Publications
Peer Reviewed
Tropical Savanna
| Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methane gas emissions from savanna fires: what analysis of local burning regimes in a working West African landscape tell us |
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6229-2021 |
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| On the Problems and Promises of Savanna Fire Regime Change. Commentary on “Emissions mitigation opportunities for savanna countries from early dry season fire management” | Laris, P. | 2021 | Nature Communications |
Laris, P., 2021. On the Problems and Promises of Savanna Fire Regime Change. Commentary on “Emissions mitigation opportunities for savanna countries from early dry season fire management” Lipsett-Moore et al. Nature Communications (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04687-7 |
| Fire and Water: The role of grass competition on juvenile tree growth and survival rates in a mesic savanna. | Laris, P., Yang, L., Dembele, F., Rodrigue, C.M. | 2021 | Plant Ecology |
Laris, P., Yang, L., Dembele, F. et al. Fire and water: the role of grass competition on juvenile tree growth and survival rates in a mesic savanna. Plant Ecol 222, 861–875 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01149-x |
| Determinants of fire intensity and severity in a mesic savanna of Africa | Laris, P., Jacobs, R., Kone, M., Dembele, F., Rodrigue, C.M., and Camara, F. | 2020 | Fire Ecology | Laris, P., Jacobs, R., Kone, M. et al., 2020. Determinants of fire intensity and severity in a mesic savanna of Africa. Fire Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-020-00085-x |
| Inventaire, typologie et estimation quantitative des gaz émis par les feux de brousse en savane soudanaise dans le sud Mali | Kone, M., Dembele, F., Laris, P. | 2019 | Revue de Géographie Tropicale et d’Environnement | |
| On the problem of “natural” savanna fires: Commentary on Veenendaal et al. | Laris, P. & Jacobs, R. | 2021 | New Phytologist | Laris, P. & Jacobs, R. 2021. On the problem of “natural” savanna fires: Commentary on Veenendaal et al, 2018, New Phytologist (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17138 |
| The effects of landscape pattern and vegetation type on the fire regime of a mesic savanna in Mali. | Laris, P., Jo, Audrey., Wechsler, S., and Dadashi, S. | 2018 | Journal of Environmental Management |
Laris, P., Jo, Audrey., Wechsler, S., and Dadashi, S. 2018. The Effects of Landscape Pattern and Vegetation Type on the Fire Regime of a Mesic Savanna in Mali. Journal of Environmental Management. 227:134-145. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147971830968X |
| The early/late fire dichotomy: Time for a reassessment of Aubreville’s savanna fire experiments. | Laris, P., Kone, M., Dadashi, S., and Dembele, F. | 2017 | Progress in Physical Geography | Laris, P., Kone, M., Dadashi, S., and Dembele, F. 2017. The early/late fire dichotomy: Time for a reassessment of Aubreville’s savanna fire experiments. Progress in Physical Geography 41(1):68-94. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0309133316665570 |
| Buffering the savanna: the human ecology and geography of burning in an unstable environment | Laris, P., Caillault, S., Dadashi, S. and Jo, A. | 2015 | Journal of Ethnobiology | Laris, P., Caillault, S., Dadashi, S. and Jo, A. 2015. Buffering the savanna: the human ecology and geography of burning in an unstable environment. Journal of Ethnobiology 35(1):111-139. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-35.1.111 |
| Taking from cotton to grow maize: The shifting practices of small-holder farmers in the cotton belt of Mali | Laris, P., Foltz, J.D. & Voorhees, B. | 2014 | Agricultural Systems (online) | Laris, P., Foltz, J.D. & Voorhees, B. 2014. Taking from cotton to grow maize: The shifting practices of small-holder farmers in the cotton belt of Mali. Agricultural Systems (on-line). |
| Cotton as Catalyst?: The Shifting role of fertilizer in Mali’s Cotton Belt | Laris, P., & Foltz, J.D | 2014 | Human Ecology, (online) | Laris, P., & Foltz, J.D. 2014. Cotton as Catalyst?: The Shifting role of fertilizer in Mali’s Cotton Belt. Human Ecology, (on-line). |
