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Subnational distribution of average farm size and smallholder contributions to global food production by Samberg, Leah H, Gerber, James S, Ramankutty, Navin, Herrero, Mario, West, Paul C

“…Smallholder farming is the most prevalent form of agriculture in the world, supports many of the planet's most vulnerable populations, and coexists with some…”
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Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis by Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K, Power, Brendan, Bogard, Jessica R, Remans, Roseline, Fritz, Steffen, Gerber, James S, Nelson, Gerald, See, Linda, Waha, Katharina, Watson, Reg A, West, Paul C, Samberg, Leah H, van de Steeg, Jeannette, Stephenson, Eloise, van Wijk, Mark, Havlík, Petr

“…Information about the global structure of agriculture and nutrient production and its diversity is essential to improve present understanding of national food…”
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Rural Household Livelihood and Tree Plantation Dependence in the Central Mountainous Region of Hainan Island, China: Implications for Poverty Alleviation by Ruida Li, Hua Zheng, Cuiping Zhang, Bonnie Keeler, Leah H. Samberg, Cong Li, Stephen Polasky, Yongming Ni, Zhiyun Ouyang

“…Plantations support local economies and rural livelihoods in many mountainous regions, where poverty and a fragile environment are often interlinked. Managing…”
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Food security: A collaboration worth its weight in grain by Samberg, Leah H

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Increasing importance of precipitation variability on global livestock grazing lands by Sloat, Lindsey L., Gerber, James S., Samberg, Leah H., Smith, William K., Herrero, Mario, Ferreira, Laerte G., Godde, Cécile M., West, Paul C.

“…Pastures and rangelands underpin global meat and milk production and are a critical resource for millions of people dependent on livestock for food security 1…”
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Rural-urban connectivity and agricultural land management across the Global South by Boudet, Fanny, MacDonald, Graham K., Robinson, Brian E., Samberg, Leah H.

“…•Simple analytical framework to assess urbanization processes affecting rural areas.•Spatial patterns in rural-urban connectivity are explored across the…”
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A collaboration worth its weight in grain by Samberg, Leah H.

“…Interventions to improve crop yields in rural China through collaboration between researchers and farmers illustrate how the goal of increasing global food…”
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Farmer Seed Exchange and Crop Diversity in a Changing Agricultural Landscape in the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia by Samberg, Leah H., Shennan, Carol, Zavaleta, Erika

“…The patterns of seed exchange and crop diversity seen across Gamo farms indicate that increases in market access and extension presence can have positive…”
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Reimagining the potential of Earth observations for ecosystem service assessments by Ramirez-Reyes, Carlos, Brauman, Kate A., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Galford, Gillian L., Adamo, Susana B., Anderson, Christopher B., Anderson, Clarissa, Allington, Ginger R.H., Bagstad, Kenneth J., Coe, Michael T., Cord, Anna F., Dee, Laura E., Gould, Rachelle K., Jain, Meha, Kowal, Virginia A., Muller-Karger, Frank E., Norriss, Jessica, Potapov, Peter, Qiu, Jiangxiao, Rieb, Jesse T., Robinson, Brian E., Samberg, Leah H., Singh, Nagendra, Szeto, Sabrina H., Voigt, Brian, Watson, Keri, Wright, T. Maxwell

“…The benefits nature provides to people, called ecosystem services, are increasingly recognized and accounted for in assessments of infrastructure development,…”
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Pastoralist Decision-Making on the Tibetan Plateau by Yeh, Emily T., Samberg, Leah H., Gaerrang, Volkmar, Emily, Harris, Richard B.

“…Despite a growing body of research about rangeland degradation and the effects of policies implemented to address it on the Tibetan Plateau, little in-depth…”
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Global spatially explicit yield gap time trends reveal regions at risk of future crop yield stagnation by Gerber, James S, Ray, Deepak K, Makowski, David, Butler, Ethan E, Mueller, Nathaniel D, West, Paul C, Johnson, Justin A, Polasky, Stephen, Samberg, Leah H, Siebert, Stefan, Sloat, Lindsey

“…Yield gaps, here defined as the difference between actual and attainable yields, provide a framework for assessing opportunities to increase agricultural…”
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Automated Plantation Mapping in Southeast Asia Using MODIS Data and Imperfect Visual Annotations by Jia, Xiaowei, Khandelwal, Ankush, Carlson, Kimberly M., Gerber, James S., West, Paul C., Samberg, Leah H., Kumar, Vipin

“…Expansion of large-scale tree plantations for commodity crop and timber production is a leading cause of tropical deforestation. While automated detection of…”
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Population genetic structure in a social landscape: barley in a traditional Ethiopian agricultural system by Samberg, Leah H., Fishman, Lila, Allendorf, Fred W.

“…Conservation strategies are increasingly driven by our understanding of the processes and patterns of gene flow across complex landscapes. The expansion of…”
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Intact Faunal Assemblages in the Modern Era by SANJAYAN, M., SAMBERG, LEAH H., BOUCHER, TIMOTHY, NEWBY, JESSE

“…In light of limited conservation funding, global conservation initiatives are increasingly focused on regions of the planet that have been identified as…”
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Human and Environmental Factors Affect Patterns of Crop Diversity in an Ethiopian Highland Agroecosystem by Samberg, Leah H., Shennan, Carol, Zavaleta, Erika S.

“…The Ethiopian highlands are a center of diversity for numerous globally important crops. Heterogeneous landscapes, traditional agricultural practices, and…”
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Interacting forces in a human landscape: Patterns of diversity in an ancient Ethiopian agroecosystem by Samberg, Leah H

“…In human systems, changes in climate, land use, culture, and human population pressure affect both the social and ecological landscapes simultaneously, and the…”
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Intact Faunal Assemblages in the Modern Era; Ensambles de Fauna Intactos en la Era Moderna by SANJAYAN, M, SAMBERG, LEAH H, BOUCHER, TIMOTHY, NEWBY, JESSE

“…In light of limited conservation funding, global conservation initiatives are increasingly focused on regions of the planet that have been identified as…”
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Interacting forces in a human landscape: Patterns of diversity in an ancient Ethiopian agroecosystem by Samberg, Leah H

“…In human systems, changes in climate, land use, culture, and human population pressure affect both the social and ecological landscapes simultaneously, and the…”
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