Christopher D. O’Connor

1.6k citations

39 papers · 1.0k indexed · h-index 19

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 2%
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality top 2%
- Fire dynamics and safety research

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 35
- Fire effects on ecosystems 33
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management 5
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14
- Landslides and related hazards 14

Co-authors: Matthew P. Thompson (20 shared papers)David E. Calkin (13 shared papers)Ann M. Lynch (7 shared papers)Donald A. Falk (7 shared papers)Thomas W. Swetnam (6 shared papers)Christopher J. Dunn (10 shared papers)Francisco Rodríguez y Silva (2 shared papers)Yu Wei (10 shared papers)
Journals: Forests (6 papers)Forest Ecology and Management (3 papers)Fire (3 papers)Fire Ecology (2 papers)International Journal of Wildland Fire (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

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Christopher D. O’Connor

37 papers receiving 992 citations

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1	Fire severity, size, and climate associations diverge from historical precedent along an ecological gradient in the Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona, USA Forest Ecology and Management ·Christopher D. O’Connor, Donald A. Falk, Ann M. Lynch, Thomas W. Swetnam	2014	109
2	An empirical machine learning method for predicting potential fire control locations for pre-fire planning and operational fire management International Journal of Wildland Fire ·Christopher D. O’Connor, David E. Calkin, Matthew P. Thompson	2017	108
3	Sampling bias overestimates climate change impacts on forest growth in the southwestern United States Nature Communications ·Stefan Klesse, R. Justin DeRose, Christopher H. Guiterman, Ann M. Lynch, Christopher D. O’Connor, John D. Shaw, Margaret E. K. Evans	2018	98
4	Wildfire risk science facilitates adaptation of fire-prone social-ecological systems to the new fire reality Environmental Research Letters ·Christopher J. Dunn, Christopher D. O’Connor, Jesse Abrams, Matthew P. Thompson, Dave Calkin, James D. Johnston, Rick Stratton, Julie Gilbertson-Day	2019	92
5	Getting Ahead of the Wildfire Problem: Quantifying and Mapping Management Challenges and Opportunities Geosciences ·Christopher D. O’Connor, Matthew P. Thompson, Francisco Rodríguez y Silva	2016	65
6	Risk Management and Analytics in Wildfire Response Current Forestry Reports ·Matthew P. Thompson, Yu Wei, David E. Calkin, Christopher D. O’Connor, Christopher J. Dunn, Nathaniel Anderson, John Hogland	2019	41
7	Spatial and temporal assessment of responder exposure to snag hazards in post-fire environments Forest Ecology and Management ·Christopher J. Dunn, Christopher D. O’Connor, Matthew J. Reilly, Dave Calkin, Matthew P. Thompson	2019	36
8	Spatial optimization of operationally relevant large fire confine and point protection strategies: model development and test cases Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Yu Wei, Matthew P. Thompson, Jessica R. Haas, Gregory K. Dillon, Christopher D. O’Connor	2018	34
9	Modelling suppression difficulty: current and future applications International Journal of Wildland Fire ·Francisco Rodríguez y Silva, Christopher D. O’Connor, Matthew P. Thompson, Juan Ramón Molina, David E. Calkin	2020	32
10	Indigenous fire management and cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest United States from 1500 to 1900 CE Science Advances ·Christopher I. Roos, Christopher H. Guiterman, Ellis Q. Margolis, Thomas W. Swetnam, Nicholas C. Laluk, Kerry Thompson, Chris Toya, Calvin A. Farris, Peter Z. Fulé, José M. Iniguez, J. Mark Kaib, Christopher D. O’Connor, Lionel Whitehair	2022	31
11	Potential operational delineations: new horizons for proactive, risk-informed strategic land and fire management Fire Ecology ·Matthew P. Thompson, Christopher D. O’Connor, Benjamin M. Gannon, Michael D. Caggiano, Christopher J. Dunn, Courtney A. Schultz, David E. Calkin, Bradley M. Pietruszka, S. Michelle Greiner, Richard D. Stratton, Jeffrey T. Morisette	2022	31
12	Human Pyrogeography: A New Synergy of Fire, Climate and People is Reshaping Ecosystems across the Globe Geography Compass ·Christopher D. O’Connor, Gregg M. Garfin, Donald A. Falk, Thomas W. Swetnam	2011	30
13	Designing Operationally Relevant Daily Large Fire Containment Strategies Using Risk Assessment Results Forests ·Yu Wei, Matthew P. Thompson, Joe H. Scott, Christopher D. O’Connor, Christopher J. Dunn	2019	29
14	Post-fire forest dynamics and climate variability affect spatial and temporal properties of spruce beetle outbreaks on a Sky Island mountain range Forest Ecology and Management ·Christopher D. O’Connor, Ann M. Lynch, Donald A. Falk, Thomas W. Swetnam	2014	27
15	Ecosystem Responses to Partial Harvesting in Eastern Boreal Mixedwood Stands Forests ·Suzanne Brais, Timothy T. Work, Émilie Robert, Christopher D. O’Connor, Manuella Strukelj, Arun K. Bose, Danielle Celentano, Brian D. Harvey	2013	27
16	Disturbance and productivity interactions mediate stability of forest composition and structure Ecological Applications ·Christopher D. O’Connor, Donald A. Falk, Ann M. Lynch, Thomas W. Swetnam, Craig Wilcox	2016	27
17	Strategic Wildfire Response Decision Support and the Risk Management Assistance Program Forests ·David E. Calkin, Christopher D. O’Connor, Matthew P. Thompson, Richard D. Stratton	2021	26
18	Prototyping a Geospatial Atlas for Wildfire Planning and Management Forests ·Matthew P. Thompson, Benjamin M. Gannon, Michael D. Caggiano, Christopher D. O’Connor, April Brough, Julie W. Gilbertson-Day, Joe H. Scott	2020	22
19	Engaging the fire before it starts: A case study from the 2017 Pinal Fire (Arizona) Christopher D. O’Connor, David E. Calkin	2019	21
20	Projected Climate-Fire Interactions Drive Forest to Shrubland Transition on an Arizona Sky Island Frontiers in Environmental Science ·Christopher D. O’Connor, Donald A. Falk, Gregg M. Garfin	2020	16

About Christopher D. O’Connor

Christopher D. O’Connor is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, having authored 39 papers that have together received 1.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fire effects on ecosystems (33 papers), Landslides and related hazards (14 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (8 papers), Fire dynamics and safety research (7 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (5 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (4 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (908 citations), Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (181 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (225 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (198 citations) and Ecological Modeling (53 citations). Christopher D. O’Connor has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Matthew P. Thompson, David E. Calkin, Ann M. Lynch, Donald A. Falk, Thomas W. Swetnam, Christopher J. Dunn, Francisco Rodríguez y Silva, Yu Wei, Dave Calkin and Christopher H. Guiterman. Their work appears in journals such as Forests, Forest Ecology and Management, Fire, Fire Ecology and International Journal of Wildland Fire.

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