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NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting
May 4–6, 2016, Silver Spring, MD

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Wednesday, May 4

1:00PM Load Talks for the Afternoon
1:30PM Brief Introduction to Climate and Biological Response Research Talks
Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters
2:05PM Project Talks
Mapping of Stress on Native Tree Species across the Western United States and Canada
Richard Waring/Oregon State University
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Spatial Responses to Climate across Trophic Levels: Monitoring and Modeling Plants, Prey, and Predators in the Intermountain Western U.S. David Stoner/Utah State University PDF
Integrating Global Species Distributions, Remote Sensing Information and Climate Station Data to Assess Recent Biodiversity Response to Climate Change
Walter Jetz/Yale University
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Using Remote Sensing and Physiological Data to Predict Consequences of Climate Change on Hummingbird Behavior
Don Powers/George Fox University
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3:05PM Additional Questions and Discussion
3:20PM  Project Talks
Forecasting Changes in Habitat Use by Bowhead Whales in Response to Arctic Climate Change
Dan Pendleton/NOAA
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Sensitivity of Coastal Zone Ecosystems to Climate Change
Candy Feller/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Physiological Impacts of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing
David Wethey/University of South Carolina
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4:30PM Adjourn and Join Colleagues for Dinner

Thursday, May 5

8:45AM Project Talks
The Role of Taxonomic, Functional, Genetic, and Landscape Diversity in Food Web Responses to a Changing Environment
Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin       
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Assembly and Evolution of the Amazonian Biota and its Environment: An Integrated Approach
Joel Cracraft/American Museum of Natural History
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A Multidisciplinary Framework for Biodiversity Prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot
Ana Carnaval/CUNY City College
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9:30AM Additional Questions and Discussion
9:45AM PROJECT TALKS
Next Generation UAV Spectral Systems for Environmental Monitoring
Petya Campbell/University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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System for Mapping and Predicting Species of Concern (SMAP-SOC)
John Olson/Desert Research Institute
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10:15AM Break
10:35AM Project Talks
Snapshot Wisconsin – Bringing Wildlife Management into Focus:
Integrating Camera Traps, Remote Sensing and Citizen Science to
Improve Population Modeling
Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin
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Linking Remotely Sensed Optical Diversity to Genetic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity to Predict Ecosystem Processes
Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota  
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11:05AM Additional Questions and Discussion
11:20AM Remote Sensing of Biodiversity for Biologists
Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters
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11:35AM Plenary Discussion: Where to Focus Next in Biodiversity Remote Sensing
12:00PM Lunch
1:30PM Project Talks
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET)
Cindy Schmidt/NASA Ames Research Center
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DEVELOP: Shaping the Future by Integrating Earth Observations into Global “Decision Making”
Sean McCartney/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Genetic Programming for Ocean Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity
John Moisan/NASA Wallops Flight Facility
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The Salmonid Population Viability Project: A System to Forecast the Demographic and Genetic Viability of Salmonid Fish across Broad Regions under Changing Climates
Doug Leasure/University of Georgia
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Projecting Effects of Climate Change on Pacific Rim Rivers and Salmon: Integrating Remote Sensing, Landscape Genomics, and Demography to Inform Conservation
Alisa Wade/University of Montana
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2:30PM Additional Questions and Discussion
2:45PM Break
3:05PM Aligning Dollars and Program Management: A Small Group Priority Setting Exercise for the Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Programs PDF
3:45PM Small Group Presentations for Aligning Dollars and Program Management
4:45PM Poster Session
6:30PM Dinners with Colleagues

Friday, May 6

8:30AM PROJECT TALKS
Using NASA Resources to Inform Climate and Land Use Adaptation
Andrew Hansen/Montana State University
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Effects of Extreme Climate Events on Avian Demographics
Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin
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Avian Abundance Estimation across the Pacific Flyway for Full Life-cycle Conservation Planning
Daniel Fink/Cornell University
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Developing and Testing the Dynamic Habitat Index from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin
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9:30AM Additional Questions and Discussion
9:45AM PROJECT TALKS
Climate Change, Sea Ice Loss, and Polar Bears in Greenland
Kristin Laidre/University of Washington
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Bayesian Data-Model Synthesis for Biological Conservation and Management in Antarctica
Heather Lynch/Stony Brook University
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10:15AM Break
10:35AM PROJECT TALKS
Monitoring and Forecasting Chimpanzee Habitat Health in Africa to Inform Conservation Actions, Strategies and Measure Success
Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
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EcoCatch: Improving Ecological and Economic Sustainability of Marine Fisheries Using Remotely-sensed Oceanographic Data
Rebecca Lewison/San Diego State University
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11:05AM Additional Questions and Discussion
11:20AM PROJECT TALKS
Adaptive Ecosystem Climatology
Brad Penta/Naval Research Laboratory
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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.
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11:50AM Additional Questions and Discussion
12:05PM Lunch
1:35PM PROJECT TALKS
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
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National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for A Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida
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Demonstrating an Effective Marine Biodiversity Observation Network in the Santa Barbara Channel
Robert Miller/University of California, Santa Barbara
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2:20PM Additional Questions and Discussion
2:35PM Separate Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Breakout Sessions to Raise and Discuss Programmatic Issues for NASA
2:35PM Plenary Discussion: Programmatic Updates, Issues and Concerns
Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters
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4:30PM Meeting Ends