{"id":35,"date":"2023-08-04T16:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2023-09-19T05:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:01:05","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lky56zrf-b9254b425f6a2e0a3c5fe07ba952cf79\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-lky56zrf-b9254b425f6a2e0a3c5fe07ba952cf79__0 .avia-caption-title{\nfont-size:60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-slideshow av-lky56zrf-b9254b425f6a2e0a3c5fe07ba952cf79 avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 30.04891684137%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-lky56zrf-b9254b425f6a2e0a3c5fe07ba952cf79__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-lky56zrf-b9254b425f6a2e0a3c5fe07ba952cf79__0 caption_fullwidth caption_center'><div class=\"container caption_container\"><div class=\"slideshow_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2 class='avia-caption-title '  itemprop=\"name\" >RESEARCH<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-353 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-353\"  src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/09\/oil_palm_edge-1431x430.jpg\" width=\"1431\" height=\"430\" title='oil_palm_edge' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-35'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lkx8g1i1-661d98df54eeca2e568ef86926294543\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lkx8g1i1-661d98df54eeca2e568ef86926294543{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lkx8g1i1-661d98df54eeca2e568ef86926294543 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lkx8g1i1-661d98df54eeca2e568ef86926294543 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lkx8g1i1-661d98df54eeca2e568ef86926294543 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Functional ecology across scales<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-642hb-da25edb101947b870e7503b96a269a72 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx87fhz-c192c74a3a6fca88d6c0e1f8ec45df7e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_41\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-image-41 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/t-v2ch-amazon-seasia_orig.png\" alt=\"LiDAR derived canopy height data from the Global Airborne Observatory. \" width=\"691\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/t-v2ch-amazon-seasia_orig.png 691w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/t-v2ch-amazon-seasia_orig-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LiDAR derived canopy height data from the Global Airborne Observatory.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-22er-dbdbe996baef9c9fb11ab05e124f951b av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_heading  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8571q-7d24a90af7cd99c905638025f0f590d8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"441533982221410587\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"element-50532d98-06da-40e3-a068-b1852f9351aa\" class=\"platform-element-contents\" data-platform-element-id=\"751043798673526236-1.0.1\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Forests across the globe vary in species composition, structure, and function. This variation is linked to different evolutionary trajectories, nutrient availability, climate regimes,\u00a0 disturbance histories, and human impact.\u00a0\u200bWith the goal of exploring the factors that govern heterogeneity in forest ecosystem function across scales, we use plant-, plot-, and landscape-scale measurements, with a particular focus on linking field observations and remote sensing measurements. Some of the datasets we draw on\u00a0include the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/forestgeo.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ForestGEO<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forestplots.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ForestPlots.net<\/a><\/u>\u00a0plot networks,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/gdcs.asu.edu\/programs\/global-airborne-observatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Global Airborne Observatory<\/a><\/u>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neonscience.org\/data-collection\/airborne-remote-sensing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>the NEON Airborne Observation Platform<\/u><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gedi.umd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GEDI<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"element-50532d98-06da-40e3-a068-b1852f9351aa\" class=\"platform-element-contents\" data-platform-element-id=\"751043798673526236-1.0.1\">\n<div class=\"group-box\">\n<div class=\"group-box-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-multicol\">\n<div class=\"wsite-multicol-table-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsite-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-multicol\">\n<div class=\"wsite-multicol-table-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1oye7-627517c2b9a05c7b513ae279f407f1a1\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1oye7-627517c2b9a05c7b513ae279f407f1a1{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1oye7-627517c2b9a05c7b513ae279f407f1a1 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1oye7-627517c2b9a05c7b513ae279f407f1a1 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1oye7-627517c2b9a05c7b513ae279f407f1a1 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_one_third '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The role of forest ecosystems in global environmental change<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-54hgn-e87297737e743475a2a92125f21f635e av_one_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8ahkf-3e663d9f5c5bb26f352701ad0b1318ea '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_37\" style=\"width: 1077px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/img-2119_orig.jpg\" alt=\"Bristlecone pine in eastern California. \" width=\"1067\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/img-2119_orig.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/img-2119_orig-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/img-2119_orig-1030x772.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/img-2119_orig-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/img-2119_orig-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bristlecone pine in eastern California.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4aogv-b873b1e828f2a290176c84c37f44f48c av_two_third  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_heading  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx89u9j-e1774f1bac4fb60af602ea78c8e402d5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">We are currently living in an epoch marked by numerous human-induced changes. Forests are intricately connected to these global changes due to their role in land-atmosphere feedbacks and the global carbon cycle. Furthermore, different forest ecosystems will likely vary in their\u00a0response to change.\u00a0Focusing on forest ecosystems in the tropics and in California, we use 1) empirical data to examine how past disturbance histories have shaped today&#8217;s ecosystems, and 2) models like\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/moorcroftlab.oeb.harvard.edu\/code-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Ecosystem Demography Model<\/a><\/u>\u00a0to explore how scenarios of future change will influence key aspects of ecosystem function, for example carbon flux dynamics.