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Professor Ruth S. DeFries

Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development
Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B)

Earth Institute Affiliate:
The Earth Institute, Columbia University

work: 212-851-1647
e-mail1: rd2402@columbia.edu
web: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu
Address:
Schermerhorn Extension
11th floor
Mail Code 5557
New York, NY 10027
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Last Modified: 11-01-2010
Publications:
- "Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970–2005,"by DeFries, R. S., with Thomas K. Rudel, Laura Schneider, B. L. Turner II, Deborah Lawrence, Jacqueline Geoghegan, Susanna Hecht, Amy Ickowitz, Eric F. Lambin, Trevor Birkenholtz, Sandra Baptista, Maria Uriarte and Ricardo Grau, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(49): 20675-20680, December 8, 2009[Abstract]
- "Nature-based tourism in Indian protected areas: New challenges for park management,"by DeFries, R. S., with Karanth, K. , Conservation Letters 4:137-149., Winter 2011
- "Mapping canopy damage from understory fires in Amazon forests using annual time series of Landsat and MODIS data,"by DeFries, R. S., with Morton, J. Nagol, C. Souza, E. Kasischke, G. C. Hurtt, and R. Dubayah., Remote Sensing of Environment 115:1706-1720., Winter 2011
- "Monitoring the world's agriculture,"by DeFries, R. S., with Sachs, J., Remans, R., Smukler, S., Winowiecki, L., Andelman, S., Cassman, K., Castle, R., Denning, G., Fanzo, J., Jackson, L., and R. Leemans, R., Nature doi:10.1038/466558a., Winter 2010


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