Collaborators
- Brian Inouye
- Maria Uriarte
- Heraldo Vasconcelos
- Ariadna V.F. Lopes and Marcello Tabarelli (lab site)
R Resources
Ben Bolker's Excellent Book on Ecological Modeling
A simple and very useful R-Gui: NPPtoR (note you must also install NPP)
Bolker's Compilation of books and web sites
Productivity Tools / Supplies
Lab-X: purchases of discount lab equipment [link]
Presdo Meeting Organizer
ISI Impact Factors [link, UF Computers only]
Resources for making posters [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
43 Folders: Jack up theat productivity!
Prof Hacker: technology, productivity, and the professorate
Advice for Students
John Thompson's excellent advice on how to be a succesful phd student
Spenc Hall's Amazing compendium
The best advice for preparing posters I have read [link]
Giving talks: link
Travel Tools
164 Currency Converter [link]
Prep and print your own Passport / ID photos: templates for many countries [link]
Currency converter that allows downloading of daily rates [link]
TuTiempo: Weather records from 8000 weather stations worldwide
Fare Tracking tools (credit following fare drops) [link]
Bus Travel in US [link and link]
Home rentals [link link and link]
Apartmentsrio.com & rentflat.com.br to rent apartments in Rio.
Funding Sources (Research)
- DOE Global Change Education Program [link]
- National Science Foundation
- Federal Agency and Foundation Awards targeting tenure track faculty
- USDA-Cooperative State Research, Extension and Education Service
- National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRI)
- Forest Projects http://www.reeusda.gov/nre/wood/wood.htm
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Center For Environmental Research (NCER) http://es.epa.gov/ncer/index.html
- Funding Opportunities http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/
- Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Grants http://es.epa.gov/ncer/grants/
- Graduate Fellowships http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
- Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR) http://es.epa.gov/ncer/other/
- Department of Energy www.doe.gov
- Office of Industrial Technologies
- Inventions www.oit.doe.gov/inventions/solicitations.shtml
- Agriculture www.oit.doe.gov/agriculture/solicitations.shtml
- Forest Products www.oit.doe.gov/forest/solicitations.shtml
- Office of Environmental Management http://emsp.em.doe.gov/researcher.htm
- NEEL National Vadose Zone Project www.inel.gov/vadosezone/
- Subsurface Science Initiative http://subsurface.inel.gov/
- Long-Term Stewardship http://lts.inel.gov/
- Office of Science Grants www.science.doe.gov/grants/
- Office of Biological and Environmental Research www.sc.doe.gov/ober/ober_top.html
- Climate Change www.sc.doe.gov/ober/CCRD_top.html
- Environmental Remediation Sciences www.sc.doe.gov/ober/ERSD_top.html
- Life Sciences Division www.sc.doe.gov/ober/lsd_top.html
Funding Sources (Fellowships)
- Ford Fellowships
- NSF Graduate Fellowships
- EPA Star Program
- TCD Fellowships
- Organization for Tropical Studies
Other Departments at UF
- Botany
- Zoology
- Entomology & Nematology
- Forest Resources and Conservation
- Center for Latin American Studies
Postdoctoral Fellowships and Positions
- Ford Fellowships
- ESA PE Section Webpage
- NSF Postdoctoral Opportunities
Employment Opportunities: Faculty Positions
- ESA PE Section Web Page
- Job negotiation advice [link]
Academic Societies
- Ecological Society of America
- Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
- Society for Conservation Biology
- American Society of Naturalists
- Entomological Society of America
- American Society of Mammalogists
Journals
Online Herbaria and Plant Databases
- Floragator Online Key
- Missouri Botanical Garden: W3TROPICOS
- NatureServe Homepage
- PLANTS Database: USDA PLANTS
- CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
- NYBG.org: The C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium
Other Links
American Association for University Women
International Foundation for Science
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Program
Long-Term Ecological Reasearch
Lattes Database - Lattes Database is a curriculum and institutions database of Science and Technology areas in Brazil <>
CNPq - Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development is a foundation linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), to support Brazilian research <>
CAPES - The Post-graduate Education Agency is a foundation linked to the Brazil's Ministry of education and its responsible for the evaluation and development of graduate level courses and human resource building. It is the funding source for more than half of the graduate fellowhips in Brazil, conducts periodic evaluations of the graduate courses, and has several programs for students to pursuit a PhD outside Brazil
FULBRIGHT - Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program provides funding for students, scholars, teachers, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. The flagship international educational program sponsored by the U.S. Government, the Fulbright Program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and the people other countries.
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