The 50th Anniversary Meeting

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)

Scientific Program Monday, June 24 Thursday, June 27 Workshops, Business Meetings & Plenary Sessions Saturday, June 22 Friday, June 28 Scientific Field Trips by the OTS BioCursos Program Thursday, June 20 Sunday, June 30

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ATBC OTS 2013 Program and Organizing Committees Introduction and Welcome (by the Program Chairs) About ATBC and OTS Supporting Academic Institutions General Information Instructions for Presenters Floor Plans and Maps Exhibits and Displays Schedule Overview Plenaries, Special Events and Meetings Scientific Program Schedule Author Index

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ATBCOTS 2013 PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

KAORU KITAJIMA / Program Chair / University of Florida, USA CARLOS GARCIA-ROBLEDO / Program Co-chair / Smithsonian Institution, USA RAKAN (ZAK) ZAHAWI / Program Co-chair / Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica

Scientific Program Committee

Ellen Andresen / Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico Gerardo Avalos / Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; The School for Field Studies, USA Robin Chazdon / University of Connecticut, USA Roberto Cordero / Universidad Nacional Rodolfo Dirzo / Stanford University, USA Pierre-Michel Forget / Musum National dHistoire Naturelle, France Jos Manuel Fragoso / Stanford University, USA Carol Horvitz / University of Miami, USA Jorge Jimnez / MarViva, Costa Rica W. John Kress / Smithsonian Institution, USA Erin Kuprewicz / Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica Susan Laurance / James Cook University, Australia Adrin Pinto / University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica Tom Ranker / University of Hawaii, USA Luitgard Schwendenmann / Auckland University, New Zealand

Organization Committee
Liana Babbar / Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica Rafael Celis / ProDesarrollo Internacional, Costa Rica Julie Denslow / Tulane University, USA; OTS 50th Anniversary Chair Gerardo Jimnez Arce / University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica Elizabeth Losos / Organization for Tropical Studies, USA; OTS President & CEO Tueyni Mwampamba / Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico Pia Paaby / Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica Pia Parolin / University of Hamburg, Germany Minor Porras / Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica Braulio Vlchez / Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY

LCIA G. Lohmann / President / University of So Paulo, Brazil RICHARD CORLETT / Past President / Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China SUSAN LAURANCE / President Elect / James Cook University, Australia W. JOHN KRESS / Executive Director / Smithsonian Institution, USA ELLEN ANDRESEN / Secretary / Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Morelia, Mxico KAORU KITAJIMA / Treasurer / University of Florida, USA

Biotropica EDITOR Jaboury Ghazoul / ETH Zrich, Switzerland Biotropica Associate Editors Marielos Pea-Claros / Wageningen University, The Netherlands Emilio Bruna / University of Florida, USA Website Editor Pierre-Michel Forget / Musum National dHistoire Naturelle, France Councilors 2011-2012 William A. Hoffmann / North Carolina State University, USA Tuyeni Mwampamba / Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico Claudia Romero / University of Florida, USA Mara Uriarte / Columbia University, USA 2012-2014 Simon Lewis / University of Leeds, UK Vojtech Novotny / Institute of Entomology, Czech Republic Marisol Toledo / Instituto Boliviano de Investigacin Forestal, Bolivia Peter Zuidema / Wageningen University, The Netherlands 2013-2015 Christopher Baraloto / INRA, French Guiana Karina Boege / Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico City, Mxico Sophie Calm / Universit de Sherbrooke, Canada Stefan Schnitzer / University of Wisconsin, USA

ATBC CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Jose Fragoso Carlos Roberto Fonseca Alan Andersen Toby Gardner Rhett Butler Simon Lewis Norbert Cordeiro Tuyeni Mwampamba Christopher Dick Pia Parolin

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ATBC Conservation Committee Activities

Carbon Offsets

Since 2007, ATBC annual meetings aim to offset the large amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are associated with various aspects of these meetings, particularly international travels of delegates. Your contribution will support a regional carbon-offset project where the annual meeting takes place each year. Please make suggestions to the Conservation Committee about potential projects that aim to not only offset carbon, but also help biodiversity conservation, sustainable natural resource use, and the well-being of local people. The Conservation Committee will also appreciate comments for improving our efforts toward a carbon-neutral meeting. If you have not contributed to carbon offsets during your online registration, you can still make a cash contribution at the ATBC booth.
Declarations

Since 2007, the ATBC Conservation Committee has worked with local scientists to release a declaration at each annual meeting highlighting key conservation issues that are most relevant to the country and region where the meeting is taking place. Please join the open discussion on June 23 after the opening plenary to provide your input to the ATBC Conservation Committee and help promote awareness and support for local scientists.

q Acknowledgements
Peer review of abstracts was conducted by members of the Scientific Program Committee, and by the following individuals: David B. Clark, Deborah A. Clark, Douglas Futuyma, Carlos de la Rosa, Terry Erwin, Orou Gaoue, Bette Loiselle, Helene Muller-Landau, and Pia Parolin. We also acknowledge Patricia Sampaio, Antonio Crespo, Gerardo Celis, Guiselle Castro, Illeana Coto, Cathleen Lemoine, Helenia Salazar for their contributions to various aspects of meeting preparation, as well as all student volunteers. Special thanks to Gabriela Hernandez who was responsible for all meeting design needs, and to Conference Exchange for the development of a customized online system for the preparation of the meeting program and registrations. We appreciate the financial contributions from Chris Davidson, Sharon Christoph and other individual donors in support of student participation at ATBC and our carbon-offset effort, and Lubee Bat Conservancy for support of Bacardi Award.

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INTRODUCTION

elcome to ATBCots-2013, a meeting to celebrate five decades of scientific research and education fostered by ATBC and OTS. We are grateful to Costa Rica and its academic institutions for their support from the founding of ATBC and OTS through today. The idea of a joint 50th anniversary celebration was hatched several years ago by W . John Kress (ATBC Executive Director, 1999-current) and Elizabeth Losos (OTS President and CEO and ATBC Secretary 2002-2009). The planning for the event was initiated by Julie Denslow (OTS 50th Anniversary Chair, and also ATBC Executive Director, 1989-1998) in late 2011. We acknowledge their exceptional contributions that have helped both organizations thrive as important players in tropical biology research, education and conservation. More importantly, we acknowledge the many scientists who founded the two organizations, and those who have kept them going. We are pleased that some of these long-timers are present at this meeting to share their perspectives. We have much to learn from them as we search for the future direction of tropical biology as a research discipline in the coming 50 years. The beauty and complexity of biologically diverse tropical nature continues to motivate many of us to work in the tropics just as it did 50 years ago. Yet natures gifts to the tropics, including its biodiversity, extraordinary evolutionary legacy, and unparalleled environmental services, are threatened more than ever by human activities in this globally interconnected world. What can we do better, or differently, to conserve what we love as tropical biologists? How should we share our scientific understanding to inform the society at large? In what area should we focus more of our efforts? Perhaps, the general public has finally come to appreciate the value of tropical nature more than ever. If so, how can scientists contribute to the formulation of wise policies that balance nature conservation with the demands for food, water and energy from the 7.1 billion people that now reside on this planet? We are at a pivotal moment as atmospheric CO2 concentration skyrockets beyond the unprecedented benchmark of 400 ppm, and tropical forests and coral reefs are plunged into rapid climate changes that present so many unknowns. How can advances in basic and applied scientific research in the tropics, along with new technological discoveries, help humanity navigate through this uncertain time and leave these evolutionary and ecological treasures for the next generation? How can we bridge natural sciences, social sciences, economic theories and pedagogical innovations to develop effective intervention strategies for the conservation of biodiversity in the tropics? There is likely not one right answer that can address what the world confronts today; instead, we should embrace the diversity of views and opinions that are put forth, as much as we cherish the biological diversity around us. We welcome all tropical biologists and conservation scientists that have gathered at this special meeting to share their scientific findings, communicate with each other, and contribute to the synthesis of perspectives. We hope that you will all enjoy every minute of this meeting that is packed with scientific sessions and special events and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked with us to make this meeting possible, especially those who have served in the scientific and organization committees.

Kaoru Kitajima, Ph.D.

PROGRAM CHAIR

Carlos Garca-Robledo, Ph.D.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIR

Rakan (Zak) Zahawi, Ph.D.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIR

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ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (ATBC)

ATBC was founded as the Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) on July 6, 1962 to promote research and to foster the exchange of ideas among biologists working in tropical environments. After official incorporation as a non-profit organization in 1963, ATB started regular publications and academic symposia to build global networks of tropical biologists and conservationists. Since 1969, ATB has published BIOTROPICA, a high-impact journal of global readership which features peer-reviewed articles and reviews on ecology and evolution of biological and functional diversity in tropical environments, as well as issues critical for conservation of tropical biodiversity. This reflects the work of our membership: a network of scientists with a strong desire to balance conservation of biological diversity with human welfare in the tropics.

From the Executive Director, W . John Kress and the President, Lcia G. Lohmann
Fifty years ago a group of several dozen dedicated tropical researchers came together to form the first professional society dedicated to understanding tropical biodiversity and ecosystems. Today this small number has grown to thousands. As a participant in this fifty-year anniversary meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, you are contributing to one of the most important and largest international gatherings of professional researchers dedicated to furthering our appreciation and knowledge about the tropics. We welcome you to Costa Rica, where many of us received our earliest experiences and training in the field in tropical biology. This meeting promises to be a milestone for both ATBC and OTS in our work to promote research, education, and communication in tropical biology and conservation. We hope that you will take this opportunity to help us further these goals.

Dr. W. John Kress

Dr. Lcia G. Lohmann

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ORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES (OTS)

OTS was built by a strong foundation of people researchers, students, conservationists and natural history enthusiasts sharing an intense desire to understand, study, and protect the natural world in the tropics. Over the past 50 years, OTS has trained generations of students through its field courses, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. It also has helped natural resource managers become better park managers, public policy-makers understand the conservation issues in the tropics, and community leaders address local environmental problems. Today, OTS continues to develop its legacy not only in Costa Rica, but also in other tropical regions as far-reaching as Kruger National Park, South Africa.

From the President and CEO, Dr. Elizabeth Losos and OTS 50th Anniversary Chair, Julie Denslow
On behalf of the Organization for Tropical Studies and our 50+ member institutions, we are delighted to welcome you to a very special joint meeting with the ATBC celebrating our 50th birthday. OTS has grown out of the shared belief between US and Costa Rican universities, research institutes, and museums in the critical importance of understanding how tropical ecosystems work, how tropical organisms have evolved, and how they interact with one another. Our founders recognized that central to developing this understanding is the encouragement, education, and support of graduate and undergraduate students. Our courses have not only trained thousands of students, they have become models for field-based learning around the world. Our three field stations in Costa Rica foster ground breaking, high-tech research as well as natural history questions from faculty and students alike. They also have contributed to the growth of Costa Ricas leadership in conservation, ecotourism, and research. When OTS was founded in 1963, a paucity of understanding of tropical environments and the species found there dominated scientific discourse. Today the tropics are central to our understanding of global change, evolution, and the spread of infectious diseases. This week you will hear the latest breaking results of tropical research from around the world. We are delighted that you are bringing your own ideas to this dialog and happy to welcome you to an exciting week. We hope you take advantage of the opportunities scheduled ahead to reflect on where we have been and to talk with some of the folks who have brought us this far.

Dr. Elizabeth Losos

Dr. Julie Denslow

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SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA (UCR)

http://www.ucr.ac.cr Since its establishment in 1940, UCR has promoted academic freedom and the search for truth in many disciplines. The School of Biology (Escuela de Biologa), located within the main campus of UCR in San Pedro was established in 1957, and its herbarium, library, field stations, and Lankester Botanical Garden have supported the research needs of many tropical biologists. The members of UCR-Biology have made strong contributions to tropical biology and education, fostering international collaborative research and education activities, and also provided critical support to the ATBC OTS-2013 meeting.

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA (UNA)

http://www.una.ac.cr Established in 1973 with a main campus located in Heredia, UNA is a public higher education institution that offers training in various fields of the humanities and sciences, with a special emphasis on promotion of sustainable development. Many UNA faculty and students in the tracks of Tropical and Marine Biology, Environmental Science, Forestry, and Wildlife Conservation are engaged in a variety of research topics in tropical biology. UNA supports several educational training workshops offered in conjunction with the ATBC OTS-2013 meeting.

EL TECNOLOGICO DE COSTA RICA (TEC)

http://www.tec.ac.cr

Created in 1971 as the second public university in Costa Rica, TEC specializes in training of professionals in science and technological fields that contributes to integral and sustainable development. The scientific and technological excellence of the TEC is known nationally and internationally. The School of Forestry Engineering makes strong contributions to sustainable natural resources management. Members of the TEC, including many student volunteers, have contributed significantly to the ATBC OTS-2013 meeting.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (UF)

http://www.ufl.edu

Since UF opened its doors to students in 1906 in Gainesville, Florida, USA, students and faculty of UF have been actively engaged in education and research in a variety of research fields in the tropics, including biology, agriculture, forestry, ecology and sustainable development. UF is one of the seven founding members of OTS. The Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD) housed in the Center for Latin American Studies, participated by faculty and students from multiple units within the University, offers an internationally well-known graduate certificate program.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

REGISTRATION
The registration fee for each registrant covers: Attendance to all scientific sessions Events that do not require pre-registrations and additional fees Opening reception Coffee-break refreshments and lunch for four days Banquet and 50th Anniversary Jubilee Party, on June 27 On-line pre-registration for the entire meeting is required for all presenters in scientific sessions. Workshop attendance is restricted to registrants, and may require additional fees. Guests to registered participants may not attend any scientific oral or poster presentations, but they may sign up for field trips and attend banquet with additional fees.

ON-SITE REGISTRATION
On-site registration will open at noon on June 23, and will be available from 8 am to 5 pm between June 24 and 26. Registrants who completed registration in advance can pick up their program; name badge; lunch, reception, and final banquet tickets; and a meeting bag at the on-site registration table. Badges will be checked daily at the entrance to the conference center at all scientific sessions. So, please do not leave your badge at the hotel! Those who have not signed up in advance may register at the following rates, provided space is available. ATBC will not refund any cancellations after May 31.

HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES ATBC MEMBER Yes No Yes No STUDENT No No Yes Yes FULL MEETING $450 $520 $280 $330 ONE DAY $230 $270 $150 $170

LOW INCOME COUNTRIES FULL MEETING $300 $340 $220 $250 ONE DAY $160 $180 $120 $130

COUNTRYS INCOME-LEVEL CLASSIFICATION FOLLOWS THE WORLD BANKS LIST:

High-income countries = High-income economies + High-income OECD members Low-income countries = Low-income + lower-middle income + upper-middle economies

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OPENING RECEPTION, LUNCH, AND BANQUET

You will need tickets for these events that will be provided to you at the registration desk. Reception and banquet tickets provide you with one complementary drink. Additional drinks will be available for purchase at both events. Lunch will be served buffet style in multiple rooms and areas designated within the Herradura Hotel complex adjacent to the Conference Center. Please study the diagram on page 18 and follow staff indications to find less crowded lunch areas. Vegetarian options will be available at all lunch areas.

COFFEE BREAKS AND CASH BARS

Refreshments will be provided during morning and afternoon coffee breaks (10:00-10:20 am and 3:50-4:10 pm) in the North and South Lobby. All participants with valid name badges are welcome. Cash bars will offer drinks for purchase during the poster sessions in the South Lobby (5:40-7:40 pm, June 24-26).

CHILD CARE
Group care for half- or full-day will be available for children 6 months - 6 years old at a licensed bilingual Creative Kids Montessori School in the neighborhood. A Kids Art Camp will be offered to 5-12 year old children in the Hibiscus room within the Herradura Hotels main building from 7:45 am to 12:45 pm on June 24, 25, and 26. For guests staying at Wyndham Herradura Hotel, an hourly in-room baby-sitter may be arranged. All these services require reservation (and prepayments if applicable) in advance.

FIRST AID
First aid providers will be on duty at the Conference Center. Please contact anyone wearing a Conference Staff t-shirt if you need assistance.

Luggage Storage and Lost-and-Found

A specific location will be announced on site.

FIELD TRIP DESKS

The field-trip coordinators will provide information on the official scientific field trips organized by OTS BioCursos. Privately arranged field trip options offered by TOPS (Tour Operators Promoting Sustainability) will be available in the South Lobby from the afternoon of June 23 through the morning of June 27.

Travel from/to the Airport and Downtown

Many of the designated hotels offer free airport transport. A taxi from the airport to the Herradura will cost about $15 or 8000 colones. Daily bus transport will be available from the UCR campus in San Pedro (12 noon on June 23, 6:45 am on June 24-27), to the Herradura Conference Center, returning at the end of the day (8 pm on June 23-26, 11 pm on June 27). Cost is $2 per person (or 1200 colones) per day, and advance reservation is required.

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Shopping and Eating Places Near the Herradura Hotel and Convention Center
On the other side of Highway 1, across the pedestrian bridge from the front of the hotel, is the Plaza Real Cariari shopping mall with stores and a food court. Maps for restaurants within walking distance will be available at the Registration Desk.

CLINICS, PHARMACY AND COPY CENTER

PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela Telephone: 2436-1001, 2436-1002, 2436-1003 http://www.hospitalsanrafael.sa.cr/ Hospital de Heredia San Vicente de Paul Telephone: 2261-0091 Hospital Mxico Telephone: 2242-6700 Hospital Nacional de Nios Telephone: 2523-3600 http://www.hnn.sa.cr/Paginas/Default.aspx Hospital San Juan de Dios Telephone: 2257-6282

Pharmacies
Plaza Real Cariari shopping mall Farmacia Real Cariari Telephone: 2293-3805 Farmacia Sucre Telephone: 2293-0642, 2293-0655 Shopping center in front of DoubleTree Cariari Hotel Farmacia de Ciudad Cariari Telephone 2293-7070

COPY CENTERS
Herradura Hotel has a small business center with a multipurpose printer for very few copies. For larger volumes, these are some options: Librera Cocor in front of DoubleTree Cariari Hotel Telephone: 2293-4235 Papel Arte in Plaza Real Cariari shopping mall Telephone: 2293-2951

PRIVATE CLINICS
Hospital CIMA San Jos Telephone: 2208-1000 http://www.hospitalcima.com/ Clnica Bblica Telephone: 2522-1000 http://www.clinicabiblica.com/esp/index.php Hospital La Catlica http://www.hospitallacatolica.com/esp/

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MAKING PHONE CALLS

Participants staying at Wyndham Herradura can make free calls to certain destinations and prepaid calls elsewhere. Please check with the hotel reception for additional information. For other participants, there are two public telephones in the Wyndham Herradura reception area and one in the Tropicala Restaurant. They are operated with cards, which can be purchased at the Caf Britt Shop, located in the same reception area. Costa Ricas country code is (506). Costa Rica does not have Area Codes; thus for making calls within the country you just dial the telephone number you are calling to. To make international calls from Costa Rica you must dial 00+ DESTINATION COUNTRY CODE+DESTINATION AREA CODE+DESTINATION TELEPHONE NUMBER. These instructions are the same either from a fixed telephone line or a cellular phone. If you are calling from outside Costa Rica, in addition to the international access numbers given by the respective telephone operator, you just need to dial (506)+phone number in Costa Rica.

HOTELS NEAR MEETING VENUE

Wyndham San Jos Herradura Puerta del Sol Telephone: 506-2209-9800 Telephone: 506-2293-8109 City Express San Jos Aeropuerto Adventure Inn Telephone: 0800-052-9222 Telephone: 506-2239-2633 Double Tree Cariari Costa Rica Marriott Telephone: 506-2239-0022 Telephone: 506-2298-07821 Country Inn & Suites Hampton Inn and Suite Telephone: 506-2239-2272 Telephone: 506-2436-0000 Terrazas de Golf Boutique Hotel Telephone: 506-2239-4339

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTERS

FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Please place your electronic presentation file onto the laptop computer designated to your presentation room at least two breaks (coffee and lunch breaks) prior to your presentation (in other words, at least 4 hours in advance and during a session break). We strongly encourage you to copy your presentation onto the laptop the day before you present. There will be one or two designated audiovisual technicians who can assist you in each session room from 7:30 am through 6 pm. For those scheduled to present on June 24, there will be designated computers for depositing files in the slide preview room (Americas A) between 7 am and 5 pm on June 23. The slide preview room will also be available throughout the day from the afternoon of June 23 till 5:40 pm on June 26. All presenters assigned to a session on June 27 must submit their files before 4:10 pm the day before. Name your file in the following format, with elements connected by + sign: Last_name+session_number+date.extention (e.g., Garcia+O15+June25.pdf, Smith+S13+June26.pptx). We will accept visual material in these formats only: PDF (preferred and safest) Microsoft PowerPoint (file must be compatible with Office 97/2000/XP binary version, .ppt; or .pptx version compatible to Office 2010 version for Windows). Format the slide sizes for On-screen show (4:3) in landscape. Apples Keynote is not being supported, and you will not be able to use your own laptop. Anyone who plans to include video clips as part of their presentation must notify the co-Chair, Dr. Carlos Garcia (GarciaC@si.edu) as to the type of video format at least 1 week in advance. Windows Media Video (WMV) or QuickTime (MOV) are likely to be accepted, with resolution of 1365 x 800 pixels. We will not be responsible for any technical issues experienced by presenters who do not follow these guidelines, and reserve the right to refuse submission of a file. Contributed oral talks will be 15 minutes total. Please aim to complete your talk in 12 minutes, allowing for 3 minutes of questions and presenter changeover. A time-keeper will indicate how many minutes you have remaining (5, 3, 1 and 0 minutes to finish the presentation). Some symposium talks may have longer durations, so please check the program or ask your symposium organizer.

FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Posters should be in the portrait orientation (tall, rather than wide). The maximum poster size is 90 cm wide and 120 cm tall (36 inches wide, 48 inches tall). This size corresponds to a standard paper size of A0 (841 mm x 1189 mm). The size of each poster board is 100 cm wide and 250 cm tall. The board has a smooth white surface, and all posters will have to be attached using a double-sided tape that we will provide free of charge. No pins and thumb tacks will be allowed. Multiple panels will be placed in a zigzag fashion with a 130 degree angle in-between.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTERS

All posters should be posted up in the Poster Exhibition Area by 10 am on the day of your presentation (June 24, 25 or 26). They will be displayed from the morning coffee break through the end of the official poster session (7:40 pm). Posters must be removed at the end of each official poster session time. Any poster remaining at 7:30 am the next morning will be removed by conference staff. We will not assume any liability for lost or damaged posters. The poster session room (South Hall) will be open as early as 7:30 am. There will be designated volunteer staff that will help you find the location of your board and provide supplies. You may post your poster only in the designated location.

Online Schedulers, Abstracts and Presentation Files

Abstracts will be published in electronic format only, and can be accessed from the online scheduler. Authors who wish to exhibit the PDF version of their presentation online may do so by uploading it to the designated site. The presentation files will be linked to the online scheduler.
Scan this code to access the online scheduler

ATBC GOES TO AUSTRALIA!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND JOIN US AT ATBC 2014, CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA
host : James

Cook University

Among the worlds leading institutions focusing on the tropics, Australias James Cook University (JCU) is surrounded by ancient rainforests, savannas and the iconic Great Barrier Reef. JCU is renowned for its expertise in teaching and research in science, and is ranked among global research leaders in the vital research areas of environment and ecology. Our unique location enables students from around the world to study in a living laboratory unparalleled by any university in the world.

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EXHIBIT BOOTHS

1. Tropical Science Center 2. e School for Field Studies 3. e Field Museum of Chicago 4. Encyclopedia of Life 5. e Union of Concerned Scientists 6. Universidad Estatal Amazonica 7. Tirimbina Biological Reserve 8. Organization for Tropical Studies 9. University of Chicago Press

10. Tropical Conservation and Development Program, University of Florida 11. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation 12. Wiley 13. Reserva Ecolgica Bijagual 14. Monteverde Conservation League 15. Center for International Forestry Research

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DISTANCES

From Juan Santamaria International Airport to Wyndham Herradura Hotel: 6 kms shopping mall amusement park Interamerican highway 1 (General Caas) Other district and county streets From Juan Santamaria International Airport to San Jose-Downtown: 17.5 kms From Wyndham Herradura Hotel to San Jose Downtown: 12 kms From Wyndham Herradura Hotel to San Pedro and UCR: 14.5 kms From Wyndham Herradura Hotel to UNA (Heredia): 10 kms

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TROPICAL SCIENCE CENTER Apdo. 8-3870-1000 San Jos, Costa Rica 10102 T:506.2253.3267 | F: 506.2253.4963 E: cct@cct.or.cr, rgomez@cct.or.cr www.cct.or.cr The Tropical Science Center has 50 years of experience in the field of natural resources management. Consulting and research interests have focused on tropical ecology, watershed planning and management, land use classification and planning, natural resource policy, environmental economics, environmental impact evaluation, planning and management of protected areas, environmental auditing, and integrated participatory rural development. One of the main contributions of the TSC in the field of Tropical Ecology is the World Life Zone System of Ecological Classification created by Dr. Leslie R. Holdridge, one of the Centers founding members. This system has received international recognition and is widely used. Since 1972, the TSC has owned and managed the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve, one of the first private biological reserves in Latin America. The Preserve contains over 4,000 hectares of mid-elevation forest in the Tilarn Mountain Range, and is considered a model for protected area management at the global level. The Preserves main priorities are conservation, research, environmental education, and ecotourism.

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THE SCHOOL FOR FIELD STUDIES 100 Cummings Center, Suite 534G, Beverly, MA 01915 USA T: 978.741.3567 | F:978.922.3835 E: Admissions@fieldstudies.org www.fieldstudies.org The School for Field Studies (SFS) is a premiere environmental study abroad program for undergraduates operating programs in seven countries. Our students examine environmental issues, gaining a conceptual and practical foundation in conservation and development through coursework and field research. We serve local stakeholders through cooperation and research.

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THE FIELD MUSEUM OF CHICAGO Science and Education, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 USA T: 312-665-7430, 7446, 7448, or 7427 E: rrc@fieldmuseum.org http://fieldmuseum.org/IDtools/ http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/ecco/inventories One of the worlds largest natural history museums, Field Museum has a new division: Conservation, Culture, and Action Center. This center applies the science and collections of the museum directly to conservation action, especially with Rapid Biological and Cultural Inventories of tropical landscapes and development of Rapid Identification Tools.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 106, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA T: 1-202-633-8730 | F: 1-202-633-8742 E: secretariat@eol.org www.eol.org The Encyclopedia of Life gathers, generates, and shares knowledge about biodiversity in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource. Over 250 natural history museums, research consortia, NGOs, and citizen science initiatives disseminate their content through the EOL portal. All materials are available for reuse and redistribution. Visit our booth to learn more about the project and find out how you can participate.

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The Union of Concerned Scientists Two Brattle Sq, Cambridge, MA 02138-3780 T: 1-617-547-5552 | F: 1-617-864-9405 http://www.ucsusa.org The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planets most pressing problems. Joining with citizens across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.

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THE UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL AMAZONICA Paso lateral, km 2 via a Napo, Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador T: (+593) 3-2889-118 | F: (+593) 3-2888-118 E: dneill@uea.edu.ec www.uea.edu.ec The Universidad Estatal Amaznica (Amazon State University) is a public university, founded in 2002, with undergraduate programs in environmental engineering, tourism, agronomy and agroindustrial engineering. Besides the main campus in Puyo, the capital of Pastaza province, the UEA owns and administers a research center, 44 km north of Puyo, comprising 2800 hectares including 2000 hectares of primary forest at 550-1100 m elevation, in a region of exceptionally high biodiversity at the interface between the Amazon basin and the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. The research center provides lodging and meals for student groups of up to 20 people for field courses at the site. We invite tropical biologists in all disciplines, as well as researchers in agroforestry, agronomy and other applied sciences, to visit us in Amazonian Ecuador and collaborate with us to conduct research and education at the research center, known by its Spanish acronym CIPCA.

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TIRIMBINA BIOLOGICAL RESERVE 1 kilometer north of Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, La Virgen, Sarapiqu, Puerto Viejo Sarapiqui, 74-3069, Costa Rica T: 506-2761-0055 E: educacion@tirimbina.org www.tirimbina.org We are an educational, scientific and ecotourism destination, situated between the forests and rivers of the northern region of Costa Rica. Tirimbina offers education programs for primary schools, high schools and university students, as well as facilities for study groups, volunteers and researchers, highlighting the biodiversity and conservation of the rainforest. Tirimbinas abundant forest also provides great ecotourism activities. Our goal is to protect an exceptional resource of biodiversity through environmental education and scientific research promoting conservation. Its a place where education, research and beauty combine to offer an unforgettable experience with nature.

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organization for tropical studies 410 Swift Avenue, Box 90630, Durham, NC 27708 USA T: 1-919-684-5774 | F: 1-919-684-5661 E: ots@duke.edu www.ots.duke.edu Celebrating 50 years of research and education in the tropics! Today with 50+ member institutions, the Organization for Tropical Studies operates three research stations in Costa Rica and counts more than 10,000 U.S., Latin America, and South African alumni from our graduate, undergraduate, and professional courses. Visit our booth, celebrate our accomplishments, and be a part of our new station-greening initiative.

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 USA T: 1-800-621-2736 | F: 1-773-702-9756 E: custserv@press.uchicago.edu www.press.uchicago.edu Established in 1891, the University of Chicago Press is the largest American university press. The Press publishes approximately 250 books a year and has published over 11,000 books since its founding. The Press also publishes leading journals and annuals in fields including the humanities and physical, life, and medical sciences.

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TROPICAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 343 Grinter Hall, Gainesville, FL 32653 USA T:1-352-273-4734 E: tcd@latam.ufl.edu www.tcd.ufl.edu The Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program is located in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. TCDs mission is to promote bridging of theory and practice to advance biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being in the tropics. TCD offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate and concentration to students enrolled in Masters or Ph.D. programs in over 25 departments. It provides inter-disciplinary coursework, field experiences and practical skills for students through crossing disciplines, linking academics to practitioners, and working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.

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The ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 2815 NW 38th Dr., Gainesville, FL 32605, USA T: 1-352-246-2886 | F:1-352-392-3704 E: office@tropicalbio.org http://www.tropicalbio.org Founded in 1963, The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation is the worlds largest scientific organization devoted to promote research, education, and conservation of tropical ecosystems worldwide. We invite you to join us in our tasks; visit the ATBC booth to become a member today! You can also become a member by visiting Wileys booth. As a member you will not only receive our official journal Biotropica and be entitled to member benefits, most importantly, you will greatly assist ATBC in reaching its goals!

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WILEY 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148 USA P: 1-781-388-8200 E: address@wiley.com www.wiley.com Wiley is the leading society publisher and the proud publisher of ATBCs journal, Biotropica. We publish on behalf of more societies and membership associations than anybody else, and offer libraries and individuals 1,250 online journals, thousands of books and e-books, reviews, reference works, databases, and more. For more information, visit www.wiley.com, or our online resource: onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Stop by our booth to learn about whats new at Wiley, receive 20% off your order, and request free digital journal samples.

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RESERVA ECOLOGICA BIJAGUAL Apdo. 35-3069 Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqu, 41001 Costa Rica T: 506-8330-8472 E: pfoster@bijagual.org www.bijagual.org Dedicated to conservation, education and research, the Reserva Ecolgica Bijagual offers an accessible field station to hold classes and conduct research on tropical rain forest ecology. Habitats include managed and oldgrowth forest, reforestation, regenerating pastures, streams and rivers. The reserve is located on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, a three-hour drive north of San Jos.

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Monteverde Conservation League and Childrens Eternal Rainforest Reserve P.O. Box 124-5655, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica T: 506-2645-5851, 506-2645-5200 E: info@acmcr.org www.acmcr.org Monteverde Conservation League (MCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to conserve, preserve, and rehabilitate tropical ecosystems and their biodiversity. The main project of MCL, the Childrens Eternal Rainforest (CER), is the largest private reserve in Costa Rica with an Area of 22,600 hectares or 55,000 acres, straddling the continental divide from about 600 m in elevation on the Caribbean slope, crossing the highest peaks at elevation of nearly 1,800 m, and down to about 900 m on the Pacific slope. Six of Costa Ricas twelve life zones occur within CER, and visitors can enjoy a wide variety of nature-based activities. The field stations and the visitor Center have served local and international researchers, students, volunteers and tourists during the 27 years of existence of CER.

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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Situgede, Sindang Barang, Bogor Barat 16115, West Java, Indonesia T: +62-251-8622622 | F: +62-251-8622100 E: cifor@cgiar.org www.cifor.org The Center for International Forestry Research is a nonprofit, global facility dedicated to advancing human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity. We conduct research that enables more informed and equitable decision making about the use and management of forests in less-developed countries. CIFOR is located in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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TABLES IN SOUTH HALL

THE ATBC STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST CHAPTER (ATBC-SECSCI)
This chapter was recently formed to provide early career scientists with resources and guidance that will help them continue and excel in the field of tropical biology. The goals of this chapter are to: (1) encourage the involvement of student and early career scientists in ATBC and increase their participation at annual meetings; (2) organize and promote activities that meet the interests/needs of early career scientists working in the fields of tropical biology and conservation; and (3) encourage and facilitate participation, support, communication, and interaction within the student/early career group and between this group and all members of ATBC.

Tour Operators Promoting Sustainability (TOPS)

Here, you can ask questions or sign up for customized field trips with tour agencies who are members of TOPS, who promote sustainable tourism with the Rainforest Alliance. The participating TOPS agencies have agreed to donate 5% of their profit to the meeting.

OTS BIOCURSOS
These official programs are organized by OTS BioCursos, which operates field trips to promote familiarity and understanding of tropical biodiversity and natural ecosystems to the general public in Costa Rica. Please come by for last minute booking for the official field trips, questions about the trips you have signed up, or information on OTS BioCurso program.

TRIP CODE
FT1 FT2 FT3 FT4 FT5 FT6 FT7 FT8 FT9 FT10

TRIP TITLE
La Selva Biological Station (one day) Costa Rica Paradise of Volcanoes and Waterfalls (one day) Wild Pacific and Guacalillos Mangroves (one day) Caribbean Turtles, Pacuare Biological Reserve (two days) Coffee and Quetzals Path (two days) Osa Peninsula, Record in Global Biodiversity, Campanario Biological Reserve and San Pedrillo /Corcovado (three days) Bird Territory, Palo Verde Biological Station (two days) Craft Route and Toro Amarillo Waterfall (one day) Rafting Adventure (two days) Las Cruces Biological Station (three days)

DATE OPTIONS
June 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29 or 30 June 20, 21, 25 or 28 June 20, 23 or 26 June 21-22 or 28-29 June 21-22 or 29-30 June 28-30 only June 21-22 or 22-23 June 21, 26 or 30 June 22-23 or 28-29 June 21-23 only

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SESSION CODES
A: Plenary Sessions for All Delegates O: Oral Sessions P: Poster Sessions S: Symposia L: Lunch Time Seminars

monday, june 24, 2013

HOUR
8am9:50am 10am10:20am

ROOM
La Paz - Main North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC Designated lunch areas inside Hotel Girasol Hall La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC South Lobby Orqudeas Hall

ACTIVITY
A4Scientific Plenary Lectures Break S1Plant-Animal Interactions O1Sociological Ecosystems O2Bird Behavior & Ecology O3Biodiversity Inventories S2Functional Ecology under Changes O4Ecosystem Carbon & Nutrient Cycles Lunch L1Publishing in Biotrpica S3Tropi-Dry: Secondary Dry Forests in Americas O5Agroforestry S4Reproductive Biology of Enterolobium cyclocarpum S5Nutrient Cycles S6Long-term Ecological Research S7DNA Barcode Application Break S8Critical Synthesis O6Vine Ecology O7Bat Ecology O8Amphibians & Reptiles O9Plant Functional Ecology S9Agroecological Landscape P1Poster Session, Day 1 OTS Alumni Mixer

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tuesday, june 25, 2013

HOUR ROOM
La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC Designated lunch areas inside Hotel Girasol Hall La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC South Lobby

ACTIVITY
S10Geogenomics of Neotropical Biodiversity O10Tropical sylviculture O11Arthropod Ecology & Behavior O12Conservation Biology: Human Impacts on Animals S11Monteverde Ecology and Conservation S12Secondary Succession Pathways Break S13Evolution & Genetics of Tropical Trees O13Ecological Restoration & Monitoring O14Plant-Animal Interactions O15Ecosystem Nutrient Cycles S14Field-based Learning O16Secondary Succession Lunch L2High Impact Publication S15Modeling Human-Natural Systems O17Mammals & Bird Conservation O18Species Turnover & Beta Diversity O19Mangrove Ecology & Conservation S16Rainforest Canopy Ecosystem Cycles S17Oligotrophic Ecosystems (Part 1) Break S18Agroecological Landscapes O20Theoretical Ecology O21Animal Behavior & Ecology O22Plant-Animal Interactions & Seed Dispersal S19Bats and Hummingbirds as Pollinators S17Oligotrophic Ecosystems (Part 2) P2Poster Session, Day 2

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wednesday, june 26, 2013

HOUR ROOM
La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC Designated lunch areas inside Hotel Girasol Hall Heliconias Hall

ACTIVITY
S20Vertebrate Seed Dispersal S21Freshwater Wetland S22Pollinator-Tree Interactions O23Plant Functional Traits O24Conservation Ecology: Corridors & Invasives S23aEcology & Evolution of Tropical Insects Break S24Trophic Downgrading O25Fungi & Microbes S25Mistletoe Ecology & Evolution O26Population Ecology S26Forest People and Market Integration S23bEcology & Evolution of Butterflies Lunch L3Higher Education Panel Discussion L4The ATBC Student and Early Career Scientist Chapter S27Climate Changes: Models & Forest Data S28Tropical Fungi as a Research Frontier O27Conservation Strategies (Part 1) S29Animal Movements and Telemetry O28Speciation Mechanisms O29Spatial Ecology of Troical Forests (Part 1) Break O30Biogeography & Paleobiology S30Neotropical Arachnids O31Conservation Strategies (Part 2) O32History & Education O33Community-based Conservation O34Spatial Ecology of Tropical Forests (Part 2) P3Poster Session, Day 3 (final) Tropical Biodiversity Slideshow 28

8am10am

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La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC South Lobby La Paz A
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thursday, june 27, 2013

HOUR ROOM
La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC North/South Lobby La Paz A La Paz B (East) La Paz B (West) La Paz C (East) La Paz C (West) Amricas BC Designated lunch areas inside Hotel La Paz Main North/South Lobby La Paz Main La Paz Main La Paz Main

ACTIVITY
S31Climate Warming & Tropical Forests O35Habitat Fragmentation O36Natural History & Ecology O37Animal Community Ecology and Evolution S32Anthropogenic Landscapes O38Mountains & Elevational Gradients Break S33Biological Corridors O39Forest Structure and Dynamics O40Seedling Ecology O41Ant Ecology S34Stream Ecology S35Montane Cloud Forests Lunch A5Historical Reflections and Path Forward Break A6Closing Plenary, ATBC Presidential Talk and Award Recognition A7Annual ATBC Banquet A850th Anniversary Jubilee Party

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SESSION CODES
A: Plenary Sessions for All Delegates L: Lunch time Seminars W: Workshops

LOCATION CODES
C: Rooms and Lobbies at the Conference Center H: Rooms and Halls at the Herradura Hotel

These events are open to all registrants and do not require a specific reservation.

Sun. June 23 5-6 pm H-Orqudeas Hall

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WELCOME MIXER
Please join us for our welcome reception and a complementary drink for every registered participant, before heading to the opening ceremony and plenary.

Sun. June 23 6-7 pm C-La Paz-Main

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OPENING PLENARY SESSION

Please join us for the official opening of the meeting and the plenary lecture.
6:00 pm Welcome and Greeting / LCIA G. LOHMANN / ATBC PRESIDENT 6:05 pm Welcome and Greeting / Elizabeth Losos / OTS President & CEO 6:10 pm Greeting / A Costa Rican Official Representative 6:15 pm Official Opening and Introduction of the Opening Plenary Lecturer / 6:25 pm Opening Plenary Lecture / Rodrigo Gmez / President, National

W. John Kress / ATBC Executive Director Biodiversity Institute, Costa Rica

The future of Costa Ricas biodiversity: Knowledge, education and ethics

DR. RODRIGO GMEZ

Dr. Rodrigo Gmez joined the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) in 1954, where he pioneered the field of plant virology in Costa Rica. He earned his M. S. from the University of Florida, and received a Ph.D. in virology from the University of Illinois in 1967, after which he continued his active academic career at UCR. In 1985, he was named presidential adviser for natural resources and biodiversity. This has led to the founding of the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio, http://www.inbio.ac.cr), a private non-profit association, where Dr. Gmez has served in the capacity of Director General and President for over 20 years. The tireless efforts of Dr. Gmez in the protection of biodiversity and natural resource conservation in Costa Rica, as well as his academic achievements in the field of plant virology, have led to numerous international awards in recognition of his achievements, including the Dr. Bernard Houssay Inter-American Science Prize (1983), Banesto Recognition of Honor (1992), Green Globe Award (1997), Award for International Cooperation from the US Forest Service (2011), Magn National Culture Award (2012), Pax Natura Award (2012), and Midori Award (2012). He is a Professor Emeritus at UCR since 2010.

For the opening plenary lecture, Dr. Gmez will share his views on the future of biodiversity of Costa Rica based on the experience he has gained since his early years at the UCR (70-80s) during which he was associated with OTS, and later with the National Parks Foundation and the Ministry of the Environment (1980-90s), and INBio (1990s-present).

Sun. June 23 7-8 pm C-La Paz-Main

A3 ATBC Conservation Committee Open Forum

Please join us for the open forum of ATBC Conservation Committee in order to identify key conservation issues that are relevant in Costa Rica and Central America, as well as tropical biomes at large.

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Mon. June 24 8-10am H-La Paz Main

A4 scientific plenary SESSION

8 am Welcome and Brief Introduction / KAORU KITAJIMA / PROGRAM CHAIR 8:05 am DEBORAH A. CLARK / University of Missouri, St. Louis

Paradigms Lost, v. 2.0: Tropical forest ecology 16 years later

9:05 am DANIEL H. JANZEN & Winnie Hallwachs / University of Pennsylvania

Tropical biodiversity conservation through biodiversity development:Costa Ricas ACG, a real world example

Dr. Deborah A. Clark received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1978. She was

DR. DEBORAH CLARK

the co-Director of the OTS La Selva Biological Station from 1980 to 1994, during which La Selva went through a series of major renovations and supported new cutting edge research project, also catering to an increasing number and variety of OTS courses. Dr. Clarks own research addresses population ecology, life history diversity and ecophysiology of tropical rain forest canopy trees, as well as carbon and nutrient cycling. She continues to actively publish the results of her long-term research from Costa Rica in the global context. Dr. Clark was the ATBC President in 1997. She is currently a research associate professor at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Paradigms Lost, v. 2.0: Tropical forest ecology 16 years later

Our understanding of ecological processes in the tropics is still nascent and evolving. In 1997, during the first joint ATBC/OTS meeting in San Jos, my banquet talk focused on how new field data had overturned concepts that had been accepted wisdom for tropical researchers only a decade earlier. I reflected then on how these conceptual frame shifts were making my own area of research, tropical forest ecology, progressively more interesting. Now, with 16 more years of findings from field research, I explore the new shifts that have occurred in our understanding of how tropical forests work. Lack of replication remains a fundamental constraint. With such data limitations, one pathbreaking study can show X, the next Y. Such lessons underline the need for caution when generalizing across the biome. We now know much more about geographic variation in biodiversity, but new species continue to turn up in even the best-studied field sites, and many sites remain unexplored. The internet is now bringing the world brain to bear on this fundamental challenge for understanding tropical biodiversity. A pervasive assumption in earlier tropical field studies was that all years are the same in this equable-climate biome; this notion has been turned on its head. We can now see that interannual climatic variation, extreme events, and directional climatic change affect both current-time and future ecosystem processes for all tropical forests. The my forest is more virgin than yours competition of the early years of tropical forest ecology has gone away; we now know it is fundamental to ask how past and current disturbances may be impacting forest processes at all study sites. The tacit assumption seen one part of the forest, seen it all has given way to a growing understanding of how the within-landscape mosaicism of tropical forests shapes forest ecology. That tropical forests are only skin deep is another long-held misconception; those few researchers who have studied tropical soils to depth have shown us that a large part of the action in tropical-forest carbon may be going on in the deep soil layers. Finally, an early tacit assumption that old-growth tropical forests are in carbon equilibrium has been confronted by a series of new hypotheses, but the ideas have outstripped the data in this key area of tropical-forest ecology. The continuing evolution of all these areas is exciting and will no doubt be promoted by findings presented at this meeting.

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DR. DANIEL H. JANZEN

Dr. Daniel H. Janzen received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1965. As a co-instructor of the 1965 Fundamentals of Ecology course, Dr. Janzen developped the inquirybased teaching method that has been been adopted by subsequent OTS field courses ever since. Dr. Janzens research addresses the ecology and biodiversity of ecosystems in the tropics, in particular, evolutionary and ecological interactions between herbivorous insects and plants. Dr. Janzens research continues to redefine the frontier of tropical biology. Dr. Janzen also actively contributes to biodiversity conservation through protection and land acquisition programs that he developed in the Area de Conservacin Guanacaste in Costa Rica. He is currently the Thomas G. and Louise E. DeMaura Term Chair and Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is rarely seen because My research is done where the organisms are, i.e., Costa Rica.

Tropical biodiversity conservation through biodiversity development: Costa Ricas ACG, a real world example

(5 minutes max reminiscing) The only significant arrays of wild tropical terrestrial biodiversity that will survive this century are those that are geographically big and diverse, endowed, and integrated with their neighboring, national and international societies. The Area de Conservacin Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica began as the 22,000 ha Parque Nacional Santa Rosa in 1971 (terrestrial and marine). Today it is 168,000 ha of continuous wildland restoration and conservation from 6 km out in the Pacific, through coastal dry forest, up over 1400-2000 m cloud forest, and down to 100 m Atlantic rain forest, the only such transect conserved in the New World. ACG contains 2.6% of the worlds biodiversity (60% of Costa Ricas, which in turn is 4% of the world, about equal to that of the continental US and Canada together). It is managed as a semi-decentralized national park, intended to be highly friendly to non-damaging users as part of its biodiversity development and is a synergism between the Costa Rican government (http:// www.acguanacaste.ac.cr) and an NGO (Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund, http://www. gdfcf.org). This has cost about $87 million, and the intellectual and physical labor of more than 500 employees and volunteers in the last 42 years. Almost all of them are Costa Rican and of minimal formal education, but have great ability to learn on the job, and some highly perceptive senior Costa Rican decision-makers. ACG is specialized national real estate development. This opens the door to many topics. Owing to our inclinations and backgrounds, I will drill into know thy park. This is the one piece of a national park structure that is generally missing in conservation administration, and done largely, if at all, by the academic community, mostly as tourist biologists. Its development by the park itself is crucial to permanent conservation through biodiversity development. My particular scientific insanity is that I want to inventory all the caterpillars in ACG before I die. Inventory means know who they are (by morphology and DNA barcodes), where they are, what they eat, who parasitizes them, and get that all onto the web/public domain. This inventory is conducted by 39 full-time career Costa Rican parataxonomists and biodiversity curators (http://janzen.bio.upenn.edu). Winnie and I, and the taxasphere, are coaches, cheerleaders and clearing house. The global taxasphere and the public are our collaborators. At present, the inventory database has information on about 6,500 species of caterpillars and 9,500 species of Lepidoptera out of an estimated 15,000, plus at least 2,500 species of parasitoids out of a huge number.

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Mon. June 24 12:20-1:50pm H-Girasol Hall

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LUNCH TIME SEMINAR: PUBLISHING IN BIOTROPICA

Learn tips for successfully publishing in ATBCs society journal, Biotropica. This is your chance to meet and ask questions to the editors, including Jaboury Ghazoul, Editor in Chief, as well as Associate Editors, Emilio Bruna and Marielos Pea-Claros. Admission: limited to the first 50 attendees. Door closes at 12:50 pm.

Mon. June 24 7-9pm H-Orqudeas Hall

OTS ALUMNI MIXER

This mixer is a reunion of sorts, bringing together OTS alumni and station researchers. RSVP to Arianne Leslie (arianne.leslie@duke.edu) required.

Tue. June 25 12:20-1:50pm H-Girasol Hall

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LUNCH TIME SEMINAR: HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATION

Please join Sacha Vignieri, Associate Editor of Science magazine, for an informational session and discussion titled Opening the Black Box: an editors perspective on high-impact journal publishing. From the outside, publication in high-impact journals can seem like a mysterious process. A general understanding of the practices at Science can help unravel this mystery and contribute to an understanding of what makes a great paper a high-impact-journal paper. Admission: limited to the first 50 attendees. Door closes at 12:50 pm.

Wed. June 26 12:20-1:30pm H-Girasol Hall

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LUNCH TIME SEMINAR: Higher Education Panel Discussion

Globalization, the Environment, and the Role of Institutions of Higher Learning

Please join the round-table discussion among administrative leaders from several key OTS member institutions. Admission: limited to the first 50 attendees. Door closes at 12:50 pm.
Elizabeth Losos / OTS President / Moderator While increasing globalization has resulted in economic growth and development across the globe, it has also strained the earths resources. Widespread global trade has resulted in reduced genetic diversity in agriculture (loss of crop varieties and livestock breeds), spread of exotic species, pollution of air, water and soil, and accelerated climatic change. The market cannot be relied on to control the environmental costs of globalization. This panel will address what role institutions of higher learning have to play in devising strategies to address such issues. Specifically they will discuss how universities can collaborate across borders to effect change, providing examples of academic leadership and international collaboration that can serve as models.

Panelists
Peter Lange / Provost / Duke University

As a professor, Dr. Lange focuses on the topics of comparative politics and political economy. His early work focused on Italian politics and the Italian Communist Party. He subsequently studied European trade union movements. In more recent years his research focus has turned to the economic performance of the advanced industrial democracies and the effects of globalization on these relationships. More recently he has turned his attention to the dynamics of higher education in the United States and globally.

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Michael Bernstein / Provost / Tulane University

Dr. Bernsteins research and teaching interests focus on the economic and political history of the United States, macroeconomic theory, industrial organization economics, and the history of economic theory. His publications explore the connections between political and economic processes in modern industrial societies, as well as the interaction of economic knowledge and professional expertise with those processes as a whole. His teaching interests include: Economic History (United States and Western Europe); 19th and 20th Century United States History; Macroeconomic Theory; History of Economic Thought; Industrial Organization Economics and Public Policy.
Julio Calvo / Rector / EL Tecnolgico de Costa Rica

Dr. Calvo is an internationally respected forest engineer who specializes in forest hydrology, forestry, natural resources, forest ecology and remote sensing applications. He has published numerous articles in international journals. He received his doctoral degree from North Carolina State University in natural resources and earth science. He has received in excess of $3 million dollars in grant funding from such organizations as: USA-AID, McDonalds Corporation International, FONAFIFO of Costa Rica, Canadian for Foundation Innovation, Tinker, OET/CR-USA-CR, the USA National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).
Sandra Harding / Vice Chancellor and President / James Cook University

Educated at the Australian National University, The University of Queensland, and North Carolina State University, Dr. Harding is an economic sociologist with a keen scholarly interest in markets and how they work, and organization survey methodology. She also has a professional interest in education policy and management. She has authored and co-authored a wide range of publications, conference papers and press articles in her areas of interest. Currently, Dr. Harding is spearheading a multi-institutional, international initiative to produce The State of the Tropics Report.

Wed. June 26 12:20-1:50pm H-Heliconia Hall

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Lunch-time Open Forum: The ATBC Student and Early Career Scientist Chapter (ATBC-SECSCI)
Please come join the inaugural meeting of ATBC-SECSCI. Eat lunch with other young scientists and learn more about this new and exciting addition to ATBC. Meet with each other, and share ideas.

Wed. June 26 7:30-8:30pm C-La Paz A

TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY SLIDE SHOW

Christian Ziegler, a free-lance photographer featured in National Geographic, and coauthor of A Magic Web: the Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island will share some of his amazing photos that capture beautiful moments of the tropical natural history in action.

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Thu. June 27 1:50-3:50pm C-La Paz Main

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Historical Reflections and Path Forward in Tropical Biology and Conservation: A Roundtable Discussion
JULIE DENSLOW / TULANE UNIVERSITY /

Moderator

A half century ago, the biology of tropical species was a largely unexplored scientific frontier. The extraordinary diversity of tropical ecosystems and the daunting logistical challenges influenced where research was undertaken, what questions were asked, and how the field developed. During this special roundtable discussion, six pioneers in the fields of diversity and behavior will share their insights (and perhaps a few anecdotes) on the challenges and influences of that time, how the field has evolved, and how their past experiences shed light on current challenges for tropical biology and conservation. Gordon Orians, Peter Raven, Jos Sarukhn, Jay Savage, John Terborgh and Mary JaneWest-Ebrhard will participate in a free-flowing roundtable discussion. Also featured will be a video message from E. O. Wilson.
Gordon Orians

Dr. Gordon Orians

received his Ph.D. in 1954 from the University of California Berkeley, and is currently Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Washington, where he served as the Director of the UWs Institute for Environmental Studies from 1976 to 1986. His research has focused on behavioral ecology of birds relevant for habitat selection, mate selection and mating systems. Dr. Orians is a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is actively engaged in the science-policy interface, serving on a variety of advisory boards for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council, the World Wildlife Fund-US and The Nature Conservancy.

Dr. Peter H. Raven

Peter H. Raven headed the Missouri Botanical Garden for four decades, an institution he nurtured into a world-class center for botanical research and education, and horticultural display until his retirement as president in 2010 and as president emeritus and consultant through 2014. As one of the worlds leading botanists and advocate of nature conservation, Dr. Raven authored many books and received numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious International Prize for Biology from the government of Japan and the U.S. National Medal of Science, the countrys highest award for scientific accomplishment. Dr. Raven is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Jos Sarukhn received a Ph.D. in Ecology from University of Wales, and serves as the National Coordinator for Mexicos National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO). Dr. Sarukhn has published more than 110 research papers in tropical ecology, plant population ecology, systems ecology of both temperate and tropical ecosystems, and authored several books. As a long-time faculty member of the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Dr. Sarukhan served as the director of multiple units and centers, as well as a Vice Chancellor for Science and Rector. Since 2006, he continues to be active as Professor Emeritus. Dr. Sarukhn has served as president of the Botanical Society of Mexico, the Mexican Academy of Sciences, and president of the Association for Tropical Biology. He has received many awards, and is a member of U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Society, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Jay Savage

Dr. Jay Savage

is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables and currently Adjunct Research Professor at the Department of Biology in San Diego State University. His research focused on the evolutionary and historic determinants of the systematics and distribution of amphibians and reptiles, which culminated in his recent publication, The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: a Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas (University of Chicago Press). Jay was instrumental in founding the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), serving as OTS president from 1974-1980. In 1998 Dr. Savage was inducted as an honorary member, into the Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Costa Rica. He has received innumerous awards, including the Henry S. Fitch Award for Excellence in Herpetology and the Outstanding Service Award of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. is Research Professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences in Duke University and the Director of the Duke University Center for Tropical Conservation. His specialty is tropical ecology with an emphasis on plant-animal interactions and trophic cascades. He has conducted research in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Madagascar and New Guinea, but his main focus has been the Peruvian Amazon. From 1973 to 2011 he operated a research station in the Manu National Park, Per. In 1999 he founded ParksWatch, an organization dedicated to monitoring and publicizing the status of parks in developing countries. Dr. Terborgh has published more than 200 research papers, 8 books and numerous popular articles. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.

John Terborgh

Dr. John Terborgh

Dr. Mary Jane West-EbErhard

Mary Jane West-EbErhard is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and a faculty member of the Universidad de Costa Rica. Dr. West-Eberhards research on phenotypic and developmental plasticity has made major contributions to theories of animal evolution and speciation. Dr. West-Eberhard is a member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and also a foreign member of the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. She has been a past president of the Society for the Study of Evolution and has received numerous awards, including R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional and the Sewall Wright Award. She has been selected as one of the 21 Leaders in Animal Behavior. Edward O. Wilson is University Research Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University. The main research interests of Dr. Wilson are biogeography and ecology of organisms, especially ants. In collaboration with the late Dr. Robert H. MacArthur, Dr. Wilson pioneered the theory of island biogeography which continues to provide the foundation to many studies in consevation biology. As author of numerous scholarly publication and popular books, Dr. Wilson has promoted the importance of conserving biodiversity, a term that he coined with his 1988 book BioDiversity, which has entered the popular lexicon. Dr. Wilson is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and is the recipient of numerous awards including two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Medal of Science.

Dr. Edward O. Wilson

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Thu. June 27 4:10-5:30 pm C-La Paz Main

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CLOSING PLENARY AND AWARD recognition

ATBC President, Lcia Lohmann, will deliver a plenary lecture titled Mapping the past and future of tropical biology: ATBC as a catalyst for innovation as the annual presidential talk. This will be followed by presentation of the Alwyn H. Gentry Best Student Paper and Poster Awards and the Luis F. Bacardi Advances in Tropical Conservation Award; recognition of all meeting committee members, staff, and volunteers; and the official closing of scientific sessions.

4:10 pm Introduction / Richard Corlett , ATBC Past President 4:20 pm Annual ATBC Presidential Lecture / Lcia LohmanN / ATBC President Mapping the past and future of tropical biology: ATB C as a catalyst for innovation 5 pm Best Presentation Awards / Susan Laurance / ATBC Award Chair AND
President Elect

Dr. Richard Corlett

Alwyn Gentry Award for Best Student Presentations

Dr. LUCIA G. LOHMANN

Alwyn Gentrys legacy to tropical biology was not limited to the phenomenal contributions he made to the study of diversity and conservation of tropical plants. He was a caring and supportive mentor to students from all over the Americas. In remembrance and recognition of the contributions of a singular scientist, colleague, mentor, and friend, the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation presents the Alwyn Gentry Awards for the Best Student Oral and Best Student Poster Presentations each year at its Annual Meeting.
Luis F. Bacardi Advances in Tropical Conservation Award

Dr. Susan Laurance

Each year the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation recognizes outstanding research in tropical conservation through its Luis F. Bacardi Advances in Tropical Conservation Award. The award is given for the most outstanding oral presentation at the ATBC annual meeting focusing on tropical conservation, by a young scientist who is an ATBC member and who has completed his/her PhD no more than five years before the date of the presentation. This award is made possible with generous support from the Lubee Bat Conservancy.
5:15 pm Acknowledgements of Meeting Staff / Kaoru Kitajima / ATBC 2013 5:20 pm Declarations / W. John Kress / ATBC Executive Director
Program Chair

Thu. June 27 7:30-9 pm C-La Paz-Main

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ANNUAL ATBC BANQUET

All registrants and their pre-registered guests are welcome to return to the La Paz Main room for the annual ATBC banquet for food and merriment with your friends. There will also be a ceremony to hand over the duties from this years program chairs to the chairs of next years ATBC meeting in Cairns, Australia.

Thu. June 27 9 pm-Midnight C-La Paz Main

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ATBC OTS 50 th Anniversary Jubilee Party

Time to relax, dance and say see you next time to all your friends and colleagues. Live music, a cash bar and refreshments will keep you going late into the night!

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BUSINESS MEETINGS AND SPECIAL GROUP MEETINGS

Sun. June 23 9 am-4:50 pm H-Azalea Hall Sun. June 23 9 am-4:40 pm San Pedro Office Mon. June 24 12:20-1:50 pm H-Anturios Hall Mon. June 24 7-9 pm H-Girasol Hall Tue. June 25 12:20-1:50 pm H-Anturios Hall

By invitation only.

ATBC COUNCIL MEETING

Details sent to the ATBC officers, councilors and additional invited participants.

OTS DELEGATES MEETING

Details sent to invited delegates.

ATBC Conservation committee MEETING

Details sent to the ATBC officers, councilors and additional invited participants.

BIOTROPICA EDITORS MEETING

Invitation to this dinner and discussion event will be sent to all relevant editors of Biotropica.

YOUMANGRES workshop discussion

All who signed up in advance to the Workshop 6, YOUMANGRES, are invited to join this overthe-lunch discussion.

SKILLS AND CONCEPTS WORKSHOPS

These workshops are organized and taught by instructors who have donated their time and effort. Some workshops will take place on the Universidad Nacional campus in Heredia (UNA). ATBC warmly acknowledges their contributions. All workshops require pre-registration.

Sun. June 23 9 am-4:30 pm H-Azaleas Hall Sun. June 23 9 am-4 pm H-Fucsia Hall Sat. June 22 (Tirimbina Station) & Sun. June 23

W1

R For Proto-Ninjas
C. E. Timothy Paine, Irene Mendoza /

Organizers

W2

Maxent Habitat Modeling

Nadine Trahan

/ Organizer

W3

Bat Acoustics and Capture Method

Kevina Vulinec, Joseph Szewczak, Priscilla Alpzar

Field work into midnight on June 22.

/ Organizer

Sun. June 23 10 am-3 pm UNA

W4

Scientific Illustration
Camila Pizano

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Sun. June 23 to Thu. June 27

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youmangresYoung Mangrove Researchers

Ulrich Saint-Paul, Gustavo Castellanos

/ Organizers Multiple short meetings (lunch time meeting on June 25, Anturio Hall), a poster session (June 25), and an optional field trip (June 23).

Sun. June 23 9 am-Noon C-Amricas BC Sun. June 23 1-4 pm C-Amricas BC

W6

Integrating Cutting-Edge Technologies in Ecological Research

PAULO C. OLIVAS

/ Organizer

W7

Statistical Estimation of Species Richness and Biotic Similarity Using Estimates

Rob Colwell, Susan Letcher

/ Organizers

Sun. June 23 4-5 pm C-Amricas BC

W7b

Software Demo: Using Lifemapper Web Services and

JIM BEACH

QuantumGIS for Species Distribution and Biodiversity Modeling

/ Organizer

Sat. June 22 & Sun. June 23 9 am-4 pm UNA

W8

Monitoring Biodiversity in a Changing World:

Estimating Occupancy Dynamics in Diverse Ecosystems Through Single and Multi-Species Models
Vivian Ruiz-Gutierrez

/ Organizer

Fri. June 28 9 am-1 pm UNA

W9

Functional Diversity: Theory, Analyses and Interpretation

Christopher Baraloto, Claire Fortunel and Roberto S. Cordero

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LOCATION CODE
C: Rooms and Lobbies at the Conference Center

ABOUT THE SESSIONS CODING

All scientific sessions are listed by day, and grouped by the session type in the order of contributed sessions, as follows: Oral sessions (O) Symposium sessions (S) Poster sessions (P)

Each presentation is identified by the combination of session type, session number and the order within each session. For example, O5-6 is the sixth presentation in Oral Session 5. All posters will be displayed in the South Lobby from 10:20 am till 7:40 pm on the day of the session. Poster board assignments follow the order in which they appear in the program: For example, P1a-1, P1a-2, ...... P1h-5, for Day 1. The names of all the presenting authors appear in bold.

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JUNE 24, 2013

10:20am C-La Paz B (East)

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Sociological Systems
The Ramsar Convention, Costa Ricas Palo Verde National Park and the wise use of working wetlands THOMAS T. ANKERSEN , University of Florida 10:35am: O1-2 The terrestrial component of the OSA-golfito initiative (INOGO): An integrative cross-disciplinary effort for sustainability
10:20am: O1-1

Eben N. Broadbent 1 , Rodolfo Dirzo 1 , Lucia Morales Barquero 2 and Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano 1 (1) Stanford University, (2) Universitt Gttingen, Germany

Urban migration drives resource extraction from an Amazon reserve: Incorporating the diversity of small-holder livelihood strategies into tropical conservation frameworks Gillian Gregory , Geography, McGill University, Canada 11:05am: O1-4 Bird and flora diversity in urban parks of central San Jos, Costa Rica
10:50am: O1-3

Carolina Cerdas-Fernndez , Lilliana Piedra-Castro, Oscar Ramrez-Aln and Tania Bermdez-Rojas,

Escuela Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 11:20am: O1-5 Optimization of hydropower performance while reducing environmental impacts Leonardo Saenz , Moore Center, Conservation International 11:35am: O1-6 Social-economic drivers of yard sustainable practices in a tropical city Elvia Melndez-Ackerman 1 , Ral Santiago 2 , Cristina P. Vila 3 ,Luis
Santiago2 , Diana Garcia-Montiel4 , Julio Verdejo2 , Eduardo Hernandez-Calo5 and Harold Manrique Hernandez4

(1) University of Puerto Rico, (2) Graduate School of Planning, University of Puerto Rico, (3) Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, (4) Environ mental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Rio, (5) Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Cayey 11:50am: O1-7 Cultural diversity for ecologists: Why are there so many languages in the tropics and what can we do to conserve them?
Vojtech Novotny1 , Pavel Drozd2 , Martin Adamec3 , Philip Shearman4 , Nigel Baro 5 ,

(1) Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, (2) Biology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, (3) Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, (4) Remote Sensing Centre, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, (5) Biology, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 12:05pm: O1-8 Climate change driven shifts in the extent and location of areas suitable for export banana production Brian Machovina 1,2, Kenneth J. Feeley 2 (1) Biological Sciences, Florida International Univeristy, (2) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

10:20am C-La Paz B (West)

O2

Bird Population Biology and Behavioral Ecology

10:20am: O2-1
Marcelo Araya-Salas 1 , Angela Medina Garca 2 (1)

Ecological and anatomical conservatism in the evolution of learned contact calls in neotropical parrots Biology, NMSU, Costa Rica, (2) Biology, NMSU, Venezuela

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10:35am: O2-2 Spatial and temporal turnover dynamics of male territories on leks Bette Loiselle 1,2, John G. Blake 2 (1) Center for Latin American Studies, (2) Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida 10:50am: O2-3 Implications of home range overlap for the flocking propensity of the wedge-billed woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Glyphorynchus spirurus) in Amazonian Ecuador Abigail Darrah and Kimberly Smith, Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas 11:05am: O2-4 Population densities of curassows, guans and chachalacas (Aves: Cracidae): Effects of body size, habitat, season and hunting Gustavo H. Kattan , Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia 11:20am: O2-5 Intratropical migration of a North American breeding songbird: Catharus fuscescens Christopher M. Heckscher , Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University 11:35am: O2-6 Overwintering dynamics of neotropical migratory songbirds Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez 1,2 , James F. Saracco 3 , William L. Kendall 2 (1) Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, (2) Colorado Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, (3) The Institute for Bird Populations 11:50am: O2-7 Habitat selection at fine spatial scales: how consistent is microclimate between the breeding and wintering grounds of neotropical migrant passerines? Michael Patten 1 , Brenda D. Smith Patten 2 , (1) University of Oklahoma, (2) Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma 12:05pm: O2-8 Larvae-eating by hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in the Brazilian Pantanal: When seed-eating rewards more than expected Iara Roberta Azevedo-Niero and Wesley Silva, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil

10:20am C-La Paz C (East)

O3

Biodiversity Inventory
10:20am: O3-1 Orchid conservation in Xishuangbanna, China: Species diversity, assessing endangerment status and conservation prospects JiangYun Gao , Jin Chen, Qiang Liu , Dong Li Yu , Xiao Hua Jin , Hong Pei Yang , Jian Wu Li , Yun Hong Tang and Richard Corlett , Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 10:35am: O3-2 A cool study about the hyperspectral reflectance of leaf mimics J. Pablo Arroyo 1, Margaret Kalacska 1, Ronald Vargas 2, Carlos L. de la Rosa 2 , George Leblanc 3 (1) Geography, McGill University, Canada, (2) La Selva Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (3) Flight Research Laboratory, National Research Council Canada, Canada 10:50am: O3-3 How useful are statistical analyses that control for imperfect detection intropical conservation science? Cristina Banks-Leite 1, Renata Pardini 2, Thomas Pttker 3, Danilo Boscolo 4 , Camila R. Cassano 5 , Camila S. Barros 3 , Jos Barlow 6 (1) Imperial College London, England, (2) Zoology, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (3) Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, (4) Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo,

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Brazil, (5) Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil, (6) Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Brazil 11:05am: O3-4 Species richness and endemism of cave vertebrate fauna on siargao island, Philippines Olga Nuneza , MSU Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines 11:20am: O3-5 Phytosociological study of the tropical dry deciduous forest in northeast Brazil
George A.L. Cabral 1 , Everardo V.S.B. Sampaio 2 , Jarcilene S. Almeida-Cortez 3

(1) PPGBV, UFPE, Brazil, (2) Energia Nuclear, UFPE, Brazil, (3) Botany, UFPE, Brazil 11:35am: O3-6 Using species as reference points for environmental licensing of hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon Lorena Ribeiro de Almeida Carneiro , William Ernest Magnusson, Coordenao de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil 11:50am: O3-7 Rapid inventories in Loreto, Peru: Museum science underpins creation of 11 new conservation areas in the Amazon basin and Andean foothills Corine Vriesendorp1, Diana Alvira1, Alvaro del Campo1, Robin Foster1, Jonathan Markel 1, Debra Moskovits 1, Mario Pariona 1, Nigel Pitman 2, Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza1, Douglas Stotz1, Tyana Wachter1, Alaka Wali1 (1) The Field Museum, (2) Duke University 12:05pm: O3-8 The encyclopedia of life: A vision for a gobal collaborative initiative Katja S. Schulz , Jennifer A. Hammock, Cynthia S. Parr and Erick Matta, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Rafael de Fraga and Rodrigo Vasconcelos Koblitz, Albertina Pimentel Lima, Pedro Ivo Simoes, Igor Luis Kaefer,

10:20am C-Amricas BC

O4

Ecosystem Ecology: Carbon & Biomass Dynamics

10:20am: O4-1
Stefan A. Schnitzer 1, Geertje van der Heijden 2, Walter P. Carson 2,

Lianas reduce carbon sequestration and storage in a tropical forest

(1) Biology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, (2) Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, (3) Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science 10:35am: O4-2 Tropical forest degradation and carbon stocks: Insights from a large scale field assessment Erika Berenguer1, Jos Barlow1,2, Joice Ferreira3, Toby Alan Gardner2,4, Luiz Arago 5, Plinio B. Camargo 6, Carlos Eduardo Cerri 7, Mariana Durigan 7, Raimundo C. Oliveira 3, Ima Celia G. Vieira 2 (1) Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, (2) Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Brazil, (3) Embrapa Amaznia Oriental, Brazil, (4)Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, (5) College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, (6) CENA, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil, (7) Departamento de Cincia do Solo, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil 10:50am: O4-3 Standing biomass in relation to altitude and disturbance at Mt. Kilimanjaro (1) Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland, (2) Plant Systematics, Bayreuth University, Germany 11:05am: O4-4 Controls on aboveground net primary production of tropical rainforests Florian Hofhansl and Wolfgang Wanek, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna, Austria 43
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JUNE 24, 2013

ORAL SESSIONS

11:20am: O4-5 Consequences of climate change in neotropical streams: Differential effects of CO2 on pH declines in well-buffered vs. poorly-buffered streams Carissa N. Ganong1, Gaston E. Small2, John H. Duff3, Catherine M.
Pringle 1,

(1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, (2) University of St Thomas, (3) U S Geological Survey 11:35am: O4-6 Variation in soil organic carbon abundance and isotopic composition mediated by landslide activity in the Sierra de Las Minas, Guatemala Carla Restrepo1, Edwin Castellanos2, Gabriela Alfaro2, Carlos
(1) Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, (2) Centro de Estudios
(3)

Estuardo Cifuentes3, Giomara La Quay1

11:50am: O4-7 Juliana Schietti1, William Ernest Magnusson1, Scott C. Stark2, Thaise
Emilio 1, Flavia R.C. Costa3, Kelly Sarmento3, Demetrius Lira Martins1, Jos Luis Purri Veiga Pinto4, Angelica C.G. Nunes3, Jochen Schngart5, Javier Tomasella6, Scott R. Saleska7

Ambientales y Diversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala, Recursos Naturales, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala Controls on aboveground biomass in the central Amazon forest

(1) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Forestry, Michigan State University, (3) National Institute for Amazonian Research - INPA, Brazil, (4) GEOMA Network, Brazil, (5) Biogeochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Brazil, (6) National Center for Natural Disaster Monitoring and Alert - CEMADEN, Brazil, (7) EEB, University of Arizona 12:05am: O4-8 The montane cloud forest at the central region of Veracruz, Mxico Victor L. Barradas, Alfredo Gonzalez and Monica Ballinas, Ecologa Funcional, Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico

1:50pm C-La Paz B (East)

O5

Agroforestry
1:50pm: O5-1

New technologies to old problems: Online role playing games and policy making in the coffee agroforestry systems of the western Ghats (India)

Maelle Delay1,2, Anne Dray1, Patrick O. Waeber1, Cheryl D. Nath3, Nanaya

M. Konerira 1,3, Chepudira G. Kushalappa4, Yenugula Raghuramulu5, Philippe Vaast6,7, Christophe Le Page8, Terry Sunderland9, Claude A. Garcia 1,10,11

(1) ForDev, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (2) ENV Programme, CIFOR, Switzerland, (3) Ecology Department, French Institute of Pondicherry, India, (4) College of Forestry, Ponampet, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, (5) Central Coffee Board, India, (6) ICRAF, Kenya, (7) UMR Eco&Sols, CIRAD, France, (8 )UPR GREEN, CIRAD, France, (9) Forests and Livelihoods, CIFOR, Indonesia, (10) ENV Programme, CIFOR, Indonesia, (11) UR BSEF, CIRAD, France 2:05pm: O5-2 The potential to manage coffee farms for belowground benefits: Effects of organic and conventional management on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in two regions of Costa Rica
Eliza D.L. Hartmann, Rebecca J. Asheim, Peter G. Johnson, Riley D.
McGlynn, Logan C. Schmaltz, Sydney J. Redmond and Laura ALdrich Wolfe ,

Biology, Concordia College

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2:20pm: O5-3

Our landscape, my trees: Landscape trends and biodiversity dynamics of coffee agroforestry systems in the western Ghats (India)

Claude A. Garcia1,2,3, Cheryl D. Nath4, Nanaya M. Konerira2,4, Yenugula

(1) UR BSEF, CIRAD, France, (2) ForDev, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (3) ENV Programme, CIFOR, Indonesia, (4) Ecology Department, French Institute of Pondicherry, India, (5) Central Coffee Board, India, (6) College of Forestry, Ponampet, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, (7) UMR Eco&Sols, CIRAD, France, (8) ICRAF, Kenya 2:35pm: O5-4 Nutrient availability and microbial dynamics in the rhizosphere of coffee: Shade tree and fertilization effects
Jake W. Munroe1, Gabriela Soto2, Elias de Melo Virginio Filho3,
Marney Isaac1 (1) University of Toronto, Canada, (2) University of Costa Rica, San Jos, Costa

Raghuramulu 5, Chepudira G. Kushalappa6, Philippe Vaast7,8

(1) Agroecology, Goettingen University, Germany, (2) Agroecology, Georg-August

2:50pm: O5-5 Birds and bats increase crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes Bea Maas 1, Yann Clough2, Teja Tscharntke2

Rica, (3) CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

University Gttingen, Germany Behavioral ecology and seed dispersal by howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in shaded cocoa plantations Diego A. Zrate and Ellen Andresen, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosiste mas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 3:20pm: O5-7 Dung beetle communities and their ecological functions in agroecosystems Carolina Santos-Heredia and Ellen Andresen, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 3:35pm: O5-8 Is agroforestry a lose-lose strategy? Biodiversity and soil degradation in a shifting cultivation system of the peruvian Amazon Sylvia L.R. Wood , Geography, McGill University, Canada
3:05pm: O5-6

4:10pm C-La Paz B (East)

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Ecology of Vines and Lianas

4:10pm: O6-1 Lianas shape the ecology of tropical canopy ants Steve Yanoviak, Biology, University of Louisville 4:25pm: O6-2 To be a tree or liana: The influence of seasonal precipitation on the distribution of Machaerium species Robyn J. Burnham 1, Mrcia Clia Vilela dos Santos 2 (1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan (2) Ecologia e Conservao da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil 4:40pm: O6-3 Vine assemblages in tropical post-agricultural landscapes vary along complex environ- mental gradients Diana L Delgado and Carla Restrepo, Biology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras 4:55pm: O6-4 Comparing the functional traits of lianas and trees in a lowland tropical forest: Getting to the root of the issue Courtney Grace Collins and Nina Wurzburger, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia 5:10pm: O6-5 Growth and physiological response of tropical lianas and trees to elevated CO2 and soil nutrient availability

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David C Marvin 1,2, Elise Morrison2,3, Andrew Quebbeman2, Ben L.

