Caterpillars
and Parasitoids of the Eastern
Andes
Principal Investigators:
Harold Greeney (Yanayacu)
Tom Walla (Mesa State
College)
Lee Dyer (Tulane
University)
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This project is one of the longest on-going
projects atYanayacu. The goal of the research is to
collect and raise caterpillars in order to find out
what they eat, what species of adult butterfly they
become, and what parasites attack them. On the left
is a picture of the catepillar rearing shed.
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Breeding
birds of Yanayacu
Principal
Investigators:
Paul Martin (Queens
University)
Mitch Lysinger (San
Isidro)
Rob Dobbs (Queens
University)
Harold Greeney
(Yanayacu)
Rudy Gelis
(Yanayacu)
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This project is
ongoing and dedicated to the understanding of all
asects of breeding biology and natural history of
birds. What do these birds do for a living??? That
is exactly the question these researchers are
attempting to answer! This is part of a larger
study, being carried out by these resarchers, and
others, trying to document the Natural History of
Ecuador's Mainland Avifauna.
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Proyecto
Ecuatoriano del Monitoreo y Investigacion de
Anfibios
Principal Investigator:
Chris Funk (University of
Montana)
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Chris's project is active throughout
Ecuador. Yanayacu is one of several sites being
used to monitor populations of frogs and toads.
Several new species of frogs have already been
discovered! This project is currently looking for
funding to continue its work.
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Biogeography
and Thermal
Tolerance:
understanding
distributions of dung beetles in tropical and
temperate regions.
Principle
Investigator:
Kimberly Sheldon (Univ. of
Washington)
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Kimberly is
investigating the effects of temperature
variability on the distribution of tropical and
temperate dung beetles.
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