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46
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5932
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David L. Skole publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Skole sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 99 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David L. Skole D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Skole sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

David L. Skole is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research contributions span several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Forestry, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on topics related to land use and ecosystem services, remote sensing in agriculture, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, forest ecology and management, as well as remote sensing and LiDAR applications. Further areas of study include the effects of fire on ecosystems and African botany and ecology studies.

David L. Skole has authored several research papers, some of the recent ones include:

  • "Long-term forest degradation surpasses deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon" (2020) published in Science
  • "More than one quarter of Africa's tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda" (2022) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Trees outside of forests as natural climate solutions" (2021) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "A Worrying Future for River Flows in the Brazilian Cerrado Provoked by Land Use and Climate Changes" (2023) published in Sustainability

Frequent co-authors in their research include Martin Brandt, Maurice Mugabowindekwe, Florian Reiner, Xiaoye Tong, and Ankit Kariryaa.

David L. Skole has published regularly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Climate Change, Forests, Research Square, and Science.

Best Publications

  • Tropical Deforestation and Habitat Fragmentation in the Amazon: Satellite Data from 1978 to 1988

    David Skole;Compton Tucker

  • Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry

    I R Noble;Michael J Apps;Richard A Houghton;Daniel Lashof

  • Land-use and land-cover change. Science/research plan

    B.L. Turner;D.L. Skole;S. Sanderson;G. Fischer

  • Annual fluxes of carbon from deforestation and regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon

    R. A. Houghton;D. L. Skole;Carlos A. Nobre;J. L. Hackler

  • Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation and regrowth based on satellite observations for the 1980s and 1990s.

    Ruth S. DeFries;Richard A. Houghton;Matthew C. Hansen;Christopher B. Field

  • Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa

    Cheikh Mbow;Pete Smith;David Skole;Lalisa Duguma

  • Physical and human dimensions of deforestation in Amazonia

    D. L. Skole;W. H. Chomentowski;W. A. Salas;A. D. Nobre

  • The flux of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in 1980 due to changes in land use: geographic distribution of the global flux

    R. A. Houghton;R. D. Boone;J. R. Fruci;J. E. Hobbie

  • Global land-use/land-cover change: towards an integrated study

    Billie Turner;W. B. Meyer;D. L. Skole

  • Relating land use and global land-cover change

    Billie Turner;R. H. Moss;D. L. Skole

  • Greenhouse Gases: Sources and Sinks

    E. Sanhueza;A. Janetos;M. Manning;A. McCulloch

  • Long-term forest degradation surpasses deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

    Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi;David Lewis Skole;Olívia Bueno Costa;Marcos Antonio Pedlowski

  • Deforestation in Costa Rica: A Quantitative Analysis Using Remote Sensing Imagery1

    G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Robert C. Harriss;David L. Skole

  • Land change science : observing, monitoring and understanding trajectories of change on the Earth's surface

    Garik Gutman;Anthony C. Janetos;Christopher O. Justice;Emilio F. Moran

  • The 1 km resolution global data set: needs of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme†

    J. R. G. Townshend;C. O. Justice;D. Skole;J.-P. Malingreau

  • Soil carbon stocks of the Brazilian Amazon Basin

    Jener L. Moraes;Carlos C. Cerri;Jerry M. Melillo;David Kicklighter

  • Secondary forest expansion in the Brazilian Amazon and the refinement of forest transition theory

    Stephen G. Perz;David L. Skole

  • Assessment of tropical forest degradation by selective logging and fire using Landsat imagery

    E. A. T. Matricardi;D. L. Skole;M. A. Pedlowski;W. Chomentowski

  • Net flux of carbon dioxide from tropical forests in 1980

    R. A. Houghton;R. D. Boone;R. D. Boone;J. M. Melillo;C. A. Palm;C. A. Palm

  • Mapping deforestation and secondary growth in Rondonia, Brazil, using imaging radar and thematic mapper data

    Eric Rignot;William A. Salas;David L. Skole

Frequent Co-Authors

William Salas
William Salas Durham University
Billie Turner
Billie Turner Arizona State University
Anthony C. Janetos
Anthony C. Janetos Boston University
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
John R. Townshend
John R. Townshend University of Maryland, College Park
Richard A. Houghton
Richard A. Houghton Woods Hole Research Center
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Cheikh Mbow
Cheikh Mbow Centre de Suivi Ecologique
Christopher O. Justice
Christopher O. Justice University of Maryland, College Park
Cheryl A. Palm
Cheryl A. Palm University of Florida

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