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Dani Davis

Longleaf Pine & Fire Ecology Wildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders: Recovery, Redundancy, and Fire

by Dani Davis April 21, 2022

by Dani Davis April 21, 2022

FWC and its partners work to protect the frosted flatwoods salamander, a fire dependent animal in serious decline.
Apalachicola River and Bay Florida's Coasts Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine
22 Years of Counting Plants: the St. George Island Census

by Dani Davis November 22, 2021

by Dani Davis November 22, 2021

FSU researchers use over twenty years of data to measure how St. George Island beach dune ecosystems respond to hurricanes.
Ecology in Florida Longleaf Pine & Fire Ecology Seagrasses and Sand Flats
New Ecology Blogger a Researcher, Artist, and Communicator

by Dani Davis October 25, 2021

by Dani Davis October 25, 2021

New WFSU Ecology Blogger Dani Davis explores north Florida ecosystems as a master’s student in ecology at Florida State University.

We’ve been busy working on the north Florida part of the NOVA | PBS #ClimateAcrossAmerica initiative. Our first story for that initiative has just dropped, on protecting Florida’s coasts from storm surge. We’ve been out in the field recently for a few other stories you won’t want to miss

Fire and Black Carbon in the Longleaf Forest

Prescribed fire helps maintain biodiversity in longleaf ecosystems, but it releases carbon into the atmosphere. Despite this, burning might help these systems store carbon in the long term. This is our second story for the #ClimateAcrossAmerica initiative.

Black and Yellow Rails: the most secretive birds in North America

Fire also helps maintain biodiversity in coastal salt marshes. We head to the coast with Tall Timbers Research Station in search of two seldom seen birds that rely on fire: black and yellow rails.

The Brown-Headed Nuthatch, a bird with a unique family structure

Back at Tall Timbers, we visit the nests of one of the cutest inhabitants of the longleaf forest, the brown-headed nuthatch. It’s one of a few birds where extended family help raise young.

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Dani Davis

Dani Davis

Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders: Recovery, Redundancy, and Fire

22 Years of Counting Plants: the St. George Island Census

New Ecology Blogger a Researcher, Artist, and Communicator