Jonathan A Foley

Summary

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi People on the land: changes in global population and croplands during the 20th century
    Navin Ramankutty
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    Ambio 31:251-7. 2002
  2. ncbi Global consequences of land use
    Jonathan A Foley
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Science 309:570-4. 2005
  3. ncbi AtmospheRIC science. Tipping points in the tundra
    Jonathan A Foley
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Science 310:627-8. 2005
  4. ncbi Trading carbon for food: global comparison of carbon stocks vs. crop yields on agricultural land
    Paul C West
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:19645-8. 2010
  5. ncbi Our share of the planetary pie
    Jonathan A Foley
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:12585-6. 2007
  6. ncbi Links between climate, malaria, and wetlands in the Amazon Basin
    Sarah H Olson
    University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 15:659-62. 2009
  7. ncbi Impact of regional climate change on human health
    Jonathan A Patz
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
    Nature 438:310-7. 2005
  8. ncbi Prairie restoration and carbon sequestration: difficulties quantifying C sources and sinks using a biometric approach
    Kimberly Nicholas Cahill
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
    Ecol Appl 19:2185-201. 2009
  9. ncbi Influence of geoengineered climate on the terrestrial biosphere
    Vaishali Naik
    Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, 105 S. Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Environ Manage 32:373-81. 2003

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi People on the land: changes in global population and croplands during the 20th century
    Navin Ramankutty
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    Ambio 31:251-7. 2002
    ..Overall, the global food production system is becoming increasingly vulnerable to regional disruptions because of our increasing reliance on expensive technological options to increase agricultural production, or on global food trade...
  2. ncbi Global consequences of land use
    Jonathan A Foley
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Science 309:570-4. 2005
    ..We face the challenge of managing trade-offs between immediate human needs and maintaining the capacity of the biosphere to provide goods and services in the long term...
  3. ncbi AtmospheRIC science. Tipping points in the tundra
    Jonathan A Foley
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Science 310:627-8. 2005
  4. ncbi Trading carbon for food: global comparison of carbon stocks vs. crop yields on agricultural land
    Paul C West
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:19645-8. 2010
    ..Particularly in the tropics, emphasis should be placed on increasing yields on existing croplands rather than clearing new lands. Our high-resolution approach can be used to determine the net effect of local land use decisions...
  5. ncbi Our share of the planetary pie
    Jonathan A Foley
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:12585-6. 2007
  6. ncbi Links between climate, malaria, and wetlands in the Amazon Basin
    Sarah H Olson
    University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 15:659-62. 2009
    ..We show that areas of the Amazon Basin with few wetlands show a variable relationship between precipitation and malaria, while areas with extensive wetlands show a negative relationship with malaria incidence...
  7. ncbi Impact of regional climate change on human health
    Jonathan A Patz
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment SAGE, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
    Nature 438:310-7. 2005
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  8. ncbi Prairie restoration and carbon sequestration: difficulties quantifying C sources and sinks using a biometric approach
    Kimberly Nicholas Cahill
    Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
    Ecol Appl 19:2185-201. 2009
    ..Longer-term quantification of carbon stocks in the soil, periodically linked to measurements of individual processes, may offer a more reliable measure of the carbon balance in grassland systems, suitable for assigning credits...
  9. ncbi Influence of geoengineered climate on the terrestrial biosphere
    Vaishali Naik
    Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, 105 S. Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Environ Manage 32:373-81. 2003
    ..However, any geoengineering approaches that reduce incident solar radiation need to be thoroughly analyzed in view of the implications on ecosystem productivity and the hydrologic cycle...