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Entries in technology (10)

Tuesday
09Mar2010

Automating bird surveys with remote sensors

Researchers have developed and tested an automated system for remotely surveying birds based on their vocalizations. The system involves using pole-mounted, remote sensors to collect ongoing acoustic data...

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Thursday
04Mar2010

An innovative approach for monitoring tidal wetland restoration success

Wednesday
03Mar2010

Using GPS to remotely observe wildlife behavior

GPS plays an important role in wildlife conservation by enabling managers to track the movements of animals. But sometimes wildlife biologists want to know more than just where an animal is located at any given time - sometimes they also want to know what an animal is actually doing...

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Wednesday
20Jan2010

Evaluating coastal feeding habitat for marine birds

Wednesday
13Jan2010

Prioritizing wildlife migration routes for conservation

Tuesday
05Jan2010

Prioritizing land preservation: a GIS approach

For organizations that protect land by purchasing property (or the underlying development rights), a simple but harsh reality reins: Land is expensive. Money is limited. So you have to spend wisely. In this regard, a new study may help land conservationists identify the highest priority properties for preservation...

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Tuesday
22Dec2009

Protecting killer whales from whale watchers

Thursday
17Sep2009

Using smart phones for conservation field work

Tuesday
15Sep2009

A web-based tool for mapping invasive species using local expertise

Internet savvy researchers have created a web-based tool to integrate local expertise about invasive species occurance into regional- scale maps...read more

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Wednesday
09Sep2009

Google ecology: using algorithms to predict the effects of species extinction

In a new study published in the open source journal Computational Biology, researchers apply Google's Page Rank algorithm to the food web to predict the consequences of species extinction on ecosystems...read more

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