Research
Often using concepts from the physical sciences to understand biological phenomena, I have investigated several issues related to storm damage in urban trees and forests in recent years, including wind-tree interaction, root system anchorage, and wood decay. Among other topics, I am currently characterizing sources of variability in tree vibration properties to isolate changes associated with specific natural processes, including water accumulation, phenology, and structural deterioration. I regularly work with MATLAB for scientific computing, and I have recently enjoyed learning about R from its active community of users. I am always interested in collaborating - reach out if you see any similarity with your own interests!
Peer-reviewed journal articles
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Ari Okun, Nicholas J. Brazee, James R. Clark, Michael J. Cunningham-Minnick, Daniel C. Burcham, Brian Kane. 2023. Assessing the likelihood of failure due to stem decay using different assessment techniques. Forests 14(5):1043. doi:
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Nicholas J. Brazee and Daniel C. Burcham. 2023. Internal decay in landscape oaks (Quercus spp.): Incidence, severity, explanatory variables, and estimates of strength loss. Forests 14(5):978. doi:
10.3390/f14050978 -
Daniel C. Burcham, Nicholas J. Brazee, Robert E. Marra, Brian Kane. 2023. Geometry matters for sonic tomography of trees. Trees: Structure and Function 37(3):837-848. doi:
10.1007/s00468-023-02387-4 -
Daniel C. Burcham and Siu-Kui Au. 2022. Identifying modal properties of trees with Bayesian inference. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 316: 108804. doi:
10.1016/j.agformet.2021.108804 -
Toby Jackson, Sarab Sethi, Ebba Dellwik, Nikolas Angelou, Amanda Bunce, Tim van Emmerik, Marine Duperat, Jean-Claude Ruel, Axel Wellpott, Skip Van Bloem, Alexis Achim, Brian Kane, Dominick M. Ciruzzi, Steven P. Loheide II, Ken James, Daniel C. Burcham, John Moore, Dirk Schindler, Sven Kolbe, Kilian Wiegmann, Mark Rudnicki, Victor J. Lieffers, John Selker, Andrew V. Gougherty, Tim Newson, Andrew Koeser, Jason Miesbauer, Roger Samelson, Jim Wagner, Anthony R. Ambrose, Andreas Detter, Steffen Rust, David Coomes, and Barry Gardiner. 2021. The motion of trees in the wind: A data synthesis. Biogeosciences 18: 4059-4072. doi:
10.5194/bg-18-4059-2021 -
Daniel C. Burcham, Wesley R. Autio, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Brian Kane. 2020. After pruning, wind-induced bending moments and vibration decrease more on reduced than raised Senegal mahogany (Khaya senegalensis). Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 61: 127100. doi:
10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127100 -
Daniel C. Burcham, Wesley R. Autio, Kenneth James, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Brian Kane. 2020. Effect of pruning type and severity on vibration properties and mass of Senegal mahogany (Khaya senegalensis) and rain tree (Samanea saman). Trees: Structure and Function 34: 213-228. doi:
10.1007/s00468-019-01912-8 -
Toby Jackson, Alexander Shenkin, John Moore, Amanda Bunce, Tim van Emmerik, Brian Kane, Daniel C. Burcham, Ken James, John Selkerq, Kim Calders, Niall Origo, Mathias Disney, Andrew Burt, Phil Wilkes, Pausi Raumonen, Jose Gonzalez de Tanago Menaca, Alvaro Lau, Martin Herold, Rosa C. Goodman, Thierry Fourcaud, and Yadvinder Malhi. 2019. An architectural understanding of natural sway frequencies in trees. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 16(155): 20190116. doi:
10.1098/rsif.2019.0116 -
Daniel C. Burcham, Nicholas J. Brazee, Robert E. Marra, Brian Kane. Can sonic tomography predict loss in load-bearing capacity for trees with internal defects? A comparison of sonic tomograms with destructive measurements. Trees: Structure and Function 33(3):681-695. doi:
10.1007/s00468-018-01808 -
Daniel C. Burcham, Nelson V. Abarrientos, Jia-Yih Wong, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Ali, Yok-King Fong, and Francis W.M.R. Schwarze. 2017. Field evaluation of Trichoderma spp. as a biological control agent to prevent wood decay on Benin mahogany (Khaya grandifoliola) and rain tree (Samanea saman) in Singapore. Biological Control 114: 114-124. doi:
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2017.08.004 -
Daniel C. Burcham, Jia-Yih Wong, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Ali, Nelson V. Abarrientos, Yok-King Fong, and Francis W.M.R. Schwarze. 2015. Characterization of host-fungus interactions among wood decay fungi associated with Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss (Meliaceae) in Singapore. Forest Pathology 45: 492-504. doi:
10.1111/efp.12199