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Sharon M. Hood, PhD

Sharon M. Hood, PhD

Research Ecologist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0000-0002-9544-8208

sharon.hood@usda.gov

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Neil G. Williams, Justin S. Crotteau, Sharon M. Hood, Cheri Hartless, Shelagh Fox. 2026. Silvicultural transformation to multi-aged structures in northern Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine stands
Sean A. Parks, Kira Hefty, Jaclyn Rushing, Sara A. Goeking, Diana F. Tomback, Sharon M. Hood, Chris Toney, Destin L. Harrell, James Lindstrom, Cameron E. Naficy, Michele R. Slaton, Benjamin S. Soderquist, E. J. Taylor. 2025. Whitebark pine in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century
Alexis A. Bernal, Scott L. Stephens, Mac A. Callaham, Brandon M. Collins, Justin S. Crotteau, Matthew B. Dickinson, Donald L. Hagan, Rachelle Hedges, Sharon M. Hood, Todd Hutchinson, Melanie K. Taylor, T. Adam. Coates. 2025. The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel treatments in the Western and Eastern United States after 20 years
Jay Thomas, Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood. 2025. Trees in distress: Prefire drought increases postfire mortality
Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood, Aaron R. Ramirez, Anna Sala. 2025. Fire directly affects tree carbon balance and indirectly affects hydraulic function: Consequences for post-fire mortality in two conifers
Kate J. Fuller, Leda N. Kobziar, Rodman R. Linn, Sharon M. Hood. 2025. A cellular necrosis process model for estimating conifer crown scorch
Sharon M. Hood. 2025. Fuel treatments in whitebark pine forests: Limiting whitebark pine mortality during burning
C. Alina Cansler, Micah C. Wright, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Timothy M. Shearman, J. Morgan Varner, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire
Nickolas E. Kichas, Erin K. Shanahan, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Thinning enhances whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) growth and resin duct defenses
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
Lena Vila-Vilardell, Alan J. Tepley, Anna Sala, Pere Casals, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Long-term sensitivity of ponderosa pine axial resin ducts to harvesting and prescribed burning
Coşkun Okan Güney, Aylin Güney, Abdullah Sarı, Ali Kavgacı, Kevin C. Ryan, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Modeling post-fire mortality of Turkish pine (Pinus brutia Ten.)
Sharon M. Hood, Sarah Flanary, Chris M. Stalling. 2024. Estimating masticated and cone fuel loads using the Photoload method
Justin S. Crotteau, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Many benefits realized after a long-term fuel reduction and restoration study in western Montana
Rachael H. Nolan, Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Mechanisms of fire-caused tree death are far from resolved
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
Adrienne Bernhard, Sharon M. Hood, Charlotte Reed. 2024. Trees dying, dangers rising: Major tree mortality events rapidly increase forest fuels and snag hazards
Lou Dzierzak, Sharon M. Hood, Justin S. Crotteau, Cory Cleveland. 2024. The alchemy of addition: Cutting and burning together most effective in reducing fuels and improving forest resilience
Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood. 2024. Nonstructural carbohydrates explain post-fire tree mortality and recovery patterns
Sharon M. Hood, Justin S. Crotteau, Cory C. Cleveland. 2024. Long-term efficacy of fuel reduction and restoration treatments in Northern Rockies dry forests
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?
Sharon M. Hood. 2023. How effective are landscape scale fuel treatments?
Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood, Daniel R. Cluck, Sheri L. Smith. 2023. Fuels change quickly after California drought and bark beetle outbreaks with implications for potential fire behavior and emissions
Nickolas E. Kichas, Gregory T. Pederson, Sharon M. Hood, Richard G. Everett, David B. McWethy. 2023. Increased whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) growth and defense under a warmer and regionally drier climate
Sharon M. Hood. 2023. Radial thinning: It may not be as beneficial as hoped
Alexandra K. Jonko, Rodman R. Linn, Ilkay Altintas, Adam L. Atchley, L. Turin Dickman, Andreas Bar, Adam D. Collins, Jean-Luc Dupuy, Michael R. Gallagher, J. Kevin Hiers, Chad M. Hoffman, Sharon M. Hood, Matthew D. Hurteau, W. Matt Jolly, Alexander Josephson, E. Louise Loudermilk, Wu Ma, Sean T. Michaletz, Rachael H. Nolan, Joseph J. O’Brien, Russell A. Parsons, Raquel Partelli-Feltrin, Francois Pimont, Vıctor Resco de Dios, Joseph Restaino, Zachary J. Robbins, Karla A. Sartor, Emily Schultz-Fellenz, Shawn P. Serbin, Sanna Sevanto, Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Carolyn H. Sieg, Nicholas Skowronski, David R. Weise, Molly Wright, Chonggang Xu, Marta Yebra, Nicolas Younes. 2023. Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects
Timothy M. Shearman, J. Morgan Varner, Sharon M. Hood, Phillip J. van Mantgem, C. Alina Cansler, Micah Wright. 2023. Predictive accuracy of post-fire conifer death declines over time in models based on crown and bole injury
Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Terrie B. Jain, Jeffrey M. Kane. 2022. A framework for quantifying forest wildfire hazard and fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes
David N. Soderberg, Barbara J. Bentz, Justin B. Runyon, Sharon M. Hood, Karen E. Mock. 2022. Chemical defense strategies, induction timing, growth, and trade-offs in Pinus aristata and Pinus flexilis
Shelagh Fox, Cheri Hartless, Sharon M. Hood, Justin S. Crotteau. 2022. Transitioning from even-aged to multi-aged forest structure in second-growth ponderosa pine
Sharon M. Hood, Willis C. Schaupp, Donald J. Goheen. 2022. Radial thinning ineffective at increasing large sugar pine survival
Kristen L. Shive, Amarina Wuenschel, Linnea J. Hardlund, Sonia Morris, Marc D. Meyer, Sharon M. Hood. 2022. Ancient trees and modern wildfires: Declining resilience to wildfire in the highly fire-adapted giant sequoia
Rachel M. Keen, Steven L. Voelker, S.-Y Simon Wang, Barbara J. Bentz, Michael L. Goulden, Cody R. Dangerfield, Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood, Adam Z. Csank, Todd E. Dawson, Andrew G. Merschel, Christopher J. Still. 2022. Changes in tree drought sensitivity provided early warning signals to the California drought and forest mortality event
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
Sharon M. Hood, Iral Ragenovich, Bill Schaupp. 2021. Post-fire assessment of tree status and marking guidelines for conifers in Oregon and Washington
Sharon M. Hood, Iral Ragenovich, Bill Schaupp. 2021. Pacific Northwest post-fire tree assessment marking guide
Sharon M. Hood. 2021. Seeing the big picture: Long term studies at Lick Creek demonstrate how fuel treatments impact a changing forest
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]
Barbara J. Bentz, David Soderberg, Justin B. Runyon, Sharon M. Hood, Jim C. Vandygriff, Matt Hansen, Sky Stephens. 2021. Chapter 10 - Vulnerability of Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine to mountain pine beetle
Sharon M. Hood, Charlotte Reed, Daniel R. Cluck, Beverly Bulaon, Stacy Hishinuma, Andrea Hefty, Sheri Smith. 2021. Chapter 11 - Tree mortality and fuel changes due to extreme drought and concurrent bark beetle outbreaks in California
Nickolas E. Kichas, Amy M. Trowbridge, Kenneth F. Raffa, Shealyn C. Malone, Sharon M. Hood, Richard G. Everett, David B. McWethy, Gregory T. Pederson. 2021. Growth and defense characteristics of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var latifolia) in a high-elevation, disturbance-prone mixed-conifer forest in northwestern Montana, USA
