Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

AJ Reid, AK Carlson, IF Creed, EJ Eliason… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …

[HTML][HTML] Social media data for conservation science: A methodological overview

T Toivonen, V Heikinheimo, C Fink, A Hausmann… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Improved understanding of human-nature interactions is crucial to conservation science and
practice, but collecting relevant data remains challenging. Recently, social media have …

[HTML][HTML] Nature and COVID-19: The pandemic, the environment, and the way ahead

JA McNeely - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought profound social, political, economic, and
environmental challenges to the world. The virus may have emerged from wildlife reservoirs …

Applications for deep learning in ecology

S Christin, É Hervet, N Lecomte - Methods in Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A lot of hype has recently been generated around deep learning, a novel group of artificial
intelligence approaches able to break accuracy records in pattern recognition. Over the …

Deep learning as a tool for ecology and evolution

ML Borowiec, RB Dikow, PB Frandsen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deep learning is driving recent advances behind many everyday technologies, including
speech and image recognition, natural language processing and autonomous driving. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Potential for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications in biodiversity conservation, managing forests, and related services in India

KN Shivaprakash, N Swami, S Mysorekar, R Arora… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The recent advancement in data science coupled with the revolution in digital and satellite
technology has improved the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the …

How to address data privacy concerns when using social media data in conservation science

E Di Minin, C Fink, A Hausmann, J Kremer… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Social media data are being increasingly used in conservation science to study human–
nature interactions. User‐generated content, such as images, video, text, and audio, and the …

Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics

RA Correia, R Ladle, I Jarić, ACM Malhado… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing loss of biological diversity is primarily the result of unsustainable human behavior.
Thus, the long‐term success of biodiversity conservation depends on a thorough …

[HTML][HTML] iEcology: harnessing large online resources to generate ecological insights

I Jarić, RA Correia, BW Brook, JC Buettel… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Digital data are accumulating at unprecedented rates. These contain a lot of information
about the natural world, some of which can be used to answer key ecological questions …

Evaluating the benefits and risks of social media for wildlife conservation

JN Bergman, RT Buxton, HY Lin, M Lenda, K Attinello… - Facets, 2022 - facetsjournal.com
Given its extensive volume and reach, social media has the potential to widely spread
conservation messaging and be a powerful tool to mobilize social change for conserving …