robert E. Keane, Anna W. Schoettle, Richard A. Sniezko, Melissa B. Jenkins, Cara R. Nelson, Andrew D. Bower, Clay R. DeMastus, Emily Guiberson, Jodie Krakowski, Michael P. Murray, Elizabeth R. Pansing, Julee Shamhart. 2022. Tamm review: Current and recommended management practices for the restoration of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.), an imperiled high-elevation Western North American forest tree
Jessica W. Wright, Melissa B. Jenkins, Anna W. Schoettle, Karl A. Anderson, Joseph Fortier, Linh Hoang, Tony Incashola, Robert E. Keane, Jodie Krakowski, Dawn M. LaFleur, Sabine Mellmann-Brown, Elliott D. Meyer, ShiNaasha Pete, Katherine Renwick, Robert A. Sissons. 2022. Restoring a forest keystone species: A plan for the restoration of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) in the Crown of the Continent ecosystem
Robert E. Keane, Anna W. Schoettle, Diana F. Tomback. 2022. Effective actions for managing resilient high elevation five-needle white pine forests in western North America at multiple scales under changing climates
James Vose, Rachel A. Loehman, Michael C. Stambaugh, David L. Peterson, Christopher J. Fettig, Jessica Halofsky, J. Kevin. Hiers, Robert E. Keane. 2021. Fire and forests in the 21st Century: Managing resilience under changing climates and fire regimes in USA forests
Chris M. Stalling, Robert E. Keane. 2021. Simple, fast, and cheap: A new photoload sequence building technique for fuel load estimates
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
Susan J. Prichard, Paul F. Hessburg, R. Keala Hagmann, Nicholas Povak, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Matthew D. Hurteau, Van R. Kane, Robert E. Keane, Leda N. Kobziar, Crystal A. Kolden, Malcolm P. North, Sean A. Parks, Hugh D. Safford, Jens Stevens, Larissa L. Yocom, Derek J. Churchill, Robert W. Gray, David W. Huffman, Frank K. Lake, Pratima Khatri‐Chhetri. 2021. Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions
Andrew J. Hansen, Alyson East, Robert E. Keane, Matt Lavin, Kristin Legg, Zachary Holden, Chris Toney, Franklin Alongi. 2021. Is whitebark pine less sensitive to climate warming when climate tolerances of juveniles are considered?
Connie I. Millar, David L. R. Affleck, Colin T. Maher, Robert E. Keane, Anna Sala, Claudine Tobalske, Andrew J. Larson, Cara R. Nelson. 2021. Alpine treeline ecotones are potential refugia for a montane pine species threatened by bark beetle outbreaks
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
Robert E. Keane, Sharon M. Hood, Rachel A. Loehman, Lisa M. Holsinger, Philip Higuera, Donald A. Falk. 2020. Using landscape simulation modeling to develop an operational resilience metric
Melissa Jenkins, Tony Incashola, Dawn LaFleur, Linh Hoang, Katie Renwick, Anna W. Schoettle, Sabine Mellman-Brown, James Lozeau, Kelly Rose O’Bennick, Elliott Meyer, Karl Anderson, Rob Sissons, Robert E. Keane, Brad Jones. 2020. Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Whitebark Pine Restoration Strategy: 2019 Pilot - Project Summary
Luke T. Kelly, Katherine M. Giljohann, Andrea Duane, Núria Aquilué, Sally Archibald, Enric Batllori, Andrew F. Bennett, Stephen T. Buckland, Quim Canelles, Michael F. Clarke, Marie-Josée Fortin, Virgilio Hermoso, Sergi Herrando, Robert E. Keane, Frank K. Lake, Michael A. McCarthy, Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez, Catherine L. Parr, Juli G. Pausas, Trent D. Penman, Adrián Regos, Libby Rumpff, Julianna L. Santos, Annabel L. Smith, Alexandra D. Syphard, Morgan W. Tingley, Lluís Brotons. 2020. Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Chris M. Stalling, Robert E. Keane. 2020. Creating photographic loading sequences in the field for the photoload sampling technique
Franklin Alongi, Andrew J. Hansen, David Laufenberg, Robert E. Keane, Kristin Legg, Matt Lavin. 2020. Using genetics to distinguish limber from whitebark pine
Robert E. Keane, Andrew Bower, Sharon M. Hood. 2020. A burning paradox: Whitebark is easy to kill but also dependent on fire
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Rachel A. Loehman. 2020. Bioclimatic modeling of potential vegetation types as an alternative to species distribution models for projecting plant species shifts under changing climates
Rachel A. Loehman, Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger. 2020. Simulation modeling of complex climate, wildfire, and vegetation dynamics to address wicked problems in land management
