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Tupper seminar Tuesday, August 24 at 4pm, Tupper seminar speaker will be Scott Wing, research scientist and curator, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution Terrestrial ecosystems during the Paleocene- Eocene thermal maximum: disruption associated with a major perturbation of the carbon cycle and climate BDG Tuesday, August 24 at 2pm, the Behavior Discussion Group will meet with Ben Hirsch, Large Meeting Room Familiarity breeds progeny: sociality increases reproductive success in adult male ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua ) Paleo-Talk Wednesday, August 25 at 4pm, Paleo-talk speaker will be Oris Rodriguez Reyes, STRI Working with fossil leaves and woods: Examples from the Northeast of Mexico and several formations in central Panama Safety number: 212-8211 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá STRI news www.stri.org August 20, 2010 Launching native tree series with 600 kids at Summit! http://www.stri.org/espanol/arboles_panama/index.php STRI, Biomuseo and Aprendo launched a collectable series on "Arboles nativos de Panamá y del Neotrópico [Neotropical and Panamanian native trees] on Wednesday, August 18 at the Summit Municipal Park, with 600 students from eight public and private schools. The project began in March this year when 100 schools in the country received a school kit including a special guide on how to grow native trees, a total of 100,000 seeds, seedlings and posters for each class. The guide, designed for students, teachers and the general public, was awarded by EuropeAid Innovation 2010, in the written media category. On Wednesday, August 18, members of STRI´s Office of Public Information, teachers and representatives from Biomuseo and Aprendo participated in a “tree hunt.” Groups of children ages 8-10 went looking for clues left next to native species, to complete the exercise around a circuit in Summit. The groups finishing first were awarded prizes, while their teachers received a day-trip to BCI. The issues will appear in the Sunday Edition of La Prensa newspaper for five weeks, starting on August 22. The series will present information provided by STRI´s Project of Reforestation with Native Species (PRORENA) with the support of the HSBC Climate Partnership. Twelve native trees will be presented: the Panama tree (Sterculia apetala), guayacan (Tabebuia guayacan), roble (Tabebuia rosea), cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa), cedro espino (Pachyra quitana), espavé (Anacardium excelsum) amarillo (Terminalia amazonia), balso (Ochroma pyramidale), guácimo colorado (Luehea seemannii), palo bobo (Erythrina fusca), balo (Gliricidia sepium) and guabita cansaboca (Inga punctata). "At STRI, we are celebrating 100 years of friendship between the Smithsonian and Panama based on the scientific curiosity for knowledge of the
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Tupper seminarTuesday, August 24 at 4pm,Tupper seminar speaker willbe Scott Wing, researchscientist and curator,Department of Paleobiology,Smithsonian InstitutionTerrestrial ecosystemsduring the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum:disruption associated with amajor perturbation of thecarbon cycle and climate
BDGTuesday, August 24 at 2pm,the Behavior DiscussionGroup will meet with BenHirsch, Large Meeting RoomFamiliarity breeds progeny:sociality increasesreproductive success inadult male ring-tailed coatis(Nasu a n as u a)
Paleo-TalkWednesday, August 25 at 4pm,Paleo-talk speaker will be OrisRodriguez Reyes, STRIWorking with fossil leavesand woods: Examples fromthe Northeast of Mexicoand several formations incentral Panama
Safety number:212-8211
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá STRI news www.stri.org August 20, 2010
Launchingnative treeseries with600 kids atSummit!
http://www.stri.org/espanol/arboles_panama/index.php
STRI, Biomuseo and Aprendolaunched a collectable series on"Arboles nativos de Panamá ydel Neotrópico [Neotropicaland Panamanian native trees]on Wednesday, August 18 atthe Summit Municipal Park,with 600 students from eightpublic and private schools. Theproject began in March thisyear when 100 schools in thecountry received a school kitincluding a special guide onhow to grow native trees, atotal of 100,000 seeds,seedlings and posters for eachclass. The guide, designed forstudents, teachers and thegeneral public, was awarded byEuropeAid Innovation 2010,in the written media category.
