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What is Operation Wallacea?What is Operation Wallacea?
• Tropical scientific expeditions in 9countries• 200+ academics running more than 120 projects• Results published in peer-reviewed journals
What is Operation Wallacea?What is Operation Wallacea?
• 30 new vertebrate species to science discovered• Large temporal and spatial data sets obtained from tuition
fee funded model• Data used to assess the performance of conservation
management programs
Global Research and Conservation StrategyGlobal Research and Conservation Strategy
• Stage 1 - Assessing ecosystem diversity and function• Stage 2 - Monitoring ecosystem change• Stage 3 - Monitoring socio-economic change• Stage 4 - Establishing & monitoring the effectiveness of
conservation management programs
Research SitesResearch Sites
• Principal Researchers
• Assistant Researchers
• Visiting Academics
• Dissertation Students
• Research Assistants
• Medical Staff
• Pre –med Expedition Medicine
• Operations Staff
Team MembersTeam Members
• Gain experience for CV or for helping to choose career direction
• Fixed Itineraries (Madagascar, Egypt, Cuba, Guyana, South Africa, Mexico, Peru)
• Personalized Itineraries (Indonesia, Honduras)
• Pre –meds: Expedition Medical course
Joining as a Research AssistantJoining as a Research Assistant
Spiny Forest Biodiversity Survey
Data gathered for Biosphere application for Mandrare Valley
Madagascar wildlife and communities course
Rotate between camps across Ifotaka North
Scan and focal sampling of Verraux’s Sifaka and Ring Tailed Lemurs
Spotlight and trapping surveys for nocturnal lemurs
MadagascarMadagascar
Spiny Forest Biodiversity Survey
Invasive plant surveys
Vegetation surveys using Gentry plots
Bird point counts and mist netting
Iguana activity budgets
Day time and spotlight surveys for chameleon diversity
MadagascarMadagascar
Mountain Desert Biodiversity Survey
Data contributing to biodiversity atlas survey of St Katherine Protectorate
Desert living training in first 3 days
4 days surveying in mountain desert and living in Bedouin camps
Surveys are for target plants, reptiles and bird surveys from transects, small mammal trapping, grazing pressure of ibex etc
EgyptEgypt
Dive training or Red Sea Reef Ecology Course
EgyptEgypt
Reef surveys on Isle of Youth
Data contributing to management plan for southern Isle of Youth Sustainable Management Zone
Based in remote hotel and working off research ships
Week 1 dive training and reef fish identification or if already dive trained completing a Caribbean reef ecology course
Week 2 surveying remote reefs with stereo video, manatee surveys and analyzing the stereo video data
CubaCuba
Stereo video surveys
CubaCuba
Stereo-Video FootageStereo-Video Footage
Analysing Stereo-Video FootageAnalysing Stereo-Video Footage
Guiana Shield Forest Biodiversity surveys
Data being used to assess effects of selective logging on biodiversity
Based in remote forest field camps
Week 1 Guiana Shield forest ecology and jungle survival course
Weeks 2 and 3 working from 2 different camps
Mist netting for birds and bats
Herpetofauna surveys from transects and night spotlighting
Large mammal transect surveys
GuyanaGuyana
Burro Burro river surveys
GuyanaGuyana
Elephant carrying capacity surveys
Two low veld sites – one at Kruger and one at Thanda in KwaZulu Natal
How do you determine elephant carrying capacity?
Bush training and savannah ecology course in week 1.
Week 2 onwards field surveys for half a day each day
Other half in camp completing African wildlife conservation course
South AfricaSouth Africa
Dive Training and Reef Ecology Course, Sodwana Bay
South AfricaSouth Africa
Mayan Forest Biodiversity Surveys
First large-scale surveys of the vast Calakmul Biosphere.
