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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

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 ask these questions using wildlife passages and wilderness areas across California

See wildlife images

​Light pollution at a crossing structure, highway 80, California. Image Source: Ben Banet

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Deforestation

We examine the efficacy of community-based forest management and REDD+ in developing countries. Our study site is Pemba, Tanzania.

Journal articles coming soon

Historical shifting 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

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