Assistants

Ongoing projects are listed here:

• Dynamics, forest growth, seeds dispersion and light measurement at Manu National Park and Manu Biosphere Reserve (John Terborgh, Duke University)
  
  
• A long-term ontogenetically integrated basin-wide study of forest regeneration in lowland western Amazonia (Varun Swamy & John Terborgh, Duke University)
  
  
• Ecology of obligate ant-following birds and army ants (Susan Willson, St. Lawrence University)
  
  
• The role of pathogens in determining plant distribution in Lowland Amazonia, Manu National Park, Peru (Patricia Alvarez, Rutgers Unviversity)
  
  
• Harald Beck, Towson University
• Juanita Choo, Texas University
• Mercedes Foster, Smithsonian Institute
• Amy Potter, University of California - Davis
• Bjorn Johanson, Linkopings Universitet
  

Past Projects

• Ecology and evolution of tropical trees (Kyle Dexter, Duke University)
  
  
• Variation in the density and diversity of seed rain in two neotropical rainforests (at Cocha Cashu and Los Amigos Biological Stations (Jan Baiker, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH))
  
  
• Fruit to sapling: an ontogenitacally integrated study of tree recruitment an amazonian rainforest (Varun Swamy, Duke University)
  
  
• Behavioral Genetics of Color Vision in a Wild Neotropical Monkey (Callicebus brunneus) (John Bunce, University of California - Davis)
  
  
• Giant Otter (Pternonura brasiliensis) Feeding Ecology (Lisa Davenport, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill)

• Mating strategies and territoriality of male spider monkeys (Ateles belzebuth chamek) in Manu National Park, Peru (Nicole Gibson, Yale University)
  
  
• Forest Regeneration After Bamboo Dieback in Southeastern Peru, (Regina Peon Diaz Barriga, Duke University)
  
  
• Interactions of peccaries and tapirs on plants, including seed predation, dispersal, and the impact of tramping (Harald Beck, Duke University)
  
  
• Seedling Recruitment and Diversity in a Tropical Rainforest (C. E. Timothy Paine, Lousiana State University)
  
  
• Species Diversity and Ecological Function (Trond H. Larsen, Princeton University)
  
  
• Vegetation structure, foraging efficiency, food availability and relative habitat area influence bird distributions in the Amazon (Daniel Lebbin, Cornnell University)

• Comparative behavior and ecology of juvenile neotropical primates (Laura Bidner)
  
  
• Vocal communication in the white-winged trumpeter Psophia leucoptera: how 'intelligent' are birds? (Nathalie Seddon)
  
  
• Distribution, density, and diversity of lianas of Manu National Park (Robyn J. Burnham)
  
  
• Dietary effects on the ecology and evolution of ants (F. Formicidae) (Dinah Davidson)
  
  
• The role of life history in the structure and diversity of tropical tree communities in Manu National Park, Peru ( Miles Silman)
  
  
• Rare and endangered carnivores of Amazonia: Research and Conservation of the giant otter and the short-eared dog (Renata Leite-Pitman and Lisa Davenport)
  
  
• Ecology and Conservation of the Short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis) (Renata Leite-Pitman)
  
  
• Floristic Patterns in Upper Amazonian Swamp Forests (Emilio J. Ancaya)
  
  
• Primate Dispersal of a Classically Bird-Dispersed Fruiting Tree: The Case of Virola calophylla (Myristicaceae) in Peru (Sabrina E. Russo and Scott K. Robinson)
  
  
• Effects of Heterogeneous Landscapes on Habitat Selection, Dispersal, and Population Dynamics of Tropical Small Mammals (Harald Beck)
  
  
• Study of Tinamous (Wendy Schelsky)
  
  
• Edaphic specialization of three Geonoma palm species in a Peruvian tropical lowland forest (Julissa Roncal)