Open Directory - Science: Biology: Ecology: Research Groups and Centers
See also: This category in other languages: - The research arm of the agencies that manage wilderness areas in the United States. - A non-profit research facility devoted to long-term ecological research and conservation of the organisms and environments of the Lake Wales Ridge area in Florida. - Group brings together 39 U.S. research programs in universities and private, state and federal laboratories that conduct research, provide training and analyze policy at the ecosystem level of environmental science and natural resources management. - CSIRO's goal is to develop the scientific knowledge required to manage Australia's wildlife, plant and land resources for ecological sustainability. - Details of research, publications, staff. English and German. University of Bayreuth, Germany. - Providing the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources - National Biological Information Infrastructure. - In Queensland, Australia, this is the only research facility in the coastal lowland seasonally-wet tropical rainforests of Australia. The dominant forest type is complex mesophyll vine forest. Opportunities exist for research, volunteers and study. - A private research institute, specializing in aquaculture, marine biosecurity, coastal and estuarine ecology, freshwater ecology, and analytical laboratory services. - The mission of the CCEHBR is to provide scientific information required to resolve coastal ecosystem health issues associated with the agency goals of the NOS. - Idaho State University center which focuses on ecological principles and problems. - The focal point of this facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is for developing, coordinating and implementing interdisciplinary research and education related to the role of the Arctic and sub-Arctic in the Earth system, and to stimulate and facilitate global change research in this region. - Research center at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Research is focused on how industrial systems should be viewed as part of the surrounding systems and not in isolation. - Broad research areas of the Center relate to statistical ecology, environmental statistics, and quantitative risk analysis, with emphasis on mathematical statistics, statistical methodology, and data interpretation and improvement for future use. The adopted approach is to advance statistics for environment, ecology, and environmental health, and to advance environmental and ecological theory and practice using valid statistics. (Pennsylvania State University, USA). - Private not-for-profit organization, providing information, identification, analysis and optimal solutions to environmental problems. Science based projects are conducted on global, regional and local scales. - A leading body in the United Kingdom for research and monitoring in terrestrial and freshwater sciences. - A group of 21 faculty, with interests in behavioural ecology, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, genetics, environmental genomics, life histories, pollution, population biology, tropical, landscape, microbial, molecular and restoration ecology. - Research in population biology and related disciplines to understand and predict the functioning of ecological systems, from populations to ecosystems. (Imperial College, University of London, UK). - The station is a living library focused on teaching and research. The major objective is to preserve the paramo's biodiversity and Costa Rica's highest watershed. English and Spanish. - CERG is organized within the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University. It is devoted to the study of semiochemicals with particular reference to insect pests of agriculture and forestry. - Dr. Doug Larson at the University of Guelph heads a team of scientists devoted to studying the ecology of cliffs. - CERF is a non-profit organization the aim of which is to fund ecological research through eco-tourism. Research is presently focused on the whales and dolphins of British Columbia's coast. - A non-profit society dedicated to facilitating applied ecological research in the Columbia Mountains of British Columbia, Canada and to making information available to managers, resource technicians, scientists, and the public. - Center investigates the effects of human disturbance on the Earth's biogeochemical processes. - Varied research projects requiring solutions by broadly trained individuals representing a range of disciplines and skills. Collaborating professionals address the most pressing conservation problems today. - devoted to research and teaching in the wide-ranging disciplines of the environmental sciences. - The CRC exists to improve the condition of Australia's inland waters by providing collaborative research, education and resource management. - Research and educational opportunities. - Nonprofit scientific organization in Mt. Vernon, Washington, USA that conducts ecological studies to improve conservation, management, and restoration of native biodiversity. - A multi-disciplinary research center within the USGS Biological Resources Division. Provides scientific understanding and technology to support sound management and conservation of forest and rangeland ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. - Researches Tropical/Subtropical Water Dominated Ecosystems. Facilitates and coordinates environmental research and training, and communicates environmental knowledge. - Conducts detailed investigations of wetlands and their component fish and wildlife resources, emphasizing the linkages with both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. - Non-profit research institute in Tampa, Florida, USA focusing on computational ecology and remote sensing technologies. - GTOS mission is to provide policy makers, resource managers and researchers with the data they need to detect, quantify, locate and understand changes (especially reductions) in the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development. - The HSRC is a field research laboratory focusing on studies in Hawaiian freshwater ecology. - A long-term study of Arctic coastal tundra ecosystems. - Conducts research on the conservation of natural resources in Oregon and beyond. Project descriptions, internship program, and links. Based in Corvallis, Oregon. - University of Amsterdam unit conducting education and research in the interactions between living organisms and their physical and chemical environment. - A non-profit, education, research and conservation organization and operates the Bocas del Toro Biological Station in Panamá. - Research and education center in Millbrook, New York. Overview of research, publications, staff, graduate study programs, adult and youth education, and information about visiting the trails, gardens and greenhouse, and ecology shop. - Research areas include physiological ecology, photobiology, environmental chemistry, remote sensing and GIS. - The primary goals of the IARC are to study arctic climate change and its global feedbacks and consequences and to plan and carry out international cooperative arctic research of the highest possible quality. - Group promotes Great Lakes and other large lakes research and disseminates scientific information through publications and conferences. - The Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center is dedicated to providing a program of