Neville Winchester provides us with a sample picture of one Berlese trap extraction taken from a Church Forest in Ethiopia (click for a larger image):
Photos from Ethiopia taken by Phil Harpootlian: [slideshow id=27]
One of scientist Neville Winchester’s samples, illustrating the biodiversity of Ethiopian church forests (click for a larger image):
Along with some great moments, came some bad. Here are some of the “worst” things about our Ethiopia expedition: Car trouble Hornbill-hitting-windscreen (will send from
As I muse about our last 3 weeks in Ethiopia, and count my blessings for toasted cheese sandwiches, sidewalks, books, and cotton sheets on my
Here are a few of the critters we were surveying — got 135 birds, but all but about 11 were outside the church forests. We
We are in our final phases of the Ethiopia expedition, with over 3000 insects logged by various field methods, over 1000-person hours of field time,
Dr. Catherine Cardelús writes about the epiphytes they have found in the church forests of Ethiopia so far: I am thrilled that we have epiphytes!
Some various photos from our activities in the field here in Ethiopia:
We awoke to a heavy downpour so have postponed our morning checking for insects to this afternoon. Meantime, the holy mass takes place a noon,
