Bioacoustic Index heatmap: Hour of day by day of year, 2013
Soundscape Ecology
Biodiversity assessment using ecoacoustics: Linking soundscape to forest structure in a human-dominated tropical dry forest in southern Madagascar
Tropical Dry Forest Mapping
- Modeling seasonal changes in biological sounds of a tropical dry forest
- Connecting soundscapes to landscapes
Biodiversity assessment using ecoacoustics: Linking soundscape to forest structure in a human-dominated tropical dry forest in southern Madagascar
Tropical Dry Forest Mapping
- 3D modeling of tropical dry forest using UAV imagery
 Canopy height models from 1 ha forest plots
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3D models derived from consumer-level UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) imagery show great promise for improving forest classification maps of Madagascar’s tropical dry forests (TDF). By exploiting variability in TDF of vertical and horizontal structure, we hypothesized that we could resolve differences in TDF types and create vastly improved forest maps.
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- Mapping tropical dry forest along grazing gradients in Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve
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- Mapping movements of herded livestock with respect to season and security
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My study of two livestock herds within BMSR from 2007-2013 illustrates that herd movements vary by seasonal availability of crop residues, grasses, water, and forest resources, with both herds rotating through forest areas, although not necessarily in the same seasons (Figure 1). Some grazed areas suffer from severe degradation, but others do not—that is, some practices have been more sustainable than others.
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