Data collected for REDD+ application and data for setting sustainable hunting quotas
Mayan forest ecology course and visit to the Mayan ruins
Mist netting for birds and bats
Pitfall traps and transect searches for herpetofauna
MexicoMexico
Transect sampling and camera trapping for large mammals
MexicoMexico
Turtle, Reef and Lagoon Surveys
Large scale surveys of Akumal coastline
Data collected to assess tourism impact on the marine ecosystem and for protected area application
Water quality assessment in cenotes, lagoons and reefs
Biodiversity surveys of reefs
Turtle behaviour surveys and nesting site monitoring
MexicoMexico
Amazonian Forest Surveys
Data collected for REDD+ application and data for setting hunting quotas
Based on research ships
Amazonian wildlife conservation course in week 1
Bird mist netting and water bird transects
River dolphin surveys
Fish community surveys
PeruPeru
Amazonian Forest Surveys
Amphibian surveys
Macaw counts
Large mammal transects
Camera trapping
River turtle population counts and nest transferring (depending on water levels)
Primate niche separation and time budgeting
PeruPeru
Caiman surveys
PeruPeru
Our two largest field sites offer more flexibility so you can create you own personalized expedition
Join for 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks
Forest only, marine only or a bit of both
Select the training course and research assistant options for your itinerary
Options in Indonesia and Honduras
Personalized ItinerariesPersonalized Itineraries
Training courses
Jungle training and Wallacea wildlife course
Canopy Access
Dive training
Indo Pacific reef ecology
Dive Master training
IndonesiaIndonesia
Sulawesi Forest Surveys
Biodiversity surveys of the Lambusango forest
Invertebrate surveys
Mark recapture surveys for birds, bats and civets
Behavioural studies of tarsiers, cuscus and macaques
Carbon biomass estimates
Large mammal transect surveys
IndonesiaIndonesia
Wakatobi Reef System Surveys
Most diverse reef system in the world
Stereo-video and visual surveys of reefs
Research ship based surveys
Research Assistant Pool
IndonesiaIndonesia
Training courses
Jungle training and Neotropical wildlife course
Canopy Access
Dive training
Caribbean reef ecology
Dive Master training
HondurasHonduras
Cloud Forest Surveys
Herpetofauna transect and river surveys
Mist netting for birds and bats
Beetle, moth, orchid bee and arachnid surveys
Carbon biomass surveys
Large mammal transect surveys
HondurasHonduras
Bay Island Reef Surveys
Comparison of reef diversity and health between Utila and Cayos Cochinos
Stereo-video and visual surveys
Water quality assessment of mangrove lagoons
Hog Island Boa surveys
HondurasHonduras
Expedition medicineExpedition medicineExpedition medicine
Expedition medicine experiential course (4weeks; jungle training, DNA, biodiversity monitoring, and dive training. Includes a week long course on expedition medicine)
Medical Electives(8 weeks shadowing different doctors supporting the Opwall expeditions in the cloud forests and reefs of Honduras)
Dissertation research topics
• Complete data collection over summer
• 90% + of students get top two grades for field projects
• Opwall projects at Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Toronto, Birmingham, Manchester etc have won best departmental dissertations
Botany and Invertebrate Research Topics
• Environmental impacts on leaf formation• Epiphytes in cloud forests• Forest disturbance impacts on butterflies•Orchid bee diversity•Niche separation in tarantulas•Dung beetle communities in cloud forest
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras
Herpetofauna Research Topics
• Impacts of habitat on Sulawesi herpetofauna
•Abundance and distribution of threatened
amphibians in cloud forest
•Population ecology of Hog Island Boas
•Behaviour and ecology of ctenosaurs
•Niche separation in caimans
•Mayan Forest Herpetofaun a communities
•Sea turtle behaviour and nest site preferences
•Colour change in chameleons and leaf tailed
geckos
•Population levels of Nile crocodiles
•Population levels of colubrid snakes
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, Peru, Mexico, Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, Peru, Mexico, Madagascar
Bird Ecology Research Topics
• Habitat associations of Sulawesi birds• Behaviour of island birds• Cloud forest bird communities• Assessing detectability of forest birds• Effects of fire on winter bird communities• Bird communities in different Amazonian habitats• Water bird communities in the Amazon• Endemic bird habitat associations in Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, South Africa, Peru, Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, South Africa, Peru, Madagascar
