Nathan Kiel

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Forest, plant, and fire ecology; remote sensing; effects of climate change on plant communities in forest ecosystems; pedagogy and course development

Current Projects

How short-interval fires impact forest ecosystems, with emphasis on the herbaceous plant community; quantifying post-fire tree regeneration via remote sensing techniques; plant community composition in areas of poor forest recovery; developing, implementing, and assessing a teaching module on forest ecosystem ecology and biogeochemical cycling

Selected Publications

Augustine, S.P., I. Bailey-Marren, K.T. Charton, N. G. Kiel, and M.S. Peyton. 2024. Improper data practices erode the quality of global ecological databases and impede the progress of ecological research. Global Change Biology, 30, e17116. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17116.

Kiel, N.G., K. H. Braziunas, and M. G. Turner. 2023. Peeking under the canopy: anomalously short fire-return intervals alter subalpine forest understory plant communities. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.19009.

Kiel, N. G., and M. G. Turner. 2022. Where are the trees? Extent, configuration and drivers of poor forest recovery 30 years after the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. Forest Ecology and Management 524:120536.

Personal Interests

Most of my interests stem from my love of the outdoors. I hike and backpack as often as I can, enjoy running, and have a desire to spend more time paddling and rock climbing. I also like visiting professional and semi-professional sports stadiums (primarily baseball), traveling, reading, writing poetry, seeing live music, and playing guitar. My most recent fascination (obsession?) is visiting as many Wisconsin State Natural Areas as I can.

Contact Information

434 Birge Hall
430 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706

e-mail: nkiel @ wisc.edu

Website: https://nathankiel.com