Meintest du modell?
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medicine Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns, cause and effect, systems and system models
Smithsonian scientists work alongside community members in Northwestern Virginia to evaluate the impacts of land-use change on wildlife, ecosystem services and community health.
Land-use Modeling Scientific models are used to examine observable patterns, such
Hadrien Vanthomme is a French ecologist at CIRAD (the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) with 19 years of experience in guiding decision-making for biodiversity management, natural resources, and conservation.
on population ecology, functional ecology, and the application of mathematical models
In the Peruvian Amazon of Madre de Dios, natural ecosystems provide essential services to local communities. Smithsonian scientists are partnering with stakeholders to evaluate the region’s biodiversity and devise scenarios for future sustainable development.
Using computer models and existing information, CCS quantifies the changes in ecosystems
All seasons on the prairie are special. But spring is just a little more special than the rest, as every day birds return for summer breeding season.
Researchers like me spend huge amounts of time building mathematical models of things
Melissa Ingala is a biologist cross-appointed with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation Genomics and the National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Vertebrate Zoology. Her research strives to understand the contribution of gut bacteria (the microbiome) to dietary ecology and evolution in mammals. Her research integrates microbiology, ecology, and evolutionary biology to understand how animals adapt to nutritional challenges, both during the past and into the future. Ingala’s projects include:
of bacteria, viruses, and protists associated with bats, as well as innovative models
Challenge How can scientists produce research on environmental topics impacting local communities that decision makers in those communities can trust? In August 2016, scientists from the Changing Landscapes Initiative collaborated with community leaders in Northwestern Virginia to answer that question. This case study shows how CLI researchers combined community knowledge with scientific data to create a set of future scenarios designed to help planners make important land use choices.
future scenarios and what life would look like in each scenario Produce land-use models
A lifelong goal to save animals led Smithsonian fellow Molly Corder to find ways to protect critically endangered black rhinos from extinction threats.
The zookeepers I worked with there were some of the first role models I had as women
Kristina Anderson-Teixeira is a forest ecologist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She leads the Ecosystems & Climate Research Program for the Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), which is a global network of scientists and forest research sites dedicated to advancing long-term study of the world’s forests, and the world’s only forest monitoring network making standardized measurements in all the world’s major forest biomes.
Engineers April 19, 2019 Because of Her Story March 27, 2018 Using Mathematical Models
The Global Health Program travels to East Central Africa annually to collaborate with Rwandan, Congolese, and Ugandan field veterinarians on research projects to benefit the conservation and health of the endangered mountain gorilla.
This project uses computer models to predict the impact Ebola virus could have on
