Edward J. Laurent

Ed Laurent is a Spatial Ecologist who develops and delivers collaborative, science-based recommendations and tools that enable the implementation and evaluation of conservation activities. His specialties and expertise include geographic information systems, analysis of remotely sensed imagery, database organization and management, applying semantic web technologies, systems modeling, designing and implementing standardized wildlife and plant data collection protocols and survey designs, statistical analysis, live trapping of wildlife, animal and woody plant identification, as well as...
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Education:	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Also known as:	Ed Laurent, Spatial Ed, E. J. Laurent

Honors and Awards

Year	Award	Work
2000	US-IALE Best Student Presentation	Modeling habitat context for the endangered copperbelly water snake

Written works by Edward J. Laurent

A Hierarchical Population Study of the Endangered Copperbelly Water Snake
Incorporating Satellite Imagery Into Analyses of Avian Distribution Patterns Across Forested Landscapes
Habitat separation among three species of water snakes in northwestern Kentucky
Using the spatial and spectral precision of satellite imagery to predict wildlife occurrence patterns
Wildlife Loss through Domestication: the Case of Endangered Key Deer

Title	Published
A Hierarchical Population Study of the Endangered Copperbelly Water Snake
Incorporating Satellite Imagery Into Analyses of Avian Distribution Patterns Across Forested Landscapes
Habitat separation among three species of water snakes in northwestern Kentucky	2003
Using the spatial and spectral precision of satellite imagery to predict wildlife occurrence patterns	2005
Wildlife Loss through Domestication: the Case of Endangered Key Deer	2005
Local spatial modeling of white-tailed deer distribution	2006
Global ant biodiversity and biogeography--A new database and its possibilities	2007
Developing a scientifically rigorous framework for enhancing and evaluating vertebrate models	2006
Tools to characterize landscapes for species viability: An overview	2006
Strategies to mitigate 21st century threats: Predicting the impacts of urbanization and climate change to landscapes and bird populations	2006
Blue sky: Opportunities for advancing bird conservation over the next ten years
Advancing our understanding of functional connectivity with empirical studies and its implication for avian conservation
Environmental data for predicting the spatial distribution of bird populations
The Northeast Bird Monitoring Handbook: Ten Steps to Successful Bird Conservation through Improved Monitoring	2008
Partners in Flight Monitoring Needs Assessment Summary	2009
A Field Guide to Web Technology	2010
The role of assumptions in predictions of habitat availability and quality	2010
A Field Guide to Southeast Bird Monitoring Programs and Protocols	2012

Edward J. Laurent quotes

Modularity permits the efficient discrimination of context.
- Edward J. Laurent
Explicitly connecting how people describe the natural world in different ways is a top conservation priority.
- Edward J. Laurent

Places Edward J. Laurent has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Edward J. Laurent

Marker	Location	Population
A	Fort Wayne	253,691
B	Lansing	114,297
C	Moneta
D	Raleigh	403,892
E	Decatur	18,942
F	Atlanta	420,003
G	Athens	114,983
H	Cincinnati	296,943
I	Front Royal	14,573
J	Nacogdoches	33,175
K	Henderson	27,952
L	Upper Peninsula of Michigan
M	Blacksburg	42,881

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