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CONTINENT
COUNTRY / REGION
    
North America (north of Mesoamerica) Alaska 1980
:		 Canada 1974, (1989), 2007a, 2007b
NW Mexico 1968, 1969
3/4
Caribbean & Mesoamerica (Bahamas &) Cuba 2001
Dominican Republic 2005
Puerto Rico 2005
  Yucatán, México 2003
Costa Rica 1989
[Panama 1972]
5/7
South America Argentina & Paraguay 1973
Brazil 1973, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 (forthcoming),
  Chile 1973, 1977
Ecuador 2002
Perú & Bolivia 1972-73
7/7
Oceania Galápagos 2002
:		 Hawaii 1992, 2006
:
0/2
Australasia Australia & New Zealand 1987
2/2
S & SE Asia Burma & India 2006
(Thailand &) Nepal 1993 
[South Korea 1993]
Indonesia 1987
Vietnam 2006
 
6/7
East Asia China 1998, Hong Kong, China 2006
:		 Japan 2006
Mongolia 1998
3/4
W & N Europe Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden 1977; (Sweden 1994)
(France 2004)
(Germany 1996, 2000)
Iceland 1999
(Netherlands 1994)
United Kingdom 1977, (1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004)
:
(UK, France, Switzerland)
10/12
S Europe & W Asia Croatia (& Bosnia-Herzegovina) 2006
Spain (& Gibraltar) 2006
Turkey 2006
(Portugal, Spain, Italy, Vatican City, Greece)
9/10
Africa Egypt 2006
South Africa, Zimbabwe, (Zambia), Kenya, Tanzania 1996
(Morocco)
7/7
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[Guatemala, Cape Verde Is, Singapore] 52/65
( ) = Locations in parentheses are areas visited but not included in Activities Overview
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BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT
COUNTRY / REGION
North and Central America
California Floristic Province
Caribbean Islands
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands
Mesoamerica
(California, S Oregon, W Nevada); Baja California, México 1968, 1969
Cuba 2001, Dominican Republic 2005, Puerto Rico 2005
(SE Arizona, S New Mexico)
Costa Rica 1989, Yucatán, México 2003
South America
Atlantic Forest
Cerrado
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests
Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
Tropical Andes
Argentina, Paraguay 1973; Brazil 1973, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 (forthcoming),
Brazil 1992, 2003
Chile 1973, 1977
Galápagos 2002
Perú & Bolivia 1972-73, Ecuador 2002
Europe and Central Asia
Caucasus
Irano-Anatolian
Mediterranean Basin
Mountains of Central Asia
-o-
-o-
Croatia 2006, Spain 2006, Turkey 2006
-o-
Africa
Cape Floristic Region
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
Eastern Afromontane
Guinean Forests of West Africa
Horn of Africa
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany
Succulent Karoo
Cape Provinces, South Africa 1996
-o-
Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe; Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 1996
-o-
-o-
-o-
Eastern South Africa 1996
Karoo, South Africa 1996
Asia-Pacific
East Melanesian Islands
Himalaya
Indo-Burma
Japan
Mountains of Southwest China
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Philippines
Polynesia-Micronesia
Southwest Australia
Sundaland
Wallacea
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
  
 -o-
Nepal 1993
Hong Kong, China 2006; Vietnam 2006; Burma 2006
Japan 2006
-o-
-o-
New Zealand 1987
-o-
Hawaii 1992, 2006
Australia 1987
Bali & Java, Indonesia 1987
-o-
W Ghats, India 2006
( ) = Locations in parentheses are areas visited but not included in Activities Overview because within the conterminous US.
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REGION YEAR ENVIRONMENTS  --  PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  CI Hotspot WWF Ecoregions
Northwestern Mexico 1968
1969		 Baja California and Baja California Sur, México.  Dec 1968, Dec 1969.
Sonoran desert ecosystems
 California Floristic Province
Peru 1972-73 Lake Titicaca Limnological Research Expedition, Peru. Scientific Team Member.  Univ of California, Davis, and Univ of the Pacific, Stockton, CA.  Sponsored by the National Geographical Society and el Instituto del Mar del Perú. Oct 1972-Sept 1973.
Altiplano terrestrial (puna) and limnetic (Lago Titicaca, salars) environments.
1973 Guanaco Behavioral Ecology Expedition, Northern Peru.  Associate Scientist.  Educational Expeditions International (EarthWatch). April 1973.
Atacama Desert
Montane and high elevation Andean (puna, páramo) environments.
 Tropical Andes Atacama.Desert NT1303 wiki
So. America 1973 Andean, subtropical, and temperate ecosystems of Bolivia, Paraguay, southwestern Brazil, Argentina, and central Chile. Aug-Sept 1973.
Iguazu Falls National Parks, Argentina & Brazil
Patagonia coastal desert, Argentina
 Tropical Andes

