Trinidad Expedition 2016

Trinidad 2016

Culture

Science

Previous research

Previous Expedition Work: • Amphibian biology• Fossil corals• Human parasite loads• Insect life histories and ecology• Bird conservation• Monkey behaviour• Bat ecology• Marine turtle conservation• Invasive snails

2015 Projects• Frog surveying• Frog behaviour and physiology• Golden Tree Frog eDNA sampling• Tadpole behaviour (lab)• Turtle behaviour and conservation • Educational work• Batting and bird ringing

Amphibians• Pseudis paradoxa• Hypsiboas crepitans• Frog tracking• Foam nests• Audio Sampling

Environmental• Pollution• Pond Creation

Bats and Birds

Turtles

Education

Daily goings on

• Morning meetings• Field work• Lab work• Cooking & Cleaning Rota

Whilst in Scotland

•Weekly meetings• Fund raising• Education•Grant applications

The interesting bit….

• Personal contribution - £650 - 750 • 10 weeks - Start of June – Mid August• 7 places of a team of 8 + staff/visitors• Leader wanted!• Even sex ratio for fieldwork safety• Drivers must be over 22 with 3 years exp.• Must be hard workers and prepared to give

lots of time.

Application

• Pick up an application from the museum • Return them to Prof. Downies pigeon hole• Application to be in by 5pm Monday 19th• Interview times will be posted over the weekend,

please try to make your given slot as moving them around causes a lot of hassle.

• Interviews will be held Mon 19th & Tues 20th • Team and reserves will be revealed Fri 23rd (hopefully)