Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Valle Lab
Led by Denis Valle · Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
What we study
The Valle Lab develops computer models and statistical tools to study ecology, conservation, and remote sensing, focusing on environmental health and forest management.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Straightforward model-based approach using only field data and open-source maps to improve carbon stock estimates for REDD + projects
2026 · Scientific Reports
Uses field data and free maps to improve carbon stock estimates for REDD+ projects, showing simple models can work well.
- A lack of open data standards for large infrastructure projects hampers social-ecological research in the Brazilian Amazon
2025 · PeerJ
Reviews data availability and quality for infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon to improve research.
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- An invasive prey alters local and landscape contributions of sources and sinks for an endangered predator
2025 · Ecology
Uses 28 years of data to study how an invasive snail affects the survival and movement of endangered snail kites.
- Sex Drives Intraspecific Scaling of Home Range Size in Mammals
2025 · Ecology Letters
Finds that male mammal home ranges grow with body size, but female ranges do not, based on GPS tracking data.
- Characterizing the vertical structure of forests in the Brazilian Amazon
2025 · Communications Earth & Environment
Analyzes how fires, logging, and wind affect forest layers in the Amazon, using airborne LiDAR data.
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