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List of works by Uldis Silins

A Global Index for Mapping the Exposure of Water Resources to Wildfire

scholarly article by François-Nicolas Robinne et al published 13 January 2016 in Forests

A New Framework for Modelling Fine Sediment Transport in Rivers Includes Flocculation to Inform Reservoir Management in Wildfire Impacted Watersheds

scientific article published in 2021

A Regional-Scale Index for Assessing the Exposure of Drinking-Water Sources to Wildfires

scientific article

A unified nomenclature for quantification and description of water conducting properties of sapwood xylem based on Darcy's law.

scientific article published in August 2005

Anthropogenic and Climate-Exacerbated Landscape Disturbances Converge to Alter Phosphorus Bioavailability in an Oligotrophic River

scientific article published in 2021

Assessing water contamination risk from vegetation fires: Challenges, opportunities and a framework for progress

Carbon isotope discrimination and water stress in trembling aspen following variable retention harvesting

scientific article

Catchment-scale stream temperature response to land disturbance by wildfire governed by surface–subsurface energy exchange and atmospheric controls

scientific article published in 2014

Crown shyness in lodgepole pine stands of varying stand height, density, and site index in the upper foothills of Alberta

article by Heather Fish et al published September 2006 in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Differential transpiration by three boreal tree species in response to increased evaporative demand after variable retention harvesting

article

Effects of wildfire on the catchment hydrology in southwest Alberta

scientific article published in 2016

Evaporative demand across a range of microsites in partial-cut boreal forests

Five-year legacy of wildfire and salvage logging impacts on nutrient runoff and aquatic plant, invertebrate, and fish productivity

scientific article

Forest Peatland Drainage and Subsidence Affect Soil Water Retention and Transport Properties in an Alberta Peatland

scientific article published in 1998

Implications of land disturbance on drinking water treatability in a changing climate: demonstrating the need for "source water supply and protection" strategies.

scientific article

Landscape controls on long-term runoff in subhumid heterogeneous Boreal Plains catchments

Long-term impact of severe wildfire and post-wildfire salvage logging on macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in Alberta's Rocky Mountains

scientific article published in 2019

Measure of simultaneous tree sways and estimation of crown interactions among a group of trees

Modelling of wildfire impacts on catchment hydrology applied to two case studies

scientific article published in 2015

Net precipitation in burned and unburned subalpine forest stands after wildfire in the northern Rocky Mountains

scientific article published in 2019

Reducing stem bending increases the height growth of tall pines

scientific article

Response of Populus tremuloides, Populus balsamifera, Betula papyrifera and Picea glauca Seedlings to Low Soil Temperature and Water-logged Soil Conditions

article

Runoff and sediment production from harvested hillslopes and the riparian area during high intensity rainfall events

scholarly article

Sapwood hydraulic recovery following thinning in lodgepole pine

Sediment production following severe wildfire and post-fire salvage logging in the Rocky Mountain headwaters of the Oldman River Basin, Alberta

scholarly article by Uldis Silins et al published December 2009 in CATENA

Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Sediment-phosphorus dynamics can shift aquatic ecology and cause downstream legacy effects after wildfire in large river systems

scientific article

Seedling growth and water use of boreal conifers across different temperatures and near-flooded soil conditions

Severe western Canadian wildfire affects water quality even at large basin scales

scientific article published on 20 June 2020

Stand structure governs the crown collisions of lodgepole pine

Stem hydraulic properties and growth in lodgepole pine stands following thinning and sway treatment

Stem sapwood permeability in relation to crown dominance and site quality in self-thinning fire-origin lodgepole pine stands

scientific article published in August 2003

The effect of temperature on mechanical properties of standing lodgepole pine trees

The influence of wildfire on water quality and watershed processes: new insights and remaining challenges

scientific article published in 2019

The periodic motion of lodgepole pine trees as affected by collisions with neighbors

Untangling harvest‐streamflow responses in foothills conifer forests: Nexus of teleconnections, summer‐dominated precipitation, and storage

scientific article published in 2022

Utilizing pioneer species as a hydrological nurse crop to lower water table for reforestation of poorly drained boreal sites

article

Wildfire and the future of water supply

scientific article

Wildfire impacts on nitrogen concentration and production from headwater streams in southern Alberta’s Rocky Mountains

scientific article published in 2008