Hello everybody, PrimatesPeru, a nonprofit conservation education organisation that works in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon rainforest, announces a short course on tropical biology. I've listed the details below:
Course Dates: December 27, 2013-January 10, 2014 Course details: http://primatesperu.org/get-experience/courses-and-workshops/tropical- primatology/ Course application: http://primatesperu.org/get-experience/courses-and-workshops/tropical- primatology/course-application-form/ Application Deadline: November 20, 2013 Course Objectives: This course will provide an introduction to tropical field biology, with a particular focus on imparting practical knowledge on working in rainforest. The main objectives of the course are to teach participants to: -Get accustomed to the look, feel and sound of the rainforest, and work in it with minimal impact on the forest -Work on and off the trail system, by learning orientation skills and navigation using GPS and a compass -Recognize and appreciate a wide range of flora and fauna, and gain an understanding of the ecology and interconnectedness of these species within this ecosystem -Monitor the biodiversity of a variety of plant and animal groups through the use of camera traps, line transects, and invertebrate cataloguing -Track identified animals or animal groups via radio telemetry and vocalisations, using our radio- collared tamarin population as a reference -Observe and record animal behavior, from that of eusocial insects to larger primates -Non-invasively collect biological samples and conduct basic processing in the forest laboratory for a variety of uses endocrinology, parasitology, and genetics More information on PrimatesPeru is located at http://primatesperu.org. Please do pass on this information to anyone that might be interested. To receive further announcements from PrimatesPeru directly, please subscribe here: http://primatesperu.org/sign-up- for-announcements/ Sincerely, Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa Research Scientist, Department of Biological Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO-63108 President and Director, PrimatesPeru http://primatesperu.org
