Meintest du modell?
What is conservation? Why is it important? Caring About Conservation explores the meaning of „conservation,“ some of the animals Smithsonian scientists are trying to save, and what we can all do to protect wildlife.
wildlife, science Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and effect, systems and system models
Without ever laying eyes on a San Joaquin kit fox, scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute know how many of the cute creatures live in California’s Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area.
Genetic population models indicated a conservative population estimate of 90 kit
Smithsonian scientists, in collaboration with the Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife Department, are embarking on a five-year swift fox reintroduction project to restore swift foxes to tribal lands and to help reestablish connectivity between disjointed swift fox populations.
compare the data with source populations, past reintroduction efforts and habitat models
Explore a detailed history and timeline of giant pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
article demonstrating that by utilizing biological traits of bamboo in climate change models
In this Focus on the Future, learn how Juliana Vélez Gómez created wildlife friendly practices that benefited Colombian ranchers, while providing new opportunities for young women in science.
Using joint species distribution models, I identified that the lowland tapir, the
One year after a translocation project brought the Guam kingfisher, or sihek, to a remote Pacific island, Zoo scientists say the iconic species is showing signs of recovery.
“If we don’t find a way to increase the population, our models suggest the species
This case study explores how scientists worked with a gas company to monitor, assess and restore biodiversity around a pipeline that crossed the Andes mountains.
principles of the BMAP included: Clear objectives, questions, and conceptual models
In the midst of the pandemic, as the story goes, a team set out to bring swift foxes back to a land they had disappeared from more than 50 years ago. Learn more in this update from landscape ecologist Hila Shamon.
shows the movement of the swift foxes, overlaid on one of our habitat assessment models