(1) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Turner 2, Klaus Winter 2

(2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida 5:25pm: O6-6 Sap flow rates of trees and lianas and their responses to multiple environmental variables in an Asian tropical forest Ze-Xin Fan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China

4:10pm C-La Paz B (West)

O7

Bat Ecology and Conservation

4:10pm: O7-1 Bat evolutionary diversity in biodiversity hotspots Franciele Parreira Peixoto, Ecologia e Evoluo, Universidade Federal de

4:25pm: O7-2

Gois, Brazil / Daniel Brito, Programa de Ps-graduao em Ecologia e Evoluo, Universidade Federal de Gois, Brazil Potential impacts of climate change on distributions of nectar and fruit-feeding bats on a forested altitudinal gradient of Costa Rica

Jos Luis Echeverra 1, Bernal Rodrguez 2, Bryan Finegan 3, Sergio

(1) Production and Conservation in Forests Programme, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Costa Rica, (2) Biology, UCR, Costa Rica, (3) Produccin y Conservacin en Bosques, Centro Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza, Costa Rica, (4) Biostatistics Unit, CATIE, Costa Rica 4:40pm: O7-3 Acoustic analyses of bat activity in fragmented central Amazonian forest Kevina Vulinec 1,2, Paulo Estefano Bobrowiec3,4, Adri Lpez (1) Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, (2) Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia - INPA, Brazil, (3) Coordenao de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia - INPA, Brazil, (4) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Brazil, (5) Centro de Biologia Ambiental - Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, (6) rea dInvesti gaci en Quirpters, Museu de Cincies Naturals de Granollers, Spain 4:55pm: O7-4 Bats without bad teeth low percentage of dental caries in a neotropical frugivorous bat Stefan Brndel, Institute of Experimental Ecology, University Ulm, Germany 5:10pm: O7-5 Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on neotropical cave-dwelling bats Thomas Hiller 1, Marco Tschapka1,2, (1) Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Germany, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama Baucells 2,5,6, Ileana Garcia Mayes1, David John Mellow1

Jos Vilchez 4

4:10pm C-La Paz C (East)

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Ecology and Behavior: Amphibians and Reptiles

4:10pm: O8-1

Environmental refuge from disease-driven amphibian extinctions Robert Puschendorf 1, Conrad J. Hoskin2, Ross A. Alford2 (1) School of Biomedical & Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, United Kingdom, (2) School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Australia
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4:25pm: O8-2 Amphibian pathogens in Southeast Asian frog trade David Bickford 1, Martin Gilbert2, Leanne Clark2, Arlyne Johnson2,
Priscilla H. Joyner 3, Lucy Ogg Keats 2, Kongsy Khammavong 2, Long NguyEN VAN4, Alisa Newton2, Tiffany Pei Wan Seow5, Scott Roberton2, Soubanh Silithammavong 2, Sinpakhone Singhalath6, Angela Yang2, Tracie A. Seimon 2

(1) National University of Singapore, Singapore, (2) Wildlife Conservation Society, (3) Wildlife Conservation Society, Afghanistan, (4) Wildlife Conservation Society, Vietnam, (5) National University of Singapore, Singapore, (6) Wildlife Conservation Society, Laos 4:40pm: O8-3 How to hedge your bets? Cognitive abilities and tadpole performance in the reproductive strategy of Epipedobates boulengeri (Anura: Dendrobatidae)
(1) Biological Sciences, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, (2) Environmental

Sandra Marcela Cely Santos 1,2, Adolfo Amzquita1

Studies Department, University of California-Santa Cruz The effects of Oophaga pumilio tadpoles on bromeliad mosquito and protozoa communities
4:55pm: O8-4

Virginia R. Noble 1, Jennifer L. Stynoski2, Cora L. Skaien1, Diane S.

Srivastava 3 (1) Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada, (2) Education, Organization

for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (3) Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada 5:10pm: O8-5 Behavioral flexibility and problem-solving in Anolis lizards Manuel Leal and Brian J. Powell, Biology, Duke University 5:25pm: O8-6 Intraspecific trait variation, aggressive behavior, and interspecific interactions among leaf-litter frogs Sandra P. Galeano and Kyle E. Harms, Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University

4:10pm C-La Paz C (West)

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Functional Ecology of Forest Plants

4:10pm: O9-1

Temperature regulates photoblastic seed germination in four Ficus (Moraceae) tree species from contrasting habitats in a seasonal tropical rain forest

Academy of Sciences, China, (3) Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, (4) Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky 4:25pm: O9-2 Integral projection models for 18 species of tropical trees at los tuxtlas, Mxico
Sebastian Palmas Sr. 1, Wendell Cropper1, Salvador A. Gezan1, Martin (1) School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, (2) Bot nicaInstituto de Biologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) Tropical Conservation and Development Program, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida 4:40pm: O9-3 Ontogenetic and successional variation in leaf functional traits of tropical wet forest trees Ricker 2, Karen Kainer1,3

(1) Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China, (2) University of Chinese

Min Cao 1, Hui Chen1,2, Jerry M. Baskin3, Carol C. Baskin3,4,

Frank G. Cervo 1, Vanessa Boukili2, Robin L. Chazdon2,

(1) University of Connecticut, (2) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut

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4:55pm: O9-4

The effects of drought and shade on the performance, allocation and morphology of 24 Ghanaian tree species

Lucy Amissah 1,2, Godefridus M.J. Mohren1, Boateng Kyereh3, Lourens

(1) Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Poorter1

(2) Biodiversity and Land Use, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana, (3) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana 5:10pm: O9-5 Physiological tradeoffs in carbon assimilation, growth and drought tolerance among 20 tropical shade-tolerant plant species
(1) Laboratorio de Ecologa Vegetal Funcional, Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panam 5:25pm: O9-6 Niche differentiation of tree seedlings in tropical wet forest German Vargas 1,2, Tania Brenes Arguedas2

Faith Inman-Narahari 1, Rebecca Ostertag2, Gregory P. Asner3, Susan

(1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, (2) Department of Biology, University Hawaii at Hilo, (3) Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, (4) USDA Forest Service, (5) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Cordell 4, Stephen P. Hubbell5, Lawren Sack1

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Global Change, Species Extinctions and the Coextinction of Plant-Animal Interactions

MODERATOR: W. John Kress , Smithsonian Institution Organizers: Carlos Garcia-Robledo and W. John Kress , Smithsonian Institution 10:20am: S1-01

Amphibian declines and global change Steven Whitfield , University of South Dakota 10:35am: S1-02 Global change and the evolution of plant-herbivore interactions Douglas J. Futuyma , Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University 10:50am: S1-03 Host plant extinctions and insect herbivore co-extinctions in a tropical elevational gradient: Diet and thermal specialization of insect herbivores at high elevations increase co-extinction rates Carlos Garcia-Robledo 1,2, W. John Kress1, Charles L. Staines2, Terry L.
(1) Botany, Smithsonian Institution, (2) Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Erwin2, Erin K. Kuprewicz1,3

11:05am: S1-04 Stochastic models of species extinctions and coextinctions in a changing climate Robert K. Colwell, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut; 11:20am: S1-05 The evolution and dissolution of vertebrate-plant mutualisms Theodore Fleming , Biology, University of Miami 11:35am: S1-06 Can plant and animal movements keep up with climate change?

(3) Organization for Tropical Studies

Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado

(1) Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (2) Ecosystem Sciences, CSIRO, Australia 11:50am: S1-07 Defaunation, alteration of trophic cascades and extinction of ecological processes: Consequences for ecosystems and humans Rodolfo Dirzo 1 , Hillary S. Young 2 , Douglas J. McCauley 3 , (1) Biology, Stanford University, (2) Center for the Environment, Harvard University, (3) Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley

Richard Corlett 1, David A. Westcott 2

10:20am C-La Paz C (West)

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Endure Or Perish! Functional Ecology In Changing Tropical Landscapes

moderator: Julieta Benitez Malvido, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico organizers: Julieta Benitez Malvido , Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico / Ireri Suazo-Ortuo , Universidad Michoacana de San Nicols de Hidalgo 10:20am: 10:35am: S2-1

Plant-microbe symbioses: The partnership for day-by-day survival in a dry forest ecosystem
Mayra E. Gavito 1 , Ilyas Siddique 2 , Patricia Balvanera 1 , Francisco
Mora-Ardila 3 , Silvia Margarita Carrillo-Saucedo 3 , Claudia Gonzalez-Delgado 1,3

Introductory Remarks

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, (3) Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico

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Functional response of trees to tropical dry forest disturbance in anthropogenic landscapes

10:50am: S2-2 Natalia Cintli Valdespino Vzquez 1 , Mariana Y lvarez-Aorve 2 ,
Mauricio Quesada 1 , Luis D. Avila-Cabadilla 3

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, (3) Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 11:05am: S2-3 Seed dispersal syndromes of liana communities in tropical secondary forest Susan G. Letcher , Environmental Studies, Purchase College / Robin L. Chazdon , Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut 11:20am: S2-4 Nutritional plasticity in Lepidopteran larvae along secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Jalisco, Mxico Ek del Val 1 , Karina Boege 2 (1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 11:35am: S2-5 The role of phenotypic plasticity in human-altered landscapes: The case of amphibians Ireri Suazo-Ortuo , Javier Alvarado-Daz and Jorge David Rangel Orozco, Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicols de Hidalgo, Mxico 11:50am: S2-6 Primate-plant networks in fragmented tropical forests: The case of howler monkeys Ana P. Martnez-Falcn , Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Alicante, Spain 12:05pm: S2-7 Birds in human altered landscapes: Integrating physiology and ecology to model the future Jorge E. Schondube, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico

1:50pm C-La Paz A

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Tropical Secondary Dry Forests of the Americas: Tropi-Dry 10-Years of Collaborative Research
MODERATOR: Frederico Neves , Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais ORGANIZER: Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa , University of Alberta 1:50pm: S3-1

Niche processes drive community assembly along tropical dry forest succession Mariana Y. Alvarez-Aorve 1, Luis D. Avila-Cabadilla 2, Mauricio

Quesada 3 , Jeannine Cavender-Bares 1 , Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 4

(1) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, (2) Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mxico, (3) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (4) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada 2:05pm: S3-2 Factors determining vertebrate responses in tropical dry forest along secondary succession: The case of bats

Luis D. Avila-Cabadilla1 , Kathryn Stoner 2 , Jafet M. Nassar 3 , Mario

M. do Espirito Santo 4 , Mariana Y. Alvarez-Aorve 5 , Carla I. Aran guren 3 , Mickael Henry 6 , Jos A. Gonzlez-Carcaca 3 , Luiz A. Dola bela Falcao 4 , Gerardo Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 7

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Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Auonoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Texas A & M University, (3) Centro de Ecologa, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientficas, Venezuela, (4) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil, (5) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, (6) Abeilles & Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France, (7) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada 2:20pm: S3-3 Spatiotemporal dynamics of dry forest degradation at local scales: Modeling what-if scenarios
Adrian Ghilardi 1,2 , Jean-Franois Mas 1 , Rob Bailis 2
(1) Centro

(1) Escuela

2:35pm: S3-4

de Investigaciones en Geografa Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University Growth rates, structural chances and floristic composition as function of successional stage across tropical dry forests in the Americas

Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado 1 , Dorian Carvajal-Vanegas 1 , Sofa Calvo (1) Forest Engineering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil 2:50pm: S3-5 Intra and interannual variations in herbivory and plant defenses in tropical dry forests along a sucessional gradient across the Americas Mario Marcos do Espirito Santo1, Herbert Souza e. Silva1, Jhonathan (1) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil, (2) Universidade de Braslia, Brazil, (3) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 3:05pm: S3-6 Linking species richness, functional diversity and carbon storage in secondary tropical dry forests de Oliveira Silva2, G. Wilson Fernandes 3, Larissa Fernandes Machado 1 Rodrguez 1 , Mario Marcos do Espirito Santo 2

Sandra M. Duran1, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa1, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes2, Maria das Dores Magalhes Veloso2, Mario Marcos Esprito (1) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada, (2) Departamento

Santo2, Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado3, Ricardo L.L. Berbara4

de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil, (3) Forest Engineering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (4) Soil Department, Universidade Federal Rural of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3:20pm: S3-7 The future of monitoring tropical secondary dry forests using ad-hoc wireless sensor networks: Hypertemporal characterization of micro-meteorological and biophysical processes
Cassidy Rankine 1 , Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 1 , Mario Marcos do Espirito Santo 2

(1) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada, (2) Departamento

3:35pm: S3-8

de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil Highlights on the ecology of Brazilian limestone dry forests: Structure, composition, phenology, herbivory, and human use

(1) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (2)

G. Wilson Fernandes1, Marcel S. Coelho1, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa2

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada

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The Reproductive Biology of a Neotropical Tree, Enterolobium cyclocarpum; The National Tree of Costa Rica
MODERATOR: Eric Fuchs , Universidad de Costa Rica ORGANIZER: James L. Hamrick , University of Georgia 1:50pm: 1:56pm: S4-1

Variation in flowering phenology within populations of Enterolobium cyclocarpum: Impact on reproductive success Oscar Rocha , Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University 2:14pm: S4-2 Comparative analyses of the pollen donor pool of Enterolobium cyclocarpum among years and landscapes Peter E. Smouse 1, Eva B. Gonzales 2, Juan J. Robledo-Arnuncio 3 (1) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, (2) Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, (3) Ecologa y Gentica Forestal, CIFOR-INIA, Spain 2:32pm: S4-3 Pollen movement within populations of Enterolobium cyclocarpum experiencing different levels of disturbance James L. Hamrick , University of Georgia 2:50pm: S4-4 Long-term patterns of fruit production of Enterolobium cyclocarpum among years and landscapes Dorset W. Trapnell , Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia 3:08pm: S4-5 Insights into seed dispersal and seedling recruitment of Enterolobium cyclocarpum in disturbed landscapes Eva B. Gonzales 1, James L. Hamrick 2, Peter E. Smouse 3 (1) Department of Biology, St Louis University, (2) University of Georgia, (3) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University 3:26pm: S4-6 Genetic connectivity among populations of Enterolobium cyclocarpum in Guanacaste, Costa Rica Cristina Garcia, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidad e Recursos Geneticos, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
3:44pm: Discussion

Introductory Remarks

1:50pm C-La Paz C (East)

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Linking Nutrient and Carbon Cycles in Tropical Forests

MODERATOR: Silvia Alvarez-Clare , University of Montana ORGANIZERS: Silvia Alvarez-Clare and Benjamin W. Sullivan, University of Montana / Maria G. Gei , University of Minnesota 1:50pm: S5-1

The effects of leaf litter manipulation on seedling growth and soil organic phosphorus dynamics in a lowland forest

Andrea G. Vincent 1,2, Ben L. Turner 2, Ed Tanner 1

(1) Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, (2) Smithsonian

of Forestry, Michigan State University Fine root dynamics in relation to nutrient availability in regenerating tropical dry forests
2:20pm: S5-3

2:05pm: S5-2 Tropical tree growth is associated with multiple soil nutrients Richard K. Kobe , Ellen K. Holste and Thomas W. Baribault, Department

Tropical Research Institute, Panama

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Jennifer S. Powers , Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota 2:35pm: S5-4 Does tree species identity affect soil organic carbon chemistry and soil bacterial

community structure?

(1) School of Environment, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, (2) School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, (3) National Isotope Centre, GNS Science, New Zealand 2:50pm: S5-5 Linking tropical forest carbon and phosphorus cycles under a changing climate regime Tana E. Wood , International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service 3:05pm: S5-6 A functional trait approach to nutrient cycling and restoration
Rebecca Ostertag1, Laura Warman2, Susan Cordell2, Jodie R. Schulten1,
Nicole M. DiManno 1

Luitgard Schwendenmann1, Gavin Lear2, Karyne Rogers3, Troy Baisden3

(1) Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, (2) Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service 3:20pm: S5-7 Rates and patterns of biological nitrogen fixation during secondary succession in a lowland tropical rain forest
Benjamin W. Sullivan 1, Megan K Nasto 1, Sasha Reed 2, Edgar Ortiz 3,

(1) Department of Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, (2) US Geological Survey, (3) Escuela de Ingeniera Forestal, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (4) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut 3:35pm: S5-8 What controls biological nitrogen fixation in the dry forests of Costa Rica? Maria G. Gei and Jennifer S. Powers , Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota

Braulio Vilchez 3, Robin L. Chazdon 4, Cory C. Cleveland 1

1:50pm C-La Paz C (West)

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Long-Term Ecological Research in the Tropics: Contributions From US-Based Institutions

MODERATOR: Susan Cordell , USDA Forest Service ORGANIZERS: Susan Cordell, Christian P. Giardina and Ariel Lugo , USDA

Forest Service

The future role of Forest Service research and development in the tropics: Necessary elements for a blueprint Dr. Jim Reaves, Research & Development, USDAFS 2:15pm: S6-2 Novelty of socioecological systems in a tropical city Tischa A. Muoz-Erickson, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDAFS 2:30pm: S6-3 The future role of experimental forest and ranges in conservation and global change biology Susan Cordell 1, Peter A. Stine 2, Ariel Lugo 3 (1) Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, (2) Experimental Forests and Ranges, USDA Forest Service, (3) International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service 2:45pm: S6-4 Project ALAS (Arthropods of La Selva): A case history in the role of OTS and NSF in supporting long-term research in the tropics

1:50pm: 1:55pm: S6-1

Introductory Remarks

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John Longino 1, Robert K. Colwell 2 (1) Biology, The University of Utah, (2) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut 3pm: S6-5 New changes in the avifauna of La Selva Biological Station: Insights based on twenty three years of christmas bird counts W. Alice Boyle, Division of Biology, Kansas State University / Bryan J. Sigel, Biology, Nevada State College 3:15pm: S6-6 Understanding climate change impacts on forests and watersheds Christian P. Giardina , Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service 3:30pm: S6-7 CTFS plots and the dynamics of neutral and non-neutral forests Richard Condit and Stuart Davies, Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 3:45pm: Discussion

1:50pm C-Amricas BC

S7

Exploring Applications of DNA Barcode Data in Conservation and Ecological Research

MODERATOR: W. John Kress , Smithsonian Institution ORGANIZER: David Erickson , Smithsonian Institution 1:50pm: S7-1

DNA barcoding as a tool in amphibian biodiversity assessment along a future road in southern Gabon Jessica L. Deichmann 1, Elie Tobi 1, Daniel G. Mulcahy 2, Addison

Wynn 3, Roy McDiarmid 3,4, Hadrien Vanthomme 1

Biology Institute, (2) Laboratories of Analytical Biology, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, (4) USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 2:05pm: S7-2 Exploring the phylogenetic distribution of tree functional diversity: A comparative study of temperate and tropical forest plots enabled by a DNA barcode mega-phylogeny
(3) National

(1) Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation

Nathan G. Swenson 1, David Erickson 2, W. John Kress 2

(1) Michigan State University, (2) Botany, Smithsonian Institution

2:20pm: S7-3 Heterospecifics matter: Density dependent survival of seedlings in a tropical moist forest Edwin Lebrija-Trejos 1,2, S. Joseph Wright 2, Andres Hernandez 2,
(1) Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, Peter B. Reich 1,3

(2) Smithsonian

2:35pm: S7-4 Jrme Chave 1, La Bardon 1, Pierre Taberlet 2, Eric Coissac 2,

(1) EDB, UMR 5174, CNRS/UPS, Toulouse, France, (2) LECA, UMR Pierre-Jean Mal 3

Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Australia Phylogenomics of a tropical tree family and insights into environmental metagenomics

2:50pm: S7-5

CNRS/UJF 5553, Grenoble, France, (3) EDB, UMR 5174 CNRS/UPS 31062 Toulouse, France Mapping biodiversity and setting conservation priorities for SE Queenslands rainforests using DNA barcoding

Alison Shapcott 1, Paul I. Forster 2, Gordon Guymer 2, Bill McDonald 2,

David Erickson 3, W. John Kress 3

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(1) Genecology Research Center, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia, (2) Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts (DSITIA), Queensland Herbarium, Australia, (3) Botany, Smithsonian Institution 3:05pm: S7-6 Mapping biodiversity in a tropical forest using a DNA metabarcoding approach Pierre Taberlet 1, Eric Coissac 1, Aurlie Bonin 1, Ludovic Gielly 1, Lucie Zinger1,2, Amaya Iribar2, Maxime Rjou-Mchain2, Heidy Schimann3, (1) LECA, Jrme Chave 2

UMR CNRS/UJF 5553, Grenoble, France, (2) EDB, UMR CNRS/UPS 5174, Toulouse, France, (3) INRA UMR EcoFoG, Kourou, French Guiana 3:20pm: S7-7 Meta-barcode analysis of tri-trophic interactions among plant-herbivore-parasitoid complex in Papua New Guinea David Erickson 1, Scott Miller 2, Jan Hrcek 3, Vojtech Novotny 4, (1) Botany, Smithsonian Institution, (2) Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, (3) Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, (4) Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic 3:35pm: S7-8 Below ground community assembly in a tropical forest revealed through DNA metabarcoding Andy Jones 1,2, Stephen P Hubbell2,3, Brant Faircloth3, Jeff Wolf3 (1) Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
W. John Kress 1

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Critical Synthesis From Monitoring Tropical Forest Ecosystems

MODERATOR AND ORGANIZER: Kaoru Kitajima , University of Florida 4:10pm: S8-1 Tropi-dry: Remote sensing and sensor network for tropical dry forest ecosystems Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa , Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada 4:40pm: S8-2 Accomplishments, failures and challenges in tropical forest ecology: A personal perspective on 40 years research David B. Clark, Biology, University of Missouri - St Louis 5:10pm: S8-3 New insights into the carbon cycle and metabolism of tropical forests as determined from monitoring networks Yadvinder Malhi, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

4:10pm C-Amricas BC

S9

Heterogeneity in Tropical Agroecological Landscapes and Its Influence of Ecosystem Services

moderator: Kristoffer Hylander , Stockholm University organizers: Kristoffer Hylander, Jrgen Rudolphi, Peter A. Hambck, Stockholm

University

Biodiversity and community assembly of arboreal ants in a changing agricultural landscape

4:10pm: 4:15pm: S9-1

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(1) Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, (2) Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden, (3) Finca Irlanda Research Station, Mxico 4:30pm: S9-2 Direct and indirect effects of ants on epiphytes in coffee agroecosystems in Mxico and Ethiopia Jrgen Rudolphi 1,2, Kristoffer Hylander 1, Stacy M. Philpott 3 (1) Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden, (2) Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, (3) Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz 4:45pm: S9-3 Bird predation and herbivore damage in homegardens differing in structural complexity in southwestern Ethiopia Debissa Lemessa, Peter A. Hambck and Kristoffer Hylander, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden 5pm: S9-4 Finding the next patch in a cement matrix: habitat for natural enemies of pests in urban agriculture Helda Morales, Bruce G. Ferguson, Bernardo Dominguez, Cristina Pealoza and Juan Carlos Vazquez, Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mxico 5:15pm: S9-5 Wild mammal crop pests: Management and implications of ecosystem disservices and its effect on livelihoods in southwest Ethiopia Tola Gemechu Ango, Stockholm University, Sweden
5:30pm: Concluding Remarks

Stacy M. Philpott 1, Jrgen Rudolphi2, Gabriel H. Dominguez Martinez3

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5:40pm C-South Lobby

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Community Ecology 1
5:40pm: P1a-1 Spatial distribution of forest tree species in tropical dry forest areas at the Magdalena river (Colombia-South America) Omar Melo Sr. 1, Nathaly Rodrguez 1, Fernando Fernndez 2 (1) University of Tolima, Colombia, (2) Universidad de Tolima, Colombia P1a-2 Characterization of trophic structure and determination of riparian vegetation importance for fishs diet from coastal streams of Atlantic forest Cristina Goncalves , Francisco M.S. Braga and Lilian Casatti, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil P1a-3 The effect of lianas on tree seedling survival and growth rates in a seasonal forest in Panama Laura Martnez Izquierdo 1, Mara Muriel Garca 1, Jennifer S.
Powers 2, Stefan Schnitzer 1,3, (1) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, (2) Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,

P1a-4

University of Minnesota, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Contribution of lianas to LAI and canopy structure in a seasonal forest in Panam

Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez-Ronderos 1, Stefan A. Schnitzer 1,2, (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Jennifer S. Powers 3, Gil Bohrer 4

(2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, (4) Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University P1a-5 Distribution of freestanding and climbing liana seedlings across a tropical rainfall gradient in central Panama Eric J. Manzane and Stefan A. Schnitzer, Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee P1a-6 Effects of soil type and light availability on seedling growth and biomass partitioning of 22 tree species from a tropical dry forest Christina Marie Smith 1, Ellie Bergstrom 2, Kristen Becklund 2,
(1) Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica, JuStin M. Becknell 2, Maria G. Gei 2, Jennifer S. Powers 2

(2) University of Minnesota P1a-7 The importance of biotic factors for palm distribution across an altitudinal gradient in Atlantic forest
Rita de Cassia Quitete Portela 1, Eduardo Arcoverde de Mattos 1,
Maria Isabel Guedes Braz 1, Alexandra Pires Fernandez 2, Luiza Helena Cosme 1, Veronica Marques 1

P1a-8

(1) Ecologia, UFRJ, Brazil, (2) Cincias Ambientais,

UFRRJ, Brazil Diversity of ferns and lycophytes along altitudinal gradients in the Atlantic rain forest of southeastern Brazil

Mateus Paciencia 1, Paulo Labiak2, Ronaldo Francini-Filho3,

(1) UNIP Herbarium, Universidade Paulista - UNIP, Brazil, (2) Department of Botany, Universidade Federal do Paran - UFPR, Brazil, (3) Engineering and Environment, Universidade Federal da Paraba, Brazil, (4) Phytotaxonomy, Instituto de Botnica de So Paulo, Brazil

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P1a-9 Dispersal and diversity of Xylaria endophytes in the cloud forest of Ecuador Roo Vandegrift, Danial Thomas, Ashley Ludden, George C. Carroll and Bitty A. Roy, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon P1a-10 How does geomorphological heterogeneity affect structure and -diversity of the tropi cal montane oak forests of the El Tepozteco National Park (Morelos state), Mxico? Sebastin Block and Jorge A. Meave, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ecologa y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico P1a-11 Vegetative and reproductive phenology in three stages of secondary Tropical dry Forest in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
Ana Julieta Calvo-Obando 1, Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado 1, Xinia Marn (1) Forest Engineering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Gaitan1, Cesar Jimnez-Rodriguez1, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa2

(2) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada P1a-12 Trophic structure of arboreal ants in Cerrado savanna using isotopic analyses: Consequences for multitrophic interactions
Sebastian Felipe Sendoya1, Rafael Silva Oliveira2, Andr V.L. Freitas1,
Paulo Sergio Oliveira 1 (1) Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, (2) Biologia Vegetal,

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil P1a-13 Allochthonous aquatic prey subsidy terrestrial predators in a tropical riparian rainforest

(1) Ps-graduao em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, (2) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, (3) Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil P1a-14 Long-term patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in lowland neotropical streams Pablo E. Gutierrez-Fonseca 1, Alonso Ramrez2 (1) Biology, University of Puerto Rico, (2) Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico P1a-15 Trophic ecology of the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) Andrs J. Quesada 1, Fabin H. Acua2, Jorge Corts1,3 (1) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina, (3) Centro de Investigacin en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologa (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Ftima Carolina Recalde1, Thas Postali2, Gustavo Quevedo Romero3

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P1b

Organismal Biology-Vertebrates
5:40pm: P1b-1 Impact of landscape structure on the foraging behavior of the king vulture Marie-Eve Andre and Sophie Calme, Universite De Sherbrooke, Canada P1b-2 Factors influencing longitudinal patterns of stream fishes in a coastal semi-arid landscape (Caribbean dry forest, Colombia) Camilo Escobar Sierra and Juan Felipe Blanco Libreros, Biology, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia P1b-3 Oviposition sites choice of Agalychins callidryas: Physical and biological factors influencing reproductive success in La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
Erick Ballestero 1, Priscilla Obando 2, Mahmood Sasa 3

(1) Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Biologa, Universidad

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Nacional, Costa Rica, (3) Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica P1b-4 Nest predation patterns suggest that it is a key mechanism explaining an understory insectivores demographic responses to forest fragmentation Deborah M. Visco, Tulane University P1b-5 Influence of aerodynamic traits on the dominance hierarchy of a hummingbird assemblage in Costa Rica Gerardo Avalos 1, Gina Lee2, Alejandra Soto3 (1) Biology, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Biology, Boston University, (3) Ecology and Environmental Science, Elon University

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P1c

Plant Ecophysiology
Do seedling nutrient responses determine tropical tree distribution patterns across nutrient gradients? Delicia Pino 1, Ben L. Turner2, Richard Condit3, Bettina Engelbrecht1 (1) Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) CTFS, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama P1c-2 Response of tropical tree and mycorrhizal respiration to a warming climate Catherine Fahey and Kaoru Kitajima, Biology, University of Florida P1c-3 How is seed nitrogen concentration correlated with other functional traits in Inga and non-Inga species from two neotropical forests? Danielle Palow and Kaoru Kitajima, Biology, University of Florida P1c-4 Variation in growth and gas exchange among endangered tree species
Roberto A. Cordero S. 1, J. Antonio Guzmn Q.2, German Vargas1,
(1) Laboratorio de Ecologa Vegetal Funcional, Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, (2) Programa Regional de Posgrado en Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (3) Instituto de Investigacin y Servicios Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica P1c-5 Linking forest light availability to morphological and physiological adaptations in two understory herbs Andrea C. Westerband , Department of Biology, University of Miami P1c-6 Transpiration rates and responses in a tropical pre-montane forest Gretchen Miller 1, Georgianne Moore2, Graciela Orozco3, (1) Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, (2) Ecosystem Science & Management, Texas A&M University, (3) Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Kansas State University P1c-7 Looking for paradoxical species: An unusual and optimal tree development strategy in Bagassa guianensis combining high growth rate and high wood quality Julie Bossu1, Jacques Beauchene2, Eric Andr Nicolini3, Bruno Clair1, Fabien Wagner 4 (1) UMR Andrea DuMont1 Jairo Hidalgo-Mora1, Eugenio Corea3

5:40pm: P1c-1

Ecologie des Forts de Guyane (EcoFoG), CNRS, France, (2) UMR Ecofog, CIRAD, France, (3) UMR Botanique et Bioinformatique de lArchitecture des Plantes, CIRAD, France, (4) CIRAD, UMR SELMET & EcoFoG, French Guiana

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P1c-8 Water budget of a tropical montane forest, with insights from stable isotope analysis Andrea DuMont1, Gretchen Miller1, Anthony Cahill1, Kelly Brumbelow1,
(1) Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, (2) Ecosystem Science & Management, Georgianne Moore2, Brendan Roark3, Esther Buckwalter4

Texas A&M University, (3) Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, (4) Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P1d

Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology 1

5:40pm: P1d-1 Detailed maps of tropical forests are within reach: Forest tree communities for Trinidad and Tobago mapped with multiseason Landsat and Google Earth Eileen H. Helmer, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service P1d-2 Land changes between 2001 and 2012 due to gold mining expansion in Latin America Nora L. Alvarez-Berros, T. Mitchell Aide and Carlos J. Corrada-Bravo, University of Puerto Rico P1d-3 Do litterfall manipulation and fertilization alter soil carbon cycling in different pools for a tropical forest? Sarah M. Halterman 1, Daniela Cusack 1, Ben L. Turner 2, S. Joseph
(1) Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Wright 2

Research Institute, Panama P1d-4 Phenol content reduces leaf decomposition rates in a mountain cloud forest Randall A. Montoya-Solano , German Vargas, Jairo Hidalgo and Roberto A. Cordero S., Laboratorio de Ecologa Vegetal Funcional, Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica P1d-5 Maintenance of mutualistic plant-soil symbiont interactions by means of differential carbon allocation Natalie Christian and Jim Bever, Biology, Indiana University P1d-6 Changes in phosphorus flux and pools in a Bornean mixed dipterocarp forest in relation to a mast fruiting event Ryota Aoyagi and Kanehiro Kitayama, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan P1d-7 Estimation of soil carbon pool of lowland dipterocarp forest in the Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Masahiro Umeda and Mamoru Kanzaki, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan P1d-8 High soils carbon stock of cattle pasture derived from the amazonian deforestation Clment Stahl1, Lise Ponchant1, Camille Dzecache1, Fabien Wagner1,
Vincent Freycon2, Catherine Picon-cochard3, Sbastien Fontaine3, Vincent Blanfort1 (1) CIRAD, UMR

SELMET & EcoFoG, French Guiana, (2) CIRAD, UMR SELMET & EcoFoG, France, (3) Inra, UREP, France P1d-9 Development of biomass equations for small woody plants colonizing landslides in the Sierra De Las Minas of Guatemala Carlos Estuardo Cifuentes1, David Elias Mendieta1, Jorge Vargas2,

Cesar Garcia 1, Carla Restrepo3

(1) Recursos Naturales, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala,

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(2) Biologia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, (3) Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras P1d-10 Climate, soil and spatial factors controlling forest characteristics over a 2500 m elevational gradient in Costa Rica
Daro Alfredo Veintimilla 1, Bryan Finegan 1, Diego Delgado 1, Sergio Vilchez 2, Nelson Zamora 3
(1) Produccin y Conservacin en Bosques, Centro Agronmico Tropical de Inves-

tigacin y Enseanza (CATIE), Costa Rica, (2) Bioestadstica, CATIE, Costa Rica, (3) Herbario, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica, INBio, Costa Rica

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P1e

Restoration of Tropical Forests

5:40pm: P1e-1

Do native grasses impair tropical forest restoration like invasives do?

