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Field Course Announcement**************************************************
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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Advanced Field Course in Ecology and Conservation
July 9- August 7, 2009
Yunnan, China
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/This program is an intensive 4-week course in field research methods,
research design, sampling and analysis designed for graduate students &
advanced undergraduates in Ecology and Conservation.
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Format:* The Advanced Field Ecology and Conservation-Xishuangbanna
(AFEC-X) Summer Course activities will be split between lecture and
field exercises. Students will participate in established long term
monitoring experiments and further gain experience in independent
project design. With guidance, students will design and present
research proposals and further conduct field based data collection. The
course concludes with a symposium, where students present results of
course activities amongst their peers and instructors.
*Where: *The course convenes in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan
Province. The course will take place at the Xishuangbanna Tropical
Botanical Gardens in Menglun, southern Yunnan and all field activities
will occur in the vicinity.
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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, Texas Tech University, Peking University, and the
Smithsonian Institute.
For more information: visit www.afec.ecologicalevolution.org Or
contact
Kari Malen at [email protected] or Chuck Cannon [email protected]
