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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.

Oryx article discussing the environmental conditions needed for REDD+ to be effective 

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