Teresa Valor, Sharon M. Hood, Miriam Pique, Asier Larranaga, Pere Casals. 2021. Resin ducts and bark thickness influence pine resistance to bark beetles after prescribed fire
J. Morgan Varner, Sharon M. Hood, Doug P. Aubrey, Kara Yedinak, J. Kevin Hiers, W. Matt Jolly, Timothy M. Shearman, Jennifer K. McDaniel, Joseph J. O'Brien, Eric M. Rowell. 2021. Tree crown injury from wildland fires: Causes, measurement and ecological and physiological consequences
Sharon M. Hood. 2021. Physiological responses to fire that drive tree mortality
Christopher J. Fettig, Sharon M. Hood, Justin B. Runyon, Chris M. Stalling. 2021. Bark beetle and fire interactions in western coniferous forests: Research findings
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
Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood. 2021. Few generalizable patterns of tree-level mortality during extreme drought and concurrent bark beetle outbreaks
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
C. Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip van Mantgem. 2020. Evaluating and optimizing the use of logistic regression for tree mortality models in the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)
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
Alan J. Tepley, Sharon M. Hood, Christopher R. Keyes, Anna Sala. 2020. Forest restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest enhance physiological activity and growth under climatic stress [Bulletin]
Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, Phillip J. van Mantgem, J. Morgan. Varner. 2020. A large database supports the use of simple models of post-fire tree mortality for thick-barked conifers, with less support for other species
Nickolas E. Kichas, Sharon M. Hood, Gregory T. Pederson, Richard G. Everett, David B. McWethy. 2020. Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) growth and defense in response to mountain pine beetle outbreaks
Robert E. Keane, Andrew Bower, Sharon M. Hood. 2020. A burning paradox: Whitebark is easy to kill but also dependent on fire
Sharon M. Hood, Charlotte Reed, Jeffrey M. Kane. 2020. Axial resin duct quantification in tree rings: A functional defense trait
Sharon M. Hood. 2020. Fire and bark beetle interactions
Sharon M. Hood, Stacy Drury, Toddi Steelman, Ron Steffens. 2020. Proceedings of the Fire Continuum-Preparing for the future of wildland fire; 2018 May 21-24; Missoula, MT
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
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
Alan J. Tepley, Sharon M. Hood, Christopher R. Keyes, Anna Sala. 2020. Forest restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest enhance physiological activity and growth under climatic stress [Ecological Applications]
J. Kevin Hiers, Joseph J. O'Brien, J. Morgan Varner, Bret W. Butler, Matthew B. Dickinson, James Furman, Michael R. Gallagher, David Godwin, Scott Goodrick, Sharon M. Hood, Andrew T. Hudak, Leda N. Kobziar, Rodman Linn, E. Louise Loudermilk, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Kevin Robertson, Eric M. Rowell, Nicholas Skowronski, Adam C. Watts, Kara Yedinak. 2020. Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda
Justin S. Crotteau, Christopher R. Keyes, Sharon M. Hood, Andrew J. Larson. 2020. Vegetation dynamics following compound disturbance in a dry pine forest: fuel treatment then bark beetle outbreak
Coskun Okan Guney, Kevin C. Ryan, Aylin Guney, Sharon M. Hood. 2019. Wildfire in Turkey: Fire management challenges at an ancient crossroads of nature and culture
Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan. Varner. 2019. Post-fire tree mortality
Andrea Watts, Sharon M. Hood, Sheri Smith, Renate Bush, Maurice Huynh. 2019. Is that tree dead? Quantifying fire-killed trees to inform salvage and forest management
J. Morgan Varner, Timothy M. Shearman, Sharon M. Hood, C. Alina Canslera, J. Kevin. Hiers. 2019. Modelling post-fire tree mortality: Can random forest improve discrimination of imbalanced data?