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Helen Y. Smith, Pamela G. Sikkink. 2020. Drying rates of saturated masticated fuelbeds from Rocky Mountain mixed-conifer stands
Sarah Flanary, Robert E. Keane. 2020. Ponderosa pine mortality in the Bob Marshall Wilderness after successive fires over 14 years
Robert E. Keane, Sarah Flanary. 2019. Whitebark pine encroachment into lower elevation sagebrush grasslands in southwest Montana, USA (Mountain Views)
Sarah Flanary, Robert E. Keane. 2019. Whitebark pine encroachment into lower-elevation sagebrush grasslands in southwest Montana, USA
Robert E. Keane. 2019. Fire ecology
Robert E. Keane, Rachel A. Loehman. 2019. Historical range and variation (HRV)
Robert E. Keane. 2019. Natural fuels
Franklin Alongi, Andrew J. Hansen, David Laufenberg, Robert E. Keane, Kristin Legg, Matt Lavin. 2019. An economical approach to distinguish genetically needles of limber from whitebark pine
Robert E. Keane, Kathy Gray, Brett H. Davis, Lisa M. Holsinger, Rachel A. Loehman. 2019. Evaluating ecological resilience across wildfire suppression levels under climate and fuel treatment scenarios using landscape simulation modelling
Robert E. Keane, Rachel A. Loehman, Lisa M. Holsinger. 2019. Selecting a landscape model for natural resource management applications
Philip E. Higuera, Alexander L. Metcalf, Carol L. Miller, Brian Buma, David B. McWethy, Elizabeth C. Metcalf, Zak Ratajczak, Cara R. Nelson, Brian C. Chaffin, Richard C. Stedman, Sarah McCaffrey, Tania Schoennagel, Brian J. Harvey, Sharon M. Hood, Courtney A. Schultz, Anne E. Black, David Campbell, Julia H. Haggerty, Robert E. Keane, Meg A. Krawchuk, Judith C. Kulig, Rebekah Rafferty, Arika Virapongse. 2019. Integrating subjective and objective dimensions of resilience in fire-prone landscapes
Robert E. Keane. 2018. Predicting the future to save whitebark pine
Robert E. Keane. 2018. Managing wildfire for whitebark pine ecosystem restoration in western North America
Kathryn B. Ireland, Andrew J. Hansen, Robert E. Keane, Kristen Legg, Robert L. Gump. 2018. Putting climate adaptation on the map: Developing spatial management strategies for whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Robert E. Keane, Samuel A. Cushman. 2018. Best friends forever: The whitebark pine and Clark's nutcracker
Molly L. Retzlaff, Robert E. Keane, David L. Affleck, Sharon M. Hood. 2018. Growth response of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm) regeneration to thinning and prescribed burn treatments
Robert E. Keane, Rachel A. Loehman, Lisa M. Holsinger, Donald A. Falk, Philip Higuera, Sharon M. Hood, Paul F. Hessburg. 2018. Use of landscape simulation modeling to quantify resilience for ecological applications
Sharon M. Hood, Robert E. Keane, Helen Y. Smith, Joel Egan, Lisa M. Holsinger. 2018. Chapter 13 - Conventional fire behavior modeling systems are inadequate for predicting fire behavior in bark beetle-impacted forests (Project INT-EM-F-11-03)
Patrick N. Behrens, Robert E. Keane, David L. Peterson, Joanne J. Ho. 2018. Effects of climate change on forest vegetation [Chapter 6]
Mary Mahalovich, Barry L. Bollenbacher, Mary E. Manning, Rachel A. Loehman, Robert E. Keane, Terrie B. Jain, Lisa M. Holsinger, Andrew J. Larson, Meredith M. Webster. 2018. Effects of climate change on forest vegetation in the Northern Rockies Region [Chapter 6]
Rachel A. Loehman, Barbara J. Bentz, Gregg A. DeNitto, Robert E. Keane, Mary E. Manning, Jacob P. Duncan, Joel M. Egan, Marcus B. Jackson, Sandra Kegley, I. Blakey Lockman, Dean E. Pearson, James A. Powell, Steve Shelly, Brytten E. Steed, Paul J. Zambino. 2018. Effects of climate change on ecological disturbance in the Northern Rockies Region [Chapter 8]
Robert E. Keane, Pamela G. Sikkink, Terrie B. Jain. 2018. Physical and chemical characteristics of surface fuels in masticated mixed-conifer stands of the U.S. Rocky Mountains
Robert E. Keane, Mary Mahalovich, Barry L. Bollenbacher, Mary E. Manning, Rachel A. Loehman, Terrie B. Jain, Lisa M. Holsinger, Andrew J. Larson. 2018. Effects of climate change on forest vegetation in the northern Rockies [Chapter 5]
Michael S. Schaedel, Andrew J. Larson, Cullen J. Weisbrod, Robert E. Keane. 2017. Density-dependent woody detritus accumulation in an even-aged, single-species forest
