UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
Sheherazade, who goes by Shera, is a second year WEC MS student from Indonesia, advised by Dr. Holly Ober. She studies ecosystem services provided by flying foxes. You only have one name! That’s so cool! It’s one of… Read More
Seminar Title: Wildlife poaching, ranger patrols, and chimps informing conservation practices in Rwanda Jennifer Moore is a WEC PhD candidate. She studied poaching and ways to mitigate its negative impacts in wildlife in the Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda. This is… Read More
Dr. Hallett is a recent alumnus (SNRE PhD ’17), working with the support of the Jacksonville Zoo, Z4, the UN, UF, and USAID in Guyana. Work What is your research about? My dissertation research was about jaguars. We… Read More
Annie is a recently-graduated SNRE MS student. She currently works for her WEC graduate adviser, Dr. Bob McCleery. Work What was your research on? My official master’s research was on small mammal communities in southern African savannahs, and… Read More
A Gainesville native and WEC alumnus, Dr. Matt Burgess (WEC PhD ‘17; SNRE MS ‘08; BS ZOO ‘99) is the coordinator of UF’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Program (UASRP) and works with multiple groups of stakeholders involved in… Read More
This was an exciting beginning of the year for me as I co-lead my very first Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) course. With the unwavering support from my co-instructor and colleague Karen Solms of the Deering Estate, we… Read More
Seminar Title: The invasive cane toad in Australia: impacts, control & mitigation Dr. Sean Doody is an assistant professor at USFSP, working mainly with reptiles, but also amphibians, birds, and mammals. He currently works on a wide range… Read More
Gopher tortoises: A keystone species Did you know that Gopher Tortoise Day is next week on April 10? This day strives to bring awareness to this protected and threatened species in Florida in an effort to encourage their… Read More
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Dr. Michael Allen gave a talk at WEC on March 2, 2018. Evaluating lionfish management strategies on the West Florida Shelf Seminar summary Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) have the potential to have heavy impacts on certain fish… Read More
Weather-related information is essential to Florida’s agricultural producers for making important decisions regarding the use of water for irrigation and cold protection. Since the mid 1990’s, The Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) has been providing a variety of… Read More