Chilean.Winter.Rainfall -Valdivian Forests

Atlantic Forest
 

PR 
Central /
Western Canada		 1974 Cold temperate grasslands to boreal forests of Manitoba, Canada.
Mountain ecosystems of Alberta, Canada.  Aug-Sept 1974.
Scandinavia /
British Isles		 1977 Temperate to arctic ecosystems of Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. 
Temperate highland and maritime ecosystems of Scotland and England.  Sept 1977.
Chile 1977 Chilean mattoral to Valdivian temperate rain forest transect.   Dec 1977. Chilean Winter Rainfall -Valdivian Forests Chilean mattoral NT1201
Valdivian.temperate forests NT0404		 wiki
wiki
1977-78 Guanacos of Patagonia Research Expedition. Volunteer Scientist. EarthWatch Expeditions.  Tierra del Fuego and Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.  Dec 1977-Jan 1978.
Southern beech forests, semi-arid shrublands, and subantarctic grasslands and bogs of Patagonia
 Magellanic subpolar forests NT0402 wiki
Alaska 1980 Aniuk and Noatak rivers, Brooks Range (now, Noatak National Preserve).
Denali National Park.  July 1980.
Alaskan arctic and subarctic tundra, and boreal forest.
Australasia 1987 Temperate to tropical ecosystems of New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia.  Jan-Feb 1987. New Zealand

Southwest Australia

Sundaland
Costa Rica 1989 Monteverde and La Selva Biological Reserves.  June 1989. Mesoamerica
Brazil 1992 The Global Forum, Rio de Janeiro.  Non-governmental organization (NGO) conference in conjunction with UN Conference on the Environment and Development (Earth Summit).  June 1992.
1992 Atlantic Forest reserves (states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)
Pantanal and Cerrado ecosystems (Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul)
Araucária reserves (Paraná).  June-July 1992.		 Atlantic Forest

Cerrado

 Atlantic Coast restingas NT0102
Pantanal NT0907
Araucaria moist forests NT0101
Cerrado NT0704		 RJ 
SP
MT 
MS 
PR 
Hawai’i 1992 Island of Kauai natural areas.  Aug 1992. Polynesia-Micronesia
Nepal 1993 Annapurna Conservation District and vicinity.  May 1993.
Foothill to high-elevation environments of the Himalaya.
 Himalaya
Southern 
& E. Africa		 1996 Vegetation of South Africa Excursion. International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS).  Sept-Oct 1996.
Transect from: Namaqualand and Karoo deserts, Cape Mediterranean scrub to Afromontane forests and subtropical grasslands and savannas of South Africa.
 Cape Floristic Region

Maputaland-Pondoland -Albany

Succulent Karoo
1996 Tropical highland ecosystems of Zimbabwe, Tanzania (including Mt. Kilimanjaro), and Kenya. Oct-Nov 1996. Eastern Afromontane
China 1998 Great Wall of China vicinity ecosystems: Cold temperate dry scrub.  June 1998
Mongolia 1998 Lake Khövsgöl, Siberian boreal forest, steppe, and South Gobi Desert.  June-July 1998.
Iceland 1999 Active Volcanoes in Iceland Excursion.  International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).  July 1999.
Transect through the Icelandic Rift.  Subarctic grasslands, tundra, and birch woodlands.
Cuba 2001 Cuban Bird Conservation and Natural Areas Workshop.  Natural Areas Association.  Nov 2001.  (Under humanitarian project license from US Dept of the Treasury.)  WORKSHOP RPT (pdf file)
Conservation reserves and national parks of western Cuba -
           Matanzas, Pinar del Río, and Havana provinces
 Caribbean Islands
Brazil 2002 Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Brazil 2002 course. Instructor. Columbia University and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil.  July-Aug 2002. COURSE INFO
Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) and adjacent environments, State of São Paulo. 
 Atlantic Forest
2002 Southern coastal and interior Atlantic Forest and Mangrove reserves, Paraná state, Brazil.  Aug 2002.
Parque Nacional de Superagüi, Paraná

Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, Paraná

Photos © 2002 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 		 Atlantic Forest PR 
Ecuador /
Pacific Islands		 2002 Darwin Discovery Natural History Workshop.  Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador.  Nov 2002.