Ricardo Gomes Csar 1, Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani 2, Pedro

(1) Forest Sciences University of So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Biotecnology and Animal and Plant Production, Federal University of So Carlos, Brazil, (3) Replantar Cooperative, Brazil P1e-2 Regeneration of the cloud forest landscape in Veracruz, Mxico: The potential role of seed banks
Guadalupe Williams Linera 1, Martha Bonilla-Moheno 2, Fabiola
(1) Functional Ecology, Instituto de Ecologia, AC, Mxico, (2) Environment and Lpez-Barrera 1

Henrique Santin Brancalion1, Milena Candido Silva3

P1e-3

Sustaintability, Instituto de Ecologa, AC, Mxico Foraging ecology of a granivory ant in an experimental restoration setting in a Mexican dry tropical forest

Jaime Hernndez-Flores 1, Marcela Osorio-Beristain 2, Cristina

Martinez-Garza 2 (1) Biologa Integrativa de la Biodiversidad y la Conservacin, Mxico, (2) Centro

P1e-4

de Investigacin en Biodiversidad y Conservacin, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos, Mxico The study of altered environments as a strategy base for biodiversity conservation and restoration in the Mexican tropics

Juan Carlos lopez Acosta , Mara Cristina Mac Swiney Gonzlez,

Rodriguez-Luna, Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracru No Velazquez, Thorsten Krmer, Sonia Sanchez Lpez and Ernesto

zana, Mxico P1e-5 Evaluation of forest conservation interventions; the case of forest management certification
Claudia Romero 1, Francis E. Putz 1,2, Erin O. Sills 1,3, Manuel R.
(1) CIFOR, Indonesia, (2) Biology, University of Florida, (3) Forestry & Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, (4) CIFOR, Cameroon P1e-6 The recovery of ecosystem functioning during tropical forest succession Guariguata 1, Paolo Cerutti 1, Guillaume Lescuyer 4

Madelon Lohbeck 1, Miguel Martinez-Ramos2, Lourens Poorter1,3,

Frans Bongers1

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(1) Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (2) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) Instituto Boliviano de Investigacin Forestal (IBIF), Bolivia P1e-7 Tropical forest restoration: A case study in the Selva Lacandona, Mxico (1) Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos, AC, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Ecologa, UNAM, Mxico P1e-8 Direct seeding native trees as a restoration strategy for rural Andean landscapes: Empirical data from south Ecuador (1) Tropical Conservation and Development, University of Florida,

Rocio Aguilar Fernandez 1,2, Julia Carabias Lillo1

Antonio M. Crespo 1, Carrie A. Reinhardt 2, Mayra Jimenez 3

(2) Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, (3) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador P1e-9 Plant functional types of native tree species for ecological resoration in tropical Andean forests in Colombia
Nathaly Rodrguez 1, Omar Melo Sr1, Fernando Fernndez2
(1) University of Tolima, Colombia, (2) Universidad de Tolima, Colombia

Irvine P1e-11 Direct seeding of pioneers and non-pioneer trees in a tropical deciduous forest under different restoration treatments Leslie Alba and Cristina Martinez-Garza, Centro de Investigacin en Biodiversidad y Conservacin, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos,

P1e-10 Restoring extremely degraded pasture for ecological and economic benefits F. Lynn Carpenter , Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California,

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P1f

Conservation Biology 1
5:40pm: P1f-1

Restoration and reforestation to create biological corridors in the humid neotropics: Case study from La Gamba, Costa Rica

Anton Weissenhofer 1, Daniel Jenking 2, Richard Hastik 3,

(1) Department of Tropical Ecology, Universitt Wien, Austria, (2) Estacion Tropical La Gamba, Costa Rica, (3) University of Innsbruck, Austria, (4) Tropical Ecology, Universitt Wien, Austria P1f-2 Integral projection population dynamic model of an invasive tree in a Pacific island rain forest: Strawberry guava in Hawaii Carol Horvitz1, Julie Denslow2, Orou Gaoue3, Amanda Uowolo2 (1) Biology, University of Miami, (2) Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, (3) National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) P1f-3 Camera-trapping wild carnivores in central Amazonia: implications for conservation and management in sustainable-use reserves
Clarissa S. Pimenta 1, Fernanda A. Meirelles1, Eduardo M. von
(1) Graduate Program in Ecology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Instituto Piagau, Brazil, (3) Departamento de Botnica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Muhlen 2, Eduardo M. Venticinque3

Werner Huber 4

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P1f-4

Subsidies for the public use plan of the Sumama State Park, Brazil

Vera Lcia Falco de Oliveira 1, Virgilio Maurcio Viana2, Rogrio Fonseca 3 (1) INPA, Brazil, (2) FAS, Brazil, (3) UFAM, Brazil

P1f-5 Cultivating critical thinking skills among conservation biology students Martha J. Groom, University of Washington P1f-6 Phenology and management of seed stands in community conservation areas of the

tropical dry forest of Michoacn, Mexico

(1) Biogeografa y Conservacin, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Centro de investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) Centro de Investigaciones en Geografa Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico P1f-7 Unknown tradeoffs: Payments for water and pollination services in the Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica
Sara M. Galbraith 1,2, Oscar J. Abelleira Martnez2,3, Nilsa A. Bosque
(1) Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, (2) Centro Prez1, Alex K. Fremier3, Sven Gnter2, Jenny Ordoez2,4

Adriana N. Luna 1, Guillermo M. Ibarra 2, Ana T. Burgos 3

(1) Natural Resource Management, Texas Tech University, (2) The Conservation Agency (3) Guana Science, British Virgin Islands P1f-9 Home range and habitat use of ringtail in a peri-urban area

P1f-8 Gad Perry 1, James Lazell 2, Lianna Jarecki 3

Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza (CATIE), Costa Rica, (3) Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, (4) International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Costa Rica Three decades of biological work on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: An overview

Danelly Solalinde-Vargas 1, David Valenzuela-Galvn2, Marcela

(1) Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Mxico, (2) Ecologa
(3) Universidad Autnoma Metropolitana-Lerma, Mxico

Osorio-Beristain2, Rurik List3

Evolutiva, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Mxico,

P1f-10 Towards understanding and managing spatial dynamics of tropical bracken (Pteridium

spec.) in the Sierra del Lacandn National Park in Guatemala

(1) Conservation Biology Group, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany, (2) Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany P1f-11 The effects of different habitat disturbances on phenological patterns of the seasonally dry tropical forest tree Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Fabaceae)

Kristina Osen 1, Birgit Ziegenhagen1, Laura Geiger2

Patrcia de Abreu Moreira1, Thayana Barbosa Prates2, Flvia Cordeiro

(1) Departamento de Biologia Celular e Gentica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, (2) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil, (3) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Uni versidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (4) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Nascimento2, G. Wilson Fernandes3, Jorge Arturo Lobo4

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P1f-12 Management of Astrocaryum chambira (Arecaceae) for handicraft production in the Colombian Amazon (1) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, (2) Grupo de Investigacin en Palmas Silvestres Neotropicales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia P1f-13 Genetic and ecological consequences of forest fragmentation for the palm Oenocarpus bataua (1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, (2) Department of Environment and Conservation, Australia, (3) Tulane University P1f-14 Factors affecting coastal erosion in the southern Caribbean, Costa Rica Lilliana Maria Piedra1, Luis Manuel Sierra1, Aida Caridad Hernndez2,
(1) Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, Maikol Castillo Sr1, Marco Antonio Ramrez1 Luke Browne 1, Kym Ottewell 2, Jordan Karubian 3 Nstor Garca 1, Gloria Galeano 2

(2) Departamento de Bentos, Instituto de Oceanologa, Cuba P1f-15 Impacts on valuable wetlands by the ship industry Gaby H. Hobart , MSc Geography, Red Frog Tour SA, Costa Rica P1f-16 Field station: Tropenstation La Gamba in Costa Rica Werner Huber , Tropical Ecology, Universitt Wien, Austria

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P1g

Socioecological Systems
5:40pm: P1g-1

Projecting the future of REDD+ landscapes with agent-based modeling Claudia Romero 1, Michael L. Bauman 2, Sebastian Palmas Sr 3, Sami

Walid Rifai 3, Anand Roopsind 1, Ruslandi Ruslandi 4, Thales West 1, Sarah Graves 1, Indah Bong 1, Germain Mavah 1, Simone Athayde 1, (1) Tropical Conservation and Development, University of Florida, (2) School Stephanie Bohlman 3, Wendell Cropper 3, Francis E. Putz 4

P1g-2

of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, (3) School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, (4) Biology, University of Florida Influence of soil and topography on growth performance and biomass accumulation of afforested pastures in southeast Brazil

(1) Landscape Ecology, Universitt Leipzig, Germany, (2) US Forest Service, (3) Geography, Universitt Leipzig, Germany, (4) Tropical Forestry, Technische Universitt Dresden, Germany P1g-3 Biocultural interactions: The role of Ficus in the Betsileo agrarian lands and Ranomafana-Andringitra corridor for biodiversity conservation and landscape development
Verohanitra Rafidison Jr 1, Bakolimalala Rakouth 1, Yildiz Aummeeruddy-thomas Sr 2

Dietmar Sattler 1, Lara T. Murray 2, Andre Kirchner 3, Andre Lindner 4

(1) Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Madagascar, Madagascar, (2) Centre Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Equipe Interactions Bioculturelles, France P1g-4 Plant use by local community-based artisans within the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Veracruz, Mxico Rosamond Coates1, Armando Aguirre-Jaimes 2, Alvaro Campos1 (1) Estacin de Biologa Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biologa-UNAM, Mxico, (2) Interacciones Multitrficas, Instituto de Ecologa AC, Mxico

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P1g-5 Smallholder farmer natural resource management within the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor of Panama Katherine Dennis, Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University P1g-6 Floristic composition and richness of the urban domestic gardens of the Pirro River Watershed, Heredia Roxana Mara Gonzlez-Ball 1, Tania Bermdez-Rojas1, Marilyn
Romero2, Lilliana Piedra-Castro1 (1) Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, (2) Escuela

de Ciencias Geogrficas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica P1g-8 Application of Costa Rican conservation and sustainable agriculture models on United States agriculture and ecosystems Sarah L. Meiss and Carol Bocetti, Biological and Environmental Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania

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8am C-La Paz B (East)

O10

Tropical Silviculture and the Ecology of Working Forests

Not all forests are created equal: Tree species composition in primary, unplanted secondary, and communally restored cloud forests in northwest Andean Ecuador Sarah Jane Wilson and Oliver T Coomes , Geography, McGill University, Canada 8:15am: O10-2 Forest disturbance reduces stem CO2 efflux from trees in the central Amazon
8am:

O10-1

Norbert Kunert 1,2 , Liliane M. Teixeira 2 , Jeffrey Q. Chambers 3 ,

Niro Higuchi 2 , Joaquim dos Santos 2 , Susan Trumbore 1 , Daniel (1) Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck for Biogeochemistry, Germany, Magnabosco Marra 4

(2) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (3) Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 8:30am: O10-3 Assessing logging impacts on fruit and nut production in the brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa): Implications for multiple-use forest management in western Amazonia
Cara A. Rockwell 1 , Manuel R. Guariguata 2 , Mary Menton 3 , Eriks
Arroyo Quispe 4 , Eleanor Warren-Thomas 1 , Julia Quaedvlieg 5

(1) CIFOR, Peru, (2) CIFOR, Indonesia, (3) Global Canopy Programme, United Kingdom, (4) Universidad Nacional Amazonica de Madre de Dios, Peru, (5) Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon, Peru 8:45am: O10-4 Tropical deforestation: 50 years ago, today and 50 years in the future
Douglas Boucher , Pipa Elias, Lael Goodman, Calen May-Tobin 9:00am: O10-5 How tropical forests can survive the 21st century Gary Hartshorn , World Forestry Center 9:15am: O10-6 Effects of land-use intensification on plant functional properties, and ecosystem
and Sarah Roquemore , Union of Concerned Scientists

processes in lowland Bolivia

Geovana Carreo-Rocabado 1,2 , Lourens Poorter 1,2 , Marielos

Pea-Claros 1,2 , Frans Bongers 2

(1) Instituto Boliviano de Investigacin Forestal (IBIF), Bolivia, (2) Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, 9:30am: O10-7 The tropical production forest observatory sentinel landscape: The effect of logging on timber volume and carbon storage
Plinio Sist 1 , Marielos Pea-Claros 2 (1) CIRAD, France, (2) Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen

University, Netherlands

8am C-La Paz B (West)

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Ecology and BehaviorArthropods

8am: O11-1 Climate, host plant, and selection for a key morphological trait in the symbiotic plant-ant, Azteca pittieri Elizabeth G. Pringle , University of Michigan 8:15am: O11-2 The impact of seasonality on the physiology and distribution of tropical and temperate beetles Kimberly S. Sheldon 1 , Joshua J. Tewksbury 2 (1) Biology, University of Utah, (2) Luc Hoffmann Institute - WWF, Switzerland 8:30am: O11-3 Top-down effects of an odonate dominate population, community and ecosystem processes in bromeliads

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Columbia, Canada Arthropod community response to supplemental floral resources in coffee agroforestry systems Valerie Peters , Department of Zoology, Miami University 9:00am: O11-5 Particular behavioral adjustments of Ptilosphen viriolatus (Diptera; Micropezidae) allow increased intake of sugars over competitors Fernando G. Soley , Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 9:15am: O11-6 Specificity of the fungi used in carton runway galleries in the (ant - plant) Azteca brevis - Tetrathylacium macrophyllum association Maximilian Nepel 1 , Veronika E. Mayer 1 , Hermann Voglmayr 2 ,
8:45am: O11-4
(1) Structural and Functional Botany, University of Vienna, Austria, Jrg Schnenberger 1

Diane S. Srivastava , Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British

9:30am: O11-7 Big rewards for plants that host small timid ants: Ocotea and Myrmelachista Kellie M. Kuhn , Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut 9:45am: O11-8 Copulatory behavior in a haplogine spider: Males use differential genitalic movements

(2) Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Austria

for sperm removal and copulatory courtship

Luca Calbacho-Rosa 1 , Ivette Galicia-Mendoza 2 , Mara Sofa Dutto 3 ,

Alejandro Crdoba-Aguilar 4 , Alfredo V. Peretti 1
(1) Instituto

de Diversidad y Ecologa Animal, CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Crdoba, Argentina, (2) Grupo de Ecologa Evolutiva e da Conservacin, Universidade de Vigo, Spain, (3) CONICET, Argentina, (4)Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico

8am C-La Paz C (East)

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Conservation Biology; Human Impacts on Animal Communities

8am: O12-1 Importance of secondary forests and riparian zones for amphibian assemblages in human modified landscapes Omar hernandez-Ordez 1, Martn Cervantes-Lpez 1, Brulio A.

de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Departamento de Sistemtica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil, (3) Systematics and Evolution in the Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University 8:15am: O12-2 Baseline levels of total mercury in three feeding guilds of neotropical bats (Chiroptera) prior to the onset of heavy mercury use in river gold mining Anjail Kumar , Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8:30am: O12-3 High thermal tolerance acts as a preadaptation to deforestation in amphibians Luke O. Frishkoff 1, Gretchen C. Daily 2, Elizabeth Hadly 1 (1) Biology, Stanford University, (2) Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University 8:45am: O12-4 Crisis in the canopy: Oil road effects on an Amazonian high canopy anuran community Shawn F. McCracken and Michael R.J. Forstner, Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos 9am: O12-5 Interacting effects of land use and climate on ant communities in submontane ecosystems of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma

Santos 2 , Miguel Martinez-Ramos 1 , Alexander Pyro 3

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9:15am: O12-6 Towards detection and monitoring of range shifts due to climate change: Current analogues of future climate show the likely response of sensitive montane tropical birds to a warming world Alexander Sibthorpe Anderson , Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, James Cook University, Australia 9:30am: O12-7 Brave new world of drone technology for biodiversity research and conservation Lian Pin Koh 1,2, Serge Wich 3 (1) Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (2) Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, (3) Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom 9:45am: O12-8 The richness and abundance of birds in bofedales of the central Andes of Peru: Are these affected by linear disturbances? Grace P. Servat 1, Renzo P. Alcocer 2, Magaly L. Olarte 2, Melvi Larico 2 (1) Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, (2) Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, Arequipa, Peru

Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Marcell K. Peters , Antonia Mayr and Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter,

10:20am C-La Paz B (East)

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Ecosystem Monitoring and Restoration

10:20am: O13-1 Integrating satellite and field measurement data to improve the understanding of carbon uptake by tree growth in French Guiana Fabien Wagner 1, Vivien Rossi 1, Clment Stahl 1, Damien Bonal 2,

(1) CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forts de Guyane, French Guiana, (2) Inra, UMR INRA-UHP Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestire, France 10:35am: O13-2 Patterns of fire and biodiversity in Australian tropical savanna: A critical analysis of the relationships between satellite derived fire histories and terrestrial fauna Justin James Perry , Eric Vanderduys, Genevieve Perkins and Anders Zimny, Ecosystems Sciences, CSIRO, Australia 10:50am: O13-3 Monitoring tropical dry forest by identification of plant species in the long-wave infrared emissivity spectra Dominica Elaine Harrison and Arturo Sanchez, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada 11:05am: O13-4 Using NIR to distinguish tree species from different geographic regions in the Amazon basin
Flavia Machado Durgante 1 , Alberto Vicentini 2 , Paul VA Fine 3 , Jeffrey Q. Chambers 4 , Gabriel Damasco 3

Bruno Herault 1

(1) Forest Management Lab, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (3) Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, (4) Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 11:20am: O13-5 Effects of manipulated succession in the seed rain and the frugivores community in a Mexican secondary dry tropical forest Cristina Martinez-Garza1, Marcela Osorio-Beristain1, Lidia Gamboa (1) Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos, Mxico, (2) Escuela de Biologa, Villa1 , Alondra Nicolas 2 , Leslie Alba 1

Benemrita Universidad Autnoma de Puebla, Mxico

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11:35am: O13-6

Tropical forest restoration: Trajectories of early species growth and natural recruitment across a gradient of planted species diversity Alex C. Gilman 1, Malia Fincher 2, Susan G Letcher 3, Tara Massad 4, (1) OTS, Costa Rica, (2) Samford University, (3) Purchase College, (4) University of Chicago, (5) University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica 11:50am: O13-7 Extensive and intensive ecosystem restoration monitoring across complex central Andean landscapes Reynaldo Linares-Palomino 1, Alfonso Alonso 1, Francisco
Dallmeier1 , Jessica L. Deichmann1 , Erica Dholoo2 , Robert Langstroth3 , (1) Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conserva- tion Biology Institute, Peru, (2) PeruLNG, Peru, (3) Environ International (4) Grandes Montaas y Consultores SAC, Peru 12:05pm: O13-8 The importance of climber synusia on ecological restoration processes using brushwood transposition Veridiana de Lara Weiser , Osmar Cavassan and Isabela Beraldo de Souza, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, So Paulo State University, Brazil Godofredo Mamani4 , Alina Pace1 , Vernica Senz2 , Catherine Sahley1 Jose Daniel Zamora Mejas 5

10:20am C-La Paz B (West)

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Plant-Animal Interactions: Dispersers and Pollinators

10:20am: O14-1 Differential contribution of bird and bats to forest succession in a tropical pasture under restoration treatments Marins de la Pea-Domene 1, Alondra Nicols-Medina 2, Edith
Rivas-Alonso 3 , Henry F. Howe 1 , Cristina Martinez-Garza 3
(3) Centro

de Investigacin en Biodiversidad y Conservacin, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos, Mxico 10:35am: O14-2 The role of dispersal and passed interactions on the spatial and genetic structure of sympatric wild nutmeg tree species Mauricio Fernndez Otrola 1,2, Marlies Sazima 3 (1) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Ecologia, UNICAMP, Brazil, (3) Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil 10:50am: O14-3 Ant-repelling pollinators: Unique pollination strategy of the ant-plant macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) Eri Yamasaki , Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan 11:05am: O14-4 Beta diversity of plant-pollinator interactions: Relating turnover in species and inter actions across space Daniel W. Carstensen 1, Malena Sabatino 2, Patricia C. Morellato 1 (1) Botany, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, (2) Laboratoria Ecotono, Argentina 11:20am: O14-5 Gene flow across a fragmented landscape in the hummingbird pollinated timber species Symphonia globulifera (Clusiaceae) Wendy Sols and Eric Fuchs, Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 11:35pm: O14-6 Pollination service from fragmented forest at different elevation gradient : A case study of Sikkim mandarin orange

(1) University of Illinois at Chicago, (2) Universidad Autnoma de Puebla, Mxico,

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Urbashi Pradhan and Dr. Soubadra Devy M., Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies, Ashoka Trust For Research in Ecology and the Environment, India 11:50am: O14-7 The effects of bat pollinator movement on genetic structure and diversity of the tree Crescentia alata (1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, (2) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University 12:05pm: O14-8 The relative contribution of pollen and seed dispersal to gene movement and genetic structure in the neotropical palm tree Oenocarpus bataua (1) Tulane University, (2) Department of Environment and Conservation, Australia, (3) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
Jordan Karubian 1 , Kym Ottewell 2 , Victoria L. Sork 3 Pamela G. Thompson 1 , Victoria L. Sork 1 , Peter E. Smouse 2

10:20am La Paz-C (East)

O15

Ecosystem Ecology: Nutrient Cycles

10:20am: O15-1 Maintenance of soil fertility: Plant longevity trumps biodiversity John J. Ewel1, Mara Julia Mazzarino2, Seth W. Bigelow1, Gerardo Celis3 (1) Biology, University of Florida, (2) Soil Science, CRUB-CONICET, Argentina, (3) School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Florida 10:35am: O15-2 Nutrient resorption is associated with high leaf vein density and drives growth performance of dipterocarp tree species Jiao-Lin Zhang1, Shi-Bao Zhang2, Ya-Jun Chen1, Yi-Ping Zhang1, Lourens
Poorter 3 (1) Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical

Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (2) Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (3) Forest Ecology and Management Chair Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands 10:50am: O15-3 Urine increases woody decomposition in an inland, but not coastal, tropical forest despite depressing the detrital communities of both
Natalie A. Clay 1, David Donoso 2, Michael Kaspari 1,3

(1) Zoology, University of Oklahoma, (2) Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Tcnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 11:05am: O15-4 Biomass gains but biodiversity loss: Contrasting responses to changes in hydrological conditions in Amazonian forests Flavia R.C. Costa1 , Juliana Schietti2 , Thaise Emilio1 , Gabriel Massaine
Moulatlet1 , Carlos Alberto Quesada1 , Jochen Schongart2 , Demetrius Lira Martins1 , Bruno B.L. Cintra 1 , Priscila F. Souza 1 , Jos Luis Purri Veiga Pinto 3 , Camilo Daleles Renn 4 , Javier Tomasella 5 , William (1) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Max Plank, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (3) GEOMA Network, Brazil, (4) National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Brazil, (5) National Center for Natural Disaster Monitoring and Alert - CEMADEN, Brazil 11:20am: O15-5 Effects of continued nutrient addition on productivity and tree performance in Andean forests Ernest Magnusson

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Juergen Homeier , AVH Institute for Plant Sciences, Germany 11:35am: O15-6 Do changes in soil nutrient availability conform across topographic (~100 m) and

Austria 11:50am: O15-7 Variation in wood nutrient stoichiometry along a soil fertility gradient in a Panamanian lower montane forest Katie D. Heineman 1 , Ben L. Turner2 , Jim W. Dalling 1 (1) University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 12:05pm: O15-8 Biological processes influence nutrient limitation in a Costa Rican lowland tropical forest Silvia Alvarez-Clare 1, Michelle Mack 2 (1) University of Montana, (2) Department of Biology, University of Florida

Wolfgang Wanek , Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna,

regional gradients (~100 km) in soil weathering in wet lowland tropical forests?

10:20am C- Amricas BC

O16

Secondary Succession
Agricultural intensification in a neotropical biological corridor: Can functional connectivity for frugivorous bats be maintained? Kate Cleary 1,2, Lisette Waits 1, Bryan Finegan 2 (1) Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, (2) Production and Conservation in Forests Programme, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Costa Rica, 10:35am: O16-2 Four years of secondary tropical dry forest aboveground net primary productivity Justin M. Becknell 1, Jennifer S. Powers 2 (1) Biology, Carleton College, (2) Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota 10:50am: O16-3 Influence of successional age on tree community composition and above-ground biomass in tropical Australian rainforest Miriam Goosem and Susan G.W. Laurance , Centre for Tropical Environ mental and Sustainability Science, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Australia 11:20am: O16-4 Understanding patterns of tropical forest succession A case study in Singapore Siew Chin Chua and Matthew Potts , Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California-Berkeley 11:35am: O16-5 Shifts in dominance and species assemblages over two decades in alternative successions in central Amazonia John Benjamin Longworth 1, Rita Mesquita 2, Tony Vizcarra Bentos 2,
(1) Louisiana State University, (2) PDBFF, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Marcelo Moreira 3, Paulo Massoca 4, G. Bruce Williamson 1

10:20am: O16-1

11:50am: O16-6

Amaznia, Brazil, (3) Fundao Vitria Amaznica, Brazil, (4) INPA, Brazil Successional trajectories of secondary forests in central Panama

(1) University of Stirling, United Kingdom, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Biological Sciences, Clemson University, (4) Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, (5) INDICASAT, Panama 12:05pm: O16-7 Changing drivers of tree biomass increment during secondary forest succession in northeastern Costa Rica

Daisy H. Dent 1,2, Saara J. DeWalt 3, Julie Denslow 4, Omar Lopez 5

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Dana MA Rozendaal and Robin L. Chazdon, Ecology & Evolutionary

Biology, University of Connecticut

1:50pm C-La Paz B (East)

O17

Mammals and Birds: Extinction Risks and Conservations

1:50pm: O17-1 Conserving tropical nomads Claire Runge, Environmental Decisions Group, University of Queensland, Australia 2:05pm: O17-2 Connectivity between habitat patches for an endangered endemic primate: Callicebus oenanthe in San Martin, Per Jennifer J. Swenson1, Danica J. Schaffer-Smith1, Antonio J. Boveda Penalba 2 (1) Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, (2) Proyecto Mono Tocon,

Peru Population size and conservation strategies for the northeast rufous gnateater: A threatened subspecies from a relict of Atlantic forest Ileyne Tenrio Lopes and Wesley Silva , Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil 2:35pm: O17-4 Distribution, ecology, and conservation of bairds tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in Nicaragua Christopher A. Jordan 1, Gerald R. Urquhart 1, Alvaro Simons 2 (1) Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, (2) Community of Karawala, Nicaragua 2:50pm: O17-5 Red Lists do not capture bird functional and phylogenetic diversity Jos Hidasi-Neto, Rafael Dias Loyola and Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Gois, Brazil 3:05pm: O17-6 Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation
2:20pm: O17-3

(1) Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, (2) Nicholas School of the Environment, Conservation Biology, Duke University, (3) Microsoft Research, United Kingdom 3:20pm: O17-7 Near-complete extinction of native small mammal fauna from forest fragments Luke Gibson , Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 3:35pm: O17-8 Density and spatial/temporal patterns of activity of the endangered bairds tapir in El Triunfo, Mxico Eduardo Mendoza Ramirez 1, Oscar Godnez-Gmez 2, Juan Paulo (1) Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales (INIRENA), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicols de Hidalgo, Mxico, (2) Zoology, Instituto de investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Mxico, (3) CIECO, UNAM, Mxico
Carbajal-Borges 3

Clinton N. Jenkins 1, Stuart L. Pimm 2, Lucas N. Joppa 3

1:50pm La Paz-B (West)

O18

Species Turn-Over and Beta-Diversity

Contrasting drivers of forest taxonomic and functional turnover in a neotropical land scape
1:50pm: O18-1 Adina Chain-Guadarrama1, Bryan Finegan1, Lee A. Vierling2, Steven E.
Sesnie 3, Zayra Ramos 1

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(1) Graduate School, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Costa Rica, (2) Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, (3) Southwest Natural Resources Inventory and Monitoring, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2:05pm: O18-2 Heterogeneity of large fauna communities in various forested landscapes of French Guiana

Cecile Richard-Hansen 1, Gaelle Jaouen 2, Olivier Brunaux 3, Thomas

EcoFoG, French Guiana, (3) ONF - Ple Recherche et Dveloppement Guyane, French Guiana, (4) INRA, UMR Amap, France 2:20pm: O18-3 Relating species richness to the structure of continuous landscapes: Alternative method ological approaches
Jos Alberto Gallardo-Cruz1, Jos Luis Hernndez-Stefanoni2,Jorge
(1) Ecologa y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigacin Cientfica de Yucatn, AC, Mxico, (3) Instituto de Ecologa, Unidad Hermosillo, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (4) Vienna Institute for Nature Conser vation and Analysis, Austria 2:35pm: O18-4 Woody species diversity along environmental gradients: Results from 01-ha plots in Western Mxico and Mesoamerica A. Meave 1, Angelina Martnez-Yrzar 3, Sergi Llobet 1, Dietmar Moser 4

Denis 1,2, Stephane Guitet 3,4

(1) ONCFS-DER, French Guiana, (2) UMR

Jos Antonio Vzquez-Garca 1, Miguel ngel Muiz-Castro 1, Yalma

Luisa Vargas-Rodrguez2, Ramn Cuevas-Guzmn3, Eduardo Sahagn (1) Instituto de Botnica, Laboratorio de Ecosistemtica, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCBA, Mxico, (2) Life Science, Louisiana State University, (3) Ecologa y Manejo, Universidad de Guadaljara-CUCSUR, Mxico, (4) Herbario y Jardn Botnico GUADA, Universidad Autnoma de Guadalajara, Mxico 2:50pm: O18-5 Spatial turnover of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic tree diversity across broad environmental gradients in Puerto Rico Godnez 4, Ernesto De Castro-Arce 1

Bob Muscarella 1, Maria Uriarte 1, David Erickson 2, W. John Kress 2,

Nathan G. Swenson 3, Jess K. Zimmerman 4 (1) Ecology, Evolution, Environmental Biology, Columbia University, (2) Botany,

Smithsonian Institution, (3) Michigan State University, (4) Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico - Ro Piedras 3:05pm: O18-6 Hydrological control on Amazonian palms coexistence and richness

Thaise Emilio 1, Flavia R.C. Costa 1, Juliana Schietti 1, Jos Luis Purri
Veiga Pinto 2, William Ernest Magnusson 1, Javier Tomasella 3, SOren Faurby 4, Jens-Christian Svenning 4 (1) Instituto

Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) GEOMA Network, Brazil, (3) National Center for Natural Disaster Monitoring and Alert-CEMADEN, Brazil, (4) Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity Group, Aarhus University, Denmark 3:20pm: O18-7 Beta-diversity of arthropod communities in Amazonian forests
Greg Lamarre1, Paul VA Fine2, Italo Mesones2, Christopher Baraloto3
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Patterns of alfa and beta avian diversity along an ecological gradient on the Rio Branco, a white-water Amazonian River Luciano Nicolas Naka1, Alice C. Plaskievicz2, Thiago O. Laranjeiras3,
Marcela de F.M. Torres4

Roraima, Brazil, (3) Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservao da Biodiversidade, Brazil, (4) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil

(1) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (2) Universidade Federal de

1:50pm C-La Paz C (East)

O19

Mangrove Ecosystems
1:50pm: O19-1

Comparing aquatic food webs in different vegetated coastal habitats of southern Gulf of Mxico Alejandra Seplveda-Lozada1, Ulrich Saint-Paul 1, Manuel Mendoza Carranza 2, Matthias Wolff 3

(1) Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany, (2) Sistemas de Produccin Alternativos, Pesqueras Artesanales, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, ECOSUR Unidad Villahermosa, Mxico, (3) Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany 2:05pm: O19-2 The intrincate evolutionary history of the red mangrove hybrid complex (Rhizophora mangle and Rhizophora racemosa) in the neotropics
Ivania Ceron-Souza1, Eldredge Bermingham1, Gonzalo Nieto-Feliner2
(1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (2) Real Jardn Botnico,

CSIC, Spain Effects of seasonality on tree physiology and growth performances of Caribbean mangrove species
2:20pm: O19-3 Felix Bompy , Maguy Dulormne, Benoit Dufay, Elonore Mira,

Gauthier Lequeue, Niels de Girval, Vanessa Virapin and Daniel Imbert, Universit des Antilles et de la Guyane, Pointe--Pitre, Guadeloupe

Sediment aeration and CO2 efflux rate of Ucides cordatus burrows in a Brazilian mangrove forest
2:35pm: O19-4
Nathalie Plmanns 1, Karen Diele 2, Inga Nordhaus 1, Ulf Mehlig 3,

(1) Leibniz-Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (Leibniz-ZMT), Germany, (2) School for Life, Sport and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, (3) Laboratrio de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Par, Brazil 2:50pm: O19-5 Neotropical estuarine mangrove fish assemblages: Regional taxonomic consistencies and local tide- and salinity-related patterns Center for Tropical Marine Ecology-ZMT, Germany, (2) Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences-CEMarin, Colombia, (3) Grupo de Investigacin en Ecologa de Estuarios y Manglares-Universidad del Valle, Colombia, (4) Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries (TI-OF), Germany 3:05pm: O19-6 Mangrove management at the gulf of Kutch, India for coastal protection and resilience to climate change Ulrich Saint Paul1, Bharat Jethva 2,3 (1) Mangrove Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany, (2) ISME Project, Gujarat, India, (3) Mangrove Society of India ISME Project in Gujarat, India
Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo1,2,3, Uwe Krumme 2,4
(1) Leibniz

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3:20pm: O19-7

Spatial patterns of Avicennia germinans mangrove trees during natural restoration: Inferences on the importance of intraspecific facilitation

(1) Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany, (2) Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Thailand, (3) Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany 3:35pm: O19-8 A hierarchical framework to assess mangrove restoration outcomes: Insights for future ventures

Aor Pranchai1,2, Juliane Vogt 1, Yue Lin 3, Uta Berger 1

Andre Scarlate Rovai1, Paulo Roberto Pagliosa1, Jos Bonomi Barufi 1,

Fernando Scherner 2, Moacir Alusio Torres 1, Paulo Antunes Horta 1, Roy Robin Lewis III3, Eduardo Juan Soriano-Sierra1, Gilberto Cintrn 4, Yara Schaeffer-Novelli5, Ricardo Palamar Menghini6, Clemente Coelho-Jr 2

Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, (2) Laboratrio de Ficologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil, (3) Lewis Environmental Services, Inc, (4) US Fish and Wildlife Service, (5) Instituto Oceanogrfico, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil, (6) Instituto de Cincias da Sade, Universidade Paulista, Brazil

(1) Universidade

4:10pm C-La Paz B (East)

O20

Theoretical Ecology
4:10pm: O20-1

A method for the analysis of replicated spatial point patterns in ecology

(1) Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (2) Environment Systems Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland 4:25pm: O20-2 Simplicity vs complexity in plant functional types for tropical forest trees Martin Kazmierczak and Andreas Huth , Helmholtz Centre for Environ mental Research GmbH UFZ, Germany 4:40pm: O20-3 Linking trait similarity to spatial patterns of tree species co-occurrence in a wet tropical forest (1) Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, (2) Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, United Kingdom 4:55pm: O20-4 Spatial patterns of species interaction and relative importance of a primate disperser for tropical forest diversity Wirong Chanthorn 1, Stephan Getzin 2, Thorsten Wiegand 2, Warren (1) Environmental Technology and Management, Kasetsart University, Thailand, (2) Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany (3) Ecology Laboratory, BIOTEC Central Research Unit, Thailand 5:10pm: O20-5 Impact of network concepts and assemblage of species on diversity studies (1) Laboratorio de Ecologa y Gentica Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, UNAM, Mxico, (2) Biologa Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mxico, (3) Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores UNAM Unidad Morelia, Mxico
Andres Torres-Miranda 1, Isolda Luna-Vega 2, Ken Oyama 1,3 Brockelman 3 Eduardo Velzquez 1, Timothy Paine 2, Thorsten Wiegand 1

Robert Bagchi 1, Jaboury Ghazoul 2

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5:25pm: O20-6 Conservation in Fern Gully: Can epiphytes amplify biodiversity? Brett Scheffers 1,2, David Edwards 2, Luke Shoo 3, Ben Phillips 2,

(1) National University of Singapore, Singapore, (2) James Cook University, Australia, (3) University of Queensland, Australia

Theodore Evans 1, Stephen Williams 2

4:10pm C-La Paz B (West)

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Ecology and Behavior of Animals

4:10pm: O21-1

Abundance of Lymanopoda schmidti (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in an altitudinal and disturbance gradient

Paola Marcela Trivio 1, Liz Alejandra Avila 2, Guillaume Quenet 2,

(1) Asociacin Colombiana para la Lepidopterologa, Colombia, (2)Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia 4:25pm: O21-2 Multiple predators influence coloration divergence in a poison-dart frog Beatriz Willink 1, Adrin Garca-Rodrguez 2, Federico Bolaos 1, (1) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Museo de Zoologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (3) Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine of Hannover, Germany 4:40pm: O21-3 Breeding phenology and secondary productivity of an amphibian assemblage in a seasonal wetland of tropical dry forest Costa Rica (1) Palo Verde Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (2) Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (3) Estacin Biolgica de Doana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas, Spain, (4) Instituto Cantbrico de Biodiversidad, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain 5:10pm: O21-4 Natural predators of poison frog tadpoles (Oophaga pumilio) differ in aversion to alkaloid-based chemical defenses Jennifer L Stynoski 1, Georgia Shelton 2, Peter Stynoski 3,4 (1) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (2) Department of Organis mic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, (3) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (4) Materials and Structures Branch, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory 5:25pm: O21-5 Bimodal air- and substrate-borne acoustic signals: Do red-eyed treefrog calls function through two communication channels? Michael S. Caldwell , Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota 5:40pm: O21-6 Sex roles in the Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus), a tropical passerine with year-round territoriality and pair bonds Ioana Chiver , Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada
Mahmood Sasa 1,2, Ivn Gmez-Mestre 3,4 Heike Prhl 3

Florian Ctel 2, Edicson Parra 2, Diana Puentes 2, Diana Cruz 2

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Plant-Animal Interactions: Frugivory and Seed Dispersal

4:10pm: O22-1

Ecosystem services in the mariana islands: Implications of bird loss for a wild chili pepper species

Monika Egerer 1, Haldre S. Rogers 2

(1) Biology, Kalamazoo College, (2) Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
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4:25pm: O22-2 The importance of the bare throated bellbird for the diversity of the tree assemblage in rainforests of eastern Paran State, Brazil Bernardo Clausi , MYRTLAU, Brazil 4:40pm: O22-3 Climatic correlates of fruiting seasonality across the neotropics
Irene Mendoza 1, Carlos A. Peres 2, Patricia C. Morellato 1

(1) Botany, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, (2) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom 4:55pm: O22-4 Biodiversity maintenance through seed dispersal by lemurs
Andrilalao Manantsoaniaina Rakotonavalona 1,2, Bakolimalala Rakouth 1, Patricia Chapple Wright 2,3, Eileen Larney 4

(1) Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, (2) Centre ValBio Ranomafana, Madagascar, (3) Anthropology, Stony Brook University, (4) Centre ValBio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar 5:10pm: O22-5 Dispersal and seed size profile of forests during regrowth in northeastern Costa Rica with emphasis on bat-dispersed species (1) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, (2) La Selva Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica 5:25pm: O22-6 Seed dispersal of Swietenia humilis in fragmented vs continuous forest
David Greene 1, Fernando Rosas 2, Mauricio Quesada 2 Amanda L. Wendt 1, Robin L. Chazdon 1, Orlando Vargas 2

(1) Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Canada, (2) Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico

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Geo-Genomics: Integrating Geology and Genetics to Understand the Evolution of Neotropical Biodiversity
MODERATOR: Christopher W. Dick , University of Michigan ORGANIZERS: Christopher W. Dick , University of Michigan / Paul A. Baker , Duke University / Sheri Fritz , University of Nebraska 8am: S10-1

How do we link biotic history and earth history? An example from Amazonia

(1) INPA, Brazil, (2) Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History 8:15am: S10-2 Speciation, gene flow and adaptive differentiation across the tropical temperate divide in the live oaks (Quercus series Virentes) Jeannine Cavender-Bares , Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota 8:30am: S10-3 Re-examining the late Cenozoic geological evolution of the lowland Amazon Basin (1) Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, (2) University of Nebraska, (3) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan 8:45am: S10-4 Cenozoic geologic history of the Andes and associated sedimentary basins Brian K. Horton , Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin 9am: S10-5 Expansion of the Panama canal leads to new insights on the rise of the isthmus Andres L. Cardenas 1, Carlos Jaramillo 2 (1) University of Florida, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 9:15am: S10-6 Climate and refugia: New insights on Quaternary climate variation in tropical South America (1) University of Nebraska, (2) Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, (3) University of Michigan 9:30am: S10-7 Predicting phyloendemism from climate: A case study in the Brazilian Atlantic forests
Ana Carnaval 1 , Eric Waltari 1 , Dan Rosauer 2 , Jeremy Van DerWal 3 , Miguel Rodrigues 4 , Craig Moritz 2 Sheri Fritz 1 , Paul A Baker 2 , Christopher W. Dick 3 Paul A. Baker 1 , Sheri Fritz 2 , Christopher W. Dick 3

Camila Ribas 1 , Joel Cracraft 2

(1) City University of New York, (2) Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Australia, (3) James Cook University, Australia, (4) Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil 09:45am: S10-8 The role of species and diversity in forest ecosystem function along an Andes-to Amazon gradient Miles Silman 1, Joshua Rapp 2 (1) Biology, Wake Forest University, (2) Harvard Forest, Biology, Wake Forest University

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The Perfect Storm: Educational, Conservation, and Community Synergisms for Tropical Ecology Research in Monteverde, Costa Rica
MODERATOR: Nalini M. Nadkarni and Kimberly S. Sheldon , University of Utah ORGANIZERS : Nalini M. Nadkarni and Kimberly S. Sheldon , University of Utah / Sybil Gotsch , Franklin and Marshall College 8am: Introductory Remarks

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The Monteverde Institute: Fostering education, community development, and research capacity in a tropical montane landscape Fran Lindau , Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica 8:30am: S11-2 A program in tropical biology and conservation for University of California under graduates in Monteverde: The importance of people and place Frank Joyce , University of California 8:45am: S11-3 Cooperative research of the three-wattled bellbird and reforestation in monteverde, Costa Rica Debra Hamilton , Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica 9am: S11-4 The Monteverde Conservation League as a partner to ecological research in Monteverde, Costa Rica Yuber Rodriguez , Monteverde Conservation League, Costa Rica 9:15am: S11-5 Ecotourism as a driving force for education and research in Monteverde Mario Andres Solano , Management, Selvatura Park, Costa Rica 9:30am: S11-6 Civic action rooted in Quaker values: What is the right thing to do? Katy Van Dusen , Monteverde Friends Meeting, Costa Rica 9:45am: Discussion

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Multiple Successional Pathways in Human-Modified Landscapes: A Multi-Taxonomic Assessment

MODERATOR: Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico ORGANIZERS: Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez and Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico / Felipe P.L. Melo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 8am: S12-1 Proliferation of native plant species and multiple-scale biotic homogenization in the Atlantic Forest Marcelo Tabarelli , Departamento de Botnica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil 8:15am: S12-2 Unraveling uncertainty in community reassembly: Modeling successional pathways in neotropical forests Natalia Norden , Ecologa y Territorio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia 8:30am: S12-3 Among- and within-patch components of tree species turnover in highly fragmented landscapes: Testing floristic homogenization and differentiation hypotheses Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez 1, Matthias Rs 2, Federico Escobar 2,
Felipe P.L. Melo 3 , Brulio A. Santos 4 , Marcelo Tabarelli 3 , Robin L. Chazdon 5 (1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma

de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Red de Ecoetologa, Instituto de Ecologa AC, Mxico, (3) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (4) Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil, (5) University of Connecticut 8:45am: S12-4 Insect responses to human disturbance: A consistent pattern of specialist-generalist replacement Inara Leal 1, Bruno Karol Filgueiras 2, Jos Domingos Ribeiro Neto 2,
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(1) Departamento de Botnica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (2 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (3) Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Australia 9am: S12-5 Ecological processes driving alternative successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes: The importance of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment Felipe P.L. Melo 1, Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez 2, Lenore Fahrig 3, Miguel (1) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (2) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico, (3) Carleton University, Canada 9:15am: S12-6 Outburst growth of a long-lived palm species and its community consequences in a rainforest fragment Miguel Martinez-Ramos 1, Ivn Ortiz-Rodrguez 1, Jose Sarukhan 2 (1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 9:30am: S12-7 Do dominant species determine succession in wet and dry tropical forests? Frans Bongers 1, Miguel Martinez-Ramos 2, Michiel Van Breugel 3, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos 4 , Madelon Lohbeck 1 , Isabel Eunice Romero Prez 5 , Eduardo A. Perez-Garcia 5 , Jorge Rodriquez-Velazquez 2 , (1) Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Jorge A. Meave 5 Martinez-Ramos 2 , Marcelo Tabarelli 1

Netherlands, (2) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) STRI, Panama, (4) Forest Ecology Lab, University of Minnesota, (5) Ecologa y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 9:45am: S12-8 Phylogenetic diversity of tree communities in fragmented landscapes of Brazil and Mxico Brulio A. Santos 1, Marcelo Tabarelli 2, Felipe P.L. Melo 2, Victor
Arroyo-Rodrguez 3 , Jos L.C. Camargo 4 , Susan G.W. Laurance 5 , (1) Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil, (2) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (3) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (4) Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Brazil, (5) James Cook University, Australia William F. Laurance 5

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Evolutionary Perspectives On Tropical Trees: Linking Historical Biogeography, Adaptation and Conservation Genetics
MODERATOR & ORGANIZER: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota 10:20am: S13-1

Tropical forest niche structure reflects the great American biotic interchange at fine spatial scales

Brian E. Sedio 1 , John R. Paul 2 , Charlotte M. Taylor 3 , Christopher W.

(1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, (2) Biology, Colorado State University, (3) Missouri Botanical Garden

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10:35am: S13-2

Dissecting the role of the Andean region as a biogeographic filter for neotropical rain forests
Castaeda 2 , Renato Valencia 2

Christopher W. Dick 1 , Jordan Bemmels 1 , lvaro Javier Prez

(1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, (2) Biology, Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Ecuador, Ecuador 10:50am: S13-3 Divergence across an edaphic gradient drives ecological speciation in the Amazonian tree Protium subserratum (Burseraceae) Tracy M. Misiewicz and Paul VA Fine , Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley 11:05am: S13-4 Biogeography, phylogeography and conservation of genus Quercus in mesoamerica Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez 1, Hernando Alonso Rodrguez (1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Biologa Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mxico 11:20am: S13-5 Historical biogeography of tropical African trees during the Pleistocene Olivier J. Hardy, Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 11:35am: S13-6 Figs, fig wasps and fruit-eating bats: Population genetic study of gene flow in and among neotropical fig species (Ficus sp Moraceae) Katrin Heer1,2, Elisabeth K.V. Kalko1,3, Edward Allen Herre3, Carlos A.
Machado 4 , Christopher W. Dick 5 Correa 1 , Andres Torres-Miranda 1 , Isolda Luna-Vega 2 , Ken Oyama 1

(1) Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Germany, (2) Conservation Biology, University of Marburg, Germany, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (4) University of Maryland, (5) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan 11:50am: S13-7 Pollinator-mediated speciation and hybridization in fig trees
George D. Weiblen 1 , Annika M. Moe 2

(1) Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, (2) College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota

10:20am C-La Paz C (West)

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Field-Based Learning for Tropical Biologists of the 21st Century

Moderator: Jennifer L. Stynoski, Organization for Tropical Studies) Organizers: George Middendorf, Howard University / Jennifer L. Stynoski and Edward Stashko, Organization for Tropical Studies 10:20am: S14-1

A short history of field-based education

(1) Organization for Tropical Studies, (2) Biology, Howard University 10:35am: S14-2 Applying what weve learned about active learning in the classroom to the field Diane Ebert-May , Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University 10:50am: S14-3 Field-based training in tropical Asia: tailoring programs for students from lower income countries Rhett Harrison , Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China 11:05am: S14-4 Impacts of field-based learning on students from diverse backgrounds Deedra McClearn1, Erin K. Kuprewicz1,2, Carol Brewer3, Diane Ebert-May4

Edward Stashko 1 , George Middendorf 2

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(1) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (2) Dept of Biology, University of Miami, (3) Prairie Ecotone Research Group, (4) Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University 11:20am: S14-5 Strengthening local capacity for field based learning and biodiversity conservation oriented research in Colombias Andean Amazon Javier A. Maldonado-Ocampo1, Elizabeth P. Anderson2, Juan Ricardo
Gomez 1 , Marlon Pelaez-Rodriguez 3 (1) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, (2) Earth and Environment,

Florida International University, (3) Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia Pursuing use-inspired research through participatory community agenda setting Robin R. Sears and Moni Carlisle , School for Field Studies 11:50am: S14-7 Synthesizing coursework, local engagement and structured reflection for maximum development and impact in field-based learning Truett Cates , Austin College
11:35am: S14-6

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Modeling Coupled Natural-Human Systems In The Tropics

Moderator: Marlene Soriano, Wageningen University and Instituto Boliviano de InvestiOrganizers: Trevor Caughlin, University of Florida / Marlene Soriano, Wageningen 1:50pm: 1:55pm: S15-1

gacin Forestal

University and Instituto Boliviano de Investigacin Forestal

Introductory Remarks

Agroecology and forest conversion in the tropics John Vandermeer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan 2:10pm: S15-2 Modeling water and carbon ecosystem services using dynamic vegetation models in Mxico Patricia Balvanera 1, Sandra Quijas1, Alice Boit2, Kirsten Thonicke2,
Eleanor Blyth 3 , Laurence Jones3 , Miguel Equihua4 , Helena Cotler5 , Peter Gerritsen 6 , Victor Jaramillo1 , Melanie Kolb7 , Elena Lazos8 , Manuel Maass1 , Guillermo Murray-Tortarolo1,9 , Tuyeni Mwampamba1 , Octavio Prez-Maqueo4 , Lourens Poorter10 , Margaret Skutch11 , Eric Arets 12 , Marielos Pea-Claros10 , Leon Braat12 , Martha Perez-Soba12 , Consuelo Varela13

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany, (3) Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom, (4) Instituto de Ecologa, AC, Mxico, (5) Instituto Nacional de Ecologa y Cambio Climtico, Mxico, (6) Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mxico, (7) Comisin Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mxico, (8) Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (9) University of Exeter, United Kingdom, (10) Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (11) Centro de Investigaciones en Geografa Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (12) Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, (13) Universidad Politcnica de Madrid, Spain 2:25pm: S15-3 Interactive dynamics of wildlife populations, human health and household wealth Matthew Potts, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California-Berkeley

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2:40pm: S15-4 The Serengeti coupled human-natural system: Socio-ecological feedbacks, dynamics, and resilience Robert D Holt 1, Ricardo M. Holdo2 (1) Biology, University of Florida, (2) Biological Sciences, University of Missouri 2:55pm: S15-5 Transience and the impact of stochastic harvest of non-timber forest products by local people Orou Gaoue , National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) 3:10pm: S15-6 Modeling human and natural drivers of fire dynamics in the peruvian Amazon Naomi Schwartz1, Maria Uriarte1, Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez2, Ruth S.
DeFries 1 , Katia Fernandes4 , Victor Gutierrez1 , Walter Baethgen3 , Christine Padoch 4

(1) Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, (2) Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, (3) International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, (4) Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia 3:25pm: Discussion

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Changing Water and Nutrient Regimes in the Rainforest Canopy: The Impact On the Resident Epiphytes
Moderator: Carrie L. Woods, Clemson University Organizers: Catherine Cardelus, Colgate University/Carrie L. Woods, Clemson University 1:50pm: S16-1 The diversity of epiphytic species on isolated trees is influenced by local, spatial and historical factors

(1) Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden, (2) Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 2:05pm: S16-2 Correlations between functional traits, environmental gradients, and distributional patterns of vascular epiphytes in Costa Rica Carrie L. Woods , Clemson University 2:20pm: S16-3 Epiphytes improve host plant water use by microenvironment modification Daniel E Stanton1,2, Jackelyn Huallpa Chavez3, Lars O. Hedin2, Henry S. (1) Research School of Biology-Plant Sciences Division, Australian National University, Australia, (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, (3) Ecologa, Universidad National San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru 2:35pm: S16-4 Nutrient uptake in epiphytes Gerhard Zotz , Biology Department, Universitt Oldenburg, Germany 2:50pm: S16-5 Effect of changing nutrient deposition on tropical canopies Peter Hietz , Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria 3:05pm: S16-6 Soup kitchen or gourmet spread? Experimental approaches to understand within-canopy nutrient dynamics of a tropical montane forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica Nalini M. Nadkarni , Biology, University of Utah 3:20pm: S16-7 Impacts of increased nutrient deposition on epiphyte nutrient status and community structure
Horn 2

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Catherine Cardelus1, Carrie L. Woods2, Sheila Reagan1, Emily Messing1,

(1) Department of Biology, Colgate University, (2) Dept. of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

Kaitlyn Soule 1

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S17

Floristics, Ecology and Evolution of Vegetation in Oligotrophic White-Sand and Sandstone Habitats in the Neotropics
Moderator: Mercedes Asanza, Universidad Estatal Amaznica Organizers: David A. Neill, Universidad Estatal Amaznica / Paul VA Fine, University of

California, Berkeley
1:50pm: S17-1

Community assembly of the Amazonian white-sand flora: The relative importance of dispersal, functional traits, and biotic interactions

Paul VA Fine 1, Christopher Baraloto 2, Claire Fortunel 2, Tracy

(1) Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, (2) INRA, UMR EcoFoG, French Guiana (3) Department of Community Ecology, UMR Ecofog, French Guiana 2:10pm: S17-2 Remote sensing of white-sand ecosystems in the Amazon basin Jennifer Marion Adeney1, Mario Cohn-Haft2, Norman L. Christensen3 (1) USAID, (2) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (3) Duke University 2:30pm: S17-3 Soils as determinants of specialization: Seedling mortality, herbivory, leaf dynamics and growth of rainforest seedling species from white sand and terra-firme forests Maria Cristina Peuela Mora 1,2, Juan David Turriago 2, Rene Boot 3,4 (1) Amazonas, Universidad Nacional De Colombia - Sede Amazonia, Colombia, (2) Grupo de Ecologia de Ecosistemas Terrestres Tropicales, Colombia, (3) Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Utrecht University, Netherlands, (4) Tropenbos Interna tional, Netherlands, (5) Botany, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands 2:50pm: S17-4 Comparing tree communities of white-sand and terra-firme forests across Amazonian regions Hans ter Steege1,2, Juliana Stropp1, Ieda Amaral3, Gerardo Aymard4,
Carolina Castilho5, Cid Ferreira3, Terry Henkel6, Dairon Cardenas Lopez 7, William Ernest Magnusson 3, Francisca Almeida Matos3, William Milliken8, Atila Oliveira3, Daniela Pauletto9, Oliver L. Phillips10, Raquel Thomas 11 Hans ter Steege 3,5

Misiewicz 1, Greg Lamarre 3

(1) Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Utrecht University, Netherlands, (2) Naturalis, Netherlands, (3) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (4) Herbario Universitario PORT, UNELLEZ, Venezuela, (5) EMBRAPA CPAFRR, BRAZIL, (6) Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, (7) Sinchi, Colombia, (8) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, (9) Servio Florestal Brasileiro, Santarem, Brazil, (10) School of Geography, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, (11) Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, Guyana

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Phylogenetic patterns of tree stature and habitat specialization across lowland amazonian forests Christopher Baraloto 1,2, Paul VA Fine 3, Nallarett Davila 4, Marcos

Rios 5, Julien Engel 1,6, Elvis Valderrama 7, Hans ter Steege 8, Nigel (1) UMR EcoFoG, French Guiana, (2) INRA, French Guiana, (3) Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, (4) UNICAMP, Brazil, (5) UNAP, Peru, (6) CNRS, French Guiana, (7) UMSL, (8) Botany, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands, (9) Duke University, (10) IRD, UMR AMAP, France, (11) Various affiliations, Netherlands 3:30pm: S17-7 Vegetation and floristics of fragmented sandstone plateaus in the Cordillera del Cndor, Ecuador David A Neill 1, Mercedes Asanza 1, Eduardo Cueva 2, Wilson Quizhpe 3, (1) Universidad Estatal Amaznica, Ecuador, (2) Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional, Camilo Kajekai 4 Pitman 9, Daniel Sabatier 10, members Of ATDN Network 11

Ecuador, (3) Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador, (4) Federacin Interprovincial de Centros Shuar, Ecuador 3:50pm: Break 4:10pm: S17-8 Reproductive phenology of endemic and sandstone-restricted tree species on the western slopes of the Cordillera del Cndor, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador Nelson Isaias Miranda 1, Gilda Gallardo 2 (1) Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, (2) Ambiente, Kinross-Aurelian Gold Corporation, Ecuador 4:30pm: S17-9 Vegetation and flora of the Campos Rupestres in Extra-Amazonian Brazil Ruy J.V. Alves 1, Nlber Gonalves da Silva 2, Dbora Medeiros 1,
(1) Botany, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2) Botnica, Museu Joo Alves de Oliveira 3

tropical gentians Lena Struwe 1, Kate B. Lepis 2, M. Fernanda Cali 3 (1) Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources, Rutgers University, (2) Biology, Monmouth University, (3) Botany, University of So Paulo, Brazil 5:10pm: S17-11 Diversification in white-sand vegetation in tropical South AmericaThe case of Pagamea (Rubiaceae) Alberto Vicentini , CDAm, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia (INPA), Brazil

4:50pm: S17-10 White-sand areas as ancestral habitats in Amazonia: Evidence from phylogenetics of

Nacional, Brazil, (3) Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Heterogeneity in Tropical Agroecological Landscapes and Its Influence of Ecosystem ServicesPart 2

Moderator and Organizer: Kristoffer Hylander , Stockholm University 4:10pm: 4:15pm: S18-1 Introductory Remarks

Insect-plant interactions in heterogeneous agricultural landscapes Peter A. Hambck , Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden 4:30pm: S18-2 Interactive effects among ecosystem services and management practices on crop production: Pollination in coffee agroforestry systems

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Jaboury Ghazoul , Dept. of Environment Systems Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland 4:45pm: S18-3 Pollinators of coffee in Ethiopia, Coffea arabicas native range Ulrika Samnegrd , Stockholm University, Sweden 5pm: S18-4 Functional responses of bee communities to local management and landscape structure in pigeon pea cropping system in Kenya Mark Otieno, University of Reading, United Kingdom 5:15pm: S18-5 Hunting and bushmeat consumption in post-frontier landscapes in eastern Amazonia: The importance of large-scale environmental driver
Patricia Torres1, Carla Morsello2, Luke Parry3, Toby Alan Gardner 4, Jos Barlow 3, Joice Ferreira 5, Renata Pardini 6

(1) Department of Ecology, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (2) EACH, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (3) Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, (4) Cambridge University, United Kingdom, (5) Embrapa Amaznia Oriental, Brazil, (6) Zoology, University of So Paulo, Brazil 5:30pm: Discussion

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Bats and Hummingbirds As Pollinators: From Ecological Differences to Evolutionary Consequences

Moderator: Silvana Buzato , Universidade de So Paulo Organizers: Silvana Buzato, Universidade de So Paulo / Nathan Muchhala, University of Nebraska / Luciano E. Lopes, Universidade Federal de So Carlos 4:10pm: 4:15pm: S19-1

The role played by cognition in hummingbird pollination

Introductory Remarks

(1) School of Biology, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom, (2) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Canada 4:30pm: S19-2 Fur versus feathers: Pollen delivery by bats and hummingbirds and their consequences for floral evolution (1) School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, (2) University of Toronto, Canada 4:45pm: S19-3 Does variation in seed production from vertebrate pollinators affect the population dynamics of a tropical tree? Luciano E. Lopes 1, C. Jessica E. Metcalf 2, Carol C. Horvitz 3, Silvana (1) Departamento de Ciencias Ambientais, Universidade Federal de So Carlos, Brazil, (2) Department of Zoology, Oxford University, United Kingdom, (3) Department of Biology, University of Miami, (4) Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil 5pm: S19-4 What is the role of different pollinators in promoting gene flow among populations of hybridizing bromeliads adapted to neotropical inselbergs? Clarisse Palma-Silva , Ecology, UNESP-Rio Claro, Brazil 5:15pm: S19-5 Birds, bats, and plants: Historical contingencies in the evolution of vertebrate pollination Theodore H. Fleming , Biology, University of Miami 5:30pm: Discussion
Buzato 4 Nathan Muchhala 1, James D. Thomson 2

Susan D. Healy 1, T. Andrew Hurly 2

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P2a

Conservation BiologyHuman Impacts On Animal Communities

5:40pm: P2a-1

Variable density responses of primate communities to hunting pressure in a western Amazonian river basin Cooper Rosin and Varun Swamy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University P2a-2 The effectiveness of the probuc program for analyzing hunting pressure in the Uacari Sustainable Use Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil
Klebson Demelas Maurcio 1, Glenn Shepard Havard Jr 2, Carlos
(1) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Antropologia, Museu

Eduardo Marinelli 3

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Emilio Goeldi, Brazil, (3) Ecologia, Universidade de Braslia, Brazil Land conflicts in the state park south of Rio Negro sector

Elizabethe Ferreira Cunha 1, Rita Mesquita 1, Rogrio Fonseca 2

P2a-4

(1) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) UFAM, Brazil

Distribution of a community of mammals in relation to roads and other human disturbances in Gabon (central Africa)
Hadrien Vanthomme, Joseph M. Kolowski, Lisa Korte and Alfonso

P2a-5

Conservation Biology Institute Activity budgets of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica: The influence of age and sex, ecology and human presence Gina L. Depper, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University

Alonso , Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian

5:40pm C-South Lobby

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Invasive Species
Understory above ground factors mediate the suppression of an invasive grass in tropical reforestation Justin Cummings , Ingrid Parker and Gregory S. Gilbert ,University of California Santa Cruz P2b-2 Susceptibility to invasion by a clonal invasive species in a coastal ecosystem
Cristiana Barbosa1, Tnia Tarabini Castelani1, Michele de S Dechoum2
(1) Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina,

5:40pm: P2b-1

Brazil, (2) Instituto Horus de Desenvolvimento e Conservao Ambiental, Brazil P2b-3 Measures of functional diversity across an invasion gradient in Hawaiian lowland wet forests
Laura Warman 1, Rebecca Ostertag 2 and Susan Cordell 3
(1) Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, (2) Department of

P2b-4

Biology, University Hawaii at Hilo, (3) USDA Forest Service Documenting invasive flora and fauna in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Summer J. Arrigo-Nelson 1, Mark C. Tebbitt1, Kaitlin E. Enck 1, David Drescher 1, Brian D. Gerber 2
(1) Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, California University

of Pennsylvania, (2) Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University P2b-5 Influence of shade tolerant invasive shrub, Ardisia crenata on oak seedling regenera tion in mesic forest in Florida
Gerardo Celis 1, Kaoru Kitajima 2

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(1) School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Florida, (2) Biology,

University of Florida

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2c

Evolutionary Biology
5:40pm: P2c-1

Affinities of the Magdalena Valley flora: Understanding the effects of Andean uplift on neotropical plant distribution

Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia P2c-2 Pollen source vs flower type effect on progeny performance and seed predation in a cleistogamous herb
Miguel Angel Mungua-Rosas 1, Mara Jos Campos-Navarrete 2,
(1) Ecologa Humana, CINVESTAV, Mxico, (2) Ecologa Tropical, UADY, Mxico

Ana M. Aldana , Francisco Henao-Diaz and Pablo R. Stevenson,

Vctor Prospero Parra-Tabla 2

P2c-3 Mating success and energetic condition effects driven by terminal investment in a short-lived insect
Daniel M Gonzlez-Tokman and Alejandro Crdoba-Aguilar,

Ecologa Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico P2c-4 When red is missing: Survival and physiological costs of lacking a fighting ability signal in a damselfly Isaac Gonzlez Santoyo , Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico P2c-5 Patterns and processes in complex landscapes: Testing alternative biogeographic hypotheses through integrated analysis of phylogeography and community ecology in Hawaii
(1) University of Hawaii at Hilo, (2) Environmental Studies, University of California

Jonathan Eldon 1,2, Jonathan Price 1, Karl Magnacca 1, Donald Price 1

at Santa Cruz Relative fitness of selfing plants in variable pollination environments Judy Stone , Emily VanWyk and Jennifer Hale , Biology, Colby College P2c-7 Biogeography and evolution of Bignonia L (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) Alexandre Rizzo Zuntini and Lucia G. Lohmann , Botany, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil P2c-8 Local adaptation of a tropical herbaceous in a fragmented rain forest Pilar Surez Montes and Juan Nez-Farfn, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM), Mxico P2c-9 Spatial diversification of Sinningia allagophylla (Gesneriaceae): Variation of floral traits and the importance of pollinators
Joice Iamara-Nogueira 1, Alain Chautems 2, Silvana Buzato 1

P2c-6

& Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland P2c-10 Species boundaries within stink bugs: The Obstinata group, genus Chinavia (Insecta, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) Departament of Biological Sciences, Federal University of So Paulo, Brazil P2c-11 The adaptative accuracy of pollination in two species of Ipomoea
Eugenia Senties-Aguilar 1, Mauricio Quesada 1, Silvana Marten Rodriguez 2 Bruno Celso Genevcius and Cristiano Feldens Schwertner,

(1) Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Conservatoire

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(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de

Mxico, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Ecologia, AC, Mxico P2c-12 Phylogeography and conservation of Bombus morio (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Elaine Franoso and Maria Cristina Arias, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2d

Community Phylogenetics
5:40pm: P2d-1

Community and phylogenetic structure of tree species in a cloud Araucaria forest fragment in southern Brazil

Pedro Higuchi 1, Ana Carolina da Silva 1, Marcos Eduardo Guerra Sobral 2, Marcelo Negrini 1, Fernando Buzzi-Junior 1, Marco Antonio Bento 1, Andr Leonardo da Silva 1, Amanda Koche Marcon 1, Tiago de Souza Ferreira 1, Bruna Salami 1
(1) Forestry, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil, (2) Cincias Naturais, UFSJ,

Brazil P2d-3 Phylogenetic structure and ecological filtering of climbing functional groups in a Brazilian subtropical forest
Jaqueline Durigon 1, Rodrigo S. Rios 2, Slvia T.S. Miotto 1

(2) Departamendo de Biologa, Universidad de La Serena, Chile P2d-4 Neotropical forest succession: Structural, functional and phylogenetic composition of secondary forests in the San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor, Costa Rica Ricardo J. Santiago-Garca 1,2, Bryan Finegan 1, Stephen S. Mulkey 2,3, Produccin y Conservacin en Bosques, Centro Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza, Costa Rica, (2) Environmental Science, University of Idaho, (3) Unity College
(1)

(1) Departamento de Botnica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,

Nilsa A. Bosque Prez 2

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2e

Arthropod Ecology and Behavior

5:40pm: P2e-1

Interaction between ants and non-myrmecochorous fleshy fruits in the brazilian Atlantic forest: A comparison between continuous and fragmented forests

Ana Gabriela Delgado Bieber 1, Paulo Svio Damsio da Silva 2, Fernando Fernndez 3, Paulo Sergio Oliveira 1
(1)

Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, (2) Departamento de Estudos Bsicos e Instrumentais, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brazil, (3) Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia P2e-2 Swimming behavior in tropical ants

Dana N. Frederick 1, Steve Yanoviak 2

(1)

Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, (2) Biology, University of Louisville P2e-3 Ants moderate its investment in forage in response to quantity and availability of food resource

Fabola Keesen 1, Giselle Martins Loureno 1, Roberth Fagundes 2, Srvio Pontes Ribeiro 1, Everaldo Arashiro 1

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(1)

Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto - UFOP , Brazil, (2) Programa de Ps Graduao em Ecologia e Conservao de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Uberlndia, Brazil Sex roles in foraging comparison between Nymphalidae species in a seasonally dry tropical forest in central Mxico

Grgory Michal Charre 1, Marcela Osorio-Beristain 2, Luc Legal 3, Nstor Mariano Bonigo 2
(1) Ecologa Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Biolgicas, UAEM, Mxico, (2) Ecologa

Evolutiva, Centro de Investigacin en Biodiversidad y Conservacin UAEM, Mxico, (3) ECOLAB, Universit Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 3, France P2e-5 Leaf-cutting ants alter seedling assemblages across second-growth stands of Brazilian Atlantic forest

Paulo Svio Damsio da Silva 1, Inara Leal 2, Rainer Wirth 3, Felipe P.L.
(1) Departamento de Estudos Bsicos e Instrumentais, Universidade Estadual do

Melo 2, Marcelo Tabarelli 2

Sudoeste da Bahia, Brazil, (2) Departamento de Botnica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (3) Universitt Kaiserslautern, Germany P2e-6 Nutrient preferences differ among neotropical butterflies of different sexes and feeding guilds Alison Ravenscraft and Carol Boggs , Stanford University P2e-7 The benefit of being a social butterfly: communal roosting deters predation Susan D. Finkbeiner , Adriana Briscoe and Robert D. Reed , University of California, Irvine P2e-8 Azteca-Cecropia interaction: Ants presence could influence the production of Mllerian bodies in cecropia glaziovii sneth?
Karla Nunes Oliveira 1, Rodrigo Silva Jesus 1, Ayhama Boniolo 1, Francisko de Moraes Rezende 1, Ricardo Ildefonso Campos 1,
(1) Universidade Federal de Viosa, Brazil, (2) Universidade Estadual de Montes

Mario Marcos Esprito-Santo 2

Claros, Brazil

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2f

Plant-Herbivore Interactions
5:40pm: P2f-1 The role of age and gender in the architecture of howler monkeys-plant networks in Lacandonian rainforest
Ana P. Martnez-Falcn1, Ana M. Gonzlez-Di Pierro2, Rafael Lombera Estrada 3, Julieta Benitez Malvido 1

P2f-2

(1) Universidad Autnoma Nacional de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Universidad Intercul-

tural de Chiapas, Mxico, (3) Marqus de Comillas, Mxico Vegetation structure determines the diversity of insect herbivores associated to the canopy of tropical dry forests

Camila R.O. Leal 1, Leandro Sousa-Souto 2, Frederico Siqueira Neves 1

(1)

P2f-3

Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (2) Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil Florivory on the floral buds and its effect on floral display in Chamaecrista chamaecristoides in a Mexican dune system

Dulce Rodrguez-Morales , Armando Aguirre-Jaimes and Jos G.

