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THE SPICE LAB The SPICE Lab at the University of Central Florida concentrates on basic and applied problems in biodiversity conservation. Research topics addressed by Dr. Noss and his students and collaborators include the autecology of imperiled vertebrate species (e.g., habitat relationships, demography, dispersal ecology, population viability); the protection, restoration, and management of ecosystems (from plant communities to regional landscapes); ecological indicators, monitoring, and adaptive management; multicriteria conservation planning; and the planning and management of the wildland-urban interface. Current projects include field studies and population modeling of the Florida grasshopper sparrow, Florida scrub-jay, and Big Cypress fox squirrel; research on the impacts of roads on wildlife and the design of wildlife crossings and other mitigation; studies of fire ecology, restoration, and conservation of western and boreal forests; ecology of amphibians and birds in isolated southeastern wetlands; and regional conservation planning (e.g. in the Great Sand Hills of Saskatchewan and the Dry Prairie of south-central Florida). Proposed projects include research on multi-species carnivore guilds along wildland-urban gradients in Florida; restoration of longleaf pine ecosystems for recovery of red-cockaded woodpeckers; and ecological and genetic studies of eastern indigo snakes and Florida bog frogs.
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