Scientific coordinator, Tropical Biology Canopy Program
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
Apartado 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancon
Panama City, Republic of Panama
Tel. +507 212 8233; Fax +507 212 8148
Email:
bassety@si.edu
Research Interests
Insect-plant interactions and herbivory in the tropics; biodiversity and host-specificity of insect herbivores; insect spatial and temporal distribution; community structure and taxonomy of arboreal arthropods; tropical forest canopies; community ecology; parataxonomist training; arthropod conservation.
Web Pages
Insect Ecology in Papua New Guinea:
• [ http://www.nmnh.si.edu/new_guinea/ ]
The Parataxonomist Training Centre, Papua New Guinea:
• [ http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/index.html ]
Canopy Cranes in Panama
• [ http://www.stri.org/english/research/facilities/terrestrial/cranes/index.php ]
IBISCA project in Panama
• [ http://www.naturalsciences.be/cb/ants/projects/ibisca_main.htm ]
Insect Conservation and Diversity (New Blackwell journal)
• [ http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1752-458X&site=1 ]
CV (link)[click here]
Publications [click here]
CV (PDF file) [Download PDF file]
In the field
Climbing trees in Panama, project IBISCA (2003)
Working with parataxonomists in Gabon (2001)
Work with the San Lorenzo canopy crane, Panama (1999)
On the Canopy Raft in Gabon (1999)
Forest on white sands, Camoudi, Guyana (1996)
Quality control of parataxonomist work, Papua New Guinea (1994)
Fogging trees in Papua New Guinea (1992)