Mxico

Garca-Franco , Red de Interacciones Multitrficas, Instituto de Ecologa AC,

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Plant-animal antagonistic interactions in fragmented habitats: A meta-analysis

Mariana Chvez-Pesqueira 1, Pilar Surez Montes 2, Juan Nez- Farfn 1, Ramiro Aguilar 2
(1)

P2f-5

Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) CONICET, Universidad Nacioal de Crdoba, Argentina Canopy herbivory and succession in a Brazilian tropical dry forest

Milton Barbosa Jr 1, Frederico Siqueira Neves 2, G. Wilson Fernandes 2, Pablo Cuevas-Reyes 3, Andr Quintino 2, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 4
(1)

P2f-6

Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Brazil, (2) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (3) Facultad de Biologa, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicols de Hidalgo, Mxico, (4) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada Plant-seed predator interactions in a species-rich tropical plant community

Sofia Gripenberg 1, Indira Simn 2, D. Catalina Fernandez 2, Osvaldo

(1) University of Turku, Finland, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,

Caldern 2, Yves Basset 2, Owen Lewis 3, S. Joseph Wright 2

Panama, (3) Oxford University, England P2f-7 Sap-sucking herbivore species distribution along a pertubation gradient of tropical montane forest: Upper canopy fauna

Giselle Martins Loureno 1, Nbia Ribeiro Campos 1, Brbara Carvalho Barbosa 2, Carlos Augusto Corra 1, Frederico Siqueira
(1) Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto - UFOP, Brazil, (2) Universidade Federal de

Neves 2, Renata Bernardes Faria Campos 1, Srvio Pontes Ribeiro 1

Minas Gerais - UFMG, Brazil

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2g

Community Ecology 2
5:40pm: P2g-1 Recovery of species diversity and reproductive trait diversity along a successional chronosequence Mannette Sandor and Robin L. Chazdon , Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut P2g-2 Recovery of macroinvertebrate communities and their influence on litter decomposition during tropical forest succession Rebecca J. Cole , Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder P2g-3 Plant functional diversity of dry tropical forests on serpentine and volcanic soils of Santa Elena Peninsula, Costa Rica Catherine Hulshof and Susan Harrison , Environmental Science and Policy, University of California - Davis P2g-4 Are environmental variables sound predictors of plant species richness at a regional scale?
Lauro Lopez-Mata 1, Jose Luis Villaseor 2, Gustavo Cruz-Cardenas 3, Enrique Ortiz 2, Carlos Ortiz-Solorio 3
(1) Botanica, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Biologia,

Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) Edafologia, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mxico

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The effects of topography on gap distribution in a tropical moist forest, Brazil

Cora J. Caron 1, Marcos A.S. Scaranello 1, Flavio Antonio Maes dos

Plant Biology, UNICAMP, Brazil, (2) NPD Jardim Botnico, IAC, Brazil P2g-6 Population structure of two old growth forest dioecious trees in southwestern, Costa Rica
(1)

Santos 1, Luciana F. Alves 2

Pablo Riba 1,2,3, Jorge Arturo Lobo 2, Juan Moreira-Hernandez 1,2, Eric Fuchs 2
(1) Proyecto Carey, Costa Rica, (2) Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica,

(3) Institute for Tropical Field Studies, Costa Rica P2g-7 Biomass estimation and spatial distribution analysis of epiphytes on emergent and canopy trees using three-dimensional mapping technique in a tropical montane forest, northern Thailand
Akira Nakanishi1, Witchaphart Sungpalee2, Kriangsak Sri-ngernyuang2,
(1) Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan, (2) Maejo University,

Mamoru Kanzaki1

Thailand P2g-8 Measuring the effects of hurricanes on tropical forest dynamics in Puerto Rico

Christopher J. Nytch 1, Jess K. Zimmerman 1, Jill Thompson 2, Maria Uriarte 3, James Aaron Hogan 1
(1) Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico - Ro Piedras, (2) Centre for

Ecology & Hydrology - Edinburgh, Scotland, (3) Ecology, Evolution, Environmental Biology, Columbia University P2g-9 Description, modeling and prediction of tropical dry forest secondary succession with a five-year resolution
Isabel Eunice Romero Prez1, Jorge A. Meave1, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos2, Eduardo Alberto Prez-Garca1, Frans Bongers3
(1) Ecologa y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico,

Mxico, (2) Forest Ecology Lab, University of Minnesota, (3) Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Netherlands P2g-10 A keystone resource found in the branches of a dry forest tree Steven Alexander Sloan , Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico P2g-11 Ecosystemic analysis for three forest covers of the mid-elevation mountains of Ro Macho in central Costa Rica
Oscar Ramrez-Aln, Roberto A. Cordero S. and Tania Bermdez Rojas

Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2h

Biogeography
5:40pm: P2h-1 Seed bank dynamic model for alien plant spread: An approach using based cellular automata model
Iara Lemos Nascimento Rosso 1, Larissa Paulo Silva 1, Allbens Picardi
(1) Departamento de Cincia e Tecnologia Ambiental, CEFET-MG, Brazil,

Faria Atman 2, Andra Rodrigues Marques Guimares 1

(2) Departamento de Fsica e Matemtica, CEFET-MG, Brazil P2h-2 Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (DC) Rchb (Passifloraceae) in Brazil: Patterns of geographic distribution
Baumgratz 2

Michaele Alvim Milward-de-Azevedo 1, Jos Fernando Andrade

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P2h-3

(1) Cincias Administrativas e do Ambiente, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio

de Janeiro/Instituto Trs Rios, Brazil, (2) Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botnico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Biogeographic structure of Cattleya liliputana (Orchidaceae): Implications for evolution and conservation of outcrop vegetation of the Iron Quadrangle, Brazil

Bruno Leles , Ludmila Hufnagel, Phillip Russo, Maria Bernardete Lovato, Joo A.N. Batista

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2i

Mangrove Ecosystem Ecology and Conservation

Site fidelity and homing behavior of Anableps anableps in a North Brazilian mangrove revealed by radio-frequency identification and visual censuses Marianna Audfroid , Fisheries Biology, Center for Marine Tropical Ecology, Germany P2i-2 Carbon sequestration services in mangrove forests managed by local communities for conservation and selective wood extraction on Mexicos Pacific coast Paola Fajardo , Geography, McGill University, Canada P2i-3 The role of mangrove and algae derived carbon in the diet of fish in an arid environment (Persian Gulf )
(1) Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany (2) Institute of

5:40pm: P2i-1

Maryam Shahraki 1, Tim Rixen 1, Uwe Krumme 2, Ulrich Saint Paul 1

Baltic Sea Fisheries (TI-OF), Germany Destruction and regeneration dynamics within the mangrove forests on the Bay Island of Guanaja (Honduras) initiated by Hurricane Mitch (October 1998) Thomas Fickert , Phyical Geography, University of Passau, Germany P2i-5 Landscape effect on population structure (genetic and phenotypic), in an endemic mangrove warbler subspecies (Setophaga petechia xanthotera) in Costa Rica T ania Chavarria Pizarro , Biology, University of Florida P2i-6 Mapping mangrove species composition with rapideye satellites images: How far can we go?
Rubn E. Venegas Li 1, Lucia Morales Barquero 2, Damian Martinez
(1) Fundacion Keto, Costa Rica, (2) Universitt Gttingen, Germany,

P2i-4

Fernandez 3

(3) PNUDSINAC-GEF, Consolidacin de reas Marinas Protegidas, Costa Rica

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P2j

Education & Outreach

5:40pm: P2j-1

Growing up with a tropical field station: La Selva, Costa Rica

Steven Oberbauer 1, Victor Chavarria 2

(1) Biological Sciences, Florida International University, (2) Puerto Viejo de

P2j-2

Sarapiqui, Costa Rica Ecology students investigate the vulnerability of tropical live oaks to drought in Guanacaste Costa Rica

Marileth de los Angeles Leiton Briceo1, Jeannine Cavender-Bares 2

(2) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota P2j-3 The OTS and marine science in Costa Rica Jorge Corts , Centro de Investigacin en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologa (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 93

(1) Direccin de Asuntos estudiantiles, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica,

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8am C-La Paz C (East)

O23

Functional Traits of Plants

8am: O23-1

Intraspecific variability in leaf functional traits is associated with the ecological breadth of tropical trees

(1) Integrative Biology, University of California-Berkeley, (2) Ecology & Evolu tionary Biology, University of Connecticut 8:15am: O23-2 Do community functional properties predict biomass and productivity of tropical forests?
Lourens Poorter1,2, Marielos Pena Claros1,2, Alexandre de Oliveira3, Alfredo Alarcon 1, Geovana Carreno-Rocabado 1,2, Fernando Casanoves 4, Leda Lorenzo 3, Beatriz Salgado-Negret 4, Fernando Fernndez 5, Marcel Vaz 3, Bryan Finegan 4

Dori L. Contreras 1, Vanessa Boukili 2, Robin L. Chazdon 2

(1) Instituto Boliviano de Investigacin Forestal (IBIF), Bolivia, (2) Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (3) Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil, (4) CATIE, Costa Rica, (5) Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia 8:30am: O23-3 Rarity and functional diversity: Do rare tree species occupy the periphery of trait space? Maria Natalia Umaa and Nathan G. Swenson, Michigan State University 8:45am: O23-4 Differences in leaf functional traits between evergreen and deciduous trees in an Asian tropical dry karst forest
Peili Fu1, Jiao-Lin Zhang1, Yanjuan Jiang1, Shidan Zhu2, Kunfang Cao 1

(1) Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (2) South China Botanical Garden (CAS), China 9am: O23-5 Multiple effects of functional trait variation on successional forest dynamics

(1) Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, (2) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut 9:15am: O23-6 Associations of functional traits with growth and mortality across 43 co-occurring tree species in a Taiwanese subtropical rainforest (1) Michigan State University, (2) Hokkaido University, Japan, (3) National DongHwa University, Taiwan 9:30am: O23-7 Functional traits are weak predictors of tree sapling growth worldwide C.E. Timothy Paine 1, Harald Auge 2, Christopher Baraloto 3, Sabine
Both 4, Nils Bourland 5, Helge Bruelheide 4, Roland De Gouvenain 6, Susan Doust 7, Paul VA Fine 8, Claire Fortunel 3, Josephine Haase 9, Karen D. Holl 10, Herv Jactel 3, Xuefei Li 11, Kaoru Kitajima 12, Christian Messier 13, Alain Paquette 11, Christopher Philipson 11, Daniel Piotto 14, Lourens Poorter 15, Juan Posada 16, Catherine Potvin 17, Maria-Carmen del Ruiz 19, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen 10, Campbell Webb 18, Rakan A. Zahawi 19, Andy Hector 11 Yoshiko Iida1,2, Takashi S. Kohyama2, Nathan G. Swenson1, I-fang Sun3

Jesse R. Lasky 1, Maria Uriarte 1, Vanessa Boukili 2, Robin L. Chazdon 2

(1) University of Stirling, United Kingdom, (2) Helmholtz-Centre for Environ mental Research UFZ, Germany, (3) INRA, UMR EcoFoG, French Guiana, (4) Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Germany, (5) University of Liege, Belgium, (6) Rhode Island College, (7) Australian Antarctic Division, Australia, (8) University of California, Berkeley, (9) University of Freiburg, Germany, (10) University of California Santa Cruz, (11) University of Zurich,

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Switzerland, (12) University of Florida, (13) Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada, (14) Yale University, (15) Instituto Boliviano de Investigacin Forestal, Bolivia, (16) Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, (17) McGill University, Canada, (18) Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, (19) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica 9:45am: O23-8 Patterns of plant functional traits in successional forests of Atlantic forest Katia Janaina Zanini, Valrio De Patta Pillar and Sandra Cristina Mller, PPG Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil

8am C-La Paz C (West)

O24

Conservation BiologyCorridors & Invasives

8am: O24-1 Contrasting ecological attributes of native and novel ecosystems in the Galapagos Gonzalo F. Rivas-Torres1, Bette Loiselle1, Luke Flory2, Danny Rueda3 (1) Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, (2) Agronomy Department, University of Florida, (3) Land Ecosystems, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador 8:15am: O24-2 Do biological corridor networks work for giant damselflies? Emily Khazan , Biology, University of Oklahoma 8:30am: O24-3 Movement of mud crabs in and between protected and non-protected areas in an en closed embayment in south-east Australia Hilke Alberts-Hubatsch 1, Inga Nordhaus1, Karen Diele 2, Jan-Olaf
(1) Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany, (2) Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, (3) Australian Rivers Institute (ARI), Griffith University, Australia 8:45am: O24-4 Degradation of an urban fragment of Atlantic forest after 12 years of biological invasion Vania Regina Pivello 1, Julia Trommer Vaz 1, Mariana Chaubet 1, Ana Luisa Mengardo1, Talita Zupo2, Felipe Barata Russo1, Ricardo Dislich3, (1) Ecology, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Botany, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, (3) Ministrio do Planejamento, Oramento e Gesto, Brazil, (4) Superintendency of Environmental Management, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil 9am: O24-5 Plant invasions in Mexico: Nation-wide patterns and prioritization of actions Karina Boege , Csar A. Domnguez, Juan Fornoni, Alfonso Valiente, Francisco Molina, Luis Bojorquez and Alma Orozco, Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 9:15am: O24-6 Multi-decadal declines in tree density and species richness as alien plants invade a tropical islands protected wet forests F.B. Vincent Florens 1,2, Claudia Baider 3, Genevive M.N. Martin 1, Nooshruth B. Seegoolam 1, Zeyn Zmanay 1, Dominique Strasberg 2 (1) Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, (2) UMR Sandra Lieberg 1, Welington Bras DelittiA Meynecke 3, Shing Yip Lee 3, Matthias Wolff 1

9:30am: O24-7

PVBMT, Universit de La Runion, Reunion, (3) Agricultural Services, The Mauritius Herbarium, Mauritius Impact of invasive alien plants on native tree ferns of a tropical wet forest and implications for conservation

Bettina Thormann 1, Claudia Baider 2, Pierre L. Ibisch 1, F.B. Vincent Florens 3

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(1) Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany, (2) Agricultural Services, The Mauritius Herbarium, Mauritius, (3) Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Mauritius 9:45am: O24-8 Surrounded but not defeated: Galapagos native and endemic ant communities are threatened by their invasive congeners
Nina Wauters 1,2, Wouter Dekoninck 2, Denis Fournier 1 (1) Biological Evolution and Ecology, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium,

(2) Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium

10:20am C-La Paz B (East)

O25

Fungi and Microbes: Their Role in Community and Ecosystem Processes

Do foliar bacteria and resource supply impact tree seedling performance? Results from a long-term fertility experiment in a tropical forest in Panama Eric Griffin 1, Brian Traw1, S. Joseph Wright2, Walter P. Carson1 (1) University of Pittsburgh, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 10:35am: O25-2 Plant - soil feedback mediated by different soil biota in savannah tree species in Tanzania Gemma Rutten and Markus Fischer, Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland 10:50am: O25-3 Host-specific effects of mutualistic and antagonistic soil microbes from agricultural and natural habitats
10:20am: O25-1

(1) Biology, University of Florida, (2) Biologa de la Conservacin, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Caf, Cenicaf, Colombia, (3) Washington University in St. Louis, (4) Plant Pathology, University of Florida 11:05am: O25-4 Tropical forests as reservoirs of natural enemies against plant pests and diseases Priscila Chaverri , Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland 11:20am: O25-5 The relative importance of litter quality and soil fauna diversity on nitrogen mineral ization in a tropical forest of southwestern China: Experimental evidence Xiaodong Yang , Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 11:35am: O25-6 Fungal diversity and distribution in relation to plant cover in a tropical rain forest
Lucie Zinger1, Heidy Schimann 2, Aurlie Bonin3, Jerome Chave1, Eric Coissac 3, Ludovic Gielly3, Amaia Iribar-Pelozuelo1, Audrey Sagne2, Melanie Roy1, Pierre Taberlet3

Camila Pizano 1,2, Kaoru Kitajima1, Scott A. Mangan3, James Graham4

(1) EDB UMR CNRS-UPS 5174, France, (2) INRA UMR EcoFoG, Kourou, French Guiana, (3) LECA UMR CNRS/UJF 5553, France 11:50am: O25-7 Effects of forest disturbance on myxomycete community composition in various above ground microhabitats at the La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica Laura M. Walker , Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas

10:20am C-La Paz C (East)

O26

Populations in Time and Space

10:20am: O26-1 Consequences of seed dispersal for spatial patterns of adaptive genetic variation in a tropical tree Stephanie Steele and Victoria L. Sork, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

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10:35am: O26-2 Effect of partner identity and habitat on the population dynamics of Amazonian ant-plants

(1) University of Florida, (2) Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Brazil, (3) Florida State University, (4) Universidade Federal De Mato Grosso, Brazil 10:50am: O26-3 Piecing the fragmentation puzzle together using population structure and genetics of rainforest mammals Katrien An-Sofie Geurts , Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Australia 11:05am: O26-4 A new method for understanding how species traits interact with environmental filters to produce patterns of community composition
Andrew V. Michelson 1, Heath W. Garris2, Lisa E. Park1,3, Krystal Kohlman 1

Emilio Bruna 1, Heraldo Vasconcelos 2, Brian Inouye 3, Thiago Izzo 4

(1) Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, (2) Program in Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, (3) National Science Foundation 11:20am: O26-5 Poverty and wildlife consumption in Amazonias urbanized wilderness
Luke Parry 1, Jos Barlow2, Helosa Perreira3

(1) Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, (2) Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Brazil, (3) Ncleo de Estudos de Populao, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil 11:35am: O26-6 Spatial movement optimization in Amazonian Eciton burchellii army ants (1) Biology, St Lawrence University, (2) Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, (3) Mathematics, St Lawrence University, (4) Biology, Pennsylvania State University 11:50am: O26-7 Well-seasoned demography: The importance of intra-annual variation for populations of a tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) Kimberly M. Kellett and Richard P. Shefferson, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia 12:05pm: O26-8 The role of frequency-dependent factors in regulating clonal expansion and maintaining genetic diversity in clonal populations Eloisa Lasso 1,2, Marta I. Vargas-Timchenko1, Eldredge Bermingham1 (1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (2) Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Susan Kelli Willson1, Richard P. Sharp Jr2, Ivan Ramler3, Arunima Sen4

1:50pm C-La Paz B (West)

O27

Conservation Strategies
1:50pm: O27-1

Are protected areas effective? A water resource network analysis in the Yucatn Pennsula, Mxico

Georgina OFarrill 1, Kim Gauthier 2, Bronwyn Rayfield 3, Orjan Bodin 4, Sophie Calme 5,6, Raja Sengupta 3, Andrew Gonzalez 3

(1) University of Toronto, Canada, (2) Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, (3) McGill University, Canada, (4) Stockholm University, Sweden, (5) Universite De Sherbrooke, Canada, (6) El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico 2:05pm: O27-2 Community ecology: Local and traditional ecological knowledge and community based approaches to restoration Tenywa KASIIBA David , Environment, Byepa International Foundation, Uganda

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2:20pm: O27-3 Assessing ecological priorities and conservation opportunities in Los Santos, Panama: A methodology for spatially-explicit, socioecological forest conservation planning Michael L. Bauman , School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida 2:35pm: O27-4 Water sustainability in NW Costa Rica: The challenge of balancing the needs of natural and human systems under climate change
Carolina Murcia 1, Rafael Muoz-Carpena 2, Matteo Convertino 2, Andrea R. Albertin 2, Mahmood Sasa 1, Miguel Angel Campo-Bescos 2, Mark T. Brown 2, Peter R. Waylen 2 Greg A. Kiker2, Jane Southworth2, Wendy D. Graham2, Peter Frederick2,

(1) Organization for Tropical Studies, Colombia, (2) University of Florida 2:50pm: O27-5 Costa Ricas payments for environmental services program: A socioecological systems perspective Scott Hardy, Environmental Studies, McDaniel College 3:05pm: O27-6 Assessing potential ecosystem services to support tropical forest conservation strategies Silvio B. Ferraz 1, Katia M. Ferraz 1, Carla Cassiano 2, Daniela Luz 2, (1) ESALQ/Forest Sciences, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Forest Sciences Graduate Program, ESALQ, Brazil, (3) Applied Ecology Graduate Program, ESALQ, Brazil 3:20pm: O27-7 Examining the impacts of payments for environmental services on the conservation behavior of cattle owners in Esparza, Costa Rica Korey J. Force , Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida 3:35pm: O27-8 Establishing conservation corridors in the southwestern Amazon and tropical Andes Adrian Tejedor , Investigacin, Asociacion para la Conservacion de la Cuenca Amaznica, Peru
Paulo Guilherme Molin2, Ricardo Taniwaki3

1:50pm C-La Paz C (West)

O28

Evolutionary BiologySpeciation Mechanisms

1:50pm: O28-1

Evidences for inter-species hybridization and pollinator host shift as a mechanism for the codiversification of fig and fig wasps in sympatric fig taxa

(1) Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (2) Key Lab of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2:05pm O28-2 A multi-trait approach to address the systematic of tropical species: The case of Prevosts ground-sparrow Luis Sandoval and Daniel J. Mennill , Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Canada 2:20pm O28-3 Origin and diversification of the Golfo Dulce avifauna, the roles of ecological and geographic barriers Cesar Sanchez , Department of Biological Sciences, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 2:35pm O28-4 Diversification of the widespread African tree genus Milicia (Moraceae) at the inter specific and intraspecific levels Kasso Danou 1, Grgory Mahy 1, Jerome Duminil 2, Christopher W.
Dick 3, Jean-Louis Doucet 1, Armel Donkpgan 1, Michal Pluijgers 1, Brice Sinsin 4, Philippe Lejeune 1, Olivier J. Hardy 5

Jin Chen1, Gang Wang 2

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(1) University of Liege, Belgium, (2) Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, (3) University of Michigan, (4) University of Abomey Calavi, Benin, (5) Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 2:50pm O28-5 Leaf size in three generations of a dioecious tropical tree, Ocotea tenera (Lauraceae): Sexual dimorphism and changes with age
Nathaniel T. Wheelwright 1, Jordan P. Sinclair 2, Cris Hochwender 3, Fredric J. Janzen 4

(1) Bowdoin College, (2) Wayne State University, (3) University of Evansville, (4) Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University 3:05pm O28-6 Eavesdroppers and signal evolution: geographic heterogeneity in bat predation and het erospecific transfer of parasitism risk in tropical frogs Paula A. Trillo 1,2, Kim L. Hoke 3, Keri A. Athanas 3, Daniel H. Goldhill 4,
W. Chris Funk 3, Wouter Halfwerk1, Michael S. Caldwell1,5, Mallory Owens 2, Ximena E. Bernal 6, Rachel A. Page 1

(1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (2) Butler University, (3) Colorado State University, (4) Yale University, (5) University of Minnesota, (6) Texas Tech University 3:20pm O28-7 Evolutive diversification hypothesis in a Hypsiboas pulchellus group species (Hylidae) Luiz Ugioni and Joo Alexandrino , Biological Sciences, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 3:35pm O28-8 Environmental gradients as drivers of speciation in tropical trees Elizabeth Stacy , Jennifer B. Johansen, Tomoko Sakishima, Alicia M. Rhoades, Yohan Pillon and Donald Price, University of Hawaii Hilo

1:50pm C-Amricas BC

O29

Spatial Structure & Dynamics of Tropical Forest Trees 1

1:50pm: O29-1

Modeling the dynamics of tropical forests - State of the art and perspectives

Andreas Huth 1, Thorsten Wiegand 1, Martin Kazmierczak 1, Claudia Dislich 2, Sebastian Lehmann 1, Rico Fischer 1, Felix May 1

(1) Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany, (2) University of Gttingen, Germany 2:05pm: O29-2 Untangling determinism and stochasticity within local species neighborhoods across a tropical biodiversity gradient
Jonathan A Myers 1, J Sebastin Tello 2, Peter M. Jrgensen 3,

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami 4, Leslie Cayola-Prez 5, Maritza

(1) Washington University in St Louis, (2) Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, (3) Research Division, Missouri Botani cal Garden, (4) Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia, (5) Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Bolivia 2:20pm: O29-3 The relative importance of spatial processes and topography on structuring species assemblages in tropical forests
Ruwan Punchi-Manage 1, Thorsten Wiegand 2, Kerstin Wiegand 1, Stephan Getzin 2, IAUN Gunatilleke 3, CVS Gunatilleke 3

Cornejo-Meja 5, Alfredo F Fuentes-Claros 5, M. Isabel Loza-Rivera 5

(1) University of Gttingen, Germany, (2) Ecological Modeling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, (3) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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2:35pm: O29-4

Sensitivity of population growth rates of a tropical tree species to conspecific neighborhood competition at multiple life stages
Jeremy W. Lichstein 1

Trevor Caughlin 1, Jake Ferguson 1, Pieter Zuidema 2, Douglas Levey 3,

(1) Biology, University of Florida, (2) Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (3) National Science Foundation 2:50pm: O29-5 Non-linear density dependence reduces survival rates of common tree species in a species-rich tropical rain forest (1) Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (2) Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Malaysia, (3) Tohoku University, Japan 3:05pm: O29-6 Micro-elevational associations of tree species in a Papua New Guinea rain forest John B. Vincent and George D. Weiblen , Plant Biology, University of Minnesota 3:20pm: O29-7 Can a neutral model explain detailed spatial community patterns of large trees in tropical forests? Felix May , Thorsten Wiegand and Andreas Huth , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany 3:35pm: O29-8 Tests of neutral theory predictions for the Barro Colorado Island tree community informed by regional abundance data Annette M. Ostling , Cody Weinberger and Devin Riley , Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Masatoshi Katabuchi 1, Sylvester Tan 2, Tohru Nakashizuka 3

4:10pm C-La Paz A

O30

Systematics, Biogeography and Paleobiology

4:10pm: O30-1

Congruence between spatial structure of tree species and within-species diversity in Atlantic central Africa Gilles Dauby 1, Jerome Duminil 1, Guillaume Koffi 2, Tariq Stvart 1,3,4,
Olivier J. Hardy 1, Duncan W. Thomas 5, George B. Chuyong 6, David Ken fack 7, Bonaventure Sonk 8, Nicolas Barbier 9, Vincent Droissart 9, Pierre Ploton 9, Bruno Senterre 1

(1) Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, (2) Universit Nangui Abrogoua, Ivory Coast, (3) Africa and Madagascar Department, Missouri Botanical Garden, (4) National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium, (5) Oregon State University, (6) University of Buea, Cameroon, (7) Center for Tropical Forest Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, (8) Laboratoire de Botanique systmatique et dEcologie, Ecole Normale Suprieure de Yaound, University of Yaound, Cameroon, (9) AMAP , Institut de Recherche au Dveloppement, France 4:25pm: O30-2 The place of the Guiana shield in Neotropical biogeography Jerome Murienne , Universit Paul Sabatier, France 4:40pm: O30-3 How closely are Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae) patches linked to past human disturbances in South-Eastern Cameroon Nils Bourland 1, Franois Cerisier 1, Kasso Danou 1, Alexandre
Livingstone Smith 2, Wannes Hubau 2,3, Hans Beeckman 2, Yves Brostaux 1, Fousseni Richard Feteke 1,4, Julie Morin-Rivat 1,2, Jean Franois Gillet 1, Philippe Lejeune 1, Jean-Louis Doucet 1

(1) University of Liege, Belgium, (2) Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium, (3) Laboratory of Wood Technology, Ghent University, Belgium, (4) Pallisco SARL, Cameroon
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4:55pm: O30-4

Species niches and diversity along environmental gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem
David Schellenberger Costa 1, Andreas Hemp 2, Markus Fischer 3, Michael Kleyer 1

(1) Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Germany, (2) Plant Physiology, Universitat Bayreuth, Germany, (3) Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland 5:10pm: O30-5 Analyzing soil charcoal to assess the naturalness of tropical forest Julie Morin-Rivat 1, Anas Gorel 1, Kasso Danou 1, Jean-Franois
Gillet1, Nils Bourland1, Achille Biwol1, Adeline Fayolle1, Olivier J. Hardy 2, Alexandre Livingstone Smith 3, Jason Vleminckx 2, Jean Louis Doucet 1, Hans Beeckman 4

(1) University of Liege, Belgium, (2)Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, (3) Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium, (4) Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium 5:25pm: O30-6 Footprints in the forest: Paleoecological and archaeological evidence of prehistoric human-environment interactions at Las Cruces biological station, Costa Rica
(1) The University of Tennessee, (2) The University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (3) Northern Arizona University

Sally P. Horn 1, Maureen Snchez 2, Robert L. Sanford Jr 3

4:10pm C-La Paz B (West)

O31

Conservation Strategies 2
4:10pm: O31-1

Does species richness and rarity really matter for tropical plant conservation? Benjamin James Crain and Raymond Tremblay , Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico 4:25pm: O31-2 Setting practical conservation priorities for birds in Colombia and then implementing them Natalia Ocampo-Penuela and Stuart L. Pimm, Duke University 4:40pm: O31-3 Natural canopy bridges over a gas pipeline: A mitigation strategy for arboreal animals in Peru
Joseph M. Kolowski and Alfonso Alonso , Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 4:55pm: O31-4 Reducing threats through capacity building processes: The AAT conceptual framework for the assessment of impacts of capacity building in conservation Armando Valds-Velsquez1,2, Andrs Guhl3,4, Mara Cristina Lopez Gallego 3,5, Leandro Castao Betancur 1 Tremaine Gregory , Farah Carrasco Rueda, Jessica L. Deichmann,

(1) Alianza Andes Tropicales, Peru, (2) Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru, (3) Alianza Andes Tropicales, Colombia, (4) Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, (5) Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia 5:10pm: O31-5 A red list assessment of the status of Central American reptiles
Bruce Young 1, Neil Cox 2

(1) NatureServe, (2) IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit 5:25pm: O31-6 Testing the keystone plant resources concept in a lowland western Amazonian forest (1) Department of Environmental Studies, Connecticut College, (2) Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Zoe Diaz-Martin 1, Varun Swamy 2

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4:10pm C-La Paz C (East)

O32

Tropical Biology: History and Education

Jay M. Savage: A history of his contributions to tropical herpetology and to the Organization for Tropical Studies Maureen Donnelly , Florida International University 4:25pm: O32-2 Launching sputnik and tropical biology: how external and internal factors have shaped the development of tropical biology Elizabeth Losos , Organization for Tropical Studies 4:40pm: O32-3 Encouraging native Americans and Pacific islanders in science careers requires good mentoring: Lessons learned from the OTS NAPIRE program
4:10pm: O32-1

(1) Avila University, (2) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (3) Noel Kempff Natural History Museum, Bolivia 4:55pm: O32-4 Strategies for NGO-academia partnerships: Collaboration with the rainforest alliance to protect tropical streams
Rebeca G. de Jesus-Crespo 1, Catherine M. Pringle 1, Deanna Newsom 2

Karin Rita Gastreich 1, Wendy Townsend 2,3

(1) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, (2) Evaluation and Research, Rainforest Alliance 5:10pm: O32-5 Eco-hydrology of a tropical montane forest, a REU site hosted by Texas A&M University in Costa Rica
Chris Houser , Anthony Cahill, Eugenio Gonzalez, Sarah Brooks, Oliver Frauenfeld, Gretchen Miller, Georgianne Moore, Anita Rapp, Washington-Allen, Kelly Brumbelow and Kelly Lemmons, Texas A&M University 5:25pm: O32-6 The role of environmental and animal-welfare non-governmental organizations in combatting illegal wildlife trade in Peru Elizabeth Frances Daut , Texas A&M University Brendan Roark, Gunnar Schade, Courtney Schumacher, Robert

4:10pm C-La Paz C (West)

O33

Community-Based Conservation & Resource Managements

Community-level partnerships as key conservation outcomes: Lessons from the Solomon Islands and British Columbia Michael S. Esbach , Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History 4:25pm: O33-2 Bottom-up participation centered on social assets: Working with communities living in and around protected areas in Peru
4:10pm: O33-1
Diana Alvira 1, Alaka Wali1, Galia Selaya1, Ana Rosa Saenz2

(1) The Field Museum, (2) Instituto del Bien Comun, Peru 4:40pm: O33-3 Community forests in rural NE Thailand: Values and potential

(1) James Cook University, Australia, (2) Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University, Thailand 4:55pm: O33-4 Understanding farmers: Using role playing games to explore futures of landscape management in the western Ghats (India)
Claude A. Garcia1, Jeremy Vende2, Nanaya M. Konerira3,4, Jenu Kalla3,4, Anne Dray4, Patrick O. Waeber 4, Maelle Delay4, Christophe Le Page5, Yenugula Raghuramulu6, Chepudira G. Kushalappa7, Philippe Vaast8

James M Moloney 1, Wassana Phanurak2, Nigel Chang1

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(1) ENV Programme, CIFOR, Indonesia, (2) AgroParisTech, France, (3) French Institute of Pondicherry, India, (4) ForDev, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (5) UPR GREEN, CIRAD, France, (6) Central Coffee Board, India, (7) Ponampet, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, (8) ICRAF, Kenya 5:10pm: O33-5 Walking the landscape of forest harvesting in Costa Rica, where the Bribri indigenous territory and La Amistad International Park meet Olivia Sylvester , Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada 5:25pm: O33-6 The role of the Ethiopian orthodox church in forest preservation in south Gondar, Ethiopia
Travis W. Reynolds 1, Alemayehu Wassie Eshete2, Sarah Holmes1, Margaret Lowman 3

(1) Colby College, (2) Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia, (3) NC State Museum of Natural Sciences

4:10pm C-Amricas BC

O34

Spatial Structure & Dynamics of Tropical Forest Trees 2

4:10pm: O34-1

Importance of spatial pattern and processes for coexistence in tropical forests

(1) Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, (2) Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany 4:25pm: O34-2 Dispersal limitation and environmental factors shape tree community structure across life stages at multiple scales in tropical forests Rajapandian Kanagaraj and Thorsten Wiegand, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH UFZ, Germany 4:40pm: O34-3 Stochastically driven adult-recruit associations of tree species on Barro Colorado Island Stephan Getzin and Thorsten Wiegand, Helmholtz Centre for Environ mental Research UFZ, Germany 4:55pm: O34-4 A phylogenetic perspective on the individual species-area relationship in temperate and tropical tree communities Luxiang Lin , Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 5:10pm: O34-5 The spatial structure of tropical trees: A spatial and phylogenetically explicit approach
da Silva Duarte3, Thorsten Wiegand4, Flavio Antonio Maes dos Santos5 (1) Cincias da Natureza, Matemtica e Educao, UFSCar, Brazil, (2) Programa de Ps-Graduao em Ecologia, UFRGS, Brazil, (3) Ecology, UFRGS, Brazil, (4) Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, (5) Plant Biology, UNICAMP, Brazil Valeria Forni Martins1, Guilherme Dubal dos Santos Seger2, Leandro

