Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2025

An Application of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Detect Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Crime as Reported in the News

Adewole M. Adeuga & Anthony R. Cummings,

Crime & Delinquency, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287251408715

Fire Regions of a Northern Amazonian Landscape Relative to Indigenous Peoples’ Lands

Anthony R. Cummings, Benjamin J. Kennedy, Adewole M. Adeuga

Remote Sensing (2025), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17193386

A Big Data Approach for the Regional-Scale Spatial Pattern Analysis of Amazonian Palm Locations.

Matthew J. Drouillard, Anthony R. Cummings

Remote Sensing (2025), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17050784

2024

Regional-Scale Detection of Palms Using VHR Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning in the Guyanese Rainforest

Matthew J. Droulliard, Anthony R. Cummings

Remote Sensing (2024), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16244642

Testing the Law of Crime Concentration in Georgetown, Guyana

Anthony R. Cummings, Celina Arredondo, Alex R. Piquero, Aaran Wehenkel, Nakul Markandy, Hannah Das, Brittany L. Tiemann, Kevin G. Lee

Crime & Delinquency (2024), https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287221134491

2023

Fundamental practices for drone remote sensing research across disciplines

Adam J. Matthews, Kunwar K. Singh, Anthony R. Cummings, Stephanie R. Rogers

Drone Systems and Applications (2023), https://doi.org/10.1139/dsa-2023-0021

2022

Best practices for drone remote sensing research: A critical perspective

Adam Mathews, Kunwar K. Singh, Anthony R. Cummings, Stephanie Rogers

Drone Systems and Applications (2022), https://doi.org/10.1139/dsa-2023-0021

An exploratory analysis of stakeholders and their influence on Human–Jaguar conflict in Guyana

Anthony R. Cummings

Human Dimensions of Wildlife (2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2021.1967524

Drones and geography: Who is using them and why?

Stephanie R. Rogers, Kunwar K. Singh, Adam J. Mathews, Anthony R. Cummings

The Professional Geographer (2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2021.2000446

Multidisciplinary team highlights the importance of Indigenous and local communities for jaguar conservation

Silvio Marchini, Anthony R. Cummings, Barbara M. Arisi, Cristina Argudin-Violante, Felipe Sussekind, Glenn H. Shepard Jr, Lewis Daly,

Liliana Jauregui Bordones, Lucia Guaita, Melissa Arias

Oryx (2022), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321001848

2021

An analysis of the influence of the human presence on the distribution of provisioning ecosystem services: A Guyana case study

Muna Shah, Anthony R. Cummings

Ecological Indicators (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107255

2020

Identifying the powers, players, and emotions associated with REDD+ implementation: The case of Guyana’s LCDS

Anthony R. Cummings, Sarah K. Martin

Ambio (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01253-3

2019

Assessing Riyadh’s Urban Change Utilizing High-Resolution Imagery

Ali Alghamdi, Anthony R. Cummings

Land (2019), https://doi.org/10.3390/land8120193

The Spill Over of Crime from Urban Centers: An Account of the Changing Spatial Distribution of Violent Crime in Guyana

Anthony R. Cummings, Nakul Markandey, Hannah Das, Celina Arredondo, Aaran Wehenkel, Brittany L. Tiemann, Giyol Lee

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2019), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8110481

National REDD+ outcompetes gold and logging: The potential of cleaning profit chains

Han Overman, Anthony R. Cummings, Jeffrey B. Luzar, Jose M. V. Fragoso

World Development (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.02.010

Combining Water Fraction and DEM-Based Methods to Create a Coastal Flood Map: A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey

Xiaoxuan Li, Anthony R. Cummings, Ali Rashed Alruzuq, Corene J. Matyas, Amobichukwu Chukwudi Amanambu

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2019), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8050231

2018

Comparing logging and subsistence values of plants across an indigenous peoples’ influenced landscape

Muna Shah, Anthony R. Cummings

Ecological Indicators (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.045

How Guyana’s Oil Discovery Rekindled a Border Controversy

Anthony R. Cummings

Journal of Latin American Geography (2018), https://www.jstor.org/stable/48619225

National REDD+ Implications for Tenured Indigenous Communities in Guyana, and Communities’ Impact on Forest Carbon Stocks

Han Overman, Nathalie Butt, Anthony R. Cummings, Jeffrey B. Luzar, Jose M. V. Fragoso

Forests (2018), https://doi.org/10.3390/f9050231

Implications of forest type and land tenure diversity for the sustainability of ecosystem services provided by northern Amazonia’s

multiple-use tree species

Anthony R. Cummings, Jane M. Read, Jose M. V. Fragoso

Landscape Ecology (2018), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0614-3

Insights into the Nature and Spatial Distribution of Guyanese Crime

Anthony R. Cummings, Alex R. Picquero, Phillip W. Accetturo

Deviant Behaviour (2016), https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1257891

Comparing logging and subsistence values of plants across an indigenous peoples' influenced landscape.

