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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) : Senior Research Associate

Sustainability of Brazilian forest concessions

Effects of Permanent and Temporary Edges on Pinus clausa (sand pine) Architecture and Stand Conditions

Corrigendum: Intact Forest in Selective Logging Landscapes in the Tropics

Underground carbohydrate stores and storage organs in fire-maintained longleaf pine savannas in Florida, USA

Tree Species Diversity, Composition and Aboveground Biomass Across Dry Forest Land-Cover Types in Coastal Ecuador

YAUPON WINS: An Ethnobotanical Novella

Finding Home in the Sandy Lands of the South: A Naturalist's Journey in Florida

An applied ecologist, Frances "Jack "Putz aims to use science to solve real-world problems related to ecosystem management, restoration and conservation. He conducts research on forests and savannas in Florida, but also throughout the tropics. He holds joint appointments at UF with the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and the Center for Latin American Studies. His research ranges from ethnobotany and natural history to biomechanics and physiological ecology, but his principal interest is in tropical silviculture. To promote adoption of improved forest management methods, he is involved in market-based mechanisms for conservation and development including forest product certification and forest management for climate change mitigation.

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Indonesian Consevation Issue

Economic Botany

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Florida Natural History

Latin American Studies

Tropical Ecology

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Deforestation remedies can have unintended consequences

Distinguished Professor

Class 6. October 26, 2018. Dr. Francis "Jack" Putz  shares some reflections about a career dedicated to research on deforestation.

Amazon Seminar: Deforestation, fragmentation, fire/disturbance, carbon. Francis (Jack) Putz

Dr. Francis E. (Jack) Putz is Professor of Biology at the U. of Florida. He has published extensively on tropical forest management and taught OTS-style field courses all over the world.

Jack Putz Excerpt: Teaching in the OTS Model

Jack Putz Interview

ARTICLE
Authors: Camille Piponiot, Plinio Sist, Lucas Mazzei, Marielos Peña-Claros, Francis E Putz, Ervan Rutishauser, Alexander Shenkin, Nataly Ascarrunz, Celso P de Azevedo, Christopher Baraloto, Mabiane França, Marcelino Guedes, Eurídice N Honorio Coronado, Marcus VN d'Oliveira, Ademir R Ruschel, Kátia E da Silva, Eleneide Doff Sotta, Cintia R de Souza, Edson Vidal, Thales AP West, Bruno Hérault.
Published: December 20, 2016 / eLIFE
Check out the paper at http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21394     

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Production Company: In Motion Science http://www.inmotionscience.com / 2017

Carbon recovery dynamics following disturbance by selective logging in Amazonian forests

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