STOP #15
STOP #15
STOP #15
Dispersión de Semillas dentro del Bosque
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The Forest as an Outdoor Classroom
As you’ve made your way through the Forest, you may have noticed trees tagged with pink ribbons, or other markers (“chapitas”). You may even have seen vegetation plots, pitfall, traps, insect traps and nets, or devices with which audio recordings can be made. What and why, you might ask?
What you’re seeing may be the efforts by university students or scientists, researchers from the U.S. Forest Service or the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or other researchers and scientists seeking to learn more about the flora, fauna, functions and components of this disappearing ecosystem.
The Forest is intended to be an “outdoor classroom” for visitors, students and researchers. We encourage the use of the Forest to:
(1) Teach the concepts, interactions and value of the increasingly scarce Pterocarpus Forest, wetland ecology, and their flora and fauna.
(2) Explain the role of Pterocarpus swamp forest in water quality, wildlife habitat and biological productivity, and
(3) Facilitate conservation and create an appreciation for the Pterocarpus ecosystem and Puerto Rico’s natural resources. In essence, to be a living exhibit devoted to the interpretation of the ecology of Pterocarpus forests in Puerto Rico and the world.
