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• WILDCOAST

WILDCOAST is an international conservation team, dedicated to the preservation of endangered species and threatened coastal wildlands of the Californias. Through community-based conservation, they are working to eliminate threats to ecosystems, and to develop reserves to protect them into the future. Drylands Institution staff collaborates with their strong sea turtle conservation and research program.

 

• University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ)

The University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ) houses one of the most important collections of herbarium specimens of the Sonoran Desert region and, of course, the state of Arizona. A set of nearly all of Richard Felger's plant specimens are at ARIZ. The ARIZ website offer a wealth of the local and international botanical information and convenient botanical website links.

• Herbarium of the San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)

The herbarium of the San Diego Natural History Museum (SD) contain an important regional collection, including a substantial number of plant specimens collected by Richard Felger, some of which are not deposited elsewhere.

• Herbarium of the University of Sonora (USON)

The young and growing Herbarium of the University of Sonora (USON) is fully computerized and houses ever-increasing and important collections from Sonora, Mexico, and adjacent regions. Drylands staff is closely collaborating with USON.

• Agavaceae Web Data Base

Plant data base focused on the Agavaceae plant family (century plants) with full synonymy, type descriptions and an amazing collection of habitat pictures created by two Drylands Institute Research Associates.

• Crassulaceae Web Data Base

Plant data base focused on the Crassulaceae plant family (stonecrops) with full synonymy, type descriptions and an amazing collection of habitat pictures created by two Drylands Institute Research Associates.

 

• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press

Publisher of books by Drylands Institute staff

• Oxford University Press

Publisher of books by Drylands Institute staff

• University of Arizona Press

Publisher of books and articles by Drylands Institute staff

 

• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Drylands Institute researchers have continuing collaborative projects with members of the scientific staff of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

   

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