Pamela G. Sikkink, Terrie B. Jain, James Reardon, Faith Heinsch, Robert E. Keane, Bret W. Butler, L. Scott Baggett. 2017. Effect of particle aging on chemical characteristics, smoldering, and fire behavior in mixed-conifer masticated fuel
Geoffrey J. Cary, Ian D. Davies, Ross A. Bradstock, Robert E. Keane, Mike D. Flannigan. 2017. Importance of fuel treatment for limiting moderate-to-high intensity fire: Findings from comparative fire modeling
Rachel A. Loehman, Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Zhiwei Wu. 2017. Interactions of landscape disturbances and climate change dictate ecological pattern and process: spatial modeling of wildfire, insect, and disease dynamics under future climates
Chris M. Stalling, Robert E. Keane, Molly Retzlaff. 2017. Surface fuel changes after severe disturbances in northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Mary Mahalovich, Diana F. Tomback. 2017. Evaluating future success of whitebark pine ecosystem restoration under climate change using simulation modeling
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Mary Mahalovich, Diana F. Tomback. 2017. Restoring whitebark pine ecosystems in the face of climate change
W. J. Bond, Robert E. Keane. 2017. Fires, ecological effects of
Robert E. Keane. 2017. Disturbance regimes and the historical range and variation in terrestrial ecosystems
Emma Vakili, Chad M. Hoffman, Robert E. Keane. 2016. Fine woody fuel particle diameters for improved planar intersect fuel loading estimates in Southern Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine forests
Emma Vakili, Chad M. Hoffman, Robert E. Keane, Wade Tinkham, Yvette Dickinson. 2016. Spatial variability of surface fuels in treated and untreated ponderosa pine forests of the southern Rocky Mountains
Kathy Gray, Robert E. Keane, Ryan Karpisz, Alyssa Pedersen, Rick Brown, Taylor Russell. 2016. Bayesian techniques for surface fuel loading estimation
Robert E. Keane. 2016. Spatiotemporal variability of wildland fuels in US Northern Rocky Mountain forests
Molly L. Retzlaff, Signe Leirfallom, Robert E. Keane. 2016. A 20-year reassessment of the health and status of whitebark pine forests in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana
Andrew Hansen, Kathryn Ireland, Kristin Legg, Robert E. Keane, Edward Barge, Martha Jenkins, Michiel Pillet. 2016. Complex challenges of maintaining whitebark pine in Greater Yellowstone under climate change: A call for innovative research, management, and policy approaches
Richard L. Hutto, Robert E. Keane, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Christopher T. Rota, Lisa A. Eby, Vicki A. Saab. 2016. Toward a more ecologically informed view of severe forest fires
Diana F. Tomback, Lynn M. Resler, Robert E. Keane, Elizabeth R. Pansing, Andrew J. Andrade, Aaron C. Wagner. 2016. Community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in treeline whitebark pine communities: Potential impacts from a non-native pathogen
Carol L. Miller, Thomas Spies, Malcolm P. North, Nicholas Povak, R. Travis Belote, Peter Singleton, William L. Gaines, Robert E. Keane, Gregory H. Aplet, Scott L. Stephens, Penelope Morgan, Pete Bisson, Ryan D. Haugo, Bruce E. Rieman, Brion Salter, Gordon Reeves, Paul F. Hessburg, Derek J. Churchill, Andrew J. Larson. 2015. Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: seven core principles
Signe Leirfallom, Robert E. Keane, Diana F. Tomback, Solomon Z. Dobrowski. 2015. The effects of seed source health on whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) regeneration density after wildfire
Gabriel I. Yospin, Samuel W. Wood, Andres Holz, David M. J. S. Bowman, Robert E. Keane, Cathy Whitlock. 2015. Modeling vegetation mosaics in sub-alpine Tasmania under various fire regimes
Geoffrey J. Cary, Robert E. Keane, Mike D. Flannigan, Ian D. Davies, Russell A. Parsons. 2015. What determines area burned in large landscapes? Insights from a decade of comparative landscape-fire modelling
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, W. Matt Jolly, Russell A. Parsons, Karin Riley. 2015. Proceedings of the large wildland fires conference; May 19-23, 2014; Missoula, MT
Robert E. Keane, Donald McKenzie, Donald A. Falk, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Carol L. Miller, Lara-Karena B. Kellogg. 2015. Representing climate, disturbance, and vegetation interactions in landscape models
