Igor Pires Reis - 2022-03-10 16:20:24

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March 10, 2022

My name is Igor Pires Reis, and I am a doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation – PPGECB from State University of Santa Cruz – UESC, Bahia, Brazil. It is with great satisfaction that I inform that your articles have helped and inspired me in the development of my thesis entitled: “Techniques and procedures for evaluating structural attributes of the canopy through digital images and their applications in the conservation of tropical forests”.

The thesis is divided into three chapters: In the first chapter we carried out a systematic review of the methodology of Digital Hemispheric Photography applied in the extraction of forest canopy attributes variables. In a way, we found that works published since the year 2000, where the technique emerged more sharply, and even today have a deficit of methodological information, especially in the pre-processing stage of digital photographs. Therefore, in my second chapter, I have carried out methodological protocols to improve and optimize the pre-processing of these digital images, using ImageJ and other software that reduce biases from lenses, exposure, etc. By adventure, I have been following your work and I see that you have developed a prominent method using smartphones with front cameras and, in particular, due to the angle of obtaining these photos it is possible to photograph them in full-frame quality.

I am very interested in knowing more, and even contributing, and because of that, I would like to make you a proposal: I am having the opportunity to do a sandwich doctorate for now and I am interested in inviting you to be my co-supervisor. The internship would be financed by CAPES (Fundation linked to the Government of Brazil) with a stay of up to 6 months in the foreign country. As I am already at the end of my doctorate, I would like to create collaborative links to improve my thesis. What do you think of the idea? Do you think it is possible or do you have availability for such a demand? It would be very gratifying to have this experience and still get to know a new country and a new culture.

In addition, thank you for your attention, and I thank you very much for your scientific contribution to the topic.

p.S: More information about me, curriculum lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8359149289865586 Some of my publications: Reis, I., Rocha-Santos, L., Leal, A., Faria, D., & Mielke, M. (2021). Landscape forest loss changes sunfleck dynamics in forest fragments of southern Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 37(2), 64-71. doi:10.1017/S0266467421000110. AUTHOR: Igor Pires Reis AUTHOR EMAIL: ipreis@uesc.br AUTHOR URL: https://www.appliedecologylab.org/ SUBJECT: [Canopy photography] Contatti IP: 201.80.0.205 Array ( [1_Name] => Igor Pires Reis [2_Email] => ipreis@uesc.br [3_Website] => https://www.appliedecologylab.org/ [4_Message] => My name is Igor Pires Reis, and I am a doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation – PPGECB from State University of Santa Cruz – UESC, Bahia, Brazil. It is with great satisfaction that I inform that your articles have helped and inspired me in the development of my thesis entitled: “Techniques and procedures for evaluating structural attributes of the canopy through digital images and their applications in the conservation of tropical forests”.

The thesis is divided into three chapters: In the first chapter we carried out a systematic review of the methodology of Digital Hemispheric Photography applied in the extraction of forest canopy attributes variables. In a way, we found that works published since the year 2000, where the technique emerged more sharply, and even today have a deficit of methodological information, especially in the pre-processing stage of digital photographs. Therefore, in my second chapter, I have carried out methodological protocols to improve and optimize the pre-processing of these digital images, using ImageJ and other software that reduce biases from lenses, exposure, etc. By adventure, I have been following your work and I see that you have developed a prominent method using smartphones with front cameras and, in particular, due to the angle of obtaining these photos it is possible to photograph them in full-frame quality.

I am very interested in knowing more, and even contributing, and because of that, I would like to make you a proposal: I am having the opportunity to do a sandwich doctorate for now and I am interested in inviting you to be my co-supervisor. The internship would be financed by CAPES (Fundation linked to the Government of Brazil) with a stay of up to 6 months in the foreign country. As I am already at the end of my doctorate, I would like to create collaborative links to improve my thesis. What do you think of the idea? Do you think it is possible or do you have availability for such a demand? It would be very gratifying to have this experience and still get to know a new country and a new culture.

In addition, thank you for your attention, and I thank you very much for your scientific contribution to the topic.

p.S: More information about me, curriculum lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8359149289865586 Some of my publications: Reis, I., Rocha-Santos, L., Leal, A., Faria, D., & Mielke, M. (2021). Landscape forest loss changes sunfleck dynamics in forest fragments of southern Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 37(2), 64-71. doi:10.1017/S0266467421000110. [email_marketing_consent] => [entry_title] => Contacts [entry_permalink] => https://canopyphotography.wordpress.com/contact/ [feedback_id] => 1145cb6d8a221e192e4ca27e96886e7f )