Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Donovan Lab
Led by Victoria Donovan · Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
What we study
The Donovan Lab studies how wildfires and other disturbances affect ecosystems, using satellite data and fieldwork to understand resilience and apply findings to conservation and management.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Computational
- Plants
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Fire-adapted natural climate solutions to reduce wildfire emissions in US forests
2026 · BioScience
Identifies forest-based strategies to reduce wildfire emissions while storing carbon.
- Biome-scale spatial patterns of avian abundance reveal proactive conservation opportunities in North American grasslands
2026 · Biological Conservation
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- Fueling the fire: predicting cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) impacts on fire behavior across environmental and seasonal gradients
2026 · Fire Ecology
Measures how cogongrass affects fire behavior across different seasons and locations.
- State of Wildfires 2024–2025
2025 · Earth system science data
Tracks global wildfire activity and carbon emissions for the 2024–2025 fire season.
- Regional differences in infilling and land-use conversion characterize woody cover increases across the Eastern United States
2025 · Forest Ecology and Management
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How to reach out
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