Discovering a favorite pit stop and communication hub for cloud forest canopy dwellers

In his time spent in the lush canopies of Costa Rica's cloud forest, UConn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Ph.D. student Jeremy Quirós-Navarro has worked as an arborist, helped place camera traps, collected plant samples, and trained others how to climb, all while observing the amazing wildlife of this towering and unstudied ecosystem. Over time, Quirós-Navarro noticed an interesting pattern in the habits of the canopy animals involving their choice of locations to take care of their latrine needs. These findings are published in Ecology and Evolution.