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New Study from DSE and the Karuk Wildlife Team Combines Citizen Science and Local Indigenous Knowledge in Novel Approach to Biodiversity Monitoring
DSE and the Karuk Wildlife Team are thrilled to share new research in Ecology and Evolution that validates the importance of implementing local Indigenous knowledge in studies on biodiversity and population changes over time. Our paper provides groundbreaking analysis on how the Wildlife Team’s traditional knowledge, research, and citizen-science efforts support elk restoration and presents a potential model for Indigenous-led conservation efforts worldwide.
Jessenia Chan
Jessenia Chan is a freshman at Berkeley majoring in Data Science. At DSE, she is working on the GeoJupyter/JupyterGIS project, contributing TypeScript code to enhance the STAC browser interface. Outside DSE, she enjoys building projects that contribute to the community. Her hobbies include playing classical music, running, and chilling.
Kristin Davis Uncovers Nuanced Songbird Population Responses Between North America & Europe
Our ability to predict how any given species will respond to the environmental changes that are happening in our world - like extreme temperatures and drought - hinges on a fundamental ecological assumption: the niche conservatism hypothesis. This hypothesis posits that a species' ecological niche, or the set of environmental conditions where individuals can survive and reproduce, remains stable over space and time. But is that assumption too simplistic?
Annie Gao
Annie Gao is a junior at Berkeley double majoring in Computer Science and Economics. At DSE, she is working on the GeoJupyter/JupyterGIS project, contributing TypeScript code to enhance the STAC browser interface and support broader geospatial data access in JupyterLab. Outside DES, she enjoys drawing, traveling, and exploring good food.
A brief primer on Hidden Markov Models
DSE postdoc Amy Van Scoyoc overviews a robust, lightweight modeling approach that researchers in computer vision, speech recognition, bioinformatics, animal movement, and more may find useful.
Andrew Schoenen
Andrew Schoenen is a senior at UC Berkeley double majoring in Computer Science and Ecosystem Management and Forestry. At DSE, he is an intern working on creating tools to more intuitively visualize and understand the changing ranges of Joshua Trees, and to better track their movement in the context of wildfire recovery and changing climate conditions.
Ellen Cadigan
Ellen Cadigan is DSE's Administrative Manager. She has a strong history within the UC system, graduating from UC Santa Cruz and also working at UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President. She is excited to bring knowledge of the University Culture and offer support to her dynamic team members.
Timothy Bowles
Timothy Bowles is an agroecologist whose research investigates soil health, climate resilience, and sustainable farming systems. He leads the Berkeley Agroecology Lab, which conducts interdisciplinary research on farming systems that rely on and restore biodiversity in order to produce food, rather than non-renewable and often harmful inputs.
