The team would
like to thank Professor Wolfgang Weitsbauer from University of Vienna,
Austria, who visited the research team for several days in Wadi Rum and
advised the team about the biology and ecology of many groups of insects. We
thank also the museum staff at the University of Jordan, Arwa Abbasi and Taleb
Abu-Dannoun, for their help in sorting and pinning the collected specimens and
for their help in preparing collecting tools such as light traps and killing
jars. We would like to express our thanks to Mr. Mahmoud Bdour, Rum Protected
Area Manager and to all the staff who made us welcome. Many thanks also
directed to RSCN administration for providing logistics throughout the survey.
Our gratitude goes also to all RSCN staff for their help and continuous
support.
First of all, the team members would like to express their special thanks for
all the people who helped in this survey, and support the work either through
the fieldwork, or in shaping and editing this report:
Chris
Johnson: Development
and Training Officer.
Yehya khaled: Conservation
Division Director.
Mohammad Yousef:
Head of Research and Survey Section.
Laith El
Moghrabi: Field Coordinator at the Research and Survey Section.
Maher Qishawi:
Flora Team Leader, Research and Survey Section.
Enas Sakkijha:
GIS and maps production, Research and Survey Section.
Khaledah El
doweri: GIS and maps production,.
Research and survey section.
Mohammad
Qawab’ah: Dana Nature Reserve Manager.
Mohammad
Al-Faqeer: Ecologist, Dana Nature Reserve.
