We proposed a novel deep convolutional neural network based species recognition
algorithm for wild animal classification on very challenging camera-trap imagery data. The …

Leaf area index (LAI) and canopy vertical profiles are important descriptors of ecosystem
structure. The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on board ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and …

Protected areas are a cornerstone for biodiversity conservation, but they also provide
amenities that attract housing development on inholdings and adjacent private lands. We …

Environmental factors controlling the distribution and abundance of boreal avifauna are not
fully understood, limiting our ability to predict the consequences of a changing climate and …

Gulls are prevalent in beach environments and can be a major source of fecal
contamination. Gulls have been shown to harbor a high abundance of fecal indicator …

Abstract Northern South America is a geographic bottleneck that may be limiting the survival
of Nearctic–Neotropic migrants. However, very little is known about the migration ecology of …

Numerous anthropogenic activities threaten the biodiversity found on earth. Because all
ecological communities constantly experience temporal turnover due to natural processes, it …

Understanding the effects of landscape change and environmental variability on ecological
processes is important for evaluating resource management policies, such as the emulation …

Deciduous forests have been remarkably resilient throughout their history, recovering from
major shifts in climate and surviving periods of massive deforestation. But today the world's …

The lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) is a ground-nesting passerine that breeds
across much of the central North American steppe and sand barrens. Through genotyping …