2014

1. 2014

2. Scientific biodiversity research expeditions in 11countries 200+ academics running more than 120 projects Results published in peer-reviewed journals 30 new vertebrate species to science discovered Large temporal and spatial data sets obtained from tuition fee funded model Data used to assess the performance of conservation management programs What is Operation Wallacea?

3. Cuba Opportunity for worldwide comparative studies

4. Global Research and Conservation Strategy • Stage 1 - Assessing ecosystem diversity and function • Stage 2 - Monitoring ecosystem change • Stage 3 - Monitoring socio-economic change • Stage 4 - Establishing & monitoring the effectiveness of conservation management programs

6. Principal Researchers Assistant Researchers Visiting Academics Dissertation Students Research Assistants Medical Staff Pre –med Expedition Medicine Operations Staff Team Members

7. Volunteer-based internship: gain experience & skills for résumé Personalized Itineraries: Indonesia Honduras Madagascar Mexico Peru Fixed Itineraries: Guyana South Africa Transylvania Pre –meds: Expedition Medical course Honduras Joining as a Research Assistant

8. Transylvania Carpathian Foothills Biodiversity Survey

9. Transylvanian Ecology Course Camera trapping and observation transects for mammals Small mammal trapping and standard time herpetofauna searches Bird transects and call back for woodpeckers and owls Grassland surveys Butterfly transects Farm surveys for field size, hedges, livestock and pendulation numbers Transylvania

10. Guiana Shield Forest Biodiversity surveys Data being used to assess effects of selective logging on biodiversity Based in remote forest field camps Week 1 Guiana Shield forest ecology and jungle survival course Weeks 2 and 3 working from 2 different camps Mist netting for birds and bats Herpetofauna surveys from transects and night spotlighting Large mammal transect surveys Guyana

11. Guyana Burro Burro river surveys

12. Elephant carrying capacity surveys Two low veld sites – one at Kruger and one at Thanda in KwaZulu Natal How do you determine elephant carrying capacity? Bush training and savannah ecology course in week 1. Week 2 onwards field surveys for half a day each day Other half in camp completing African wildlife conservation course South Africa

13. Percentage of damage to different tree species by elephants Comparison of time spent in various habitat types from transect observations against percentage of total area represented by the habitat type South Africa

14. South Africa Dive Training and Reef Ecology Course, Sodwana Bay

15. Our largest field sites offer more flexibility so you can create you own personalized expedition Join for 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks Forest only, marine only or a bit of both Select the training course and research assistant options for your itinerary Options in Indonesia, Honduras, Mexico, Madagascar &Peru Personalized Itineraries

16. Mayan Forest Biodiversity Surveys First large-scale surveys of the vast CalakmulBiosphere. Data collected for REDD+ application and data for setting sustainable hunting quotas Mayan forest ecology course and visit to the Mayan ruins Mist netting for birds and bats Pitfall traps and transect searches for herpetofauna Mexico

17. Mexico Transect sampling and camera trapping for large mammals

18. Turtle, Reef & Lagoon Surveys Large scale surveys of Akumal coastline Data collected to assess tourism impact on the marine ecosystem and for protected area application Water quality assessment in cenotes, lagoons and reefs Biodiversity surveys of reefs Turtle behaviour surveys and nesting site monitoring Mexico

19. Madagascar Biodiversity Surveys Data gathered to provide performance data for management of community forests Madagascar wildlife and communities course Impact of Man on elephant birds, gorilla sized lemurs and dwarf hippos Tenrec speciation Levels of endemicity Madagascar

20. Dry Forest Biodiversity Survey Forest structure plots Bird point counts Crocodile population surveys Day time and spotlight surveys for chameleon diversity Lemur behavior & nocturnal lemur capture Small mammal surveys Color change in chameleons Species distribution modeling Madagascar

21. Indian Ocean Reefs Dive training Indian Ocean reef ecology course Stereo video surveys of reef fish communities Video coral intercept transects Madagascar

22. Madagascar Indian Ocean Stereo video surveys

23. Stereo-Video Footage

24. Analysing Stereo-Video Footage

25. Amazonian Forest Surveys Data collected for REDD+ application and data for setting hunting quotas Based on research ships Amazonian wildlife conservation course in week 1 Bird mist netting and water bird transects River dolphin surveys Fish community surveys Peru

26. Amazonian Forest Surveys Amphibian surveys Macaw counts Large mammal transects Camera trapping and Distance transects Dolphin transects River turtle population counts and nest transferring (depending on water levels) Primate niche separation and time budgeting Peru

27. Sustainable Resource Utilization Transects use distance sampling to estimate population densities Density is estimated based on the decreasing probability of sightings with distance from the transect Camera traps are used to estimate abundances of animals that are nocturnal, as well as those that are shy and/or elusive Peru

28. SY 0 K N Peru • Sustainable Resource Utilization • Animals whose populations show an increased reproductive rates at lower population densities,are suitable for sustainable hunting • Peccary numbers fell in 2010 and 2011 as a result of the extreme high water levels in the flooded forests • For fast reproducing species such as peccaries, 60% of the peccary production can be sustainably harvested 2010/11 2009

