Wayqecha grants awarded in 2007

Undergraduate research grants

Study of the effect of land use change in organic matter incorporation to soils
Diana Orellana (Peru) - dorellanad@yahoo.es
Universidad Nacional del Centro - Huancayo (Peru)

Diversity and distribution of Gesneriaceae in the Kosñipata Valley
Lizbeth Hernani (Peru) - Turned down the grant
Universidad Nacional San Agustin de Arequipa (Peru)

Taxonomy and distribution of the Bromeliaceae Jussieu family in the Kosñipata Valley
Francisco Treviño (Peru) - ifrant01@gmail.com - ifrant01@yahoo.com
Universidad Nacional San Agustín de Arequipa (Peru)

Diversity and altitudinal distribution of tree species at Wayqecha Cloud Forest Research Station
Jean Paul La torre (Peru) - jplatorrefarfan@gmail.com
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru)

Diversity of macroscopic Basidiomycetes at Wayqecha Cloud Forest Research Station
Johel Delgado (Peru) - jhoelds@hotmail.com
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru)

Phenology of Sacha Inchi's (Plukenetia volubilis) cultivation in the Kosñipata Valley within the Cusco cloud forest
Melissa Ruiz (Peru) - ursularuizvera@gmail.com
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru)

Parasitoid diversity (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the altitudinal gradient of Wayqecha Cloud Forest Research Station
Carol Castilla (Peru) - carolcastillo17@gmail.com
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru)

Diversity, distribution and conservation of mammals at Wayqecha Cloud Forest Research Station
Cesar Medina (Peru) - cmedinap1234@yahoo.com
Universidad Nacional San Agustin de Arequipa (Peru)

Floristic composition and diversity analysis in a cloud forest at Wayqecha Research Station
Victor Chama (Peru) - vchama@hotmail.com
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru)

Use of Biol with Biocidal plants in two tutor system and its effects on a Sacha Inchi crop
Percy Dias y Nadia Campos (Peru) - pdiaz023@hotmail.com
Universidad Nacional de San Martin (Peru)

Graduate research grants

Elevated exposure to airborne pollutans in arboreal frog larvae of the neotropics
Dante B. Fenolio (USA) - anotheca@bio.miami.edu
Ph.D. candidate
University of Miami (USA)

Systematics of the lichens genus Usnea adans in the tropical America
Camille Truong (Switzerland) - Camille.Truong@ville-ge.ch
Ph.D. candidate
University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Ecophisiological forest traits and the climate change in tropical Peruvians Andes
Norma Salinas (Peru) - nosare@terra.com.pe
Ph.D. candidate
Oxford University (UK)

Patterns of avian diversity and tests of mechanisms in the Southeastern Peruvian Andes
Jill Jankowski (USA) - jjankow2@ufl.edu
Ph.D. candidate
University of Florida (USA)

Systematic and biogeography of the genus Telipogon Kunth
William Nauray (Peru) - wnauray@gmail.com
Ph.D. candidate
Universitat de Girona (Spain)

Seed grants

Systematic and diversity of bees (Hymenopthera - Apoidea) in the Kosñipata Valley
Armando Alfaro Tapia (Peru) - aralta23@hotmail.com
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru)

Diversidad y ecología de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en el Centro de Investigación Wayqecha, Cusco Peru.
Frank Azorsa Salazar (Peru) - franco_mx3@yahoo.com
Universidad Mayor de San Marcos (Peru)

A survey of amphibian populations in the upper Kosñipata valley, southeast Peru
Alessandro Catenazzi (Peru) - acatenazzi@gmail.com
University of South Florida (United States)

Orchids’ pollinating Insects in Wayqecha’s cloud forest
Juan Costa (Peru) - juanfcosta65@hotmail.com
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru)

Evaluation and monitoring of carnivores in the Acjanaco and Esperanza area
Dina Farfan (Peru) - dina@szfperu.org
Frankfurt Zoological Society (Peru)

Predicting the effects of climate change on Andean montane forest
Ken Feeley (United States) - kjfeeley@gmail.com
Harvard University (United States)

Characterization of fire regimes of the Peruvian puna and adjacent cloud forests
Rosa Maria Román (Spain) Norma Salinas (Peru)rroman@ouce.ox.ac.uk - nosare@terra.com.pe
Oxford University (United Kingdom)

Evaluating the fish fauna of the Kosñipata’s watershed and neighboring water bodies
Miguel Velásquez (Peru) - mianvq@yahoo.com
Museo de Historia Natural UNMSM (Peru)