Researcher Adam Dixon with a bioacoustic recorder in the field (IMAGE)
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Adam Dixon, a conservation scientist at World Wildlife Fund, stands near a low-cost bioacoustic recorder in a farm field. He used these recorders in conjunction with a satellite imagery analysis to determine how various bird species were faring in pockets of non-crop vegetation (such as at the edges of fields or between crop rows) on lands under intensive agricultural cultivation. The demonstrated the possibility of working with private landowners for research and found that grassland birds in particular would benefit from more and better habitat on these lands. The combination technique could be used for environmental monitoring on other working lands, such as cattle ranches. University of Maryland, Baltimore County ecologists Erle Ellis and Matthew Baker also contributed to the research.
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Courtesy of Adam Dixon
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