STRI newsletter

STRI newsletter

^{January 20, 1995}

SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTIT1..TrE - ApaJ1ado 2072, Balboa ... "nama No.3

TUPPER CENTER SEMINARS

No noon seminar scheduled (or Tuesday.

January 24. 1110se interested in giving a seminar must contact Neal Smith, at the Tupper Center.

BAMBI SEMINAR

Thursday. January 26, Bambi seminar speaker will be Carla Penz, Short-term fellow from the University of Texas, at the Gamboa Schoolhouse, at 6:30pm.

Passiotl-Villt! Butterflies

Call Greg Gilbert at 52-2124 (daytime) or 56-6451 (a.w.h.) for dinner reservation no later than Tuesday, Jan 24.

About Bambis

Bambis are informal seminars usually held on BCI on Thursday nights, begin- ning at 7:30pm. All persons coming from off-island must inform Daniel Millan or Vielka Rodriguez al SCI in advance to arrange for trnnsportation and dinner. A late boat will leave BCI for Gamboa at 9pm. When Bambis are held in Gamboa, they are in the Smithsonian Schoolhouse.

Dinner (approximately $3) will be prOVid- ed at the schoolhouse at 6pm, with the Bambi to follow at approximately 6:30pm.

All interested in dinner must contact Greg Gilbert at BCI (or home at 56-6451) no later than Tuesday of the week o( the Bambi. Anyone interested in signing up to give a Bambi need only give a date and title 10 Greg Gilbert.

PEOPLE .

• Robert Pearcy, Mellon Senior Fellow from the University of California, Jan 21, to carry out integrative studies of photosynthesis and whole plant per- formance in the understory, at BCI.

• Edgardo Garrido, University of G1li- fornia at Los Angeles, Jan 24-22 Feb, to work wilh Park Nobel's project on the hydralllic properties o( epiphytic pbnts, at BCI.

• Seiji Coshima, Hokkaido UniverSity,

Raul Montcncgro, Mj'ljst~ of GotJcmmctlt and Justice, Oswaldo Fenuln- de%, Cllief of tile Natiollal Police, Mire; Elldara, INRENARE's Deputy Director, Ricartlo MartallS, MarinI? Rcsources Director alld otl,er Panama- niall officials visited tile RV Urraca, all TI,U, /atl19 ••• &lui Montenegro, Minislro de Gobierno y Juslicia, Oswaldo Fcnldndez, Dirtclor de fa Policin Nacionai, Mjrei ['Idara, Sub-Directora de JNRENARE, Ricardo Martalls, Director de Recllrsos Marinos y olras alltoridades panamefias visitaron eI "RV Urraar, tI jw~vtS 19 de tner\!. ([01<); M ... CII<"TrQJ

Japan, Jan 26-6 Apr, to work with John Christy on mate guarding in the fiddler crab UCJJ beebei, at Naos.

• Robert Rowan, Senior Fellow from tlw Au~tralian In.o;titute of Marine Science, Jan 26-31 Dec, to conduct an analysis of polymorphic coral- zooxanUlella symbioses. at Naos.

Departures

• Jeremy B.C. Jackson, Jan 25-21 Feb, to Wellington, New Zealand, to attend the 10th International Bryozoology Conference.

Congratulations

To Orelis Arosemena, Office of Fellowships and Education, for obtaining her Bachelor's degree in English, althe University of Panama, on Wednesday, January 18.

Reminder To All STRI Scientilic and Administrative Staff Director Ira RubinoH will present a 'state of SJR!' address to all members of the staff tOday, Friday, January 20, at 3:00pm in the Tupper Center Auditorium. Rubinoff will review a wide range of issues concerning STRl's present and future developments. All are strongly encouraged to attend.

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January 20,1995 SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INS1TI1ITE, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Panama No.3

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

At the Tupper Center

Man, Jan 23 _ Fortuna Meeting, STRI-JRHE, Small Meeting Room, 1 :30pm.

Tue, Jan 24 - Paleoecology and Archaeology staff meeting, SMR, 8:30am.

Wed, Jan 25 • ReuniOn de FUlldacio1l NATURA y Orga- nizaciolles No Guocrnametltaies, Audito- rium and Conference Hall, Sam.

Thu, Jan 26 - Forum InfamUltiva sabre el Futuro del Parque Naciotlal

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INRENARE-TPAT, Conference Hall, 2pm.

Mon-Fri - Inuige1le5 COlllra El Sida Exhibit, Exhibit Hall, l-Spm.

>\t the Culebra Marine Reserve

<.Ie, Jan 24 Escuela Naciones U"idas

~Ved, Jan 25 Los Rios Elementary School

Thu, Jan 26 Escuda Naciones Unidas Fri, Jan 27 Jard{" de Ni,los

S.'-lt, Jan 28 Direcci611 de Excepciollales; Instituto Comer- cio.l de Panama.

