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APRODES field headquarters, Pichita cloud forest. |
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View north over replacement facilities completed in early 2008, with Mina Pichita-Caluga in the middle distance and the lower Ulcumayo Valley beyond. |
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APRODES field headquarters, closer view. |
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Recently completed structure currently used for lodging for research personnel working in the Pichita cloud forest. |
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View from the Pichita cloud forest. |
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Facing NE toward the confluence of the Casca and Ulcumayo Valleys from an upper section of the APRODES tract (photo courtesy of T. Dunham). |
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Secondary growth near Pichita. |
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Path near current edge of Pichita cloud forest, outside APRODES land on SE flank of Pichita ridge. |
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Inside the cloud forest. |
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Student descending machete path on north flank of Pichita ridge, approaching clearing of APRODES field headquarters. |
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Cloud forest vegetation. |
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Common bromeliads in the Pichita area. |
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Path through Pichita cloud forest. |
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Maintained by APRODES (photo courtesy of T. Dunham). |
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Cloud forest vegetation. |
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Profusion of mosses, ferns, and vines commonly seen in the Pichita area (photo courtesy of T. Dunham). |
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House foundation. |
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Pirca wall construction concealed by cloud forest in the Cumbre Pichita archaeological site. |
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Slash-and-burn clearing. |
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A recent clearing on the ridgecrest just north of Mina Pichita-Caluga. |
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Cloud forest observation tower. |
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Under construction BY APRODES within the Pichita cloud forest. |
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Ulcumanu foliage. |
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A young tree (Podocarpus sp.) planted by APRODES near their facilities in the Pichita cloud forest. |
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Isolated home near Mina Pichita-Caluga. |
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View north to the residence of one of the member families of the Comunidad Pichita. |
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Recently harvested Chanchamayo coffee. |
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Household production within the Comunidad Pichita. |
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Catarata Pichita. |
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Waterfall within Quebrada Pichita, an ecotourism attraction near the APRODES field headquarters (photo courtesy of T. Dunham). |
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View below Pichita. |
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Facing SE down Quebrada los Mellizos toward the town of San Ramón. |
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View above Pichita. |
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Facing west up the Casca Valley toward timberline and the Junín Sierra. |
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Catarata Tirol. |
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Popular, easily accessible tourist attraction near San Ramón. |
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