Michelle Coppoletta

897 total citations
17 papers, 471 citations indexed

About

Michelle Coppoletta is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle Coppoletta has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 471 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Michelle Coppoletta's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (16 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (10 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). Michelle Coppoletta is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (16 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (10 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). Michelle Coppoletta collaborates with scholars based in United States and Norway. Michelle Coppoletta's co-authors include Brandon M. Collins, Kyle E. Merriam, Scott L. Stephens, Jamie M. Lydersen, Scott H. Markwith, Malcolm P. North, Derek J. Churchill, Russell A. Parsons, Chad M. Hoffman and Jens T. Stevens and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Michelle Coppoletta

17 papers receiving 462 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michelle Coppoletta United States 9 440 273 205 66 29 17 471
Kristen L. Shive United States 12 488 1.1× 265 1.0× 218 1.1× 69 1.0× 25 0.9× 16 513
Kyle E. Merriam United States 9 530 1.2× 379 1.4× 282 1.4× 79 1.2× 27 0.9× 20 589
Rebecca Bewley Wayman United States 5 455 1.0× 237 0.9× 191 0.9× 42 0.6× 32 1.1× 6 502
Lucas B. Harris United States 10 334 0.8× 188 0.7× 117 0.6× 80 1.2× 22 0.8× 21 370
Richard G. Everett United States 9 436 1.0× 278 1.0× 234 1.1× 46 0.7× 43 1.5× 10 475
Gary B. Roller United States 6 386 0.9× 242 0.9× 179 0.9× 50 0.8× 49 1.7× 6 400
David B. Sapsis United States 6 403 0.9× 208 0.8× 160 0.8× 70 1.1× 24 0.8× 9 423
Sally M. Haase United States 9 495 1.1× 289 1.1× 207 1.0× 61 0.9× 22 0.8× 20 536
Kevin R. Welch United States 6 370 0.8× 200 0.7× 236 1.2× 32 0.5× 16 0.6× 7 383
Molly E. Hunter United States 14 465 1.1× 297 1.1× 238 1.2× 59 0.9× 12 0.4× 24 572

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michelle Coppoletta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle Coppoletta

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Levine, Jacob I., Brandon M. Collins, Michelle Coppoletta, & Scott L. Stephens. (2025). Extreme Weather Magnifies the Effects of Forest Structure on Wildfire, Driving Increased Severity in Industrial Forests. Global Change Biology. 31(8). e70400–e70400. 3 indexed citations
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Collins, Brandon M., et al.. (2025). Drivers of fire severity in repeat fires: implications for mixed-conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada, California. Fire Ecology. 21(1). 1 indexed citations
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Shive, Kristen L., Michelle Coppoletta, Rebecca Bewley Wayman, et al.. (2024). Thinning with follow-up burning treatments have increased effectiveness at reducing severity in California's largest wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management. 572. 122171–122171. 11 indexed citations
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Coppoletta, Michelle, et al.. (2024). Fire history in northern Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests across a distinct gradient in productivity. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 2 indexed citations
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Grant, Gordon E., et al.. (2022). Soil moisture and micrometeorological differences across reference and thinned stands during extremes of precipitation, southern Cascade Range. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 5. 3 indexed citations
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Coppoletta, Michelle, et al.. (2022). Persistent composition legacy and rapid structural change following successive fires in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 509. 120079–120079. 9 indexed citations
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Steel, Zachary L., Michelle Coppoletta, Jamie M. Lydersen, et al.. (2021). Ecological resilience and vegetation transition in the face of two successive large wildfires. Journal of Ecology. 109(9). 3340–3355. 54 indexed citations
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Berrill, John‐Pascal, et al.. (2021). 76-year decline and recovery of aspen mediated by contrasting fire regimes: Long-unburned, infrequent and frequent mixed-severity wildfire. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0232995–e0232995. 4 indexed citations
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Merriam, Kyle E., Marc D. Meyer, Michelle Coppoletta, et al.. (2021). Reestablishing natural fire regimes to restore forest structure in California’s red fir forests: The importance of regional context. Forest Ecology and Management. 503. 119797–119797. 6 indexed citations
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Merriam, Kyle E., et al.. (2020). Mechanically-created gaps promote flowering and seed set of rare Penstemon personatus: Disentangling canopy opening from ground disturbance. Forest Ecology and Management. 480. 118640–118640. 2 indexed citations
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Stephens, Scott L., Mike A. Battaglia, Derek J. Churchill, et al.. (2020). Forest Restoration and Fuels Reduction: Convergent or Divergent?. BioScience. 93 indexed citations
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Coppoletta, Michelle, Hugh D. Safford, Becky L. Estes, et al.. (2019). Fire Regime Alteration in Natural Areas Underscores the Need to Restore a Key Ecological Process. Natural Areas Journal. 39(2). 250–250. 10 indexed citations
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Lydersen, Jamie M., et al.. (2019). Fuel dynamics and reburn severity following high-severity fire in a Sierra Nevada, USA, mixed-conifer forest. Fire Ecology. 15(1). 28 indexed citations
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Coppoletta, Michelle, et al.. (2018). Spatial dynamics of tree group and gap structure in an old-growth ponderosa pine-California black oak forest burned by repeated wildfires. Forest Ecology and Management. 434. 289–302. 21 indexed citations
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Merriam, Kyle E., Scott H. Markwith, & Michelle Coppoletta. (2017). Livestock exclusion alters plant species composition in fen meadows. Applied Vegetation Science. 21(1). 3–11. 12 indexed citations
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Coppoletta, Michelle, Kyle E. Merriam, & Brandon M. Collins. (2016). Post‐fire vegetation and fuel development influences fire severity patterns in reburns. Ecological Applications. 26(3). 686–699. 204 indexed citations
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Coppoletta, Michelle, Kyle E. Merriam, & Brandon M. Collins. (2015). Post-fire vegetation and fuel development influences fire severity patterns in reburns. Ecological Applications. 8 indexed citations

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