First REDD+ Project in Cameroon announced
The Center for Tropical Research (CTR) is partnering with Global Green Carbon Corporation (GGC) on a major conservation project in Cameroon—a country in west Central Africa.
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Center for Tropical Research November 2011 Newsletter
CTR researchers report on a study tracking migratory songbirds and field research on seed dispersal of a tropical tree in Ecuador
The Ecological and Genetic Role of Seed Dispersal for a Tropical Tree in Ecuador
by Stephanie Steele, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
UCLA scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa
UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu.
Themes of Hunger, Food, and Survival
An award-winning book by Judith Carney explores how food crops from Africa crossed the ocean with slaves and soon became a staple of American agriculture.
Center for Tropical Research May 2011 Newsletter
CTR researchers investigate stripe variation in the African plains zebra and monkeypox transmission in the Congo Basin.
How the Zebra Changed its Stripes: Evolution of Stripe Variation in the Plains Zebra
by Brenda Larison, Ph.D., Researcher, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
Using Remote Sensing to Map the Principal Carrier of Monkeypox Virus in the Congo Basin
by Trevon Fuller, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
CNE-TV spotlights new International Research and Training Center, Central Africa
Watch presentation highlights plus a one-on-one interview with Center for Tropical Research (CTR) Director Tom Smith and CTR Africa Director Kevin Njabo.
The Fight for Yasuni
View PDF of article. Also see ScienceShot: Yasuni Reveals Its Hidden Creatures and The Fight for Yasuni Photo Slideshow.
West Nile virus more prevalent in low-income neighborhoods, study finds
Report on an article by CTR researchers and colleagues published online in PLoS ONE, “Economic conditions predict prevalence of West Nile virus” Reports on the article were also published in…