Amy C. Collins
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​Conservation ecology

My process

Fieldwork and data science

Remote sensing
​I use camera trapping to monitor wildlife on the ground, and satellite imagery to monitor habitat alterations from above

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Coding
I use ArcGIS (python) and Google Earth Engine (Javascript) to conduct spatial analyses, and R to perform statistics and data visualisation
Noise and light pollution
Is spatiotemporal use of habitat altered by traffic-induced noise and light disturbance?

Do prey and/or mesopredators fear traffic noise?

I am addressing these questions by monitoring wildlife movement and behavior at crossing structures and wilderness areas across California
Click here to see wildlife images
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​Light pollution at a crossing structure, highway 80, California.
​Image Source: Ben Banet

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Deforestation
I am examining the efficacy of community-based forest management and REDD+ in developing countries.
​My study site is Pemba, Tanzania.
Oryx article discussing the environmental conditions needed for REDD+ to be effective 
"I've got the REDD+ blues" Blog post by the PI,
​Monique Borgerhoff Mulder 
Shifting population baselines
Using Hudson's Bay Company data, we look at historical population decline, and provide context for present-day species population trends.
Biological Conservation article here
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A fur trader at an Alberta trading post in the 1890s. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
A collection of bison skulls in the 1890's, Detroit. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
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  • About
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