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Presentation: Creative Conservation In A Changing Climate
No full textCelebrate Earth Day with Professor Camille Parmesan, UT-Austin biologist. Professor Parmesan invites you to look at what current impacts of rapid climate change has on wildlife, and explores innovative solutions to animal and plant conservation in the 21st century.
More info about Professor Parmesan and her research can be found in 1) a short video 2) a recent article from the New York Times, and 3) at the NBC Learn website.Environmental Science Institut
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Presentation: Global Warming: Impacts on Wildlife and Society
No full textIntroduction: Dr. Camille Parmesan will talk about global warming and its effects on animals and people. All life on earth is adapted to living in areas with a particular climate. Over the past century the actions of human civilization have caused changes in global climate. Dr. Parmesan was one of the first scientists to detect biological changes in response to the recent warming of the earth's atmosphere. She will talk about her work with Edith's Checkerspot Butterfly on the U.S. west coast as well as other documented examples of the effects of global warming from around the world.Environmental Science Institut
Black Lives Matter Reading Group: Hosted by Dr. Camille Isaacs
No full textSlides that accompanied a lecture by Dr. Camille Isaacs on the work of author and activist Desmond Col
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An introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections
No full textWeather and climatic extremes can have serious and damaging effects on human society and infrastructure as well as on ecosystems and wildlife. Thus, they are usually the main focus of attention of the news media in reports on climate. There are some indications from observations concerning how climatic extremes may have changed in the past. Climate models show how they could change in the future either due to natural climate fluctuations or under conditions of greenhouse gas-induced warming. These observed and modeled changes relate directly to the understanding of socioeconomic and ecological impacts related to extremes.Integrative Biolog
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Patterns of large-scale migration in dragonflies and birds
No full textThe work I present here can be broadly described as focusing on the spatial, temporal, and ecological basis to patterns of movement by highly vagile organisms. From this perspective, the differences between chapters are matters of scale: community versus population ecology, and movement by thousands of birds through two localities versus a study of a single invertebrate species crossing North America. Animal movement over large scales has proven difficult to study throughout the history of biology. Proximal challenges have largely reflected practical problems with observing spatial displacement in individual organisms. Population-level evolutionary and ecological analyses -- ultimate explanations for movement -- depend on solutions to those proximal challenges. Here, I have tried to interweave both proximal and ultimate approaches. Large-scale movement also presents challenges from a conservation perspective. The conservation implications of the final chapter are immediately applicable to avian researchers and resource managers. In contrast, understanding why and how Anax junius Drury (Odonata: Aeshnidae) is moving across North America does not have such direct conservation implications. The species is not endangered, nor have threats to its range or behavior been suggested. My interest instead grew from the need for a model system to explore aquatic invertebrate conservation as well as the practical difficulties of studying long-distance migrants of all kinds, invertebrate and vertebrate. These chapters thus form a whole through their focus on determining how and why organisms move over large spatial scales and the connection of that behavior to habitat. Many species move great distances during individual lifetimes. Threats from land-use change, habitat fragmentation, and climate shifts will all have -- are already having -- impacts on many species. We need accurate, inexpensive, and effective tools to be able to count, compare, detect, define, delineate, and explain patterns of movement. I have endeavored to improve a few of these tools and, if possible, provide a few new examples and explanations grounding that movement.Biological Sciences, School o
French ski resort' attractiveness through Instagram
No full textThe purpose of this thesis was to examine the different ways to use Instagram for French ski resorts to support their branding strategy.
The research was executed in three stages: literature reviews, observations and an interview. In the literature review, the author first focused on branding and its components, the consumer decision-making process, consumer engagement and the different Instagram’s features to achieve emotional connections between a brand and its followers/users. Building strong connections with customers is essential for brands to develop and maintain a loyal and lifelong customer relationship.
Observations examined the differences between the three most followed French ski resorts about their practices on Instagram. After this, the author focused on Val Thorens which is the highest resort in Europe. The two most successful posts and the two less were analyzed to determine which factors are causing success and which ones generate less engagement in the eyes of its followers. Then, the community manager of Val Thorens was interviewed regarding the branding strategy of the resort and his insights about Val Thorens’ Instagram profile.
It was discovered that it would be beneficial for Val Thorens to create more appealing content, captions with more hashtags to have a better and bigger visibility. However, one of the main and relevant factors about Val Thorens’ habits on Instagram and which reflects the global idea of the resort is to provide the best atmosphere for its visitors. It is achieved through the community manager’s team which takes care of every tourists and skiers in a personalized and humanized way on Instagram. Val Thorens is a good example of a ski resort which has built strong emotional connections with its visitors
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