May 24, 2001
May 10, 2002
STRI news
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panam?           www.stri.org           May 24, 2002
Whale exhibit opens
in Galeta
On May 24, 2001, volunteers from Refiner?a
Panam?, the University of Panam? and
McGill University joined the Galeta Marine
Laboratories' staff to collect the bones of a
Bryde's Whale or Tropical Whale (Balaenoptera
edeni) in Col?n (first photo) At that time,
Galeta marine biologist In?z Campbell
promised the STRI news that,
even though some vertebra
and ribs were missing from the
whale, they would ?put this
puzzle together, anyway!? Less
than a year after, on Friday,
May 10, Campbell, with the
collaboration of the Galeta
staff and the support of
Refiner?a Panam?, Rotary
Club, Texaco and the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT),
inaugurated the whale exhibit.
The inauguration was attended
by more than 175 visitors
including students from
schools from Panama and
Col?n (second and third
photos). In the fourth photo,
Galeta Marine Laboratories coordinator Stanley Heckadon joins Ricardo Morales from Texaco,
In?z Campbell, and V?ctor Chong from the Rotary Club, for a group photo. (Photos: M. A. Guerra)
El 24 de mayo de 2001, voluntarios de Refiner?a Panam?, la Universidad de Panam? y la
Universidad de McGill, se unieron al personal del Laboratorio Marino de Galeta para colectar los
huesos de una ballena tropical Balaenoptera edeni en Col?n (primera foto). En aquel tiempo, la bi?loga
marina de Galeta In?z Campbell prometi? a STRI news que, a?n cuando faltaban algunas v?rtebras y
costillas de la ballena, ??vamos a armar ese rompecabezas de todos modos!?. Un a?o despu?s, el
viernes 10 de mayo, Campbell, con la colaboraci?n del resto del personal de Galeta y el apoyo de
Refiner?a Panam?, Texaco, el Club Rotario y Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
inaugur? la exhibici?n de la ballena. M?s de 175 visitantes, incluyendo estudiantes de Panam? y
Col?n (segunda y tercera foto) asistieron a la inauguraci?n. En la cuarta foto, Stanley Heckadon,
cient?fico encargado del Laboratorio Marino de Galeta se une a Ricardo Morales de Texaco, In?z
Campbell y V?ctor Chong del Club Rotario, para una foto de grupo durante el evento. 
Se inaugura exhibici?n de ballena en Galeta
Tupper seminar
Tue, May 28, noon seminar
speaker will be Duur Aanen,
University of Copenhagen
The evolution of fungus
growing termites and their
mutualists
Bambi seminar
No Bambi scheduled for next
week. Please check your
bulletin boards and e-mail for
last minute news.
Arrivals
Robin Armstrong, University
of Georgia, May 25-Aug 2, for
a seedling census with Stephen
Hubbell, on BCI
Evandro De Oliveira,
Universidade do Minas
Gerais, Brazil, May 25-Jul 10,
to work as intern with Bob
Dudley and Robert Srygley, on
BCI.
Stanley Rand, STRI, May 27 -
Aug, for his summer field
season, continuing the
T?ngara frog project, in
Gamboa.
Eleven members from the
U.S. Congress including
Congressman Bob Ney, from
Ohio, May 27-31, to learn
about STRI operations and
issues.
April Connelly, Yale
University, May 27-Agu 26, to
work with PRORENA on
farmers? preferences and use
of native tree species in Los
Santos, Panama.
Christine Miller, University of
Montana, May 27-Aug 4, to
study the influence of
maternal effects on the
evolution of a sexually
selected trait in the leaf-footed
bug, Leptoglossus gonagra
(Hemiptera: Coreidae), on
BCI.
More departures
Olga F. Linares, May 28-Jun 2, to
Toronto, Canada, to attend the
meetings of the Canadian
Africanists Association.
Cristi?n Samper, May 29-Jun 2,
 to Quito, Ecuador, at the
invitation of the Ministry of the
Environment, to attend the Ira.
Cumbre Iberoamericana de Turismo y
Ambiente.
Condolences
To Aurelio Virgo and his family,
for the death of his father, on
Thursday, May 9.
To Onanchi Ure?a and her family,
for the death of her father,
Aristides Ure?a, on Mon, May 20.
To David Roiz and his family, for
the death of his father, Daniel
Roiz, on Thu, May 23.
