atbc-biotropica

The 2015 meetings of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (#ATBC15) will be in Honolulu, Hawaii, this year, and they promise to be spectacular. The meeting website is up and you can sign up for accommodations now.

One of the highlights of the 2013 ATBC meeting was getting to see Frank Joyce again. Frank is a legend in Costa Rican conservation and education circles - he’s played an important role in conservation in the Monteverde region and has trained hundred’s of students as the Coordinator and Lead Instructor of the University of California’s Tropical Biology Study Abroad Program.

Hello everybody…the rumors are true. The indefatigable Jaboury Ghazoul has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of Biotropica, and I will be trying to fill his shoes starting August 1, 2013. Our journal is recognized for publishing some of the most innovative and important research in tropical biology and conservation, and this is no small part due to the efforts of Jaboury and the EICs that preceded him.