822
September 2014
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
P
roject
O
utcomes
This project resulted in several products of direct relevance
to land managers in the study area. Additionally, secondary
products such a video and forest sound recordings are available
for use in local schools and by other stakeholders interested in
protecting the area. Finally, the baseline data we collected on
forest structure can be used to inform more detailed future RS
studies such as an overflight with LiDAR equipment. While the
C2C expedition was incredibly successful, there are still broad
swaths of the PILA in both Costa Rica and Panama that are
poorly documented. We anticipate working with the PILA and
other local conservation organizations in future expeditions to
address their areas of concern and further the development of
scientific knowledge in the area.
R
eferences
All, J. 2014. Remote sensing challenges in mountainous
regions.
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
.
In press
.
Cole, R. C., Holl, K. D. and R. A. Zahawii. 2010. Seed rain
under tree islands planted to restore tropical forest in a
degraded agricultural landscape.
Ecological Applications
20: 1255-1269.
Daily, G. C, P. R. Erlich, and G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa. 2001.
Countryside biogeography: use of human-dominated
habitats by the avifauna of southern Costa Rica.
Ecological
Applications
11: 1-13.
Deutsch, C. A., Tewksbury, J. J. and R. B. Huey. 2008.
Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across
latitude.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA 105:6668–6672.
Laurance, W.F. and D. C. Useche. 2009. Environmental
synergisms and extinctions of tropical species.
Conservation
Biology
23:1427–1437.
Mora, C., Frazier, A. G., Longman, R. J., Dacks, R. S., Walton,
M. M., Tong, E. J., Sanchez, J. J., Kaiser, L. R., Stender, Y.
O., Anderson, J. M., Ambrosino, C. M., Fernandez-Silva, I.,
Giuseffi, L. M. and T. W. Giambelluca. 2013. The projected
timing of climate departure from recent variability.
Nature
502:183–187.
Sasa-Marin, M., Wasko, D. K., and W. W. Lamar. 2009.
Natural history of the terciopelo
Bothrops aspe
r (Serpentes:
Viperidae) in Costa Rica.
Toxicon
54:904-922.
van der Werf, G.R., Morton, D.C., DeFries, R.S., Olivier,
J.G.J., Kasibhatla, P.S., Jackson, R.B., Collatz, G.J. and J.
T. Randerson. 2009. CO2 emissions from forest loss. Nature
Geoscience 2:737–738.
UNESCO World Heritage Nomination IUCN Summary #552,
1990. La Amistad International Park and Volcan Baru
National Park (Panama).
/
advisory_body_evaluation/205.pdf
A
cknowledgements
We would like to thank La Amistad International Park for
their support of this expedition. Roger Gonzales provided
valuable assistance in obtaining research permits. Roman
Gomez provided critical logistical support. We particularly
thank the ACSP volunteers who accompanied us in Costa Rica
(Alistair Chan, William Leith, and Erin Gleeson) for making
this project possible.
A
uthors
Rebecca J. Cole
, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research,
the University of Colorado, Boulder (currently at Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental Management,
University of Hawaii at Manoa)
John D. All
, Department of Geography and Geology, Western
Kentucky University
Carl. G. Schmitt
, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO
Marvin F. Lopez
, Loma Linda Forest Reserve, Agua Buena,
Costa Rica
C
orresponding
A
uthor
Rebecca J. Cole
, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The ASPRS Scholarships
application deadline for the
2015 awards year is
October 31, 2014.
For details, go to:
education
Attention Students
