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- Assessing the impact of industrial palm oil plantation expansion on land use and livelihoods in Southeast Asia
- Supporting multiple field ecology research projects related to biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Detailing the complexities of ecosystems at Cedar Creek, an ecological research station in Minnesota
- Evaluating sea turtle nesting beaches, including vegetation changes
- Studying agricultural land use and irrigation
- Understanding changes and trends in agricultural field size in South America
- Researching earth science to determine flooding history in the Upper Midwest
- Conducting field work for fossil collecting and geological sampling sponsored by the Leakey Foundation
- Tracking wildlife in Kenya and the decreased range of sun bears in Southeast Asia associated with tree cover loss