Photos © 2002 G&T Kittel, all rights reserved
 Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Galápagos Islands xeric scrub NT1307
2002 Ecuadorian Pacific Cloud Forest.  Nov 2002. Tropical Andes Western Ecuador moist forests NT0178
Yucatan, Mexico 2003 The Nature Conservancy 4th Wetland Management Network Workshop – From Science to Strategy: How to Put Lessons from Wetland Ecology into Practice.  Tulum, Quintana Roo (Yucatán), México.  April 2003. 
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve.
 Mesoamerica Yucatán dry forests NT0235
Brazil 2003 Cerrado and Cerradão reserves, Distrito Federal (Brasília) and Goiás, Brazil.  May 2003. Cerrado Cerrado NT0704 DF 
GO 
2003 Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Brazil 2003 course.Instructor. Columbia University and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.  May-Aug 2003. COURSE INFO
2003 Interior and coastal ecosystems of Bahia, Brazil.  Aug-Sept 2003.
Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia – Campo Rupestre and Caatinga subtropical ecosystems. 
North-coast Atlantic Forest and Restinga (sand plain forest/shrublands), Bahia
 Atlantic Forest Caatinga NT1304
Bahia.coastal.forests NT0103
Atlantic Coast restingas NT0102		 BA 
Brazil 2004 Caatinga (dryland) and adjacent ecosystems of the Sertão, northeastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, and Ceará states).   May 2004.
Parque Nacional da Serra da Caprivara, Piauí – Caatinga
Parque Nacional Sete Ciudades, Piauí – Caatinga/Cerrado
Parque Nacional de Ubajara, Ceará – Montane humid forest (=northern limit of Atlantic Forest)
 Atlantic Forest Caatinga NT1304 RN 
PB 
PE 
PI 
CE 
2004 Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Brazil 2004 course.Lead Instructor. Columbia University and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.  May-July 2004.COURSE INFO Atlantic Forest
2004 Tropical ecosystems of Amazônas and Roraima states, Brazil.  July 2004.
Arquipélago de Anavilhanas Ecological Reserve, Amazônas – Rio Negro island and channel complex.

Roraima landscapes – Lavrado (Amazonian savana)

 AM 
RR 
Dominican Republic 2005 Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Dominican Republic 2005 course. Lead Instructor.  Columbia University and Punta Cana Biodiversity Laboratory, Puna Cana, Dominican Republic.  May-July 2005.COURSE INFO
Punta Cana Marine Reserve & vicinity – Caribbean coral reef, Caribbean dry/semihumid coastal forest
Ebano Verde Ecological Station – Caribbean highlands cloud forest
 Caribbean Islands Hispaniolan dry forests NT0215
Puerto Rico 2005 Caribbean tropical terrestrial and reef ecosystems, Puerto Rico.  July 2005.
Luquillo Mountains, Caribbean National Forest – Caribbean highland tropical rain forest
Isla Culebra – Caribbean dry coastal woodland/scrubland,  Caribbean coral reef 
 Caribbean Islands Puerto Rican moist forests NT0155
Brazil 2005 Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Brazil 2005 course. Lead Instructor. Columbia University and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.   July-Aug 2005. COURSE INFO
Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) and adjacent environments, State of São Paulo
 Atlantic Forest
Subtropical ecosystems of southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul & Santa Catarina states). Aug 2005
Parque Nacional Lagoa do Peixe – Coastal strand & estuarian ecosystems
Parques Nacionais Aparados da Serra & Serra Geral – 
   Araucária Forest, southern limit Atlantic Forest, Campos & Elfin Woodland complex
A Frontera (borderlands with Uruguay) – Pampas
 Atlantic Forest Araucaria moist forests NT0101 RS 
SC 
Around the World

Hawaii, USA

 2006 Semester At Sea - Fall 2006 Voyage.  Lecturer. Institute for Shipboard Education, Charlottesville, VA.  August-December 2006. TEACHING EXPERIENCE  |VOYAGE WEBSITE

Pacific Island lee & windward ecosystems, Oahu, HI.  Sept 2006.
 

