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Study Sand Dune Lizards

Placement number: 0146
Location: Museo de la Plata, Argentina 
Preferred Languages: Spanish is preferred
Date:  1 to 10 January or 1 to 10 February 2007
Minimum Period:  1 month

This project is a long term monitoring study on the ecology and conservation status on sand dunes lizards (Liolaemus multimaculatus). This is a vulnerable and endemic species whit relictual distribution on patches dunes sectors. The research includes studies on population ecology (population densities, population structure, mortality and habitat use), autoecology (Home Range) and fluctuating assimetry. This knowlwdge its very important to generate management strategies for this populations. Also this project includes difusion work on the status of this species in order to generate conservation actions.

Role of Volunteer

Duties include daily censuses assistance (Line transect), territory spot, mapping, marking, conducting behavioral observations, conducting insect, censuses and data entry. Applicants must be responsible, self-disciplined, willing to work in group and able to stay at a remote place without long, distance comunication facilities such as phones or internet. Setting at the reserve is basic (rustic conditions).

Research students are accepted as well

Cost

US$ 65 per week

Travel

We can pick up volunteers from the Mar del Plata omnibus terminal.

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