Divya Vasudev

@[email protected]
11 Followers
7 Following
13 Posts
#Conservation #Scientist
Co-founder, Conservation Initiatives
Landscapes | Primates and other mammals | Forests | Animal Behaviour | Human-wildlife and people-nature relationships
Enjoys #travel, #music
conservationinitiatives.org/divya-vasudev
Divya VasudevNov 19, 2022
Graeme CummingNov 19, 2022
#Introduction : Hi, I'm Graeme. As a professor in ecology I mainly use social media to learn about, discuss, and share #sustainability #social-ecological #conservation #ecological science, find & share funny or interesting clips of #animals, and get the occasional joke out of my system. I'm a happily married father of 3; also hiker, runner, reader, fly-fisher.
Divya VasudevNov 14, 2022
MongabayNov 14, 2022

"Using novel machine-learning techniques, researchers found that of the 1,889 species of palms with enough data to investigate, more than half (56%) may be threatened with extinction."

#MachineLearning #Trees #Biodiversity #Environment #News #Forests #Extinction

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/more-than-half-of-palm-species-may-be-threatened-with-extinction-study-finds/

More than half of palm species may be threatened with extinction, study finds

Palm trees are iconic figures in tropical landscapes, providing food, tools, medicine and materials for homes to millions globally and playing key roles in many ecosystems. Now, researchers have determined that more than half of global palm species could be at risk of extinction. Using novel machine-learning techniques and data from the IUCN Red List […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
Ladies of LandsatNov 8, 2022

Hi everyone! Here’s an #introduction to our organization, #LadiesOfLandsat.

We are working to make the field of #remotesensing more inclusive for underrepresented scientists. 🛰 Our #ScienceMastodon page will be led by @morganahcrowley & @flaviamendes.

Our current efforts include a weekly #LoLManuscriptMonday series, co-hosting the #SceneFromAbove podcast with Sisters of SAR, blogging with #GeoAwesomeness, in-person events, & more!

Thanks for connecting!

Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
Varun R Goswami 🐘Nov 9, 2022
#NewPaperAlert 📢 

Published in Biological Conservation, colleagues and I apply #multispecies #occupancy #models to data from long-term #CameraTrap #surveys in Pakke Tiger Reserve, #Northeast #India to assess the #mammal community—ranging from small cats and binturong to 🐅🐘—in a #biodiversity hotspot. We suggest a framework to maximise the use of data from monitoring programs to better understand #ecological communities. 

#OpenAccess for 2 months at:
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1g0zt1R~eOyLr
Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
Carla StaverNov 8, 2022

#introduction time!

I'm an associate professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology #ecology #ecoevo at Yale, interested in #savannas, their role in the global #carboncycle, and how #fire and #herbivory change #ecosystem structure. I combine field work with #theory and #remotesensing tools to ask and answer questions.

Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
MongabayNov 9, 2022

"In the northern regions of the department of La Paz, Bolivia, illegal gold mining has led to widespread deforestation and mercury pollution.

Mongabay visited multiple illegal mine sites, interviewed the investors behind them, and reviewed their work contracts to better understand how the industry operates unchecked in secluded parts of the Amazon."

#News #Environment #Mining #Crime #Gold #Bolivia #Rainforest #Amazon

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/shady-contracts-backdoor-deals-spur-illegal-gold-mining-in-bolivian-amazon/

Shady contracts, backdoor deals spur illegal gold mining in Bolivian Amazon

LA PAZ — Gold is Bolivia’s second-biggest export, valued at more than $1 billion annually and employing hundreds of thousands of people in the country. But much of that gold has uncertain origins, coming from somewhere deep in the Amazon rainforest, where environmental regulations often go unenforced. Setting up camp in secluded parts of the […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
MongabayNov 8, 2022

"Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska?

While fisheries managers and biologists say climate change is to blame for the species’ retreat, some fishers and crab experts suggest that trawling bycatch and other fishing activity may have played a role in the snow crab’s decline."

@ECAlberts reports for Mongabay

#Ocean #Environment #News #ClimateChange #Crab #Alaska

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/did-climate-change-really-kill-billions-of-snow-crabs-in-alaska/

Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska?

The disappearance of billions snow crabs from the Bering Sea has captivated the world’s attention since Alaska shut down the fishery for the first time in October 2022. But where exactly did these snow crabs go? And what caused them to vanish so quickly? Scientists are still grappling with these questions, but climate change is […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
Rob KnellNov 8, 2022
Fully #funded #PhdStudentship available to work on the role of #polyandry and #genome size in determining population resilience. Will be using some #bigData approaches, some #CitizenScience and a lot of #Lepidoptera. Great supervisory team. If interested drop me a line, if any of your students might be interested please point this out to them. https://panorama-dtp.ac.uk/research/animal-population-abundance-and-resilience-the-role-of-polyandry-and-genome-size-as-drivers-of-ecology/
Animal population abundance and resilience: the role of polyandry and genome size as drivers of ecology. - NERC Panorama DTP

Animal population abundance and resilience: the role of polyandry and genome size as drivers of ecology. Understanding the factors that determine how species respond to threats such as climate change and habitat loss is crucial in predicting future trends and also in management of threatened species and habitats. Two potentially important factors in determining animal ... Read more

NERC Panorama DTP
Divya VasudevNov 9, 2022
Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 8, 2022

I'll be talking about some economics-of-science modeling work I've done on when and why scientists are reluctant to undertake high-risk, high-return research.

My abstract is below. The first of the two models was published last year at https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111615118 . The second is very much a work in progress.

Show threadDivya VasudevNov 7, 2022
@docskg thank you!
I hope you got to see gibbons after, or to get to see them soon, because they are fascinating animals! 🙂