COS 260 - Interdisciplinary Tools to Advance Ecology 3

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Measuring associations between understory vegetation structure and mammal diversity using a novel mixed-reality device: the Microsoft Hololens
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Gorczynski – Rice University

  Coauthor: Lydia Beaudrot, PhD – Rice University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Deep learning detects invasive plant species across complex landscapes using Worldview-2 and Planetscope satellite imagery
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas A. Lake – University of Minnesota

  Coauthor: Ryan D. Briscoe Runquist – University of Minnesota

  Coauthor: David A. Moeller – University of Minnesota
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Landscape-level management of Timber Rattlesnakes within an exurban landscape
  

  Presenting Author: Anita T. Morzillo – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Abigail Dunn – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Rebecca Christoffel – Snake Conservation Society

  Coauthor: Lindsay Larson – Housatonic Valley Association
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Effects of disturbance severity and spatial patterning on near-term forest canopy structure and complexity
  

  Presenting Author: Brandon Alveshere – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Jeff Atkins – USDA Forest Service

  Coauthor: Atticus Stovall – NASA

  Coauthor: Thomas Worthley – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Robert Fahey – University of Connecticut
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Social influences on ecological health in sacred forests in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church forests
  

  Presenting Author: Mabel Baez-Schon – School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida

  Coauthor: Carrie L. Woods – University of Puget Sound

  Coauthor: Catherine Cardelús – Colgate University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Evaluating trade-offs and co-benefits among biophysical and cultural ecosystem services in freshwater wetlands variably impacted by groundwater extraction
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica A. Balerna – University of South Florida Department of Integrative Biology

  Coauthor: Luanna B. Prevost – University of South Florida Department of Integrative Biology

  Coauthor: Rebecca K. Zarger – University of South Florida Department of Anthropology

  Coauthor: David B. Lewis, PhD – University of South Florida