How much do smallholder woodlots contribute to overall planted tree cover? Niwaeli Kimambo answers this question for Tanzania.
Smallholder woodlots in Tanzania
Nov 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.
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.
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?
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.