On Wednesday, August 18,members of STRI´s Office ofPublic Information, teachersand representatives fromBiomuseo and Aprendoparticipated in a “tree hunt.”Groups of children ages 8-10went looking for clues left nextto native species, to completethe exercise around a circuit inSummit. The groups finishingfirst were awarded prizes, whiletheir teachers received a day-tripto BCI. The issues will appear in theSunday Edition of La Prensanewspaper for five weeks,starting on August 22. Theseries will present informationprovided by STRI´s Project ofReforestation with Native
Species (PRORENA) with thesupport of the HSBC ClimatePartnership. Twelve native treeswill be presented: the Panamatree (Sterculia apetala), guayacan(Tabebuia guayacan), roble(Tabebuia rosea), cocobolo(Dalbergia retusa), cedro espino(Pachyra quitana), espavé(Anacardium excelsum) amarillo(Terminalia amazonia), balso(Ochroma pyramidale), guácimocolorado (Luehea seemannii), palobobo (Erythrina fusca), balo(Gliricidia sepium) and guabitacansaboca (Inga punctata). "At STRI, we are celebrating100 years of friendship betweenthe Smithsonian and Panamabased on the scientific curiosityfor knowledge of the
Isthmus´flora and fauna"commented Monica Alvarado,director of STRI´s Office ofPublic Information. "We areproud to continuestrengthening this friendshipwith projects that promotescientific curiosity andknowledge on Panama´sbiodiversity."
STRI, el Biomuseo y Aprendolanzaron una serie defascículos de la colección“Arboles nativos de Panamá yel Neotrópico, el miércoles 18de agosto en el ParqueMunicipal Summit, con 600estudiantes de ocho escuelaspúblicas y privadas. El proyec-to dio inicio en marzo de 2010,cuando 100 escuelas en el paísrecibieron un kit escolar queincluye una guía especial sobreel cultivo de árboles nativos,100,000 semillas en total, yplantones y afiches para cadaclase. La guía, diseñada para
estudiantes, maestros y elpúblico en general recibió unpremio para la Innovación deEuropeAid 2010, en la categoríade prensa escrita.
El miércoles 18 de agosto,miembros de la Oficina deDivulgación de STRI, maestrosy representantes del Biomuseo yAprendo, participaron en una“cacería de árboles”. Grupos deniños de 8 a 10 años salieron abuscar las claves en o cerca deespecies nativas, para completarel ejercicio en un circuito delParque Summit. Los grupos queterminaron primero recibieronpremios, mientras que susmaestros recibirán un viaje deun día a Barro Colorado.
Los fascículos aparecerán en laedición dominical del periódicoLa Prensa durante cincosemanas, a partir del 22 deagosto. La serie presentaráinformación del Proyecto de
Reforestación con EspeciesNativas de STRI (PRORENA)generada con apoyo del HSBCClimate Partnership. Se daráinformación sobre doceespecies nativas de los árbolesPanamá, guayacán, roble,cocobolo, cedro espino, espavé,amarillo, balso, guácimocolorado, palo bobo, balo yguabita cansaboca.
“En STRI estamos celebrando100 años de amistad entre elSmithsonian y Panamá, basadaen la curiosidad científica porconocimientos sobre la flora yfauna del Istmo” comentóMónica Alvarado, directora dela Oficina de Divulgación yMedios de Comunicación de STRI. “Nos sentimosorgullosos de continuarfortaleciendo esta amistad conproyectos que promuevan lacuriosidad científica y elconocimiento sobre labiodiversidad de Panamá.
Bookpresented atCulebraEl sol, la tierra y tú [The sun, theEarth and You] by GiocondaGaudeano was presented atPunta Culebra Nature Centeron Sunday, August 15.
The author is a dermatologistwho is trying to furtherawareness on the danger ofultraviolet radiation effects onhuman skin, due to theincrease of greenhouse gases.
As part of the bookpresentation, STRI organized aworkshop for children and a"solarmáforo" [a device tomeasure sunburn] wasintroduced. The device wasdesigned at the PhysicsDepartment of the Universityof Panama with lights showingthe incidence of ultravioletradiation.
Money raised from this bookwill be donated toFundacáncer, a Panamanian
foundation promoting studiesand treatment to fight cancer.
El sol, la tierra y tú, por GiocondaGaudeano se presentó en elCentro Natural de PuntaCulebra de STRI, el domingo 15de agosto.
La autora es una dermatólogaque busca aumentar laconciencia sobre el peligro de laradiación ultravioleta debido alalumento en los gases deinvernadero.
Como parte de la presentacióndel libro, STRI organizó un
taller para niños, y se presentóun “solarmáforo” uninstrumento para medir lasquemaduras del sol. Elinstrumento fue diseñado en elDepartamento de Física de laUniversidad de Panamá conluces indican la incidencia de laradiación ultravioleta.
El dinero que se recoja con estapublicación será donando aFundacáncer, una fundaciónpanameña que se dedica apromover estudios ytratamientos para combatir elcáncer.
ArrivalsMichael Carrancho, associatedirector of Engineering andTechnical Services at SI isvisiting and working withcolleagues at STRI´s Office ofFacilities Engineering andOperations, on several keyprojects in Panama.
Craig and Nydia AuchterCarmen Salsbury and LynseyShar, Butler University, toparticipate as instructors in theButtler University Field Courseon the Natural World: a surveyof biology, in Gamboa.
