[ECOLOG-L] Wildlife Handling Research Assistantship: Primates, Bats, Birds, and Small Terrestrial Mammals

Overview: This training program targets students with interest in wildlife handling, zoology, or veterinary science. Students will participate in annual capture and release programs focused on nonhuman primates, bats, birds, and small to medium size terrestrial mammals (rodents, marsupials,

[ECOLOG-L] Research Assistantship in Primate Behavior and Spatial Ecology

Overview: Tamarins are notoriously difficult to track and identify in the wild, because of their diminutive size and morphological homogeneity. In this program, we monitor a population of ~14 tamarin groups, individually identifiable and radio-collared, to study their space use and means of

[ECOLOG-L] Mona Island Amphibian Survey Expedition

PROGRAM OVERVIEW: Situated in the heart of the Caribbean, equidistant from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Mona Island is often called the Galapagos of the Caribbean. Once just a destination for pirates and privateers, Mona is protected by the Department of Natural and Environmental

[ECOLOG-L] Genomics in the Jungle: Peru

COURSE OVERVIEW This course will take you to the Peruvian Amazon, where you will learn how field research is conducted, assist in sample collection, and then actually extract, amplify, sequence, and interpret genetic data to answer several practical research questions about wildlife ecology