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Paper Presentation at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Virtual 2021 Conference

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Davies Lab graduate student Catherine Ressijac and Elizabeth Bondi of SEAS, presented their paper entitled, Preliminary Detection of Rhino Middens for Understanding Rhino Behavior at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ( CVPR) virtual 2021...

Species-level termite methane production rates

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Termites consume substantial amounts of plant material across tropical and subtropical ecosystems. During the process of lignocellulose digestion, the symbiotic methanogenesis within termites’ guts produces the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4)...

Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

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Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These solutions are viewed as having the ancillary benefit of protecting habitats...

Unravelling the relationship between plant diversity and vegetation structural complexity: A review and theoretical framework.

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1. Vegetation structural complexity (VSC)—the three-dimensional distribution of plants within an ecosystem—is an important ecological trait. To date, research has focused primarily on the effects of VSC on ecological patterns and processes, but...

A global review of termite sampling methods

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Termites are globally dominant and functionally important soil organisms. While their role in ecosystems is being increasingly recognised and understood, methods that adequately sample termite communities across habitats can be challenging and have not...

Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological functions of animals

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Ecosystems function in a series of feedback loops that can change or maintain vegetation structure. Vegetation structure influences the ecological niche space available to animals, shaping many aspects of behaviour and reproduction. In turn, animals...

Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological roles of animals.

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Ecosystems function in a series of feedback loops that can change or maintain vegetation structure. Vegetation structure influences the ecological niche space available to animals, shaping many aspects of behaviour and reproduction. In turn, animals...

Spatial heterogeneity facilitates carnivore coexistence

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Competitively dominant carnivore species can limit the population sizes and alter the behavior of inferior competitors. Established mechanisms that enable carnivore coexistence include spatial and temporal avoidance of dominant predator species by...

Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses

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Tropical savannas have been increasingly targeted for carbon sequestration by afforestation, assuming large gains in soil organic carbon (SOC) with increasing tree cover. Because savanna SOC is also derived from grasses, this assumption may not reflect...

Environmental controls on African herbivore responses to landscapes of fear

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Herbivores balance forage acquisition with the need to avoid predation, often leading to trade‐offs between forgoing resources to avoid areas of high predation risk, or tolerating increased risk in exchange for improved forage. The outcome of these...

Mammalian herbivore movement into drought refugia has cascading effects on savanna insect communities

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Global climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of droughts, with major impacts on tropical savannas. It has been suggested that during drought, increased soil moisture and nutrients on termite mounds could benefit plants but it is...

Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression

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Savannas cover a fifth of the land surface and contribute a third of terrestrial net primary production, accounting for three-quarters of global area burned and more than half of global fire-driven carbon emissions^1,2,3. Fire suppression and afforestation...

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Paper Presentation at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Virtual 2021 Conference

Species-level termite methane production rates

Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

Unravelling the relationship between plant diversity and vegetation structural complexity: A review and theoretical framework.

A global review of termite sampling methods

Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological functions of animals

Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological roles of animals.

Spatial heterogeneity facilitates carnivore coexistence

Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses

Environmental controls on African herbivore responses to landscapes of fear

Mammalian herbivore movement into drought refugia has cascading effects on savanna insect communities

Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression