Within the Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science, the
Biogeography
Laboratory conducts basic and applied research on the ecology, distribution,
and conservation status of species and ecosystems. Research to date has
focused
on the integration of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing
methods for mapping and modeling at a regional scale vegetation cover types,
wildlife distributions, and long-term vegetation change, as well as on
methods
for assessing the accuracy of vegetation maps. Most work has concentrated on
the region of California and the West. The lab is located within the
Geography
Department and is headed by Dr. Frank Davis (805-893-3438,
fd@geog.ucsb.edu).
The Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science can be reached on
the WWW at http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/