Linking plant functional traits and ecosystem function in tropical montane forests

Where

Estación Científica San Francisco NCI - Zamora Chinchipe province

How to arrive

By plane: from Quito to Loja (Catamayo airport) (Aeroregional)

You can take a taxi from Catamayo to Loja, and then a bus to Zamora with Cooperativa de transportes Yantzaza

By Bus: from Quito to Loja you can take a bus with Cooperativa de Transportes Loja, then, take a bus to Zamora City with Cooperativa de Transportes Yantzaza

Schedule

September 8th, Friday

Arrival day

Afternoon/evening: flash presentation of the participants
Welcome dinner

September 11th, 12th,13th

Training at the field station and evening presentation.

September 9th-10th

Hands-on training to measure plant functional traits

September 14th, Thursday

Visit to Bombuscaro, NCI, Zamora Chinchipe

Afternoon: Departure to Loja

Invited speakers

Prof. Verónica Iñiguez, Ph. D.

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

"Social Sciences applied to Andean forest conservation"

Ing. For.Trotsky Riera

Blgo. Felipe Serrano

Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional

(NCI)

"Experiences of forest conservation in Southern Ecuador"

Prof. Darwin Pucha, Ph. D.

Universidad Nacional de Loja

"The age of the trees through their growth rings"