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James F. Reynolds

Professor Emeritus
Environmental Sciences and Policy
Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
130 Science Dr., Biological Sciences Bldg., Rm 137-Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Integrated assessment of complex human-environmental systems; Land degradation and desertification in global drylands; Conceptual frameworks and models to advance the science of dryland development

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Recent Publications


Desertification

Chapter · January 1, 2024 The phenomenon of desertification involves the loss of biological or economic productivity and biodiversity in arid and semiarid croplands, pastures, rangelands, and subhumid woodlands due mainly to nonsustainable human activities, such as overcultivation, ... Full text Open Access Cite

Modeling Effects of Spatial Pattern, Drought, and Grazing on Rates of Rangeland Degradation: A Combined Markov and Cellular Automaton Approach

Chapter · January 1, 2023 The hybrid Markov-cellular automaton model simulates vegetation dynamics as a spatially and temporally discrete system. Temporal dynamics are controlled by the transition probabilities among these states, whereas spatial dynamics are controlled by local ru ... Full text Cite

Foreward

Chapter · March 16, 2022 Desertification and land degradation (DLD) are considered major global change issues. The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) contends that “desertification affects as much as one-sixth of the world's population, seventy percent of all ... Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


ARIDnet: A Research Network for Testing New Paradigms for Global Desertification

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2010

Collaborative Research: Responses of Productivity and Nutrient Dynamics to Elevated CO2 in an Intact Mojave Desert Ecosystem

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2006

Phytotron Operations: 2000 - 2004

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1995 - 2004

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Education, Training & Certifications


New Mexico State University · 1974 Ph.D.