Samstag, 31. Mai 2008

Year of the frog !

Though I´m anything but an amphibian-expert I have encountered so many fascinating species and individuals on travels, in zoos and at home, that it makes me extremely sad to see that they´re disappearing at frightening speed.
(The reasons being rather interesting, from a scientific point of view).
I took the above picture of the famous red-eyed treefrog during a night in "the swamp" at the biological Staion "La Selva" in Costa Rica.
Nowadays I sometimes catch frogs between the flower-pots in the greenhouses and try to relocate them to better places - life changes but some patterns remain :).
(I even caught a newt the other day, my highlight of the week)

Click here if you´re interested in Frogs :

And once again I realize that this world appears tob be rather small : the photo on the linked site was taken by Richard Gibson. Who was my boss while I worked at the herpetology department in Jersey Zoo/the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust...

An interesting site for the german-speakers: http://www.kaulquappe.de/

Freitag, 23. Mai 2008

Effects of Artificial Roosts for Frugivorous Bats on Seed Dispersal in a Neotropical Forest Pasture Mosaic

Very Interesting Publication about bats by my "ex-boss" Detlev Kelm (IZW, Costa Rica) in "Conservation Biology" - Congratulations !

DETLEV H. KELM, KERSTIN R. WIESNER, OTTO von HELVERSEN (2008)
Effects of Artificial Roosts for Frugivorous Bats on Seed Dispersal in a Neotropical Forest Pasture Mosaic
doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00925.x
Link to Abstract

Wie Fledermäuse tropische Wälder aufforsten

Naturenews: Artificial bat roosts could re-seed the tropics

Dienstag, 13. Mai 2008

Days off...


lifted my spirits!
Hurra !