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Initial Project Goals and Plans in Preparation for 2014 AAG Annual Meeting. Dr. Rebecca Lewison & Jennifer Feltner Biology Department. Goals/Papers/Products. Next 1-2 years Conduct a pilot test using cameras/occupancy modeling - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Initial Project Goals and Plans in Preparation for 2014 AAG
Annual Meeting
Dr. Rebecca Lewison & Jennifer FeltnerBiology Department
Goals/Papers/ProductsNext 1-2 years• Conduct a pilot test using
cameras/occupancy modeling• Write a short paper on results from
pilot test and applicability to other primate species
• Complete coursework at SDSU/UC Davis by Spring 2015
• Launch full-time field work and data collection
Photo by Xi Zhinong
Goals/Papers/ProductsNext ~ 5 years• Complete data collection/analyses• Publish several papers– My findings for occupancy and
habitat suitability modeling– Survey techniques for
monitoring primates– Contribute to papers produced
by other PIs/grad students on CNH project
– Popular article on cross-disciplinary collaborations in science Photo by Xi Zhinong
Current Research Objectives:
1)Apply a multi-season occupancy model to investigate ecological and anthropogenic factors affecting monkey distribution and habitat use2)Construct a spatially explicit co-occurrence and habitat suitability model to characterize patterns of monkey and human space/resource overlap 3)Evaluate the effectiveness of PES as a conservation tool for monkeys
Data Needs:
I plan to collect/gather data on monkey occupancy and distribution and the following environmental and anthropogenic covariates: vegetation type, canopy cover, elevation/slope/aspect, food resources, human activities, distance to roads, major villages and tourist areas, distance to farmland and PES parcels
Data I will collect• Camera Trap Images
- Monkey use/occupancy- Human use- Other species
• Vegetation Sampling- Microhabitat (5x5m) vegetation plot sampling at each camera station: vertical structure, canopy cover, tree dbh, understory density, stand density- Additional vegetation sampling, using plots, line transects, or other survey methods especially to ID/locate important monkey food resources
• Line transects or other survey methods to collect human use, disturbance data• Locations of roads, major villages and tourist areas, distance to farmland and PES parcels
Data I will need from others• Remote Sensing data
– Vegetation sampling from 210 plots (dominant plant species compositions and percent cover, etc.)
– Land cover classification/vegetation type (currently 7 types)– Canopy fractional cover
• Participatory mapping – GPS points of homes, villages, resource collection, community
forests, etc.– If available info on what resources are exacted (buds, wood,
hunting)• Stakeholder Survey
– GPS locations of resource collection activities or households that list resource extraction as their livelihood
• Locations of PES parcels – do we have this?• Locations of important monkey food trees – does FNNR have this?
Potential timeline for doing fieldworkFeb/March 2014 Trip Goals• Get familiar with landscape, terrain, habitat• Test 3-4 cameras in field• Befriend Niu; establish grounds for data-sharing by bringing an image
sorting database, sound-triggered sensing device/camera, etc• Assist remote sensing team; learn vegetation sampling techniques2014/2015 School Year• Currently unsure if taking a quarter off from the UC Davis will be an
option given course requirements I need to fulfill in order to advance to candidacy
• If possible, would like to conduct a short pilot test over winter and/or spring breaks – install cameras in December 2014 – pull in March 2015.
2015/2016 School Year• Latest for beginning full-time field work – hope to stay in China for
extended period of time: 9-12 months
Questions??
Photo by Cyril Ruoso