Research Products

Presentations, Workshops, and Publications

NASA BDEC Team Meeting 2024 (agenda)

• Plant taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta-diversity [PDF]; Matthew Fitzpatrick (mfitzpatrick@umces.edu)

• Habitat-animal diversity (BioSoundSCape) [PDF]; POC: Matthew Clark (matthew.clark@sonoma.edu)

• Estuarine and coastal habitats (BioREACH) [PDF]; Anthony Campbell (anthony.d.campbell@nasa.gov)

• Cyanobacteria in dams (CyanoSCape) [PDF]; Liane Guild (liane.s.guild@nasa.gov)

• Role of microrefugia in fynbos (TraitsCape) [PDF]; Corey Merow (cory.merow@gmail.com) 

• Plant community assembly and trait evolution [PDF]; Jeannine Cavender-Bares (cavender@umn.edu)

• Plant functional trait variation and diversity (CapeTraits) [PDF]; Philip Townsend (ptownsend@wisc.edu)

• Spectral and spatial scaling in biodiversity [PDF]; John Silander (john.silander_jr@uconn.edu)

• Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity in catchments (Biodiversity across Scales; eDNA) [PDF]; Matthew Rossi (matthew.rossi@colorado.edu)

• Fire-vegetation dynamics (RadSCape) [PDF]; Jan van Aardt (jvacis@rit.edu)

• Phytoplankton functional types in coastal systems (harmful algal blooms) [PDF]; Jinghui Wu (jinghuiw@ldeo.columbia.edu)

• Relationship between plant spectral diversity and evapotranspiration [PDF]; Kerry Cawse-Nicholson (kerry-anne.cawse-nicholson@jpl.nasa.gov)

2022

1. Slingsby, J., Wilson, A.M., Moncrieff, G., Maitner, B.,  Regionally-focussed ecological forecasting linking from demography to ecosystems (in press)  Methods in Ecology and Evolution

2. Merow, C.,  Boyle, B., Enquist, B., Feng, X., Kass, J., Maitner, B., McGill, B., Owens, H., Park, D., Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G., Urban, M., Varela, S., Wilson, A. M., The academic software developers’ paradox: Incentivizing software maintenance and updates in Ecology and Evolution (in press) Nature Ecology and Evolution.

3. Hu, Y., Ma, Y., Moncrieff, G., Slingsby, J., Wilson, A. M., Maitner, B., Zhou, R.Z. Forecasting vegetation dynamics in an open ecosystem by integrating deep learning and environmental variables. (2022) International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 114:103060 doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103060

4. Pigot, A., Merow, C., Trisos, C., Wilson, A.M. Thermal gradients drive abruptly expanding risks from climate warming across species geographic ranges (in press) Nature Ecology and Evolution

5. Cavender-Bares, J. , Schneider, F., Santos, M. J., Armstrong, A., Carnaval, A., Dahlin, K., Fatoyinbo, L., Hurtt, G.C., Schimel, D., Townsend, P. A., Ustin, S. L., Wang, Z., Wilson, A. M. Biologists in the field to satellites in the sky: Informing biodiversity goals on a changing planet. (2022) Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01702-5

6. Adam Wilson, Erin Hestir, Jasper Slingsby, Anabelle Cardoso Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape). NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting, Washington, D.C.

7. Adam Wilson, Erin Hestir, Jasper Slingsby, Anabelle Cardoso Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape). Presented to the 7th SBG Community Webinar on February 16, 2022. NASA Surface Biology and Geology team. 

2021

1. Adam Wilson, Erin Hestir, Jasper Slingsby, Nicola van Wilgen, Andrew Turner, Izak Smit, Glenn R Moncrieff, Wendy Foden. Biodiversity Survey of the Cape ( BioSCape )  Presentation at the 2021 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (#B12A-06)

2. Adam Wilson, Erin Hestir, Amy Frazier, Asha de Vos, Izak Smit, Jasper Slingsby, Woody Turner, Anabelle Cardoso, Brian S Maitner, Glenn R Moncrieff, Abel Ramoelo. Bringing ‘parachute science’ back to Earth to improve remote sensing of biodiversity for all.  Workshop held at the 2021 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union

3. Adam Wilson, Erin Lee Hestir, Biodiversity Survey of the Cape ( BioSCape) Presentation and workshop with representatives of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa National Parks (SANParks), and CapeNature Provincial Parks. March 24, 2021

2020

1. Adam Wilson, Erin Lee Hestir, William W Turner, Henry Frye, Jasper Slingsby, Cory Merow, Keith Gaddis, Amy Frazier, Efthymios Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Biodiversity Survey of the Cape ( BioSCape ). Presentation at the 2020 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (#B070-03)

2. Adam M Wilson, Jasper Slingsby, Glenn Moncrieff. Ecosystem resilience to global environmental change in a biodiversity hotspot. World Biodiversity Forum, (2020) Davos, Switzerland.

3. NASA’s  first biodiversity-focused airborne campaign:  Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape). (2020) Presentation to the SBG Aquatic Studies Group. 

2019

1. Adam M. Wilson, Jasper Slingsby, John Silander, Cory Merow, Henry Frye. Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape): Nominal NASA Field Campaign to Monitor the Dimensions of Biodiversity in a Mega-Diverse Region of Southern Africa. (2019) 9th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Málaga, Spain 

2018

1. Adam M. Wilson, Martin van Leeuwen, John A. Silander, Henry Frye, Jasper Slingsby. Dimensions of Biodiversity: from Traits to Communities to Ecosystems. 2018 NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting

2. Adam M. Wilson, Jasper Slingsby, John Silander, Cory Merow, Henry Frye. Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape): Nominal NASA Field Campaign to Monitor the Dimensions of Biodiversity in a Mega-Diverse Region of Southern Africa. 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.

2017 

1.  Adam M. Wilson, Jasper Slingsby, John A. Silander, Jr., Henry Frye, Monitoring dimensions of biodiversity in a mega-diverse region of Southern Africa: from traits to communities to ecosystems. International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), Pretoria, South Africa

2. Adam M. Wilson, John A. Silander, Jr., Cory Merow, Jasper Slingsby, Henry Frye Monitoring dimensions of biodiversity in a mega-diverse region of Southern Africa: from traits to communities to ecosystems. Ecological Society of America (ESA)