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Mapping abandoned fields in the Eurasian Steppe

Natalia Rogova is trying to improve abandonment and land cover maps for a large area by combining different mapping techniques.

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Mayfly emergence resulted in an increase in flying insect abundance in late June and early July.

Flying insect abundance in northern Wisconsin

Paul Schilke studied how insects, an important prey base for birds and bats, vary in abundance in a forested landscape.

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Searching for Mysterious Trends in Arctic Sea Ice

Connor Stephens is mapping changes in Arctic sea ice to assess the threats of global climate change in polar regions.

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The DHIs calculated from 30-m Landsat for the conterminous US. The DHIs are shown as variation DHI in red, cumulative DHI in green, and minimum DHI in blue.

Mapping the Dynamic Habitat Indices using Landsat

To better understand avian species richness and abundance, Elena Razenkova is developing Dynamic Habitat Indices from Landsat data

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Southern California wildfires captured from the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA Johnson

50 years of WUI housing growth in California

Neda Kasraee is exploring the long-term changes in housing density in areas under high wildfire threat.

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Land cover mapping from Corona satellite imagery

Afag Rizayeva is developing methods for detailed land cover mapping to assess more than half-a-century of change.

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Winter Habitat Indices (WHIs) for Biodiversity

David Gudex-Cross developed new satellite-based indices of snow and frozen ground dynamics for winter biodiversity assessments.

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Detecting Frequent Fire in Peatlands

Colleen Sutheimer found that fires in 3 peatlands across the Great Lakes burned every 7 to 34 years between 1548 and 1955.

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Tracking spring with a feather

Maia Percshe ponders the relationships of topography, forest phenology, and bird habitat quality in the Baraboo Hills (Wisconsin).

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Land degradation in the Caucasus Mountains

What are underlying drivers of land degradation in the Caucasus Mountains? Katarzyna Ewa Lewinska uses remote sensing to find out.

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MAPPING LARGE LAND COVER CHANGE IN THE CAUCASUS

Johanna Buchner’s work in the Caucasus shows that land cover change during political instability is dependent on local conditions.

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Steller’s Jay that has been fitted with a radio-transmitter to track its movements and has been banded with a unique color combination, so it can be identified in the future without having to be re-captured.

Steller’s Jay and Marbled Murrelet management

Kristin Brunk is conducting research to determine if management of one bird species can conserve the other in California.

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Data & Web Maps

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

Changes in the WUI between 1990 and 2010

WUI Change Maps & Data

Block Level Housing Density

Growth in Housing Density in the U.S. between 1990 and 2010

Housing Density Maps & Data

Dynamic Habitat Indices

Global Dynamic Habitat Indices (DHIs)

DHIs Maps & Data

Caucasus Land Cover Change

Landsat 8 TIRS-derived thermal variables to predict winter biodiversity patterns

Caucasus Land Cover Change Maps & Data

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World of SILVIS

Legend

SILVIS Lab is hiring! (March 2021)

Recent Research

Mapping abandoned fields in the Eurasian Steppe

Flying insect abundance in northern Wisconsin

Searching for Mysterious Trends in Arctic Sea Ice

Mapping the Dynamic Habitat Indices using Landsat

50 years of WUI housing growth in California

Land cover mapping from Corona satellite imagery

Winter Habitat Indices (WHIs) for Biodiversity

Detecting Frequent Fire in Peatlands

Tracking spring with a feather

Land degradation in the Caucasus Mountains

MAPPING LARGE LAND COVER CHANGE IN THE CAUCASUS

Steller’s Jay and Marbled Murrelet management

Data & Web Maps

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

Block Level Housing Density

Dynamic Habitat Indices

Caucasus Land Cover Change

More Maps & Data

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