DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Faculty
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Laura C. Schneider Assistant Professor Department of Geography laschnei@rci.rutgers.edu phone: (732) 445-0071 fax: (732) 445-0006 Curriculum Vita |
| Research Interests: | My
research focuses on human-environment relations affecting
patterns and processes of land-use
land-cover change. My specific
research interests are monitoring and modeling land transformation,
biophysical remote sensing and ecological dynamics of plant invasions. I am currently involved in two ongoing research projects: 1. Environmental Disturbance in Greater Yucatan (EDGY) funded by Moore Foundation 2. Understanding landscape resilience through the relationships of fire dynamics and invasive species in Southern Yucatan, Mexico (funded by NASA LCLUC program) |
| Education: |
2004 Ph.D., Geography, Clark
University 1992 B.S., Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá |
| Recent Publications: | L.C.
Schneider. 2006. The
effect of land management practices on bracken fern invasion in the
region of L.C. Schneider and J. Geoghegan. 2006. Land L.C. Schneider. 2004. Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) Invasion in Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region: A Case for Land-Change Science. Geographical Review. 94(2):229-241. J. Geoghegan, L. C. Schneider and C. Vance. 2004. Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Scales: Modeling Deforestation in the Southern Yucatan Peninsular Region. Geojournal. 61(4):353-363. L. C. Schneider and R. G. Pontius Jr. 2001. Modeling land-use change in the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 85(1-3) p. 83-94. L. C. Schneider, A. P. Kinzig, E. Larson and L. A. Solórzano. 2001. Method forspatially explicit calculations of potential biomass yields and assessment of land availability for biomass energy production in Northeastern Brazil. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 84: 207-226 |
| Courses
Offered |
Remote Sensing:
01:450-322 Advanced Geographic Information Systems: 01:450: 421 Latin America:01:450-336 Geography Seminar: Land Change Science: 16:606:04 Biogeography: 01:450-401 |