RESEARCH PROJECTS

This section includes the research projects developed an implemented by the undergraduate students involved in this program. These studies cover a diverse array of topics, although most have an ethnobiological and/or chemical ecology component. Due to space limitations, a thorough presentation of all the student projects was not possible in this first issue of Emanations. We have selected several projects to be presented as abstracts or full length articles, while the remaining projects are presented only with the title and participating researchers. In future issues of Emanations many of these projects will be presented in their expanded format. This section has been divided into three broad topics, which consist of ethnobiology, chemical ecology, and zoopharmacognosy.

ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY PROJECTS

Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus (L.)) Fur Rubbing Behavior and Zoopharmacognosy

Corpeno, X.¹ and E. Rodriguez²

(¹U.C. at Riverside, ²Cornell University; Research conducted at National University of Costa Rica; 1996)

Investigation into the Chemistry and Biological Activities of Plants Used Medicinally by Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus (L.)).

DeJoseph, M.¹, R.S.L Taylor¹, and E. Rodriguez¹

(¹Cornell University; Research conducted in Costa Rica and at Cornell; 1997)

Tannin Degradation by Microbial Symbionts within the Crop of the Hoazin (Opisthocomus hoazin (P.L.S. Mueller))

Valdez, D.¹, M. G. Dominguez-Bello², F.I. Michelangeli², and E. Rodriguez³

(¹U.C. at Irvine, ²IVIC, ³Cornell University; Research conducted at Hato Pinheiro and IVIC, Venezuela; 1996)

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