Field Sites
We inventory and compare biodiversity
across temperate and tropical sites using standardized methods.
Our study focuses on old-growth and secondary forests
in the areas of North and Central America
that are shown on the adjacent map. Please click on the
red dots to get information on particular sites or see below
for a list of our trapping sites.
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Current Trapping
As of July, 1997, we are running 64 Malaise traps at the following sites:
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), North Carolina (8 traps)
and Tennessee (8 traps), USA
- Hitchiti Experimental Forest, Georgia, USA (14 traps)
- Area de Conservacion de Guanacaste, Costa Rica (6 traps)
- La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (8 traps)
- Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM), Panama (20 traps)
Previous Trapping
In previous years we ran traps at the following additional sites:
- Shaw Woods, Ontario, Canada (2 traps)
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA (2 traps)
- Sams Farm, Clarke County, Jones County, Georgia, USA (2 traps)
- Tall Timbers, Leon County, Florida, (2 traps)
- San Felasco Hammock, Alachua County, Florida, USA (2 traps)
- American Entomological Institute, Alachua County, Florida, USA (2 traps)
- Nusagandi Reserve, San Blas, Panama (2 traps)
Future Trapping
Between September, 1997, and January, 1998, we plan to start trapping at two new sites within
the Panama Canal Zone:
Fort Sherman,
a wet forest on the Atlantic side of the isthumus,
and Cocoli, a dry forest on the Pacific side. Within the next several years
we also hope to intensify trapping in Costa Rica and to add field sites in Brazil, Ecuador,
and Mexico.
Shaw Woods,
Ontario, Canada |
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland |
Sams Farm, Clarke County, Georgia |
Hitchiti Experimental Forest, Jones Count, Georgia |
Tall Timbers, Tallahassee, Florida |
San Felasco Hammock, Gainesville, Florida |
Costa Rica |
Panama |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
North Carolina & Tennessee |