He Yin wants to increase precision in quantifying land abandonment across a diversity of biomes and complex crop systems.
Agricultural land abandonment mapping
Dec 2018 - Land Use
- Remote Sensing
Land Use
Land use change is currently the largest threat to biodiversity, and exacerbates the detrimental effects of climate change. We are interested in novel types of land use change, such as housing growth in the WUI, and widespread land abandonment after socioeconomic shocks, and how such changes affect biodiversity.
Smallholder woodlots in Tanzania
Nov 2018 - Land Use
- Remote Sensing
How much do smallholder woodlots contribute to overall planted tree cover? Niwaeli Kimambo answers this question for Tanzania.
Patterns of building and re-building after wildfires
Jan 2016 - Houses & WUI
- Land Use
- Remote Sensing
Across the United States, the number and cost of wildfires are rising. While rebuilding lost homes is common, Patricia Alexandre finds some unexpected patterns as communities recover from these infernos.
Differential importance of aquatic insects for terrestrial bird guilds.
Jan 2016 - Birds
- Conservation
- Houses & WUI
- Land Use
Aerial insectivore birds have experienced population declines while other insectivore guilds have not. Paul’s research shows that aerial insectivore abundance is related to aquatic insect emergence, while gleaner abundance is not.
Jaguar Habitat Connectivity
Jan 2016 - Biodiversity
- Conservation
- Land Use
For the jaguar in Mexico, habitat connectivity might be the most conservation sound option to avoid decimation. Carlos designed a model that integrates potential distribution and connectivity which could influence management of jaguars in Central Mexico.
Trail use recording
Jan 2016 - Birds
- Conservation
- Land Use
We suspect that bird reproductive success and community composition may be negatively affected by recreational use of natural areas. But, how do we quantify recreational use?
Satellite Classification of Tree Species
Jan 2016 - Land Use
- Remote Sensing
The economic, ecosystem service, and recreational value of forests depends on their tree composition. Konrad Turlej’s goal is to map how widespread different tree species are.
Identifying logging from satellite images in central Siberia for targeted conservation
Jan 2015 - Biodiversity
- Conservation
- Land Use
- Remote Sensing
In central Siberia, old growth forests are threatened by illegal logging. Finding these sites by foot is an overwhelming task, and researchers turn to the skies, using satellites, in their conservation efforts.