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One of our most productive and successful core research sites, Archbold’s 10,500-acre Buck Island Ranch, is home to the MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center. Buck Island Ranch and MAERC contributes vital understanding towards sustaining working lands and subtropical ecosystems in Florida, and around the globe.

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Worldwide Grassroots Science

Collaboration is increasingly a key to successful science and conservation. The Nutrient Network (NutNet) is bringing together grassland researchers from around the world. read more

Fire ants and floods

The region of South America where the imported fire ant originated is largely flat and subject to seasonal flooding. When fire ants were (accidentally) brought to Alabama and Florida, they got off the boat already adapted to their new home. read more

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  • 03 May 15:30
    Public Seminar
    "Minding the gap: spatial vegetation patterns in rosemary scrub." Plant Ecology Program Intern, Katherine Charton
  • 03 May 16:00
    Public Seminar
    "Sand shifters: gopher tortoise effects on vegetation." Plant Ecology Program Intern, Jennifer Fuller

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