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Refugial areas key to persistence of African tree ferns

By | November 21st, 2024|climate change, conservation, ecology|

A new publication led by MJ Karichu, PhD student in City University of New York and NY Botanical Garden modeled potential changing distributions of African tree ferns (Alsophila spp.) from the last glacial maximum to present day and into the next decades using MAXENT, a species distribution modeling tool.  African tree ferns are currently under decline [...]

Emily Khazan is a PhD! Congratulations!!

By | December 3rd, 2021|Andes, biodiversity, butterflies, climate change, Colombia, graduate students|

Emily Khazan successfully defended her PhD dissertation in Interdisciplinary Ecology, UF's School of Natural Resources and Environment this past Wednesday, December 1st.  Her dissertation "Thermal, community, and microbial ecology of butterflies of the Colombian Andes" explored how butterflies from one of the most biodiversity-rich areas of the world adapt to their environments.  The work [...]

Paty Feria is awarded 2018 Outstanding International Female Faculty at UTRGV

By | March 8th, 2018|climate change, conservation|

I am so thrilled to learn about successes of my colleagues, especially when they were a former PhD student. Dr. Teresa (Paty) Feria is being honored as the 2018 Outstanding International Female Faculty at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley @utrgv on March 9, 2018.  Paty received her PhD in Biology at the University of [...]