Allison Gardner, AmyWaymire, Janelle Jordan, AnneBowersox, Brittany Valdes,Ana Baracaldo, Edward Steinand Christen Schwarz, ButlerUniversity, to participate in theButler University Field Courseon the natural World: a surveyof biology, in Gamboa
Shirley Lim and Adeline Yong,Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, to study mouthpartadaptations and gastric millcharacteristics of commonocypodid crabs in the Rodmanregion, at Naos IslandLaboratory.
Geoffrey Morse, University ofSan Diego, to study thediversity of armored scaleinsects in Neotropicalrainforest canopies.
Kazuhiro Masunaga, LakeBiwa Museum, to study thespeciation and origin ofmarine-shore dolichopodidflies.
Nalini Puniamoorthy,University of Zurich, toconduct a comparative studyon the populationdifferentiation of reproductivebehavior and sexualdimorphisms in theNeotropical sepsid flyArchisepsis diversiformis (Diptera:Sepsidae), on BCI.
DeparturesRachel Page to Prague, CzechRepublic, to participate in the15 International Batth
Research Conference.
Eldredge Bermingham toNew York City andWashington DC, on officialbusiness. He will participatein meetings on theSmithsonian InstitutionGlobal Earth Observatories(SIGEO) and STRI-WoodsHole OceanographicInstitute´s cooperation andresearch in Bahia Honda andBocas del Toro regions.
New publicationsDouglas, John K., andWcislo, William T. 2010. "Aninexpensive and portablemicrovolumeter for rapidevaluation of biologicalsamples." BioTechnics 49(2):566-572.
Dumbauld, Brett, Chapman,John, Torchin, Mark, andKuris, Armand. 2010. "Is thecollapse of mud shrimp(Upogebia pugettensis)populations Along the PacificCoast of North AmericaCaused by Outbreaks of aPreviously Unknown BopyridIsopod Parasite (Orthionegriffenis)?" Estuaries andCoasts Online.
Hartbauer, Manfred,Radspieler, Gerald, andRomer, Heiner. 2010."Reliable detection ofpredator cues in afferentspike trains of a katydidunder high background noiselevels." Journal of ExperimentalBiology 213(17): 3036-3046.
HSBC reforestation:great success! Roberto, Kelly & Adelvis
As part of the HSBC ClimatePartnership, the Smithsonian andHSBC Panama have teamedtogether for a second reforestationin one year. On Saturday August 14,Kelly Walsh, from STRI´s PublicInformation Office and ClimateChampions Adelvis Ortiz andRoberto Delgado, led a lively teamof 30 HSBC volunteers to a plot inParque Soberanía, near the PanamaCanal Watershed experiment.
HSBC and the Smithsonian deviseda plan to divide the tasks ofopening the holes, adding organicfertilizer and planting the seedling,into small groups. This organizationwas practical, as there was constantmovement, allowing HSBC to plant300 seedlings in three hours.
After hearing a trivial complaint inmidst of planting seedlings,someone turned around and said,"The reason we are here plantingtrees is so that you understand howeasy it is to cut trees down and howhard it is for just one to growback."
At the Smithsonian in Panama, westudy the past, present and futureof tropical biodiversity The currentclimate change phenomena, aworldwide issue, is among our toppriorities. Our association with theHSBC Climate Partnership gives usthe opportunity to put this researchinto action, helping to re-establishthe forest cover responsible for theenvironmental services needed forthe operation of one of the world´smost important economicwaterways.
Information: Kelly Walsh
Como parte de HSBC ClimatePartnership, el Smithsonian yHSBC Panamá se unieron porsegunda vez este año parareforestar. El sábado 14 de agosto,Kelly Walsh, de la Oficina deDivulgación de STRI, y los ClimateChampions del HSBC, RobertoDelgado y Adelvis Ortiz, liderarona un grupo de 30 voluntarios delHSBC para sembrar en el ParqueSoberanía, cerca del experimento dela Cuenca del Canal de Panamá.
EL HSBC y el Smithsonianhicieron un plan para dividir laslabores de abrir huecos, añadirfertilizante y sembrar los plantones,en grupos pequeños. Estaorganización resultó práctica, yaque hubo mucho movimiento, loque permitió que se sembraran 300plantones en tres horas.
Luego de una queja trivial de uncompañero, uno de ellos se volteó yrespondió “La razón por la queestamos aquí es para que ustedesentiendan qué tan fácil es cortarárboles y que tan difícil puede serpara que sólo uno vuelva a crecer.”
