We invite you to apply for a spot in a NASA Biodiversity working group titled, "Connecting biodiversity, geodiversity, and remote sensing across scales." The working group will bring together scientists and practitioners in biodiversity and remote sensing to address two main research questions:
(1) How do the relationships between biodiversity and its geophysical and biological drivers change across spatial and temporal scales? (2) What derived NASA data products at particular spatial or temporal scales would transform the use of geophysical data by biodiversity scientists? Outcomes of the working group include peer-reviewed publications that present cross-scale modeling analysis, and that identify remotely sensed products and their spatio-temporal scales that are most useful for biodiversity modeling. Co-organizers of the working group include: Phoebe Zarnetske (Michigan State University, MSU: http://www.msu.edu/~plz), Kyla Dahlin (MSU: https://www.msu.edu/~kdahlin), and Sydne Record (Bryn Mawr College: https://sydnerecord.blogs.brynmawr.edu/). The working group will meet twice in 2017 at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), in Santa Barbara, CA. The first meeting is set for February 20-24, 2017. The second meeting will occur during the last quarter of 2017, also at NCEAS. Funding is available for successful applicants to travel within the United States to attend both meetings at NCEAS. Application Deadline: October 1, 2016. For more information on applying, please, go to: http://communityecologylab.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/6/3/39633683/zarnetskedahlinrecord_nasa2016summary.pdf -- Sydne Record, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biology Bryn Mawr College Park 209 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 phone: (610) 526-5094 fax: (610) 526-5086
