Date：October 22 - December 3 2011

Format:Course activities will be split between lectures and field exercises. With guidance, participants will design and carry out research projects in groups. The statistical program R will be introduced and used for the data analysis throughout the course. The course concludes with a symposium, where students present results of group projects and compete for the AFEC best research award.

Where: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. The research projects will be conducted in Mengsong, a Forest Reserve near the Myanmar border, which contains old-growth forest, surrounded by different secondary forest types and famous Pu-er tea plantations.

Topics: Tropical Ecology, Eco-Physiology, Taxonomy, Evolutionary Ecology, Plant and Animal Interactions, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Invasive Species and more!

Course Fee: US$1500 (high-income countries), US$500 (lower-income countries). Limited course fellowships are available for participants from lower-income countries.

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