Panama: Cerro Hoya

Cerro Hoya National Park

Site name: Cerro Hoya

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Project lead: Beulah Garner, Alfried Vogler, NHM; Luis Urena, Panama Wildlife Conservation https://panamawildlife.org

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Status of project: 3 standard plots (MT, FIT, pitfall) sampled every three days for six weeks (dates: xx-xx)

Available specimens and data:

(a) Samples: 3 plots x 3 trap types x 12 time points, sorted Coleoptera vs. non-Coleoptera

(b) Reference specimen set: 1000 morphospecies and images (link to Flickr)

(c) DNA extractions: Separate DNA extraction for each morphospecies

(d) DNA sequencing: Mixed mitochondrial metagenomics

(e) Sequence data: mitogenomes for ~1000 species (unpublished, assembly incomplete)

 

In collaboration with Panama Wildlife Conservation https://panamawildlife.org