| Integrating land change science and savanna fire models in West Africa | Laris, P., & Wardell, D. |
2013 |
Land | Laris, Paul. 2013. “Integrating Land Change Science and Savanna Fire Models in West Africa” Land 2(4): 609-636. https://doi.org/10.3390/land2040609 |
| Humanizing savanna models: integrating natural factors and anthropogenic disturbance regimes to determine tree-grass dynamics in savannas | Laris, P., & Dembele, F. | 2012 | Land Change Science (online) | Laris, P., & Dembele, F. 2012. Humanizing savanna models: integrating natural factors and anthropogenic disturbance regimes to determine tree-grass dynamics in savannas. Land Change Science (published online July 14, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2011.597444 |
| The Sahel’s Silent Maize Revolution: Analyzing Maize Productivity in Mali at the Farm-Level | Foltz, J.D., Aldana, U.T., Laris, P | 2012 | NBER Working Paper Series, Working Paper 17801 | Foltz, J.D., Aldana, U.T., Laris, P. 2012. The Sahel’s Silent Maize Revolution: Analyzing Maize Productivity in Mali at the Farm-Level. NBER Working Paper Series, Working Paper 17801. National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. http://www.nber.org/papers/w17801 |
| Humanizing savanna biogeography: linking human practices with ecological patterns in a frequently burned savanna of southern Mali | Laris, P. | 2011 | Annals of the Association of American Geographers | Laris, P. 2011. Humanizing savanna biogeography: linking human practices with ecological patterns in a frequently burned savanna of southern Mali. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101 (5): 1067-1088. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2011.560063 |
| Fire ecology and fire politics in Mali and Madagascar | Kull, C.A., and Laris, P. | 2009 | Tropical Fire Ecology | Kull C.A., Laris P. 2009. Fire ecology and fire politics in Mali and Madagascar. Tropical Fire Ecology. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77381-8_7 |
| An anthropogenic escape route from the “Gulliver syndrome” in the West African Savanna | Laris, P. | 2008 | Human Ecology | Laris, P. 2008. An Anthropogenic Escape Route from the “Gulliver Syndrome” in the West African Savanna. Human Ecology 36:789-805 (2008) |
| West African Environmental Narratives and Development‐Volunteer Praxis | Moseley, W.G., and Laris, P. | 2008 | Geographical Review | Moseley, W.G., and Laris, P., 2008. West African environmental narratives and development‐volunteer praxis. Geographical Review 98(1): 59-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1931-0846.2008.tb00288.x |
| Managing a burned mosaic: A landscape-scale human ecological model of savanna fires in Mali | Laris, P. | 2006 | in Savannas and Dry Forests: Linking People with Nature | Managing a Burned Mosaic: A Landscape-scale Human Ecological Model of Savanna Fires in Mali |
| Good, bad or ‘necessary evil’? Reinterpreting the colonial burning experiments in the savanna landscapes of West Africa | Laris, P., & Wardell, D. | 2006 | Geographical Journal | Laris, P., and Wardell, D.A., 2006. Good, bad or ‘necessary evil’? Reinterpreting the colonial burning experiments in the savanna landscapes of West Africa. The Geographical Journal 172(4): 271-290. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2006.00215.x |
| Spatiotemporal problems with detecting and mapping mosaic fire regimes with coarse-resolution satellite data in savanna environments | Laris, P. | 2005 | Remote Sensing of Environment | Laris, P., 2005. Spatiotemporal problems with detecting and mapping mosaic fire regimes with coarse-resolution satellite data in savanna environments. Remote Sensing of Environment 99(4): 412-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2005.09.012. |
| Burning the seasonal mosaic: preventative burning strategies in the wooded savanna of southern Mali | Laris, P. | 2002 | Human Ecology, (online) | Laris, P. Burning the Seasonal Mosaic: Preventative Burning Strategies in the Wooded Savanna of Southern Mali. Human Ecology 30, 155–186 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015685529180 |
California Environments
