Publications
* indicates graduate student in the Francis lab
** indicates postdoctoral researcher in the Francis lab
In Review
Vallet, L.**, Mast, C.N.*, Banerjee, S.**, Zald, S.J., Hurteau, M.D., Jones, G.M., Francis, E.J. 4D-FUELS: A LiDAR to satellite system for mapping and monitoring forest structure and fuels.
Mast, C.N.*, Vallet, L.**, Zald, H.S.J., Hurteau, M.D., Jones, G.M., Woolsey, G.A., Tinkham, W.T., Hoffman, C.M., Francis, E.J. Methods and Implications of canopy base height characterization for modeling crown fire potential.
Steel, Z.L., Boone, H.M., McTigue, L., Cappello, C., van den Bosch, M., Stillman, A., Foster, V., Ditmer, M.A., Francis, E.J. Range-wide effects of vegetation management on a rapidly declining woodland bird species.
Boone, H.M., van den Bosch, M., Stillman, A., Francis, E.J., Ditmer, M., Steel, Z.L. Implications of active forest management on western US birds.
Hwang, K., Chang, C.G. Francis, E.J., and Hurteau, M.D. +2 °C of warming and disturbance cause a widespread decline in western US forest carbon storage.
Published
Banerjee, S.**, Mast, C.N.* and Francis, E.J. 2026. Mapping coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) across their natural range: an updateable and field-validated distribution map using Sentinel satellite data and cloud computing. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 63 (1): 2613558.
Hurteau, M.D., Jung, C.G., Francis, E.J., Dobrowski, S.Z., Littlefield, C.E., and Parks, S.E. 2025. Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2° C of warming. Environmental Research: Ecology, 4: 041001.
Francis, E.J., Jung, C.G., Hicke, J.A., and Hurteau, M.D. 2025. Modeling the probability of bark beetle-caused tree mortality as a function of watershed-scale host species presence and basal area. Forest Ecology and Management, 580, 122549.
Francis, E.J., Steel, Z.L., Pourmohammadi, P., Collins, B.M., and Hurteau, M.D. 2023. Proportion of forested area burned at high severity increases with increasing forest connectivity and canopy cover in western US watersheds. Landscape Ecology 38, 2501-2518.
Francis, E.J., Lutz, J.A., and Farrior, C.E. 2023. Elevated mortality rates of large trees allow for increased frequency of intermediate trees: a hypothesis supported by demographic model comparison with plot and LiDAR data. Forest Ecology and Management, 540: 121035.
Atkins, J.W., Bhatt, P., Carrasco, L., Francis, E.J., Garabedian, J.E., Hakkenberg, C.R., Hardiman, B.R., Jung, J., Koirala, A., LaRue, E.A., Oh, S., Shao, G., Shugart, H.H., Spiers, A., Stovall, A.E.L., Surasinghe, T.D., Tai, X., Zhai, L., Zhang, T., and Krause, K. 2023. Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research. Ecosphere, 14:e4633.
Francis, E.J., Asner, G.P., Mach, K.J., and Field, C.B. Landscape scale variation in the hydrologic niche of California coast redwood. Ecography, 43: 1305-1315.
Nelson, R., Francis, E., Berry, J., Cornwell, W., and Anderegg, L. The role of climate niche, geofloristic history, habitat preference and allometry on wood density within a California plant community. Forests 11 (1): 105
Francis, E.J., and Asner, G.P. High-resolution mapping of redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) distributions in three Californian Forests. Remote Sensing 11 (3): 1-19.
Martin, R.E, Asner, G.P., Francis, E.J., Ambrose, A., Baxter, W., Das, A., Vaughn, N.R., Paz-Kagan, T., Dawson, T.E, Nydick, K.R., and Stephenson, N.L. 2018. Remote measurement of canopy water content in giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) during drought. Forest Ecology and Management 419-420: 279-290.
Ambrose, A. Dawson, T., Baxter. W., Martin, R., Francis, E., Asner. G.P., Nydick, K.R., and Dawson, T.E. 2018. Leaf and crown-level adjustments help giant sequoias maintain favorable water status during severe drought. Forest Ecology and Management 419-420: 257-267.
Lalonde, S. J., Mach, K.J., Anderson, C.M., Francis, E.J., Sanchez, D.L., Stanton, C.Y., Turner, P.A., and Field, C.B. 2018. Forest management in the Sierra Nevada provides limited carbon storage potential: an expert elicitation. Ecosphere. 9(7):1-15.
Francis, E.J., Muller-Landau, H.C., Wright, S.J., Iida, Y., Visser, M., Fletcher, C., Rahman, A.K, and Hubbel, S.P. 2017. Quantifying the role of wood density in explaining interspecific variation in growth of tropical trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 1078-1087.
