Publications
2024
Bolded: Peer-reviewed manuscript or book chapter
Unbolded: Extension/outreach publication
Indented: News or blog coverage of publication
* Undergraduate author
Bond, L.A., L.K. Lundy, H.M. Miller, C. Crandall, J.M. Diaz, R.M. Crandall. 2024. Social media use reveals public perceptions of prescribed burning. Journal of Applied Communications, 108(3), DOI: 10.4148/1051-0834.2531.
Carney, T., D. Adams, A Susaeta, S. Goewey*, and R.M. Crandall. 2024. The informal economy of wiregrass production for longleaf pine restoration. Trees, Forests & People, DOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100620.
Crandall, R.M., Y.M. Chew*, J.M. Fill, J.K. Kreye, J.M. Varner, and L.N. Kobziar. 2024. Pine trees structure plant biodiversity patterns in savannas. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70021.
Crandall, R.M., B. Ryver, D.R. Godwin, S.A. Johnson, A. Halbritter, and L.A. Bond. Resources for prescribed fires on private lands in Florida. EDIS, in press.
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2024. High survival promotes bunchgrass persistence in old-growth savannas under different fire regimes. Ecosphere, in press.
Fill, J.M., I. Meadows, J.L. Walker, R.M. Crandall, and J.L. Kerrigan. 2024. Smut fungus (Langdonia walkerae) incidence is lower in two bunchgrass species (Aristida stricta and A. beyrichiana) after fires early in the year. American Journal of Botany, DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16286.
Fill, J.M., S.L. Orzell, E. Bridges, and R.M. Crandall. 2024. Edaphic distinctiveness of Florida subtropical calcareous wet grasslands. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 151(2): 124-137.
Love, D.T.*, J.M. Fill, A. Zee, S. Tevlin, H.E. Pérez, and R.M. Crandall. 2024. Competition limits first-year growth and flowering of wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana) at a sandhills restoration site. PLOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297795.
Blog Coverage: UF/IFAS undergraduate research internships leave lasting impressions. UF/IFAS Blog | Link
Magee, L., S. Lapalikar, D.T. Cayetano, S. Machado, K. Pandit, B. Trentin, D. Wood, R. Leite, D.N. Cosenza, J. Mintz, D. Valle, R.M. Crandall, J.W. Lichstein, N. Montero, C. Cherro, R. Barreto, S. Bohlman, and D.J. Johnson. 2024. Oaks enhance early life stage longleaf pine growth and density in a subtropical xeric savanna. Oecologia, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05579-y.
Miller, H.M., R.J. Williams, J.E. Fawcett, D.R. Godwin, L. Kays, M.A. Lashley, and R.M. Crandall. 2024. Prescribed fire programming experiences, needs, and challenges of Southeastern U.S. Extension professionals. Society & Natural Resources, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2024.2401169.
Pereira, V.M., T. Souza de Campos, W. Vendrame, and R.M. Crandall. The fire ecology of saw palmetto. EDIS, in press.
Schneider, O., R.M. Crandall, and B. Baiser. 2024. The large-scale restoration of fire and water regimes in Everglades National Park reveal little change in plant diversity along an elevational gradient. Restoration Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/rec.14138.
2023
Baruzzi, C., D. Li, J.M. Fill, and R.M. Crandall. 2023. Co-occurring bunchgrasses are associated with different plant species in dry pine savannas. Restoration Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/rec.13830.
Carney, T., R. Williams, T. Kapellusch, R.M. Crandall, A. Susaeta, and D. Adams. 2023. Fanning the flames of cooperation: A collective action approach to prescribed fire agreements. Environmental Challenges, DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2022.100676.
Donovan, V.M., R.M. Crandall, J.M. Fill, and C.L. Wonkka. 2023 Increasing large wildfire in the Eastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2023GL107051.
News Coverage: Wildfires are making their way east—where they could be much deadlier. National Geographic | Link
Blog Coverage: Wildfires increasing across eastern U.S., new study reveals. UF/IFAS Blog | Link
Doran, D.J., J.M. Fill, R.M. Crandall, C.K. Randall, and A.J. Long. 2023. Fire in the wildland-urban interface: selecting and maintaining firewise plants for landscaping: FOR179/FR147, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr147-2023.
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2023. Go big or go small: Implications of prescribed fire scale in the southeastern U.S., FOR399/FR470, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-FR470-2023.
Fill, J.M., J.M. Miller, and R.M. Crandall. 2023. Prescribed fire as a tool for controlling tick populations in the southeastern United States: FOR398/FR469, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-FR469-2023.
