Amelie Davis

Personal Github website for Amelie Y. Davis

Amélie Davis, Ph.D.

My name in Landscape!

I examine human-environment interactions from the perspectives of landscape ecology, land change science, environmental planning, and sustainability science. My collaborators and I are particularly interested in how land use land cover change can affect the sustainability of landscapes and communities in both urban and non-urban systems and at a variety of scales. We incorporate complex geospatial analyses, simulation models, statistics, remote sensing, as well as social survey and field data to study a number of research topics.

Online Presence

My LinkedIn
My Google Scholar

Education

B.A. in Biology from Earlham College
M.S. in Remotely Sensed Oceanography from the University of Delware
Ph.D. in Forestry and Natural Resources from Purdue University

Certifications

ENVISION Sustainability Professional, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (Summer 2022-2027)
GISP Certified - #99246 (December 2017-2029) – accredited by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB)
Remote Pilot for sUAS (Small Unmanned Aircraft System) Certification #3984109, FAA (March 2017-2020)

Research Topics

Land Use Land Cover Change Effects on Pollinators

My collaborators and I are interested in modeling the effects of land use land cover change on honey production (as a proxy for honeybee health) and wild bee abundance and richness. This work has been funded by the USGS and USDA.

Urban Ecosystem Services

We are interested in studying the provision and distribution of ecosystem services in urban landscapes, as well as how those ecosystem services might be maintained and enhanced.

Conservation Planning

We are interested in studying coupled natural-human systems and how their dynamics affect conservation planning at local to national scales.

Urban Planning

We are interested in examining how patterns of grey and green infrastructure (in both 2D and 3D space) affect the quality of life for people in cities.

Some Interactive Graphics

Basic interactive map of one of my favorite parks to take our dog:

Mean temperature data for COS from 2000 to 2005: