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Open Doors Festival 2024 at Las Cruces Research Station

Photo credit: Ramon Morales Garro Open Doors is a tradition that was born in 2008. The event has been evolving as a means of community outreach at the Las Cruces Research Station and Wilson Botanical Garden, with the intention of opening the station’s doors once a year to all people...
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September 30, 2024 by Yolanda Morales Chinchilla, Las Cruces Research Station
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In Remembrance of Rodolfo Silva Vargas

Photo credit: Carlos Silva I share the sad news that Rodolfo Silva, a long-time OTS friend and supporter, passed away on July 10, 2024, at the age of 91, leaving behind his wife Margaret, his son Carlos and wife Irene, and two grandsons. Rodolfo was born in Costa Rica and...
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September 30, 2024 by Pedro León, Ph. D.
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OTS community news – September 2024

Photo credit: BioQUEST OTS is represented in the OCELOTS network. New online modules for teaching tropical biology are based on research by the OTS community. La Selva researchers G. Small and C. Ganong created a module to allow students to explore how phosphorus cycling changes with stream characteristics and the...
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September 30, 2024 by Jennifer Kelley
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Publications – September 2024

La Selva mammals are in the spotlight. Using exclusion plots, Osorto Nuñez et al. 2024[1] showed that the presence of collared peccaries increased seedling diversity, seedling height, and evidence of herbivory at La Selva, whereas at a nearby comparison site with no peccaries (Nogal Private Reserve),  seedling density was higher...
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September 30, 2024 by Jennifer Kelley
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Nora Bynum

Dr. Nora Bynum, a long-term staff member who made significant contributions to the development and implementation of OTS’ education program, retired in July 2024. Dr. Bynum was integral to the OTS education program in a variety of roles for almost 20 years. Nora received her Ph.D. from Yale University in...
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September 30, 2024 by Jennifer Kelley
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On the 60th anniversary of the Organization for Tropical Studies – Luko Hilje

On the 60th anniversary of the Organization for Tropical Studies From Costa Rica, an original way to understand neotropical nature in depth (an English translation of the original article, appearing on Meer.com) June 13, 2024 Luko Hilje Students and professors of the Population Ecology course, from 1974, on a visit...
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September 30, 2024 by Luko Hilje