COS 68: Forests: Tropical

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific

Presentations:

ON DEMAND

30 Years Later: Comparative demography and biomass dynamics of the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae) in mature central Amazon rain forest
Presenting Author: Tamara F. Milton – Ecology and Evolution Biology, University of Michigan
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Arthropod facilitation mediated by abandoned dead domatia
Presenting Author: E.Jacob Cristóbal-Pérez – LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ANALISIS Y SINTESIS ECOLOGICA, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
ON DEMAND

Demand for ecosystem services in areas prone to landslides drive large-scale shifts in land-use in small mountainous watersheds in the tropics
Presenting Author: Francisco-Javier Álvarez-Vargas – Biology, Universidad del Valle
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Direct and indirect effects of deforestation and weather on the demography of an understory herb in Costa Rica
Presenting Author: Luis A. Arias-Medellin – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Enzymatic mechanisms of wood decomposition in tropical Australia
Presenting Author: Steven Allison – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine
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Fertilizing a tropical rainforest stimulates cycling of phosphorus but not nitrogen via increased foliar leaching
Presenting Author: Palani Akana – Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
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Frugivore foraging decisions influence seed dispersal patterns
Presenting Author: Binod Borah – Biology, Utah State University
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Improving the extraction of DNA from dung beetle guts: A promising new method
Presenting Author: Karen Marie Pedersen – Biology, TU Darmstadt
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The making of living pillars: Drivers of canopy height and structural complexity of tropical forests
Presenting Author: Roi Ankori-Karlinsky – Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
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Tropical forest root biomass, depth distributions, productivity and morphology vary across forests with rainfall, seasonality, and soil fertility
Presenting Author: Amanda Longhi Cordeiro – Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University