Research interests
Biodiversity/Ecology | Natural Resources | Climate Change | Sustainability | Conservation | Environment | Forestry | Disturbance ecology, vegetation dynamics, forest regeneration, sustainable forest management.
Biography
Philip J. Burton is a plant ecologist who has been studying ecosystem dynamics for more than 35 years. With applications in ecological restoration and sustainable forestry, he has published more than 120 refereed articles and book chapters. Books to his name include "Resilient Forest Management" (2025, Oxford University Press), the co-authored book "Salvage Logging and its Ecological Consequences" (2008, Island Press) and the edited books "Drivers of Landscape Change in the Northwest Boreal Region" (2020, University of Alaska Press) and "Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest" (2003, NRC Research Press). Current interests focus on fire ecology and the adaptation of forests and forestry under the current climate and biodiversity crises. Burton, Phil's curriculum vitae