Master’s
Capstone Project - An open-source pipeline for remote sensing of crop
yields: a Zambia Case Study
ABSTRACT
Collaborators:
Grace Lewin
Steven Cognac
Cullen Molitor
Mentorship: Thank you to Tamma Carleton from UC
Santa Barbara and Jonathan Proctor from Harvard University. Your vision
for this project, existing codebase, and research expertise made this
project a reality.
Anthropogenic
niche partitioning: mesocarnivore spatial and temporal coexistence along
an urban gradient
ABSTRACT
We
understand little about how our urbanizing world influences temporal and
spatial niche partitioning among synathropic mammals. My research
objectives include (1) to analyze how species shift temporal coexistence
in response to varying degrees of urbanization, and (2) evaluate spatial
niche partitioning by calculating relative mammalian diversity along an
urban gradient. Urban species include the North American raccoon,
striped skunk, red fox, brush rabbit, and Virginia opossum. Nine camera
traps are deployed throughout three distinct habitats along an urban
gradient. Urbanization positively correlates with nocturnality, and
seasonality strongly predicts activity patterns that differ between
species. Shifting activity patterns can disrupt delicate ecological
relationships and specialized resource exploitation.
Poster presented at the UC Santa Barbara Undergraduate Research
Colloquium:
Funding: This project was possible thanks to the
Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Grant from UC Santa
Barbara.
Mentorship: Thank you to Molley Hardesty-Moore and
Doug McCauley from UC Santa Barbara. Your mentorship and research
expertise made this project a reality.
Filtration
Efficiency in Bivalves: effects of species and size in oysters and
mussels
ABSTRACT
Full
Research Paper
Funding: This project was possible through the
Tropical Biology and Conservation program at UC Santa Barbara and the
Monteverde Institute, as well as the UC Santa Barbara EAP Gaucho
Scholarship.
Mentorship: Thank you to Frank Joyce of the
Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica. Your mentorship and research expertise
made this project a reality.