July 9 - August 7, 2009
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China
中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
详情请见 http://www.afec.ecologicalevolution.org/
This program is an intensive 4 week course in field research methods, research design, sampling and analysis designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in Ecology and Conservation.
Format: The Advanced Field Ecology and Conservation-Xishuangbanna (AFEC-X) Summer Course activities will be split between lecture and field exercises. Students will participate in established long term monitoring experiments and further gain experience in independent project design. With guidance, students will design and present research proposals and further conduct field based data collection. The course concludes with a symposium, where students present results of course activities amongst their peers and instructors.
Where: The course convenes in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province. Orientation, Introduction to the Course and a series of lectures will be given in Kunming before moving to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) in Menglun, China. Both the long term and independent research projects will take place in and around Menglun.
Topics: Tropical Ecology, Eco-Physiology, Taxonomy, Evolutionary Ecology, Plant and Animal Interactions, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Invasive Species and more. Further discussions will look at how these topics are affected in human dominated landscapes.
Instructors: The various topics will be taught by professors from several institutes including The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Texas Tech University, Peking University and the Smithsonian Institute.
