TESC 404 -- Costa Rica Field Studies: Ecology & Community
University of Washington, Tacoma
Summer 2004
The international field portion of TESC 404, Costa Rica Field Studies: Ecology & Community ran from 6-23 July, 2004. The field course was based at the Rancho Mastatal Environmental Learning Center in the rural village of Mastatal in Puriscal province, approx. 2.5 hrs. west of San Jose. Led by Dr. John "Buck" Banks, nine students from the UWT and UWS campuses along with 3 research assistants from UWT participated in the 18 day trip. As part of the course requirements, students designed and conducted independent research projects during their stay in Costa Rica. Student research projects included river dynamics, pollinator studies, butterfly and ant diversity studies, rural village sociology , video documentary , and rain forest tree succession and diversity studies.
Links to individual projects:
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- Buck homepage
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- UWT homepage
Please send comments to: banksj@u.washington.edu
Last updated on:
August 10, 2004
