Viña, Andrés

Viña, Andrés
Organization(s): 
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University
Link to CV: 
Andrés Viña's Home Page

Ph.D., Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004.  M.A., Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2000. B.S., Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D. C. Colombia. 1995.  

Research Interests: 
Global environmental change, biophysical properties of vegetation (e.g., canopy cover, biomass, leaf area index, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation), vegetation productivity, land surface dynamics (e.g. deforestation, forest regeneration, vegetation phenology, drought monitoring), remote sensing, habitat modeling, human-environment interactions, conservation biology, biodiversity.
Publications: 
Panda Preservation: Remote sensing helps counter natural and human complications
Evaluating MODIS Data for Mapping Wildlife Habitat Distribution
Temporal changes in giant panda habitat connectivity across boundaries of Wolong Nature Reserve, China
Using cost-effective targeting to enhance the efficiency of conservation investments in payments for ecosystem services
Mapping understory vegetation using phenological characteristics derived from remotely sensed data
Effects of Natural Disasters on Conservation Policies: The Case of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China
Range-wide analysis of wildlife habitat: Implications for conservation
Using cost-effective targeting to enhance the efficiency of conservation investments in payments for ecosystem services
Designing a Conservation Plan for Protecting the Habitat for Giant Pandas in the Qionglai Mountain Range, China
Relationship between floristic similarity and vegetated land surface phenology: Implications for the synoptic monitoring of species diversity at broad geographic regions
Agent-based modeling of the effects of social norms on enrollment in payments for ecosystem services
Climate-change impacts on understorey bamboo species and giant pandas in China’s Qinling Mountains
Effects of conservation policies on forest cover change in giant panda habitat regions, China
Evaluating Conservation Effectiveness of Nature Reserves Established for Surrogate Species: Case of a Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Qinling Mountains, China
CHANS Projects: 
Complex Interactions Among Policies, People, and Panda Habitat in the Wolong Nature Reserve Landscape
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