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Erika
Deinert, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin. Behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, plant-animal interactions.
Erika has conducted research in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, since 1990. Her main research focuses on mate locating strategies, inter-male competition and male mate choice in pupal mating Heliconius butterflies. In addition, she studies the effects of hostplant growth, competitors, predators, and parasites on butterfly community dynamics. In the past she has worked on the reproductive behavior of Rio Grande Turkeys in Texas and Dendrobates (poison dart frogs) in Costa Rica, as well as participated in a survey of the herpetofauna of Corcovado National Park. Erika has also acted as an advisor to conservation initiatives on the Osa Peninsula, both at the grass-roots and at the government level. She maintains an active interest in conservation, especially the relationship between bureaucracy, community involvement and the success of conservation activities. Erika has acted as a research supervisor in Costa Rica for a number of undergraduate students.
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