Robert A. Riggs, Robert E. Keane, Norm Cimon, Rachel Cook, Lisa M. Holsinger, John Cook, Timothy DelCurto, Scott Baggett, Donald Justice, David Powell, Martin Vavra, Bridgett Naylor. 2015. Biomass and fire dynamics in a temperate forest-grassland mosaic: Integrating multi-species herbivory, climate, and fire with the FireBGCv2/GrazeBGC system
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
Penelope Morgan, Robert E. Keane, Greg Dillon, Terrie B. Jain, Andrew T. Hudak, Eva C. Karau, Pamela G. Sikkink, Zachery A. Holden, Eva K. Strand. 2014. Challenges of assessing fire and burn severity using field measures, remote sensing and modelling
Eva C. Karau, Pamela G. Sikkink, Robert E. Keane, Greg Dillon. 2014. Integrating satellite imagery with simulation modeling to improve burn severity mapping
Susan J. Prichard, Eva C. Karau, Roger D. Ottmar, Maureen C. Kennedy, James Cronan, Clinton Wright, Robert E. Keane. 2014. Evaluation of the CONSUME and FOFEM fuel consumption models in pine and mixed hardwood forests of the eastern United States
Scott L. Stephens, Neil Burrows, Alexander Buyantuyev, Robert W. Gray, Robert E. Keane, Rick Kubian, Shirong Liu, Francisco Seijo, Lifu Shu, Kevin G. Tolhurst, Jan W. van Wagtendonk. 2014. Temperate and boreal forest mega-fires: characteristics and challenges
Kathryn B. Ireland, Margaret M. Moore, Peter Z. Fule, Thomas J. Zegler, Robert E. Keane. 2014. Slow lifelong growth predisposes Populus tremuloides to tree mortality
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
Lisa M. Holsinger, Robert E. Keane, Daniel J. Isaak, Lisa Eby, Michael K. Young. 2014. Relative effects of climate change and wildfires on stream temperatures: A simulation modeling approach in a Rocky Mountain watershed
Beth Hahn, Vicki A. Saab, Barbara J. Bentz, Rachel A. Loehman, Robert E. Keane. 2014. Ecological consequences of the MPB epidemic for habitats and populations of wildlife [Chapter 5]
Donald McKenzie, Uma Shankar, Robert E. Keane, E. Natasha Stavros, Warren E. E. Heilman, Douglas G. Fox, Allen C. Riebau. 2014. Smoke consequences of new wildfire regimes driven by climate change
Sue Miller, Robert E. Keane, Penny Morgan, Pamela G. Sikkink, Eva C. Karau, Greg Dillon. 2013. Seeing red: New tools for mapping and understanding fire severity
Robert E. Keane, Kathy Gray. 2013. Comparing three sampling techniques for estimating fine woody down dead biomass
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
D. B. McWethy, P. E. Higuera, C. Whitlock, T. T. Veblen, D. M. J. S. Bowman, G. J. Cary, S. G. Haberle, Robert E. Keane, B. D. Maxwell, M. S. McGlone, G. L. W. Perry, J. M. Wilmshurst. 2013. A conceptual framework for predicting temperate ecosystem sensitivity to human impacts on fire regimes
Robert E. Keane, Geoffrey J. Cary, Mike D. Flannigan, Russell A. Parsons, Ian D. Davies, Karen J. King, Chao Li, Ross A. Bradstock, Malcolm Gill. 2013. Exploring the role of fire, succession, climate, and weather on landscape dynamics using comparative modeling
Robert E. Keane. 2013. Disturbance regimes and the historical range of variation in terrestrial ecosystems [Chapter 389]
Robert E. Keane. 2013. Describing wildland surface fuel loading for fire management: A review of approaches, methods and systems
Kathy Gray, Valentina Bacciu, Robert E. Keane. 2012. Spatial variability of wildland fuel characteristics in northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems
Robert E. Keane. 2012. Modeling historic variation and its application for understanding future variability (section 3)
Robert E. Keane. 2012. Creating historical range of variation (HRV) time series using landscape modeling: Overview and issues [Chapter 8]
Pamela G. Sikkink, Robert E. Keane. 2012. Predicting fire severity using surface fuels and moisture
Robert E. Keane, Kathy Gray, Valentina Bacciu, Signe Leirfallom. 2012. Spatial scaling of wildland fuels for six forest and rangeland ecosystems of the northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Robert E. Keane, D. F. Tomback, C. A. Aubry, A. D. Bower, E. M. Campbell, C. L. Cripps, M. B. Jenkins, M. F. Mahalovich, M. Manning, S. T. McKinney, M. P. Murray, D. L. Perkins, D. P. Reinhart, C. Ryan, Anna W. Schoettle, C. M. Smith. 2012. A range-wide restoration strategy for whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
Robert E. Keane, Matt Reeves. 2012. Use of expert knowledge to develop fuel maps for wildland fire management [chapter 11]
