As a group of 3 environmental science students who are studying bats activity at UBC Farm, we believe that providing information on the role of bats in agroecosystems is a good start to understanding how bat diversity affects ecosystem services and how this contributes to ecosystem sustainability. Bats are heroes that serve plant pollination, seed dispersal, and pest control. Hopefully, people will start to realize the importance of bat diversity, and change their change their prejudice that bats are scary and spooky.
Carolina is a fourth-year Environmental Sciences major with an area of concentration in Ecology and Conservation. She has gained experience working with R and R Studio throughout her degree. Carolina also has background knowledge working with spatial analysis data using QGIS and ArcGIS. During a previous internship, she conducted fieldwork in which she helped monitor native mammal species using digital camera traps with an infrared sensor.
Naomi is a fifth-year Environmental Sciences student who has recently completed the UBC co-op program. She has gained strong geospatial skills from using QGIS and ArcGIS throughout her co-op work terms. She has also gained interest in food production systems from her previous terms with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).
Zitong is a fourth-year student in Environmental Science major with an area of concentration in Land, Air, and Water. She has background knowledge about conservation ecology and biodiversity from taking BIOL230 and BIOL306. She is good at spatial analysis using ArcGIS from the experience of GEOB270 and GEOS370.