The benefits of small-scale plantations for mammal species in mixed landscapes (Webinar in Spanish)
The importance of timber plantations as corridors or shelter for mammals.
Leatherback sea turtle behavior: stay near home or set off across the ocean?
A new study finds that leatherback sea turtles tend to migrate rather than forage when chlorophyll, primary productivity, and sea surface temperature levels are lower.
STRI special events, October 2024
Q?Bus visits, Bird Friendly at the ShowColate fair, Bat night at Gamboa, and more.
Hopeful News for Caribbean Reefs? Low Oxygen May Be More Deadly for Staghorn Corals than High Temperatures
First experimental comparison of the effects of temperature and oxygen deprivation on three key Caribbean coral species shows that nightly low oxygen tips the balance of species survival away from tall, elegant, reef-building corals, towards lower, weedy corals, simplifying coral communities.
Smithsonian Receives $12 Million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for forest carbon verification with GEO-TREES
Grant Supports the Smithsonian’s Leadership Role in Bringing the Global GEO-TREES System Online
A global standard for forest carbon storage requires ground-based measurements
To create a global standard for forest carbon storage, we need boots on the ground. The GEO-TREES system of forest plots offers this immediately: establishing a single method for forest carbon estimation at existing on-the-ground forest study sites around the world.
Rediscovering the Undiscovered: Revitalizing the Cerro Juan Diaz Archaeological Ceramic Collection (Presentation in Spanish)
This research expands knowledge about the archaeological ceramics of the Gran Cocle culture at the Cerro Juan Diaz Archaeological Site, which spans a period of occupation from 200 BC to 1550 AD and is one of the largest pre-Hispanic communities in central Panama.
STRI special events, Aug-Sep 2024
Smithsonian opens the LepiDome, Congratulations Lisa Barnett, Congratulations Rachel Page, Exhibition by Irene Kopelman, Human-wildlife coexistence and more!
Wartime grant brings Ukrainian bat biologists to Panama
Over the last two years, staff at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center have worked to save bats from the dangers of the Russian full-scale invasion. Now, they join researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to study bat behavior in Panama.
Can we reduce carbon dioxide emissions by simply allowing forests to recover?
Regrowing tropical forests emit significantly lower soil carbon dioxide than cattle pastures.
