Molybdenum cocktails stimulate nitrogen fixation in tropical forests
December 23, 2008Tropical forests represent a third of the total biomass on Earth and play a critical but poorly understood role in the carbon-climate system...
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Message from the Director
December 22, 2008I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season and close to 2008...
ELTI: Biofuels under the lens of experts
December 15, 2008Extensive cultivation of biofuel crops, aimed at reducing greenhouse gases may be ultimately harmful to the environment, according to the participants in a conference held at STRI, on December 5...
Botany course to Public Programs staff
December 15, 2008The objective of the course was to increase the quality of the information disseminated to our visitors on the Island...
Tracking turtles: where do they live, love, rest, nest
December 15, 2008During the early years, reconnaissance was carried out of nesting beaches and foraging areas in the province and extensive interviews were made with fishermen and residents...
STRI and ARAP sign agreement
December 12, 2008STRI acting director William T. Wcislo and Reynaldo Perez-Guardia, of ARAP signed a five-year renewable agreement for collaboration on Thursday, December 11...
New STRI book by Rolando A. Perez M.
December 09, 2008The forests of the Panama Canal watershed have been under study for about 100 years...
PNAS: Evidence from dirty teeth
December 09, 2008Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees...
PNAS: New movement models tested at STRI
December 09, 2008Tracking and remote sensing data are making it easier to locate organisms and find out what they are up to...
STRI at the SMBC Congress
December 09, 2008Nelida Gomez, coordinator of STRIs Office of Academic Programs, participated in the XII Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation (SMBC) in San Salvador, from November 10-14...