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🚨I have a new paper out! doi.org/10.1002/rse2...
How important is it to use top performing ML models when creating a classifier? We test this on two 📸 datasets from Kenya & Nepal and found that large, clean training sets are more important than ML architecture. Check it out!

Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights Deploying and maintaining sensors is often a major bottleneck in collecting rapid biodiversity data. We tested whether autonomous hopping drones equipped with acoustic recorders could collect reliabl....

🚁 New paper worked on by #OurImperial @sarabssethi.bsky.social shows that robotics-assisted acoustic surveys using UAVs can deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights!

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Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights Deploying and maintaining sensors is often a major bottleneck in collecting rapid biodiversity data. We tested whether autonomous hopping drones equipped with acoustic recorders could collect reliabl....

What if sensor equipped drones could autonomously hop around landscapes to survey biodiversity?

Would data be reliable? Could we adapt survey design in real-time?

This and more in our latest @zslofficial.bsky.social RSEC publication led by @peggybevan.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/rse2...

#Ecologists look set to be the next scapegoat to cover the government's failings

@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social say that bats and newts featured in only 3% of planning appeals last year

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Some fun from the summer: collecting #eDNA using drones above grasslands and woodlands. A super interdisciplinary project led by UCL MRes student Kat Cutler with supervision from @peggybevan.bsky.social vimeo.com/1100687066

Robotics-assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights Terrestrial remote sensing approaches, such as acoustic monitoring, deliver finely resolved and reliable biodiversity data. However, the scalability of surveys is often limited by the effort, time and...

📢 I have a new pre-print out with @sarabssethi.bsky.social, where we show that robotic-assisted #acoustic monitoring can deliver automated #biodiversity surveys. 🐒🦜 Drone assisted #PAM works well for coarse patterns of biodiversity, but less well for species-specific details.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Really enjoyed visiting Camden School for Girls sixth formers yesterday to talk about careers in #biology! It feels very promising to get so many great questions about biodiversity and conservation from the students 😊

First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA

And then we surveyed a country.....

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪

Obviously I meant MORE** cool

Work funded by @innovateuk.bsky.social with @jlittlefair.bsky.social Lab at @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social

#Glastonbury25 but less cool. spent last week in a very boggy farm near the famous festival site with @naturemetrics-edna.bsky.social, setting up sensors designed to collect airborne DNA! 🧬 By setting these up at known distances from a bat roost 🦇, we will reveal more on the #ecology of airborne DNA

Honey wake up, your RSPB Wrapped just landed. 🐦

Which one sums up your 2024?

Regional Biomes outperform broader spatial units in capturing biodiversity responses to land‐use change Biogeographic context, such as biome type, has a critical influence on ecological resilience, as climatic and environmental conditions impact how communities respond to anthropogenic threats. For exa....

🌟new paper🌟 the first chapter of my thesis is out in #ecography ! We present #regionalbiomes as a novel spatial unit for global biodiversity monitoring frameworks 🌏 This unit could increase resolution on biodiversity trends 📈 whilst keeping data collection feasible 📋🏞 doi.org/10.1111/ecog...

Hallo 👋 I'm Peggy, an #ecologist interested in #biodiversity monitoring. My research asks questions like What is biodiversity? How do we 'measure' it? When have we lost 'too much'? 🐯

To do this, I use sensors: #cameratraps📷, audio🔊or soon, eDNA 👀🧬 and AI analysis techniques!
All things #naturetech

Composing for the Climate BBC Young Composer and UCL presented a new audio-visual installation for 11-18 year olds focusing on science and creativity.

More info on the Conposing for the climate exhibition here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/pub...

SHOWING NOW AT UCL East: some brilliant compositions by BBC Young composer award winners, using nature sound clips from the Biome Health Project. Played on a very special Icosahedral (21 sides!) Speaker! Go check it out! 🎶🦜🦐🐘 @ucl-pnl.bsky.social

Made it over to bluesky 😃 Looking forward to having a newsfeed filled with SCIENCE 🤓👩‍🔬