Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Program Update

The Role of Taxonomic, Functional, Genetic, and Landscape Diversity in Food Web Responses to a Changing Environment

Tony Ives/University of Wisconsin

Linking Remotely Sensed Optical Diversity to Genetic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity to Predict Ecosystem Processes

Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota

Mapping of Stress on Native Tree Species across Western United States and Canada

Amanda Mathys/University of British Columbia

Bayesian Data-Model Synthesis for Biological Conservation and Management in Antarctica

Heather Lynch/Stony Brook University

Satellite Driven Studies of Climate-mediated Changes in Antarctic Food Webs

Matt Oliver/University of Delaware

Forecasting Changes in Habitat Use by Bowhead Whales in Response to Arctic Climate Change

Dan Pendleton/NOAA

Partnering with DEVELOP: Program and Projects Overview

Merna Saad and Beth Brumbaugh/NASA DEVELOP and Cindy Schmidt/NASA Ames Research Center

Integrating Global Species Distributions, Remote Sensing Information and Climate Station Data to Assess Recent Biodiversity Response to Climate Change

Mao-Ning Tuanmu/Yale University

Developing and Testing the Dynamic Habitat Index from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin

Global Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Comparing Species- level Impacts on Two Contrasting Large Mammals

Mark Hebblewhite/University of Montana

WhaleWatch: A Tool Using Satellite Telemetry and Remotely-sensed Environmental Data to Provide Near Real-time Predictions of Whale Occurrence in the California Current System

Helen Bailey/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Genetic Programming for Ocean Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity

John Moisan/NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Merging Satellite and Numerical Model Data in the California Current to Create Continuous Imagery and Forecasts of Harmful Algal Blooms

Clarissa Anderson/University of California, Santa Cruz

Snapshot Wisconsin – Bringing Wildlife Management into Focus: Integrating Camera Traps, Remote Sensing and Citizen Science to Improve Population Modeling

Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin

A Multidisciplinary Framework for Biodiversity Prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot

Ana Carnaval/CUNY City College

Combining Remote Sensing and Biological Data to Predict the Consequences of Climate Change on Hummingbird Diversity

Catherine Graham/ SUNY Stony Brook

EcoCatch: Improving Ecological and Economic Sustainability of Marine Fisheries Using Remotely-sensed Oceanographic Data

Rebecca Lewison/San Diego State University

Plenary Discussion Session
Topic: Based on your NASA-funded activities, please suggest components for integrated global-to-local biodiversity observation and monitoring networks to support large connected landscapes and seascapes for preserving and enhancing Nature

The Salmonid Population Viability Project: A System to Forecast the Demographic and Genetic Viability of Salmonid Fish across Broad Regions under Changing Climates

Seth Wenger/University of Georgia/Trout Unlimited

Projecting Effects of Climate Change on Pacific Rim Rivers and Salmon: Integrating Remote Sensing, Landscape Genomics, and Demography to Inform Conservation

Brian Hand/University of Montana

System for Mapping and Predicting Species of Concern (SMAP-SOC)

John Olson/Desert Research Institute

From the Watershed to the Ocean: Using NASA Data and Models to Understand and Predict Variations in Central California Salmon

Eric Danner/NOAA

Management and Conservation of Highly Migratory Fish in the Gulf of Mexico under IPCC Climate Change Scenarios

Mitch Roffer/Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.

Physiological Impacts of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing

David Wethey/University of South Carolina

Additional Questions and Discussion

Break

Avian Abundance Estimation across the Pacific Flyway for Full Life-cycle Conservation Planning

Steve Kelling/Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Effects of Extreme Climate Events on Avian Demographics

Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin

Spatial Responses to Climate across Trophic Levels: Monitoring and Modeling Plants, Prey, and Predators in the Intermountain Western U.S.

Tom Edwards/U.S. Geological Survey/Utah State University

Using NASA Resources to Inform Climate and Land Use Adaptation

Andrew Hansen/Montana State University

Sensitivity of Coastal Zone Ecosystems to Climate Change

Daniel Gruner/University of Maryland

Using the USGS “Resource for Advanced Modeling” to Connect Climate Drivers to Biological Responses

Jeff Morisette/U.S. Geological Survey

Monitoring and Forecasting Chimpanzee Habitat Health in Africa to Inform Conservation Actions, Strategies and Measure Success

Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute

Programmatic Issues: Questions and Answers

Woody Turner/NASA