Berry College Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation: BIO383 Tropical Biomedicine: BIO480 Costa Rica, Summer 2011.

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Berry College Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation: BIO383 Tropical Biomedicine: BIO480 Costa Rica, Summer 2011

HABITATS!

PLANTS!

Poor-man’s Umbrella Gunnera spp.

Hot Lips Plant Hot Lips Plant Psychotria elata Hot Lips Plant Psychotria elata

Tree Fern

Hummingbird Pollinated Bromeliad Bromeliaceae

Solanum wendlandii Solanaceae

Epiphytic Orchid Orchidaceae

Witheringia meianthes Solanaceae

BUGS!

Fulgorid Bug (Lantern Fly) Fulgoridae Fulgorid Bug Fulgoridae

Ambylopigid Bug Ambylopigidae

Clear-wing Butterfly Ithomidae

Giant Katydid Tettigoniidae

Aposematically-colored Grasshoppers Taenipoda spp.

Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules

Golden Beetle Coleoptera

Giant Crab Spider Sparassidae

Mexican Red-Legged Tarantula Brachypelma emilia

MAMMALS!

Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi

Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata

White-faced (Capuchin) Monkey Cebus albifrons

Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffanii

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus

Kinkajou Potos flavus

HERPS!

Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis calladryas

Marine Toad Bufo marinus

Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus

Hyla pseudopuma

Harlequin Frog Atelopus varius

Harlequin Frog Atelopus chiriquiensis Harlequin Frog Atelopus chiriquiensis

Golden Toad Bufo periglenes

Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii

Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii

BIRDS!

Black-headed Trogon Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus Trogon melanocephalus Slaty-tailed Trogon Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena Trogon massena

Resplendent Quetzal Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Pharomachrus mocinno

Fiery-billed Aracari Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii Pteroglossus frantzii

Keel-billed Toucan Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus Ramphastos sulfuratus

Scarlet Macaw Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Ara macao Great Green Macaw Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua Ara ambigua

Broad-billed Mot-mot Broad-billed Mot-mot Electron platyrhynchum Turquoise-browed Mot-mot Turquoise-browed Mot-mot Eumomota superciliosa Eumomota superciliosa

White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora

Golden-browed Chlorophonia Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys Chlorophonia callophrys

Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis

Black-faced Solitaire Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops Myadestes melanops

Silver-throated Tanager Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Tangara icterocephala

STUDENTS!

Tentative Course Details 1 week of lectures at Berry (May 9 – May 14): Focus on conservation ecology and intro to tropical diseases 3 weeks in the field in Costa Rica (May 14 – June 4): Focus on biodiversity surveys and short-term research projects. Evaluation: –lecture exams –group project reports and papers –individual project reports and papers –field participation

Tentative Course Details Tentative Travel Schedule Travel scheduleLocationArriveDepart Arrive from U.S. May 14San Jose14-May16-May Travel to MonteverdeMonteverde16-May21-May Travel to La FortunaLa Fortuna21-May23-May Travel to Palo VerdePalo Verde23-May27-May Travel to La SelvaLa Selva27-May1-Jun Travel to CahuitaCahuita1-Jun3-Jun Travel to San JoseSan Jose3-Jun4-Jun Return to U.S. June 4

Tentative Course Details Students' payment schedule Due dateItemPer student 15-Dec-10Deposit $900* 15-Jan-11Fee/Tuition $ Feb-11 Tuition $ Apr-11Tuition$1750 * Tentative until final budget approval and all reservations have been made. Students may use HOPE and International Programs Study Abroad Scholarship funds to help pay tuition and fees.

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