Tzeidle Wasserman
Research Coordinator, Sr.
Tzeidle is an ecologist with a background in forest restoration and resiliency, climate change, climate vulnerability and adaptation, climate and wildfire interactions, and forest management. Her works spans topics of wildlife and forestry, working with stakeholders and partners to disseminate best available science for decision-making efforts and on the ground management, science synthesis, and working with regional partners on climate change issues.
Education
PhD Forest Science, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
MS Environmental Science, Western Washington University Bellingham, WA
BS Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Research Interests
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation, forest resilience, wildlife ecology, use of best available science, science synthesis
Selected publications
Wasserman, T.N., and S.E. Mueller. 2023. Climate influences on future fire severity: a synthesis of climate-fire interactions and impacts on fire regimes, high-severity fire, and forests in the western United States. Journal of Fire Ecology https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00200-8.
Wasserman, T.N., AEM Waltz, JP Roccoforte, JD Springer, JE Crouse. 2021. Natural regeneration responses to thinning and burning treatments in ponderosa pine forests and implications for restoration, Journal of Forestry Research 177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-021-01404-x
Wasserman, T.N. 2020. Wildfire Trends Across the Western US: Forest Fires Have Increased in Size, Severity, and Frequency Across Western Forests. ERI White Paper—Issues in Forest Restoration. Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University. 10 p.
Google scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iSBL-NIAAAAJ&hl=en