Careful characterization of spatio-temporal variation in biodiversity lays the foundation for our research program. Such careful assessments are crucial for detecting the signature of anthropogenic impacts, evaluating the implications of biodiversity loss to humans, and informing conservation and monitoring programs.
Project 1: Changes in avian assemblage structure across the continental USA over decadal time scales
This Yale Climate and Energy Institute-funded project aims to evaluate five decades of change in bird communities across the continental US. In order to do that, we developed a rigorous method that accounts for biases associated with missed species detections by extending occupancy modeling and dendrogram-based techniques and integrates a range of spatial and temporal scales into assessments of biodiversity change in order to reconcile often disparate patterns across scales.
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Funding: Yale Climate and Energy Institute
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Collaborators: Walter Jetz (Yale).
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Publications: Jarzyna & Jetz 2016, TREE; Jarzyna & Jetz 2017, GCB.