Shuguang Liu, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Rodrigo Vargas, Shuqing Zhao, Jing Chen, Steven L. Edburg, Yueming Hu, Jinxun Liu, A. David McGuire, Jingfeng Xiao, Robert E. Keane, Wenping Yuan, Jianwu Tang, Yiqi Luo, Christopher Potter, Jennifer Oeding. 2011. Simulating the impacts of disturbances on forest carbon cycling in North America: processes, data, models, and challenges
Rachel A. Loehman, Jason A. Clark, Robert E. Keane. 2011. Modeling effects of climate change and fire management on western white pine (Pinus monticola) in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Nancy H.F. French, William J. de Groot, Liza K. Jenkins, Brendan M. Rogers, Ernesto Alvarado, Brian Amiro, Bernardus De Jong, Scott Goetz, Elizabeth Hoy, Edward Hyer, Robert E. Keane, B.E. Law, Donald McKenzie, Steven G. McNulty, Roger D. Ottmar, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, James Randerson, Kevin M. Robertson, Merritt Turetsky. 2011. Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire
Robert E. Keane, Geoffrey J. Cary, Mike D. Flannigan. 2011. Challenges and needs in fire management: A landscape simulation modeling perspective [chapter 4]
Lisa M. Holsinger, Robert E. Keane. 2011. Fire and fish dynamics in a changing climate
Robert E. Keane. 2011. Foreword
Robert E. Keane. 2011. Restoration of whitebark pine forests in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Robert E. Keane, Anna W. Schoettle. 2011. Strategies, tools, and challenges for sustaining and restoring high elevation five-needle white pine forests in western North America
Elizabeth M. Campbell, Robert E. Keane, Evan R. Larson, Michael P. Murray, Anna W. Schoettle, Carmen Wong. 2011. Disturbance ecology of high-elevation five-needle pine ecosystems in western North America
Rachel A. Loehman, Allissa Corrow, Robert E. Keane. 2011. Modeling climate changes and wildfire interactions: Effects on whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and implications for restoration, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Robert E. Keane, Diana F. Tomback, Michael P. Murray, Cyndi M. Smith. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium
Robert E. Keane, Rachel A. Loehman, Lisa M. Holsinger. 2011. The FireBGCv2 landscape fire and succession model: a research simulation platform for exploring fire and vegetation dynamics
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Russell A. Parsons. 2011. Evaluating indices that measure departure of current landscape composition from historical conditions
Signe Leirfallom, Robert E. Keane. 2011. Six-year post-fire mortality and health of relict ponderosa pines in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, Montana
Robert E. Keane, Rachel A. Loehman. 2010. Understanding the role of wildland fire, insects, and disease in predicting climate change effects on whitebark pine: Simulating vegetation, disturbance, and climate dynamics in a northern Rocky Mountain landscape
Paul F. Hessburg, Keith M. Reynolds, Robert E. Keane, Kevin M. James, R. Brion Salter. 2010. Evaluating wildland fire danger and prioritizing vegetation and fuels treatments
Eva C. Karau, Robert E. Keane. 2010. Burn severity mapping using simulation modeling and satellite imagery
Violet Holley, Robert E. Keane. 2010. A visual training tool for the Photoload sampling technique
Robert E. Keane, Russell A. Parsons. 2010. Restoring whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Eva C. Karau, Robert E. Keane. 2010. Evaluating the ecological benefits of wildfire by integrating fire and ecosystem simulation models
Elizabeth Reinhardt, Lisa M. Holsinger, Robert E. Keane. 2010. Effects of biomass removal treatments on stand-level fire characteristics in major forest types of the northern Rocky Mountains
Stacy Drury, Eva C. Karau, Paul F. Hessburg, Keith M. Reynolds, Robert E. Keane. 2010. A method for mapping fire hazard and risk across multiple scales and its application in fire management
Robert E. Keane, Russell A. Parsons. 2010. Management guide to ecosystem restoration treatments: Whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
Greg Dillon, Zachary A. Holden, Penny Morgan, Robert E. Keane. 2009. A Fire Severity Mapping System (FSMS) for real-time management applications and long term planning: Developing a map of the landscape potential for severe fire in the western United States
