Pete Zani, visiting assistant professor of biology, led his Tropical Field Ecology (Bio. 437) class on a trip to Ecuador over spring break. They spent 12 days and nights in the Amazon (Oriente) and at the Yasuní Research Station operated by the Catholic University of Ecuador in Yasuní National Park. While at the station, students collected data for course projects on topics such as poison-dart frog toxicity, lizard social behavior, and plant physical and chemical defenses. The 11 Hamilton students on the trip were Will Caffry '09, Lizzy Finan '08, Neil Frei '07, Jon Milgrom '08, Kennesaw Richards '07, Kira Rosalsky '07, Kristen Selden '09, Emily Starr '07, Chris Sullivan '09, Meaghan Sutton '07 and Tessa Teichert '07.
Bio. 437 provides an in-depth study of basic and applied topics in tropical ecology including biodiversity and the structure and function of tropical ecosystems.
