Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is a leading research center based in Panama that conducts long-term scientific studies on tropical ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate.

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instanceOf Smithsonian Institution unit
research institute
collaboratesWith Panamanian universities
international research institutions
conducts biodiversity monitoring
climate-related ecological research
long-term scientific studies on tropical ecosystems
country Panama
employs graduate student
postdoctoral fellow
researcher
scientist
fieldOfWork biodiversity
climate science
conservation biology
evolutionary biology
forest ecology
global change biology
marine biology
paleontology
tropical ecology
focusesOn climate change impacts on tropical ecosystems
ecosystem services
long-term ecological research
paleoecology of the Neotropics
species interactions
tropical forest dynamics
tropical marine ecosystems
hasPart Barro Colorado Island
surface form: Barro Colorado Island Natural Monument
hasResearchStation Barro Colorado Island
Bocas del Toro Research Station
Coibita Island field site
Fort Sherman canopy crane site
Galeta marine laboratory
Gamboa field station
Punta Culebra Nature Center
San Lorenzo forest sites
headquartersLocation Panama City
surface form: Panama City, Panama
inception 1923
languageOfWorkOrName English
Spanish
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Panama
missionStatement to increase understanding of tropical biodiversity and its importance to human welfare
notableProject Barro Colorado Island 50-hectare forest dynamics plot
ForestGEO global forest monitoring network
Neotropical migratory bird studies
Panama Canal watershed environmental monitoring
tropical coral reef monitoring in Bocas del Toro
offers field courses
internships
research fellowships
operatesIn Neotropical realm
surface form: Neotropics
parentOrganization Smithsonian Institution
shortName STRI
website https://stri.si.edu

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Smithsonian Institution hasPart Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Barro Colorado Island managedBy Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Gamboa field station operatedBy Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Gamboa field station partOf Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
this entity surface form: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute field station network
Punta Culebra Nature Center operatedBy Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Coibita Island field site operatedBy Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Coibita Island field site partOf Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
this entity surface form: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute field station network
Galeta marine laboratory operatedBy Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
subject surface form: Galeta Marine Laboratory
Galeta marine laboratory partOf Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
subject surface form: Galeta Marine Laboratory
Barro Colorado Island 50-hectare forest dynamics plot operator Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Bocas del Toro Research Station operator Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute