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The responsible use of global remote-sensing datasets.
Matthew E Fagan, Naomi B Schwartz, Ruth S DeFries

Nat Ecol Evol· December 2025

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Groundwater depletion will reduce cropping intensity in India.
Meha Jain, Ram Fishman, Pinki Mondal, Gillian L Galford, Nishan Bhattarai, Ruth S DeFries

Sci Adv· February 2021

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Fires, Smoke Exposure, and Public Health: An Integrative Framework to Maximize Health Benefits From Peatland Restoration.
Miriam E Marlier, Tianjia Liu, Karen Yu, Jonathan J Buonocore, Shannon N Koplitz, Ruth S DeFries

Geohealth· July 2019

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Natural climate solutions are not enough.
Christa M Anderson, Ruth S DeFries, Robert Litterman, Pamela A Matson, Daniel C Nepstad

Science· March 2019

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Aligning conservation efforts with resource use around protected areas.
Nandini Velho, Ruth S DeFries, Anja Tolonen, Umesh Srinivasan, Aditi Patil

Ambio· February 2019

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Understanding dietary and staple food transitions in China from multiple scales.
Xiao Chang, Ruth S DeFries, Liming Liu, Kyle Davis

PLoS One· July 2018

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Dynamics and determinants of land change in India: integrating satellite data with village socioeconomics.
Prasanth Meiyappan, Parth S Roy, Yeshu Sharma, Reshma M Ramachandran, Pawan K Joshi, Ruth S DeFries

Reg Environ Change· October 2016

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Targeted reforestation could reverse declines in connectivity for understory birds in a tropical habitat corridor.
Matthew E Fagan, Ruth S DeFries, Steven E Sesnie, J Pablo Arroyo-Mora, Robin L Chazdon

Ecol Appl· July 2016

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Biogas Cook Stoves for Healthy and Sustainable Diets? A Case Study in Southern India.
Tal Lee Anderman, Ruth S DeFries, Stephen A Wood, Roseline Remans, Richie Ahuja

Front Nutr· October 2015

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Sensitivity of crop cover to climate variability: insights from two Indian agro-ecoregions.
Pinki Mondal, Meha Jain, Ruth S DeFries, Gillian L Galford, Christopher Small

J Environ Manage· January 2015

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El Niño and health risks from landscape fire emissions in Southeast Asia.
Miriam E Marlier, Ruth S DeFries, Apostolos Voulgarakis, Patrick L Kinney, James T Randerson

Nat Clim Chang· January 2013

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Depopulation of rural landscapes exacerbates fire activity in the western Amazon.
María Uriarte, Miquel Pinedo-Vasquez, Ruth S DeFries, Katia Fernandes, Victor Gutierrez-Velez

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· December 2012

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QnAs with Ruth S. DeFries. Interview by Nicholette Zeliadt.
Ruth S DeFries

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· June 2012

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Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires.
Fay H Johnston, Sarah B Henderson, Yang Chen, James T Randerson, Miriam Marlier, Ruth S Defries

Environ Health Perspect· May 2012

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Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s.
Marcia N Macedo, Ruth S DeFries, Douglas C Morton, Claudia M Stickler, Gillian L Galford

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· January 2012

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The Amazon basin in transition.
Eric A Davidson, Alessandro C de Araújo, Paulo Artaxo, Jennifer K Balch, I Foster Brown, Ruth S DeFries

Nature· January 2012

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Forecasting fire season severity in South America using sea surface temperature anomalies.
Yang Chen, James T Randerson, Douglas C Morton, Ruth S DeFries, G James Collatz

Science· November 2011

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Human impacts flatten rainforest-savanna gradient and reduce adaptive diversity in a rainforest bird.
Adam H Freedman, Wolfgang Buermann, Edward T A Mitchard, Ruth S Defries, Thomas B Smith

PLoS One· September 2010

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Fire in the Earth system.
David M J S Bowman, Jennifer K Balch, Paulo Artaxo, William J Bond, Jean M Carlson, Ruth S Defries

Science· April 2009

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Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Stephen R Carpenter, Harold A Mooney, John Agard, Doris Capistrano, Ruth S Defries

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· February 2009

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Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data.
Matthew C Hansen, Stephen V Stehman, Peter V Potapov, Thomas R Loveland, John R G Townshend, Ruth S DeFries

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· July 2008

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Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon.
Douglas C Morton, Ruth S DeFries, Yosio E Shimabukuro, Liana O Anderson, Egidio Arai

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· September 2006

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Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation and regrowth based on satellite observations for the 1980s and 1990s.
Ruth S DeFries, Richard A Houghton, Matthew C Hansen, Christopher B Field, David Skole

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· October 2002

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