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Ruth DeFries

DeFries in 2014 Ruth S. DeFries (born October 20, 1956) is an environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation, that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes. She was one of 24 recipients of the 2007 MacArthur Fellowship, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2006. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Changes in the dry tropical forests in Central India with human use by Agarwala, M., DeFries, Ruth S., Qureshi, Q., Jhala, Y.V.

    Published 2016
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    Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions by Wood, SA, Jina, AS, Jain, M, Kristjanson, Patricia M., DeFries, Ruth S.

    Published 2014
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    Measuring nutritional diversity in national food supplies by Remans, R., Wood, S., Saha, N., Anderman, T.L., DeFries, Ruth S.

    Published 2014
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    Land use change around protected areas: Management to balance human needs and ecological function by DeFries, Ruth, Hansen, Andrew, Turner, B.L., Reid, Robin S., Liu, Jianguo

    Published 2007
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    Synergies and trade-offs between cash crop production and food security: a case study in rural Ghana by Anderman, T.L., Remans, R., Wood, S., DeRosa, K., DeFries, Ruth S.

    Published 2014
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    Is voluntary certification of tropical agricultural commodities achieving sustainability goals for small-scale producers? A review of the evidence by DeFries, Ruth S., Fanzo, J., Mondal, P., Remans, R., Wood, S.A.

    Published 2017
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    Impact of biogas interventions on forest biomass and regeneration in southern India by Agarwala, M., Goshal, S., Verchot, Louis V., Martius, C., Ahuja, R., DeFries, Ruth S.

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    Trade and the equitability of global food nutrient distribution by Wood, S.A., Smith, M.R., Fanzo, J., Remans, R., DeFries, Ruth S.

    Published 2018
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    Synergies and trade-offs for sustainable agriculture: nutritional yields and climate-resilience for cereal crops in Central India by DeFries, Ruth S., Mondal, P., Singh, D., Agrawal, I., Fanzo, J., Remans, R., Wood, S.

    Published 2016
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    Earth observations for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries by DeFries, Ruth S., Achard, F., Brown, S., Herold, Martin, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Schlamadinger, B., Souza, C. de

    Published 2007
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    Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries: Considerations for monitoring and measuring by DeFries, Ruth S., Achard, F., Brown, S., Herold, Martin, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Schlamadinger, B., Souza, C. de

    Published 2006
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    Metrics for land-scarce agriculture by DeFries, Ruth S., Fanzo, J.C., Remans, R., Palm, Cheryl A., Wood, S., Anderman, T.L.

    Published 2015
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    Land-use dynamics influence estimates of carbon sequestration potential in tropical second-growth forest by Schwartz, N.B., Uriarte, M.A, DeFries, Ruth S., Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo, Pinedo Vasquez, M.

    Published 2017
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    Climate impacts on disasters, infectious diseases and nutrition by Thomson, Madeleine C., Grace, Delia, DeFries, Ruth S., Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Nissan, Hannah, Giannini, Alessandra

    Published 2018
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    The Future of Small Farms: Innovations for Inclusive Transformation by Xinshen Diao, Reardon, Thomas, Kennedy, Adam, DeFries, Ruth S., Koo, Jawoo, Minten, Bart, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Thornton, Philip K.

    Published 2021
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    The Future of Small Farms: Innovations for Inclusive Transformation by Xinshen Diao, Reardon, Thomas, Kennedy, Adam, DeFries, Ruth S., Koo, Jawoo, Minten, Bart, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Thornton, Philip K.

    Published 2023
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    Depopulation of rural landscapes exacerbates fire activity in the western Amazon by Uriarte, Maria, DeFries, Ruth S., Fernandes, Kátia, Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo, Baethgen, Walter E., Padoch, Christine, Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel

    Published 2012
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    Fragmentation increases wind disturbance impacts on forest structure and carbon stocks in a western Amazonian landscape by Schwartz, N., Uriarte, M.A, DeFries, Ruth S., Bedka, K.M., Fernandes, K., Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo, Pinedo Vasquez, M.

    Published 2017
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    Climate, landowner residency, and land cover predict local scale fire activity in the Western Amazon by Schwartz, N.B., Uriarte, M.A, Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo, Baethgen, Walter E., DeFries, Ruth S., Fernandes, K., Pinedo Vasquez, M.

    Published 2015
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    Land cover change interacts with drought severity to change fire regimes in Western Amazonia by Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo, Uriarte, M.A, DeFries, Ruth S., Pinedo Vasquez, M., Fernandes, K., Ceccato, P, Baethgen, Walter E., Padoch, Christine

    Published 2014
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