B. Weinstein

A probabilistic view of forbidden links: their prevalence and their consequences for the robustness of plant-hummingbird communities

The paper assesses the prevalence and impact of exploitation barriers on network robustness in plant-hummingbird communities using a Bayesian hierarchical model and interaction data.

Near real-time monitoring of wading birds using uncrewed aircraft systems and computer vision

This paper presents an end-to-end workflow for near real-time monitoring of wading birds using drones and computer vision, achieving species-level counts for five out of six target species.

Individual tree crown maps for the National Ecological Observatory Network

The paper uses computer vision and deep neural networks to predict individual tree species, crown characteristics, and locations across 24 sites in the National Ecological Observatory Network.

Capturing long-tailed individual tree diversity using an airborne multi-temporal hierarchical model

The paper develops a multi-temporal hierarchical model to improve rare tree species classification in airborne imagery, achieving 75% accuracy for 14 species and generating species maps for over 670,000 trees.

Individual tree-crown detection in RGB imagery using semi-supervised deep learning neural networks

This paper develops a semi-supervised deep learning method to detect tree crowns in RGB imagery using unsupervised LIDAR data and a small number of hand-annotated images, achieving accurate predictions in natural landscapes.

A benchmark dataset for individual tree crown delineation in co-registered airborne RGB, LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery from the National Ecological Observation Network

The paper introduces a benchmark dataset for evaluating individual tree crown delineation algorithms using co-registered remote sensing data and provides an R package for standardized evaluation.

Gene-rich X chromosomes implicate intragenomic conflict in the evolution of bizarre genetic systems

The paper investigates the role of X chromosome gene richness in the evolution of genetic systems with paternal genome elimination, finding increased X linkage in species with such systems.

NEON Crowns: a remote sensing derived dataset of 100 million individual tree crowns

The paper introduces a dataset of 100 million individual tree crowns derived from remote sensing and deep learning, enabling large-scale forest analysis.

Estimating individual level plant traits at scale

This paper develops a method to estimate individual tree traits at scale using remote sensing data, achieving moderate accuracy for several traits and demonstrating improved performance over pixel-level predictions.

Geographic Generalization in Airborne RGB Deep Learning Tree Detection

This paper evaluates the generalization of RGB deep learning tree detection models across different forest types using data from the National Ecological Observatory Network, finding that a universal model performs as well as site-specific models.

An epigenetic mechanism for cavefish eye degeneration

The paper identifies DNA methylation-based epigenetic silencing as a mechanism causing eye degeneration in blind cavefish and links these genes to human eye disorders.