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Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) - http://www.csiro.au/
Our goal is to develop the scientific knowledge required to manage Australia's wildlife, plant and land resources for ecological sustainability. |
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Natural Environment Research Council - http://www.nerc.ac.uk/
UK-based organization whose mission is to promote basic, strategic and applied research, survey, long-term environmental monitoring, and related postgraduate training. |
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Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - http://www.ceh.ac.uk/
A leading body in the United Kingdom for research and monitoring in terrestrial and freshwater sciences. |
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Organization of Biological Field Stations - http://www.obfs.org/
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. |
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - http://www.serc.si.edu/
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. |
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Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at U of Colorado, Boulder - http://instaar.colorado.edu/
Mission is to facilitate interdisciplinary research leading to a predictive understanding of the biological, chemical, and physical interactions that regulate the earth system in arctic, alpine, and other regions. |
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International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) - http://www.iaglr.org/
Group promotes Great Lakes and other large lakes research and disseminates scientific information through publications and conferences. |
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis - http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/
Based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, facilitates collaborative research on major fundamental and applied problems in ecology. |
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NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory - http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/
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. |
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Centre for Population Biology - http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cpb
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). |
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Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - http://www.uga.edu/srel
Research related to environmental effects from DOE nuclear facilities near Aiken, South Carolina, including radioecology, ecotoxicology, phytoremediation, herpetology, environmental chemistry, and ecological stewardship. |
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Florida Center for Environmental Studies - http://www.ces.fau.edu/
Researches Tropical/Subtropical Water Dominated Ecosystems. Facilitates and coordinates environmental research and training, and communicates environmental knowledge. |
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Richard B. Gump Moorea Field Station - http://moorea.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley Gump Field Station based in French Polynesia and Moorea. |
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Cawthron Institute - http://www.cawthron.org.nz
A private research institute, specializing in aquaculture, marine biosecurity, coastal and estuarine ecology, freshwater ecology, and analytical laboratory services. |
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Institute of Ecosystem Studies - http://www.ecostudies.org/
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. |
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Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) - http://www.fao.org/gtos/
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. |
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Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program - http://culter.colorado.edu:1030/
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. |
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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - http://www.esf.edu
State University of New York at Syracuse |
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South Florida Information Access - http://sofia.usgs.gov
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. |
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International Arctic Research Center - http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/
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. |
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Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory - http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/
An interdisciplinary ecosystem science research center within the College of Natural Resources of Colorado State University (CSU). |
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Conservation Biology Institute Home - http://www.consbio.org/
Varied research projects requireing solutions by broadly trained individuals representing a range of disciplines and skills. Collaborating professionals address the most pressing conservation problems today. |
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Prince William Sound Science Center - http://www.pwssc.org/
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. |
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Mountain Research Station - http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/
Research facility devoted to the advancement of study of montane environmental science. The center supports research in biology, geography, and geology. |
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Midcontinent Ecological Science Center - http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/
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. |
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Tall Timbers Research Station - http://www.talltimbers.org/
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. |
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Center for Global Change - http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/
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. |
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Sustainable Ecosystems Institute - http://www.sei.org/
Research center works to sustain natural communities and the human communities that depend on them using science-based cooperative solutions. |
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Archbold Biological Station - Ecological Research Facility - http://www.archbold-station.org/
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. |
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Walker Branch Watershed Research Program - http://walkerbranch.ornl.gov/
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. |
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Complex Systems Research Center - http://www.csrc.sr.unh.edu/
Center investigates the effects of human disturbance on the Earth's biogeochemical processes. |
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University of Florida Center for Natural Resources - http://cnr.ifas.ufl.edu/
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. |
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The CRC for Australian Weed Management - http://www.weeds.crc.org.au
Weeds CRC: Australian research into weed biology and ecology, risk assessment, biological control, herbicide resistance, crop and pasture management, environmental and agricultural weeds. |
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Association of Ecosystem Research Centers - http://www.ecosystemresearch.org/
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. |
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Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute - http://leopold.wilderness.net/
The research arm of the agencies that manage wilderness areas in the United States. |
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The Horn Point Laboratory - http://www.hpl.umces.edu/
(HPL) is an environmental research facility of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. |