Blog Coverage: Bees survive, ticks don’t: Pros of prescribed fire. UF/IFAS Blog | Link
Hermansen-Baez, A., R.M. Crandall, W.C. Zipperer, A.J. Long, A.L. Behm, D. McKinstry, and A. Andreu. 2023. Fire in the wildland-urban interface: selecting firewise shrubs to reduce wildfire risk: FOR272/FR334, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-FR334-2023.
Hilsenroth, J.R., K.A. Grogan, R.M. Crandall, L. Bond, and M. Sharp. 2023. Non-industrial private forest owners’ preferences for fuel reduction cost-share programs in the southeastern U.S. Forest Policy and Economics, 55, e102994. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.102994.
Hull, B., R.M. Crandall, S.F. Ashton, R.M. Visser, and M.C. Monroe. 2023. Forest management in the interface: reducing fire risk: FOR272/FR249, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-FR249-2023
Monroe, M.C., J.M. Fill, R.M. Crandall, and A.J. Long. 2023. Landscaping in Florida with fire in mind: FOR071/FR076, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-FR076-2023.
Monroe, M.C., J.M. Fill, R.M. Crandall, and S. Marynowski. 2023. Developing land in Florida with fire in mind: recommendations for designers, developers, and decision-makers: FOR63/FR059, EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr059-2023.
2022
Adedoja, O.A., R.M. Crandall, and R.E. Mallinger. 2022. Season of prescribed burns and management of an early successional species affect flower density and pollinator activity in a pine savanna ecosystem. PeerJ, 10, e14377. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14377.
Baruzzi, C., N. Medina-Irizarry*, M.N. Armstrong, and R.M. Crandall. 2022. Fire season and canopy cover interact to affect reproduction of a pyrogenic bunchgrass, Aristida beyrichiana. Plant Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s11258-021-01204-7.
Blog Coverage: Canopy Openness Affects Wiregrass Reproduction. Wiregrass Blog | Link
Baruzzi, C., J. Hong, C. Zamora*, J.M. Fill, C. Stein, and R.M. Crandall. 2022. The pyrogenic bunchgrass Aristida beyrichiana is negatively affected by soil biota when planted outside of its home soil. Plant and Soil, DOI: 10.1007/s11104-022-05548-5.
Crandall, R.M., and D.R. Godwin. 2022. UF/IFAS strives to meet your fire science needs. UF/IFAS Comings and Goings, July/August 2022. | PDF
Fill, J.M., R.M. Crandall, and A. Chequer*. 2022. Using fire to manage for oak regeneration in eastern and southeastern U.S. oak-hardwood ecosystems. SFE Factsheet 2022-2. | PDF
Fill, J.M., F. Tricone, M. Muschamp, R.M. Crandall, and R. Anderson. 2022. Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna. Biotropica, DOI: 10.1111/btp.13096.
Godwin, D., B. Ward, J. Fawcett, G.C. Wood, and R.M. Crandall. 2022. Hurricane and tropical storm impacts on prescribed fire and wildfire management practices: FOR381/FR452, 3/2022. EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr452-2022.
Magee, L., K. Pandit, S.L. Flory, R.M. Crandall, E.N. Broadbent, G.A. Prata, W. Dillon, S. Bohlman, and D.J. Johnson. 2022. Life stage and neighborhood-dependent survival of longleaf pine after prescribed fire. Forests, 13, 117. DOI: 10.3390/f13010117
Mitchell, N., S. Anderson Weaver, and R.M. Crandall. 2022. Bees and fire: How does fire in longleaf pine savannas affect bee communities? FOR383/FR454. EDIS, DOI: 10.32473/edis-FR454-2022.
Susaeta, A., J.M. Fill, R.M. Crandall, and J.M. Varner. 2022. Hidden costs of fire exclusion in longleaf pine forests linked to duff and carbon management. Journal of Forestry, DOI: 10.1093/jofore/fvac009.
2021
Krebs, C.L., J.L. Loizzo, R.M. Crandall, J.C. Bunch, and L. Lundy. 2021. Project-based learning impacts on collegiate students’ climate change attitudes, nature relatedness, and science communication skills. NACTA Journal, 65, 505-515. DOI: 10.1002/tea.20248.
Baruzzi, C., and R.M. Crandall. 2021. JFSP-funded research informed fire management to improve habitat for the endangered Florida bonneted bat. SFE Success Story 2021-October | PDF
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2021. RxCADRE: Advancing the science of collaboration. SFE Success Story 2021-September | PDF
Fill, J.M., R.M. Crandall., and D.R. Godwin. 2021. Advancing regional fire management with improved mapping techniques. SFE Success Story 2021-March | PDF
Fill, J.M., C. Zamora*, C. Baruzzi, J. Salazar-Castro, and R.M. Crandall. 2021. Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana) survival and reproduction after fire in a long-unburned pine savanna. PloS one, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247159.
