Don Falk

Professor and Chair - Global Change Ecology and Management
Don Falk
dafalk@arizona.edu

Adaptation Programs/Projects

Employment Highlights

  • 2015: University of Arizona Research Delegate to the 2015 UN Climate Summit in Paris
  • 1993-2002: First Executive Director, Society for Ecological Restoration, the leading international organization dedicated to the science and practice of ecological restoration
  • 1993-1994: Field Biologist and Consultant, The Nature Conservancy of Arizona
  • 1984-1993: Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for Plant Conservation, the first national organization dedicated to the conservation of endangered plants
  • 1980-1984: Residential Energy Director, Cambridge Community Development Department

Selected Publications

  • Lee, K.; van Leeuwen, W.J.D.; Gillan, J.K.; Falk, D.A. Examining the Impacts of Pre-Fire Forest Conditions on Burn Severity Using Multiple Remote Sensing Platforms. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16101803
  • Lalor AR, Law DJ, Breshears DD, Falk DA, Field JP, Loehman RA, Triepke FJ and Barron-Gafford GA (2023) Mortality thresholds of juvenile trees to drought and heatwaves: implications for forest regeneration across a landscape gradient. Front. For. Glob. Change 6:1198156. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1198156
  • MacDonald G et al. (2023) International Journal of Wildland Fire 32(7), 1039–1058. doi:10.1071/WF22155 
  • Guiterman, C.H., Gregg, R.M., Marshall, L.A.E. et al. Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses. fire ecol 18, 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-022-00131-w
  • Hagmann, R. K., P. F. Hessburg, S. J. Prichard, N. A. Povak, P. M. Brown, P. Z. Fule, R. E. Keane, E. E. Knapp, J. M. Lydersen, K. L. Metlen, M. J. Reilly, A. J. Sanchez Meador, S. L. Stephens, J. T. Stevens, A. H. Taylor, L. L. Yocom, M. A. Battaglia, D. J. Churchill, L. D. Daniels, D. A. Falk, P. Henson,J. D. Johnston, M. A. Krawchuk, C. R. Levine, G. W. Meigs, A. G. Merschel, M. P. North, H. D. Safford,T. W. Swetnam, and A. E. M. Waltz. 2021. Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests. Ecological Applications 31(8):e02431.10.1002/eap.2431

Degree(s)

  • PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
  • MA, Environmental Policy, Tufts University
  • BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oberlin College
Geographic Area
Madrean Sky Islands
Northern Mexico
US/Canada
Western US
Language Area
French
Spanish
Expertise Area
Ecosystem Management
Fire Ecology
Fire History
Forest Ecology
Resilience Ecology
Restoration Ecology