- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2019-2022
Abstract Urban trees are a critical part of the ‘green infrastructure’ intended to make our growing cities more sustainable in an era climate change. The potential for urban modify microclimates and thereby reduce building energy use associated carbon emissions is commonly cited ecosystem service used justify million tree planting campaigns across US. However, what we know this comes primarily from unvalidated simulation studies. Using first dataset actual heating cooling combined with cover...
The aims of this research were (1) to develop a model simulate herd cows and quarter milk flowrates for milking derive udder durations box duration (i.e., the time cow spends inside robot) group milked with an automatic system (AMS); (2) validate simulation by comparing outcomes empirical data from commercial AMS dairy farm; (3) apply teatcup removal settings predict their effect on in AMS. For development, set farm 32 robots over 1,500 was used fit parameters variables days milk, parity,...