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Cocha Cashu Biological Station: a unique place to monitor the biodiversity and ecological processes of a tropical forestBy Cesar Flores, Jessica Groenendijk, Verónica Chavez, Ron Swaisgood, Alan LiebermanThe StationThe Cocha Cashu Biological Station (CCBS) is a remote site in the pristine Manu National Park, located 80 kilometres from the mouth of the Manu River, on the shore of an oxbow lake named Cocha Cashu. The dominant habitat is mature floodplain forest.
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The 3 top reasons to carry out
research in Cocha Cashu
Cocha Cashu Biological Station:
a unique place to monitor the biodiversity
and ecological processes of a tropical forest
The Station
We invite researchers and scientists
from all over the world to carry out
further studies into the ecology,
behavior, and diversity of Cocha
Cashu’s bird life, in a rainforest
virtually untouched by man.
Founded: in 1969
Years of operation: 42
Kilometres of trails: 52
No. of fish species: 60
No. of bird species: 528
No. of plant species: 1,460+
No. of amphibean species: 82
No. of scientific publications: 574
No. of non-volant mammal species: 70+
Ave. annual temperature: 24˚C (min. 9˚C, max. 34˚C)
Size and age of the lake: 24 ha (1.5 - 2m), 100 to 150 years
No. of researchers: 982 between 1998 and 2009 (inclusive)
Ave. annual rainfall: approx. 2,000mm, between November and May
The Cocha Cashu Biological Station (CCBS) is a remote site in the
pristine Manu National Park, located 80 kilometres from the mouth of
the Manu River, on the shore of an oxbow lake named Cocha Cashu.
The dominant habitat is mature floodplain forest.
Cesar Flores, Jessica Groenendijk, Verónica Chavez, Ron Swaisgood, Alan [email protected]
Cocha Cashu
Trail system
Source: Pitman et al. (2011)
http://cochacashu.sandiegozooglobal.org
A view from the lake
Your
‘room’
A map of field work sites
in the Andes and Amazon
regions of South America.
Yellow dots indicate sites
where field work was
carried out for studies
published in the 1995-
2008 volumes of
Biotropica and Journal of
Tropical Ecology. Cocha
Cashu (= 2) is one of the
most productive field
stations in the region.
Cocha Cashu in a nutshell
1. Become part of Cocha Cashu’s
legacy, standing on the shoulders of
giants and joining more than four
decades of scientific history;
2. Be surrounded by an unrivalled
diversity of charismatic plant and
animal species, and of aquatic and
terrestrial habitats;
3. Contribute to the better
understanding, management, and
conservation of the biodiversity and
natural processes of Manu National
Park.
Mission
Bath house
Frank Hajek
Ken Bohn
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Andre Bärtschi Frank HajekFrank Hajek
Frank Hajek
Frank Hajek
Ken Bohn
To contribute to the knowledge and conservation of tropical biological
diversity by improving infrastructure, educating the public, building
conservation capacity, and promoting quality, innovative, scientific
research at local, regional, national and international levels.
11˚ 54’ S, 71˚ 22’ W, altitude ~ 350 m
Ken Bohn
Angelica Garcia
Angelica Garcia
