Join Amber Carr as she studies field
ecology in Peru.
Every year during
the spring semester the University of Maine offers a class entitled
INT 475: Field Studies in Ecology. Past years the class has gone to
locations such as South Africa, Belize, and Honduras. This year we
went to Peru. Before we left for the trip there were five class
meetings and during the trip we were required to keep a species list
and a journal.
Peru Map at Lonely Planet web site
In the course we touched upon three
major ecosystems in southern Peru. The first was the arid coast
south of Lima. The second was mountane habitats located near Cusco.
These included Machu Picchu, a cloud forest in Manu, and the Amazon
rainforest in Manu. The third ecosystem is the altiplano in the city
of Puno on Lake Titicaca.
Paracas
Ballestas Islands
Machu
Picchu
Manu National Park
Altiplano
and Lake Titicaca
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