Keith M. Reynolds, Paul F. Hessburg, Robert E. Keane, James Menakis. 2009. National fuel-treatment budgeting in US federal agencies: capturing opportunities for transparent decision-making
Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane, John F. Caratti. 2009. A surface fuel classification for estimating fire effects
Geoffrey J. Cary, Mike D. Flannigan, Robert E. Keane, Ross A. Bradstock, Ian D. Davies, James Lenihan, Chao Li, Kimberley A. Logan, Russell A. Parsons. 2009. Relative importance of fuel management, ignition management and weather for area burned: Evidence from five landscape-fire-succession models
Robert E. Keane, Paul F. Hessburg, Peter B. Landres, Fred Swanson. 2009. The use of historical range and variability (HRV) in landscape management
Pamela G. Sikkink, Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane. 2009. Field guide for identifying fuel loading models
Merrill R. Kaufmann, Gregory H. Aplet, Michael G. Babler, William L. Baker, Barbara J. Bentz, Michael G. Harrington, Brad C. Hawkes, Laurie Huckaby, Michael J. Jenkins, Daniel M. Kashian, Robert E. Keane, Dominik Kulakowski, Ward McCaughey, Charles W. McHugh, Jose Negron, John B. Popp, William H. Romme, Wayne Shepperd, Frederick W. Smith, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel Tinker, Thomas T. Veblen. 2008. The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles - a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior
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
Paul F. Hessburg, Keith M. Reynolds, Robert E. Keane, Kevin M. James, R. Brion Salter. 2008. Evaluating wildland fire danger and prioritizing vegetation and fuels treatments
Robert E. Keane. 2008. Book review: Understanding human development in the western United States
Robert E. Keane, James K. Agee, Peter Fule, Jon E. Keeley, Carl Key, Stanley G. Kitchen, Richard Miller, Lisa A. Schulte. 2008. Ecological effects of large fires on US landscapes: benefit or catastrophe?
Elizabeth Reinhardt, Robert E. Keane, David E. Calkin, Jack D. Cohen. 2008. Objectives and considerations for wildland fuel treatment in forested ecosystems of the interior western United States
Robert E. Keane. 2008. Biophysical controls on surface fuel litterfall and decomposition in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Pamela G. Sikkink, Robert E. Keane. 2008. A comparison of five sampling techniques to estimate surface fuel loading in montane forests
Stephen F. Arno, Lars Östlund, Robert E. Keane. 2008. Living artifacts: The ancient ponderosa pines of the West
Robert E. Keane. 2008. Surface fuel litterfall and decomposition in the northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Russell A. Parsons, Kathy Gray. 2008. Climate change effects on historical range and variability of two large landscapes in western Montana, USA
Robert E. Keane, Kathy L. Gray, Laura J. Dickinson. 2007. Whitebark pine diameter growth response to removal of competition
Robert E. Keane, Laura J. Dickinson. 2007. The photoload sampling technique: estimating surface fuel loadings from downward-looking photographs of synthetic fuelbeds
Robert E. Keane, Carl Key. 2007. CCE fire regimes and their management
Robert E. Keane, Laura J. Dickinson. 2007. Development and evaluation of the photoload sampling technique
Robert E. Keane, Matthew G. Rollins, Zhi-Liang Zhu. 2007. Using simulated historical time series to prioritize fuel treatments on landscapes across the United States: The LANDFIRE prototype project
Russell A. Parsons, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Robert E. Keane, Brigitte Dorner, Joseph Fall. 2007. Assessing accuracy of point fire intervals across landscapes with simulation modelling
Robert E. Keane, Geoffrey J. Cary, Ian D. Davies, Michael D. Flannigan, Robert H. Gardner, Sandra Lavorel, James Lenihan, Chao Li, T. Scott Rupp. 2007. Understanding global fire dynamics by classifying and comparing spatial models of vegetation and fire
Eva C. Karau, Robert E. Keane. 2007. Determining landscape extent for succession and disturbance simulation modeling
Geoffrey J. Cary, Robert E. Keane, Mike D. Flannigan. 2007. Classifying and comparing spatial models of fire dynamics
Matthew G. Rollins, Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu. 2006. Chapter 1 - Executive summary
Matthew G. Rollins, Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu, James Menakis. 2006. Chapter 2 - An overview of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
Kathryn Brown, Andrew J. Hansen, Robert E. Keane, Lisa J. Graumlich. 2006. Complex interactions shaping aspen dynamics in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joe Scott, Kathy Gray, Robert E. Keane. 2006. Estimating canopy fuel characteristics in five conifer stands in the western United States using tree and stand measurements
Geoffrey J. Cary, Robert E. Keane, Robert H. Gardner, Sandra Lavorel, Mike D. Flannigan, Ian D. Davies, Chao Li, James Lenihan, T. Scott Rupp, Florent Mouillot. 2006. Comparison of the sensitivity of landscape-fire-succession models to variation in terrain, fuel pattern, climate and weather
Brian M. Steele, Swarna K. Reddy, Robert E. Keane. 2006. A methodology for assessing departure of current plant communities from historical conditions over large landscapes
Robert E. Keane, Stephen Arno, Laura J. Dickinson. 2006. The complexity of managing fire-dependent ecosystems in wilderness: Relict ponderosa pine in the Bob Marshall Wilderness
Lisa M. Holsinger, Robert E. Keane, Russell A. Parsons, Eva C. Karau. 2006. Chapter 5 - Development of biophysical gradient layers for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
Robert E. Keane, Matthew G. Rollins. 2006. The scientific foundation of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project [Chapter 3]
Jennifer L. Long, Melanie Miller, James Menakis, Robert E. Keane. 2006. Chapter 6 - Developing the LANDFIRE Vegetation and Biophysical Settings Map Unit Classifications for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
Robert E. Keane. 2006. Tree Data (TD)
Robert E. Keane, Duncan C. Lutes. 2006. Integrated Sampling Strategy (ISS) Guide
Robert E. Keane, Tracey Frescino, Matthew C. Reeves, Jennifer L. Long. 2006. Chapter 12 - Mapping wildland fuel across large regions for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
Robert E. Keane, Lisa M. Holsinger, Sarah D. Pratt. 2006. Simulating historical landscape dynamics using the landscape fire succession model LANDSUM version 4.0
Robert E. Keane. 2006. Metadata (MD)
Robert E. Keane. 2006. Fire Behavior (FB)
Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane, John F. Caratti, Carl H. Key, Nathan C. Benson. 2006. How To ... Guide
Robert E. Keane. 2006. Plot Description (PD)
Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane. 2006. Fuel Load (FL)
Geoffrey J. Cary, Robert E. Keane, Robert H. Gardner, Sandra Lavorel, Michael D. Flannigan, Ian D. Davies, Chao Li, James Lenihan, T. Scott Rupp, Florent Mouillot. 2006. Comparison of the sensitivity of landscape-fire-succession models to variation in terrain, fuel pattern, climate and weather
Lisa M. Holsinger, Robert E. Keane, Brian Steele, Matthew C. Reeves, Sarah Pratt. 2006. Using historical simulations of vegetation to assess departure of current vegetation conditions across large landscapes[Chapter 11]
Sarah Pratt, Lisa M. Holsinger, Robert E. Keane. 2006. Chapter 10 - Using simulation modeling to assess historical reference conditions for vegetation and fire regimes for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
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
Geoffrey J. Cary, Robert E. Keane, Robert H. Gardner, Sandra Lavorel, Mike D. Flannigan, Ian D. Davies, Chao Li, James Lenihan, T. Scott Rupp, Florent Mouillot. 2006. Comparison of the sensitivity of landscape-fire-succession models to variation in terrain, fuel pattern, climate and weather.
Lars Ostlund, Robert E. Keane, Steve Arno, Rikard Andersson. 2005. Culturally scarred trees in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana, USA - Interpreting Native American historical forest use in a wilderness area
Robert E. Keane, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joe Scott, Kathy Gray, Jim J. Reardon. 2005. Estimating forest canopy bulk density using six indirect methods
Robert E. Keane, Geoffrey J. Cary, Ian D. Davies, Michael D. Flannigan, Robert H. Gardner, Sandra Lavorel, James Lenihan, Chao Li, T. Scott Rupp. 2004. A classification of landscape fire succession models: Spatial simulations of fire and vegetation dynamics
Amy E. Hessl, Cristina Milesi, Michael A. White, David L. Peterson, Robert E. Keane. 2004. Ecophysiological parameters for Pacific Northwest trees.
