Jennifer J. Swenson
Associate Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2014
Contact Information
- A319 LSRC, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90328, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0328
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jswenson@duke.edu
(919) 668-0606
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Google Scholar profile
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Swenson Lab
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Oregon State University 2003
- M.A., San Diego State University 1995
- B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara 1990
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Duke Appointment History
- Director of Professional Programs, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2012 - 2016
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2006 - 2014
- Director of Professional Studies in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2011 - 2014
- Recognition
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In the News
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NOV 9, 2017 Nicholas School of the Environment -
JAN 4, 2016 Duke Research Blog -
AUG 5, 2014
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- Expertise
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Subject Headings
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Global Scholarship
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
- Panlasigui, S, Rico-Straffon, J, Pfaff, A, Swenson, J, and Loucks, C. "Impacts of certification, uncertified concessions, and protected areas on forest loss in Cameroon, 2000 to 2013." Biological Conservation 227 (November 1, 2018): 160-166. Full Text
- Schwantes, AM, Parolari, AJ, Swenson, JJ, Johnson, DM, Domec, J-C, Jackson, RB, Pelak, N, and Porporato, A. "Accounting for landscape heterogeneity improves spatial predictions of tree vulnerability to drought." The New Phytologist 220, no. 1 (October 2018): 132-146. Full Text
- Schaffer-Smith, D, Swenson, JJ, Reiter, ME, and Isola, JE. "Quantifying shorebird habitat in managed wetlands by modeling shallow water depth dynamics." Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America 28, no. 6 (September 2018): 1534-1545. Full Text
- Gray, PC, Ridge, JT, Poulin, SK, Seymour, AC, Schwantes, AM, Swenson, JJ, and Johnston, DW. "Integrating drone imagery into high resolution satellite remote sensing assessments of estuarine environments." Remote Sensing 10, no. 8 (August 1, 2018). Full Text
- Seyednasrollah, B, James S. Clark, , Jean-Christophe Domec, , and Jennifer J. Swenson, . "Leaf phenology paradox: Why warming matters most where it is already warm." Remote Sensing of Environment. 209 (May 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 1, 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 1, 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 9, 2017). 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 Jennifer J. Swenson, . "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 (New York, N.Y.) 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 (January 2013): e68251-null. Full Text
- 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 (October 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 (October 2012): 100-110. 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." Bmc Ecology 12 (January 27, 2012): 1-null. Full Text
- Swenson, JJ, Carter, CE, Domec, J-C, and Delgado, CI. "Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports." Plos One 6, no. 4 (January 2011): e18875-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Sexton, JOSEPHO, Bax, TYLER, Siqueira, PAUL, Swenson, JENNIFERJ, and Hensley, SCOTT. "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 (February 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 (June 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 (June 1, 2008). (Review) 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 (September 1, 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 (October 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 (October 1, 2005). (Review)
- 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 (July 1, 2005): 1697-1707. Full Text
- Swenson, JJ, Waring, RH, Fan, WH, and Coops, N. "Predicting site index with a physiologically based growth model across Oregon, USA." Canadian Journal of Forest Research Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 35, no. 7 (July 1, 2005): 1697-1707. (Academic Article) Full Text Link to Item
- 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)
- Butler, BJ, Swenson, JJ, and Alig, RJ. "Forest fragmentation in the Pacific Northwest: quantification and correlations." Forest Ecology and Management 189, no. 1-3 (February 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 (December 1, 2000): 713-730. Full Text
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