Field Station Improvements to Enhance Biological Research in the Neotropics.

热带研究组织(OTS)是由46个美国和6个哥斯达黎加组织组成的联盟，在哥斯达黎加的热带森林中运营着几个野外观测站。OTS执行主任PI提议为La Selva野战站和最近在拉斯克鲁塞斯建立的设施购置更多基本实验室设备。此外，斯通博士还计划在拉斯克鲁塞斯(一个复式住宅单元)和拉塞尔瓦(两个复式住宅单元)为来访的科学家建造家庭住房。拟议中的住房建设将极大地扩大可以在空间站发起研究的研究人员的数量，并将容纳有年幼孩子的年轻科学家以及肢体残疾的调查人员。更多的基础研究设备将允许学生和研究人员继续扩大对空间站的使用。OTS的持续增长和改善对于热带地区的美国科学家和政策制定者的参与至关重要。

The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) is a consortium of 46 U.S. and 6 Costa Rican organizations that operates several field stations in the tropical forests of Costa Rica. The PI, Executive Director of OTS, proposes to acquire additional basic laboratory equipment for the La Selva Field Station and the recently established facility at Las Cruces. In addition, Dr. Stone has planned the construction of family housing for visiting scientists at Las Cruces (one duplex housing unit) and La Selva (two duplex units). The proposed housing construction will greatly expand the number of investigators who can initiate research at the Stations, and will accommodate younger scientists with small children as well as investigators with physical disabilities. More basic research equipment will allow the use of the Station by students and researchers to continue to expand. Continued growth and improvement in OTS is critical to the involvement of U.S. scientists and policy makers in tropical regions.