Field Research in Tropical Ecology
Winter 2011
Since 1977, students of the Biology Foreign Study Program (Bio FSP) have spent their winter term conducting original ecological research at field stations in Costa Rica and the Caribbean.
Dartmouth Studies in Tropical Ecology
Acacia ant attack response to herbivore salivary cues (9)
Aggression differences between sexes in Northern Jacanas (Jacana spinosa) (23)
Aggregation behavior in Costa Rican dragonflies with proximity to water (30)
Energy optimization and foraging preference in hummingbirds (trochilidae) (49)
Water quality and artificial selection in a tropical high elevation trout aquaculture system (76)
Navigation strategies in foraging P. clavata ants (80)
Diel behavior and impact of the invasiveRed Lionfish (Pterois volitans) on native coral reef fish in the Caribbean (112)
Lionfish (Pterois volitans) habitat use and effects on fish species composition in the Caribbean (122)
Energy Optimization and Foraging Preference in Hummingbirds published in the Spring 2011 Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (DUJS).
Other science writing includes:
DUJS Spring 2012: “Extremely Fun Animal Facts”
DUJS Fall 2011: “Elegance in Running: How Humans can Beat Cheetahs”
DUJS Winter 2011: “The Mammalian Diving Reflex”