** indicates postdoctoral researcher in the Francis lab
In Review
Vallet, L.**, Mast, C.N.*, Banerjee, S.**, Zald, S.J., Hurteau, M.D., Jones, G.M., Francis, E.J. 4D-FUELS: A LiDAR to satellite system for mapping and monitoring forest structure and fuels.
Mast, C.N.*, Vallet, L.**, Zald, H.S.J., Hurteau, M.D., Jones, G.M., Woolsey, G.A., Tinkham, W.T., Hoffman, C.M., Francis, E.J. Methods and Implications of canopy base height characterization for modeling crown fire potential.
Steel, Z.L., Boone, H.M., McTigue, L., Cappello, C., van den Bosch, M., Stillman, A., Foster, V., Ditmer, M.A., Francis, E.J. Range-wide effects of vegetation management on a rapidly declining woodland bird species.
Boone, H.M., van den Bosch, M., Stillman, A., Francis, E.J., Ditmer, M., Steel, Z.L. Implications of active forest management on western US birds.
Hwang, K., Chang, C.G. Francis, E.J., and Hurteau, M.D. +2 °C of warming and disturbance cause a widespread decline in western US forest carbon storage.
Published
Banerjee, S.**, Mast, C.N.* and Francis, E.J. 2026. Mapping coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) across their natural range: an updateable and field-validated distribution map using Sentinel satellite data and cloud computing. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 63 (1): 2613558.
Hurteau, M.D., Jung, C.G., Francis, E.J., Dobrowski, S.Z., Littlefield, C.E., and Parks, S.E. 2025. Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2° C of warming. Environmental Research: Ecology, 4: 041001.
Francis, E.J., Jung, C.G., Hicke, J.A., and Hurteau, M.D. 2025. Modeling the probability of bark beetle-caused tree mortality as a function of watershed-scale host species presence and basal area. Forest Ecology and Management, 580, 122549.
Francis, E.J., Steel, Z.L., Pourmohammadi, P., Collins, B.M., and Hurteau, M.D. 2023. Proportion of forested area burned at high severity increases with increasing forest connectivity and canopy cover in western US watersheds. Landscape Ecology 38, 2501-2518.
Francis, E.J., Lutz, J.A., and Farrior, C.E. 2023. Elevated mortality rates of large trees allow for increased frequency of intermediate trees: a hypothesis supported by demographic model comparison with plot and LiDAR data. Forest Ecology and Management, 540: 121035.
Atkins, J.W., Bhatt, P., Carrasco, L., Francis, E.J., Garabedian, J.E., Hakkenberg, C.R., Hardiman, B.R., Jung, J., Koirala, A., LaRue, E.A., Oh, S., Shao, G., Shugart, H.H., Spiers, A., Stovall, A.E.L., Surasinghe, T.D., Tai, X., Zhai, L., Zhang, T., and Krause, K. 2023. Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research. Ecosphere, 14:e4633.
Francis, E.J., Asner, G.P., Mach, K.J., and Field, C.B. Landscape scale variation in the hydrologic niche of California coast redwood. Ecography, 43: 1305-1315.
Nelson, R., Francis, E., Berry, J., Cornwell, W., and Anderegg, L. The role of climate niche, geofloristic history, habitat preference and allometry on wood density within a California plant community. Forests 11 (1): 105
Francis, E.J., and Asner, G.P. High-resolution mapping of redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) distributions in three Californian Forests. Remote Sensing 11 (3): 1-19.
Martin, R.E, Asner, G.P., Francis, E.J., Ambrose, A., Baxter, W., Das, A., Vaughn, N.R., Paz-Kagan, T., Dawson, T.E, Nydick, K.R., and Stephenson, N.L. 2018. Remote measurement of canopy water content in giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) during drought. Forest Ecology and Management 419-420: 279-290.
Ambrose, A. Dawson, T., Baxter. W., Martin, R., Francis, E., Asner. G.P., Nydick, K.R., and Dawson, T.E. 2018. Leaf and crown-level adjustments help giant sequoias maintain favorable water status during severe drought. Forest Ecology and Management 419-420: 257-267.
Lalonde, S. J., Mach, K.J., Anderson, C.M., Francis, E.J., Sanchez, D.L., Stanton, C.Y., Turner, P.A., and Field, C.B. 2018. Forest management in the Sierra Nevada provides limited carbon storage potential: an expert elicitation. Ecosphere. 9(7):1-15.
Francis, E.J., Muller-Landau, H.C., Wright, S.J., Iida, Y., Visser, M., Fletcher, C., Rahman, A.K, and Hubbel, S.P. 2017. Quantifying the role of wood density in explaining interspecific variation in growth of tropical trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 1078-1087.
