Chris Baker
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Biologist (contractor) at US Army ERDC CRREL Soil Microbiology Lab | he, him, his
Massachusetts, USA
Joined January 2013
Measuring protected-area effectiveness using vertebrate distributions from leech iDNA. New paper with Naomi Pierce, @insectsoup, Yinqiu Ji, @vioreldpopescu, @CharlesCongXu & others! Harvard Global Institute @MCZHarvard @HarvardOEB @NatureComms 1/11.
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RT @theNASciences: Congratulations Naomi Pierce of @MCZHarvard, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS161 #evolutionarybiology #zoology
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RT @andrewbdavies: Great to have this paper out today, which lays the groundwork for many other applications of using LiDAR to measure inse….
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Our work demonstrates the potential for LiDAR and machine learning to be used for mapping insect diversity and assessing ecosystem functioning rapidly and over large spatial scales.
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In our case, classifying almost 10,000 trees took less than 1 hour of airborne LiDAR collection time, compared to 1,000 person-hours for a ground survey.
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Insects are typically hard to detect directly using remote sensing methods like LiDAR, because they are small. But extended phenotypes, such as subtle differences in the trees they occupy, are more easily detected.
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The LiDAR data capture subtle differences in tree shape associated with different ant species, so we developed a protocol to segment trees (esp where they contact) and classify them according to the occupying ants.
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Whistling Thorn acacias (Vachellia drepanolobium) are a keystone tree species in tropical east African savannas. Almost all trees are occupied by mutualistic ant colonies that protect their host plants from large herbivores.
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In this study, led by postdoc Dr Zhengyang (Yang) Wang, we show that we can identify the ant species occupying individual trees over large spatial scales from LiDAR point cloud data.
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Latest paper just out: Automated detection of an insect‐induced keystone vegetation phenotype using airborne LiDAR
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Ecologists, foresters and conservation practitioners need ‘biodiversity scanners’ to effectively inventory biodiversity, audit conservation progress and track changes in ecosystem function. Quanti...
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RT @nilshomer: I have a confession to make. I have replaced writing bash scripts with #Snakemake for all my #Bioinformatics analyses, e….
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RT @DanielKronauer: Our first neurogenetic study of ants survived peer review and just appeared OA in its final form @CellCellPress @CellPr….
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RT @dj_lohman: After ~7 yr of work, it's finally out! We present a molecular phylogeny of butterflies sampling >90% of genera & >2000 spp.….
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RT @santiaguetz: New paper @CurrentBiology Orchid bees are best known for their perfume concocting behavior. Males acquire volatile compou….
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Henske et al. reveal the function of perfume signaling in orchid bees (Euglossini), an enigmatic chemical communication system in which males combine volatiles from environmental sources to concoct...
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RT @GerardTalavera: “Found at last”! Happy to share the results of this long-term international collaboration. We identify the last leg of….
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RT @Thomas_Douglas: OK so #permafrost is thawing all over the place but how are microbes taking advantage of the heat wave? In this new pap….
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RT @akeiserecology: We are looking to hire a postdoc for fall 2022 or spring 2023. If you are interested in plant-soil interactions, soil m….
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RT @albert_kao: We are hiring a fully funded postdoc, primarily to do lab experiments to quantify collective decision-making of timing even….
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Some good suggestions for how funding agencies and others could make fieldwork more feasible for scientists with parenting responsibilities
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RT @kevinsblake: 🌟 New R package 🌟. {NatParksPallettes} is a color palette package for R inspired by National Parks ⛰🏕🏜. Available on GitHu….
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