SIT Ecuador - Comparative Ecology and Conservation

SIT Ecuador - Comparative Ecology and Conservation SIT's ECE program is designed to introduce university students to Ecuador's unique biological diversity and to the challenges of conserving that diversity.

Students spend a semester in Ecuador, studying in the Sierra, the Amazon, and on the Galapagos Islands. They learn field techniques and methodologies, the major characteristics of plants and animals in the various ecosystems, the relationship between human beings and the natural world from pre Colombian times to the present, Ecuador's role in the global economy, and so on. They also have an intens

ive Spanish course and do an independent study project during the final month of the program. Students have a couple three-day rural homestays and live with families in Quito for six weeks, during the lecture/Spanish study periods.

Splendid Andean Condor pictures taken by student Sam Zhang, Spring 202 semester, during our excursion to the Andean High...
21/02/2020

Splendid Andean Condor pictures taken by student Sam Zhang, Spring 202 semester, during our excursion to the Andean Highlands. Andean Condors are the heaviest flying birds in the world. Here a male just after feeding on a carcass (see the sac full of food in left picture). Thanks to Sam for these wonderful pictures.

Close view of Spectacled Bears in the Cloud Forest. Photos: Alumni Thane Gehring and Xavier Silva
11/02/2020

Close view of Spectacled Bears in the Cloud Forest. Photos: Alumni Thane Gehring and Xavier Silva

26/07/2019

Amazon Pink River-Dolphins, Aguarico River, Ecuador with SIT Students

12/11/2017

08/06/2017

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Gracias por un semestre fantástico!
24/05/2017

Gracias por un semestre fantástico!

Two students of Spring 2017, discovered (from their Independent Study Projects) a new species of frog, and potentially a...
22/05/2017

Two students of Spring 2017, discovered (from their Independent Study Projects) a new species of frog, and potentially a new species of ant! (pictures of frog and ant will be released after analysis; here the student's pictures during our cloud forest excursion).

Some info related to these discoveries:

- Noblella sp. nov. is the new frog species discovered by student Mindee Goodrum (Saint Michael's College, Biology) in the Ecuadorian eastern cloud forests. This species has been first seen by Herpetologist Santiago Ron (Ph. D., U. of Texas, Austin) from PUCE University and Natural History Museum of Quito. In his first encounter Dr. Ron doubted if it was a new species, but with the detailed pictures taken in the field by student Mindee Goodrum, he and his colleagues from the Museum and herpetologists from U of Texas, just determined that is indeed a new species. The new species will be named after an Organic/Sustainable Coffee producer company in Ecuador that contributes to the cloud forests conservation. Congratulations to student Mindee Goodrum, and thaks to Javier Robayo, SIT-ECE teacher for providing the key contacts for Mindee's ISP at Cerro Candelaria Reserve of EcoMinga Foundation.

- Pseudomyrmex sp. potentially sp. nov. discovered by student Clayton Ziemke (Pomona College, Biology) in the southern Andean dry valleys of San Pedro de Vilcabamba, Loja. Clayton developed an entomological ISP about the plant/ants relationships of Leucaena leucocephala with several species of ants. One of these ant species may be a new species for science. Entomology advisors Paola Santacruz (Interactive Science Museum of Quito) and Professor Adrian Troya (National Polytechnic of Ecuador) will work on this potentially new species. Many thanks to our partner Deirdre Platt in Loja for providing the right contacts for Clayton in San Pedro de Vilcabamba, and big thanks to Entomologist Paola Santacruz for being Clayton's ISP Advisor. Congratulations to Clayton Ziemke.

I would like to thanks ECE staff for their wonderful work during this semester. Best, Xavier

24/04/2017
24/04/2017
Máximos predadores de la Amazonía del aire, agua y tierra; el Aguila Harpía (aquí con un Coatí en sus garras), la Anacon...
10/10/2016

Máximos predadores de la Amazonía del aire, agua y tierra; el Aguila Harpía (aquí con un Coatí en sus garras), la Anaconda y el Jaguar. Cercanías del PN Yasuní, Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini - La protección del bosque Amazónico es una prioridad // Apex predators of the Amazon on air, water, and land; the Harpy Eagle (here with a Coati as a prey), the Anaconda, and the Jaguar. By Yasuní National Park; Tiputini Biodiversity Station - Protection of the Amazon forest is a high priority

22/01/2013

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