Blog Coverage: IFAS Undergraduate Intern - Cesar Zamora. UF/IFAS Blog | Link
Hilsenroth, J., K.A. Grogan, R.M. Crandall, L. Bond, and M. Sharp. 2021. The impact of COVID-19 on management of non-industrial private forests in the southeastern United States. Trees, Forests and People, 6, 100159. DOI:10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100159.
2020
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2020. Fire regimes are linked to precipitation patterns in the Southeastern U.S. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15457.
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2020. Stronger evidence needed for global fire season effects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, 867-868. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.013.
Fill, J.M., R.M. Crandall, and D. Godwin. 2020. Planned Burn (PB)-Piedmont: Predicting overnight smoke conditions in complex terrain. SFE Factsheet 2020-1. | PDF
Fill, J.M., H.M. Miller*, and R.M. Crandall. 2020. Saving old trees: How fire science helped managers put fire back into the fire forest. SFE Success Story 2020-1. | PDF
Fire Science Friday Flash: Duff Fire Science Success Story. January 8, 2021. Issue 353. | PDF
Lacouture, D.L., E.N. Broadbent, and R.M. Crandall. 2020. Detecting vegetation recovery after fire in a fire-frequented habitat using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Forests, 11, 749. DOI: 10.3390/f11070749.
Levin, S.C., R.M. Crandall, T. Pokoski*, C. Stein, and T.M. Knight. 2020. Phylogenetic and functional distinctiveness explain alien plant population responses to competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287, 20201070. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1070.
McLauchlan, K., P. Higuera, J.R. Miesel, B. Rogers, J. Schweitzer, J. Shuman, A. Tepley, J. Varner, T. Veblen, S. Adalsteinsson, P. Baker, J. Balch, E. Batllori Presas, E. Bigio, P. Brando, M. Cattau, M. Chipman, J. Coen, R.M. Crandall, L. Daniels, N. Enright, W. Gross, B. Harvey, J. Hatten, S. Hermann, R. Hewitt, L. Kobziar, J. Landesmann, M.M. Loranty, S. Y. Maezumi, L. Mearns, M. Moritz, J. Myers, J. Pausas, A. Pellegrini, W. Platt, J. Roozeboom, H. Safford, F. Santos, R. Scheller, R. Sherriff, K. Smith, M. Smith, and A. Watts. 2020. Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers. Journal of Ecology, 108, 2047-2069. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13403.
Blog Coverage: Maezumi, S.Y., J.R. Miesel, P.E. Higuera, and L. Kobziar. 2020. Fire as a fundamental ecological process. Journal of Ecology: The Blog. | Link
2019
Fill, J.M., C. David, and R.M. Crandall. 2019. Climate change lengthens southeastern USA lightning-ignited fire seasons. Global Change Biology, 25, 3562–3569. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14727.
NPR Radio: WFSU Public Media, “Capital Report” (July 12) | Link
Blog Coverage: UF Researchers Link Increasing Seasonal Drought to Longer Fire Seasons. UF/IFAS Blog. (July 12) | Link
Fill, J.M., E. Pearson*, T.M. Knight, and R.M. Crandall. 2019. An invasive legume increases perennial grass biomass: An indirect pathway for plant community change. PloS one, 14, e0211295. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211295
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2019. Terrestrial invasive plants and fire. SFE Factsheet 2019-2. | PDF
Kraft, B.G., and R.M. Crandall. 2019. A framework for considering climate change impacts in project selection for Deepwater Horizon restoration efforts. Wetlands, 40, 893–899. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-019-01226-y.
Levin, S.C., R.M. Crandall, and T.M. Knight. 2019. Population projection models for 14 alien plant species in the presence and absence of above-ground competition. Ecology, 100, e02681. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2681.
Liang, A.J.*, C. Stein, E. Pearson*, J.A. Myers, R.M. Crandall, and S.A. Mangan. 2019. Snail herbivory affects seedling establishment in a temperate forest in the Ozark region. Journal of Ecology, 107, 1828-1838. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13150.
Dispatch: Buehler, J. 2019. Snails nibbling on seedlings may shape forests. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17: 137. | Link
Blog Coverage: Former Tyson undergrad and Tyson all-stars publish paper. (February 8). | Link
Miller, H.M.*, J.M. Fill, and R.M. Crandall. 2019. Facilitation of Pinus spp. seedlings by Aristida beyrichiana varies by time-since-burn. American Midland Naturalist, 182, 276-280.
