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Discovering a new spider species was not what she had anticipated when she signed up for her field course in Tropical Biodiversity, says Elisa Panjang, a Malaysian master's student from Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She is one of twenty students following the course, organised by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in The Netherlands, and held in the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. The aim of the one-month course, say organisers Vincent Merckx and Menno Schilthuizen, is to teach the students about how the rich tapestry of the tropical lowland rainforest's ecosystem is woven. http://www.sciencecodex.com/students_on_field_course_bag_new_spider_species-130582 Providing instant access to data behind species discovery : http://www.gbif.org/page/3071 Students Discover a Tiny New Spider in Borneo : http://entomologytoday.org/tag/crassignatha-danaugirangensis/ Students on field course bag new spider species |
