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After supper, we gathered to sort through “leaves and seeds,” and to discuss the afternoon’s field exercise. We also prepared for our excursion tomorrow to Volcán Rincon de la Vieja. We will go up significantly in altitude and we’ll see a gradual change to cooler and more moist conditions. By comparing this higher altitude forest to the very dry forest in Santa Rosa National Park, students should get a better sense of factors that shape forest structure and ecology.