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Little, K, Castellanos-Acuna, D, Flannigan, M, Graham, LJ, Jain, P, Kettridge, N, Neal, R, Pope, JO & Ivison, K 2026, 'Relationships between synoptic weather patterns, surface fire weather and vegetation fire in a temperate region', International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 35, no. 1, WF25158. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF25158
Belcher, CM, Vitali, R, Nikonovas, T, Little, K, Elliott, A, Baker, SJ, Crawford, AJ, Doerr, SH, Kettridge, N & Clay, GD 2025, 'A flammability phenology for dry mixed heaths and its implications for modelling fire behaviour', International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 34, no. 8, WF24123. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24123
Little, K, Castellanos-Acuna, D, Kettridge, N, Flannigan, M & Jain, P 2025, 'Extreme blocking ridges are associated with vegetation fire occurrence in England', International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 34, no. 8, WF25083. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF25083
Little, K, Castellanos-Acuna, D, Jain, P, Graham, L, Kettridge, N & Flannigan, M 2025, 'Persistent positive anomalies in geopotential heights drive enhanced wildfire activity across Europe', Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, vol. 380, no. 1924, 20230455. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0455
Little, K, Vitali, R, Belcher, CM, Kettridge, N, Pellegrini, AFA, Ford, AES, Smith, AMS, Elliott, A, Voulgarakis, A, Stoof, CR, Kolden, CA, Schwilk, DW, Kennedy, EB, Newman Thacker, FE, Millin-Chalabi, GR, Clay, GD, Morison, JI, McCarty, JL, Ivison, K, Tansey, K, Simpson, KJ, Jones, MW, Mack, MC, Fulé, PZ, Gazzard, R, Harrison, SP, New, S, Page, SE, Hall, TE, Brown, T, Jolly, WM & Doerr, S 2025, 'Priority research directions for wildfire science: views from a historically fire-prone and an emerging fire-prone country', Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, vol. 380, no. 1924, 20240001. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0001
Ivison, K, Little, K, Orpin, A, Belcher, CM, Clay, GD, Doerr, SH, Smith, TEL, Andersen, R, Graham, LJ & Kettridge, N 2025, 'Unprecedented UK heatwave harmonised drivers of fuel moisture creating extreme temperate wildfire risk', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 6, no. 1, 727. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02746-8
Ivison, K, Little, K, Orpin, A, Lewis, CHM, Dyer, N, Keyzor, L, Everett, L, Stoll, E, Andersen, R, Graham, LJ & Kettridge, N 2024, 'A national-scale sampled temperate fuel moisture database', Scientific Data, vol. 11, 973. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03832-w
Little, K, Kettridge, N, Belcher, CM, Graham, LJ, Stoof, CR, Ivison, K & Cardil, A 2024, 'Cross-landscape fuel moisture differences impact simulated fire behaviour', International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 33, no. 9, WF24019 . https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24019
Lewis, CHM, Little, K, Graham, LJ, Kettridge, N & Ivison, K 2024, 'Diurnal fuel moisture content variations of live and dead Calluna vegetation in a temperate peatland', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 4815. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55322-z
Little, K, Graham, LJ, Flannigan, M, Belcher, CM & Kettridge, N 2024, 'Landscape controls on fuel moisture variability in fire-prone heathland and peatland landscapes', Fire Ecology, vol. 20, no. 1, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00248-0
Little, K, Graham, LJ & Kettridge, N 2023, 'Accounting for among-sampler variability improves confidence in fuel moisture content field measurements', International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 33, no. 1, WF23078. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF23078
Pandey, P, Huidobro, G, Lopes, LF, Ganteaume, A, Ascoli, D, Colaco, C, Xanthopoulos, G, Giannaropoulos, T, Gazzard, R, Boustras, G, Steelman, T, Charlton, V, Ferguson, E, Kirschner, J, Little, K, Stoof, C, Nikolakis, W, Fernández-Blanco, CR, Ribotta, C, Lambrechts, H, Fernandez, M & Dossi, S 2023, 'A global outlook on increasing wildfire risk: current policy situation and future pathways', Trees, Forests and People, vol. 14, 100431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100431
Little, K, Kingston, D, Cullen, N & Gibson, P 2019, 'The role of atmospheric rivers for extreme ablation and snowfall events in the Southern Alps of New Zealand', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 46, no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081669
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