Publications, Code and Datasets
* indicates equal authorship
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Vijay, V., Field, C. R., Gollnow, F., & Jones, K. K. (2021). Using internet search data to understand information seeking behavior for health and conservation topics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biological Conservation, 109078.
Vijay, V., & Armsworth, P. R. (2021). Pervasive cropland in protected areas highlight trade-offs between conservation and food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(4), e2010121118.
Knighton, J., Vijay, V., & Palmer, M. (2020). Alignment of tree phenology and climate seasonality influences the runoff response to forest cover loss. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), 104051.
S. L. Pimm and V. Vijay (2020). The Impact of agriculture on global biodiversity. In: Gustafson, P., Raven, P., and Ehrlich, P., editors. Population, Agriculture and Biodiversity: Problems and Prospects. Columbia, MO, Missouri Press.
Ghosh, M., An, R., Athreya, R., Borthakur, U., Chanchani, P., Chetry, D., Datta, A., Harihar, A., Karanth, K., Mariyam, D., Mohan, D., Onial, M., Ramakrishnan, U., Robin, V. V., Saxena, A., Shahabuddin, G., Thatte, P., Vijay, V., Wacker, K., Mathur, V., Pimm, S. L., & Price, T.D. (2019). Protected Areas and biodiversity conservation in India. Biological Conservation, 237, 114-124.
Vijay, V., Reid, C. D., Finer, M., Jenkins, C. N., & Pimm, S. L. (2018). Deforestation risks posed by oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon. Environmental Research Letters, 13(11), 114010.
Weise, F. J.*, Vijay, V.*, Jacobson, A. P., Schoonover, R. F., Groom, R. J., Horgan, J., Keeping, D., Klein, R., Marnewick, K., Maude, G., Melzheimer, J., Mills, G. van der Merwe, V., van der Meer, E., van Vuuren, R. J., Wachter, B., Pimm, S. L. (2017). The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa. PeerJ, 5, e4096.
Ocampo-Peñuela, N., Jenkins, C. N., Vijay, V., Li, B. V., & Pimm, S. L. (2016). Incorporating explicit geospatial data shows more species at risk of extinction than the current Red List. Science Advances, 2(11), e1601367.
Vijay, V., Pimm, S. L., Jenkins, C. N., & Smith, S. J. (2016). The impacts of oil palm on recent deforestation and biodiversity loss. PloS one, 11(7), e0159668.
Finer, M., Vijay, V., Ponce, F., Jenkins, C. N., & Kahn, T. R. (2009). Ecuador’s Yasuni Biosphere Reserve: a brief modern history and conservation challenges. Environmental research letters, 4(3), 034005.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Finer, M., Vijay, V., & Mamani, N. (2018). Baseline Oil Palm Map for the Peruvian Amazon. Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Project (MAAP):95.
Vijay, V., Pimm, S. L., Jenkins, C. N., Smith, S. J., & Conlisk, E. (2016). Palm oil is everywhere–but where did it come from? Environmental Science journal for teens, 1-6.
Vijay, V. (2016). Where in the World Is Palm Oil Deforestation? The Equation. Union of Concerned Scientists. http://blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogger/where-in-the-world-is-palm-oil-deforestation
Finer, M., Vijay, V., Pappalardo, S., & De Marchi, M. (2013). Stunning aerial photos reveal Ecuador building roads deeper into richest rainforest on Earth (Yasuní National Park). Mongabay.
Finer, M., Jenkins, C.N., & Vijay, V. (2013). The case against Ecuador’s claims of ‘low-impact drilling’ in Yasuní. Mongabay.
Finer, M., Vijay, V., Ponce, F., Jenkins, C. N., & Kahn, T. R. (2010). La Reserva de la Biósfera Yasuní de Ecuador: una breve historia moderna y los retos de la conservación. Esperanza Martinez e Alberto Acosta, ITT-Yasuní: Entre el petróleo y la vida, 35-60
Vijay, V. (2007). My Land: The struggle to provide a sustainable policy solution for slash and burn agriculture in Madagascar. Hart Leadership Program, Duke University, Durham, NC.
CODE REPOSITORIES
Vijay, V., Field, C. R., Gollnow, F., & Jones, K. K. 2020, COVID19healthconservation. https://github.com/varshavijay101/COVID19healthconservation
Vijay, V. 2020, GEEforSynthesis: a Javascript code repository for new Google Earth Engine developers in Socio-Environmental topics. https://earthengine.googlesource.com/users/varshavijay101/GEEforSynthesis
PUBLISHED DATASETS
Vijay, V., Reid, C. D., Finer, M., Jenkins, C. N., & Pimm, S. L. (2018), Data from: Deforestation risks posed by oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kk7hq10
Weise, F. J.*, Vijay, V.*, Jacobson, A. P., Schoonover, R. F., Groom, R. J., Horgan, J., Keeping, D., Klein, R., Marnewick, K., Maude, G., Melzheimer, J., Mills, G. van der Merwe, V., van der Meer, E., van Vuuren, R. J., Wachter, B., Pimm, S. L. (2017), Data from: The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7n4h4
Ocampo-Peñuela, N., Jenkins, C. N., Vijay, V., Li, B. V., & Pimm, S. L. (2017), Data from: Incorporating explicit geospatial data shows more species at risk of extinction than the current Red List, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6983c
Zhong, Y., Giri, C., Vijay, V., Thenkabail, P., Congalton, R., Yadav, K. & Smith, C. (2017). Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 South America 30 m V001. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gfsad30sacev001/
Vijay, V., Pimm, S. L., Jenkins, C. N., Smith, Sh J. (2017), Data from: The impacts of oil palm on recent deforestation and biodiversity loss, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2v77j