Category: Fieldwork
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From the Field: Closing out
My days in Costa Rica have come to an end and I am back in Oklahoma, where I will begin to run my analyses and figure out if and how fungal pathogen spillover from coffee plantations are affecting forest tree seedlings. My last week and a half was spent cleaning up my field sites, interviewing…
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From the Field: Week Eight
This week marks the beginning of the end of my field work in Costa Rica. With only half a week’s worth of field work left here, I have spent some time cleaning up my sites and meeting with local farmers and foresters. I also took a day to go to the beach one last time…
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From the Field: Week Seven
I am feeling quite bittersweet at the end of this week as I embark on my final days of field work in Costa Rica, however the journey is not over yet! With just two weeks of field work (and some vacation days) left ahead of me, I am getting ready to close things out. So…
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From the Field: Week Six
Well we are officially in the final weeks on my research here in Costa Rica! Field work is continuing as usual, and I am beginning to plan to finish up my work here and start taking final measurements in the forests. I had some interns from the station volunteer to help me at my field…
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From the Field: Week Five
Now that we’re in the thick of the field season, things have been rolling along pretty smoothly. It’s hard to believe I have been here for over a month, and even harder to believe that I only have a few weeks left! This week overall was fairly relaxing, we finished our field work a little…
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From the Field: Week Four
We officially have hit the halfway point in my field work! Time has been flying by and I cannot believe I have been in Costa Rica for a month now. The rain held out pretty well for most of the week so our time in the field went smoothly. We saw lots of cicada shells,…
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From the Field: Week Three
Hello! Welcome to this week’s adventures in Costa Rica. Field work is moving along as planned (woohoo!), minus a few delays by unexpected rain storms. This week was fairly normal with a sprinkle of cool things: I was able to pet a hummingbird, took a guided night walk, got to participate in the open house…
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From the Field: Week Two
The sites are finally set up! After two long weeks of unpredictable rainy season weather and working through the weekend, we finally completed setting up the plots in each of the four forests that we will be monitoring. This means that for the next 6 weeks, I will be treating and recording the growth and…
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From the Field: Week One
Hello from Costa Rica! This was my first week at the field station in Costa Rica and it was a very eventful one. Day 1: I left Oklahoma at 6:00 am on Sunday morning (and may have almost missed my flight) and arrived in San Jose late Sunday afternoon. After a long wait in the…
Gina Errico 