DIMACS/MBI Workshop in Quantitative Landscape Ecology and
Environmental Sustainability
Workshop July 3 - 7, 2012 (with optional pre-meeting July 1 - 2
and optional field trip July 7 - 11, 2012 )
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Organizers:
Barend Erasmus, University of the Witwatersrand,
Barend.Erasmus at wits.ac.za
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University, Virginia, hgaff at
odu.edu
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley, wgetz at berkeley.edu
Marty Golubitsky, Mathematical Biosciences Institute -
Ohio State University, mg at mbi.osu.edu
Victoria Goodall, SAEON, Cape Town, South Africa, victoria
at saeon.ac.za
Kesh Govinder, School of Mathematics, Statistics and
Computer Science, UKZN, Durban, govinder at ukzn.ac.za
Fred Roberts, Rutgers University, froberts at
dimacs.rutgers.edu
Workshop Topics: The application of mathematical methods to
questions involving large scale ecological systems is called landscape
ecology when the topography of the ecological system is taken into
account. This is a rapidly developing field that relies on remote
sensing to collect all types of ecological and population level data.
It has critical applications in general ecology and conservation
biology, particularly with a focus on sustainability of ecosystem
services and issues relating to global climate change. The topics that
will be covered in the workshop include:
Remote sensing technologies (processing of satellite imagery,
LIDAR, etc.):
Automated environmental monitoring technologies:
Automated animal movement monitoring technologies (GPS, ID
Tags):
Data management and processing:
Pattern recognition and landscape classification methods:
GIS Mapping technologies and landscape ecology:
Methods in spatial ecology:
Methods in movement ecology:
Methods of analysis to address issue of ecosystem
sustainability:
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