Photos from the field.
Chloe and Luis setting up a volatile organic compound (VOC) detector
J. Leighton Reid
Cordia nodosa, one of the native species planted in the experiment
FCAT
Pilot study of the VOC detector at the restoration site
Exarata chocoensis, a native Choco tree used in the planting islands
Nathan Duerr monitoring seed predation in the field
An Exarata chocoensis seedling established in a restoration plot
Collecting seeds for the restoration experiment
A Matisia palenquiana seedling growing at the restoration site
Nathan Duerr presenting his seed-fate research
Ocotea sodiroana, a native tree planted in the experiment
Sebastian Aparicio pressing plant specimens for the botanical baseline
Otoba gordoniifolia, a fruiting native tree at the site
Sebastian Aparicio presenting his restoration research
Pouteria juanguillermensis, a native species in the planting islands
Reference forest with a mature Exarata chocoensis
Nathan Duerr
Foliage of Pouteria juanguillermensis
The field team with a Zamia cycad
Fruit of Virola dixonii, a key resource for seed-dispersing animals
Gymnosiphon sp., a leafless mycoheterotrophic plant on the forest floor
Pueraria phaseoloides, a pasture cover crop the restoration must overcome
A coconut break during a day of fieldwork
Sunset over the FCAT Reserve
Amphibian Reforestation Monitoring
Greg Taylor
Avian Seed Dispersal and Restoration
Nicole Lussier / MSU
Estimating Fruit Availability by Measuring Plant-Emitted Gases
Sealing a sorbent tube inside its protective cap before the four-week deployment
A passive air sampler hanging from a line strung between two stakes at one of the 50 sampling sites
Lekking Manakins and Forest Recovery: Linking Behavior, Seed Dispersal, and Succession
Jairo Cabo / FCAT
Martha holding an adult male manakin during a mist netting session
Alex Gunderson
Martha discussing radio telemetry with Jorge and Belén before a tracking session
Melissa Loayza
Jairo, Jorge, Martha, and Belén relaxing at the banding table between net checks during a mist netting session
Belén Casanova
Jairo and Martha applying color bands to the legs of a female manakin for individual identification in the camera traps
Jorge Olivo
Jairo, Martha, and Darbhi collecting vegetation structure and fruit availability data near a manakin display court
Sebastian Aparicio
The wing of a female manakin captured during a mist netting session
Martha Barta
Monitoring Avian Community Response to Tropical Forest Management
Ella Butler / Tulane
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant
Donata Henry
Lenin Castro
The bird team
Gregory Paladines
Gloria Loor
Benjamin Kenny
Monitoring birds in regeneration plots using point counts
Gregory Paladines / FCAT
Moving between point counts
Learning bird identification
Juan Freile
Gloria Loor and Gregory Paladines studying tanager identification
Morning surveying at Palacios parcels
Point counts at an early stage of regeneration in plot 7, Solano parcels
Field team: Gloria Loor, Gregory Paladines and Juan Freile
Rebeca Rivas
Seed dispersal in a landscape of restoration
Nate Duerr
Soil, Root and Microbial Responses to Reforestation
Thermal Ecology of Herpetofauna and Birds
Using passive acoustic monitoring to explore how the environment shapes species interactions in northwest Ecuador
Maia Edwards / Tulane University
Toucan and biodiversity monitoring team taking refuge from the rain
Biodiversity monitoring team at FCAT's new land by the Laguna de Cube
Woody plant community reassembly