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Berry College Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation: BIO383 Tropical Biomedicine: BIO480 Costa Rica, Summer 2011
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HABITATS!
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PLANTS!
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Poor-man’s Umbrella Gunnera spp.
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Hot Lips Plant Hot Lips Plant Psychotria elata Hot Lips Plant Psychotria elata
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Tree Fern
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Hummingbird Pollinated Bromeliad Bromeliaceae
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Solanum wendlandii Solanaceae
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Epiphytic Orchid Orchidaceae
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Witheringia meianthes Solanaceae
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BUGS!
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Fulgorid Bug (Lantern Fly) Fulgoridae Fulgorid Bug Fulgoridae
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Ambylopigid Bug Ambylopigidae
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Clear-wing Butterfly Ithomidae
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Giant Katydid Tettigoniidae
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Aposematically-colored Grasshoppers Taenipoda spp.
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Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules
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Golden Beetle Coleoptera
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Giant Crab Spider Sparassidae
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Mexican Red-Legged Tarantula Brachypelma emilia
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MAMMALS!
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Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi
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Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata
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White-faced (Capuchin) Monkey Cebus albifrons
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Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffanii
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Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus
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Kinkajou Potos flavus
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HERPS!
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Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis calladryas
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Marine Toad Bufo marinus
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Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus
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Hyla pseudopuma
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Harlequin Frog Atelopus varius
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Harlequin Frog Atelopus chiriquiensis Harlequin Frog Atelopus chiriquiensis
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Golden Toad Bufo periglenes
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Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii
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Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii
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BIRDS!
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Black-headed Trogon Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus Trogon melanocephalus Slaty-tailed Trogon Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena Trogon massena
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Resplendent Quetzal Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Pharomachrus mocinno
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Fiery-billed Aracari Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii Pteroglossus frantzii
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Keel-billed Toucan Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus Ramphastos sulfuratus
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Scarlet Macaw Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Ara macao Great Green Macaw Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua Ara ambigua
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Broad-billed Mot-mot Broad-billed Mot-mot Electron platyrhynchum Turquoise-browed Mot-mot Turquoise-browed Mot-mot Eumomota superciliosa Eumomota superciliosa
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White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
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Golden-browed Chlorophonia Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys Chlorophonia callophrys
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Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
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Black-faced Solitaire Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops Myadestes melanops
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Silver-throated Tanager Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Tangara icterocephala
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STUDENTS!
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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
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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
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Tentative Course Details Students' payment schedule Due dateItemPer student 15-Dec-10Deposit $900* 15-Jan-11Fee/Tuition $400 15-Feb-11 Tuition $1500 9-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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For more information Dr. Martin Cipollini at mcipollini@berry.edu or Ext. 2149mcipollini@berry.edu Dr. Christopher Hall at chall@berry.edu or Ext. 2669chall@berry.edu Visit: http://facultyweb.berry.edu/mcipollini/bio480/index.html http://facultyweb.berry.edu/mcipollini/bio480/index.html
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