Longcore, T., L. Almaleh, B. Chetty, K. Francis, R. Freidin, C.-S. Huang, B Pickett, D. Schreck, B. Scruggs, E. Shulman, A. Swauger, A. Tashnek, M. Wright, and E. E. Boydston. 2018. Wildlife corridor use and environmental impact assessment: a southern California case study. Cities and the Environment11(1):art4. Abstract Environmental planners often rely on transportation structures … Continue reading New paper: underpass use by wildlife
We participated in force in the 20th University of Southern California Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. Our contributions included: Classification System for National Park Sites Based on Nightscape Lighting Profiles (Harrison Knapp and Benjamin Banet) Spatiotemporal Analysis of Lighted Boats at Night (Eliza Gutierrez-Dewar) A Photographic Light Pollution Assessment Across Western Public Lands … Continue reading (Award-winning) Light Pollution Research at USC Undergraduate Symposium
Reporter Stephanie Pain contributed an excellent summary of recent research on light pollution, “There Goes the Night,” with interviews and summaries of research from around the world. Knowable Magazine is the partner publication to the Annual Reviews series, which recently published a review from the Gaston lab, Impacts of Artificial Light at Night on Biological Timings. … Continue reading Lab Work in Knowable Magazine Profile
Yu Chuan Shan, Ben Banet, and I have been working the past couple of years on developing a monthly database of upward radiance from within and buffers around all of the National Park units in the United States. They are presenting the research today at the USC undergraduate research symposium. The results presented only scratch … Continue reading Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Nighttime Lighting In and Around National Parks
William Winters, one of my GIST students, successfully filed his MS thesis last fall, in which he created proof-of-concept models for bird migration routes at the continental scale. We developed the topic as a way to fill in a missing scale in the efforts to reduce mortality of birds at towers and buildings. At the … Continue reading Predicting Continental-Scale Bird Migration Routes from Landscape Parameters
Distribution of Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) on an active Air Force tactical range Samuel Price Thesis Chair: Travis Longcore | Thesis Committee: Darren Ruddell, Su Jin Lee The population of Sonoran pronghorn (SPH; Antilocapra americana sonoriensis), an endangered subspecies within the United States (US), has fluctuated from an estimated 282 individuals in 1994 to … Continue reading MS Thesis: Habitat Use by Rare Sonoran Pronghorn on Military Training Range
3D Visualization Models as a Tool for Reconstructing the Historical Landscape of the Ballona Watershed Committee Chair: Travis Longcore | Committee Members: Yao-Yi Chiang, John Wilson Ever-increasing demand on Earth’s finite natural resources and land requires environmental planners to employ informed and successful management of environments. Historical resources enhance environmental management by providing information to … Continue reading MS Thesis Recreates Historical Topography of Lower Ballona Watershed
Travis Longcore, Hannah L. Aldern, John F. Eggers, Steve Flores, Lesly Franco, Eric Hirshfield-Yamanishi, Laina N.Petrinec, Wilson A. Yan, André M. Barroso. 2015. Tuning the white light spectrum of light emitting diode lamps to reduce attraction of nocturnal arthropods. Philosophical Transactions B 370(1667) DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0125 Artificial lighting allows humans to be active at night, but has many unintended … Continue reading Tuning LEDs to Minimize Insect Attraction
Use of GIS for Analysis of Community Health Worker Patient Registries from Chongwe District, a Rural Low-Resource Setting, in Lusaka Province, Zambia Mine Metitiri Thesis Chair: Travis Longcore | Thesis Committee: Daniel Warshawsky, Darren Ruddell The growing accessibility of mobile phones in developing countries has led to increased innovation and utilization of handheld technology in managing health outcomes. Mobile health … Continue reading MS Thesis: Mobile Health Data Provide Insight on Rural Health Diagnoses in Africa
One of my last two senior practicum groups at UCLA looked into the environmental benefits of the National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat program. The results of that project are now profiled on the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Website: Welcoming Wildlife to the Neighborhood. Continue reading Welcoming Wildlife to the Neighborhood
