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1 Berry College Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation: BIO383 Tropical Biomedicine: BIO480 Costa Rica, Summer 2011

2 HABITATS!

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8 PLANTS!

9 Poor-man’s Umbrella Gunnera spp.

10 Hot Lips Plant Hot Lips Plant Psychotria elata Hot Lips Plant Psychotria elata

11 Tree Fern

12 Hummingbird Pollinated Bromeliad Bromeliaceae

13 Solanum wendlandii Solanaceae

14 Epiphytic Orchid Orchidaceae

15 Witheringia meianthes Solanaceae

16 BUGS!

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18 Fulgorid Bug (Lantern Fly) Fulgoridae Fulgorid Bug Fulgoridae

19 Ambylopigid Bug Ambylopigidae

20 Clear-wing Butterfly Ithomidae

21 Giant Katydid Tettigoniidae

22 Aposematically-colored Grasshoppers Taenipoda spp.

23 Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules

24 Golden Beetle Coleoptera

25 Giant Crab Spider Sparassidae

26 Mexican Red-Legged Tarantula Brachypelma emilia

27 MAMMALS!

28 Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi

29 Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata

30 White-faced (Capuchin) Monkey Cebus albifrons

31 Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffanii

32 Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus

33 Kinkajou Potos flavus

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36 HERPS!

37 Red-eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis calladryas

38 Marine Toad Bufo marinus

39 Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus

40 Hyla pseudopuma

41 Harlequin Frog Atelopus varius

42 Harlequin Frog Atelopus chiriquiensis Harlequin Frog Atelopus chiriquiensis

43 Golden Toad Bufo periglenes

44 Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii

45 Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii

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51 BIRDS!

52 Black-headed Trogon Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus Trogon melanocephalus Slaty-tailed Trogon Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena Trogon massena

53 Resplendent Quetzal Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Pharomachrus mocinno

54 Fiery-billed Aracari Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii Pteroglossus frantzii

55 Keel-billed Toucan Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus Ramphastos sulfuratus

56 Scarlet Macaw Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Ara macao Great Green Macaw Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua Ara ambigua

57 Broad-billed Mot-mot Broad-billed Mot-mot Electron platyrhynchum Turquoise-browed Mot-mot Turquoise-browed Mot-mot Eumomota superciliosa Eumomota superciliosa

58 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora

59 Golden-browed Chlorophonia Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys Chlorophonia callophrys

60 Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis

61 Black-faced Solitaire Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops Myadestes melanops

62 Silver-throated Tanager Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Tangara icterocephala

63 STUDENTS!

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73 Tentative Course Details 1 week of lectures at Berry (May 9 – May 14): Focus on conservation ecology and intro to tropical diseases 3 weeks in the field in Costa Rica (May 14 – June 4): Focus on biodiversity surveys and short-term research projects. Evaluation: –lecture exams –group project reports and papers –individual project reports and papers –field participation

74 Tentative Course Details Tentative Travel Schedule Travel scheduleLocationArriveDepart Arrive from U.S. May 14San Jose14-May16-May Travel to MonteverdeMonteverde16-May21-May Travel to La FortunaLa Fortuna21-May23-May Travel to Palo VerdePalo Verde23-May27-May Travel to La SelvaLa Selva27-May1-Jun Travel to CahuitaCahuita1-Jun3-Jun Travel to San JoseSan Jose3-Jun4-Jun Return to U.S. June 4

75 Tentative Course Details Students' payment schedule Due dateItemPer student 15-Dec-10Deposit $900* 15-Jan-11Fee/Tuition $400 15-Feb-11 Tuition $1500 9-Apr-11Tuition$1750 * Tentative until final budget approval and all reservations have been made. Students may use HOPE and International Programs Study Abroad Scholarship funds to help pay tuition and fees.

76 For more information Dr. Martin Cipollini at mcipollini@berry.edu or Ext. 2149mcipollini@berry.edu Dr. Christopher Hall at chall@berry.edu or Ext. 2669chall@berry.edu Visit: http://facultyweb.berry.edu/mcipollini/bio480/index.html http://facultyweb.berry.edu/mcipollini/bio480/index.html

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