UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -- Resources and Links

Rasoul gives lecture at the Stunt Ranch

Panorama of the Stunt Ranch

students walking a trail at the Stunt Ranch

Educational/Research Resources

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden This garden maintains one of the most important living botanical collections in the United States,with plant specimens from all over the world.

Stunt Ranch - Santa Monica Mountains Reserves The Stunt Ranch Reserve offers an important resource for teaching, research, and public education in the midst of the heavily urbanized Los Angeles area.

Donald R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals The Donald R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals consists of over 50,000 skins and skeletons of birds and mammals from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and islands in the Pacific.

CARE - Center for Academic and Research Excellence CARE provides enrichment opportunities for those students who seek careers in scientific research and teaching.

UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensors (CENS) CENS, a NSF Science & Technology Center, is developing Embedded Networked Sensing Systems and applying this revolutionary technology to critical scientific and social applications.

Interdisciplinary Programs

Animal Behavior @ UCLA A gateway to interdisciplinary behavior research at UCLA.

Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life CSEOL is devoted to encouraging and carrying out scholarly activities relating to evolution.

Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment The goal of the Center for Tropical Research is to understand the biotic processes that underlie and maintain the diversity of life worldwide, especially of the tropics.

Environmental Science & Engineering Program provides practical education for tomorrow's environmental problem solvers.

UCLA Institute of the Environment The Institute of the Environment views the world as an ecosystem, holistically, solving air, water, and land problems with interdisplinary solutions.

Links

Marine Science Center The Marine Science Center was established to recognize and coordinate marine-related teaching and research in the separate academic departments on the UCLA campus.

The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium The aquarium offers school groups, families and visitors a unique view into the ocean world, and is home to dozens of species of animals and plants of the Santa Monica Bay.

Research @ UCLA Pushing the boundaries of "the known," UCLA researchers - faculty and students, both graduate and undergraduate - venture every day into uncharted worlds, from the molecular to the galactic.

Natural Reserve System The University of California maintains a large natural reserve system.