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DAVID W. NELLIS

Common Coastal Birds of Florida & the Caribbean
Poisonous Plants and Animals
Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean

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David W. Nellis lived in the Virgin Islands for thirty years, where he was chief of the Bureau of Wildlife of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Currently a resident of Florida, Nellis received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. He has studied many of the plants and animals found in the tropical and subtropical ecosystems of Florida and the islands of the Caribbean. Dr. Nellis has done banding studies on adult and juvenile boobies, radio tracking and behavioral studies of bridled quail-doves, and research and monitoring of leatherback turtles. He also wrote the monograph on the Caribbean mongoose. He has walked the beaches and studied the strand plants of major tropical island groups in all the oceans and the tropical shores of all the continents. He enjoys propagating wild plants when not scuba diving or photographing natural subjects.