Geography Colloquium: Community Preparedness and Resilience for Hurricanes: Lessons learned from Hurricane Michael in the Panhandle

Posted on August 30, 2022

Speaker: Dr. Mysha Clarke Assistant Professor School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences University of Florida Thursday, September 1, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Hurricane Michael had serious socio-ecological impacts on forest ecosystems in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. This presentation will highlight the ways that non-industrial forest […]

Latest SEER Lab publication evaluates Orbivirus exposure rates for non-native wildlife from free range preserves in North Florida

Posted on February 26, 2021

As part of SEER Lab‘s long-running collaboration with the Cervidae Health Research Initiative (CHeRI), this latest paper, lead by Jeremy Orange and Dr. Jason Blackburn, evaluated exposure rates to bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) in non-native wildlife managed on large preserves in Northern Florida. The wildlife/deer ranching industry represents one of […]

Evidence of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus and Bluetongue Virus Exposure in Nonnative Ruminant Species in Northern Florida

Posted on January 12, 2021

BLACKBURN, DINH, ORANGE – Evidence of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus and Bluetongue Virus Exposure in Nonnative Ruminant Species in Northern Florida Jeremy P. Orange, Emily T.N. Dinh, Olivia Goodfriend, Scott B. Citino, Samantha M. Wisely, Jason K. Blackburn Article first published online: 12 JAN 2021 Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine DOI: 10.1638/2019-0174 ABSTRACT: Epizootic […]

Spatial analysis of potential nesting habitat for Florida sandhill cranes

Posted on June 30, 2020

HU – Spatial analysis of potential nesting habitat for Florida sandhill cranes Joni Downs, Courtney Buck, Faisal Qarah, Yujie Hu Article first published online: 30 JUN 2020 Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management DOI: 10.3996/092019-JFWM-077 ABSTRACT: The Florida sandhill crane Antigone canadensis pratensis is state-listed as threatened in Florida, where there is an urgent need […]

GEA2270 Geography of Florida

Posted on June 30, 2020

GEA2270 Geography of Florida Examines Florida’s contemporary issues in a spatial context Considers physical, cultural and political geography of Florida Geographic conditions and human adjustments in Florida Natural environment, population, routes of communication, industry, resources Instructor: Dr. Heidi Lannon: lannon@ufl.edu Prerequisites: None Online & FUN!

What Florida Can Learn from the Amazon Fires

Posted on June 4, 2020

Last Fall, Dr. Robert Walker talked with the Florida Museum of Natural History about What Florida Can Learn from the Amazon Fires. Robert Walker, a professor of Latin American geographers and geography in the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies, grew up in Clearwater, Fla. He remembers driving down long stretches of I-75, peering out at mile after mile […]

Flying Under the Radar

Posted on May 11, 2020

GAINESVILLE, FL – University of Florida Associate Professor of Medical Geography Dr. Sadie Ryan (Emerging Pathogens Institute, Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab) spoke with WUFT News about vector-borne disease in the time of coronavirus in Flying Under the Radar. “It’s not like mosquitoes went on hold because of COVID,” she said. “The message needs to stay alive.” […]

Spatial variation in the frequency of knockdown resistance genotypes in Florida Aedes aegypti populations

Posted on May 11, 2020

MUNDIS, RYAN – Spatial variation in the frequency of knockdown resistance genotypes in Florida Aedes aegypti populations Stephanie J. Mundis, Alden S. Estep, Christy M. Waits, & Sadie J. Ryan Article first published online: 11 MAY 2020 Parasites & Vectors DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04112-3 ABSTRACT: Background The development of insecticide resistance in disease-vectoring mosquito species can lead […]

Rights of Nature

Posted on April 22, 2020

GeoGator PhD Student and UF Water Institute Graduate Fellow Alexandra Sabo writes about the Rights of Nature movement for WUFT News on Earth Day 2020. Rights of Nature Most of the time, the Floridan Aquifer feeds the nearly 200 springs in the Suwanee River Basin, pushing water up through ancient porous limestone to the surface. During times […]

Featured Creatures Article on Bromeliad Mosquito Wyeomyia vanduzeei

Posted on April 17, 2020

Medical Geography PhD student Cat Lippi led a new Featured Creatures article on a bromeliad mosquito, Wyeomyia vanduzeei, published online by UF Entomology and Nematology and FDACS/DPI. Wyeomyia vanduzeei lays eggs and completes larval development in water held by bromeliad plants, making these mosquitoes more common in central and southern Florida where bromeliads are frequently […]

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