Thorsten Wiegand 1, Felix May2, Andreas Huth2

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8am C-La Paz A

S20

The Importance of Vertebrate Seed Dispersal for Species Diversity and Community Structure- Merging Case Studies With Theory
Moderator: Amy E. Dunham, Rice University Organizers: Haldre S Rogers and Onja Razafindratsima, Rice University / Clare Aslan , Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum S20-1 Introduction: Community-level impacts resulting from widespread loss of vertebrate frugivores Clare Aslan , Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 8:15am: S20-2 Roles of seed dispersers in structuring plant communities through directed seed dispersal Onja H. Razafindratsima and Amy E. Dunham, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University 8:30am: S20-3 How seed dispersal distances interact with natural enemy interaction scales to influence population spatial structure, population regulation, and diversity maintenance Helene Muller-Landau 1, Matteo Detto1, Frederick R. Adler2 (1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, (2) Biology, University of Utah 8:45am: S20-4 Density-independent dispersal benefits and strong impacts of weak density dependence: Exceptions or rules? Evan Fricke 1, Douglas Levey 2, Joshua J. Tewksbury 3, S. Joseph
(1) Department of Biology, University of Washington, (2) National Science Wright 4

8am:

Foundation, (3) Luc Hoffmann Institute - WWF, Switzerland, (4) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 9am: S20-5 Community effects of variation in strength of seed dispersal and seed predation relative to seed predator abundance Robert C. Klinger 1, Marcel Rejmanek 2 (1) Belize Foundation For Research & Environmental Education, (2) Evolution & Ecology, University of California, Davis 9:15am: S20-6 Comparative seed dispersal of a transatlantic tree genus by neo- and paleotropical vertebrate species Pierre Michel Forget 1, David Kenfack2, Alexandra Muellner-Riehl3 (1) Ecology and Gestion de la Biodiversit, Musum National dHistoire Naturelle, France, (2) Center for Tropical Forest Institution Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, (3) Institut fr Biologie, Molekulare Evolution und Systematik der Pflanzen, Universitt Leipzig, Germany 9:30am: S20-7 Patterns of zoochorous seed dispersal in restored tropical forest in Central America Karen D. Holl 1, J. Leighton Reid 1, Rakan A Zahawi 2, Roman Gomez 2,
(1) University of California Santa Cruz, (2) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (3) Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University 9:45am: S20-8 The effect of complete bird loss on species diversity and community structure in the forests of Guam Haldre S. Rogers 1, Joshua J. Tewksbury2, Janneke HilleRisLambers3 (1) Rice University, (2) Luc Hoffmann Institute - WWF, Switzerland, (3) University of Washington Chase D. Mendenhall 3

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8am C-La Paz B (East)

S21

Tropical Freshwater Wetlands in the Changing World; Horizon Scanning of Emerging Threats and Opportunities to Biodiversity Conservation
Moderator: Florian Wittmann, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Organizer: Pia Parolin, University of Hamburg 8am: S21-1

Modeling carbon accumulation dynamics in tropical peat swamp forests

Sofyan Kurnianto 1,2, Steve Frolking1, Matthew William Warren3, Kristell Hergoualch2, Julie Talbot1,4, Boone Kauffman5, Ruth Varner 1, Daniel Murdiyarso2,6

(1) University of New Hampshire, (2) Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia, (3) Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, (4) Universit de Montral, Canada, (5) Oregon State University, (6) Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia 8:15am: S21-2 Integrating water-use related impacts on wetland biodiversity into life cycle assessment Francesca Verones , Stephan Pfister and Stefanie Hellweg, Institute for Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 8:30am: S21-3 Brazilian wetland forests: Species richness and distribution patterns at local and regional scales
Florian Wittmann1, Marcia Marques2, Maria T.F. Piedade3, Wolfgang J. Junk 4, Pia Parolin 5, Ethan Householder 3

(1) Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany, (2) Federal University of Parana, Brazil, (3) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Brazil, (4) Instituto Nacional de Areas Umidas, Brazil, (5) Sophia Agrobiotech Institute, INRA, France 8:45am: S21-4 Do paleo-vrzea floodplains support distinct plant communities? A test based on tree assemblage composition
Rafael Leandro de Assis 1, Florian Wittmann2, Torbjorn Haugaasen1

(1) Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway, (2) Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany 9:00am: S21-5 Caribbean forested wetlands
Elsie Rivera Ocasio 1, Neftal Ros Lpez2, Amadou B3, Tamara Heartsill Scalley4

(1) University of Puerto Rico/Bayamon, (2) University of Puerto Rico/Humacao, (3) Universit Antilles-Guyane, Guadeloupe, (4) International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service 9:15am: S21-6 Impact on nitrous oxide emission of a leguminous Acacia crasssicarpa plantation on a peat swamp in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Ayaka Hayashi , Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan

8am C-La Paz B (West)

S22

Frontiers in Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Breeding System Evolution in the Tropics

Moderator: Lorena Ashworth, Universidad Nacional de Crdoba Organizer: Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico / Silvana Marten-Rodriguez, Instituto de Ecologia, AC

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S22-1 Natural selection on floral features in a co-evolved plant-hummingbird interaction in the Caribbean 8am:
W. John Kress 1, Ethan J. Temeles2

(1) Botany, Smithsonian Institution, (2) Amherst College 8:15am: S22-2 Reassessing the pollination mechanisms in the neotropical dioecious palm genus Chamaedorea Alfredo Cascante-Marin , Luis D. Ros and Eric Fuchs, Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 8:30am: S22-3 Pollination systems of woody trees in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest
Marcia Motta Maues 1, Marcelo Casimiro Cavalcante2, Andrea Silva Santos3, Fabrcio Silva Correa3

(1) Laboratrio de Entomologia, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Brazil, (2) Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Cear, Brazil, (3) Embrapa Amaznia Oriental (bolsista Funbio), Brazil 8:45am: S22-4 Reproductive assurance mechanisms in response to pollinator depauperate environments: Contrasting island and mainland systems (1) Instituto de Ecologia, AC, Mxico, (2) University of Maryland, College Park, (3) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 9am: S22-5 Floristic diversity, reproductive seasonal patterns and pollination in rupestrian fields
Patricia C. Morellato 1, Daniel W. Carstensen1, Nathalia M.B. Rocha1, Natalia C. Soares 1, Bruna C. Alberton1, G. Wilson Fernandes2 Silvana Marten-Rodriguez 1, Charles B. Fenster2, Mauricio Quesada3

(1) Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, (2) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 9:15am: S22-6 Plant-pollinator networks in natural and disturbed habitats in the tropics Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel and Mauricio Quesada, CIECO, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 9:30am: S22-8 Pollination syndromes revisited: Do floral traits predict effective pollinators?
Mauricio Quesada 1, Victor Rosas-Guerrero1, Ramiro Aguilar2, Silvana Marten-Rodriguez 3, Lorena Ashworth2, Jesus Bastida1, Martha Elena Lopezaraiza-Mikel1

(1) CIECO, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal -CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Crdoba, Argentina, (3) Instituto de Ecologia, AC, Mxico

8am C-Amricas BC

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Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Of Tropical Insects: Part 1

Moderator: James L.B. Mallet, Harvard University Organizers: John Longino, The University of Utah / Marcus Kronforst, University of Chicago / James L.B. Mallet, Harvard University / Donald H. Feener Jr, University

of Utah

8am: Introductory Remarks 8:15am: S23a-1 From Corcovado to Suriname: Conserving biodiversity with ecological data

Leeanne Alonso , Global Wildlife Conservation 8:30am: S23a-2 Host specificity in phorid parasitoids of ants: Its origins and consequences Donald H. Feener Jr , Biology, University of Utah

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8:45am: S23a-3 Developing a temporal framework for insect responses to seasonal variation in

Nigel E. Stork1, Vojtech Novotny2, Nico Bluthgen3, Roger L. Kitching1,

availability of resources and climate for tropical rainforests

(1) Environment, Griffith University, Australia, (2) University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, (3) Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, (4) James Cook University, Australia 9am: S23a-4 El Nio events, host plant growth, and migratory butterfly abundance in a neotropical wet forest
Robert Srygley 1,2, Evandro Gama Oliveira3, Robert Dudley4, Andre J. Riveros 2

Carl Wardhaugh4

(1) USDA-Agricultural Research Service, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Instituto de Cincias Biolgicas e Sade, Centro Universitrio Una Campus Guajajaras, Brazil, (4) University of California, Berkeley 9:15am: S23a-5 On the evolution of ant thermal performance: Clues from a Neotropical forest
Michael Kaspari 1,2, Natalie A. Clay1, Stephen Yanoviak3, Shai Revzen4, Adam Kay 5, Jane Lucas5

(1) Zoology, University of Oklahoma, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) University of Louisville, (4) University of Michigan, (5) University of St Thomas 9:30am: S23a-6 Systematics and biodiversity of Neotropical Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) Alma Solis , Systematic Entomology Lab, ARS, USDA 9:45am: S23a-7 Neotropical ants John Longino , Biology, The University of Utah

10:20am C-Amricas BC

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Ecology and Evolution of Neotropical Insects II: Butterfly Evolutionary Ecology

Moderator: Donald H. Feener Jr, University of Utah Organizers: Donald H. Feener Jr and John Longino, University of Utah / Marcus Kronforst, University of Chicago / James L.B. Mallet, Harvard University

Adaptive radiation and speciation of Heliconius butterflies in Colombia, thanks to Larry Gilbert Mauricio Linares , Universidad del Rosario, Colombia 10:35am: S23b-2 Integrating genomics into tropical biology: Testing Gilberts hypotheses Durrell D. Kapan , Entomology and Genomics, California Academy of Sciences 10:50am: S23b-3 Examining the link between mimicry and mate choice in tropical butterflies Marcus Kronforst , Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago 11:05am: S23b-4 Mate searching and recognition cues during pupal mating in Heliconius butterflies Catalina Estrada , Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 11:20am: S23b-5 Hybridization and evolution in Heliconius butterflies, and the Gilbert connection James L.B. Mallet , Harvard University 11:35am: S23b-6 Female behavior drives expression and evolution of gustatory receptors in butterflies Adriana Briscoe, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

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11:50am: S23b-7 Passion, pollen and poison: Innovation and diversification in Heliconius and its

interaction network Lawrence E. Gilbert Jr, Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin

10:20am C-La Paz A

S24

Trophic Downgrading in Tropical Forests and Its Biodiversity Implications

Moderator: Thomas W. Sherry, Tulane University Organizers: Nicole L. Michel and Thomas. W Sherry, Tulane University / Walter P. Carson, University

Trophic downgrading in tropical forests and its biodiversity implications: What do we know? Nicole L. Michel , Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University 10:35am: S24-2 Effects of mammal exclusion and hunting on seedling abundance of large-seeded tree species at La Selva Biological Station and surrounding areas (1) University of Connecticut, (2) Proyecto Naturaleza y Comunidad, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Privado Nogal, Costa Rica, (3) University of Pittsburgh 10:50am: S24-3 Positive and negative effects of terrestrial mammals interact to produce varying outcomes on seed and seedling survival in Costa Rican rain forests Erin K. Kuprewicz , Organization for Tropical Studies 11:05am: S24-4 Do fences make better neighbors? Vertebrate effects on litter arthropod biodiversity (1) Occidental College, (2) California State University Dominguez Hills, (3) University of Pittsburgh 11:20am: S24-5 Effects of terrestrial mammals on plant functional diversity in a Neotropical forest
Erin L. Kurten 1, S. Joseph Wright 2, Andres Hernandez 2, Walter P. Carson 3 Terrance McGlynn 1, Peter Tellez2, Michael J. Chips3 Robin L. Chazdon 1, Amanda L. Wendt1,2, Walter P. Carson3

10:20am: S24-1

(1) Stanford University, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) University of Pittsburgh 11:35am: S24-6 How unusual is the terrestrial mammal community of Barro Colorado Island? An assessment using camera traps (1) Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (2) Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 11:50am: S24-7 Dynamics of an intact 5-level trophic web: Complex food webs mitigate the impact of felids on lower trophic levels
Walter P. Carson 1, Ben T. Hirsch2,3, Daniel Martinez3, Erin L. Kurten4, Danielle D. Brown5 Patrick A Jansen 1,2, David Ross Oller1, Frank Van Langevelde1

(1)University of Pittsburgh, (2) Ohio State University, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (4) Stanford University, (5) Middle Tennessee State University 12:05pm: S24-8 Trophic downgrading: When elephants disappeared John W. Terborgh and Lisa C. Davenport, Duke University

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Mistletoe Ecology and Evolution

Moderator: David M. Watson, Charles Sturt University Organizers: David M. Watson, Charles Sturt University / Rodrigo F. Fadini, Universidade 10:20am: 10:25am: S25-1

Federal do Oeste do Par

Loranthaceae taxonomy guided by phylogeny Daniel Lee Nickrent , Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University 10:44am: S25-2 Phylogenetic relationships and host specificity on the endemic Caribbean mistletoes Dendropemon (Loranthaceae) Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz , Toms A. Carlo and Claude W. dePamphilis , Biology, Penn State University 11:03am: S25-3 The effects of mistletoe on occurrence of insectivorous birds: insights from a removal experiment David M. Watson , Environmental Science, Charles Sturt University, Australia 11:22am: S25-4 Mistletoe-host specificity can be mediated by seed predation caused by a wood borer insect (1) Instituto de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Par, Brazil, (2) Facultad de Ciencias, Grupo de Ecologa Terrestre, Universidad de Granada, Spain, (3) Instituto de Cincias da Educao, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Par, Brazil 11:41am: S25-5 Using the lattice-gas model as a tool for modelling the dispersal of parasitic plants
Fabiana Alves Mouro, Claudia Maria Jacobi , Jos Eugnio Crtes Figueira, Jlio Mansur Filho and Ronald Dickman, Universidade Federal Rodrigo F. Fadini 1, Ana M. Garca 2, Leidielly P. Ghizoni 3

Introductory Remarks

de Minas Gerais, Brazil Mistletoe specialist frugivores: Latterday Johnny Appleseeds or self-serving market gardeners?
12noon: S25-6
John Rawsthornei 1, David M. Watson 1

(1) Charles Sturt University, Australia, (2) Environmental Science, Charles Sturt University, Australia

10:20am C-La Paz C (West)

S26

Forest Peoples and Smallholder Forestry: Changing Market Integration, Livelihoods and Contributions to Smallholders to Mitigation and Adaptation
Moderator: Terry Sunderland, CIFOR Organizers: Terry Sunderland, Louis Putzel, Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and Bronwen PowelL, CIFOR / Sergio Ribero, Universidade Federal de Para 10:20am: S26-1 The landscape approach: Ten principles to apply at the nexus of agriculture, conservation and other competing land-uses Terry Sunderland , Forests and Livelihoods, CIFOR, Indonesia 10:35am: S26-2 The real and imagined role of non-timber forest products Lessons from the Congo Basin
Patrice Levang1, Guillaume Lescuyer2, Fidle Mba Assoumou3, Camille Dehu 4, Duplex Noumbissi 5, Raphal Kabura 6, Lucile Broussolle 7

(1) LIV , CIFOR /IRD, Cameroon, (2) CIFOR, Cameroon, (3) ENGREF Montpellier, Gabon, (4) ENGREF Montpellier, France, (5) Dschang University, Cameroon, (6) ENGREF Montpellier, Congo-Kinshasa, (7) SupAgro Montpellier, France

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Effects of market integration on agricultural biodiversity in a tropical frontier Darien, Panama

Kathryn R. Kirby 1, Domingo Diaz 2, Sarah E. Gergel 2
(2) University

(1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Canada, of British Columbia, Canada 11:05am: S26-4 Bushmeat out of forests: Sustainable wild-meat procurement in fallow lands in the Peruvian Amazon Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia 11:20am: S26-5 Market integration and the contribution of forests to peoples nutrition in Alto Solimes (Brasil) and Amazonas region (Colombia)

Nathalie van Vliet 1, Robert Nasi2, Cristina Adams3, Maria Paula Mesa Quiceno 4, Tamara Bonilla5, Juana Camacho6, Lorena Valencia5, Enio Mendona 7, Cristian Martins7, Michael de Oliveira8, Leady Tellez9

(1) University of Copenhagen, Denmark, (2) CIFOR, Indonesia, (3) University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, (4) independant, Colombia, (5) Universidad Nacional, Colombia, (6) Instituto Nacional de Antropologa, Colombia, (7) Universidad Federal do Amazonas, Brazil, (8) Universidad do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil, (9) Universidad de Colombia, Colombia 11:35am: S26-6 The new agrarian change? Exploring landscapes that integrate forest carbon and food security in Asia (1) UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, England, (2) Australian National University, Australia, (3) Forests and Livelihoods, CIFOR, Indonesia, (4) University of British Colombia, Canada 11:50am: S26-7 Market integration, purchased food use and nutrition in the East Usambara mountains: Lessons from PES programs (1) Forests and Livelihoods, CIFOR, Indonesia, (2) Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Canada, (3) Food Science & Technology, Sokoine University, Tanzania 12:05pm: S26-8 Poverty and wildlife consumption in Amazonias urbanized wilderness (1) Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, (2) Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Brazil, (3) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
LUKE PARRY 1, JOS BARLOW 2, HELOSA PERREIRA 3 Bronwen Powell1, Harriet V. Kuhnlein2, Timothy Johns2, John Msuya3 Chris Sandbrook1, Sarah Milne2, Lisa Hansen 3,4, Terry Sunderland3

1:50pm C-La Paz A

S27

Tropical Forests and Climate Change: Linking Models, Plots and Tree Ring Data
Moderator: Pieter Zuidema, Wageningen University Organizers: Pieter Zuidema, Wageningen University / Simon L. Lewis, University of Leeds 1:50pm: S27-1 Climate change in the tropics: What do we know? Richard Corlett, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2:05pm: S27-2 Inter-annual variation in leaf production and seed production S. Joseph Wright , Helene Muller-Landau and Matteo Detto, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

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Trait acclimation mitigates mortality risks of tropical canopy trees under global warming Frank Sterck and Pieter Zuidema , Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Netherlands 2:35pm: S27-4 What do 400 long-term forest inventory plots tell us about the changing ecology of tropical forests?
Simon L. Lewis 1,2, Oliver L. Phillips 1, Rainfor Consortium 3, Roel Brienen 1 and AfriTRON Consortium 4

2:20pm: S27-3

(1) University of Leeds, United Kingdom, (2) University College London, United Kingdom, (3) Network, Brazil, (4) Network, Congo-Kinshasa 2:50pm: S27-5 Simulating the future of tropical forests under climate change David Galbraith , University of Leeds, United Kingdom 3:05pm: S27-6 Centennial-scale growth trends in 14 tree species: A pantropical tree-ring study Peter Groenendijk , Mart Vlam, Peter van der Sleen, Frans Bongers and Pieter Zuidema, Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University, Netherlands 3:20pm: S27-7 Tropical forest responses to climate change: What long-term field studies can tell us Deborah A. Clark , University of Missouri 3:35pm: Discussion

1:50pm C-La Paz B (East)

S28

Tropical Fungi: A Cryptic Frontier in Tropical Biology

Moderator: Heather DAngelo, Columbia University Organizer: Krista L. McGuire, Columbia University 1:50pm: S28-1

Eat your heart out: Fungal decay of living tropical trees Gregory S. Gilbert 1,2, Javier Ballesteros 2, Majorie Cedeo 2, Mariam
Trejos 2, Brant Faircloth 3, Travis Glenn 4, Megan Saunders 1, Stephen P. Hubbell 2,3

(1) University of California Santa Cruz, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) University of California Los Angels (4) University of Georgia 2:05pm: S28-2 Diversity and host affinity of plant pathogenic fungi in a tropical seedling community (1) University of Arizona, (2) Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (3) Oxford University, England 2:20pm: S28-3 Diversity, distributions, and host affiliations of endophytes associated with tropical ferns (1) Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, (2) Plant Sciences, University of Arizona 2:35pm: S28-4 Belowground fungal communities and enzyme activities vary across seasons, but not between tree species Stephanie N. Kivlin and Christine V. Hawkes , University of Texas 2:50pm: S28-5 The role of tropical regions in biogeography of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis Leho Tedersoo, Sten Anslan and Sergei Plme , University of Tartu, Estonia 3:05pm: S28-6 Responses of soil fungi to logging and oil palm agriculture in Malaysian dipterocarp forest
Krista L. McGuire 1, Heather DAngelo 1, Patahayah Mansor 2, Francis Brearley 3, Nina Yang 4, Caitlyn Gillikin 1, Carling Bateman 1, Seren M. Gedallovich 1, Ben L. Turner 5, Su See Lee 2, Kabir Peay 6, Noah Fierer 7 Mariana Del Olmo-Ruiz 1,2, A. Elizabeth Arnold 2 Rachel Gallery 1, Robert Bagchi 2, Owen Lewis 3

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(1) Columbia University (2) Forest Research Institute, Malaysia, (3) Manchester Metropolitan University, England, (4) Barnard College, (5) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (6) Stanford University, (7) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder 3:20pm: S28-7 Variation in ectomycorrhizal community composition in montane forest along a soil nutrient gradient in a montane forest of western Panama
Adriana Corrales 1, Jim W. Dalling 1, A. Elizabeth Arnold 2, Krista L. McGuire 3,

(1) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2) Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, (3) Biology, Columbia University 3:35pm: Discussion

1:50pm C-La Paz C (East)

S29

Animal Movement Studies in the Golden Age of Telemetry La Paz

Moderator: Lisa C. Davenport, Duke University OrganizerS: Lisa C. Davenport, Duke University / Patricia Chapple Wright, Stony

Brook University

1:50pm: S29-1

Lemurs in motion: What we have learned from the new technologies

Jean Claude Razafimahaimodison 3

Patricia Chapple Wright 1, Caitlin Karanewsky 2, Eileen Larney 3,

(1) Anthropology, Stony Brook University, (2) Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, (3) Centre ValBio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar 2:10pm: S29-2 Space, the final frontier: Wildlife movements and habitat use in three-dimensions James Sheppard , Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo 2:30pm: S29-4 Message in a bottle: What have we learned about marine pelagic species from biologging and what is driving us forward? Chi Hin Lam 1, Ben Galuardi 1, Molly Lutcavage 1, Lisa C. Davenport2 (1) Large Pelagics Research Center, University of Massachusetts, (2) Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University 2:50pm: S29-5 High resolution GPS-based mammal monitoring in tropical moist forests: Examples from the Madre de Dios basin, southwestern Amazon

(1) Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, (2) San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 3:05pm: S29-6 Remotely-sensed lidar canopy structure data help predict occupancy and use of space of a tropical arboreal vertebrate
Suzanne Palminteri1, George V.N. Powell1, Gregory P. Asner2, Carlos A. Peres 3

George V.N. Powell 1, Mathias Tobler 2

(1) Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, (2) Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, (3) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom 3:20pm: S29-7 Tools for tropical wildlife trackers: A review of best technologies Donald Brightsmith and Janice D. Boyd , Texas A & M University

4:10pm C-La Paz B (East)

S30

Behavioral Ecology of Neotropical Arachnids

Moderator and Organizer: Ignacio Escalante, Universidad de Costa Rica

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Why would mud-nest harvestmen Poassa limbata (Opiliones, Manaosbiidae) take over old nests instead of constructing a new one?

(1) Research Centre, Veragua Rainforest, Costa Rica, (2) Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 4:28pm: S30-2 Effect of leg loss on locomotion and food detection speeds in the harvestmen Holmbergiana weyenberghi (Sclerosomatidae, Opiliones)
Ignacio Escalante1, Andrea Albn2, Anita Aisenberg2

Andrs Rojas 1,2, Diego Solano 2

(1) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Laboratorio de Etologa, Ecologa y Evolucin, Instituto de Investigaciones Biolgicas Clemente Estable, Uruguay 4:46pm: S30-3 Visual investment across life stages of the ogre-faced spider Jay Stafstrom, University of Nebraska 5:04pm: S30-4 Male behavioral plasticity in nest construction according to female availability and reproductive status in a sex role reversed wolf spider
Anita Aisenberg1, Fabiana Baldenegro1, Matilde Carballo1, Alfredo V. Peretti2

(1) Laboratorio de Etologa, Ecologa y Evolucin, Instituto de Investigaciones Biolgicas Clemente Estable, Uruguay, (2) Instituto de Diversidad y Ecologa Animal, CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Crdoba, Argentina 5:22pm: S30-5 Behavioral manipulation of host spider behavior by parasitoid wasps William G. Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama; Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3a

Conservation Biology 2
5:40pm: P3a-1 Proposal for conservation of nectarivorous bats in the Sonoran Desert using ecological niche modeling
Cristian Ivan Garcia-Leal , Ricardo Eaton Gonzlez and Aldo Guevara Carrizales , Universidad Autnoma de Baja California, Mxico

P3a-3

Payment for ecosystem services and mammals: Do working landscapes benefit conservation? Margot A. Wood , Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University P3a-4 Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia: Meeting ground of Orinoco geese (Neochen jubata) from Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia (1) Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway, (2) Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, (3) University of San Marcos, Peru, (4) University of East Anglia, United Kingdom P3a-5 The impacts of fire and invasive species on maintaining Asian elephant habitat in Sri Lanka Christie L. Sampson , Biological Sciences, Clemson University; SCBI, Smith sonian Institution P3a-6 A 20-year population trend analysis and the conservation of Nicaraguan Psittacids
David Charles Hille 1, Martn Lezama-Lopez 2, David A. Wiedenfeld 3, Donald Brightsmith 4, Michael Patten 5 Whaldener Endo 1, Lisa C. Davenport 2, Ines Nole 3, Carlos A. Peres 4

(1) Biology, University of Oklahoma, (2) Paso Pacifico, Nicaragua, (3) American Bird Conservancy, (4) Texas A & M University, (5) University of Oklahoma P3a-7 Impact of landscape spatial configuration on dung beetle diversity in the fragmented Lacandona rainforest, Mxico
Hilda Alejandra Snchez de Jess 1, Victor Arroyo-Rodrguez 1, Ellen Andresen 1, Federico Escobar 2

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Red de Ecoetologa, Instituto de Ecologa AC, Mxico P3a-8 Unveiling the drivers of domestic dog invasion in rural landscapes with different proportions of remaining Atlantic forest
Enrico Frigeri , Karina Dias Espartosa, Gustavo de Oliveira and Renata Pardini , Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

P3a-9

Responses of small rodents to changes in landscape configuration in the fragmented Lacandona rainforest, Mxico

Miriam San Jos 1, Victor Arroyo-Rodrguez 1, Enrique Martnez-

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Biologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico P3a-10 Structure of the avian community in agricultural production systems of the Amazonian Piedmont of Colombia
Alexander Velasquez-Valencia 1, Maria Argenis Bonilla 2
(2)

Meyer 2 and Vctor Snchez-Cordero 2

(1) Museo de Historia Natural UAM, Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia P3a-11 Structure of the fish community of an Amazonian Piedmont river, Caquet, Colombia Monica Celis-Granada , Museo de Historia Natural UAM, Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia

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P3a-12 Potential use of fish and macroinvertebrates as bioindicators in Andean Amazon rivers of Colombia Marlon Pelaez-Rodriguez , Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia P3a-13 Does bat assemblage information support the need to protect more tropical dry forests at a regional scale in central Mxico?
Lorena Orozco-Lugo 1, David Valenzuela-Galvn 1,2, Nstor Mariano Bonigo 1,2, Andrew John Rhodes Espinoza 3, Csar Mauricio Ocampo Ramrez 1

(1) Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos, Mxico, (2) Cuerpo Acadmico de Ecologa Evolutiva, Mxico, (3) CONANP, Mxico P3a-14 Optimizing jaguar prey occupancy in Neotropical oil palm plantations: A case study in Nicaragua
Robert A. Euwe1,2, Martijn Weterings3, Ignas Dmmer1, John Polisar4, Roberto Salom-Prez 5

(1) Van Hall Larenstein University, Netherlands, (2) Wageningen University, Netherlands, (3) Wildlife Management, Van Hall Larenstein, Netherlands, (4) Wildlife Conservation Society, (5) Panthera

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3b

Land-cover change in a semi-deciduous tropical forest: Consequences for tree diversity and aboveground biomass Xavier Haro-Carrin , Biology, University of Florida P3b-2 Tree species diversity along a gradient of human-modification in a Neotropical rain forest region: A landscape approach (1) Laboratorio de Ecologa de Poblaciones y Comunidades Tropicales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Centro de Investiga ciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico P3b-3 Improving estimates of biomass and biomass change in buttressed trees using tree taper models (1) CTFS, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA P3b-4 Causes and implications of dry season control of tropical wet forest tree growth at very high water levels: direct vs indirect limitation (1) Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, (2) USDA Forest Service P3b-5 Seed rain: Initial assessment in two areas of riparian forest in Brazil
Barbara Silva Pacheco 1, Gabriella da Silva Bezerra 2, Aline Cristina da Silva Alves de Sousa 2, Simone Rodrigues de Sousa 2, Lidiamar Barbosa de Alburquerque 2, Fabiana de Gois Aquino 2 Diego Dierick 1, Steven Oberbauer 1, Joseph J. OBrien 2 KC Cushman 1, Helene Muller-Landau 2, Stephen P. Hubbell 2,3 Aline Pingarroni 1,2, Miguel Martinez-Ramos 2

Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology 2

5:40pm: P3b-1

(1) Unimontes/EMBRAPA, Brazil, (2) EMBRAPA, Brazil P3b-6 Litterfall production on three restored forest ecosystems within the low mountain zone in Costa Rica Tania Bermudez-Rojas and Roberto A. Cordero S. , Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

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Soils and land-use history as drivers of alternative successional pathways in Amazonian secondary forests
Bentos 1, Eric Wiener 4, G. Bruce Williamson 1,5, Carla Nogueira 6, Rita

Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca1,2, Ana Jakovac1,3, Tony Vizcarra de Cssia Guimares Mesquita 1,2

(1) PDBFF, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Nacional de Cincia e Tecnologia, Brazil, (3) Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (4) Ramapo College of New Jersey, (5) Louisiana State University, (6) Universidade Federal de Viosa, Brazil P3b-8 Responses of tropical high elevation Andean grasslands (Puna) to changes in thermal and hydrological regimes (1) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, (2) Florida International University P3b-9 Response of natural regeneration to ecological factors along an elevation gradient in Caribe-Villa Mills, Costa Rica
Fabiola de la Cruz Burelo , Bryan Finegan and Diego Delgado Paulo C. Olivas 1, Kenneth J. Feeley 1,2

P3b-10 Estimation of the evapotranspiration in the central highlands of Veracruz, eastern

Centro Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza, Costa Rica

Ecologia Funcional, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico, Mxico P3b-11 Soil physical constraints impacts on forest structure drive CWD stocks across central Amazonia
Monica Ballinas and Victor L. Barradas, Demetrius Lira Martins 1, Juliana Schietti 1, Ted Feldpausch 2, Flavio

Mxico

J. Luizao 1, Oliver L. Phillips 2, Ana Andrade 1, Carolina Castillho 3, Susan G.W. Laurance4, Atila Oliveira1, Ieda Amaral1, Jose Julio Toledo5, Laynara Lugli 1, Erick Oblitas 1, Carlos Alberto Quesada 1

(1) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) University of Leeds, United Kingdom, (3) Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuria, Brazil, (4) James Cook University, Australia, (5) Universidade Estadual de Roraima, Campus de Rorainopolis, Brazil P3b-12 Evaluating the causes of tree mortality in southern Amazonia after the 2010 drought
Gabriel HPM Ribeiro 1, Robinson I. Negrn-Jurez 2, Carlos Henrique Souza Celes 1, Niro Higuchi 1, Jeffrey Q. Chambers 3

(1) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (2) Harvard University, (3) Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory P3b-13 Fine root dynamics: Integrating object-based modeling and minirhizotron time series data for an east central Amazonian moist tropical forest
Elmer Briceo 1, Dagoberto Arias 1, Bradley Christoffersen 2, Scott R. Saleska 2, Javier Espeleta 3

(1) Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) University of Arizona, (3) University of Washington P3b-14 Diameter growth of tropical dry forest trees in three successional stages in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sofia Calvo-Rodriguez 1, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 2, Mario Marcos Esprito-Santo 3, Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado 1

(1) Forest Engineering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada, (3) Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Brazil
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P3b-15 Growth rates of tropical dry forest trees in three successional stages in Santa Rosa
Dorian Carvajal-Vanegas and Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado , Forest Engi-

National Park, Costa Rica

P3b-16 Rainfall interception in three successional stages of tropical dry forests, Santa Rosa
Csar D. Jimnez-Rodguez and Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado , Forest Engi-

neering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

National Park, Costa Rica

P3b-17

neering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Phenology of fifteen species of secondary tropical dry forests in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

(1) Forest Engineering, Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada

Obando 1, Csar Jimenez-Rodriguez 1, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 2

Xinia Marn-Gaitan 1, Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado 1, Ana Julieta Calvo-

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3c

Agroecology
5:40pm: P3c-1

Evaluating the impact of oil palm agriculture on soil microbial communities

Heather DAngelo 1, Krista L. McGuire 1, Nina Yang 1, Patahayah Mansor 2, Ben L. Turner 3, Noah Fierer 4

(1) Columbia University, (2) Forest Research Institute, Malaysia, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (4) University of Colorado, Boulder P3c-2 The role of stress in coffee agroforestry systems in Costa Rica Stephanie Gagliardi and Marney Isaac , University of Toronto, Canada P3c-3 Use of fruiting nance (Byrsonima crassifolia) trees by arboreal frugivores in a human modifed landscape in the Osa peninsula, Costa Rica
Juan Moreira-Hernandez 1,2,3, Pablo Riba 1,2,3

(1) Proyecto Carey, Costa Rica, (2) Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (3) Institute for Tropical Field Studies, Costa Rica P3c-4 Ants attack!: Deciphering the relationship between ants and the coffee berry borer in a shaded coffee agroecosystem in Mxico
Maria Esteli Jimenez-soto 1, Juan Antonio Cruz-Rodrguez 2, John Vandermeer 3, Ivette Perfecto 3

(1) University of California Santa Cruz, (2) Agroecologia, Universidad Autnoma Chapingo, Mxico, (3) University of Michigan P3c-5 The effects of patch size and matrix quality on bee functional diversity in a coffee agroecosystem in Costa Rica (1) University of Idaho, (2) Centro Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza, Costa Rica, (3) CIRAD, France P3c-6 The effects of landscape composition and management on shade tree species composition in coffee agroforestry systems
Achim Hger 1, Rafael Acua 2 Levi Keesecker 1,2, Philippe Tixier 2,3, Nilsa A. Bosque Prez 1

(1) Center for Sustainable Development Studies, School for Field Studies, Costa Rica, (2) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica P3c-7 Coffee agricultural intensification alters ant trophic niche structure
David J. Gonthier 1, Aaron L. Iverson 2, Ivette Perfecto 1

(1) School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

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5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3d

Systematics

5:40pm: P3d-1

Morphological differentiation of two morphs of the seagrass Halophila spinulosa (R Br) Ascherson (Hydrocharitaceae) from Ilacaon Island, Negros Occidental, Philippines

(1) Biology Department, Silliman University, Philippines, (2) Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Silliman University, Philippines P3d-2 Afzelia populations, a poorly known species complex of timber trees from African tropical forests
Armel Donkpgan 1, Olivier J. Hardy 2, Kasso Danou 1, Philippe Lejeune 1, Jean-Louis Doucet 1

Angelico Jose Cavada Tiongson 1, Janet S. Estacion 2

(1) University of Liege, Belgium, (2) Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium P3d-3 Molecular phylogeny of the brazilian Atlantic forest orchid genus Brasiliorchis
Mariana Novello 1, Maila Beyer 2, Elizabeth Ann Veasey 1,

Samantha Koehler 2

(1) Universidade Estadual de So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Universidade Federal de So Paulo, Brazil

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3e

Biodiversity Inventory
5:40pm P3e-1

Biodiversity assessment of freshwater shrimps and crabs in the Nee Soon swamp forest, Singapore

