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Urban Nature Indexes tool offers comprehensive and flexible approach to monitoring urban ecological performance

npj Urban Sustainability
We present the Urban Nature Indexes (UNI), a comprehensive tool that measures urban ecological performance under one standard framework linked to global commitments.
Jennifer Rae Pierce, Laura Costadone, Lelani Mannetti, Joeri Morpurgo, Charlyn Elaine Green, Michael D. Halder, Pablo Arturo Lopez Guijosa, Abner L. Bogan, Russell Galt, Jonathan Hughes   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mosaic of microclimates: biodiversity outcomes and wildlife habitat potential in large‐scale solar facilities

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid global expansion of photovoltaic (PV) solar facilities, now comprising nearly 80% of the recent and projected growth of renewable electricity, represents one of the most significant land‐use changes of the 21st century. While PV facilities are critical for decarbonising energy systems, their large spatial footprint and infrastructure
Tom Armstrong, Caleb L. Loughran, Joshua R. Ennen, Kristoffer H. Wild, Eric J. Nordberg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity monitoring for a just planetary future

Science
Data that influence policy and major investment decisions risk entrenching social and political ...
Chapman, Melissa, Goldstein, Benjamin R, Schell, Christopher J, Brashares, Justin S, Carter, Neil H, Ellis-Soto, Diego, Faxon, Hilary Oliva, Goldstein, Jenny E, Halpern, Benjamin S, Longdon, Joycelyn, Norman, Kari EA, O'Rourke, Dara, Scoville, Caleb, Xu, Lily, Boettiger, Carl   +14 more
openaire   +4 more sources

HawkEars: A regional, high-performance avian acoustic classifier

Ecological Informatics
Passive acoustic monitoring is rapidly emerging as a dominant approach for studying acoustic wildlife, with neural networks used as an increasingly common and promising approach for extracting detections of particular species from acoustic recordings ...
Jan Huus, Kevin G. Kelly, Erin M. Bayne, Elly C. Knight   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ranger patrols are a cornerstone of wildlife protection efforts around the world and occur across all ecological governance systems. Evidence that patrols reduce threats to wildlife and enable their recovery has not been systematically examined previously.
Trina Rytwinski, Robert S. A. Pickles, Matthew J. Muir, Steven J. Cooke, Joseph R. Bennett, Lisa A. Kelly, Adrienne Smith, Cynthia Cadet, Dwi N. Adhiasto, Inés Arroyo Quiroz, Mark D. Booton, Daphne P. Carlson, Drew T. Cronin, Anthony Dancer, Meredith L. Gore, Jennifer R. B. Miller, Stephen F. Pires, Amy Pokempner, James Slade, Andrew M. Lemieux   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity from space: pitfalls in measuring community diversity from outside the Earth

, 2016
Field based biodiversity monitoring presents a number of issues, mainly related to time and cost efficiency, beside the difficulty to guarantee a robust sampling design.
Rocchini, Duccio
core  

State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring [PDF]

, 2017
The State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report identifies trends in key marine species and points to important gaps in biodiversity monitoring efforts across key ecosystem components in: sea ice biota, plankton, benthos, marine fishes, seabirds and ...
Christensen, Tom, Price, Courtney, Barry, Tom, Olsen, Marianne, Frederiksen, Morten   +4 more
core  

Monitoring Biodiversity

, 2023
Anna Allard, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Alan Brown   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Future of Edge AI in biodiversity monitoring

CoRR
1. Many ecological decisions are slowed by the gap between collecting and analysing biodiversity data. Edge computing moves processing closer to the sensor, with edge artificial intelligence (AI) enabling on-device inference, reducing reliance on data transfer and continuous connectivity.
Aude Vuilliomenet, Kate E. Jones, Duncan Wilson   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources