Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez

Biographic Data

ID6569201
NAMEVíctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez
GIVEN NAMESVíctor Hugo
FAMILY NAMEGutiérrez-Vélez
SIGNATUREGUTIÉRREZ-VÉLEZ V H
AFFILIATIONSTemple University
ORCID0000-0003-1338-2020
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS35
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX4

  • The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

    Open AccessDavid M Lapola, Patricia Pinho et al.ARTICLEScience2023

    Approximately 2.5 × 10 6 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all remaining forests in the region. Carbon emissions from this degradation total up to 0.2 petagrams of carbon per year (Pg C year −1 ), which is equivalent to, if not greater than, the emissions from Amazon deforestation (0.06 to 0.21 Pg C year −1 ). Amazon forest degradatio…

  • Beyond the ‘urban’ and the ‘rural’

    Open AccessVíctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez, Melissa R Gilbert et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2022Cited by: 12References: 22

  • Measuring Neighborhood Landscapes

    Open AccessDaniel Wiese, Alice Stroup et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Landscape characteristics have been shown to influence health outcomes, but few studies have examined their relationship with cancer survival. We used data from the National Land Cover Database to examine associations between regional-stage colon cancer survival and 27 different landscape metrics. The study population included all adult New Jersey residents diagnosed between 2006 and 2011. Cases were followed until 31 December 2016 (N = 3949). Pa…

  • Quantifying and understanding land cover changes by large and small oil palm expansion regimes in the Peruvian Amazon

    Open AccessEmmalina A Glinskis, Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez-VélezARTICLELand Use Policy2019Cited by: 5References: 36

  • Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions

    Open AccessKátia Fernandes, Louis Verchot et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2017

    In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months- long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, anomalously active fire seasons have also been observed in non-drought years. In this work, we investigated the impact of temperature on fires and found …

  • Land-use dynamics influence estimates of carbon sequestration potential in tropical second-growth forest

    Open AccessNaomi B Schwartz, Miren Uriarte et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2017

    Many countries have made major commitments to carbon sequestration through reforestation under the Paris Climate Agreement, and recent studies have illustrated the potential for large amounts of carbon sequestration in tropical second-growth forests. However, carbon gains in second-growth forests are threatened by non-permanence, i.e. release of carbon into the atmosphere from clearing or disturbance. The benefits of second-growth forests require…

  • Monitoring ecological change during rapid socio-economic and political transitions

    Open AccessCarlos A Sierra, Miguel D Mahecha et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2017Cited by: 10

    After more than 50-years of armed conflict, Colombia is now transitioning to a more stable social and political climate due to a series of peace agreements between the government and different armed groups. Consequences of these socio-economic and political changes on ecosystems are largely uncertain, but there is growing concern about derived increases in environmental degradation. Here, we review the capacity of Colombia to monitor the state of…

  • Climate, landowner residency, and land cover predict local scale fire activity in the Western Amazon

    Open AccessNaomi B Schwartz, Miren Uriarte et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2015Cited by: 3References: 5

  • Multiple pathways of commodity crop expansion in tropical forest landscapes

    Open AccessPatrick Meyfroidt, K M Carlson et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2014

    Commodity crop expansion, for both global and domestic urban markets, follows multiple land change pathways entailing direct and indirect deforestation, and results in various social and environmental impacts. Here we compare six published case studies of rapid commodity crop expansion within forested tropical regions. Across cases, between 1.7% and 89.5% of new commodity cropland was sourced from forestlands. Four main factors controlled pathway…

  • High-yield oil palm expansion spares land at the expense of forests in the Peruvian Amazon

    Open AccessVíctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez, Ruth Defries et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2011

    High-yield agriculture potentially reduces pressure on forests by requiring less land to increase production. Using satellite and field data, we assessed the area deforested by industrial-scale high-yield oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon from 2000 to 2010, finding that 72% of new plantations expanded into forested areas. In a focus area in the Ucayali region, we assessed deforestation for high- and smallholder low-yield oil palm plantati…

  • Quantifying the direct social and governmental costs of illegal logging in the Bolivian, Brazilian, and Peruvian Amazon

    Open AccessVíctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez, K G MacDicken et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2007Cited by: 5References: 2