B073
Advances in the Application of Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Monitoring: Integrating Data and Models Across Scales and Technologies IV

Friday, 11 December 2020: 20:30-21:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Keith Gaddis, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Adam Wilson, SUNY Buffalo, Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States, Erin Lee Hestir, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States and William W Turner, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Keith Gaddis, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Adam Wilson, SUNY Buffalo, Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States, Erin Lee Hestir, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States, William W Turner, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, DC, United States and Gary N Geller, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Keith Gaddis, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
20:30
Methods and tools to improve understanding and application of biodiversity data based on satellite Earth observation: Examples from Benin, Ghana and Brazil (703201)
Danielle Wood1, David Lagomasino2, Ufuoma Ovienmhada3, Abigail Barenblitt4, Amanda Payton5, Jack Reid6, Seamus Lombardo7, Mulan Jiang3, Eric Ashcroft8 and Temilola Fatoyinbo9, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)University of Maryland, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College PARK, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (6)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (7)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (8)Blue Raster LLC, Arlington, VA, United States, (9)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
20:34
Adding space-based vegetation structure measurements to a global ecosystem model to simulate tropical forest animal communities and their role in ecosystem function (697884)
Chris Doughty1, Andrew Abraham1, Patrick Jantz2, Mike Harfoot3, Camille Gaillard4, Jenna Keany4, Patrick J Burns2 and Scott J Goetz2, (1)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (4)NAU, Flagstaff, United States
20:38
Bridging the gap between spectral and evolutionary biology (750329)
Jose Meireles, University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, Orono, ME, United States
20:42
Spectral diversity predicts functional, phylogenetic, and species diversity across a hyper-diverse biogeographic region (705280)
Henry Frye, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States, Matthew E. Aiello-Lammens, Pace University New York, Department of Environmental Studies and Science, Pleasantville, NY, United States, Cynthia Jones, University of Connecticut, Storrs, United States, Cory Merow, University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Storrs, CT, United States, Jasper Slingsby, South African Environmental Observation Network, Cape Town, South Africa, Helga van der Merwe, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Kimberley, South Africa, Adam Wilson, SUNY Buffalo, Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States and John Silander Jr., University of Connecticut, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Storrs, United States
20:46
Concentration of Global Fishing Effort with Climate Change (665989)
James Roger Watson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, John Woodil, Oregon State University, CEOAS, Corvallis, United States and Maria T Kavanaugh, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
20:50
Effects of Marine Debris on Open Ocean Biodiversity (770047)
Linsey Haram1, James T Carlton2, Luca Raffaele Centurioni3, Mary Crowley4, Jan Hafner5, Nikolai A Maximenko6, Cathryn Murray7, Jenny Par1, Andrey Shcherbina8 and Gregory Ruiz1, (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, United States, (2)Williams College, Mystic Seaport Program, Mystic, CT, United States, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)Ocean Voyages Institute, Sausalito, CA, United States, (5)IPRC/SOEST U. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (7)Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, Canada, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Kenmore, WA, United States
20:54
Modeling the Distribution of Forest Understory Plants Using Remote Sensing and Soil Chemical Predictors (766885)
Nathan Roe, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Mark J Ducey, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Oliva L Fraser, White Mountain National Forest, Campton, NH, United States and Robert A Colter, White Mountain National Forest, Campton, United States
20:58
Dynamic responses of ground beetles to climate change and habitat characteristics (759902)
Tong Qiu1, Christopher Kilner1, Jennifer J Swenson2 and James S Clark3, (1)Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment, Durham, NC, United States, (2)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States, (3)Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment, Department of Statistical Science, Durham, NC, United States
21:02
Discussion
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