At the Barro Colorado Island Station Sat, Jan 21 ANCON and Cruz Roja Sun, Jan 22 Panama Canal Commission

Sat, Jan 28 C{rcuto de Estudio, Trabajo e l11vestigaciol' Cientifica and from Panama City.

Sun, Jan 29 Visitors from Panama City.

At the Gamboa Schoothouse

Thu, Jan 26 Bambi seminar by Cada Penz, 6:30pm.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Proyectos Financiados por NA1URA

La Fundaci6n NATURA invita a la comunidad de STRl a1 "Foro sobre Pequenos Proyectos Finaciados por la Fundaci6n NATURA en la Cuenca del Canal de Pana- ma" que tengan como objetivos la presentaci6n yan5.1isis crHico de los resultados de proyectos financiados por la Fundacion NATURA (I Face); y la identificacion de areas de acdon concertada y mecanismos de coordinadon con miras a la preparacion de proyectos para la tercera fase del programa de Pequenos Proyectos dentro de la Cuenca del Canal. EI foro se realizara el miercoles 25 de enero en elSal6n de Conferencias del Centro Tupper, de 8am a 4pm. Para confirmar su participaci6n al foro, favor de lIamar a los teh~fonos 28~1934

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FROM STRI-WASHINGTON DC

The following friends have made generous contributions to the STRI programs recently. We are very grateful for their support:

Jonathan Baskin Barbara Bauman Kenneth Bawer Nicholas Brokaw Joanne Carey Marcia Kay Cadsten Philip Clark

James Connolly

Covo Family Foundation Margaret Croft

Robert Dudley Daphne de ]. Gemmill Charles Glowzenski William Graney Edith Hackney

Judith Harnett Rex Jensen Micah Krichevsky Douglas Morrison T.M. Phillips Michael Ryan Sheryl Scull Stephen Smela Anne Marie Smilh Stephen Smilh Margaret Stewart Roy White Dieter Wittmann Ralph Yerger Louise Young Nueva Revista "La Guia CAMTUR"

Con un tiraje de $5,000 ejemplares para la comunidad naciona\ e internadonal, se lanzara el primer mimero de JA Gura CAMTUR (C~mara de Turismo de Panama) en febrero. EI objetivo de esla revista sera divulgar temas relevantes al turismo panameno, incJuyendo articulos sobre la ecologia, y la riqueza natural del Istmo. La revista podra adquirirse de manera gratuita en los sitios mas frecuentados por los turistas, 0 a traves de una suscripd6n anual de $24. Ln Gu(a CAMTUR invita a 1(1 comunidad de SfRl a someter articulos (y fotos a color) que despierten el interes por visitar Panama. Para mayor infonnaci6n, comunicarse con Izta Anayansi Barraza, Directora, L1 GUM CAMTUR, Tel. 61-2738 • Fax 61~2S18

NEW STRI PUBLICATIONS

Ellingson, Janna Marie 1994. Natural and Sexual Selec- tion on Coloration in the Diurnal Gecko Gonntodes albogularis. Ph.D. dissertation. TIle Unversity of Tex.:'1S at Austin.

Fincke, Ola M. 1994. "Population Regulation of a Tropical Damselfly in the Larval Stage by Food limitation, Cannibalism, IntraguUd Predation and Habitat Dry- ing." Oecologin 100: 118-127.

Lessios, Harilaos A. and Weinberg..

J.R.

1994. "Genetic and Morphological Divergence Among Morphotypes of the ISOpod Ercirolal1a on the Two Sides of the Isthmus of Panama." Evolution 48: 549·563.

Lessios, Haril:tos A., Weinberg, J.R. and Starczak, V. 1994. 'Temporal Variation in Populations of the Marine Isopod Excirolalla: How Stable are Gene Frequencies and Morphology?" Evolution 48: 530-548.

January 20, 1995

SMITIiSONlAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTrn.rrE,. Apartado 2072, Balboa... Panama No.3

ENTRENAMIENTO

Ecologi4 Basad .. en Zonas de Vula El Programa de Eclucad6n Contmuacia del Centro Cientifico Tropical en San Jose, Costa Rica, ofTece el Curso de Ecologia Basada en Zonas de Vida. del 17 de abril al 5 de mayo. EI curso esta disenado para profesionales de Ingenieria Forestal, Biolo- gia, Agronomia, Manejo Sostenible de los Recursos, Ecologia, Ceograf'la., Conserva- cion de la Naturaleza, Desarrollo Rural y otras areas de los recursos naturales. EI objetivo del curso es 1a capacitadon en 13 c1asificacion de areas y en su utilizaci6n practica, siguiendo el sistema de L.R Hol- dridge. EI casto del curso es de $2,700, 10 que inc1uye malrkula y otros derechos academicos. materiales, scguro, alojamien- to, alimentacion, viajes de campo, diploma, cena de despedida, y transporte terrestre (transporte a Costa Rica no inc1uido). Los interesados recibiran infonnacion sabre posibilidades de becas. EI rupo es limitado a 18 personas. Las inscrijXionessecerraran el 27 de enero de 1995. Para el formulario de inscripci6n, favor de pasar por 1a onc- ina de Secas y Education de STRJ. Infor- macion adidonal: Humberto Jimenez Saa, Centro Cientifico Tropical, apartado 8-3870- 1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. Tel. (506)225- 2649 • Fax (506)253-4963.

