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Ruth DeFries

Climate Central ORCID

453

Works

73,651

Citations

114

h-index

243

i10-index

Research Topics

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Remote Sensing in Agriculture Fire effects on ecosystems

Affiliations

Central University of Karnataka2022–2022

Boston University2013–2014

Goddard Space Flight Center2000–2006

Woodwell Climate Research Center2002–2002

University System of Maryland2004–2004

Top Works

Global Consequences of Land Use

Jonathan A. Foley,Ruth DeFries,et al.

200512,743 citations

Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009)

Guido R. van der Werf,James T. Randerson,et al.

20103,221 citations

Fire in the Earth System

David M. J. S. Bowman,Jennifer K. Balch,et al.

20093,199 citations

Global land cover classification at 1 km spatial resolution using a classification tree approach

Matthew C. Hansen,Ruth DeFries,et al.

20002,322 citations

Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Stephen R. Carpenter,Harold A. Mooney,et al.

20092,207 citations

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS): land remote sensing for global change research

Chris Justice,Éric Vermote,et al.

19981,610 citations

CO2 emissions from forest loss

Guido R. van der Werf,Douglas C. Morton,et al.

20091,414 citations

Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century

Ruth DeFries,Thomas K. Rudel,et al.

20101,405 citations

A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests

Lera Miles,Adrian C. Newton,et al.

20061,383 citations