November 2011 Feature Article
Connecting the Wintering and Breeding Sites of Migratory Songbirds Using New Isotopic and Genetic Methods (html)
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by Kristen Ruegg, Ph.D., Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
November 2011 Field Report - Ecuador
The Ecological and Genetic Role of Seed Dispersal for a Tropical Tree in Ecuador (html)
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by Stephanie Steele, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
May 2011 Feature Article
How the Zebra Changed its Stripes: Evolution of Stripe Variation in the Plains Zebra (html)
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by Brenda Larison, Ph.D., Researcher, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
May 2011 Field Report - Congo Basin
Using Remote Sensing to Map the Principal Carrier of Monkeypox Virus in the Congo Basin (html)
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by Trevon Fuller, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
November 2010 Feature Article
Flattening of the Rainforest-Savanna Gradient Reduces Adaptive Diversity in a Rainforest Bird in West Africa (html)
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by Adam Freedman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
November 2010 Field Report - Belize
Identifying Stomach Parasitemia in Three New World Crocodilians (html)
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by Christina Marisa Tellez, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
May 2010 Feature Article
Forest Dynamics Plots Established in Hawai‘i to Track Tree Regeneration Patterns and Climate Change Responses (html)
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by Lawren Sack, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA, and collaborators
May 2010 Field Report - Mexico
Bat Pollinators and Pollen Movement in a Tropical Dry Forest Tree (html)
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by Pamela Thompson, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
November 2009 Feature Article
Evolution and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity in the Coral Triangle Hotspot (html)
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by Paul Barber, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
November 2009 Field Report - Mexico
Conservation of the Endangered Central American Tapir, an Ancient Neotropical Megaherbivore (html)
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by Eduardo Mendoza Ramírez, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA and Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
April 2009 Feature Article
High-altitude Adaptation in Rufous-collared Sparrows (html)
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by Zachary Cheviron, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Tropical Research, Institude of the Environment, UCLA
April 2009 Field Reports - Brazil and Colombia
Exploring the Mechanisms of Diversification in the Amazon Raiforest (html)
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by Hilton Oyamaguchi, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institude of the Environment, UCLA
Studying Mechanisms of Population Differentiation in Andean Birds (html)
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by Raul Sedano, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institude of the Environment, UCLA
October 2008 Feature Article
Ecological Factors Influencing the Distribution and Transmission of West Nile Virus in Orange County, California (html)
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by Ryan Harrigan , Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
October 2008 Field Report - Panama
Natural Selection and Social Behavior in Panamanian Sweat Bees (html)
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by Karen Kapheim, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
April 2008 Feature Article
Integrating Wildlife Conservation into the Management of Cameroon's Cacao Agricultural Landscape (html)
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by Thomas Dietsch, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
April 2008 Field Report - Indonesia
Restoration of Lowland Tropical Rainforests in Kalimantan, Indonesia (html)
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by Akane Nishimura, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
January 2008 Feature Article
Mpala Research Centre: A Unique Resource for Field Research in East Africa (html)
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by Maraget Kinnaird, Ph.D., Director, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya
January 2008 Field Report - Borneo
Accousit Communication Systems of "Ultrasonic" Frogs (html)
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by Victoria Arch, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
October 2007 Feature Article
Alternative Mating Tactics in a Tropical Damselfly (html)
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by Brenda Larison, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
October 2007 Field Report - Brazil
Preserving Biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and its Araucaria Moist Forest Ecoregion (html)
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by Ana Paula Giorgi, Graduate Student, Department of Geography and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
June 2007 Feature Article
Conserving Evolutionary Process in the Sky Islands of Northern Mexico (html)
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by John McCormack, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
June 2007 Field Report - Peru
Host-parasite Coevolution in Neotropical Ants (html)
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by Shauna Price, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
April 2007 Feature Article
Finding Endangered Tropical Dry Forest in the Pacific: A Case Study from Fiji
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by Dr. Thomas W. Gillespie, Associate Professor of Geography, UCLA
October 2006 Feature Articles
Bird Flu Research at the Center for Tropical Research
by Dr. John Pollinger, CTR Associate Director
Avian Influenza Virus - An Overview
Avian Flu Surveillance Sampling of Migratory Passerines in North America during the Spring/Summer of 2006
Evaluating Transmission Pathways of Avian Influenza (H5N1) by Domestic and Wild Birds in Central Africa
Effects of Avian Migration and Human-induced Change on the Distribution and Transmission Risks of Avian Influenza
July 2006 Feature Article
What drives song variation in tropical birds? A study across habitats and populations in Cameroon and Uganda
by Alex Kirschel, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
July 2006 Field Report
Field training in the Tanzanian rainforest
by Jennifer Sun, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
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