Yves Basset
Yves Basset
Scientific coordinator, CTFS Arthropod Initiative
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
Apartado 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancon
Panama City, Republic of Panama
Tel. +507 212 8233
Fax +507 212 8148
Email:
bassety@si.edu
Research at STRI
Research Interests
Insect-plant interactions and herbivory in the tropics; biodiversity and host-specificity of insect herbivores; insect spatial and temporal distribution; community structure and taxonomy of arboreal arthropods; tropical forest canopies; community ecology; parataxonomist training; arthropod conservation.
Web Pages
- Insect Ecology in Papua New Guinea
- IBISCA project in Panama
- Insect Conservation and Diversity (Wiley- Blackwell journal)
Links
In the field
Climbing trees in Panama, project IBISCA (2003)
Working with parataxonomists in Gabon (2001)
Work with the San Lorenzo canopy crane, Panama (1999)
On the Canopy Raft in Gabon (1999)
Forest on white sands, Camoudi, Guyana (1996)
Quality control of parataxonomist work, Papua New Guinea (1994)
Fogging trees in Papua New Guinea (1992)