Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Director of Professional Programs, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2011 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2006 - 2014
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • NOV 9, 2017

    Nicholas School of the Environment

    Larger Swaths of Tropical Forest Being Lost to Commercial Agriculture

  • JAN 4, 2016

    Duke Research Blog

    An Unconventional Career Map for a Landscape Ecologist

  • AUG 5, 2014

    Study Eyes Health Risks Of Drilling And Mining In Peru
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Ecosystem
  • Geography
  • Latin America
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena
  • Remote Sensing Technology
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Ecuador (Country) 
    • South America (Continent) 
    • United States of America (Country) 

  • Research

    • Peru (Country) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Journal Articles

    • Seyednasrollah, B, Swenson, JJ, Domec, JC, and Clark, JS. "Leaf phenology paradox: Why warming matters most where it is already warm (Accepted)." Remote Sensing of Environment 209 (May 1, 2018): 446-455.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Johnson, DM, Domec, J-C, Carter Berry, Z, Schwantes, AM, McCulloh, KA, Woodruff, DR, Wayne Polley, H, Wortemann, R, Swenson, JJ, Scott Mackay, D, McDowell, NG, and Jackson, RB. "Co-occurring woody species have diverse hydraulic strategies and mortality rates during an extreme drought." Plant, cell & environment 41, no. 3 (March 2018): 576-588.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Terborgh, JW, Davenport, LC, Belcon, AU, Katul, G, Swenson, JJ, Fritz, SC, and Baker, PA. "Twenty-three-year timeline of ecological stable states and regime shifts in upper Amazon oxbow lakes." Hydrobiologia 807, no. 1 (February 2018): 99-111.  Full Text
    • Schwantes, AM, Swenson, JJ, González-Roglich, M, Johnson, DM, Domec, J-C, and Jackson, RB. "Measuring canopy loss and climatic thresholds from an extreme drought along a fivefold precipitation gradient across Texas." Global change biology 23, no. 12 (December 2017): 5120-5135.  Full Text
    • Austin, KG, González-Roglich, M, Schaffer-Smith, D, Schwantes, AM, and Swenson, JJ. "Erratum: Trends in size of tropical deforestation events signal increasing dominance of industrial-scale drivers (2017 Environ. Res. Lett. 5 054009)." Environmental Research Letters 12, no. 7 (July 1, 2017): 079601-079601.  Full Text
    • Pettorelli, N, Nagendra, H, Rocchini, D, Rowcliffe, M, Williams, R, Ahumada, J, De Angelo, C, Atzberger, C, Boyd, D, Buchanan, G, Chauvenet, A, Disney, M, Duncan, C, Fatoyinbo, T, Fernandez, N, Haklay, M, He, K, Horning, N, Kelly, N, de Klerk, H, Liu, X, Merchant, N, Paruelo, J, Roy, H, Roy, S, Ryan, S, Sollmann, R, Swenson, J, and Wegmann, M. "Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation: three years on." Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 3, no. 2 (June 2017): 53-56.  Full Text
    • Austin, KG, González-Roglich, M, Schaffer-Smith, D, Schwantes, AM, and Swenson, JJ. "Trends in size of tropical deforestation events signal increasing dominance of industrial-scale drivers." Environmental Research Letters 12, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 054009-054009.  Full Text
    • Schaffer-Smith, D, Swenson, JJ, Barbaree, B, and Reiter, ME. "Three decades of Landsat-derived spring surface water dynamics in an agricultural wetland mosaic; Implications for migratory shorebirds." Remote sensing of environment 193 (May 2017): 180-192.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • González-Roglich, M, and Swenson, JJ. "Tree cover and carbon mapping of Argentine savannas: Scaling from field to region." Remote Sensing of Environment 172 (January 2016): 139-147.  Full Text
    • SCHAFFER-SMITH, DANICA, SWENSON, JENNIFERJ, and BÓVEDA-PENALBA, ANTONIOJ. "Rapid conservation assessment for endangered species using habitat connectivity models." Environmental Conservation (2016): 1-10.  Full Text
    • Schwantes, AM, Swenson, JJ, and Jackson, RB. "Quantifying drought-induced tree mortality in the open canopy woodlands of central Texas." Remote Sensing of Environment 181 (2016): 54-64.  Full Text
    • González-Roglich, M, Swenson, JJ, Villarreal, D, Jobbágy, EG, and Jackson, RB. "Woody Plant-Cover Dynamics in Argentine Savannas from the 1880s to 2000s: The Interplay of Encroachment and Agriculture Conversion at Varying Scales." Ecosystems 18, no. 3 (April 2015): 481-492.  Full Text
    • McDowell, NG, Coops, NC, Beck, PSA, Chambers, JQ, Gangodagamage, C, Hicke, JA, Huang, C-Y, Kennedy, R, Krofcheck, DJ, Litvak, M, Meddens, AJH, Muss, J, Negrón-Juarez, R, Peng, C, Schwantes, AM, Swenson, JJ, Vernon, LJ, Williams, AP, Xu, C, Zhao, M, Running, SW, and Allen, CD. "Global satellite monitoring of climate-induced vegetation disturbances." Trends in plant science 20, no. 2 (February 2015): 114-123. (Review)  Full Text
