Trinidad 2015

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

2014 Projects

• Frog surveying

• Frog behaviour and physiology

• Chytrid sampling

• Turtle behaviour and conservation

• Bat diversity

• Educational work

Amphibians• Golden Tree Frogs

• Pseudis paradoxa

• Hypsiboas crepitans

• Frog tracking

• Foam nests

Ticks

Environmental• Pollution

• Pond Creation

Bats

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

• 10 weeks - Start of June – Mid August

• 10 places of a team of 12 + staff/visitors

• 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 Friday 10th (tomorrow)

• 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 13th & Tues 14th

• Team and reserves will be revealed Fri 17th (hopefully)