Feb. 24, 2020: Public thesis defense by Timm Nawrocki, M.S. biological sciences student
by Chris Huston |
Timm Nawrocki, M.S. biological sciences student, will present a public defense of his thesis, "Regional Mapping of Species-Level Continuous Foliar Cover: Beyond Categorical Vegetation Mapping," on Monday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. in Fine Arts Building, Room 117.
About the research, from Timm Nawrocki: "The traditional method for mapping vegetation as mutually exclusive categories is inconsistent with foundational ecological theory. We developed an alternate mapping approach that is consistent with foundational ecological theory by representing the continuous foliar cover of individual plant species. In a test case of six widespread vascular plant species on the North Slope of Alaska, we showed that the species-level approach generally outperforms the categorical approach and also reveals patterns obscured by aggregation in maps of continuous foliar cover of broad structural groups."
View a complete schedule of upcoming thesis and project defenses at the UAA Graduate School website.
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