Dedication

Emanations
, Volume 4, is dedicated to all of the people who have made the Cornell Punta Cana Biodiversity Laboratory possible and all of the faculty, instructors, and graduate research assistants who have made the student research expeditions possible.

We thank the following people and organizations for their support, financial and otherwise, without which none of this work would be possible:

Dr. Charles Mango
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Parker
Mr. Theodore Kheel (President Task Foundation, Chairman of the Board, Grupo Punta Cana (GPC))
Mr. Oscar de la Renta (Grupo Punta Cana)
Mrs. Annette de la Renta
Mrs. Ana Kheel (TASK Foundation)
Mr. Robert Kheel (TASK Foundation)
Mrs. Jane Kheel Stanley (TASK Foundation)
Dr. Bernardo Vega (Former Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Washington)
Dr. Eloy Rodriguez (Professor, MIRT-NIH Director, and Director of the Cornell Biodiversity Laboratory in Punta Cana, Cornell University) We also would like to thank and acknowledge the following individuals:

Dominican Republic
Mr. Hipólito Mejía (President, Dominican Republic)
Mr. Frank Pons (Minister of the Environment)
Mr. Julian de la Rosa (Ambassador, Science and Technology)

Jardín Botánico Nacional
Dr. Milcíades Mejía (Director)
Mr. Ricardo García
Mrs. Daisy Castillo
Mrs. Jackeline Salazar (Cornell graduate student)
Mr. Francisco Jiménez
Ms. Ruth Bastardo

Punta Cana
All Punta Cana Beach Resort Personnel (PCBR)
Public Relations
General Staff
Restaurant La Tortuga
Mr. Richard Stanley
Mrs. Alejandra Tolentino (PCBR)
Mr. Manuel Despradel G. (PCBR)
Mr. Adolfo Ramírez (GPC)
Mr. I. Ramírez-Garrido
Mr. Oscar Imbert (Architect, GPC)
Mr. Juan Ribas (PCBR)
Mr. Rafael Ramírez (GPC)
Mr. Sigfrido Pastrano (GPC)
Mr. Humberto Ruiz (GPC)
Mrs. Chantal Rossi (GPC)
Mr. Rolando Sanó
Punta Cana Ecological Foundation
Board of Members
Personnel of the “Urbanización La Marina” (GPC)

Cornell University

President Hunter Rawlings CALS
Dean Susan Henry
Dean David Call (retired)
Dean Daryl Lund (retired)
Associate Dean Sutphin
Associate Dean Ronnie Coffman
Associate Dean Don Viands
Department of Plant Biology
Dr. William Crepet (Chair)
Dr. Steven Tanksley
Dr. Kevin Nixon
Dr. Alejandra Gandolfo
Pat Welch (staff)
Patricia Garrett (staff)
Joan Wilen (staff)
Francine White (staff)
Cornell Alumni Affairs and Development Office
Cornell Weill Medical College
Dean Antonio Gotto
Dr. Mary Charlson, MD
Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, MD
Dr. Lorraine Gudas
Dr. Carl McDougall, MD MIRT-NIH
Dr. John Ruffin (CMRHD-NIH)
Fogarty International Center-NIH
Dr. Barbara Sina (Fogarty Center-NIH)

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