On this page: Visit to Barro Colorado Research Station (TL1) | Ecology (TL2) | Tropical forests (TL3)| Looking down at the forest (TL4) | Cloudforest in the cloud (TL5) |Amphibian conservation (TL6) |Monitoring marine ecosystems(TL7) |Sea level rise(TL8)
Check out PFSS students' exciting experiences with Program Director Professor Catherine Potvin. Click on the links below to watch the videos.
Visit to Barro Colorado Research Station. Join me and a group of undergraduate students as we visit and discover the Mecca of tropical field ecology: the Island of Barro Colorado. This is a research station where long term permanent monitoring of trees has been going on since the 1980鈥檚.
Centre de recherche de Barro Colorado. Joignez- vous 脿 moi et 脿 mes 茅l猫ves alors que nous d茅couvrons ensemble la Mecque de l鈥櫭ヽologie tropicale, l鈥櫭甽e de Barro Colorado.聽 Cette 卯le est un centre de recherche ou les biologistes conduisent des exp茅riences 脿 long terme depuis plus de 30 ans.
Learning Tropical Ecology. Alex and his fellow students share little treasures that they discover on the island of Barro Colorado鈥�
Ecologie Tropicale 101. Barro Colorado vue par Camilla. Surprises et petits tr茅sors: l鈥櫭甽e de Barro Colorado 脿 travers les yeux de mes 茅tudiant(e)s!!
Another look at tropical forests. Biologists do not need Amusement Parks.聽 Judge it by yourself as we invite you to visit the canopy, or top layer, of the tropical forest.
La for锚t vue du ciel. Les biologistes n鈥檕nt n鈥檃 pas besoin d鈥檃ller 脿 la Ronde鈥� Jugez-en par vous m锚me en vous baladant entre ciel et terre. 聽
Looking down at the forest. Elana is inviting you to join her as she and her fellow student spend two days in a humid forest of Panama.聽 Most exciting is discovering the forest from above and feeding on trees as if we were monkeys鈥�
C茅cile n鈥檃 pas peur des hauteurs. Suspendue dans la nacelle d鈥檜ne grue de construction, Cecile vous invite 脿 partager ses d茅couvertes. Ne trouvez-vous pas que la for锚t vue d鈥檈n haut ressemble 脿 une for锚t de brocolis?
Cloud forest in the cloud鈥� After spending time in the lowland of Panama, the students, and you, are now discovering the mountain forest.聽 I found them a magical environment where the cool weather leads to a very different flora.聽 Just looking at the first images you will understand why these forests are named cloud forests鈥�
Montagne, for锚t et nuages. Apr猫s la for锚t des terres basses o霉 il fait chaud et humide, les 茅l猫ves d茅couvrent avec vous la for锚t en montagne. C鈥檈st une for锚t myst茅rieuse qui a toujours la t锚te dans les nuages. Elle me fait penser au conte de Hansel et Gretel鈥ais sans la sorci猫re!
Amphibian conservation.We are visiting a small mountain town in Panama famous for its amphibian conservation center. 聽This conservation center works at rescuing frogs.聽 We will learn why frogs are amongst the most endangered animals in the world.
Conservation des amphibiens. Nous allons visiter, dans une petite ville de montagne du Panama, un centre de conservation pour les amphibiens, surtout les grenouilles. Les grenouilles sont parmi les animaux les plus en danger de la plan猫te. Apr猫s cette visite vous comprendrez un peu mieux ce qui leurs arrive.
Monitoring marine ecosystems.Leaving the forest behind we head for the Caribbean sea this week. A change of pace and context since we are spending five days in Guna community. The Gunas are one of seven Indigenous people in Panama.
Suivi d'茅cosyst猫mes marins. De la for锚t 脿 la mer des Cara茂bes... C'est tout un saut que nous effectuons cette semaine! Ce n'est pas seulement la mer car nous venons passer cinq jours dans un village Guna, un des sept peuples autochtones du Panama.
Sea level rise.We came to the Guna community of Gardi Sugdup because the village decided to abandon its island and move to the mainland. This will be a first migration to the mainland in more than 100 years. We will try to understand why that decision was made.
Le niveau de la mer.聽Ce qui nous a emmen茅 脿 visiter la communaut茅 Guna de Gardi Sugdup cette ann茅e, c'est que les habitants ont d茅cid茅 de quitter leur 卯le et de d茅m茅nager sur la terre ferme. Nous essayerons de comprendre pourquoi.
