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Much of my research is focused on understanding the dynamics of fire regimes at relatively broad scales and using this information in ecosystem management. I have employed quantitative analyses of fire history, examining the relative importance of different mechanisms that drive fire patterns on the landscape. I am also interested in simulation of fire dynamics, using spatially-explicit models of fire spread and vegetation regrowth. Education Ph.D. in Spatial Ecology Research Training Grant Program M.A. in Energy and Environmental Studies B.A. in Management Science, minor in Computer Science Publications Adobe PDF files can be downloaded by clicking the linked publication title. These documents are provide for use by individuals only -- they are not intended for widespread dispersal. Parisien, M.-A., Moritz, M.A. Environmental controls on the distribution Cleve, C., M. Kelly, F. Kearns, and M. Moritz. Classification of the wildland–urban interface: A comparison of pixel- and object-based classifications using high-resolution aerial photography. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (in press). Dennison, P.E., M.A. Moritz, and R.S. Taylor. 2008. Evaluating predictive models of critical live fuel moisture in the Santa Monica Mountains, California. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 18–27. Fried, J.S., J.K. Gilless, W.J. Riley, T.J. Moody, C. Simon de Blas, K. Hayhoe, M. Moritz, S. Stephens, and M. Torn. 2008. Predicting the effect of climate change on wildfire behavior and initial attack success. Climatic Change 87 (Suppl 1): S251-S264. Hesburg, P.F. and M.A. Moritz. 2008. Native fire regimes and landscape resilience. EGU General Assembly Geophysical Research Abstracts 10: EGU2008-A-00190. Moritz, M. and M. Krawchuk. 2008. Global pyrogeography: Macro-scaled models of Moritz, M.A. and S.L. Stephens. 2008. Fire and sustainability: considerations for California's altered future climate. Climatic Change 87 (Suppl 1): S265-S271. Dennison, P.E., T.J. Cova, and M.A. Moritz. 2007. WUIVAC: a wildland-urban interface evacuation trigger model applied in strategic wildfire scenarios. Natural Hazards 41: 181-199. Kearns, F.R., N.C. Goldstein, B. Pedersen, and M.A. Moritz. 2007. The fire information engine: a web-based toolkit for wildfire-related needs. Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 4: 1. Moritz, M.A. and S.L. Stephens. 2006. Fire and sustainability: Considerations for California’s altered future climate. California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research Program, California Climate Change Center. Fried, J.S., K. Gilless, W.J. Riley, T.J. Moody, C.S. de Blas, K. Hayhoe, M.A. Moritz, S.L. Stephens, and M. Torn. 2006. Predicting the effect of climate change on wildfire severity and outcomes in California: A preliminary analysis. California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research Program, California Climate Change Center. Moritz, M.A. 2005. Rethinking how we live with fire. In: R. Halsey, Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California, Sunbelt Publications. Moritz, M.A., M.E. Morais, L.A. Summerell, J.M. Carlson, and J. Doyle. 2005. Wildfires, complexity, and highly optimized tolerance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102: 17912-17917. Cova, T.J., Dennison, P.E., Kim, T.H., and Moritz, M.A. 2005. Setting wildfire evacuation trigger points using fire spread modeling and GIS. Transactions in GIS 9: 603-617. Moritz, M.A. and D.C. Odion. 2005. Examining the relationship between fire history and sudden oak death patterns: A case study in Sonoma County. In Proceedings of 2nd Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium, Shea PJ, Haverty M, eds. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Moritz, M.A. and D.C. Odion. 2005. Examining the strength and possible causes of the relationship between fire history and Sudden Oak Death. Oecologia 144: 106-114. Moritz, M.A. and D.C. Odion. 2004. Prescribed fire and natural disturbance. Science 306: 1680. Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M.A. Moritz. 2004. Lessons from the October 2003 wildfires in southern California. Journal of Forestry 102: 26-31. Odion, D.C., E.J. Frost, J.R. Strittholt, H. Jiang, D.A. Dellasala, and M.A. Moritz. 2004. Patterns of fire severity and forest conditions in the Western Klamath Mountains, California. Conservation Biology 18: 927-936. Moritz, M.A., J.E. Keeley, E.A. Johnson, and A.A. Schaffner. 2004. Testing a basic assumption of shrubland fire management: How important is fuel age? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:67-72. Moritz, M.A. 2003. Spatio-temporal analysis of controls of shrubland fire regimes: Age dependency and fire hazard. Ecology 84:351-361. Swanson Hydrology & Geomorphology et al. 2002. Watershed Resources Management Plan: Planning Analysis and Recommendations Report, Prepared for City of Santa Cruz Water Department and The Watershed Resources Technical Advisory Task Force. Davis, F.W. and M.A. Moritz. 