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-44mz-0507b42acb09de37ef9323b0740cc680\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-44mz-0507b42acb09de37ef9323b0740cc680{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-44mz-0507b42acb09de37ef9323b0740cc680 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-44mz-0507b42acb09de37ef9323b0740cc680 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-44mz-0507b42acb09de37ef9323b0740cc680 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_one_third '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Patterns, pathways, and consequences of tropical deforestation<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-44c5f-4b99fc8742943b80e55a048afcd8e534 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8bru5-1ec5bd185c4be5c6604bd964a8d98398 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_40\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/rf-classification.png\" alt=\"Random forest classification of Landsat data in SW Cameroon.\" width=\"449\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/rf-classification.png 449w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/rf-classification-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Random forest classification of Landsat data in SW Cameroon.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3cpuz-18a58612d9b874e422c86ef6bab38a34 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_heading  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8b7c3-13a5960b4c52ce3903431800817eca4f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Expanding agriculture in the tropics is the single greatest driver of deforestation, causing ~80% of forest conversion globally. Understanding the causes and consequences of this expansion is critical for reducing deforestation in ecosystems that support over 60% of Earth&#8217;s biodiversity and provide critical services to the &gt; 800 million people who live in them. In addition to mapping deforestation and identifying the drivers, we also work to understand the impacts of rapid, large-scale deforestation on ecosystem processes in the 12 million km2 of tropical forest that remain, drawing on Landsat, MODIS, and Sentinel data, farmer-surveys, and agricultural economics data.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lkx8hq4y-e03ee00fb80046930d0378013300efae\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lkx8hq4y-e03ee00fb80046930d0378013300efae{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lkx8hq4y-e03ee00fb80046930d0378013300efae .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lkx8hq4y-e03ee00fb80046930d0378013300efae .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lkx8hq4y-e03ee00fb80046930d0378013300efae av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_one_third '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Sustainable development in high forest cover countries<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2ujjf-d7b795968c88b6da2389842650e63d47 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8d64p-ce4a00402efef4fcb9b89174b58751f3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_29\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/cameroon-2014-435_orig.jpg\" alt=\"Oil palm nursery in Cameroon.\" width=\"618\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/cameroon-2014-435_orig.jpg 618w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/cameroon-2014-435_orig-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/cameroon-2014-435_orig-545x705.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil palm nursery in Cameroon.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-23afz-0ce43406b37bd15358b686f4cb458013 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_heading  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8cec4-bfc143a37a6404a158f98cabe3db6382 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Identifying sustainable development solutions is an inherently interdisciplinary endeavor. Ecology and Social-Ecological Systems (SES) research have a powerful role to play in informing everything from sustainable practices in agriculture, agroforestry, logging, and land-use allocation, to effective strategies for biodiversity conservation, carbon conservation, and understanding disease transmission pathways. Employing an interdisciplinary SES and\u00a0land system science approach, we work with the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)<\/a><\/u>, the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osfac.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central African Forest Satellite Observatory (OSFAC)<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0 a part of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.observatoire-comifac.net\/ofac\/observatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OFAC<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbi.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Congo Basin Institute<\/a><\/u>, and local communities and government and academic institutions to explore sustainable development strategies in the Congo Basin and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lkx8i8x3-4b15299cb2f5ea775b3d48ff4d28cf70\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lkx8i8x3-4b15299cb2f5ea775b3d48ff4d28cf70{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lkx8i8x3-4b15299cb2f5ea775b3d48ff4d28cf70 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lkx8i8x3-4b15299cb2f5ea775b3d48ff4d28cf70 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lkx8i8x3-4b15299cb2f5ea775b3d48ff4d28cf70 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_one_third '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Leveraging NEON for socio-environmental systems research<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1mhi7-fd26667de248bce0fcb7d3aeb3be6165 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8e1wk-2c979fbab4482f731324aa787ad783be '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/fig4-new-01_orig.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1035\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/fig4-new-01_orig.png 1035w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/fig4-new-01_orig-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/fig4-new-01_orig-1030x796.png 1030w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/fig4-new-01_orig-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2023\/08\/fig4-new-01_orig-705x545.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-nkvb-ddac6040babd5abff505d457b7ddea58 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkx8dob2-69d6675edb6c2ba7301f24280411505b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Human\u2013environment interactions will increasingly expose both systems to risks, but also yield opportunities for improvement as we gain insight into these complex, coupled systems. These interactions operate over multiple spatial and temporal scales, requiring large data volumes of multi-resolution information for analysis. Climate change, land-use change, urbanization, and wildfires, for example, can affect regions differently depending on ecological and socioeconomic structures. We are a part of the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lensrcn.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Landscape Exchange Network for Socio-environmental systems (LENS)<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0a\u00a0NSF Research Coordination Network (RCN)\u00a0seeking to build a community interested in understanding interactions between natural and human systems in landscapes surveyed by the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neonscience.org\/data-collection\/airborne-remote-sensing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEON Airborne Observation Platform<\/a><\/u>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-ordway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}