Jonathan A. Foley

Understanding Regional Change: A Comparison of Two Lake Districts (2007)

STEPHEN R. CARPENTER, BARBARA J. BENSON, REINETTE BIGGS, JONATHAN W. CHIPMAN, JONATHAN A. FOLEY, SHAUN A. GOLDING, ...

We compared long-term change in two lake districts, one in a forested rural setting and the other in an urbanizing agricultural region, using lakes as sentinel ecosystems. Human population growth and...

People on the Land: Changes in Global Population and Croplands during the 20th Century (2002)

Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley, Nicholas J. Olejniczak

This study reviews the major changes in global distribution of croplands during the 20th century. During the 20th century, the cropland base diminished greatly (from ∼ 0.75 ha person−1 in 1900 to...

Links between Climate, Malaria, and Wetlands in the Amazon Basin

Olson, Sarah H., Gangnon, Ronald, Elguero, Eric, Durieux, Laurent, Guégan, Jean-François, Foley, Jonathan A., ...

Climate changes are altering patterns of temperature and precipitation, potentially affecting regions of malaria transmission. We show that areas of the Amazon Basin with few wetlands show a variable...