2018
Crandall, R.M., and T.M. Knight. 2018. Role of multiple invasion mechanisms and their interaction in regulating the population dynamics of the exotic tree Ailanthus altissima. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 885-894.
Blog Coverage: UF researcher: Controlled fires don’t eliminate invasive tree. UF/IFAS Blog. (November 2) | Link
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2018. Quail, turkey, and deer: Fire effects and management recommendations. SFE Factsheet 2018-8. PDF
Fill, J.M., and R.M. Crandall. 2018. Online tools for weather information. SFE Factsheet 2018-7. | PDF
2017
Martin, T.A., D.C. Adams, M.J. Cohen, R.M. Crandall, C.A. Gonzalez-Benecke, J.A. Smith, and J.G. Vogel. 2017. Managing Florida's plantation forests in a changing climate. In: E.P. Chassignet, J.M. Jones, V. Misra, and J. Obeysekera, Eds. Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, and Impacts. Florida Climate Institute, Gainesville, Florida. pp. 269-295.
2016 & Earlier
Guthrie, S.*, R.M. Crandall, and T.M. Knight. 2016. Fire indirectly benefits fitness in two invasive species. Biological Invasions, 18, 1265-1273.
Crandall, R.M. and T.M. Knight. 2015. Positive frequency dependence undermines the success of restoration using historical disturbance regimes. Ecology Letters, 18, 883-891.
Myers, J.A., J.M. Chase, R.M. Crandall, and I. Jiménez. 2015. Disturbance alters forest beta-diversity but not the relative importance of community assembly mechanisms. Journal of Ecology, 103, 1291-1299.
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Crandall, R.M. and W.J. Platt. 2012. Habitat and fire heterogeneity explain the co-occurrence of congeneric resprouter and reseeder Hypericum spp. along a Florida pine savanna ecocline. Plant Ecology, 213, 1643-54.
Crandall, R.M. and R.J. Tyrl. 2006. Vascular flora of the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. Castanea, 71, 65-79.
Crandall, R.M., C.R. Hayes, and E.N. Ackland. 2003. Application of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis to flooding. Community Ecology, 4, 225-232.
Crandall, R.M., R.E. Masters, and R.J. Tyrl. 2003. Status of the wildlife habitats in the Pushmataha Forest Habitat Research Area and the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area. Federal Aid Project W-150-R.
Masters, R.E., J. Waymire, J.A. Howard, and R.M. Crandall. 2002. Progress Report: Forest Stewardship Grant, Forest Wildlife Assistance, 2000-2001. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. 36 p. Available from: OSU Department of Forestry.
Crandall, R.M. and R.W. Dolan. 1997. Floristic Investigation of Crooked Creek Community Juan Soloman Park, Indianapolis, IN. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Sciences, 106, 1-23.
Additional Manuscripts Under Review or Revision
Bond, L.A., M. Clarke, A. Zee, J. Diaz, C. Crandall, R.M. Crandall. Prescribed fire communications should be adaptive to meet the needs of varying audiences.
Fill, J.M., M. Muschamp, F. Tricone, R.M. Crandall, and R. Anderson. Large trees are critical for persistence of Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis) populations in lowland savannas.
Fill, J.M., D.R. Streng, J.S. Glitzenstein, R.M. Crandall, and W.J. Platt. Pine savanna plant communities remain unchanged after fifteen seasonal fires.
Fill, J.M. A. Zee, D.T. Love*, T. Liu, and R.M. Crandall. Fire intensity effects on flowering and post-fire bud activity in the endemic savanna bunchgrass Aristida beyrichiana.
Grosdidier, R., R.M. Crandall, E. Silverman, and P. Hahn. Insect functional traits reveal processes that shape niche differentiation patterns.
Kimball*, A., D. Love*, V. Lopez-Scarim*, A. Zee, R,M. Crandall, E. Karlsen-Ayala, C. Baruzzi, A. Al-Agley, and J.M. Fill. Mycorrhizal fungi affect growth of an endemic bunchgrass in pine savannas.
Schneider, O., R.M. Crandall, and B. Baiser. Trait-Environment relationships along a hydrological and fire frequency gradient in Everglades National Park.
Stone, I., C. Garnica-Díaz, C. Chang-Yang, A. Zee, R.M. Crandall, L. Magee, J. Mintz; D. Orwig, A. Barker Plotkin, D. Johnson. Seedling passage times in gaps and closed canopies reveal decades of understory persistence in a New England forest.