We explore why and how ecosystems change in response to changes in management and climate, and what this means for the future resilience of social-ecological systems. We answer these questions using tools from ecology, geography, biogeochemistry and remote sensing. Landscape-scale questions and models rely heavily on a knowledge of the system on the ground, from the plants to the politics. Thus, our work involves a combination of fieldwork, remote sensing and modeling at multiple scales.
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Allington, G.R.H., N. Kreitzer*. 2023. Detecting Land Cover Change in Rangelands. In: Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine: Fundamentals and Applications. Eds: Cardille, J., Clinton, N., Crowley, M. and Saah, D. Springer. Available online at: https://www.eefabook.org/ * student co-author
Iacone, B.*, G.R.H. Allington, R. Engstrom. 2022. A Methodology for Georeferencing and Mosaicking Corona Imagery in Semi-Arid Environments. Remote Sensing: 14, 5395. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215395. *student co-author
Chen, J., John, R., Yuan, J., Mack, E. A., Groisman, P., Allington, G., ... & Qi, J. 2022. Sustainability challenges for the social-environmental systems across the Asian drylands belt. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 023001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac472f
Chen, JQ, R. John, G. Sun, P. Fan, G. M. Henebry, M. E. Fernández-Giménez, Y. Zhang, H. Park, L. Tian, P. Groisman, Z. Ouyang, G.R.H., Allington, J. Wu, C. Shao, A. Amarjargal, G. Dong, F. Huettmann, R. Lafortezza, C. Crank, J. Qi. 2019. Prospects for the sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems (SES) on the Mongolian Plateau: Five critical issues. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf27b
Fernández-Giménez*, M.E., G.R.H. Allington*, J. Angerer, R.S. Reid, C. Jamsranjav, T. Ulambayar, K. Hondula, B. Baival, B. Batjav, T. Altanzul, Y. Baasandorj. 2018. Using an integrated social-ecological analysis to detect effects of household herding practices on indicators of rangeland resilience in Mongolia. Environmental Research Letters 13: 07510. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aacf6f.
*co-first authors
Allington, G.R.H., M. Fernández-Giménez, J. Chen, D.G. Brown. 2018. Combining participatory scenario planning and systems modeling to identify drivers of future sustainability on the Mongolian Plateau. Ecology & Society 23:2. doi: 10.5751/ES-10034-230209
Allington, G.R.H., W. Li, and D.G. Brown. 2017. Urbanization and environmental policy effect on the future availability of grazing resources on the Mongolian Plateau: modeling socio-environmental system dynamics. Environmental Science and Policy 68: 35-46.