Lindsay M. Grayson, Daniel R. Cluck, Sharon M. Hood. 2019. Persistence of fire-killed conifer snags in California, USA
Jodi Axelson, John Battles, Beverly Bulaon, Danny Cluck, Stella Cousins, Lauren Cox, Becky Estes, Christopher J. Fettig, Andrea Hefty, Stacy Hishinuma, Sharon M. Hood, Susie Kocher, Leif Mortenson, Alexander Koltunov, Elliot Kuskulis, Adrian Poloni, Carlos Ramirez, Christina Restaino, Michele Slaton, Sheri Smith, Carmen Tubbesing. 2019. The California Tree Mortality Data Collection Network - Enhanced communication and collaboration among scientists and stakeholders
Beth Roskilly, Eric Keeling, Sharon M. Hood, Arnaud Giuggiola, Anna Sala. 2019. Conflicting functional effects of xylem pit structure relate to the growth-longevity trade-off in a conifer species
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
Justin S. Crotteau, Christopher R. Keyes, Sharon M. Hood, David L. R. Affleck, Anna Sala. 2018. Fuel dynamics after a bark beetle outbreak impacts experimental fuel treatments
Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip van Mantgem, C. Alina. Cansler. 2018. Fire and tree death: Understanding and improving modeling of fire-induced tree mortality
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
Howard Williams, Sharon M. Hood, Christopher R. Keyes, Joel M. Egan, Jose Negron. 2018. Subwatershed-level lodgepole pine attributes associated with a mountain pine beetle outbreak
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
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
Justin S. Crotteau, Christopher R. Keyes, Sharon M. Hood, Andrew J. Larson, Elaine K. Sutherland, David K. Wright, Joel M. Egan. 2018. Stand dynamics 11 years after retention harvest in a lodgepole pine forest
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)
Robert Progar, Lisa Ganio, Lindsay Grayson, Sharon M. Hood. 2018. Chapter 9 - Monitoring survival of fire-injured trees in Oregon and Washington (Project WC-F-08-03)
Andrew T. Hudak, Patrick Freeborn, Sarah A. Lewis, Sharon M. Hood, Helen Y. Smith, Colin C. Hardy, Robert J. Kremens, Bret W. Butler, Casey Teske, Bob G. Tissell, Lloyd P. Queen, Bryce L. Nordgren, Benjamin C. Bright, Penelope Morgan, Philip J. Riggan, Lee Macholz, Leigh B. Lentile, James P. Riddering, Edward E. Mathews. 2018. The Cooney Ridge Fire Experiment: An early operation to relate pre-, active, and post-fire field and remotely sensed measurements
Sharon M. Hood, Daniel R. Cluck, Bobette E. Jones, Sean Pinnell. 2018. Radial and stand-level thinning treatments: 15-year growth response of legacy ponderosa and Jeffrey pine trees
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)
Kate A. Clyatt, Christopher R. Keyes, Sharon M. Hood. 2017. Long-term effects of fuel treatments on aboveground biomass accumulation in ponderosa pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains
Raul de la Mata, Sharon M. Hood, Anna Sala. 2017. Insect outbreak shifts the direction of selection from fast to slow growth rates in the long-lived conifer Pinus ponderosa
Lindsay M. Grayson, Robert Progar, Sharon M. Hood. 2017. Predicting post-fire tree mortality for 14 conifers in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Model evaluation, development, and thresholds
Sharon M. Hood, Stephen Baker, Anna Sala. 2016. Fortifying the forest: Thinning and burning increase resistance to a bark beetle outbreak and promote forest resilience
Barbara J. Bentz, Sharon M. Hood, Matt Hansen, Jim C. Vandygriff, Karen E. Mock. 2016. Defense traits in the long-lived Great Basin bristlecone pine and resistance to the native herbivore mountain pine beetle
