Professor
Department of Biology
Email: fep@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-1486
Website: http://www.biology.ufl.edu/people/faculty/fep.aspx
Relevant Past Projects:
Dutcher, H. (UF Undergraduate) & and F.E.Putz. 2015. Saving cypress. The Palmetto (in press).
Rifai, S.g, T. Westg, and F.E. Putz. 2015. Carbon Cowboys” could inflate REDD+ payments through positive measurement bias. Carbon Management.
Rutishauser, E.p, B. Hérault, C. Baraloto, L. Blanc, L. Descroix, E. Doff Sotta, J. Ferreira, M. Kanashiro, L. Mazzei, M.V.N. d’Oliveira, L.C. de Oliveira, M. Peña-Claros, F.E. Putz, A.R. Ruschel, K. Rodney, A. Roopsindg, A. Shenkinp, K. E. da Silva, C.R. de Souza, M. Toledo, E. Vidal, T.A.P. Westg, V. Wortelg, and Plinio Sist. 2015. Rapid tree carbon stock recovery in managed Amazonian forests. Current Biology 25: 1-3.
Veldman, J.W.p, G.E. Overbeck, D. Negreiros, G. Mahy, S. Le Stradic, G.W. Fernandes, G. Durigan, E. Buisson, F.E. Putz, and W.J. Bond. 2015. Where tree planting and forest expansion are bad for biodiversity and ecosystem services. BioScience 65: 1-8.
Shenkin, A.g, B. Bolker, M. Peña-Claros, and J.C. Licona, and F.E. Putz. 2015. Fates of trees damaged by logging in Amazonian Bolivia. Forest Ecology and Management 358: 50-59.
Putz, F.E. and C. Romero. 2015. Futures of Tropical Production Forests. Center for International Forestry Research Occasional Paper, 52 p.
Putz, F.E. and Ruslandi. 2015. Intensification of tropical silviculture. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 27: 285-288.
Current Projects:
Silviculture in the Yucatan.
Global change mitigation through improved forest management.
Restoration of cane brakes in Florida (with a UF undergraduate student).
Biology and cultural importance of the sacred lotus (with a UF undergraduate student).
Charcoal production during controlled burns in Florida (needs a student).
Various other projects available for undergraduates in ecophysiology, ethnobotany, biomechanics, and conservation biology
Grant Experience:
NSF, National Geographic, World Bank, DFID, etc.