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Assessing model trade-offs in agricultural remote sensing
August 4, 2025
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The Vanishing Green: How AI is Uncovering Dhaka’s Struggle with Air Pollution and Urban Growth
February 6, 2025
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Machine Learning versus Deep Learning in Land System Science: A Decision-Making Framework for Effective Land Classification
May 6, 2024
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The role of people, parks and precipitation on the frequency and timing of fires in a sub-Saharan savanna ecosystem
March 15, 2024
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Greening the Urban Landscape: Assessing the Impact of Tree-Planting Initiatives and Climate Influences on Miami-Dade County’s Greenness
March 8, 2024
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Linking forest management to surrounding lands: a citizen-based approach towards the regional understanding of land-use transitions
August 18, 2023
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Developing Career-Ready Graduates: The Importance of AI Literacy Across the Curriculum
August 18, 2023
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Developing a model for AI Across the curriculum: Transforming the higher education landscape via innovation in AI literacy
January 24, 2023
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Latitudes and land use: Global biome shifts in vegetation persistence across three decades
January 18, 2023
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Hassan
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Muir
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Ryan
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The role of the refugee crises in driving forest cover change and fragmentation in Teknaf, Bangladesh
January 3, 2023
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Comparison of NDVI Values from Multiple Satellite Sensors to Monitor for Public Health in an Urban Sub-tropical Setting
January 3, 2023
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Mapping fire-impacted refugee camps using the integration of field data and remote sensing approaches
December 2, 2022
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Audrey Smith’s Interdisciplinary Work Published in the Journal Water
September 10, 2021
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UFGeog at AAG 2021
April 5, 2021
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Celebrating Women Geographers for Women’s History Month
March 1, 2021
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Strong GeoGator showing at FSG
February 19, 2021
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 11, 2021
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Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010
December 30, 2020
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A Quantitative Framework for Analyzing Spatial Dynamics of Flood Events: A Case Study of Super Cyclone Amphan
October 21, 2020
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GeoGator Class of 2020 Commencement
May 4, 2020
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An Evaluation of Vegetation Health in and around Southern African National Parks during the 21st Century (2000–2016)
March 30, 2020
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Southern Africa
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Operational Large-Area Land-Cover Mapping: An Ethiopia Case Study
March 16, 2020
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Khatami
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Muir
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A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation – The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century
February 3, 2020
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Child
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Waylen
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Study Abroad: University of Florida in South Africa
January 22, 2020
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Mapping Time-Space Brickfield Development Dynamics in Peri-Urban Area of Dhaka, Bangladesh
October 11, 2019
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clay
Dhaka
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International Journal of Geo-Information
Mehedy
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Congratulations to our new PhDs! #PhDone
August 9, 2019
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Haro-Carrión
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PhDone
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Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes
August 7, 2019
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BBST
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Child
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dryland
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South Luangwa National Park
Southern Africa
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Zambia
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Geography Colloquium: Departmental Update and Annual Progress
September 5, 2018
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Understanding Long-Term Savanna Vegetation Persistence across Three Drainage Basins in Southern Africa
June 25, 2018
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Kwando
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Okavango
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Ryan
soil moisture
Southern Africa
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temperature
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Waylen
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UFGeog at AAG 2018
March 16, 2018
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Mao
Matyas
McKay
Merz
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Muir
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GeoGator swag has arrived!
November 26, 2017
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Using Repeat Photography to Observe Vegetation Change Over Time in Gorongosa National Park
June 26, 2017
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Africa
African Studies Quarterly
Bunting
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ecosystem dynamics
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Gorongosa National Park
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Mozambique
park landscape
repeat photography
Southern Africa
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vegetation
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University of Florida and University of Michigan awarded funding to study “land-grab” impacts
November 15, 2016
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Study savanna ecosystems, land change in Ethiopia and Florida with Dr. Southworth!
October 25, 2016
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Utilization of the SAVANNA model to analyze future patterns of vegetation cover in Kruger National Park under changing climate
October 17, 2016
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Ecological Modelling
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Letaba
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Satara
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Skukuza
South Africa
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Geography Colloquium: Graduate Students Discussion Session with Department Chair
September 22, 2016
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A Letter From the Chair
August 16, 2016
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Letter From the Chair
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Dr. Jane Southworth becomes the new Geography Department Chair
August 16, 2016
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Utilizing Multiple Lines of Evidence to Determine Landscape Degradation within Protected Area Landscapes: A Case Study of Chobe National Park, Botswana from 1982 to 2011
July 29, 2016
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AVHRR
Botswana
Bunting
Chobe National Park
Chobe Riverfront
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Graduate Publication
Herrero
land cover change
NDVI
remote sensing
savanna
savannas
Southern Africa
Southworth
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Demonstrating correspondence between decision-support models and dynamics of real-world environmental systems
May 24, 2016
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coastal wetlands
environment
Environmental Modelling & Software
Everglades National Park
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Florida
modeling
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Geography students receive Champions for Change Award
April 7, 2016
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Dynamics of the relationship between NDVI and SWIR32 vegetation indices in southern Africa: implications for retrieval of fractional cover from MODIS data
March 2, 2016
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Australia
Bunting
FNPV
FPV
International Journal of Remote Sensing
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NDVI
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Anthropogenic change in savannas and associated forest biomes
February 15, 2016
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anthropogenic
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forest
Journal of Land Use Science
savannas
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Job Announcement: Health and Social Change in Africa
January 8, 2016
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Africa
Binford
Blackburn
Center for African Studies
Child
Glass
Goldman
Mao
McDade-Gordon
Ryan
Southworth
Waylen
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Women in STEM is strong in Geography!
December 17, 2015
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Carvalho
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Engstrom
Fu
Hall
Herrero
Matyas
McDade-Gordon
Mossa
Muir
Nekorchuk
parks
Ryan
Sabo
Simmons
Smith
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Women in Geography
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Yang
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Zick
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Spring Course: GEO2242 Extreme Weather
October 31, 2015
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Spring Courses 2016
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Effects of road infrastructure on forest value across a tri-national Amazonian frontier
August 24, 2015
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Amazon
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Biological Conservation
Bolivia
Brazil
carbon
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Marsik
Peru
remote sensing
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Changes in vegetation persistence across global savanna landscapes, 1982–2010
August 14, 2015
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Africa
Bunting
ecosystems
Faculty Publication
Graduate Publication
Herrero
Journal of Land Use Science
landscape
Northern Hemisphere
Ryan
savanna
South America
Southern Hemisphere
Southworth
vegetation
Waylen
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Household level influences on fragmentation in an African park landscape
February 27, 2015
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Hartter
Ryan
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