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UFBI Blog

How did I get here?

Coming from hyper-diverse Ecuador with many conservation threats, I became interested in how species cope with anthropogenic land-use change.

Dead Castles in the Sea

The compositional structure of these "dead castles" I work in are common throughout the Caribbean Sea, and although they have been heavily impacted by local and global anthropogenic impacts, I imagine they represent what the average person would envision a coral reef to look like: shallow, accessible by snorkel and colorful with a lot of light.

It’s All About Scale

Everything we observe depends on the scale of that observation, and this holds true when studying biodiversity.

What are coronaviruses?

What are coronaviruses? Reposted from original blog, published on July 16, 2018 By Julie T. Shapiro, UFBI Fellow You might not have heard of...
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Lepidoptera in Florida

Lepidoptera in Florida By Michael Belitz Insects are the most specious group of organisms and provide a variety of ecological services. At...
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Tracking Andean Birds

Tracking Andean Birds By Ian Ausprey As part of the National Geographic grant funding our field season in Peru this summer, I...
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