Costa Rica research:
I conducted some experiments in bromeliad
systems in Costa Rica to look at the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship,
as well as the role of competitive (indirect) interactions in energy flow
in a food web. All work was done at Estacion Biologica Pitilla in Guanacaste.
Thanks to Ross Conner for supplying some of the photos below.
Trapped butterfly.
Central American Bullfrog, about the size of your head.
Howler Monkey
Red-capped Manakin that flew into the
station
I suck at riding.
Feeding time for
insect larvae.
Big-headed lizard of some
sort- perhaps a casqued-headed lizard?
About to be bitten by a large wasp at one of my treatment bromeliads.
Climbing toad, climbing.
Check your towel before showering. Tarantula, fist-size.
One of my favourites- the missing link
onychophoran.
Typical morning weather.
Typical bedroom resident.
Big yummy moth larvae.
Stream in the jungle,
on a dry day.
Josue and I defend
our research. We'd been at the station a long time.
Beachcombing booty,
Playa Naranjo
Take your chances
in the outhouse.
...and remember that the toilet is habitat for rain frogs.
Fighting with capuchins
for my lunch.
They won.
Modeling 3 species of mould fruiting
on my leatherman.
Everybody at once. Students, field assistants, rangers, kids, wives, parataxonomists...
(L to R, top row- Aimee, Jackie, Ben, Kate, Brian, Ross, Esteban, Fatima; L to R, bottom row- Cali, Petrona, Manuel, Josue).
