Country
Ecuador
Name of scheme
Community-based monitoring of fog capture and biodiversity at Loma Alta
Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)
Terrestrial
What is monitored
Birds and rain water
Who compiles data
Community members and volunteers (from abroad)
Number of community members involved
10 (2003)
Spatial scale. Size of area monitored
2430 ha in one area (2003)
Methods used
Methods include, e.g., transects
Year of initiation
1995
Funded by
Funded by Earthwatch Institute
Documents or publications available
Becker 1999, Becker 2002, Estudillo and Becker 2002, Becker and Ghamire 2003, Becker et al. 2005
Organizers and contact details
C. Dustin Becker, Ana Agreda, Evelyng Astudillo, Melina Costantino and Pascual Torres
C. Dustin Becker: Earthwatch Institute and Aves de Ecuador and CECIA; University of New Mexico, Gallup-Zuni Branch, P.O. Box 1248, Zuni, NM 87327, USA; E-mail: dbecker@unm.edu
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