Sean P Basquill

* S. flavicomans

Sphagnum flavicomens #winter #peat #NovaScotia

Early winter temperate swamp, Nova Scotia, Canada. No snow but a quiet has settled in the forest.

Is that radar imagery available for the general public?

Ahhh. Maybe that’s why mine don’t look as punchy. I have only used a macro with natural light. Thanks

Great macros. Do you put a black card behind your subjects?

Macro photo of Sphagnum capillifolium capitula with red and green splotching

Sphagnum capillifolium #bryophytes #peat

Early summer; #Wabanaki #AcadianForest; #NovaScotia

Oh good. Are you hoping to publish that too? Probably plants traits would also differ

Wonder if plants would show similar response. Probably not with differing (fire vs harvest) soil conditions

Thank you. I will check out that paper. Appreciate your help. Many options to consider

I’m surprised that continuous analogs to patch metrics are not more popular. Gradients in nature are inherently continuous. Perhaps it’s less practical to quantify such patterns.

Thank you, Jakub. I had been reviewing the geodiv r package for calculating gradient metrics. It hasn’t been cited much. Actually, it doesn’t seem as though gradient surface metrics are commonly applied. I will read the two blog posts you shared. Segmenting cells seems like a good idea. Thanks

Hi - sorry for the long delay. I was pushing to meet a manuscript revision deadline. My raster is comprised of continuous values of ecosystem “uniqueness”, calculated from outputs of a GDM model. I want to identify and quantify spatial patterns to inform conservation prioritization. Thank you

I think Tom prefers specimens too. He (Tom) is largely retired too.

Tom Neily is the provincial expert. Sean Haughian is also very well informed

There are too many people

Mid spring swamp, Nova Scotia. Trees haven’t leafed out but forest is alive with bird song and amphibian chorus

Trout lily comes afterward there? I see leaves in a couple photos

Looks more temperate than many Newfoundland forests

It appears most spatial pattern metrics are applied to categorical representations of landscapes. Are there many options for continuous landscapes patterns?

Late winter swamp in southern Canada. Last of the snow just melted. #spring #forest #biodiversity

And the really dark brown ones (not in your photo) can be S. beothuk

Gorgeous!

Wow!

Not many people eat big feeds of Aronia. Must take a while to pick that much too

Is a report available?

He was from Nova Scotia, where I live and work. Got his BSc and MSc here too

Sphagnum squarrosum

Wow! We have similar bedrock ridges in Nova Scotia but they’re found inland where the climate is less harsh. So they are vegetated. The geological term I’ve heard is “bedrock strike ridges”.