| Session | Date/Time | Location | Title | Type | Authors | Keywords |
Monday, August 2nd · 8:30 am to 11:00 am · Peruvian (Cliff Lodge)
Session 8: Contributed Papers: Tropical Biology Papers
Presider: Susana Magallón, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| 8-1 | August 2nd
8:30 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | The Helen Moyers Biocultural Reserve at Rancho Kiuic, Yucatan, Mexico: An Introduction to the Reserve and its Flora | Paper | Callaghan, James A., Hayden, W. John. | Yucatan
Puuc
Kiuic
biological reserve
Flora |
| 8-2 | August 2nd
8:45 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Phytogeography of Kaieteur Falls, Potaro Plateau, Guyana: Floral Distributions and Affinities. | Paper | Kelloff, Carol L., Funk, Vicki A. | biogeography
plant distribution
flora affinities
Guyana
Guiana Shield
Kaieteur |
| 8-3 | August 2nd
9:00 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Plants dispersed by bats in lowland rain forest of central French Guiana | Paper | Lobova, Tatyana A., Mori, Scott A.. | neotropics
rain forest
seed dispersal
bat dispersal |
| 8-4 | August 2nd
9:15 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Reproductive output and leaf plasticity in the tropical violet species Viola grahamii | Paper | Cortes-Palomec, Aurea C., Brown, Kim J., Ballard, Harvey. | Viola grahamii
cleistogamy
chasmogamy
Specific Leaf Area |
| 8-5 | August 2nd
9:30 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Pollination in the New Guniea endemic Antiaropsis decipiens (Moraceae) is mediated by thrips | Paper | Weiblen, George D, Zerega, Nyree J C. | mutualism
reproductive ecology
coevolution
thrips pollination
Castilleae
Ficus |
| August 2nd
9:45 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Break | | | |
| 8-6 | August 2nd
10:00 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Reproductive biology of Symphonia (Clusiaceae) in Madagascar | Paper | Abdul-Salim, K., Andriantiana, J.. | Clusiaceae
Symphonia
reproductive biology
pollination
breeding system |
| 8-7 | August 2nd
10:15 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Sexual Dimorphism in the Native Flora of New Caledonia | Paper | Vary, Laura B., Schlessman, Mark A., Lowry II, Porter P., Munzinger, Jérôme. | dioecy
New Caledonia
sexual dimorphism
sexual systems |
| 8-8 | August 2nd
10:30 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Functional aspects of the floral morphology of Central American Saurauia (Actinidiaceae) | Paper | Kelly, Lawrence M.. | Saurauia
Actinidiaceae
androdioecy
functional dioecy |
| 8-9 | August 2nd
10:45 am | Peruvian (Cliff Lodge) | Modeling of cone thermogenesis that is associated with pollination by thrips or weevils of Australian Macrozamia cycads | Paper | Terry, Irene, Roemer, Robert, Chockley, Christina, Jacobsen, Jennifer. | weevil pollination
cycads
thermogenesis
volatiles
modeling
thrips pollination |
Monday, August 2nd · 11:00 am to 12:00 pm · Peruvian A (Cliff Lodge)
Meeting: Tropical Biology Section Business Meeting
Presider: Susana Magallón, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| August 2nd
11:00 am | Peruvian A (Cliff Lodge) | Meeting | | | |
Tuesday, August 3rd · 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm · Special Event Center (Cliff Lodge)
Session 32: Contributed Posters: Tropical Biology Posters |
| 32-137 | August 3rd
12:30 pm | Special Event Center (Cliff Lodge) | Botanical Diversity and Biogeography of Peninsular Thailand | Poster: Tropical Biology Section | Williams, Kyle, Davies, Stuart, Middleton, David. | floristics
biogeography
Thailand
tropical
Southeast Asia
systematics |
| 32-138 | August 3rd
12:30 pm | Special Event Center (Cliff Lodge) | Floral biology and effect of insect-plant interaction on pollination intensity, fruit yield and seed set in seven species of Solanum L | Poster: Tropical Biology Section | Oyelana, Olatunji, Ogunwenmo, K. Olusola. | pollination
Pollen load
Solanum
Anthesis
Flower opening and closing
Fruit and Seed set |
| 32-139 | August 3rd
12:30 pm | Special Event Center (Cliff Lodge) | Sexual Systems of the New Caledonian Flora | Poster: Tropical Biology Section | Schlessman, Mark A., Vary, Laura B., Lowry II, Porter P., Munzinger, Jérôme. | dioecy
monoecy
sexual systems
New Caledonia
andromonoecy |
| 32-140 | August 3rd
12:30 pm | Special Event Center (Cliff Lodge) | Using GIS to Apply Museum Collections Data to Biodiversity Studies and Conservation in Guyana. | Poster: Tropical Biology Section | Hollowell, Tom, Funk, Vicki A, Richardson, Karen, Ferrier, Simon. | Guiana Shield
Guyana
conservation
biodiversity
Expeditions |
