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Mapping the bear distribution Spatial analysis of bear “occupancy” in river
spots – combines video with image processing Helps students and the public ask questions
about bear distribution. How much personal space do fishing bears have? Do bears tolerate closer associations during good
fishing? Do females with very young cubs avoid times and
locations with many other bears?
Maps help test hypothesesHypothesis: Females with cubs of the year avoid other bears by distancing themselves from other bears or by coming to the falls when other bears are not there.
This female is far away from the other bears in the main aggregation at the falls.
Image J analysis of bear populations
Simple mapping program in Image J – the marking tool.
Produce montages of the river scans (researchers) Provide montages and directions for analysis to
HS teachers, students, and undergraduates, and graduate students
Collect data from students, compare quality of data, and record data
Archived Video of Research from Wolong will be compared with the
Research Video of Grizzly Behavior
Panda Nursing Behavior
Partnership with Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Partner projects looking at the diversity of gene function in a model system, Arabidopsis, with the biodiversity preserved in the Tropical Botanical Garden.
Time lapse imaging of mutant and wild type Arabidopsis plants: Discover the function of new genes.
Time lapse imaging of rainforest plants: Discover the diversity of plant gene function in a natural environment.
Plant Genomics and Imaging. Objective of this design:
To engage students in authentic scientific inquiry outside the “normal” student concepts to allow them to see scientific inquiry as a dynamic, creative process.
Specific Project: Using both wild and
mutated varieties of seed, students take time lapse video of germination and early development. Students will compare the wild to the mutated varieties to make predictions of the function of the gene based on observation.
Comparison of Time-Lapse Movies of Arabidopsis with Time-Lapse Movies
of Rainforest Plants. Flower movements. Leaf movements. Plant Growth and Develop
ment Different movements of
plants in the Rainforest Canopy using Rainforest Cams
Upper Canopy Camera
Canopy Camera
UnderCanopy Camera
View from Upper Camera
View from Canopy Camera
View from Under Camera
Upper Canopy Camera
Canopy Camera
Under Canopy Camera
Rainforest Web CamCamera Placement Viewed from Above
Rainforest Web CamDigitizing and Streaming to Internet
Stream to CNIC Server for web stream
To Museum Via LAN
Link with Texas A&T
A Computer in the Administrations BuildingDigitizes and Streams Video and Audio. Camera control signals are received via
the Internet and sent via UHF to remote cameras.
Video and Audio from Remote Cameras