Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:47 PM
On behalf of Dr. F. Slik Iforward this announcement
Field Course in Tropical Biology and Conservation
This course is an introduction to tropical forests dynamics andconservation designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduatestudents.
Format: Course activities will be split between lecture and fieldexercises. Students will participate in on-going experiments toestablish long term monitoring efforts. Students will design independentprojects. The course concludes with a symposium, where students presentresults of course activities and compete for the AFEC best researchaward.
Where: The course convenes in Kunming (capital city of Yunnan Province,China) after which we move to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardennear the Lao – Burma borders. The field work will take place in Mengsongnear the Burma border, an area with a variety of rice fields, teaplantations, secondary forests and magnificent primary forest.
Topics: Tropical Ecology, Eco-Physiology, Taxonomy, EvolutionaryEcology, Plant and Animal Interactions, Biodiversity, ConservationBiology, Invasive Species and more!
Instructors: The various topics will be taught by professors fromseveral institutes including The Chinese Academy of Sciences, LeidenUniversity, Texas Tech University, Netherlands Center for Biodiversity,Kunming Institute of Zoology.
For more information and registration visit http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/
Ferry Slik
Professor
Ecological Evolution Group
中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun, Mengla,
Yunnan 666303, China
Tel. +86-15969470367
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