Morton, Douglas C.

A human-driven decline in global burned area

Andela, N., Morton, D. C., Giglio, L., Chen, Y., van der Werf, G. R., Kasibhatla, P. S., DeFries, R. S., Collatz, G. J., Hantson, S., Kloster, S., et al. (2017) · Science

Fire effects on ecosystemsLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Cited by 1,262

Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon

Morton, D. C., DeFries, R. S., Shimabukuro, Y. E., Anderson, L. O., Arai, E., del Bon Espirito-Santo, F., Freitas, R., & Morisette, J. (2006) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementOil Palm Production and Sustainability

Cited by 1,081

Abrupt increases in Amazonian tree mortality due to drought–fire interactions

Brando, P. M., Balch, J. K., Nepstad, D. C., Morton, D. C., Putz, F. E., Coe, M. T., Silvério, D., Macedo, M. N., Davidson, E. A., Nóbrega, C. C., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fire effects on ecosystemsPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Cited by 804

Brazil’s soy moratorium

Gibbs, H. K., Rausch, L., Munger, J., Schelly, I., Morton, D. C., Noojipady, P., Soares-Filho, B., Barreto, P., Micol, L., & Walker, N. F. (2015) · Science

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementOil Palm Production and Sustainability

Cited by 676

Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s

Macedo, M. N., DeFries, R. S., Morton, D. C., Stickler, C. M., Galford, G. L., & Shimabukuro, Y. E. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementOil Palm Production and Sustainability

Cited by 664

The Global Fire Atlas of individual fire size, duration, speed and direction

Andela, N., Morton, D. C., Giglio, L., Paugam, R., Chen, Y., Hantson, S., van der Werf, G. R., & Randerson, J. T. (2019) · Earth System Science Data

Fire effects on ecosystemsFire Detection and Safety Systems

Cited by 502

Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in indonesia

Carlson, K. M., Heilmayr, R., Gibbs, H. K., Noojipady, P., Burns, D. N., Morton, D. C., Walker, N. F., Paoli, G. D., & Kremen, C. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Oil Palm Production and SustainabilityConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Cited by 375

Climate regulation of fire emissions and deforestation in equatorial Asia

van der Werf, G. R., Dempewolf, J., Trigg, S. N., Randerson, J. T., Kasibhatla, P. S., Giglio, L., Murdiyarso, D., Peters, W., Morton, D. C., Collatz, G. J., et al. (2008) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fire effects on ecosystemsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Cited by 370

Estimating the world's potentially available cropland using a bottom-up approach

Lambin, E. F., Gibbs, H. K., Ferreira, L., Grau, R., Mayaux, P., Meyfroidt, P., Morton, D. C., Rudel, T. K., Gasparri, I., & Munger, J. (2013) · Global Environmental Change

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Cited by 348

Regional ecosystem structure and function: ecological insights from remote sensing of tropical forests

Chambers, J. Q., Asner, G. P., Morton, D. C., Anderson, L. O., Saatchi, S. S., Espírito-Santo, F. D. B., Palace, M., & Souza, C. (2007) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Remote Sensing in AgricultureRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Cited by 304

Multiple pathways of commodity crop expansion in tropical forest landscapes

Meyfroidt, P., Carlson, K. M., Fagan, M. E., Gutiérrez-Vélez, V. H., Macedo, M. N., Curran, L. M., DeFries, R. S., Dyer, G. A., Gibbs, H. K., Lambin, E. F., et al. (2014) · Environmental Research Letters

Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Cited by 240

Forecasting Fire Season Severity in South America Using Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

Chen, Y., Randerson, J. T., Morton, D. C., DeFries, R. S., Collatz, G. J., Kasibhatla, P. S., Giglio, L., Jin, Y., & Marlier, M. E. (2011) · Science

Fire effects on ecosystemsClimate variability and models

Cited by 231

Understorey fire frequency and the fate of burned forests in southern Amazonia

Morton, D. C., Le Page, Y., DeFries, R., Collatz, G. J., & Hurtt, G. C. (2013) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Fire effects on ecosystemsConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Cited by 207

Synergy between land use and climate change increases future fire risk in Amazon forests

Le Page, Y., Morton, D., Hartin, C., Bond-Lamberty, B., Pereira, J. M. C., Hurtt, G., & Asrar, G. (2017) · Earth System Dynamics

Fire effects on ecosystemsForest Management and Policy

Cited by 124

Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire

Staver, A. C., Brando, P. M., Barlow, J., Morton, D. C., Paine, C. E. T., Malhi, Y., Araujo Murakami, A., & del Aguila Pasquel, J. (2020) · Ecology Letters

Fire effects on ecosystemsPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

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