Yixiong Cai 1, Samantha Sun 1,2, Zhengping Soh 1,3, Caroline Tok 1,2,

(1) National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board, Singapore, (2) School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, (3) School of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore P3e-2 Using forest inventory data to define life history strategies of tropical dry forest tree species
Leland K. Werden 1, Justin M. Becknell 2, Jennifer S. Powers 2

Chia Mun Woo 1,2

(1) Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, (2) Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota P3e-4 Approach to the biogeographic reconstruction of the pramo areas of the northwestern Andes Carlos Jimenez-Rivillas , Colombia P3e-5 Floristic composition of a threatened Atlantic forest remnant, Southeastern Brazil
Daniel Silva Santiago , Fabrcio Alvim Carvalho and Ftima Regina Gonalves Salimena , Departamento de Botnica, Universidade Federal de Juiz

de Fora, Brazil DNA barcoding of trees in long-term forest dynamics plots Ida C. Lopez 1, David Erickson 1, Stuart Davies 2, W. John Kress 1 (1) Botany, Smithsonian Institution, (2) Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Institution P3e-7 Floristic composition of a pioneer community in a cerrado fragment restored by brush wood transposition
P3e-6
Osmar Cavassan, Veridiana de Lara Weiser , Andr Luiz Giles de

Oliveira, Maria Giulia Frederico Farina de Oliveira, Renato Martins Chaves, Paula Silvestri Castello Branco and Maiara Cristina Gonalves , So Paulo State University, Brazil

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Hidden diversity: Rearing of caterpillars and integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic species in mistletoe butterflies

Lucas A Kaminsk i 1, Luisa Mota 2, Noemy Seraphim 2, Karina L. Silva-

(1) Department of Zoology, UNICAMP, Brazil, (2) PPG-Ecologia, UNICAMP, Brazil, (3) Department of Entomology and Acarology, USP-Esalq, Brazil P3e-9 VegPramo, a vegetation database for Andean Pramo
Gwendolyn Peyre1,2, Francisco-Javier Font Castell1, Henrik Balslev 2

Brando 3, Andr V.L. Freitas 1

(1) University of Barcelona, Spain, (2) Aarhus University, Denmark

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3f

Population Biology

5:40pm: P3f-1

Population assessment and monitoring strategy for Atelopus elegans (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Natural National Park Gorgona

Diego Gomez-Hoyos 1, Tatiana Suarez-Joaqu i 2, Carlos Burbano-

(1) ICOMVIS, Costa Rica, (2) Biologa, Universidad del Quindo, Colombia, (3) Universidad del Valle, Colombia, (4) Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Investigaciones y Monitoreo, Colombia P3f-2 Fine scale spatial genetic structure in Pouteria reticulata (Engl) eyma (Sapotaceae) a dioecious, vertebrate dispersed tropical rain forest tree species (1) Biology, Stanford University, (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan P3f-3 Transient and asymptotic dynamics of pioneer plant populations in a Costa Rican cloud forest
K. Greg Murray 1, Kathy Winnett-Murray 1, Aaron Garoutte2, Mauricio Garcia-C 3 John Schroeder 1, Christopher W. Dick 2

Yandi 3, Wilmar Bolivar-G 2, Jose Luis Garcia Urdinola 4

(1) Biology, Hope College, (2) Michigan State University, (3) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica P3f-4 Reproductive biology of the Zygopetalum maculatum complex: a window into orchid diversification in Campos de Altitude
Thiago Vinicius Silva Campacci 1, Renata Laurine Frana de Oliveira 1, Rogrio Mamoru Suzuki 2, Eduardo Lus Martins Catharino 2, Samantha Koehler 1

(1) Universidade Federal de So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Instituto de Botnica de So Paulo, Brazil P3f-5 Quercus humboldtii distribution dynamics in the Colombian Andes
Hernando Alonso Rodrguez-Correa 1, Ken Oyama 2, Antonio Gonzlez-Rodrguez 1

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores UNAM Unidad Morelia, Mxico P3f-6 Edge effect on the density of cauca poison frog in the Colombian central Andes
Diego Alejandro Gmez-Hoyos 1, Tatiana Suarez-Joaqui 2, Carlos Soto-Garzn 3, Maria del Mar Lpez-Barrera 2, Carlos Chica-Galvis 3

(1) ICOMVIS, Costa Rica, (2) Universidad del Quindo, Colombia, (3) CLP , Colombia

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P3g

Pollination Biology
5:40pm: P3g-1

Orchid bee communities collapse with increasing landscape cover of oil palm

George Livingston 1, Lawrence E Gilbert Jr 1, Andres Vega 2, Shalene Jha 1

(1) Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, (2) AMBICOR, Costa Rica P3g-2 Composition and behavior of floral visitors of Tabebuia aurea (Bignoniaceae), a mass-flowering tree of central Brazil
Jorge Arturo Lobo 1, Aline Cabral Braga 2, Antonio Aguiar 3

(1) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, (2) Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidade Catlica de Braslia, Brazil, (3) Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad de Braslia, Brazil P3g-3 Effect of the size of floral display on bee visitation rates in Tabebuia aurea (Bignoniaceae)
Aline Cabral Braga 1, Jorge Arturo Lobo 2

(1) Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidade Catlica de Braslia, Brazil, (2) Escuela de Biologa, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica P3g-4 Cockroach pollination and its consequences on plant reproductive success
Blanka Vlasakova 1, Radka Brizova 2, Zuzana Varadinova 3, Jan Pinc 3, Frantisek Juna 3, Blanka Kalinova 4

(1) Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic, (2) Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic, (3) Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, (4) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic P3g-5 Testing a method for differentiating between the contribution of insects and wind to the fertilization of outcrossing plant species (1) Sciences Biologiques, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada, (2) Biology, Concordia University, Canada, (3) Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Canada
Melanie Mccavour 1, Geoffrey Fissore 2, David Greene 3

5:40pm C-South Lobby

P3h

Seed Dispersal
Lekking status and daily period of foraging control seed dispersal by the lek-forming white-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus, Pipridae) Csar Cestari and Marco Aurelio Pizo, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil P3h-2 Bat Assemblage and chiropterocory as evaluators of ecological resilience in the management of the tropical dry forest of the National Wildlife Refuge Laguna Mata Redonda (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
Marco Antonio Ramrez 1, Lilliana Maria Piedra 1, Tania Bermdez 1, Willy Pineda 2

5:40pm: P3h-1

(1) Escuela de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, (2) Reserva Biologica Tirimbina, Costa Rica P3h-3 Take me to the river seed dispersal in Amazonian floodplain
Pia Parolin 1,2, Florian Wittmann 3

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Seed germination response to stratification period and thermal regime in two Neotropical Polygonum species
Ana Letcia Bragana Rodrigues 1, Andra Rodrigues Marques

(1) Departamento de Cincia e Tecnologia Ambiental, CEFET-MG, Brazil, Departamento de Botnica, UFMG, Brazil, (3) Facultad de Agronoma, UBA, Argentina P3h-5 Seed rain beneath isolated trees in a fragmented landscape in the So Paulo state, Brazil
(2)

Guimares 1, Queila Souza Garcia 2, Roberto Luis Benech-Arnold 3

Daiane Cristina Carreira 1, Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez 2, Alessandra

(1) Plant Biology, Federal University of So Carlos, Brazil, (2) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) ESALQ/Forest Sciences, University of So Paulo, Brazil P3h-6 Contribution of the frugivorous bat ensemble to the seed rain in tropical dry forest sites under ecological restoration at Sierra de Huautla, Morelos Mxico
Edith Rivas-Alonso 1, Cristina Martinez-Garza 2, Lorena Orozco Lugo 2, Nstor Mariano Bonigo 2, David Valenzuela-Galvn2

Santos Penha 1, Katia M. Ferraz 3, Silvio B. Ferraz 3

(1) Centro de Investigacin en Biodiversidad y Conservacin (CIByC), Mxico, (2) Centro de Investigacin en Biodiversidad y Conservacin, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Morelos, Mxico

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8 am C-La Paz B (East)

O35

Land Use Changes and Habitat Fragmentation

8am: O35-1
Vronique Lefebvre , Marion Pfeifer and Robert Ewers ,

8:15am: O35-2

Biodiversity responses to fragmentation revealed by novel landscape analysis Ecology and Evolution, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Understanding landscape dynamics in a highly fragmented Atlantic forest for improving biodiversity conservation

Katia M. Ferraz 1, Daniela Luz 2, Carla Cassiano 2, Silvio B. Ferraz 1

8:30am: O35-3

(1)

ESALQ/Forest Sciences, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Forest Sciences Graduate Program, ESALQ, Brazil Influence of Jatropha curcas and adjacent land use types over the bird community in Trcoles, Costa Rica

Andrea Corrales 1, Sven Gnter 1, Sergio Jos Vlchez 1, Alejandra Martnez 1, Fabrice DeClerck 2
(1)

Centro Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza (CATIE), Costa Rica, (2) Program Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity International, France 8:45am: O35-4 Using landscape history to predict biodiversity patterns in fragmented landscapes
Robert Ewers 1, Raphael Didham 2, William Pearse 3, Vronique

Lefebvre 1, Isabel Rosa 1, Joo Carreiras 4, Richard Lucas 5, Daniel

Imperial College London, United Kingdom, (2) University of Western Australia, Australia, (3) University of Minnesota, (4) Tropical Research Institute, Portugal, (5) Aberystwyth University, Wales 9:00am: O35-5 Land use classification and deforestation detection in southwestern Nicaragua Cassandra J. Rivas , Ophelia Wang, Bo Stevens, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University 9:15am: O35-6 Habitat quality and quantity interact to determine biodiversity in fragmented landscapes Paula Koeler Lira , Jean Paul Metzger, Renata Pardini, University of So Paulo, Brazil 9:30am: O35-7 Habitat loss and extinction deterministic processes leading to biotic homogenization Thomas Pttker, Paulo I. Prado, Renata Pardini, University of So Paulo, Brazil 9:45am: O35-8 Habitat loss causes the decline of bird functional diversity in fragmented Atlantic forest
(1)

Reuman 1

(1) Ecology, Bioscience Institute, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Imperial College London, England, (3) Dep Ecology, Bioscience Institute, University of So Paulo, Brazil, (4) Ecology, University of So Paulo, Brazil

Greet De Coster 1, Cristina Banks-Leite 2,3, Jean Paul Metzger 4

8 am C-La Paz B (West)

O36

Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Plants

Avoiding desiccation in tropical forests: mechanisms that maintain saplings plant-water status during seasonal droughts Brett Wolfe , Thomas Kursa, Biology, University of Utah 8:15am: O36-2 What can fallen branches and vascular epiphytes reveal about the dynamics of epiphyte communities?
8am:

O36-1

Juliano Sarmento Cabral 1, Gunnar Petter 1, Gerhard Zotz 2, Holger Kreft 1

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(1) University of Gttingen, Germany, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 8:30am: O36-3 Anatomical traits underlying stem and root wood density in contrasting Amazonian forests

Claire Fortunel 1, Julien Ruelle 2, Jacques Beauchene 1, Paul VA Fine 3,

(1) UMR Ecofog, INRA, France, (2) UMR Lerfob, INRA, France, (3) University of California, Berkeley 8:45am: O36-4 Ant-derived nitrogen as trade-off for the loss of water storage tissue in the myrmecophytic orchid Caularthron bilamellatum

Christopher Baraloto 1

Veronika E. Mayer 1, Christian Gegenbauer 1, Gerhard Zotz 2,

University of Vienna, Austria, (2) Biology Department, Universitt Oldenburg, Germany 9:00am: O36-5 Non-arborescent perennials in the understory of a tropical rainforest: seasonal, annual and hurricane-related variation in leaf lifespans of ferns Joanne M. Sharpe , Sharplex Services 9:15am: O36-6 Ants provide directed seed dispersal to a primarily bird-dispersed plant
(1)

Andreas Richter 1

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil, (2) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil 9:30am: O36-7 Why do plants present heterophylly? The case of the leaf functional traits of Costus pulverulentus (Costaceae) J. Antonio Guzmn Q ., Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 9:45am: O36-8 Genetic reconstruction of the introduction history of the invasive plant Clidemia hirta Saara J. DeWalt and Chelsea A. Woodworth, Biological Sciences, Clemson University
(1)

Alexander Vicente Christianini 1, Paulo Sergio Oliveira 2

8 am C-La Paz C (East)

O37

Animal Community Ecology and Evolution

8am: O37-1 Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on birds: Are effects consistent across species? Ana C. Ibarra-Macias , Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico 8:15am: O37-2 Enemy targeting, trade-offs, and the evolutionary assembly of a tortoise beetle defense arsenal Fredric V. Vencl 1,2, Robert Srygley 3 (1) Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) USDA-Agricultural Research Service 8:30am: O37-3 Comparative population genetics in three symbiotic partner species in central Africa Cline Born1, Jean Peccoud1, Finn Piatscheck1, Laure Benoit2,
Marjorie Garcia1, Mathieu Sauve1, Champlain Djito-Lordon3, Christiane Attk4, David Harris5, Jan J. Wieringa6, Doyle McKey7,8, Rumsais Blatrix1 (1) CEFE, CNRS, France, (2) CEFE, CIRAD, France, (3) Laboratory of Zoology,

University of Yaound I, Cameroon, (4) Dpartement de Biologie, Universit des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon, (5) Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland, (6) Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Wageningen University, Netherlands, (7) CEFE, Universit Montpellier 2, France, (8) Institut Universitaire de France, France 123
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Patterns of cryptic speciation, host taxon specialization and endemism in neotropical hispine beetles Duane D. McKenna , Biological Sciences, University of Memphis 9am: O37-5 Linking the traits of male ants with the ecological demands of diverse mating systems Jonathan Zvi Shik 1, David Donoso2, Michael Kaspari3 (1) Entomology, North Carolina State University, (2) Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Tcnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 9:15am: O37-6 Do ants and earthworms pay the rent for being tenants within an ant-plant? Renee M. Borges 1, Joyshree Chanam2 (1) Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science, India, (2) Indian Institute of Science, India 9:30am: O37-7 Geographic mosaic of an ant-plant guard system from a neotropical savanna Anselmo Nogueira 1, Pedro J. Rey2, Julio M. Alcntara2, Lucia G.
Lohmann1 (1) Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil, (2) Universidad de Jaen, Spain

8:45am: O37-4

8 am C-Amricas BC

O38

Mountains and Elevation Gradients

8am: O38-1

DNA-based fungal diversity assessment in the Andean yungas reveals strong community structuring among forest types along an altitudinal gradient

National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands, (2) Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina 8:15am: O38-2 Forest functional composition and diversity patterns across a 2600 m altitudinal gradient in Costa Rica
(1)

Jozsef Geml1, Nicolas Pastor2, Alejandra Becerra2, Eduardo Nouhra2

Catalina Ruiz Osorio, Bryan Finegan , Sergio Jose Vilchez Mendoza,

8:30am: O38-3

Centro Agronmico Tropical de Investigacin y Enseanza, Costa Rica Elevational gradients in beta-diversity reflect both regional effects and scaledependent variation in the strength of local assembly processes

J. Sebastin Tello 1,2, Ivn Jimnez 1, Peter M. Jrgensen 1, Jonathan Myers 3, Manuel Macia 4, Alfredo F. Fuentes-Claros 5, Leslie Cayola Prez 5, Gabriel Arellano 6, Maritza Cornejo-Meja 5, M. Isabel Loza Rivera 5, Javier Quisbert-Quispe 5, Vania W. Torrez 5

Missouri Botanical Garden, (2) Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Ecuador, Ecuador, (3) Washington University, (4) Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, SPAIN, (5) Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Bolivia, (6) Real Jardn Botnico, Spain 8:45am: O38-4 The cloud forest communities in the mountains of central Veracruz, Mxico: Heterogeneity along an elevation gradient?
(1)

Guadalupe Williams Linera , Maria Toledo and Claudia Gallardo,

9:00am: O38-5

Functional Ecology, Instituto de Ecologia, AC, Mxico Bird species richness along a tropical elevational gradient: Direct and indirect effects of abiotic and biotic determinants

Stefan Werner Ferger1,2, Matthias Schleuning1,2, Kim Monroe Howell3,

Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany, (2) Senckenberg Gesellschaft fr Naturforschung, Germany, (3) University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (4) Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Germany
(1) ATBCOTS 2013

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Does a generalizable elevational richness pattern exist for mountain stream insects?

Brian A. Gill 1, Boris C Kondratieff 2, Andrea C. Encalada 3, N. LeRoy Poff1, Kelly R Zamudio4, Alexander S. Flecker4, Cameron K. Ghalambor1, Kayce Anderson 1, W. Chris Funk 1
(1)

9:30am: O38-7

Colorado State University, (2) Colorado State University, (3) Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, (4) Cornell University Functional bee diversity along an elevational gradient at Mount Kilimanjaro

Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany 9:45am: O38-8 The grass ceiling: Recruitment limitation above timberline may limit the adaption ability of tropical montane cloud forest to global climate change Evan Rehm and Kenneth J. Feeley, Biological Sciences, Florida International University

Alice Classen , Marcell K. Peters and Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter,

10:20 am C-La Paz B (East)

O39

Forest Structure and Dynamics

10:20am: O39-1

Effects of forest dynamics on the dynamics of vascular epiphytes

Gunnar Petter 1, Juliano Sarmento Cabral 1, Gerhard Zotz 2,3,

University of Gttingen, Germany, (2) University of Oldenburg, Germany, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 10:35am: O39-2 Deadwood biomass an underestimated fraction of carbon stocks in degraded tropical forests?
(1)

Holger Kreft 1

Marion Pfeifer 1, Min Sheng Khoo 1, Ed Turner 2, Jeremy Cusack 2,

Imperial College London, United Kingdom, (2) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, (3) Sabah Forestry Department, Forest Research Centre, Sabah, Malaysia 10:50am: O39-3 Canopy dynamics, crown change and diameter growth of tropical trees Stephanie Bohlman , University of Florida 11:05am: O39-4 Bringing together museum science and indigenous knowledge: A rapid inventory of a mountain range isolated from the Peruvian Andes
(1)

Robert Ewers 1, Vun Khen Chey 3, Vronique Lefebvre 1

Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza 1, Corine Vriesendorp 1, Debra Moskovits 1, Nigel Pitman 2, Diana Alvira 1, Alaka Wali 1, Alvaro del Campo 1, Robert Stallard 3, Mario Pariona 1, Tyana Wachter 1
(1)

The Field Museum, (2) Duke University, (3) US Geological Survey Connecting forest canopy structure with size distributions and tree demography in the Amazon
11:20am: O39-5
Scott C. Stark 1, Brian J. Enquist 2,3, Scott R. Saleska 2, Veronika Leitold 4, Juliana Schietti 5, Carolina Castilho 6, Flavia RC Costa 5, Luciana F. Alves 7, Marcos Longo 8, Michael Keller 6,9,10, Michael A. Lefsky 11, Yosio E. Shimabukuro 4, Raimundo C Oliveira 12, Plinio B. Camargo 13

Michigan State University, (2) University of Arizona, (3) Santa Fe Institute, (4) INPE-National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, (5) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia, Brazil, (6) EMBRAPA CPAFRR, Brazil, (7) NPD Jardim Botnico, IAC, Brazil, (8) Harvard University, (9) CSRC, University of
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New Hampshire, (10) USDA Forest Service, (11) Colorado State University, (12) Embrapa Amaznia Oriental, Brazil, (13) CENA, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil 11:35am: O39-6 Assessing the influence of hurricane disturbance on Caribbean forest structure: A study case in the dry forest of Mona Island, Puerto Rico
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval 1, Elvia Melndez-Ackerman 1, Jose Fumero-caban 1, Miguel Garca-Bermdez 2, Jos Sustache 2, Susan Aragn 3, Mariely Morales-Vargas 1 and Denny S Fernandez 1

University of Puerto Rico, (2) Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, (3) Clark University 11:50pm: O39-7 Catastrophic wind disturbance causes selective tree mortality in the Peruvian Amazon
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Sami Walid Rifai 1, Jose David Urquiza Muoz 2, Stephanie Bohlman 1,

University of Florida, (2) Universidad Nacional de la Amazona Peruana, Peru, (3) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 11:50pm: O39-8 An experimental assessment of the impacts of mammalian defaunation on tropical forest understory floristic diversity Angela Andrea Camargo-Sanabria 1, Eduardo Mendoza Ramirez 2,
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Jeffrey Q. Chambers 3

(1) Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales (INIRENA), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicols de Hidalgo, Mxico, (3) Biology, Stanford University

Miguel Martinez-Ramos1, Rodolfo Dirzo 3

10:20 am C-La Paz B (West)

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Seedling Regeneration Ecology

10:20am: O40-1 Impacts of neighbor densities and habitat preference on seeding persistence in a Taiwanese tropical forest

(1) Tunghai University, Taiwan, (2) National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, (3) Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taiwan 10:35am: O40-2 50th Anniversary of Connells Australian tropical forest plots and novel hypotheses for the importance of seedling dynamics for forest diversity

Yiching Lin 1, Mei-Ru Chen 2, Su-Hui Wu 3

Kyle E. Harms 1, Peter T. Green 2

(1)

10:50am: O40-3

Louisiana State University, (2) La Trobe University, Australia Physical defenses, persistence in the soil, and fungal associations of tropical pioneer tree seeds

Paul-Camilo Zalamea 1, Carolina Sarmiento 1, Daniel P. Roche 1, A. Elizabeth Arnold 2, Adam S. Davis 3, Jim W. Dalling 4
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (2) University of Arizona, (3) Agricultural Research Service, USDA, (4) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 11:05am: O40-4 Seed - fungal interactions in tropical trees: Exploring fungal diversity in pioneer seeds
Carolina Sarmiento1, Jim W. Dalling2, Paul-Camilo Zalamea1, Adam S. Davis 3, A. Elizabeth Arnold 4
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (2) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (3) Agricultural Research Service, USDA, (4) Plant Sciences, University of Arizona

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Seedling pathogens as a biotic filter limiting the distributions of tree species across a rainfall gradient Erin R. Spear , Biology, University of Utah 11:35am: O40-6 Leaf traits and host plant-fungal endophyte associations in a tropical forest
11:20am: O40-5
Sunshine Van Bael 1, Enith Rojas 2, Luis C. Mejia 2, Kaoru Kitajima 3,
(1) Tulane University, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (3) University of Florida, (4) ARS-USDA 11:50am: O40-7 Trade-offs in carbohydrate allocation and the distributions of Bornean tree species along a soil gradient (1) University of Nebraska, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama (3) Arnold Arboretum 12:05pm: O40-8 Janzen-Connell effects in a common-shade tolerant tree manifested in 25 year cohort demography

Gary Samuels 4, Edward Allen Herre 2

Sabrina E. Russo 1, Amy Kochsiek 1, Sylvester Tan 2,3

Kaoru Kitajima 1, Carol K. Augspurger 2, Patrick A. Jansen 3, Benjamin

(1) University of Florida, (2) University of Illinois, (3) Wageningen University, Netherlands, (4) McMaster University, Canada

M. Bolker 4

10:20 am C-La Paz C (East)

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Ant Ecology and Interactions

10:20am: O41-1 Living in a plant: How mutualistic ants organize a defense and how parasitic ants break it Sabrina Amador Vargas , University of Texas at Austin and Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 10:40am: O41-2 Diversity of epigeic ants in central-south of Bahia State, Brazil
Karine Santana Carvalho 1, Ivan Cardoso do Nascimento 1, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie 2, Juliana Zina 1, Ana Lcia Biggi de Souza 1, Anselmo Souza Santos 1 Elmo de Azevedo Koch 1, Marcos Augusto Ferraz Carneiro 1,
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Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brazil, (2) Laboratrio de Mirmecologia da CEPLAC, CEPEC, Brazil 11:00am: O41-3 Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical canopies: Lessons from continuous forest plots
Petr Klimes 1,2, Tom Fayle 2, Pavel Fibich 2, Vojtech Novotny 1,2

(1) Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, (2) University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic 11:20am: O41-4 Leaf-cutting ants show species-specific hygienic behavior toward microfungi in their fungal gardens

Kimberly L. Mighell 1, Sunshine Van Bael 1,2

(1)

11:40am: O41-5

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Effect of anthropogenic disturbances on ant community of the Caatinga

Jos Domingos Ribeiro Neto 1, Fernanda Maria Pereira de Oliveira 1, Alan Andersen 2, Inara Leal 1
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, (2) Tropical Ecosystems Research Center, CSIRO, Australia

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Diversity of ground-dwelling ants in southwestern Amazonia, Peru: Species interactions and the role of the behavioral dominance-discovery ability trade-off

University of Utah Nutrient limitation in ants along an elevation gradient Katherine K. Ennis and Stacy Philpott, University of California, Santa Cruz 12:40pm: O41-8 Ant traffic increase as a result of plugging behavior by the army-ant Eciton Burchellii (Formicidae:Ecitoninae) Andres Camacho , University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Roxana P. Arauco , Frederick R. Adler and Donald H. Feener Jr,

12:20pm: O41-7

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Understanding Warming Effects On Tropical Forests: Insight Gained From Current Research and a Way Forward
Moderator: Sasha Reed, US Geological Survey Organizers: Molly A. Cavaleri , Michigan Technological University / Tana Wood , US Forest Service / Sasha Reed , US Geological Survey 8am: S31-1

Vulnerability of tropical forest ectotherms to climate change University of Washington, (2) Universidad de Puerto Rico Imperfect acclimation of dark respiration to warmer nighttime temperature in upper canopy leaves of tropical trees and lianas

Raymond B. Huey 1, Luisa M. Otero 2

(1)

8:15am: S31-2

Martijn Slot 1, Camilo Rey Sanchez 2, Klaus Winter 2, Kaoru Kitajima 1

(1)

8:30am: S31-3

University of Florida, (2) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Significant diel and seasonal variation in soil CO2 efflux is positively related to temperature in a moist subtropical forest in Puerto Rico

Omar Gutirrez del Arroyo 1, Tana E. Wood 2, Ariel Lugo 2

(1)

8:45am: S31-4

University of Puerto Rico - Ro Piedras, (2) International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service Examining the role of temperature and belowground communities on the distribution of higher elevation tropical tree species

Jacqueline Mohan 1, Shafkat Khan 1, Fern L Lehman 1,2, Paul T.

Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, (2) College of the Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands, (3) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica 9am: S31-5 Which functional traits best predict climate impacts on tropical tree growth and survival?
(1)

Frankson 1, Rakan A Zahawi 3

Maria Uriarte1, Susan G. Letcher2, Vanessa Boukili3, Robin L. Chazdon3,

(1)

(4)

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Columbia University, (2 ) Purchase College, (3) University of Connecticut, University of Missouri Ecosystem carbon cycling across a 52c mean annual temperature gradient in hawaiian tropical montane wet forest

Jesse R. Lasky 1, Deborah A. Clark 4

(1) University Of Hawaii at Manoa, (2) Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service 9:30am: S31-7 Urgent need for large-scale warming manipulation experiments in tropical forests

Creighton M. Litton 1, Christian P. Giardina 2

Molly A. Cavaleri 1, Sasha Reed 2, Tana Wood 3

(1) Michigan Technological University, (2) US Geological Survey, (3) US Forest Service

9:45am:

Discussion

8 am C-La Paz C (West)

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Anthropogenic Landscapes As Foci for Conserving Biological and Cultural Diversity in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges and New Approaches to Application of Conservation Science on the Ground
Moderator and Organizer: Kimberly Williams-Guillen, Paso Pacifico 8am: S32-1

Diets of five migratory warblers (Parulidae) wintering in shade coffee: Opportunism, specialization, potential competition, and ecological services

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Thomas W. Sherry 1, Matthew D. Johnson 2, Kelly A. Williams 3

(1) Tulane

8:15:

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University, (2) Humboldt State University, (3) Ohio University Local and landscape effects of tropical forest restoration on bird and bat communities

J. Leighton Reid 1, Chase D. Mendenhall 2, J. Abel Rosales 3, Rakan A. Zahawi 3, Karen D. Holl 1
(1)

University of California Santa Cruz, (2) Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, (3) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica 8:30: S32-3 Predicting and sustaining biodiversity in tropical countryside
Chase D. Mendenhall 1, Daniel S. Karp 1, Gerardo Ceballos 2, M. Claire

Horner-Devine 3, Margie Mayfield 4, Federico Oviedo Brenes 5, Taylor

Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, (2) Instituto de Ecologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) University of Washington, (4) The University of Queensland, Australia, (5) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (6) University of Vermont 8:45: S32-4 Valuing the role of bats and birds in limiting the coffee berry borer in Costa Rica
(1)

H. Ricketts 6, Paul R. Ehrlich 1, Gretchen C. Daily 1

Daniel S. Karp 1, Chase D. Mendenhall 1, Randi Figuroa Sand 2, Paul R. Ehrlich 1, Elizabeth Hadly 3, Gretchen C. Daily 1
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9am:

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Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, (2) Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, (3) Biology, Stanford University Lets Play Azteca!: Linking the Theory and Practice of Agroecology through Gaming

(1) University of Michigan, (2) El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) San Cristobal, Mxico 9:15am: S32-6 Integrating sustainable cattle ranching, forestry and landscape restoration into intensive silvopastoral systems Zoraida Calle , Enrique Murgueitio, Julin D. Char, CIPAV, Colombia 9:30am: S32-7 Changes in culture, changes in management; the shifts in traditional use of sacred natural sites Emma Shepheard-Walwyn , University of Kent, England 9:45am: S32-8 Social and cultural issues associated with conservation of sacred sites; the case of Kenya Celia Nyamweru , St Lawrence University

Ivette Perfecto 1, Luis Garcia-Barrios 2

10:20 am C-La Paz A

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Biological Corridors As Conservation Tool for Increasing Permeability of Human-Dominated Tropical Landscapes for Forest Species
Moderator: Christian H. Schulze , University of Vienna Organizers: Christian H. Schulze , University of Vienna / William F. Laurance, James

Cook University

Large mammal use of riparian forest corridors in Sumatra, Indonesia Betsy Yapp and William F. Laurance, James Cook University, Australia 10:50am: S33-2 Man-made dispersal barriers will increase the Amazons vulnerability to climate change
Kenneth J. Feeley 1,2, Evan Rehm 1,2
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10:20am: 10:35am: S33-1

Introductory Remarks

11:05am: S33-3

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Matthew E. Fagan 1, Ruth S. DeFries 1, Steven E. Sesnie 2, J. Pablo

Arroyo 3, Wayne S. Walker 4, Carlomagno Soto 3, Robin L. Chazdon 5,

Columbia University, (2) Southwest Natural Resources Inventory and Monitoring, US Fish and Wildlife Service, (3) McGill University, Canada, (4) Woods Hole Research Center, (5) University of Connecticut, (6) EARTH University, Costa Rica 11:20am: S33-4 Features that influence the success and failure of wildlife corridors for rainforest mammals and birds Susan G. W. Laurance , James Cook University, Australia 11:35am: S33-5 Howler monkeys as mobile links in human-impacted landscapes
(1)

Andres Sanchun 6

Julieta Benitez Malvido1, Diego A Zrate1, Maria Gnzalez-DiPierro2, Ellen Andresen 1

(1)

Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (2) Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas, Mxico Habitat connectivity and the fate of biodiversity in tropical protected areas William F. Laurance , James Cook University, Australia 12:05pm: S33-7 The importance of secondary forests as corridor habitats for forest birds at the margin of Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica Andrs Felipe Reyes Pez , Christian H. Schulze, University of Vienna, Austria 11:50am: S33-6

10:20 am C-La Paz C (West)

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Tropical Stream Ecology: Research Needs in a Changing Planet

Moderator: Pablo E. Gutirrez-Fonseca, University of Puerto Rico Organizers: Alonso Ramirez and Pablo E. Gutirrez-Fonseca, University of Puerto Rico 10:20am: S34-1

Carbon losses from tropical watersheds: Quantifying the effects of urbanization on concentrations of organic and inorganic carbon in coastal montane tropical rivers

William H. McDowell 1, Alonso Ramirez 2, Jody D. Potter 1, Grizelle

(1) University of New Hampshire, (2) Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, (3) IITF, USDA Forest Service 10:35am: S34-2 Freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem services, and hydropower development in Central America Elizabeth P. Anderson , Florida International University 10:50am: S34-3 Understanding the complexity of physical, ecological and human interactions on tropical island water and ecosystem sustainability

Gonzalez 3

Utah State University, (2) Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia Litterflow; Quality and quantity of organic matter export from forested headwater streams
(1)

Todd A Crowl 1, Omar Perez-Reyes 1, Alan Paul Covich 2

11:05am: S34-4

International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, (2) University of Pennsylvania 11:20am: S34-5 Leaf litter breakdown in streams of east Malaysia, Borneo: Biodiversity effects of invertebrate communities on decomposition Tajang Jinggut and Catherine Yule, Monash University, Malaysia
(1)

Tamara Heartsill Scalley 1, F.N. Scatena 1,2, Samuel Moya 1, A.E. Lugo 1

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11:35am: S34-6

Studies, Costa Rica Stream fishes in a neotropical dry-land (Golfo de Morrosquillo, Colombia): Composition, structure and allometry suggest resistance to historical transformation Juan Felipe Blanco and Camilo Escobar Sierra , Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia 12:05pm: S34-8 Long-term ecological research in lowland streams in Costa Rica: The importance of groundwater-surface water interactions on ecosystem dynamics
11:50am: S34-7
Marcelo Ardn-Sayao 3, Gaston E Small 4
(1)

Carlos L. de la Rosa , La Selva Biological Station, Organization for Tropical

The Year of the Midge: Chironomids coming to age in Costa Rica

Alonso Ramrez1, Pablo E. Gutirrez-Fonseca1, Catherine M. Pringle 2,

University of Puerto Rico, (2) Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, (3) East Carolina University, (4) University of St. Thomas

10:20 am C-Amricas BC

S35

Towards a Unified Ecology of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

Moderator: Heidi Asbjornsen , University of New Hampshire Organizer: Patrick Martin , Colorado State University 10:20am: S35-1

Land change between 2001 and 2012 in tropical montane forests/shrublands/grass lands in Latin America

T. Mitchell Aide1, Hector Ricardo Grau2, Ana Maria Sanchez-Cuervo 1, Carlos J. Corrada-Bravo 1
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10:35am: S35-2

University of Puerto Rico, (2) Universidad Nacional Tucuman, Argentina Quantifying the suppression of transpiration due to cloud immersion for a Mexican weeping pine stand in a seasonally dry tropical montane cloud forest environment

Maria Susana Alvarado Barrientos1, Friso Holwerda 2, Heidi Asb

University of New Hampshire, (2) Centro de Ciencias de la Atmsfera, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) University of California at Berkeley, (4) Critical Zone Hydrology Group, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands 10:50am: S35-3 Land cover and slope position affect water use and microclimate in the tropical montane cloud forests of Central Veracruz, Mxico
(1)

jornsen 1, Todd E. Dawson 3, LA Bruijnzeel 4

Sybil Gotsch1, Friso Holwerda 2, Lyssette Muoz 2, Jeffrey

Franklin and Marshall College, (2) Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, (3) State University, (4) University of California at Berkeley, (5) University of New Hampshire 11:05am: S35-4 The role of disturbance in community and landscape organization in tropical montane ecosystems
(1)

McDonnell 3, Todd E. Dawson 4, Heidi Asbjornsen 5

Robert O. Lawton1, Michael Lawton 2

(1)

Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, (2) Baron Services, Huntsville, Alabama 11:20am: S35-6 Elfin forest dynamics over the past 6,000 years in the cordillera central, Dominican Republic Shelley Crausbay and Patrick H. Martin , Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University

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Tree species composition and floristic turnover in a lower montane forest across a soil fertility gradient Fortuna, Panama
Ben L. Turner 3

Jim W. Dalling1, Arturo Morris 2, Kelly Andersen 3, Pedro Caballero 4,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2) University of Panama, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, (4) University of Chiriqui, Panama 11:50pm: S35-8 Human dimensions of the tropical montane cloud forest syndrome Kenneth R. Young, Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin
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