Mammal Research Topics
•Sulawesi forest bat communities
•Civet ranging behaviour
•Arboreal marsupial ecology in Sulawesi
•Population levels of Sulawesi megafauna
•Vasectomy impact s on elephant behaviour
•Carrying capacity of reserves for elephant
•Distribution patterns of large herbivores
•Niche separation in Amazonian dolphins
•Occupancy modelling and camera trapping mammals in
Amazonia , Mexico or Madagascar
•Comparison of mist net and sonogram surveys for bats
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, South Africa, Peru, Mexico
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, South Africa, Peru, Mexico
Primate Research Topics
• Effects of forest disturbance on Buton Macaque behaviour
•Sleeping tree selectivity in tarsiers
• Niche separation in Amazonian primates
• Spider monkey grouping patterns and social behaviour
•Feeding ecology, habitat selection and activity budgets in Coquerel’s and Verreaux’s Sifakas
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Madagascar
Marine Ecology Research Topics
• Resource utilisation of reef fish across environmental gradients•Association between anemone fish and host anemones•Competition between hard coral species•Comparison between reef and reef fish survey methods•Island biogeography of coral reef patches•Sea urchin ecology in the Caribbean•Changes in reef fish from stereo video surveys• Reef fish and benthic communities in Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, Madagascar
Intertidal Research Topics
•Niche separation in fiddler and sentinel crabs
• Physiological adaptations of rock pool species
•Seagrass ecology
•Impact of mangrove degradation on functionality
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras
Environmental Science Research Topics
• Impact of coral growth forms on biodiversity•Photoacclimation response of reef building corals• Effects of Crown of Thorns starfish on reefs•Effects on corallite morphology of sedimentation•Spatial variation in coral mortality•Environmental impact of seaweed farms•Hydrography & water quality of coastal lagoons and their impact on coral health in Mexico
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras
Marine Physiology Research Topics
• Effects of noisy soundscapes on settling crabs
•Physiology of cephalopods
•Temperature preferences of intertidal fishes
•Water loss resistance of intertidal crabs
•Emergence patterns in mudskipper species in relation to water loss
•Resistance of tropical frogs to water loss
•Ecophysiology of mangrove corals
Dissertation topics – IndonesiaDissertation topics – Indonesia
Fisheries Research Topics
• Changes in the Kaledupa reef fishery 2007 – 2013
• Effects of fish fences on fisheries
•Cleaner fish behavioural strategies
•A comparison of fish diversity in different Amazonian habitats
•Stream fish diversity in cloud forest
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, Peru
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Honduras, Peru
Genetics Research Topics
• Barcoding diversity of Cusuco cloud forest
•Landscape genetics of amphibians
•Chytrid fungus impacts on frogs
•Genetic diversity in tarantulas
Dissertation topics - HondurasDissertation topics - Honduras
Spatial Ecology and GIS Research Topics
• Mapping forest change in Sulawesi
•Species distribution modelling
•Landscape ecology in Madagascar
•Remote sensing and environmental modelling in Madagascar
•Developing monitoring protocols for REDD+
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Madagascar
Conservation Management Research Topics
• Resilience of marine dependent communities
•Impact of ecotourism growth in the Wakatobi Islands
•Forest land tenure in Madagascar
•Economic impacts of tourism in southern Madagascar
•Natural resource dependent livelihoods in Mandrare Valley
•Assessment and valuation of ecosystem service provision in Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Madagascar
Dissertation topics – Indonesia, Madagascar
Dates and Prices
Expeditions run over the summer vacationsItinerary advice emailed
Prices2 weeks - £10754 weeks - £20256 weeks - £27508 weeks - £3500
Professional fundraising support with information about grant opportunities
Dates and PricesDates and Prices
Post-expedition Opportunities
Valuable field experience to help you obtain employment or move on to further study MRes field placements available for 6 months from January 2014
PhD Grants available
Staff positions
After the Opwall expeditionAfter the Opwall expedition
Questions?Questions?