011 T'lIUTSday, January 19, STlU mnde the officinl presentation of till!

l!X},ibit "lmagenes Contra el Sida" to tlU! Pammuminn Health Ministry, at the Tupper Center. In the photo, from the left, Guiseppf. Cordotlf., Vice- Minister of Health, Diredor Ira Rubinoff and Elena Lombardo, during tI,e ceremony ••• EI jueves 19 de en era, STRI hiLa enlrega oficinl de In exhibicioll

"lnuigerleS COllira E/ Sida" al Minisleno de Sa/uti. En In toto, de izquierda a derecha, Guiseppe Carcione, Vice-Mi"istro de Salud, Ira Rubinoff y Elena

Lombardo, durante In ceremonia. (Foro: M.A. Gw:rril)

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EN un ambicnte testivo y llclJo de el1lociones, 5TRI despidio a los lanclleros Abel Gomez (izq.) y a Moises Troya (der.), quielles 51!

jllbilaron despues de trabaja,. en Barra Colortulo d'lrante 33 y 31 anos respectivamente. Con ellos, en la foto, Vielka Rodriguez. A la ceremo-

"ia Qsistieron altos administrativos de STRI, compal;eros y jQmiliares de los Ilomenajeados, a qlliClte.S deseamos que disjruten de una larga vida liena de erito en sus nuevas adividades. (FolD: A. Mont/mer)

NEW STRJ BOOKLIST

Accurate lipid and moisture determinations of routine fish samples: a manual of streamlined improvizations of th ree convenhonal techniques I

FH Schulein. QL639.1.S38 1993 smr.

Amazonian ethnobotanical dictionary I JA Duke & Rodolfo Vasquez.

Ref GNS64.P4D85 1994X STRr.

Atlas Oorae Europaeae 10. Cruciferae (Sisymbrium to Aubrieta) I edited by Jaakko Jalas & Juha Suominen. Ref QK281.A85X v.IO STRI.

Atlas of Belize

Behaviour of teleost fishes. 2nd 00. by Pitcher.

The OIallenger foraminifera IR.Wynn Jones.

Ref G1560.C96 1993 STRI.

QL639.3.B44 1993X STRI.

qQL368.F6J64 19')4)(

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Conversion factors 51 units and many others I C. J. Pennycuick.

Ref QC94.P46 1988X STR1.

Early formative pottery of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico / KV Flannery &

Joyce Marcus. CN2.M624 no.27 STR1.

Exotic ants: biology, impact, and control of introduced spt."Cies I edited by

DF WlIIiams. QL568.F7E97 19~X STRI.

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A Field guide to the families and genera of woody plants of northwest S.America (Co- lombia, Ecuador, Peru) w / notes on herba· ceous taxa. AH Gentry.

Ref QK241.G33 1993 STRl.

Foliicolous lichens - A contribution to the knowledge of the lichen flora of Costa Rica, Central America / Robert Lucking.

QK588.C8L94 1992 STRI.

Herbidde resistance in plants: biology and biochemistry I

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by SB Powles & JAM Hollum. S8951.H442 1994X STRI.

Identification guide to the ant genera of the world I Barry Bolton.

Ref qQL568.F7BS8 1994X STRI.

Measuring and monitoring biological diver·

sity: stardard methods for amphibians / edited by WR Heyer et al.

QL645.4.H43 1994X STRI.

Measuring trees and forests. 2nd edition. I MS Philip. SD551.P54 199i STRt Meiobenthology: the microscopic fauna in aquatic sediments I Olav Giere.

QL120.G54 1993X STR!.

A Naturalist's guide to the Arctic I EC Pie- lou. QH84.1.PS4 1994X STRI.

Paleomagnetism of the Atlantic, Tethys and Iapetus oceans I Rob Van der VOO.

QE501.4.P35V36 1993X STRI.

Parasitoids: behavioral and evolutionary e<:ology. HC] Godfray.

Ql496.G59 1994X STRI.

Phyllotaxis: a systemic study in plant mor·

phogenesis / RV Jean.

QK649.J44 1994X STRL Saxicolous species of Pori'li1 Mull. Arg. (frid\Ot- heliaceae) in the Southern Hemisphere I PM McCarthy. QK597.7.M116 1993

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Seaweed ecology and physiology I

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Lobb.ln

& PJ Harrison. QK570.2.L64 1994)( STIU. Shape and fann in plants and fungi / edilL-U by OS h\gram &. A.I-! udson.

QK641.S52 1994 STIU. Structural ..,tudie!) uf pn)t~ill·nucleic acid inter·

action: the sources of sequellce-specificbindinh ITA Steit7_ QI'624.75.P74S84 1993X Sn~l.