Book Chapters
Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Biodiversity assessment in tropical biomes using ecoacoustics: Linking soundscapes to forest structure in a human-dominated tropical dry forest in southern Madagascar In Almo Farina and Stuart H. Gage (Ed.), Ecoacoustics: The ecological role of sounds, First Edition (2017). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Publications
Presentations
Rankin, L. and Jones, H. Using stable isotope analysis to measure nearshore recovery of seabird islands following rodent eradication in New Zealand. Paper presented at the 2017 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, August 2017.
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Rankin, L. Using algal stable isotope analysis to measure seabird island recovery following invasive predator eradications in New Zealand. Paper presented at the 3rd World Seabird Twitter Conference, April 2017.
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Rankin, L. and Jones, H. Measuring nearshore recovery of seabird islands following rodent eradication at the Mercury Islands, New Zealand. Paper presented at the Pacific Seabird Group 44th Annual Meeting, Tacoma, WA, February 2017.
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Axel, A. and Rankin, L. Linking soundscape to forest structure in a human-dominated tropical dry forest in southern Madagascar. Paper presented at the 9th International Association of Landscape Ecology World Congress, Portland, OR, July 2015.
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Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Modeling forest condition of grazed tropical dry forest using satellite imagery. Poster presented at the 2014 Marshall University Sigma Xi Research Day, Huntington, WV, April, 2014.
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Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Defining forest condition in grazed tropical dry forests. Paper presented at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2014 Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, March 2014.
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Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Soundscapes as a measure of forest condition in grazed forests of Madagascar. Paper presented at the XXIV International Bioacoustic Congress, PirenÏŒpolis, Brazil, September 2013.
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Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Soundscapes as a measure of ecological integrity. Paper presented at the 2013 International Prosimian Congress, Ranomafana, Madagascar, August 2013.
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Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Assessing ecological integrity of grazed and ungrazed tropical dry forests through soundscape analysis. Poster presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV, April 2013.
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Rankin, L. and Axel, A. Assessment of landscape degradation using Landsat images and vegetation sampling in Southern Madagascar. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Davis, WV, April 2013.