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Nova Scotia Public Lands Ecology Action Centre - http://www.ecologyaction.ca/
Involved in the integrated resource management of Nova Scotia's unprotected lands covering 1.2 million hectares. |
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PNNL Ecology Group - http://ecology.pnl.gov/
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. |
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Applied Ecology Research Group - http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/
Ecology minded division from the U. of Canberra in Australia. Broad ecological topics including Herpetology related links, caresheets, and scientific reviews. |
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Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research - http://www.cbr.tulane.edu/
Collaboration between two U.S. universities with the goal to prevent disease in humans and ecosystems. |
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Center for the Study of the Environment - http://www.naturestudy.org/
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. |
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Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation - http://www.itec-edu.org/
A non-profit, education, research and conservation organization and operates the Bocas del Toro Biological Station in Panamá. |
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Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of East Anglia - http://www.uea.ac.uk/ceec/
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. |
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Myvatn Research Station - http://www3.hi.is/HI//Stofn/Myvatn/engframe.htm
A major source of information about research, natural history and conservation of the Lake Myvatn area, Iceland. Complete bibliography. |
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The Dish - http://dish.stanford.edu/
Describes the foothills at Stanford University, popularly known as "The Dish," and used for academic research, ecological conservation, and restorations. |
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Center for Ecological Research and Education (CERE) - http://www.isu.edu/departments/CERE/
Idaho State University center which focuses on ecological principles and problems. |
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Urban Ecology Research Project - http://www.urbaneco.washington.edu/
Research and education in urban ecology at the University of Washington at Seattle. Data, models, research, projects and courses in urban ecology. |
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Florida Environmental Research Institute - http://www.flenvironmental.org/
Non-profit research institute in Tampa, Florida, USA focusing on computational ecology and remote sensing technologies. |
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Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics - http://www.stat.psu.edu/~gpp/
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). |
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Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology - http://www.cmiae.org/
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. |
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Yellowstone Ecological Research Center - http://www.yellowstoneresearch.org/
Private, non-profit organization committed to long-term, ecosystem-wide research in the greater Yellowstone area. |
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Institute for Applied Ecology - http://www.appliedeco.org/
Conducts research on the conservation of natural resources in Oregon and beyond. Project descriptions, internship program, and links. Based in Corvallis, Oregon. |
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Cliff Ecology Research Group - http://www.uoguelph.ca/~umatthes/CERG/
A group of scientists devoted to studying the ecology of cliffs. |
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Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Ecological Systems (GAMES) Laboratory - http://games.bio.ucf.edu/
Laboratory developed to integrate GIS and remote sensing technology with ecological modeling to simulate dynamic, spatially-explicit patterns and processes at scales ranging from individual organisms to landscapes. |
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Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station - http://www.austrop.org.au
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. |
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Mid-Atlantic Region Ecological Observatory (MAREO) - http://mareo.org
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. |
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Hudson Bay Project - http://research.amnh.org/users/rfr/hbp/
A long-term study of Arctic coastal tundra ecosystems. |
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Ecology at Oklahoma State University - http://ecology.okstate.edu
Research and educational opportunities. |
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Hawaii Stream Research Center - http://www.hawaii.edu/hsrc/home/welcome.htm
The HSRC is a field research laboratory focusing on studies in Hawaiian freshwater ecology. |
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Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab - http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/wenlab/
At the forefront of some of the finest ecological research in the nation, this facility and staff offers world-class investigations on forest and rangeland ecosystems. |
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Remote Environmental Assessment Laboratory - http://www.real.msu.edu
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. |
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Taiga Biological Station - http://www.wilds.mb.ca/taiga/
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. |
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Institute of Ecology National University of Mexico - http://www.ecol-son.unam.mx/e01descr.html
Research in the Sonoran Desert, Gulf of California and Arizona. |
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Ecostudies Institute - http://www.ecoinst.org/
Nonprofit scientific organization in Mt. Vernon, Washington, USA that conducts ecological studies to improve conservation, management, and restoration of native biodiversity. |
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Kutch Ecological Research Centre - http://www.kerc.in
Division of the Corbett Foundation, founded in 1999, with the aim of studying the fragile eco-system of the unique grasslands found in the Kutch region of north west India and helping the local communities. |
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Yale Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Science - http://www.cbc.yale.edu/
Mission is to advance global research and education in the biodiversity conservation sciences and integrate it into world conservation policies. |
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Open University: Ecology and Evolution Research Group - http://www.open.ac.uk/science/lifesciences/research/research-groups/ecology-and-evolution.php
Research areas include genetic variation within subdivided populations, gene flow, sensitivity of plants to soil moisture status and tropical butterfly communities. |
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Cerro de la Muerte Biological Station: Costa Rica - http://www.cerrodelamuerte.com/
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. |
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Western Forest Fire Research Center - http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/frws/research/westfire/
An interdisciplinary research facility based at Colorado State University covering socioeconomic and ecological aspects of forest fires. |
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Picoflor Research Centre, Tambopata - http://uk.geocities.com/johndavid_taylor/picaflor3/
Picaflor Research Centre is a remote field station in the Peruvian rainforest, established to encourage research and promote conservation in an area of outstanding biological interest. |