Hello from the Costa Rican Srivastava lab outpost! Just a few poctures to show the poor left-behind people that we are actually working hard here at Pitilla Biological Station. Working hard and staring at giant caterpillars. But that’s work too. Maybe. Never sure here, because everything is just so much fun!! Unfortunately, the weather is nice every day. That might sound odd, but what we really really need is a few days of Vancouverian downpour…. to fill up our dry bromeliads. How are the damselflies and chironomids supposed to lay eggs and multiply to the numbers we need for the experiment if there is no water whatsoever??? Oh well, at least these are good laundry days 😉
Community Ecology in Mesocosms