Muna Shah, Anthony R. Cummings

Ecological Indicators (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.045

Mangroves in the global climate and environmental mix

Anthony R. Cummings, Muna Shah

Geography Compass (2017), https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12353

2017

Grassroots Innovation Using Drones for Indigenous Mapping and Monitoring

Jaime Paneque-Galvez, Nicolas Vargas-Ramirez, Brian M. Napoletano, Anthony Cummings

Land (2017), https://doi.org/10.3390/land6040086

UAV-derived data for mapping change on a swidden agriculture plot: preliminary results from a pilot study

Anthony R. Cummings, Yogita Karale, Garvin R. Cummings, Esan Hamer, Persaud Moses, Zacharias Norman, Victor Captain

International Journal of Remote Sensing (2017), https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2017.1295487

Developing a UAV-based monitoring program with indigenous peoples

Anthony R. Cummings, Garvin R. Cummings, Esan Hamer, Persaud Moses, Zacharias Norman, Victor Captain, Roy Bento, Kenneth Butler

Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (2017), https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2016-0022

The Rise of UAVs

Anthony R. Cummings, Arlo McKee, Keyur Kulkarni, Nakul Markandey

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (2017), https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.83.4.317

2016

Drawing on traditional knowledge to identify and describe ecosystem services associated with Northern Amazon’s multiple-use plants

Anthony R. Cummings, Jane M. Read

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management (2016), https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2015.1136841

2013

Competition and Facilitation in the Capuchin-Squirrel Monkey Relationship

Taal Levi, Kirsten M. Silvius, Luiz F. B. Oliveira, Anthony R. Cummings, Jose M. V. Fragoso

Biotropica (2013), https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12046

2010

Space, Place, and Hunting Patterns among Indigenous Peoples of the Guyanese Rupununi Region

Jane M. Read, José M. V. Fragoso, Kirsten M. Silvius, Jeffrey Luzar, Han Overman, Anthony Cummings, Sean T. Giery, L. Flamarion de

Oliveira

Journal of Latin American Geography (2010), http://www.jstor.org/stable/25765339

Book Chapters

Planning Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Missions.

Anthony R. Cummings, Ron Deonandan, Jacquy Gonsalves, Persaud Moses, Arnold Norman,

In Frazier, A. & Singh, K.(Eds.) Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data, (2020).

Fire Disturbance and Implications for Ecosystem Services Distribution in Northern Amazonia.

Anthony R. Cummings & Benjamin J. Kennady,

In Valcik, N (Ed.) Geospatial Techniques and Technologies in Disaster Management, (2019)

Does the Location of Amerindian Communities Provide Signals About the Spatial Distribution of Tree and Palm Species?

Aravind Sivasailam & Anthony R. Cummings,

In Cummings, Griffith, D.A., Chun, Y. & Dean, D. J (Eds.) Advances in Geocomputation, (2016), Springer International Publishing, Switzerland (peer-reviewed)

Other Writings

(*student collaborator)

Anthony R. Cummings, Nelanie LaCruz & Andrew Stoeckel*, “Guyana Human-Wildlife Conflict Toolkit,” September 2019.

Anthony R. Cummings, “Our Tigers and Us” (forthcoming), Explore Guyana Magazine, http://www.exploreguyanamag.com/

Anthony R. Cummings, “An Updated Vision Document for Water Resource Management in Guyana,” Government of Guyana and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, September 2015.

Anthony R. Cummings, “Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River Basin: National Vision Document,” (http://iwlearn.net/iw-projects/2364/reports/amazon-basin-vision/RelatorioVisaoGuiana30108.pdf), July 2006.

Anthony R. Cummings, “Spatial Analysis of a Waini Crabwood Inventory,” Guyana Marine Turtles Conservation Society, Georgetown, Guyana. September 2006.

Mark Johnstad, Anthony R. Cummings, and Bryan Allicock, “Guidelines for the Management of Natural Resources by the Communities of the North Rupununi,” Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Georgetown Guyana, October 2006.