[Taxacom] Field Course in Tropical Biology and Conservation

[Veldkamp, J.F. (Jan Frits)]

On behalf of Dr. F. Slik I forward this announcement

Field Course in Tropical Biology and Conservation

 

This course is an introduction to tropical forests dynamics and conservation designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.

 

Format: Course activities will be split between lecture and field exercises. Students will participate in on-going experiments to establish long term monitoring efforts. Students will design independent projects. The course concludes with a symposium, where students present results of course activities and compete for the AFEC best research award.

 

Where:  The course convenes in Kunming (capital city of Yunnan Province, China) after which we move to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden near the Lao – Burma borders. The field work will take place in Mengsong near the Burma border, an area with a variety of rice fields, tea plantations, secondary forests and magnificent primary forest.

 

Topics: Tropical Ecology, Eco-Physiology, Taxonomy, Evolutionary Ecology, Plant and Animal Interactions, Biodiversity,  Conservation Biology, Invasive Species and more!

 

Instructors: The various topics will be taught by professors from several institutes including The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Leiden University, Texas Tech University, Netherlands Center for Biodiversity, Kunming Institute of Zoology.

 

For more information and registration visit http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/



Ferry Slik
Professor
Ecological Evolution Group
中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun, Mengla,
Yunnan 666303, China
Tel. +86-15969470367