| Title | Authors | Year | Journal | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where have the native grasses gone?: what a long term, repeat study can tell us about California’s native prairie landscapes | Laris, P., Seymour, C., and Mills, M. | 2021 | Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History | Laris, P., et al. (2021). Where Have the Native Grasses Gone?: What a Long-Term, Repeat Study Can Tell Us about California’s Native Prairie Landscapes. Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History (at press): DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.61 |
| Coyote brush as facilitator of native plant recovery in the Santa Monica Mountains. | Brennan, S., Laris, P., & Rodrigue, C.M. | 2018 | Madrono | Brennan, S., Laris, P., & Rodrigue, C.M. 2018. Coyote brush as facilitator of native plant recovery in the Santa Monica Mountains. Madrono. 65(1):47-59. https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-65.1.47 |
| The Coyote Brush invasion of Southern California grasslands and the legacy of mechanical disturbance | Laris, P., Brennana, S., and Engelberg, K. | 2016 | Geographical Review | Laris, P., Brennan, S., and Engelberg, K. 2016. The Coyote Brush invasion of Southern California grasslands and the legacy of mechanical disturbance. Geographical Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/gere.12223 |
| Comparing the Long-Term Impacts of Different Anthropogenic Disturbance Regimes on California Coastal Sage Scrub Recovery | Engelberg, K., Laris, P., Nagy, B., and Eckardt, S. | 2013 | Professional Geographer | Engelberg, K., Laris, P., Nagy, B., and Eckardt, S. 2013. Comparing the Long-Term Impacts of Different Anthropogenic Disturbance Regimes on California Coastal Sage Scrub Recovery Professional Geographer. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2013.802558 |
| Political Ecology of Emotion and Sacred Space: The Winnemem Wintu struggles with California water policy | Ngo, M., Dallman,S., Laris, P., and Thien, D. | 2012 | Emotion, Space and Society | Ngo, M., Dallman,S., Laris, P., and Thien, D. 2012. Political Ecology of Emotion and Sacred Space: The Winnemem Wintu struggles with California water policy. Emotion, Space and Society. |
Masters’ Theses
| Title | Authors | Year | University | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effects of Fire Disturbance and Grass Removal on Tree Growth in Mesic Savannas | Lilian L. Yang | 2020 | California State University, Long Beach | Effects of Fire Disturbance and Grass Removal on Tree Growth in Mesic Savannas (PDF) |
| Determinants of Fire Intensity in a Mesic West Africa Savanna: A Statistical Analysis of Fire Characteristics | Rebecca L. Jacobs | 2018 | California State University, Long Beach | Determinants of Fire Intensity in a Mesic West Africa Savanna: A Statistical Analysis of Fire Characteristics (PDF) |
| Natives versus Exotics and Grasses versus Forbes: A Long-Term Study of Vegetation in La Jolla Valley | Chelsea R. Seymour | 2017 | California State University, Long Beach | Natives versus Exotics and Grasses versus Forbes: A Long-Term Study of Vegetation in La Jolla Valley (PDF) |
| The Effect of Landscape Pattern and Vegetation Cover Types on the Fire Regime of a Savanna in Southern Mali | Aurahm Jo | 2016 | California State University, Long Beach | The Effect of Landscape Pattern and Vegetation Cover Types on the Fire Regime of a Savanna in Southern Mali (PDF) |
| Assessment of Wildfire Frequency and Coastal Sage Scrub Vegetation Dynamics in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California | Scott W. Eckardt | 2006 | California State University, Long Beach | Assessment of Wildfire Frequency and Coastal Sage Scrub Vegetation Dynamics in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California (PDF) |
| Anthropogenic Disturbance Regimes and Coastal Sage Scrub: Comparing the Long Term Impacts of Grazing and Cultivation in Southern California | Kyra R. Engelberg | 2011 | California State University, Long Beach | Anthropogenic Disturbance Regimes and Coastal Sage Scrub: Comparing the Long Term Impacts of Grazing and Cultivation in Southern California (PDF) |