Academic Frame
Contents of the Program
Ethnic Groups: Piaroa, Guahibo, and Ye'kuana
Works in the Field
Works in the IVIC
NIH-MIRT Program 1998 at Cornell University
Training Course for the Summer Field Trip
Program
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Date |
Time |
Topics |
Instructor |
Recommended Readings |
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Feb. 23 |
5:00-5:45PM |
The MIRT Program-Tropical Ecology |
Eloy Rodriguez |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Tropical Biodiversity: The Amazonian flora |
Francisco Guanchez |
BERRY et al. (1995) |
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Mar. 02 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Plant Taxonomy: Evolution, Relationships, and Cladistics |
Kevin Nixon |
ZOMLEFER, W.B. (1994) |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Plant Classification: The Major Plant Groups |
Kevin Nixon, and Francisco Guanchez |
BRIDSON & FORMAN (1992) |
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Mar. 09 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Medicinal Plants: Who, Why and How They Are Used |
Michael Casaus |
SCHULTES & RAFFAUF (1990) |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Plant-insect Relationships in Amazonian Bees |
Jason Demera |
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Mar. 16 |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 23 |
5:00-5:45PM |
The Venezuelan Amazons: 1+1 ¹ 2 |
Fabian A. Michelangeli |
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6:00-7:00PM |
The Yutajé Camp: Surviving in the Tropic |
Patricia Luckelot, Gustavo Asenha, and Jason Demera |
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Mar.30 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Amerindians Groups in Amazonas State, Venezuela |
Francisco Guanchez |
WILBERT, J. (1966) |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Amerindians Groups in Amazonas State, Venezuela |
Francisco Guanchez |
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Apr. 06 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Tropical Mycology |
Kathie Hodge |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Fungus Collection |
Kathie Hodge |
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Apr. 13 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Plant Collection |
Francisco Guanchez |
BRIDSON & FORMAN (1992) |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Plant Identification: Giving a Name to the Samples |
Michael Casaus, and Francisco Guanchez |
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Apr. 20 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Tropical Insects - Ecology and Taxonomy |
Jorge González |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Insect Collection and Identification |
Jorge González |
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Apr. 27 |
5:00-5:45PM |
Principles of Phytochemistry |
Manuel Aregullin |
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6:00-7:00PM |
The Phytochemistry Fieldwork |
Manuel Aregullin |
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May 04 |
4:30-7:30PM |
Intensive mini-course (3 hr.) in Tropical Birds by David Rosane |
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Talk on: Amazonian Ethnology. By Dr. Lina Fruzetti from Brown University. Time to be arranged. |
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May 11 |
5:00-6:45PM |
What and how much can I take to the field. More tips about Venezuela and Amazonas State. |
Fabian A. Michelangeli and Francisco Guanchez |
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May 1 |
6:00-9:00PM |
BBQ at the house of Dr. Eloy Rodriquez |
Emmanations from the Rain Forest, the Journal