Marc Bonhomme, Audrey G. Quentin, Elizabeth A. Pinkard, Michael G. Ryan, David T. Tissue, L. Scott Baggett, Henry D. Adams, Pascale Maillard, Jacqueline Marchand, Simon M. Landhausser, Andre Lacointe, Yves Gibon, William R. L. Anderegg, Shinichi Asao, Owen K. Atkin, Renee A. Smith, Frank Sterck, Joseph R. Stinziano, Caroline Claye, Pak S. Chow, Anne Clement-Vidal, Noel W. Davies, L. Turin Dickman, Rita Dumbur, David S. Ellsworth, Kristen Falk, Lucía Galiano, Jose M. Grunzweig, Henrik Hartmann, Gunter Hoch, Sharon M. Hood, Joanna E. Jones, Takayoshi Koike, Iris Kuhlmann, Francisco Lloret, Melchor Maestro, Shawn D. Mansfield, Jordi Martinez-Vilalta, Mickael Maucourt, Nathan G. McDowell, Annick Moing, Bertrand Muller, Sergio G. Nebauer, Ulo Niinemets, Sara Palacio, Frida Piper, Eran Raveh, Andreas Richter, Gaelle Rolland, Teresa Rosas, Brigitte Saint Joanis, Anna Sala, Faride Unda, Makoto Watanabe, Danielle A. Way, Lasantha K. Weerasinghe, Birgit Wild, Erin Wiley, David R. Woodruff, Mari Tobias. 2016. Non-structural carbohydrates in woody plants compared among laboratories
Sharon M. Hood, Anna Sala. 2015. Ponderosa pine resin defenses and growth: Metrics matter
Sharon M. Hood, Anna Sala, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Marion Boutin. 2015. Low-severity fire increases tree defense against bark beetle attacks
Michael G. Ryan, Gerard Sapes, Anna Sala, Sharon M. Hood. 2015. Tree physiology and bark beetles
Ryan S. Davis, Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz. 2012. Fire-injured ponderosa pine provide a pulsed resource for bark beetles
Sharon M. Hood, Helen Y. Smith, David K. Wright, Lance Glasgow. 2012. Management guide to ecosystem restoration treatments: two-aged lodgepole pine forests of central Montana, USA
Sarah A. Lewis, Andrew T. Hudak, Roger D. Ottmar, Pete R. Robichaud, Leigh B. Lentile, Sharon M. Hood, James Cronan, Penny Morgan. 2011. Using hyperspectral imagery to estimate forest floor consumption from wildfire in boreal forests of Alaska, USA
Erin Noonan-Wright, Sharon M. Hood, Danny R. Cluck. 2010. Does raking basal duff affect tree growth rates or mortality?
Sharon M. Hood, Sheri L. Smith, Daniel R. Cluck. 2010. Predicting mortality for five California conifers following wildfire
Sharon M. Hood. 2010. Mitigating old tree mortality in long-unburned, fire-dependent forests: a synthesis
Sharon M. Hood, Danny R. Cluck, Sheri L. Smith, Kevin C. Ryan. 2008. Using bark char codes to predict post-fire cambium mortality
R. Travis Belote, Robert H. Jones, Sharon M. Hood, Bryan W. Wender. 2008. Diversity-invasibility across an experimental disturbance gradient in Appalachian forests
Robin J. Tausch, Sharon M. Hood. 2007. Pinyon/juniper woodlands [Chapter 4]
Sharon M. Hood, Donald Long, Melanie Miller, Kevin C. Ryan. 2007. Introduction [Chapter 1]
Sharon M. Hood, Melanie Miller. 2007. Fire ecology and management of the major ecosystems of southern Utah
Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz. 2007. Predicting postfire Douglas-fir beetle attacks and tree mortality in the northern Rocky Mountains
Sharon M. Hood, Sheri L. Smith, Daniel R. Cluck. 2007. Delayed conifer tree mortality following fire in California
Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz, Ken Gibson, Kevin C. Ryan, Gregg DeNitto. 2007. Assessing post-fire Douglas-fir mortality and Douglas-fir beetle attacks in the northern Rocky Mountains
Sharon M. Hood, Charles W. McHugh, Kevin C. Ryan, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Sheri L. Smith. 2007. Evaluation of a post-fire tree mortality model for western US conifers
Helen Y. Smith, Sharon M. Hood, Matt Brooks, JR Matchett, Curt Deuser. 2006. Response of Fuelbed Characteristics to Restoration Treatments in Pinyon-Juniper-Encroached Shrublands on the Shivwits Plateau, Arizona
Sharon M. Hood, Ros Wu. 2006. Estimating Fuel Bed Loadings in Masticated Areas
Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz, Kevin C. Ryan. 2003. Douglas-fir beetle attack and tree mortality following wildfire
Bryan W. Wender, Sharon M. Hood, David Smith, Shepard M. Zedaker, David Loftis. 1999. Response of Vascular Plant Communities to Harvest in Southern Appalachian Mixed-Oak Forests: Two-Year Results

Data and Tools

University of Montana, Ph.D., Organismal Biology and Ecology, 2015
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, M.S., Forestry, 2001
Mississippi State University, B.S., Forestry, 1997

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