_{LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH POSSIBILITIES IN ECUADOR}

Center's Name	Affiliation	Director's Name & E-mail	Biodiversity (spp)	Biome	Area (Has)	Lat	Long W	Elev. (m)
Estacion Cientifica Yasuni (1994)	Univ. Catolica del Ecuador	Dr. Laura Arcos yasuni@puce.edu.ec	Birds 500+ Woody Plants 1300+	Amazon	700,000*	0038 S	76 30	200
Estacion de Biodiversidad Tiputini (1996)	Univ. San Francisco de Quito	Dr. Kelly Swing kelly@mail.usfq.edu.ec	Birds 500+ Monkeys 11 Palms 34	Amazon	600	00 40 S	76 20	200
Estacion Biologica Jatun Sacha (1986)	Fundacion Jatun Sacha	Ing. Walter Palacios palacios@sacha.ecx.ec	Birds 524 Vasc.Plants 2000	Arnazon	1,800	01 04 S	77 36	400- 450
Estacion Biologica Guandera ( 1994)	Fundacion Jatun Sacha	Dr. Michael McColm mccolm@sacha.ecx.ec	Birds 120	E. Andes	400	00 33 N	77 41	3000- 3700
Estacion Biologica Bilsa (1994)	Fundacion Jatun Sacha	Dr. Michael McColm mccolm@sacha.ecx.ec	Birds 324	NW. lowlands	2,200	00 21 N	79 42	400- 700
Estacion Cientifica Maquipucuna ( 1989)	Fundacion Maquipucuna	Abigail Rome root@maqui.ecx.ec		W. Andes	4,500	00 08 N	78 38	1500 - 2800
Estacion Cientifica Pedro Franco Davila (1963)	Univ. de Guayaquil	Biol. Fidel Solano		W. lowlands	139	01 17 S	79 37	300
Estacion Cientifica Charles Darwin ( 1964)	Fundacion Cientifica Ch. Darwin	Dr. Robert Bensted-Smith root@darwin.org.ec	Birds 117 Plants 702	Galapagos Islands	790,000 *	00 38 S	90 23	0- 1646

_{Note: an asterisk under Area indicates area of entire conservation unit (national park) where a station is located.}