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Grant to Support 2011 Peru Expedition
Graduate student Peter Hosner and collection manager Mark Robbins received notification this week that they have been awarded a National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant to continue Ornithology's work in the Andes of central Peru. The grant will fund a field expedition to survey and elevational transect through high elevation grasslands, elfin forests, cloud forests, and rainforests in the vicinity of Rumichaca, Ayacucho. Ayacucho is biologically one of the most poorly known departments in Peru. The Andes hold tremendous avian diversity, including birds with exotic names such as Mountain-Toucans, Flower-piercers, Thistle-tails, and Sun-angels. Steep forests of the Andes are often dark, wet, and cloaked with clouds.
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administration
Andrew Short
antarctica2014
Caroline Chaboo
Chris Beard
entomology
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grant
Herpetology
herps
ichthyology
identification
informatics
invert-paleo
Leonard Krishtalka
Leo Smith
museum
Natural History Museum
ornithology
paleobotany
Paul Selden
Philippines
Philippines 2009
Philippines 2010
Philippines 2012
Rafe Brown
research
ssar2015
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Grant to Support 2011 Peru Expedition
The Andes are especially rich in frugivorous birds, like this Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)
Forest in the Rumichaca Region, Ayacucho
Graduate student Peter Hosner and collection manager Mark Robbins received notification this week that they have been awarded a National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant to continue Ornithology's work in the Andes of central Peru. The grant will fund a field expedition to survey and elevational transect through high elevation grasslands, elfin forests, cloud forests, and rainforests in the vicinity of Rumichaca, Ayacucho. Ayacucho is biologically one of the most poorly known departments in Peru. The Andes hold tremendous avian diversity, including birds with exotic names such as Mountain-Toucans, Flower-piercer, Thistle-tails, and Sun-angels. Steep forests of the Andes are often dark, wet, and cloaked with clouds.
Tag Cloud:
A. Townsend Peterson
administration
Andrew Short
antarctica2014
Caroline Chaboo
Chris Beard
entomology
fossil
grant
Herpetology
herps
ichthyology
identification
informatics
invert-paleo
Leonard Krishtalka
Leo Smith
museum
Natural History Museum
ornithology
paleobotany
Paul Selden
Philippines
Philippines 2009
Philippines 2010
Philippines 2012
Rafe Brown
research
ssar2015
vertebrate-paleontology