Cyndy Loftin, PhD (Former Employee)
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Context-dependent deep learning Context-dependent deep learning
Explicitly representing an agent’s context has been shown to have many benefits, which should also apply to machine learning. In this paper, we describe an approach to do this called context-dependent deep learning (CDDL), which is based on earlier work in context-mediated behavior (CMB) that uses contextual schemas (c-schemas) to represent clas-ses of situations along with knowledge...
Authors
Roy M. Turner, Cyndy Loftin, Alex Revello, Logan R. Kline, Meredith Lewis, Salimeh Yasai-Sekeh
Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient
Context Urban-rural gradients are useful tools when examining the influence of human disturbances on ecological, social and coupled systems, yet the most commonly used gradient definitions are based on single broad measures such as housing density or percent forest cover that fail to capture landscape patterns important for conservation.Objectives We present an approach to defining urban...
Authors
Abigail R. Kaminski, Dana Marie Bauer, Kathleen P. Bell, Cyndy Loftin, Erik Nelson
Roadside rights-of-way as pollinator habitat: A literature review Roadside rights-of-way as pollinator habitat: A literature review
Pollination of crops and naturally-occurring flowering plants is a critical ecosystem service provided by managed and unmanaged animal pollinators. Insects are the most studied pollinators, particularly managed honey bees, unmanaged wild bees, and butterflies. Bees and butterflies thrive in early-successional habitat featuring grasses, exposed soil, wildflowers, and shrubs, which is...
Authors
Brianne Du Clos, Phillip deMaynadier, Frank Drummond, Cyndy Loftin
Habitat associations of breeding conifer-associated birds in managed and regenerating forested stands Habitat associations of breeding conifer-associated birds in managed and regenerating forested stands
Forests are often affected by management that could influence demographics of breeding and post-breeding birds that reside within. Numerous studies have focused on immediate effects from management on wildlife soon after forestry treatment (e.g., 0–5 years), however, fewer studies have examined changes in focal species abundance over longer durations as a forest regenerates after...
Authors
Brian W. Rolek, Daniel J. Harrison, Daniel W. Linden, Cyndy Loftin, Petra B. Wood
Testing prediction accuracy in short-term ecological studies Testing prediction accuracy in short-term ecological studies
Applied ecology is based on an assumption that a management action will result in a predicted outcome. Testing the prediction accuracy of ecological models is the most powerful way of evaluating the knowledge implicit in this cause-effect relationship, however, the prevalence of predictive modeling and prediction testing are spreading slowly in ecology. The challenge of prediction...
Authors
Connor M. Wood, Zachary G. Loman, Shawn T. McKinney, Cynthia S. Loftin
Non-crop habitat use by wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in a mixed-use agricultural landscape Non-crop habitat use by wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in a mixed-use agricultural landscape
Homogeneous, agriculturally intense landscapes have abundant records of pollinator community research, though similar studies in the forest-dominated, heterogeneous mixed-use landscape that dominates the northeastern United States are sparse. Trends of landscape effects on wild bees are consistent across homogeneous agricultural landscapes, whereas reported studies in the northeastern...
Authors
Brianne Du Clos, Cyndy Loftin, Francis A. Drummond
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 52
Context-dependent deep learning Context-dependent deep learning
Explicitly representing an agent’s context has been shown to have many benefits, which should also apply to machine learning. In this paper, we describe an approach to do this called context-dependent deep learning (CDDL), which is based on earlier work in context-mediated behavior (CMB) that uses contextual schemas (c-schemas) to represent clas-ses of situations along with knowledge...
Authors
Roy M. Turner, Cyndy Loftin, Alex Revello, Logan R. Kline, Meredith Lewis, Salimeh Yasai-Sekeh
Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient
Context Urban-rural gradients are useful tools when examining the influence of human disturbances on ecological, social and coupled systems, yet the most commonly used gradient definitions are based on single broad measures such as housing density or percent forest cover that fail to capture landscape patterns important for conservation.Objectives We present an approach to defining urban...
Authors
Abigail R. Kaminski, Dana Marie Bauer, Kathleen P. Bell, Cyndy Loftin, Erik Nelson
Roadside rights-of-way as pollinator habitat: A literature review Roadside rights-of-way as pollinator habitat: A literature review
Pollination of crops and naturally-occurring flowering plants is a critical ecosystem service provided by managed and unmanaged animal pollinators. Insects are the most studied pollinators, particularly managed honey bees, unmanaged wild bees, and butterflies. Bees and butterflies thrive in early-successional habitat featuring grasses, exposed soil, wildflowers, and shrubs, which is...
Authors
Brianne Du Clos, Phillip deMaynadier, Frank Drummond, Cyndy Loftin
Habitat associations of breeding conifer-associated birds in managed and regenerating forested stands Habitat associations of breeding conifer-associated birds in managed and regenerating forested stands
Forests are often affected by management that could influence demographics of breeding and post-breeding birds that reside within. Numerous studies have focused on immediate effects from management on wildlife soon after forestry treatment (e.g., 0–5 years), however, fewer studies have examined changes in focal species abundance over longer durations as a forest regenerates after...
Authors
Brian W. Rolek, Daniel J. Harrison, Daniel W. Linden, Cyndy Loftin, Petra B. Wood
Testing prediction accuracy in short-term ecological studies Testing prediction accuracy in short-term ecological studies
Applied ecology is based on an assumption that a management action will result in a predicted outcome. Testing the prediction accuracy of ecological models is the most powerful way of evaluating the knowledge implicit in this cause-effect relationship, however, the prevalence of predictive modeling and prediction testing are spreading slowly in ecology. The challenge of prediction...
Authors
Connor M. Wood, Zachary G. Loman, Shawn T. McKinney, Cynthia S. Loftin
Non-crop habitat use by wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in a mixed-use agricultural landscape Non-crop habitat use by wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in a mixed-use agricultural landscape
Homogeneous, agriculturally intense landscapes have abundant records of pollinator community research, though similar studies in the forest-dominated, heterogeneous mixed-use landscape that dominates the northeastern United States are sparse. Trends of landscape effects on wild bees are consistent across homogeneous agricultural landscapes, whereas reported studies in the northeastern...
Authors
Brianne Du Clos, Cyndy Loftin, Francis A. Drummond