VIRGINIA TECH PROFESSOR TO BE ON LIVE
WEBCAST FROM BELIZE FOR HER JAGUAR STUDIES
BLACKSBURG, Oct. 30, 2002 - On Thursday Nov.
7 at 2 p.m. (EST), Virginia Tech’s Marcella
Kelly, assistant professor of fisheries and
wildlife sciences in the College of Natural
Resources, will be interviewed live from Belize
about her project on jaguars. Kelly is using
infrared remotely triggered cameras to photograph
jaguars. Because jaguars have distinct coat
patterns, individuals can be identified from
photographs and a "capture" history established
for each animal. This project will produce
the first density estimates of jaguars in
tropical rainforests.
The San Francisco Exploratorium is using satellite
technology to conduct a series of live webcasts
from the remote field site, Las Cuevas Research
Station in Belize, Central America. There
is a studio audience in San Franciso that
will ask questions of scientists who are currently
in the field. Anyone can watch the webcast
and ask questions over the internet as well.
On Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. you may view the "live"
link to Kelly at http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/belize-london/people/marc4.html
by clicking on the 'Live Link' button. These
links can still be accessed even after the
initial live program runs.
