Ellis will conduct research related to land use land cover and mapping, land use planning, forest fragmentation, and climate variables related to forests. He also will assist in several ongoing agroforestry projects related to fruit production, ecosystem restoration and native trees in the Totonaca Region of Veracruz.

At CSTAF, Ellis developed and tested the Southeastern Agroforestry Decision Support System, a computer program to help extension agents and landowners determine the appropriate trees and shrubs for agroforestry use.

New Vistas in Agroforestry, is a compendium of recent agroforestry research published in conjuction with the 1st World Agroforestry Congress that was held in Orlando this summer. The book, edited by P.K. Nair, UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation, M.R. Rao, formerly with the World Agroforestry Centre, and L.E. Buck, Cornell University Department of Natural Resources, is a collection of scholarly articles written by international authorities in agroforestry and related fields.

For a preview of the chapters and authors, visit the website http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/wca/compend.pdf. A limited number of this publication is for sale at $20 to Association for Temperate Agroforestry members.

Valuing Agroforestry Systems: Methods and Applications provides agroforestry professionals with technical tools to analyze agroforestry policies and programs. The book is edited by J.R.R. Alavalapati, UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation, and E. Mercer, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Both books are published in a new book-series "Advances in Agroforestsry" by Springer Science (formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers) and are available through the AFTA Bookshop at http://www.aftaweb.org/bookshop1.php?page=3. Nair is series editor.