Research Director:
Ariel Lugo, Director, International Institute for Tropical Forestry, USDA
Forest Service (IITF)
Teacher Coordinators:
Jorge Ortiz, Professor, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES), University of Puerto Rico
Rafael J. Benitez Joubert, Graduate Student, ITES
Administrative assistance:
Jess K. Zimmerman, Eva Cortes and Eda C. Melendez-Colom
(ITES) and Carlos Domínguez (IITF)
Participating Schools and Teachers:
School (links to school's individual page) |
Project Synopsis |
During the years of 1986 and 1987, we selected a private
area in the Forest "La Torrecilla", located at the barrio Barrancas of
Barranquitas, for the development of a long-term study with the
help of the International Institute for Tropical Forestry.(...more) |
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In 1999, a science teacher of the Juan
Ponce de Leon High School in Florida-Puerto Rico, Elliot Lopez,
and some students, established a research area in a secondary forest
localized in the kart zone in the municipality of Florida, with
the assistance of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry.
This zone has a high diversity of species. (...more) |
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In 1999, two science teachers of the Francisco Morales
High School of Naranjito, Aurea Berrios and Hilka Nieves, established
two research areas (2500 m2 ea), in which the dominant specie is Spathodea campanulata. The research areas are part of a secondary
forest localized in the Achiote Ward in a coffe farm abandoned in
the 1950's.(...more) |
Activities:
Journey to El Yunque
Information Management Workshops:
- Web Page of Information Management workshop to teachers: 2000
- IM Presentation given at schools to students: 2006
First LUQ LTER Schoolyard Internship
Documents:
People (cvs file)
Field Protocols (word, html)
Data entry Sheet Example(Ejemplo de Hoja de Entrada de datos)
LTER 2006 All Scientists Meeting Poster
Reports: (To be uploaded)