Session: Big Data in Ecology: Methods and Tools (2020 ESA Annual Meeting (August 3

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The search for legacy tropical forest datasets
Sheila Ward, Independent; Gillian Petrokofsky, University of Oxford; Jenny Wong, Wild Resources, Ltd.; Juergen H. Boehmer, Technical University of Munich; Wan Rasidah Kadir, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM)

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Creating and mobilizing specimen-based plant phenological data: The California Phenology Network
Katelin Pearson, California Polytechnic State University; Jenn M. Yost, California Polytechnic State University

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Are changing temperatures and precipitation associated with an increase in non-native plants in Utah?
Leila Shultz, Utah State University; James N. Long, Utah State University; Douglas Alan Johnson, Utah National Guard; Susan L. Durham, Utah State University

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Advancing lake and reservoir water quality management with near-term, iterative ecological forecasting
Cayelan Carey, Virginia Tech; Whitney M. Woelmer, Virginia Tech; Mary E. Lofton, Virginia Tech; Renato J. Figueiredo, University of Florida; Bethany J. Bookout, Virginia Tech; Rachel S. Corrigan, Virginia Tech; Vahid Daneshmand, University of Florida; Alexandria G. Hounshell, Virginia Tech; Dexter W. Howard, Virginia Tech; Abigail S. Lewis, Virginia Tech; Ryan McClure, Virginia Tech; Heather L. Wander, Virginia Tech; Nicole Ward, Virginia Tech; Quinn Thomas, Virginia Tech

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The price of admission: Considerations for machine learning methods in camera trapping
Will Rogers, Montana State University; Scott Creel, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet; Elias Rosenblatt, Zambian Carnivore Programme; Matthew S. Becker, Zambian Carnivore Programme

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Oregon’s biomass producer tax credit - Impacts of land ownership on woody bioenergy use
David Nicholls, USDA Forest Service; Robert L. Deal, US Forest Service; Andrew Warren, State of Oregon

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Bleach effectively decontaminates invasive fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) in molecular study of plant food preferences
Lisa Kelly, Lisa Kelly, UNC Pembroke; Shamon Mercier, UNC Pembroke; Victoria Spencer, Auburn University

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Towards optimal sampling design for spatial capture-recapture
Gates Dupont, University of Massachusetts Amherst; J. Andrew Royle, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Quaid-i-Azam University, Snow Leopard Trust; Christopher Sutherland, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Investigating sources of heterogeneity in ecological, epidemiological, and interdisciplinary studies of zoonotic diseases
Jacob Kaminski, Chatham University

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The pursuit of the perfect viral metagenome: Decontamination using in vitro and in silico methods
Rachel Cable, University of Michigan; G. Eric Bastien, University of Michigan; Cecelia A. Batterbee, University of Michigan; Melissa Duhaime, University of Michigan

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Building a data information system in Rwanda for improved policies and decision-making in support of achieving sustainable development goals and climate resiliency
Beth A. Kaplin, University of Rwanda; Raymond Umazekabiri, University of Rwanda; Mapendo Mindje, University of Rwanda; Deborah Cyzuzo, University of Rwanda; Thacien Hagenimana, University of Rwanda; Daniel Igirimbabazi, University of Rwanda; Elias Bizuru, University of Rwanda

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Using benchmarks to assess management objectives across ecological domains
Alexander Laurence-traynor, United States Department of Interior; Sarah McCord, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range; Nelson Stauffer, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range; Emily Kachergis, United States Department of Interior; Jennifer Courtwright, Utah State University; Nicholas Webb, USDA ARS Jornada Experimental Range/New Mexico State University; Scott Miller, Bureau of Land Management; Cheryl Newberry, Bureau of Land Management

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Fuel treatment reduces fire severity and burn probability but effect declines rapidly with distance from treatment
Karin Riley, USFS, US Forest Service; Matthew P. Thompson, US Forest Service

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Integration of LiDAR point cloud data and NLCD for characterizing ruffed grouse habitats in eastern Kentucky, USA
Jian Yang, University of Kentucky; Zak Danks, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Brandon Foley, University of Kentucky; Keith Wethington, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Gary Sprandel, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

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Investigating interpolation and extrapolation in learned representations of ecological network dynamics
Tegan Maharaj, Mila (Polytechnique Montreal); Christopher Pal, Mila (Polytechnique Montreal)

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Same pika, different story: How new genetic analyses offer a different perspective on populations as they respond to climate change
Spencer Holtz, University of Wyoming; Chris Ray, University of Colorado

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Individual history in population models: A general approach in R
Richard Shefferson, University of Tokyo; Johan Ehrlén, Stockholm University

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How do ecological site, year and herbivory interact to impact tiller demography on a native C₃ perennial grass in a mixed grass prairie?
John Hendrickson, USDA, ARS, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory; Patricia S Johnson, South Dakota State University; Lan Xu, South Dakota State University; Kevin Sedivec, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center; Mark A. Liebig, USDA ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory; James Garrett, Sitting Bull College; Cannayen Hendrickson, North Dakota State University; Gary Halvorson, Sitting Bull College

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