{"id":2,"date":"2012-09-04T13:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:28:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert D. Holt<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"size-full alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/files\/rdholt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/files\/rdholt2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Professor Robert D. Holt, Eminent Scholar and Ecology Chair\" class=\"wp-image-141\" style=\"width:249px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/files\/rdholt2.jpg 249w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/files\/rdholt2-200x169.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eminent Scholar\u00a0 and<\/strong><br>\n<strong> Arthur R. Marshall, Jr., Chair in Ecological Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Email:rdholt@ufl.edu<br>\nPhone: (352) 392-6917<br>\nFax: (352) 392-3704<br>\nOffice: 111 Bartram<br>\nWebpage: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/lab\/\">https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/lab\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Mailing address:<br>\nP.O. Box 118525<br>\nGainesville, FL 32611-8525<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.clas.ufl.edu\/uf-ecologist-robert-d-holt-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-sciences\/\">National Academy of Sciences Member 2022!<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Areas of Interest\/Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My core personal research focuses on theoretical and conceptual issues at the population and community levels of ecological organization, and on the task of linking ecology with evolutionary biology. In addition to basic research, I am interested in bringing modern ecological theory to bear on significant applied problems, particularly in conservation biology. I have also carried out large-scale experiments on habitat fragmentation. My students include both theoreticians and empirical, experimental ecologists. I have historically collaborated with many faculty at a wide range of institutions, both inside and outside the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Ph.D., Harvard University<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bob in the Himalayas<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"size-full aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/files\/Bob-in-the-Himalayas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/rdholt\/files\/Bob-in-the-Himalayas.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Professor Robert D. 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