New publications
Dudley, Robert. 2002. "Ferment-
ing fruit and the historical ecology
of ethanol ingestion: is alcoholism
in modern humans an evolution-
ary hangover?" Addiction 97: 381-
388.
Lachniet, Matthew S. 2002.
"Interhemispheric climate link-
ages, edited by Vera Markgraf
(Book review)." The Holocene 12(3):
377.
Losi, Christopher, and Morales,
Juan E. 2001. "Allometric regres-
sion for improved estimation of
carbon sequestration of two neo-
tropical tree species." TRI News
20(Spring): 40-44.
Moreno, Ricardo. 2002. "Atrayen-
tes para felinos." Scientia (Panama)
15(1): 115-117.
Nicholson, Lirsten E., Ib??ez D.,
Roberto, Jaramillo A., C?sar A.,
and Lips, Karen R. 2001. "Mor-
phological variation in the tropical
anole, Anolis casildae (Squamata:
Polychrotidae)." Revista de Biolog?a
Tropical 49(2): 709-714.
More arrivals 
Fernando Montealegre and
Fernando Vargas, University of
Toronto,  May 27-Jun 4, to study
musical stridulation mechanisms
in tettigonids, with special
reference to the genus
Panacanthus Walker, at El Cop?
and Fortuna.
Ira Rubinoff, STRI, May 28-Jun
2, to host the congressional visit.
Virgine Canoine, University of
California at Los Angeles, May
28-Jun 20, to work with Michaela
Hau, in Gamboa.
John Chapman, Leslie Harris,
Gretchen and Charles Lambert,
Fabio Pitombo, Sergio Salazar
and Brian Nysor, May 29, to
work with Andrew Cohen, at
Naos and Galeta.
Barbara Bliem, May 29 - Jul 14,
to work as volunteer with Alex
Lang and Heinrich Roemer, on
BCI.
Shallim Busch, University of
Washington, May 30-Nov 15, to
study the physiological
constraints and reproductive
endocrinology of the Song Wren
(Cyphorhinus phaecocephalus) across
the Isthmus of Panama, in
Gamboa.
Sarah Benfield, intern from
Heriot-Watt University, U.K.,
May 31, to work with H?ctor
Guzm?n, at Galeta.
Departures
Roberto Ib??ez, May 23-28, to
Costa Rica, to attend the first
meeting of the Research and
Analysis Network for
Neotropical Amphibians,
sponsored by NSF.
John Christy, May 26-Jun 7, to
Valdivia, Chile, to attend a
symposium on the behavior of
Crustaceans at the XXII Congreso
de Ciencias del Mar.
 Old STRI dorm at Naos turned 
 over to Panama
STRI formalized the turn-over of the old dorm at Naos
(foreground) to the Panamanian authorities. The photo
(taken in 1959) shows two Panama Canal old wooden
buildings that came into STRI use in the late 60's. The
old dorm housed the office and laboratory of
anthropologist Olga F. Linares and research assistant
Marialuz Calder?n from 1971 to 1983. The building in the
background served as laboratory for Peter Glynn and
assistants for most of the time he was a STRI scientist
(1967-1985).
STRI formaliz? la entrega del viejo dormitorio en Naos
(en primer plano) a las autoridades paname?as. La foto de
arriba (tomada en 1959) muestra dos viejos edificios de
madera del Canal de Panam? que fueron cedidos a STRI a
finales de los 60. El viejo dormitorio sirvi? de oficina y
laboratorio de la antrop?loga Olga F. Linares y su
asistente de investigaci?n, Marialuz Calder?n de 1971 a
1983. El edificio en segundo plano fue laboratorio de
Peter Glynn, durante casi todo el tiempo que fungi?
como cient?fico en STRI (1967-1985).
Joint publications with
?Panam? Viejo?
STRI and ?Patronato Panam?
Viejo? joined in the production
of two brochures, ?Panam? la
Vieja - Casco Antiguo: Cambio
y Continuidad? by Beatriz
Rovira and Eduardo Tejeira
Davis, and ?Panam? La Vieja:
Resumen hist?rico y gu?a de sus
ruinas? by Jos? de la Cruz.
STRI y el Patronato Panam?
Viejo se unieron en la
producci?n de dos panfletos, ?Panam? la Vieja - Casco
Antiguo: Cambio y Continuidad? por Beatriz Rovira and
Eduardo Tejeira Davis, and ?Panam? La Vieja: Resumen
hist?rico y gu?a de sus ruinas? por Jos? de la Cruz.
Publicaciones conjuntas
con Panam? Viejo