Dr. Frank W. Davis 



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Frank W. Davis is a Professor of Geography and directs the Biogeography Lab at
UCSB. He received his B.A. in Biology from Williams College in 1975 and his
Ph.D. from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at The
Johns Hopkins University in 1982. He joined the Department of Geography at
UCSB in 1983. Since 1983 his research has focused on the ecology of California
chaparral and oak woodlands, and on the use of digital satellite data and
geographic information systems for mapping vegetation, modeling species
distributions, Gap Analysis, and conservation planning. Presently he is Deputy
Director of the NSF National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, PI
of the California Gap Analysis Project, a Science Team member on the USDA
Forest Service Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, co-PI of an IBM Environmental
Research Program Project on Spatial Decision Support Systems for Conservation
Planning, and co-PI on remote sensing research projects for the EPA
Biodiversity Research Consortium and the California Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection. He is on the Board of Editors of Conservation Biology. He
recently served on the National Research Council's Committee on the Formation
of the National Biological Survey, and presently serves on the NRC Committee
to Evaluate the NBS BEST (Biological Monitoring of Environmental Status and
Trends) Program. 
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Department of Geography
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060

(805) 893-3438 -- phone
(805) 893-3146 -- fax
fd@geog.ucsb.edu