29. Peru Caiman surveys

30. Training courses Jungle training and Wallacea wildlife course Canopy Access Dive training Indo-Pacific reef ecology Dive Master training Indonesia

31. Sulawesi Forest Surveys Biodiversity surveys of the Lambusango forest Invertebrate surveys Mark recapture surveys for birds, bats and civets Behavioral studies of tarsiers, cuscus and macaques Carbon biomass estimates Large mammal transect surveys Indonesia

32. Anoa Surveys The only long term robust data set on this species in the wild Data show dramatic decline from2007, with evidence of ongoing illegal hunting from specific villages 50% chance of extinction of Lambusango population within 50 years without action Lambusango data critical in development of Indonesian national species action plan Indonesia

33. Wakatobi Reef System Surveys Most diverse reef system in the world Stereo-video and visual surveys of reefs Research ship based surveys Research Assistant Pool Indonesia

34. Indonesia

35. Training courses Jungle training & Neotropical wildlife course Canopy Access Dive training Caribbean reef ecology Dive Master training Honduras

36. Cloud Forest Surveys Herpetofauna transect and river surveys Point counts an d mist netting for birds and bats Beetle, moth, orchid bee and arachnid surveys Carbon biomass surveys Large mammal transect surveys Honduras

37. Stable isotope analysis to identify niche separation

38. New mammal species?

39. Honduras Reef Surveys Comparison of reef diversity and health between Utila and Tela Stereo-video and coral intercept transects Water quality assessment of mangrove lagoons Lionfish surveys Sea urchin population level and genome surveys Honduras

40. Expedition medicine Expedition medicine experiential course (4weeks; jungle training,. Species distribution modeling, biodiversity monitoring, and dive training. Includes a week long course on expedition medicine) Medical Electives (8 weeks shadowing different doctors supporting the OpWallexpeditions in the cloud forests and reefs of Honduras) Expedition medicine

41. Thesis research topics Complete data collection over summer 92% + of students in 2012 got top two grades for field projects (55% Firsts/A) Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Toronto, Birmingham, Manchester etc have OpWall students who have won best departmental dissertation/thesis

42. Botany and Invertebrate Research Topics • Do roads and paths increase disturbance levels in adjacent areas of forests? • Effect of altitude, rainfall and temperature on leaf formation • Estimating tropical forest invertebrate diversity • Forest disturbance impacts on butterflies • Niche separation in tarantulas • Dung beetle communities in cloud forest • Butterfly communities as indicators of grassland management Indonesia, Honduras, Translvania

43. Determining total invertebrate diversity using bar coding

44. HerpetofaunaResearch Topics • Impacts of habitat on Sulawesi herpetofauna • Physiological adaptations of a salt water frog • Prevalence of chytrid fungus in a cloud forest • Trophic ecology of palm viper snakes • Roles of floating vegetation mats in the Amazon as amphibian breeding habitat • Niche separation in caimans • Mayan Forest herpetofaunacommunities • Sea turtle behavior and nest site preferences • Color change in chameleons • Population ecology of Nile crocodiles Indonesia, Honduras, Peru, Mexico, Madagascar

45. Bird Ecology Research Topics • Habitat associations of Sulawesi birds • Comparison of tropical forest bird recording methods • Cloud forest bird communities • Assessing detectability of forest birds • Effects of fire on winter bird communities in South Africa • Bird communities in different Amazonian habitats • Endemic bird habitat associations in Madagascar Indonesia, Honduras, South Africa, Peru, Madagascar

46. Mammal Research Topics • Sulawesi forest bat communities • Civet ranging behavior • Population levels of Sulawesi megafauna • Trophic ecology of small mammals in a cloud forest • Camera trapping arrays for large mammals in Honduras • Vasectomy impact s on elephant behavior • Carrying capacity of reserves for elephant • Distribution patterns of large herbivores • Niche separation in Amazonian dolphins • Sustainable hunting levels for Amazonian mammals • Bat communities in Madagascar Indonesia, Honduras, South Africa, Peru

47. Primate Research Topics • Effects of forest disturbance on ButonMacaque behavior • Sleeping tree selectivity in tarsiers • Niche separation in Amazonian primates • Spider monkey grouping patterns and social behavior • Feeding ecology, habitat selection and activity budgets in Coquerel’sSifakas • Ecology and behavior of nocturnal lemurs Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Madagascar

48. Marine Ecology Research Topics • Resource utilisation of reef fish across environmental gradients • Association between anemone fish and host anemones • Competition between hard coral species • Comparison between reef and reef fish survey methods • Island biogeography of coral reef patches • Sea urchin ecology in the Caribbean • Changes in reef fish from stereo video surveys • Reef fish and benthic communities in Madagascar Indonesia, Honduras, Madagascar

49. Intertidal Research Topics • Niche separation in fiddler and sentinel crabs • Mangrove habitats • Seagrass ecology • Mangrove degradation in Honduras • Structure and function of mangroves Indonesia, Honduras

50. Environmental Science Research Topics • Effects of Crown of Thorns starfish on reefs • Importance of coral growth forms • Environmentally driven variations in reef architecture • Physical structure of light limited reefs • Causes of coral mortality • Coral health in Honduras • Hydrography & water quality of coastal lagoons and their impact on coral health in Mexico Indonesia, Honduras