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Rosemary Sherriff is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis at California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt. Her research focuses on biogeography, landscape ecology, and forest disturbances, with an emphasis on wildfires, insect outbreaks, and geospatial analysis. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work integrates dendroecological methods to study climate-vegetation interactions and disturbance regimes.
Key research interests include understanding how conifer encroachment impacts oak woodlands, analyzing drought resistance in conifers across environmental gradients, and evaluating fire regime dynamics in western North American forests. She explores the effects of climate change on forest resilience and employs remote sensing and tree-ring data to reconstruct historical ecological patterns.
Her publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches to ecological challenges, including prescribed fire impacts on forest growth, land-cover changes in Alaska, and collaborative fire-scar network analyses. Though no formal awards are listed, her extensive peer-reviewed output demonstrates significant contributions to fire ecology and forest management.
Dr. Sherriff’s advising and grants include National Science Foundation RUI funding for drought-response studies. Her research often involves spatial modeling of disturbance regimes and participatory approaches to wildland-urban interface management. Collaborative projects emphasize linking ecological and social dimensions of forest ecosystems.