David R. Weise, Richard Kimberlin, Mike Arbaugh, Jim Chew, Greg \r\nJones, Jim Merzenich, Marc Wiitala, Robert E. Keane, Mark Schaaf, Jan Van Wagtendonk. 2003. Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models
Robert E. Keane, Russell A. Parsons, Paul F. Hessburg. 2002. Estimating historical range and variation of landscape patch dynamics: limitations of the simulation approach
Robert E. Keane, Matthew G. Rollins, Cecilia H. McNicoll, Russell A. Parsons. 2002. Integrating ecosystem sampling, gradient modeling, remote sensing, and ecosystem simulation to create spatially explicit landscape inventories
Robert E. Keane, Kevin C. Ryan, Tom T. Veblen, Craig D. Allen, Jessie Logan, Brad Hawkes. 2002. Cascading effects of fire exclusion in the Rocky Mountain ecosystems: a literature review
Robert E. Keane, Mike Austin, Christopher Field, Andreas Huth, Manfred J. Lexer, Debra Peters, Allen Solomon, Peter Wyckoff. 2001. Tree mortality in gap models: Application to climate change
Raymond J. Hoff, Dennis Ferguson, Geral McDonald, Robert E. Keane. 2001. Strategies for managing whitebark pine in the presence of white pine blister rust [Chapter 17]
Larry Blocker, Susan K. Hagle, Rick Lasko, Robert E. Keane, Barry Bollenbacher, Bruce Fox, Fred Samson, Randy Gay, Cynthia Manning. 2001. Understanding the connection between historic range of variation, current social values and developing desired conditions
Robert E. Keane, Janice L. Garner, Casey Teske, Cathy Stewart, Paul F. Hessburg. 2001. Range and variation in landscape patch dynamics: Implications for ecosystem management
Stephen F. Arno, David Parsons, Robert E. Keane. 2000. Mixed-severity fire regimes in the northern Rocky Mountains: consequences of fire exclusion and options for the future
Robert E. Keane. 2000. The importance of wilderness to whitebark pine research and management
Robert E. Keane, Scott A. Mincemoyer, Kirsten Schmidt, Donald G. Long, Janice L. Garner. 2000. Mapping vegetation and fuels for fire management on the Gila National Forest Complex, New Mexico
Colin C. Hardy, Robert E. Keane, Michael G. Harrington. 2000. Associated riparian communities
Colin C. Hardy, Robert E. Keane, Catherine A. Stewart. 2000. Ecosystem-based management in the lodgepole pine zone
Robert E. Keane, Stephen F. Arno, Catherine A. Stewart. 2000. Ecosystem-based management in the whitebark pine zone
Robert E. Keane, Penelope Morgan, Joseph D. White. 1999. Temporal patterns of ecosystem processes on simulated landscapes in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Daniel L. Schmoldt, David L. Peterson, Robert E. Keane, James Lenihan, Donald McKenzie, David R. Weise, David V. Sandberg. 1999. Assessing the effects of fire disturbance on ecosystems: a scientific agenda for research and management.
Robert E. Keane, Janice L. Garner, Kirsten Schmidt, Donald G. Long, James Menakis, Mark A. Finney. 1998. Development of input data layers for the FARSITE fire growth model for the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Complex, USA
Jane Kapler Smith, Lucia Solorzano, Janet Howard, Steve Arno, Thomas G. Wagner, Robert E. Keane, L. Jack Lyon, J. Greg Jones, Sue Heald. 1997. ECO-Report - Collaboration at the heart of the job
Elizabeth Reinhardt, Robert E. Keane, James Brown. 1997. First Order Fire Effects Model: FOFEM 4.0, user's guide
Robert E. Keane, Donald G. Long, James Menakis, Wendel J. Hann, Collin D. Bevins. 1996. Simulating coarse-scale vegetation dynamics using the Columbia River Basin Succession Model-CRBSUM
Robert E. Keane, Penelope Morgan, Steven W. Running. 1996. FIRE-BGC - A mechanistic ecological process model for simulating fire succession on coniferous forest landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains
Robert E. Keane, James Menakis, Wendel J. Hann. 1996. Coarse-scale restoration planning and design in Interior Columbia River Basin ecosystems: An example for restoring declining whitebark pine forests
Robert E. Keane, Stephen F. Arno. 1996. Whitebark pine ecosystem restoration in western Montana
Frederick C. Hall, Larry Bryant, Rod Clausnitzer, Kathy Geier-Hayes, Robert E. Keane, Jane Kertis, Ayn Shlisky, Robert Steel. 1995. Definitions and codes for seral status and structure of vegetation.
Robert E. Keane, Stephen F. Arne, James K. Brown. 1989. FlRESUM - an ecological process model for fire succession in western conifer forests
Stephen F. Arno, Dennis G. Simmerman, Robert E. Keane. 1985. Forest succession on four habitat types in western Montana

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