2001. Mechanisms of disturbance. Pp. 153-160 in Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, S. Levin editor, Academic Press. Tyler, C., D. Odion, D. Meade, and M.A. Moritz. 2000. Factors affecting regeneration of Morro Manzanita (Arctostaphylos morroensis): Reproductive biology and response to prescribed burning. Report for the California Department of Fish and Game, Species Conservation and Recovery Program. Goldstein, N.C., J.T. Candau and M.A. Moritz. 2000. Burning Santa Barbara at both ends: A study of fire history and urban growth predictions. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling (GIS/EM4). Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 2-8, 2000; (http://www.Colorado.EDU/research/cires/banff/upload/530/). Moritz, M.A. 1999. Controls on disturbance regime dynamics: Fire in Los Padres National Forest. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of California at Santa Barbara. Romme, W.H., E.G. Everham, L.E. Frelich, M.A. Moritz, and R.E. Sparks. 1998. Are large, infrequent disturbances qualitatively different from small, frequent disturbances? Ecosystems 1:524-534. Stoms, D.M., M.I. Borchert, M.A. Moritz, and F.W. Davis. 1998. A systematic process for selecting representative research natural areas. Natural Areas Journal 18:338-349. Moritz, M.A. 1997. Analyzing extreme disturbance events: Fire in Los Padres National Forest. Ecological Applications 7:1252-1262. Moritz, M.A. and F.W. Davis. 1997. A method for examining patterns in mapped fire histories: Identification of homogeneous fire landscapes, in (refereed) Proceedings of Fire in California Ecosystems: Integrating Ecology, Prevention, and Management, San Diego, California; November 17-20, 1997. Moritz, M.A., D.M. Stoms, M.I. Borchert, and F.W. Davis. 1997. A proposed protocol for identifying potential Research Natural Areas with Gap Analysis data, in Proceedings of the17th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, California; July 8-11, 1997; (http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc97/proc97/to150/pap145/p145.htm). Davis, F.W., J. Walsh, M.A. Moritz, and D.M. Stoms. 1996. A Digital Soils Layer for Los Padres National Forest. Final Report to National Forest Service. U.C. Santa Barbara. Friedl, M.A., F.W. Davis, J. Michaelsen, and M.A. Moritz. 1995. Scaling and uncertainty in the relationship between the NDVI and land surface biophysical variables: an analysis using a scene simulation model and data from FIFE. Remote Sensing of Environment 54:233-246. Sham, C.H., J.W. Brawley, and M.A. Moritz. 1995. Quantifying septic nitrogen loadings to receiving waters: Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems 9:463-473. Marcus, M.D., M. Allen-Godin, J.W. Brawley, V.P. Meiers, M.A. Moritz, E.F. Ettlinger, C.H. Sham, C.S. Creager, and J.P. Butcher. 1992. Technical Support for Wetlands Advanced Identification in California Coastal Watersheds: Santa Margarita River Project. Final Report to USEPA Region 9. Abstracts Waugh, J., S. Stephens, M. Moritz, R. Smith, and R. Myers. 2006. Fire as a global conservation issue: Regional collaboration toward collective action. Forest Ecology and Management 234S S151. Moritz, M.A. 2004. Historical fire regimes: Fires in shrublands, presented at the U.C. Combined Working Groups meeting, San Diego, California; May 5-6, 2004. Kelly, N.M and M.A. Moritz 2004. Using GIS for landscape-level fire planning, presented at the U.C. Combined Working Groups meeting, San Diego, California; May 5-6, 2004. Moritz, M.A. 2004. Spatio-temporal analysis of controls on shrubland fire regimes, presented at the “Scaling laws in fire regimes: moving landscape fire history into the 21st century” session, International Association of Landscape Ecology annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada; March 30-April 4, 2004. Moritz, M.A. 2002. Spatial analysis of fire history in California's shrublands: Quantifying age dependency and fire hazard” presented at “Society, Fire, Climate and Ecosystems in North America I” session at the Association of American Geographers’ annual meeting, Los Angeles, California; March 17-23, 2002. Moritz, M.A., J.M. Carlson, J. Doyle, M. Morais, L. Summerell. 2002. Ecosystem complexity and disturbance ecology: Are fire regimes HOT? presented at the “Disturbance Ecology” session, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, Arizona; August 4-9, 2002. Moritz, M.A. 2001. Spatial variation and age dependency in burning patterns, presented at "Fire suppression impacts in crown fire ecosystems" symposium at Ecological Society of America's annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin; August 5-10, 2001. Moritz, M.A. 1995. “Historical trends in natural resource conditions” presented talk at Fire Ecology and Fuels Management in California Wildlands Conference; Sacramento, California; April 5-7, 1995.
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