 Polynesia-Micronesia
Japan 2006 Temperate & subtropical ecosystems of East Asia.  Sept 2006.
Japan Alps National Park, Japan – Cool temperate mixed (deciduous broadleaf/evergreen conifer/deciduous conifer) montane forest
Iwatayama Monkey Park, Arashiyama, Japan – Temperate deciduous forest.  Trip Leader. 
Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Japan
China 2006
Li River, Guilin, China – Karst ecosystems
Lantau Country Park, Hong Kong, China – Subtropical montane grassland & woodland



Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved

 Indo-Burma
Vietnam 2006 Tropical wet forest and dry ecosystems of SE & S Asia.  Sept-Oct 2006.
Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam – Mangrove
Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam – Tropical semi-evergreen forest.  Trip Leader. 

Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Indo-Burma
Burma 2006
Eastern Shan State, Burma/Myanmar – Tropical semi-evergreen forest.  Trip Leader. 

Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Indo-Burma
India 2006
Southern Daccan Plateau – Tropical dry scrub
Periyar Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India – Tropical semi-evergreen forest

Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Western Ghats & Sri Lanka
Egypt 2006 Subtropical deserts of Egypt.  Oct 2006.  Bus Leader. 
Eastern Desert (Adabiya), Western Desert (Luxor)
Nile Valley & Nubian Desert (Aswan & Abu Simbel)


Photo © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
Turkey 2006 Mediterranean ecosystems of Turkey.  Oct- Nov 2006.
Termessos, Antalya, southern Turkey – High Maquis
Ballikaya Canyon, northern Turkey – Low Maquis. Trip Leader. 

Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Mediterranean Basin
Croatia 2006
Mediterranean and adjacent ecosystems of Dalmatica, Croatia.   Nov 2006. Trip Leader. 
Dalmatican Coast – Low Maquis, Garique, Pinewoods, Submontane mixed (deciduous broadleaf/evergreen conifer) woodlands;  and
Krka National Park – Laurel (mixed broadleaf) Forest. 

Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Mediterranean Basin
Spain 2006
Mediterranean ecosystems of Andalucia, Spain.   Nov 2006.
Parque Natural Grazalema, Spain – Encinar (Evergreen Oakwoods), Bosque Mixto (Mixed Woods), Pinsapar (Spanish Fir Forest), montane grasslands
Parque Natural Los Alcornocales, Spain – Alcornocal (Cork Oakwoods)
Parque Natural La Breña y Marismas Barbate, Spain – Umbrella Pinewoods


Photos © 2006 G Kittel, all rights reserved
 Mediterranean Basin wiki
Florida, USA
(within the conterminous US - was our end to the SAS voyage)		 2006 Floridian subtropical ecosystems.  Dec 2006.
Corkscrew Marsh Aududon Sanctuary & Big Cypress National Preserve – Bald Cypress & Pond Cypress swamps, Wet Marsh, and Pine Flatwoods
Everglades National Park – Mangrove, and Marl Prairie Slough-Mixed (temperate-tropical) Hardwood Hammocks
Canada 2007 Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) Alaska–Yukon–British Columbia Conservation Exchange Workshop.  Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada.  May 2007.
Kluane National Park – Boreal montane forest and adjacent ecosystems
Brazil 2007 Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Brazil 2007 course.  Lead Instructor. Columbia University and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.   June-July 2007. COURSE INFO
Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) and adjacent environments, State of São Paulo
 Atlantic Forest
2007 Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) restoration landscapes, States of São Paulo (SP) & Rio de Janeiro (RJ).  July 2007.
Pontal do Paranapanema, western SP – Morro do Diablo State Park; Mammal small population conservation, corridor, green hug, and Landless Movement Settlements' reforestation projects, Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPÊ)

Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu (REGUA), eastern RJ – Conservation and restoration of Mata Atlantica forest and wetlands. 

 Atlantic Forest SP 
RJ 
Canada 2007 Vancouver Island, August 2007.  Pacific Coastal Forests.
Brazil 2008, forthcoming Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates – Brazil 2007 course.  Lead Instructor. Columbia University and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.   May-July/July-Aug 2008. COURSE INFO Atlantic Forest
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