Judith Lancaster

Staff Environmental Scientist

Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Email: Judith.Lancaster@dri.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Ms Lancaster has 30 years experience in ecosystem processes of arid and semi-arid areas, and provides technical writing and project management support for multidisciplinary teams involved in biological and hydrological research.

Selected Publications

Mouat, D.A., S. Bassett and J. Lancaster. 2006.

The Use of Alternative Futures in a Strategy to Assess the Likelihood of Land Degradation Leading to Increased Subsequent Political Instability. In: Desertification in the Mediterranean Region: a Security Issue. W.G. Kepner, J.L. Rubio, D.A. Mouat and F. Pedrazzini (eds). Springer, The Netherlands. Pp 601-614.

Mouat, D.A. and J. Lancaster. 2004.

Alternative Ways to Combat Desertification: Connecting Science with Community Action and Common Sense. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Special Issue, Springer, The Netherlands. 288p.

Mouat, D.A. and J. Lancaster. 2002.

Desertification Impacts on Landscapes, Biodiversity and Human Populations. In: Encyclopedia of Soil Science, R. Lal (ed.), Dekker, New York. 335-339.

Mouat, D.A. and J. Lancaster. 2000.

The role of remote sensing in a strategy to monitor and mitigate societal impacts of desertification. Proceedings: 28th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Cape Town, South Africa, 27-31 March 2000.

Mouat, D.A., J. Lancaster, T. Wade, J. Wickham, C. Fox, W. Kepner and T. Ball. 1997.

Desertification evaluated using an integrated environmental assessment model. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 48:139-156.

Lancaster, J., T. Wade, T. Minor, W. Whitford and K. B. Jones. 1996.

Condition of New Mexico rangelands derived from multi-year AVHRR imagery and associated spatial variables. Proceedings of Eleventh Thematic Conference and Workshops on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, I247-I256.

Lancaster, J., D. Mouat, R. Kuehl, W. Whitford and D. Rapport. 1996.

Time series satellite data to identify vegetation response to stress as an indicator of ecosystem health. Proceedings of Ninth Wildland Shrub Symposium, 255-261.

Mouat, D.A. and J. Lancaster. 1996.

Use of remote sensing and GIS to identify vegetation change in the Upper San Pedro River Watershed, Arizona. Geocarto International 11 (2):55-67.

Knapp, R., J. Lancaster, R. Taylor and K. Bishop. 1993.

Use of GIS in Optimizing Timber Thinning Strategy in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Professional Geographer 45(3):323-331.

Mouat, D.A., J. Lancaster and G. Mahin, 1993.

Remote Sensing Techniques in the Analysis of Change Detection. Geocarto International 8(2):39-50.

Lancaster, J., N. Lancaster and M.K. Seely. 1984.

The climate of the central Namib Desert. Madoqua, 14(1):5-61.

Lancaster, J. 1980.

Climatological research in the Namib Desert. Namib Bulletin, Supplement to Transvaal Museum Bulletin, p 9.