excellence in ecology and natural resource management that includes integrated research, education, and conservation goals. - Research on the physical, environmental, and social consequences of land use. Based in Aberdeen, UK. - A research consortium of field stations and field research sites in the USA. Its objective is to understand ecological phenomena such as changes in land use, biodiversity, climate, invasive species, infections disease, and biogeochemical cycles. - US government center researching and developing technologies to understand and manage biological systems. Also inventory and monitor to assess biological status and trends. Fort Collins, Colorado. - Research facility devoted to the advancement of study of montane environmental science. The center supports research in biology, geography, and geology. - The NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)conducts integrated, interdisciplinary environmental research in support of resource management and environmental services in coastal and estuarine waters, with a special emphasis on the Great Lakes. - Based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, facilitates collaborative research on major fundamental and applied problems in ecology. - Chilika Lagoon, situated on east-coast of India, is a hotspot for biodiversity. - UK-based organization whose mission is to promote basic, strategic and applied research, survey, long-term environmental monitoring, and related postgraduate training. - An interdisciplinary ecosystem science research center within the College of Natural Resources of Colorado State University (CSU). - Established to conduct research on long-term ecological phenomena in an array of ecosystems within the United States. Niwot Ridge is the sole alpine tundra site and is located approximately 35 km west of Boulder, CO. - Involved in the integrated resource management of Nova Scotia's unprotected lands covering 1.2 million hectares. - Center for ecological and environmental research, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US) - Research areas include genetic variation within subdivided populations, gene flow, sensitivity of plants to soil moisture status and tropical butterfly communities. - Programs for undergraduate and graduate students in tropical biology. Includes an overview of its facilities, information databases, courses, conservation activities, and volunteer opportunities. - An association of more than 200 field stations and professionals concerned with field facilities for biological research and education, primarily in North America and Central America. This site provides links to OBFS member stations. - Undertakes research activities in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Develops integrated ecological resource assessments, restoration and management tools, and ecological research techniques, including statistical design and predictive modeling and mapping of sensitive habitats. - A multi-disciplinary research center at the University of Texas addressing vital environmental, ecological, and social issues resulting from the proximity of the U.S. and Mexico. - Independent, non-profit research organization located in Cordova, Alaska. The research program covers the ecology of the region, emphasizing the long-term diversity and sustainability of resources upon which local people depend. - Aims to investigate the relationship between in field sensors and the laboratory where the data is used by analysts for assessing environmental status and health. - UC Berkeley Gump Field Station based in French Polynesia and Moorea. - State University of New York at Syracuse - Research related to environmental effects from DOE nuclear facilities near Aiken, South Carolina, including radioecology, ecotoxicology, phytoremediation, herpetology, environmental chemistry, and ecological stewardship. - Ecological research center in Edgewater, Maryland, on the shore of Chesapeake Bay. Uses the geographic features of the largest estuary in the U.S. to investigate interconnections of physical and biotic components of complex landscapes. - Discusses research by the US Geological Survey's South Florida Ecosystem Program. Includes studies of hydrology, cycling of mercury contamination, coastal wetlands , and other areas of environmental concern. - conducts research on forest resources and ecosystem and environmental quality in the southern United States. - Research center works to sustain natural communities and the human communities that depend on them using science-based cooperative solutions. - Abstracts and annual reports from over 20 years of university biology research on various biological aspects of the northern boreal forest at Wallace Lake, Manitoba, Canada. - Conducts research aimed at providing practical solutions to land management problems, and to provide basic insights into how southern pine forests function as dynamic ecosystems. E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database online. Located in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia. - Aims to advance the understanding of the islands’ biological diversity and contribute towards their conservation through education, research and developing sustainable resource utilization. - Weeds CRC: Australian research into weed biology and ecology, risk assessment, biological control, herbicide resistance, crop and pasture management, environmental and agricultural weeds. - It is one of four environmental research Center established in 1991 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The central goal of the Center is to understand how multiple stresses interact to affect biological and ecological processes in aquatic and terrestrial systems. - Information about the research and education and outreach programs of the Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island. - Describes the foothills at Stanford University, popularly known as "The Dish," and used for academic research, ecological conservation, and restorations. - Part of the Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Investigates the structure and functioning of ecological systems. - (HPL) is an environmental research facility of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. - A biological field station at Fordham University established in 1967 for ecological research and environmental education. - A permanent field station for research and study in ecology and field biology. - Collaboration between two U.S. universities with the goal to prevent disease in humans and ecosystems. - Research is focused on the ecophysiology of the laurel forest, the Canarian pine tree, Pinus canariensis, and tagasaste, a legume used as fodder. - The Center was established in 1973 as a multi-disciplinary unit, separate from but affiliated with numerous IFAS departments and research and extension facilities throughout Florida. - Research and education in urban ecology at the University of Washington at Seattle. Data, models, research, projects and courses in urban ecology. - The site of long-term, intensive environmental studies since the mid-1960's by staff from Oak Ridge National Laboratory the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, centered primarily on the geologic and hydrologic processes that control the amounts and chemistry of water moving through the watershed. - Private, non-profit organization committed to long-term, ecosystem-wide research in the greater Yellowstone area.
