STRI NEWSLETTER No. 6
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Due to Carnival festivities the seminar this wee~ will be on WEDNESDAY. February 17. PAUL EHRLICH. professor at Stanford University. will give two seminars-
12 noon
Population Biology of the Checkerspot Butterfly:
theory in the field.
7:00 p.m.
testing
Population. Resources and Environment: where do we stand now?
NEXT WEEK
No noon seminar scheduled for Tuesday. FEBRUARY 23; if interest- ed please sign up.
The scientific staff seminar at 7:00 p.m. that evening will be given by NICHOLAS SMYTHE.
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Arrived last week. RICK STEGER. to continue his work with the Oil Spill Project.
February 15 - Arriving. HINDRIK WOLDA. to attend the fellowship review meeting. He will be at STRI until February 26.
February 15 - Arriving. EUGENE MORTON. from the National Zoologi- cal Park. and his assistant. S.
MABEY. to study the demography of the Kentucky warbler. They will be in Gamboa until March 31.
February 17 - Arriving.
TYLER. from the National for Atmospheric Research.
with R. Stallard on biogeochemistry and generation.
STANLEY Center to wC?,rk soil methane February 17 - Departing. ALAN SMITH. for Washington. D.C. on official business.
February 18 - Arriving. FRANK ALMEDA. from the California Acade- my of Sciences. and THOMAS DANIEL to visit the Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium. They will be at Tivoli until March 17.
February 19 - Arriving. ROBERTA RUBINOFF. from the SI Office of Fellowships and Grants. ~o
participate in the STRI fellowshlP rev iew meeting.
february 12th. 1988
Carnival festivities February 13 - 16. Banks and Panama government offices will be closed on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
Beware of taking valuables with you either in Panama City or towns
in the interior.
Monday. February 15.
DENT'S DAY) is a STRI STRI offices will be open on Tuesday.
( PRESI- holiday.
normally
Traffic authorities are stopping vehicles to check for 1D cards.
Remember to carry your license and special residency permit at all times.
Avoid surprise expiration of official documents. Check dri- ver's license. passports. etc.
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S~~I1SIS1 Pre- and Postdoc Fellowship applications will be available for review beginning TUESDAY. February 16. at Ancon (see G. de Alba or A.
Roman) and Naos (see A. Guevara) .
To claim total tax exemption for calendar year 1988. employees~.lt
~~m1.lt n~~ !~.rm H=~ .ll.rj~.r .It.Q
E~~~iI.r.:i 1~. Effective PP4. em- ployees who claim total tax exemp- tion and have not filed new W-4 will have federal taxes withheld as single taxpayers with zero withholding allowances.
Accounting Technician position available. See Personnel Office.
Tivoli Building.
Posici6n de Asistente de Contabi- lidad abierta. preguntar en Of i- cina de Personal. edificio Tivoli.
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ROBERT ENDERS. emeritus professor at Swathmore College and one of the founding fathers of Barro Colorado. died in January 1988 at the age of 89. He was the author of ]Wmmill~ .Q! ~~l and was the first person to bring students to the island in the early 1930's.
Female basset-hound called Celestina. AKC registered. born 8 March 1982. Belongs to family that is moving. Anyone interested contact O. Linares.
LlBRA1tY -NEWS New books:
LEUCAENA WOOD PRODUCTION AND USE(J.L.Brewbaker ... etal, editors,1985) SD397.L4L65 STRI
LISTA Y BIBLIOGRAFIA RECIENTE DE LOS MAMIFEROS DE MEXICO(Jose Ramirez- Pulido ... et aI, editors,1983)QL722.L77 STRI
METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROGRAPHIC TABLES(Panama Canal Co.,1987)GB715.P2P1S STRIREF
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF INSECT~PLANT ASSOCIATIONS(L.B. Brattsten and Sami Ahmad,1986)QL495.M64STRI
NATURAL HISTORY OF LAKES(M.J. Burgis and P. Morris,1987)QH96.15.B87 STRI NATURALISTA POSTAL (Instituto de Investigaciones Zoqlogicas y Botanicas,
1981)QH45.2.N28 STRI
OBRAS COMPLETAS(A. Ernst, 1976- )QH130.E71 STRI ,
OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA: A STUDY OF SPECIES OF THE RELATED COASTS AND SEAS ... (Robert Cushman MurphY,1936) QL689.A1M8,STRI
OCEANOGRAPHY FOR DIVERS: WAVES ,TIDES , AND CURRENTS(Lee H. Somers,198-?) GV838.58.S690 STRI
PANAMA, AS A MATTER.OF FACT: A MISCELLANY OF FACTS FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT ABOUT A FASCINATING LAND, AND ITS PEOPLE(compiled by Myke,1986)
F1563.M99 STRIREF
PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE' INDIAN OCEAN(Woods Hole,Mass. Oceanographic Institution,1962) Z6004.P6W89 STRr ,
PHYSIOLOGY OF BREATH-HOLD DIVING(Lee.H. Somers,198-J?)GV838.58.S69pSTRI PLANTS ,PEOPLE , AND PALEOECOLQGY:BIOTIC COMMUNITIES AND ABORIGINAL PLANT
USAGE IN ILLINOIS(F.B.King,1984)QE720.K52 S'l'R:E
POSIBILIDAD DE LA EXISTENCIA'DE HIDROCARBUROS EN PANAMA(J.O. Noreiga, between 1982 and 1987)HD9574.P2N84 STRI
PROGRAMA CIENTIFICAY RESUMENES DE SIMPSIOS Y COMUNICACIONES LIBRES.
(Congreso Latin-Americano de Zoologia(18th:198~) QL1.C749 STRI RECORDKEEPING FOR DIVERS(L.H. Somers, 19S- ?)GV83S.63.S69 STRI RESPIRATION AND THE DlVER(L.H. Somers, 198--?)GV838.67.T73S69 STRI SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY.
1835-1889( Compo and 'edited by William Jones Rhees, 1901) Qll.S6A1sm STRI
SOIL-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH(D.W.Jeffrey,1987) QK91S.J46 STRI
SOUTH AFRICAN RED DATA BOOK: TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS(R.H.N. Smithers,19S6) QL731.S6S66 STRI REF
STUDIES OF MASCARENE ISLAND BIRDS(A,W. Diamond,1987)QL695.5.S78 STRI STUDIES ON SEED PREDATION OF FARAMEA OCCIDENTALIS, 4N ABUNDANT TROPICAL
TREE(Eugene Wallace Schupp, 1987) ,
THERMAL STRESS AND THE DIVER(L.H. Somers, 19S- ?)GV838.58.S69t STRI USOS POTENCIALES DEL TERRITORIO Y LAS INSTALACIONES 'DE LA ANTES ZONA DEL
CANAL DE PANAMA(J.O. Nor1ega, 1979) HE538.A6N84 STRI
VANISHING ANIMALS(K.Benirsche, Art,Andy Warhol,1986) QL82.B46 STRI VOLUNTARY REQUAL1FICATION(L~H. Somers,198--?) GV838.58.S69 STRI
WILDLIFE MANAGEAffiNT IN THE FORESTS AND FORESTRY-CONTROLLED LANDS IN THE TROPICS AND THE SOU'l'HERN HEMISPHERE(J.Kikkawa, editor,1985)
SK352.W67 S'l'RI
." CONGRATULATION TO ALL"
The Society for Technical Communication Washington, DC Chapter
presents this
AWARD OF MERIT
to Staff of the Smithsunian Tropical Research Institute fOT The Barro Colorado Nature Monument
submitted to the 1987-1988 Technical Communications Competition
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Chapter President
