Biodiversity 2016

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

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	PDF
	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	PDF
	Using Remote Sensing and Physiological Data to Predict Consequences of Climate Change on Hummingbird Behavior Don Powers/George Fox University	PDF
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	PDF
	Sensitivity of Coastal Zone Ecosystems to Climate Change Candy Feller/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center	PDF
	Physiological Impacts of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing David Wethey/University of South Carolina	PDF
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	PDF
	Assembly and Evolution of the Amazonian Biota and its Environment: An Integrated Approach Joel Cracraft/American Museum of Natural History	PDF
	A Multidisciplinary Framework for Biodiversity Prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot Ana Carnaval/CUNY City College	PDF
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	PDF
	System for Mapping and Predicting Species of Concern (SMAP-SOC) John Olson/Desert Research Institute	PDF
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	PDF
	Linking Remotely Sensed Optical Diversity to Genetic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity to Predict Ecosystem Processes Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota	PDF
11:05AM	Additional Questions and Discussion
11:20AM	Remote Sensing of Biodiversity for Biologists Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters	PDF
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	PDF
	DEVELOP: Shaping the Future by Integrating Earth Observations into Global “Decision Making” Sean McCartney/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	PDF
	Genetic Programming for Ocean Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity John Moisan/NASA Wallops Flight Facility	PDF
	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	PDF
	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	PDF
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	PDF
	Effects of Extreme Climate Events on Avian Demographics Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin	PDF
	Avian Abundance Estimation across the Pacific Flyway for Full Life-cycle Conservation Planning Daniel Fink/Cornell University	PDF
	Developing and Testing the Dynamic Habitat Index from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data for Biodiversity and Conservation Science Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin	PDF
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	PDF
	Bayesian Data-Model Synthesis for Biological Conservation and Management in Antarctica Heather Lynch/Stony Brook University	PDF
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	PDF
	EcoCatch: Improving Ecological and Economic Sustainability of Marine Fisheries Using Remotely-sensed Oceanographic Data Rebecca Lewison/San Diego State University	PDF
11:05AM	Additional Questions and Discussion
11:20AM	PROJECT TALKS
	Adaptive Ecosystem Climatology Brad Penta/Naval Research Laboratory	PDF
	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.	PDF
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	PDF
	National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for A Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida	PDF
	Demonstrating an Effective Marine Biodiversity Observation Network in the Santa Barbara Channel Robert Miller/University of California, Santa Barbara	PDF
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	PDF
4:30PM	Meeting Ends

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