I am most interested in the effects of fire and fire management in arid and semi-arid ecosystems.
Current research is in sagebrush steppe and western juniper woodland vegetation.
Research has been done at widely varying scales from individual plant response to watershed effects and has utilized both wildfires and prescribed fires. The overall goal of the research is a better understanding of the function of disturbance, and particularly fire, in the dynamics of rangeland ecosystems. Some Recent Publications Jirik, S.J., and S.C. Bunting. 1994. Post-fire defoliation response of Agropyron spicatum and Sitanion hystrix . S.C. Bunting, O.R. Elia and M.D. Mayor.