A5036873545- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Noise Effects and Management
- Insect Pheromone Research and Control
- Landslides and related hazards
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
Clark University
2012-2023
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2017
A 30-year series of global monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) imagery derived from the Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) NDVI3g archive was analyzed for presence trends in changing seasonality. Using Seasonal Trend Analysis (STA) procedure, over half (56.30%) land surfaces were found to exhibit significant trends. Almost (46.10%) belonged three classes seasonal (or changes). Class 1 consisted areas that experienced a uniform increase NDVI throughout...
Abstract A procedure is introduced for the analysis of seasonal trends in time series Earth observation imagery. Called Seasonal Trend Analysis (STA), based on an initial stage harmonic each year to extract annual and semi‐annual harmonics. Trends parameters these harmonics over years are then analysed using a robust median‐slope procedure. Finally, images used create colour composites highlighting amplitudes phases seasonality trends. The technique specifically rejects high‐frequency...
The southern Yucatán contains the largest expanse of seasonal tropical forests remaining in Mexico, forming an ecocline between drier north peninsula and humid Petén, Guatemala. Calakmul Biosphere Reserve resides center this region as part Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. reserve's functions are examined regard to land changes throughout region, generated over last 40 years by increasing settlement expansion intensification agriculture. These documented from 1987/1988 2000, their...
The present work evaluates the use of species distribution model (SDM) algorithms to classify high densities small container-breeding Aedes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) on a fine scale in Bermuda Islands. Weekly ovitrap data collected by Department Health, for years 2006 and 2007 were used models. models evaluated included Bioclim, Domain, GARP (genetic algorithm rule-set prediction), logistic regression MaxEnt (maximum entropy). Models according performance robustness. area under...
Abstract Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) is an urban mosquito involved in the transmission of numerous viruses, including dengue, chikungunya and Zika. In Argentina, Ae. main vector dengue virus has been several outbreaks regions ranging from northern to central Argentina since 2009. order evaluate areas potential vector‐borne disease city Córdoba, present study aimed identify environmental, socioeconomic demographic factors driving distribution larvae through spatial analysis form...
Abstract Indigenous territories are considered important for conservation, but little is known about their role in maintaining human health. Here we quantified the potential health and economic benefits of protecting these Brazilian Amazon, by using cardiovascular respiratory diseases cases, pollutant forest cover data. Between 2010 2019, 1.68 tons Particulate Matter small size (PM 2.5 ) were released every year, with negative effects A lower number infections was also found municipalities...
Abstract Land use change models are increasingly being used to evaluate the effect of land on climate and biodiversity generate scenarios deforestation. Although many methods available model transition potentials, they usually not user‐friendly require specification parameters, making task difficult for decision makers familiar with tools, as well process interpret. In this article we propose a simple method modeling potentials. SimWeight is an instance‐based learning algorithm based logic...
Illegal, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) often occurs in remote highly biodiverse areas, such as the Madre de Dios region of Peru. Mercury used bioaccumulates environment poses developmental, hormonal, neurological threats to wildlife. The impact ASGM on biodiversity remains largely unknown. We geographic information science create a spatial model pollution risk from sites, order predict locations species assemblages at risk. Multicriteria evaluation was determine how flow...
Analysis of land-cover change in the seasonal tropical forests Southern Yucatán, Mexico presents a number significant challenges for fine-scale information required land-change science. Subtle variation mature forest types across regional ecocline is compounded by vegetation transitions following agricultural land uses. Such complex mapping environments require innovation multispectral classification methodologies. This research an application step-wise maximum likelihood/In-Process...
Landsat-8 derived Land Surface Temperature (LST) is used to measure Urban Heat Island (SUHI) patterns and intensity in Worcester, MA, USA. Additionally, near-surface air temperature variability measured using in-situ sensors further contextualize the urban-to-rural land-cover driven thermal study area. Despite widespread applicability of data, many SUHI studies do not compare LST with information. Comparisons between satellite-based measurements land surface are important for establishing...
Land managers responsible for invasive species removal in the USA require tools to prevent Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) (ALB) from decimating maple-dominant hardwood forests of Massachusetts and New England. Species distribution models (SDMs) spread have been applied individually predict invasion rate spread, but combination both can increase accuracy predictions over time when habitat suitability is heterogeneous across landscapes. First, a SDM was fit 2008 ALB...
The archives of species range polygons developed under comprehensive assessments the conservation status species, such as IUCN's Global Assessments, are a significant resource in analysis biodiversity for planning. Species obtained from these studies known to exhibit omissions (because knowledge gaps) and imprecision their boundaries. In this work, we present method refine those order create more realistic representations geographic ranges. Using four mammals South America environmental...
Increased wildfire activity and altered post-fire climate in the Southern Rocky Mountains has potential to influence forest resilience. The are a leading edge of change have experienced record-breaking fires recent years. regeneration resilience could potentially include future ecological trajectories. In this paper, we examined patterns spectral recovery using Landsat time series. Additionally, utilized random models analyze impact burn severity on three fire events Mountains. Fifteen years...
Deforestation is one of the major threats to habitats in Dominican Republic. In this work we present a forest baseline for year 2000 and deforestation map 2011. Maps were derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Radiometer (MODIS) products at 250 m resolution. The vegetation continuous fields product (MOD44B) was used produce baseline, while indices (MOD13Q1) detect change between Major findings based on data presented here are reported manuscript "Habitat suitability protection status four...
Smallholder farmers commonly use fire for land clearing and agricultural maintenance in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The southern Peninsular Region (SYPR) has experienced increasing frequency since 1960s due to expanding smallholder agriculture recurrent droughts. Beginning January 2019, a government-subsidized programme named Sembrando Vida encouraged further development throughout Mexico, resulting increased burning cropland preparation. This study uses Moderate Resolution Imaging...