    • González-Roglich, M, Swenson, JJ, Jobbágy, EG, and Jackson, RB. "Shifting carbon pools along a plant cover gradient in woody encroached savannas of central Argentina." Forest Ecology and Management 331 (November 2014): 71-78.  Full Text
    • Riegel, JB, Bernhardt, E, and Swenson, J. "Estimating Above-Ground Carbon Biomass in a Newly Restored Coastal Plain Wetland Using Remote Sensing." PLoS ONE 8, no. 6 (2013).  Full Text
    • Swenson, JJ, Young, BE, Beck, S, Comer, P, Córdova, JH, Dyson, J, Embert, D, Encarnación, F, Ferreira, W, Franke, I, Grossman, D, Hernandez, P, Herzog, SK, Josse, C, Navarro, G, Pacheco, V, Stein, BA, Timaná, M, Tovar, A, Tovar, C, Vargas, J, and Zambrana-Torrelio, CM. "Plant and animal endemism in the eastern Andean slope: challenges to conservation. (Published online)" BMC Ecol 12 (January 27, 2012): 1-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Domec, J-C, Sun, G, Noormets, A, Gavazzi, MJ, Treasure, EA, Cohen, E, Swenson, JJ, McNulty, SG, and King, JS. "A comparison of three methods to estimate evapotranspiration in two contrasting loblolly pine plantations: Age-related changes in water use and drought sensitivity of evapotranspiration components." Forest Science 58, no. 5 (2012): 497-512.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Smart, LS, Swenson, JJ, Christensen, NL, and Sexton, JO. "Three-dimensional characterization of pine forest type and red-cockaded woodpecker habitat by small-footprint, discrete-return lidar." Forest Ecology and Management 281 (2012): 100-110.  Full Text
    • Swenson, JJ, Carter, CE, Domec, J-C, and Delgado, CI. "Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports. (Published online)" PLoS One 6, no. 4 (April 19, 2011): e18875-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Sexton, JO, Bax, T, Siqueira, P, Swenson, JJ, and Hensley, S. "A comparison of lidar, radar, and field measurements of canopy height in pine and hardwood forests of southeastern North America." Forest Ecology and Management 257, no. 3 (2009): 1136-1147.  Full Text
    • Hernandez, PA, Franke, I, Herzog, SK, Pacheco, V, Paniagua, L, Quintana, HL, Soto, A, Swenson, JJ, Tovar, C, Valqui, TH, Vargas, J, and Young, BE. "Predicting species distributions in poorly-studied landscapes." Biodiversity and Conservation 17, no. 6 (2008): 1353-1366.  Full Text
    • Olander, LP, Gibbs, HK, Steininger, M, Swenson, JJ, and Murray, BC. "Reference scenarios for deforestation and forest degradation in support of REDD: A review of data and methods." Environmental Research Letters 3, no. 2 (2008).  Full Text
    • Swenson, JJ, and Waring, RH. "Modelled photosynthesis predicts woody plant richness at three geographic scales across the north-western United States." Global Ecology and Biogeography 15, no. 5 (2006): 470-485.  Full Text
    • Alig, RJ, Lewis, DJ, and Swenson, JJ. "Is forest fragmentation driven by the spatial configuration of land quality? The case of western Oregon." Forest Ecology and Management 217, no. 2-3 (2005): 266-274.  Full Text
    • Hansen, A, Waring, R, Phillips, L, Swenson, J, and Loehle, C. "Using biophysical factors to predict regional biodiversity potential in the pacific and inland northwest." NCASI Technical Bulletin , no. 907 (2005).
    • Swenson, JJ, Waring, RH, Coops, N, and Fan, W. "Estimation of forest productivity across the Pacific and Inland Northwest with a physiologically based process model, 3-PG." Canadian Journal of Forest Research , no. 35 (2005): 1697-1707. (Academic Article)
    • Swenson, JJ, Waring, RH, Fan, W, and Coops, N. "Predicting site index with a physiologically based growth model across Oregon, USA." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35, no. 7 (2005): 1697-1707.  Full Text
    • Butler, BJ, Swenson, JJ, and Alig, RJ. "Forest fragmentation in the Pacific Northwest: Quantification and correlations." Forest Ecology and Management 189, no. 1-3 (2004): 363-373.  Full Text
    • Swenson, JJ, and Franklin, J. "The effects of future urban development on habitat fragmentation in the Santa Monica Mountains." Landscape Ecology 15, no. 8 (2000): 713-730.  Full Text
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ENVIRON 720S: Land Conservation in Practice 2018
  • ENVIRON 761: Geospatial Analysis for Conservation Management 2018
  • ENVIRON 707: Geospatial Analysis for the Human Environmental Condition 2017
  • ENVIRON 857L: Remote Sensing for Environmental Analysis 2017
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member . Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America . August 2014 - May 2015  2014 - 2015
  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member . Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America . August 2013 - May 2014  2013 - 2014

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