R Scott Winton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6021810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Scott Winton |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Winton |
| SIGNATURE | WINTON R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9048-9342 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity
Birdwatching tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors within nature‐based tourism. This specialized form of ecotourism has the potential to bring economic and conservation benefits to tropical countries, which house the richest avifaunas, but little is known about the factors driving birdwatchers' decisions about which country to visit when they travel abroad. We assessed the growth of birdwatching tourism from 2010 to 2022 using data from t…
Widespread carbon-dense peatlands in the Colombian lowlands
Peatlands are some of the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystems and release substantial quantities of greenhouse gases when degraded. However, conserving peatlands in many tropical areas is challenging due to limited knowledge of their distribution. To address this, we surveyed soils and plant communities in Colombia’s eastern lowlands, where few peatlands have previously been described. We documented peat soils >40 cm thick at 51 of more than 100…
A new data-driven map predicts substantial undocumented peatland areas in Amazonia
Tropical peatlands are among the most carbon-dense terrestrial ecosystems yet recorded. Collectively, they comprise a large but highly uncertain reservoir of the global carbon cycle, with wide-ranging estimates of their global area (441 025–1700 000 km 2 ) and below-ground carbon storage (105–288 Pg C). Substantial gaps remain in our understanding of peatland distribution in some key regions, including most of tropical South America. Here we comp…
Drone imagery to create a common understanding of landscapes
Negotiated solutions among contrasting land use interests in the nexus of water, energy, food and ecosystems require cooperation between actors with different viewpoints and backgrounds. We suggest aerial imagery and videos, captured by drones, to be “boundary objects”, easily interpretable landscape representations that might create a common understanding across stakeholders through their universal interpretability. We collected drone imagery an…
Living with floating vegetation invasions
Invasions of water bodies by floating vegetation, including water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ), are a huge global problem for fisheries, hydropower generation, and transportation. We analyzed floating plant coverage on 20 reservoirs across the world’s tropics and subtropics, using > 30 year time-series of LANDSAT remote-sensing imagery. Despite decades of costly weed control, floating invasion severity is increasing. Floating plant coverage …
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Living with floating vegetation invasions
Invasions of water bodies by floating vegetation, including water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ), are a huge global problem for fisheries, hydropower generation, and transportation. We analyzed floating plant coverage on 20 reservoirs across the world’s tropics and subtropics, using > 30 year time-series of LANDSAT remote-sensing imagery. Despite decades of costly weed control, floating invasion severity is increasing. Floating plant coverage …
Drone imagery to create a common understanding of landscapes
Negotiated solutions among contrasting land use interests in the nexus of water, energy, food and ecosystems require cooperation between actors with different viewpoints and backgrounds. We suggest aerial imagery and videos, captured by drones, to be “boundary objects”, easily interpretable landscape representations that might create a common understanding across stakeholders through their universal interpretability. We collected drone imagery an…
A new data-driven map predicts substantial undocumented peatland areas in Amazonia
Tropical peatlands are among the most carbon-dense terrestrial ecosystems yet recorded. Collectively, they comprise a large but highly uncertain reservoir of the global carbon cycle, with wide-ranging estimates of their global area (441 025–1700 000 km 2 ) and below-ground carbon storage (105–288 Pg C). Substantial gaps remain in our understanding of peatland distribution in some key regions, including most of tropical South America. Here we comp…
Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity
Birdwatching tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors within nature‐based tourism. This specialized form of ecotourism has the potential to bring economic and conservation benefits to tropical countries, which house the richest avifaunas, but little is known about the factors driving birdwatchers' decisions about which country to visit when they travel abroad. We assessed the growth of birdwatching tourism from 2010 to 2022 using data from t…
Widespread carbon-dense peatlands in the Colombian lowlands
Peatlands are some of the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystems and release substantial quantities of greenhouse gases when degraded. However, conserving peatlands in many tropical areas is challenging due to limited knowledge of their distribution. To address this, we surveyed soils and plant communities in Colombia’s eastern lowlands, where few peatlands have previously been described. We documented peat soils >40 cm thick at 51 of more than 100…
Environmental Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Geology (2 works) · Peat (2 works) · Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (2 works) · Physical geography (2 works) · Agroforestry (1 works) · Amazon basin (1 works)