La Selva Projects
The OTS La Selva field station is in
lowland evergreen forest at the confluence of the Sarapiqui and
Puerto Viejo Rivers in eastern Costa Rica. Although precipitation
varies seasonally at La Selva, monthly totals exceed 15 cm even
during the "dry season" (average annual rainfall exceeds 4 m). An
extensive trail system provides access to primary tropical forest
with trees exceeding 40 m height and incredible biological diversity,
as well as to numerous experimental forest plots in various stages of
succession.
At La Selva we continued the Leaf
Diversity Project and sub-groups coordinated three student-designed
projects: