Faculté des sciences · Institut de biologie · Conservation Biology · Dr Vladimir R. Wingate

Institut de biologie

Conservation Biology

Email: vladimir.wingate@unine.ch

Project: BioMonI: Biodiversity Monitoring of Island Ecosystems

Website: https://www.biodiversa.eu/2024/04/15/biomoni/

Research:
My research focuses on mapping ecological and environmental change across tropical, arctic and mountain biomes using a range of satellite and near-surface remote sensing imagery and methods.

Education:
2013 – 2017 D.Phil. Geography, University of Basel
2010 – 2011 Master of Science, Environmental Management, University of Stirling
2006 – 2010 BSc (Hons) Tropical Environmental Science, University of Aberdeen

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=QVuLoF4AAAAJ&hl=en

Select Publication:

  1. Wingate VR, Curatola Fernández GF, Ifejika Speranza C (2024) Small forest patches in West Africa: mapping how they are changing to better inform their conservation. Environmental Conservation page 1 of 9. doi: 10.1017/S0376892924000171
  2. Wingate VR, Akinyemi FO and Speranza CI (2023) Archetypes of remnant West African forest patches, their main characteristics and geographical distribution. Applied Geography 158, 103024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103024.
  3. Wingate VR, Akinyemi FO, Iheaturu CJ and Speranza CI (2022) A Remote Sensing-Based Inventory of West Africa Tropical Forest Patches: A Basis for Enhancing Their Conservation and Sustainable Use. Remote Sensing 14(24), 6251.
  4. Wingate VR, Phinn SR and Kuhn N (2019) Mapping precipitation-corrected NDVI trends across Namibia. Science of The Total Environment 684, 96–112.
  5. Wingate VR, Phinn SR, Kuhn N and Scarth P (2018) Estimating aboveground woody biomass change in Kalahari woodland: combining field, radar, and optical data sets. International Journal of Remote Sensing 39(2), 577–606. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2017.1390271.
  6. Wingate V, Phinn S, Kuhn N, Bloemertz L and Dhanjal-Adams K (2016) Mapping Decadal Land Cover Changes in the Woodlands of North Eastern Namibia from 1975 to 2014 Using the Landsat Satellite Archived Data. Remote Sensing 8(8), 681. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8080681.