Education:
- Ph.D., Ecology - Colorado State University, Fort Collins. 1998.
Dissertation: Climate, Forest Pattern, and Surface Fire Regimes in the Sierra Nevada, California.
- M.S., Forest Sciences - Colorado State University, Fort Collins. 1994.
Thesis: A model of the interactions among climate, fire, and forest pattern in the Sierra Nevada.
- B.S., Electrical Engineering - Penn State University, State College. 1985.
Background:
After a brief career as an engineer, Carol has found much more satisfaction in the field of ecology. As a graduate student, she developed and used a simulation model to study the interactions among climate, fire, and forest pattern in the Sierra Nevada of California. After a postdoctoral appointment at the Leopold Institute and The University of Montana School of Forestry, she became the fire ecologist here at the Institute. Her program of research seeks to help land managers understand how to include wildland fire as an ecological process to landscapes.
Research Interests:
- Agents of landscape pattern formation
- Interactions among fire regimes, climate, and vegetation pattern
- Implications of fire suppression and our ability to restore fire as an ecosystem process
- Effects of global climatic change on disturbance regimes
Current Projects:
- Click Here for information on other fire research projects at the Leopold Institute
Completed Projects:
- Click Here for information on other completed fire research projects at the Leopold Institute
Publications:
To access publications by Carol Miller, please click here.
Miller, C. 2007. Simulation of the consequences of different fire regimes to support wildland fire use decisions. Fire Ecology 3(2): 83-102.
Falk, Donald A.; Miller, Carol; McKenzie, Donald; Black, Anne E. 2007. Cross-scale analysis of fire regimes. Ecosystems 10: 809-823.
Leopold Publication Number 613
Miller, Carol. 2006. Wilderness fire management in a changing world. International Journal of Wilderness. 12(1): 18-21,13.
Leopold Publication Number 576
Doane, Dustin; O’Laughlin, Jay; Morgan, Penelope, Miller, Carol. 2006. Barriers to wildland fire use: a preliminary problem analysis. International Journal of Wilderness 12: 36-38.
Leopold Publication Number 575
Miller, Carol. 2005. When to prescribe. Wildfire Magazine July/August. Pages 16-21.
Leopold Publication Number 552
Miller, Carol and Landres, Peter. 2004. Exploring information needs for wildland fuels and fire management. RMRS-GTR-127. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 36 p.
Leopold Publication Number 519
Miller, Carol. 2003. The spatial context of fire: a new approach for predicting fire occurrence. In: K.E.M. Galley, R.C. Klinger and N.G. Sugihara (eds.). Proceedings of Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 13, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. Pages 27-34.
Leopold Publication Number 501
Parsons, David J., Peter B. Landres and Carol Miller. 2003. The dilemma of managing and restoring natural fire and fuels in United States wilderness. In: K.E.M. Galley, R.C. Klinger, and N.G. Sugihara (eds.). Proceedings of Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress of Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 13, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. Pages 19-26.
Leopold Publication Number 499
Miller, Carol. 2003. Natural Fire Regimes in Wilderness. International Journal of Wilderness. 9(2):33,48.
Leopold Publication Number 492
Miller, Carol. 2003. Wildland Fire Use: a wilderness perspective on fuel management. In: USDA Forest Service Proceedings. RMRS-P-29. Proceedings of the Conference on Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration. Fort Collins, CO, April 2002. Pages 379-385
Leopold Publication Number 480
Miller, Carol. 2003. Simulation of effects of climatic change on fire regimes. In: T.T. Veblen, W.L. Baker, G. Montenegro, and T.W. Swetnam, eds., Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas. Springer, New York. Pages 64-94.
Leopold Publication Number 460
Miller, Carol; Landres, Peter B.; Alaback, Paul B. 2000. Evaluating risks and benefits of wildland fire at landscape scales. In: Neuenschwander, L.F.; Ryan, K.C., comps. Proc. Crossing the Millennium: Integrating Spatial Technologies and Ecological Principles for a New Age in Fire Management; Moscow, ID: University of Idaho: 78-87.
Leopold Publication Number 413
Miller, C. and D.L. Urban. 2000. Modeling the effects of fire management alternatives on mixed-conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Applications 10:85-94.
Miller, C. and D.L. Urban. 2000. Connectivity of forest fuels and surface fire regimes. Landscape Ecology 15:145-154.
Miller, C. and D.L. Urban. 1999. A model of surface fire, climate and forest pattern in the Sierra Nevada, California. Ecological Modelling 114:113-135.
Miller, C. and D.L. Urban. 1999. Forest pattern, fire, and climatic change in the Sierra Nevada. Ecosystems 2:76-87.
Miller, C. and D.L. Urban. 1999. Interactions between forest heterogeneity and surface fire regimes. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29: 202-212.
Urban, D.L., C. Miller, P.N. Halpin, and N.L. Stephenson. 2000. Forest gradient response in Sierran landscapes: the physical template. Landscape Ecology 15:603-620.
Urban, D.L. and C. Miller. 1996. Modeling Sierran forests: capabilities and prospectus for gap models. Pages 733-744 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) Final Report, Vol. III.
Membership:
Contact Information:
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
790 E. Beckwith Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: 406-542-4198
Fax: 406-542-4196
E-mail: cmiller04@fs.fed.us
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