Publications

• Dillon, G. K., Z. A. Holden, P. Morgan, M. A. Crimmins, E. K. Heyerdahl, and C. H. Luce. 2011. Both topography and climate affected forest and woodland burn severity in two regions of the western US, 1984 to 2006. Ecosphere 2(12):130. doi: 10.1890/ES11-00271.1

• Brugger, J., M.A.Crimmins, and G. Owen. 2011. Finding a place for climate science in the rural West. Rural Connections. 5:5-10.

• Holden, Z.A., C. Luce, M. Crimmins, and P. Morgan. 2011.  Wildfire extent and severity correlated with annual streamflow distribution and timing in the Pacific Northwest, USA (1984–2005). Ecohydrology. doi:10.1002/eco.257.

• T. Crimmins, M.A. Crimmins, and D. Bertelsen. 2011. Onset of summer flowering in a ‘Sky Island’ is driven by monsoon moisture. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03705.x.

• Holden, Z.A., M.A. Crimmins, S.A. Cushman, and J.S. Littell. 2011. Empirical modeling of spatial and temporal variation in warm season nocturnal air temperatures in two North Idaho mountain ranges, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 151:261-269. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.006.

• T. Crimmins, M.A. Crimmins, and D. Bertelsen. 2010. Complex responses to climate drivers in onset of spring flowering across a semi-arid elevation gradient. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01696.x

• M.A. Crimmins. 2010. Interannual to decadal changes in extreme fire weather event frequencies across the southwestern United States. International Journal of Climatology. doi: 10.1002/joc.2184.

• Zaimes, G. and  M.A. Crimmins. 2010. Riparian Areas of the Southwest: Learning from Repeat Photographs. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 39:63-69.

• Crimmins, T.M., M.A. Crimmins, D. Bertlesen. 2009. Flowering range changes across an elevation gradient in response to warming summer temperatures. Global Change Biology. 15:1141-1152 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01831.x.

• Miller, J.D.  , H.D. Safford , M.A. Crimmins and A.E. Thode. 2009. Quantitative Evidence for Increasing Forest Fire Severity in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Mountains, California and Nevada, USA. Ecosystems, 12:16-32. DOI 10.1007/s10021-008-9201-9.

• Crimmins, M.A. and T.M. Crimmins. 2008. Monitoring Plant Phenology Using Digital Repeat Photography. Environmental Management, 41: 949-958. DOI 10.1007/s00267-008-9086-6.

• Crimmins, T.M., M.A. Crimmins, D. Bertlesen, and J. Balmat. 2007. Relationships between alpha diversity of plant species in bloom and climatic variables across an elevation gradient. International Journal of Biometeorology, 52: 353-366. DOI 10.1007/s00484-007-0130-7.

• Crimmins, M.A., G. Zaimes, N. Haas, C. Jones, G. Garfin, and T. Crimmins. 2007. Changes on the Range: A Novel Exercise to Explore Interactions between Range Management Decision Making and Climate Change. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 36: 76-86. (PDF, ~800K)

• Holden, Z.A., P. Morgan, M.A. Crimmins, R.K. Steinhorst, and A.M. Smith. 2007. Fire Season Precipitation Variability Influences Fire Extent and Severity in a Large Southwestern Wilderness Area. Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 34, L16708, doi:10.1029/2007GL030804 .

• Crimmins, M.A., 2006. Synoptic Climatology of Extreme Fire Weather Conditions Across the Southwest United States. International Journal of Climatology. 26:1001-1016, doiI:10.1002/joc.1300. (PDF, ~400K)

• Crimmins, M.A. and A.C. Comrie, 2004. Wildfire-Climate Interactions Across Southeast Arizona. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 13: 455-466. (PDF, ~2MB)

• Crimmins, M.A., 2004. High-Resolution Climate Monitoring on a Mountain Island: The Saguaro National Park Pilot Study. Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Tucson, AZ. RMRS-P-36, pp. 176-181. (PDF, ~800K)

• Crimmins, M.A. and T.M. Crimmins, 2003. Climate Variability and Plant Response at the Santa Rita Experimental Range, Arizona. In: M.P. McClaran, P.F. Ffolliott and C.B. Edminster (Editors), Santa Rita Experimental Range: 100 Years (1903 to 2003) of Accomplishments and Contributions. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Tucson, AZ, pp. 111-115. (PDF, ~45K)

Extension Bulletins

• Artiola, J.F., M.A. Crimmins and M. Yoklic. 2008. Doing our Part to Help Conserve
  Arizona’s Water Resources and Reduce Global Warming by Saving Energy at Home. Arizona Cooperative Extension, AZ1485.
• Crimmins, M.A. 2007. Arizona Climate and Riparian Areas.  In: Understanding Arizona's Riparian Areas. Arizona Cooperative Extension, AZ1432.  pp.71-81.

• Crimmins, M.A. 2006. Arizona and the North American Monsoon System. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, AZ1417.

• Rogstad, A., M.A. Crimmins, G. Garfin. 2006. Climate Change and Wildfire Impacts in Southwest Forests and Woodlands. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, AZ1425.

Presentations

• "The Arizona Rainfall Roundup: Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Citizen Science", Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2006. (PDF, 200K)

• “Evaluation of Climate Monitoring Needs in Southwestern National Parks: The Saguaro National Park Pilot Study” with others, 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and 84th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, January 2004. (PDF, ~600K)

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