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So You Want to be a Conservation Biologist? Insights from a Life Dedicated to Tiger Conservation in India


December 9, 2016

Each week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by PhD student Wesley Boone. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is arguably one of the most charismatic ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Conservation, India, Monitoring, Tiger

An Early Study Shows the Invasion of the Asian Tiger Shrimp Could Have an Impact on Native Shrimp

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September 6, 2016

The Asian Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) have been reported across the northern Gulf of Mexico for several years now but unlike Cogon grass, Chinese tallow, and Lionfish they have not really made the press. We know they are there, but captures ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: Asian, Could, Early, Impact, Invasion, Native, Panhandle Outdoors, Shows, Shrimp, Study, Tiger

NISAW 2016 – Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon) “Lions in the Gulf and Tigers in the Bay”

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March 3, 2016

  Five tiger shrimp captured by shrimpers in Pensacola Bay. Giant Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon): This catchy phrase coined by Robert Turpin (Escambia County Marine Resources Division) describes a recent invader to our marine waters in ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: 2016, Bay, Gulf, Lions, Monodon, NISAW, Panhandle Outdoors, Penaeus, Prawn, Tiger, Tigers

Invasive of the Day (March 7th): Eurasean Milfoil, Tiger Prawn, Cuban Treefrog

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March 10, 2014

March 7th: Eurasian Milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon), The Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)   Eurasian water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum photo by Alison Fox, University of Florida, Bugwood.org Eurasian ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: Cuban, Eurasean, Invasive, March, Milfoil, Panhandle Outdoors, Prawn, Tiger, Treefrog

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