ATBC 2004 Symposia

The following presenters have proposed symposia for the coming meetings within the deadline previously listed.  These include a variety of topics, encompassing the wide range of subjects covered by the society.  The dates for each symposium will be posted with the full program.

 

Title

Organizers

Tropical Microbial Ecology and Evolution

Betsy Arnold (Duke Univ.)

Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Guiana Shield

Pierre-Michel Forget (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle) and David Hammond (NWFS Consulting)

Measuring Tropical Seed Dispersal Using Molecular Markers

Patrick Jansen (Alterre-Wageningen UR)

Interactions and Dynamics Between Primary and Secondary Seed Disperser

Kevina Vulinec (Delaware State Univ.) and
Pierre-Michel Forget (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle)

Frontiers in Tropical Ecosystem Disturbance Dynamics: Perspectives on Fire

Mark Cochrane (Michigan State Univ.) and Sarah Otterstrom (Univ. of California, Davis)

Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Island Bats

Ted Fleming (Univ. of Miami) and Paul Racey (Aberdeen University)

The Amazon: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation

Emilio Bruna and Karen Kainer (Univ. of Florida)

Evolutionary Constraints on Life History and Physiological Traits in Tropical Plants

Guilhermo Goldstein (Univ. of Miami) and Fred Meinzer (USDA forest Service, Corvallis)

Coral Reef Health and Degradation 

Laurie Richardson (Florida International Univ.)

Morphology and Life History Relationships among Neotropical Forest Trees

Joseph Wright (STRI)

Footprints in the Forest:  Human Influences on Tropical Forests

Brad Bennett (Florida International Univ.)

XFNS vs. Honeydew [Nectar vs. Honeydew]

Susanne Koptur (Florida International Univ.)

Assessment and Management of Tropical Plant Germplasm Collections Using Molecular Genetic Markers.

David Kuhn (Florida International Univ. and USDA/ARS)

Plant Diversity, Evolution and Conservation in the Caribbean 

Mike Maunder and John Pipoly (Fairchild Tropical Garden)