Hi Geoff, Have you heard of Atrium, a searchable plant database dev
Hi Geoff, Have you heard of Atrium, a searchable plant database developed by BRIT (Botanical Research Institute of Texas)? This is part of the Andes to Amazon Research Program based in Los Amigos. Co-director of the program and herbarium director is Amanda Neill, Phone: 817.332.4441, ext. 217Fax: .817.332.4112 E-mail: [email protected] I'll bet she can help point you in the right direction. Here is the link to Atrium: http://atrium.andesamazon.org. And you can read a bit about the AABP program, here: http://www.andesamazon.org/about_aabp/default.aspx.html Best of luck! nancy allison LinkedIn:de.linkedin.com member SEJ, NASW munich, germany ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoffrey Gallice <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 18:13 Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Ithomiine butterflies/Solanaceae at Los Amigos, Peru Hi Ecologgers, I'm currently planning a year-long study of ithomiine (clearwing) butterfly abundance and niche- breadth in southern Peru, to begin this September. Los Amigos Biological Station (12°34'2.14"S 70° 5'56.15"W) in the southern Peruvian Amazon is one place I'm considering, but before I commit to a year there I need to be reasonably confident that I'll find ithomiines and their food plants (almost exclusively Solanaceae). Does anyone have experience working at Los Amigos, who can also comment on the abundance of these butterflies and importantly also plants in the Solanaceae? Know someone who does? Any information will be very helpful! Cheers, Geoff --- Geoffrey R. Gallice NSF Graduate Fellow Dept. of Entomology and Nematology McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity University of Florida Email: [email protected] Website: https://sites.google.com/site/neotropicalbutterflies/