En el Smithsonian estudiamos elpasado, presente y futuro de labiodiversidad tropical. El fenómenoactual del cambio climático es unade nuestras prioridades. Nuestraasociación el HSBC ClimatePartnership nos dá la oportunidadde poner en acción nuestrosestudios y ayudar a re-establecer lacobertura boscosa responsable porlos servicios del ecosistemanecesarios para la operación de unade las vías marítimas másimportantes para la economíamundial.
New publicationsLafferty, Kevin D.,Torchin, Mark E., andKuris, Armand M. 2010."The geography of hostand parasite invasions." InMorand, Serge, andKrasnov, Boris R. (Eds.),The biogeography ofhost-parasite interactions:191-203. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press.
Roche, Dominique G.,Leung, Brian, MendozaFranco, Edgar F., andTorchin, Mark E. 2010."Higher parasite richness,abundance and impact innative versus introducedcichlid fishes." InternationalJournal for Parasitologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.05.007
Turner, Benjamin L. 2010."Variation in the optimumpH of hydrolytic enzymeactivities in tropical rainforest soils." Applied andEnvironmental Microbiology:http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/AEM.00560-10v1
Zimmermann, Beate,Papritz, Andreas, andElsenbeer, Helmut. 2010."Asymmetric response todisturbance and recovery:Changes of soilpermeability underforest-pasture-foresttransitions." Geoderma: doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.07.013
STRI in the news“Biologists study rainforesthost-plant associations”2010. Physorg.com: August19.
TropicalEcologyWorkshop atGaletaSeventeen students from theUniversity of Panama in thecities of Panama, David,Santiago and Colón participatedin an intensive field course onmarine biology focused on thetropical and coastal habitatspresent at Galeta, from August12 through 15.
The course was organized bySTRI´s Felix Rodríguez andCarlos de Gracia, president ofthe Youth Committee forPanama´s Association for theAdvancement of Science, thejunior version of APANAC andSTRI´s Academic Programscoordinator Nélida Gómez.
The introductory course waslead by Santosh Jagadeenshan,postdoctoral fellow workingwith staff scientists HarisLessios and Jeremy Jackson.Students were divided into fourfield research teams and theirresults will be presented assummaries at the forthcomingmeetings of the XIII NationalCongress of Science andTechnology 2010.
Easy access to protectedhabitats surrounding STRI´sGaleta Marine Laboratorylocated on the Caribbeanentrance to the Panama Canal,good facilities and thesupportive staff of Galeta placethis site as a cozy, idyllic centerfor marine biology education, inthe midst of an internationalbusiness zone with high tourismtransit. During 2010, Galeta hashosted a Tropical Biologycourse with Princeton, thePanama Marine EcologyProgram with East CarolinaUniversity, Introduction toNeotropical Research with CapeHenry Collegiate School, the“Gigante” course with the
University of Panama whichwas partly funded by Panama´sNational Secretariat for Scienceand Technology (SENACYT)and the latest Tropical Ecologyworkshop with COJUCIP, alsofunded by SENACYT.
Diecisiete estudiantes de laUniversidad de Panamá en laciudades de Panamá, David,Santiago y Colón participaronen un curso intensivo debiología marina enfocado en loshábitats tropicales y costerospresentes en Galeta, del 12 al 15de agosto.
El curso fue organizado porFélix Rodríguez de STRI yCarlos de Gracia, presidente delComité Juvenil de la AsociaciónPanameña para el Avance de lasCiencias, la versión juvenil deAPANAC y la coordinadora dela Oficina de ProgramasAcadémicos de STRI, NélidaGómez.
El curso introductorio fueliderado por SantoshJagadeenshan, becariopostdoctoral quien trabaja conlos científicos de STRI, HarisLessios y Jeremy Jackson. Losestudiantes se dividieron en
cuatro equipos de investigaciónde campo, y su trabajo sepresentará en forma deresúmenes en la próximasreuniones del XIII CongresoNacional de Ciencias yTecnología, 2010.
El fácil acceso a los hábitatsprotegidos que rodean alLaboratorio Marino de Galetalocalizado en la entrada Caribedel Canal de Panamá, susbuenasinstalaciones y elpersonal de apoyode Galeta sitúan aeste lugar comoun cómodo eidílico centro parala educación debiología marina,cerca de una zonainternacional denegocios y unelevado tránsitoturístico. En loque va del año,Galeta ha sido lasede de un cursode BiologíaTropical conPrinceton, elPrograma deEcología Marinade Panamá con
East Carolina University,Introducción a la Investigaciónen el Neotrópico con CapeHenry Collegiate School, elcurso de “Gigante” con laUniversidad de Panamá que fuefinanciado parcialmente porSENACYT, y el este últimocurso con COJUCIP, el cualtambién contó con fondos deSENACYT.
