Brian Harvey
- Associate Professor
- Jack and George Corkery Professorship in Forest Sciences
- 206-685-9929
Brian J. Harvey
- Associate Professor
- Jack and George Corkery Professorship in Forest Sciences
Research areas
Brian’s research is guided largely by the question: “How are forest fires and forest resilience to fire changing as the climate warms?”
His research focuses on understanding the patterns and drivers of forest fires – and how forest structure and function is shaped by fires, interactions among fire and other disturbances (e.g., insect outbreaks), and climate. Dr. Harvey’s work emphasizes field studies that are integrated with large spatial datasets and analyses, drawing on insights from landscape ecology, fire ecology, disturbance ecology, and community ecology in forest ecosystems. Over the last 15 years, he has conducted research on the fire ecology of forests in coastal California, the US Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Northwest.
Ph.D., Ecology (Dept. of Zoology), University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A., Geography (concentration in Resource Management), San Francisco State University
B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Autumn 2026-27 Admissions: Please reach out to Professor Harvey to inquire about their ability to admit new students.
Current sponsored projects
Calibration and validation of satellite burn-severity indices with field data in forests of the Interior Pacific Northwest
A rare opportunity: Gaining insights into current and future forest resilience to wildfire in the western Cascade Mountains
Collaborative Research: Spatiotemporal interactions among biotic disturbance agents, biological legacies, and compensatory responses: consequences for temperate forest resilience
Selected publications
Buonanduci, M,S., Donato, D.C., Halofsky, J.S., Kennedy, M.C., Harvey, B.J., 2023. Consistent spatial scaling of high-severity wildfire can inform expected future patterns of burn severity. Ecology Letters.
Morris, J.E., Buonanduci, M.S., Agne, M.C., Battaglia, M.A., Donato, D.C., Harvey, B.J., 2023. Fuel profiles and biomass carbon following bark beetle outbreaks: Insights for disturbance interactions from a historical silvicultural experiment. Ecosystems.
Saberi, S.J. and Harvey, B.J., 2023. What is the color when black is burned? Quantifying forest (re)burn severity in short-interval fires using field and satellite indices. Fire Ecology 9(24).
Harvey, B.J., Buonanduci, M.S, Turner, M.G., 2023. Spatial interactions among short-interval fires reshape forest landscapes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32: 586-602.
Buonanduci, M.S., Morris, J.E., Agne, M.C., Battaglia, M.A., Harvey, B.J., 2023. Fine-scale spatial heterogeneity shapes compensatory responses of a subalpine forest to severe bark beetle outbreak. Landscape Ecology 38: 253-270.
Harvey, B.J., Hart, S.J., Tobin, P.C., Veblen, T.T., Donato, D.C., Buonanduci, M.S., Pane, A.M., Stanke, H.D., Rodman, K.C. 2023. Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Laughlin, M.M., Bakker, J.D., Churchill, D.J., Gregory M.J., DeMeo, T.E., Harvey, B.J., 2023. Trends in forest structure restoration need over three decades with increasing wildfire activity. Forest Ecology and Management 527: 120607.