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Jannet spent her summer travelling across Costa Rica with the Organization of Tropical Studies’
(OTS) Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach field course. In the six-week intensive
course she conducted five different research projects, working with a variety of taxa,
including bats, frogs, and plants. In the high-altitude forests of Cerro de la Muerte
and Cuerici, she used camera traps to assess mammal diversity across sites with different
protection statuses. In the legume dominated dry forests of Palo Verde, she measured
seedling properties of legumes and non-legumes to investigate whether seedling functional
traits contributed to legume dominance. She not only improved her field techniques,
but also her writing, presentation, natural history knowledge and science communication
skills. In the lowland rainforests of La Selva Biological Research Station, she worked
with her peers to film and produce an educational short video on the anti-predatory
behavior of the red-eyed tree frog, which accompanied their research. In Las Cruces
Wilson Botanical Gardens, located in South, she conducted community surveys to assess
local knowledge on the effects of pesticides on the environment. She plans on returning
to Costa Rica to study the effects of environment patterns on the spatial structure
and dynamics of wildlife populations and is currently coordinating with field site
managers she met over the summer to plan her fieldwork.