'Population and community dynamics in the tropics'
British Ecological Society Annual Symposium
Cambridge University,
United Kingdom,
1-3 April 1996
Programme
Organized by Dr D M Newbery, Unit of Tropical Forest Ecology,
Department of Biological & Molecular Sciences, University of
Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1786-467809,
Fax: +44 (0) 1786-466893,
email: d.m.newbery at stirling.ac.uk
[BES Tropical Group Secretary]
Local Organizer: Dr E V J Tanner, Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223-333912,
Fax: +44 (0) 1223-333953,
email: evt1 at mole.bio.cam.ac.uk.
Editors: Newbery DM, Prins HHT & Brown ND
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Monday 1 April
Session 1. Plant community processes
09.00 Introduction
09.05 P S ASHTON (University of Harvard, USA)
Niche specificity among tropical rain forest trees: An
integrative population approach
09.45 F BONGERS & FJ STERCK (Wageningen Agricultural University,
Netherlands)
Architecture, allometry and allocation of tropical rain
forest species
10.25 Coffee
11.00 JM OLESON1 & S S Renner2(Universities of Aarhus1, Denmark
& Mainz2, Germany)
Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant reproductive
success in the tropics
11.40 P J GRUBB (University of Cambridge, UK)
A revised perspective on the significance of mass and
nutrient content of seeds and fruits in tropical rain forest
12.30 Summary
12.40 Lunch
Session 2. Animal community processes
14.00 Introduction
14.05 P JONES (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Bird community dynamics in Africa in response to seasonal
rainfall patterns and long-term climate change
14.45 K E LINSENMAIR (University of W*rzburg, Germany)
How to cope with strongly changing and little predictable
ecological conditions in African savanna habitats: studies
into the ecophysiology of some reedfrogs
15.25 Tea
16.00 P A HENDERSON, W CRAMPTON & W D HAMILTON (University of
Oxford, UK)
Slow turbulance of communities in the deeply flooding
Amazon: effects of species richness
16.40 R HENGEVELD (Wageningen Agricultural University,
Netherlands)
Expected changes in range dynamics of invertebrates
17.20 Summary Tuesday 2 April
Session 3. Plant population dynamics
09.00 Introduction
09.05 M D SWAINE & E M VEENENDAAL (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Limits to species distribution in lowland tropical forest
09.45 D M NEWBERY1 & N C SONGWE2(University of Stirling,UK1, and
WWF Korup2, Cameroon)
Spatial dynamics, phenology and regeneration in a tropical
African forest.
10.25 Coffee
11.00 R. ZAGT & M J A WERGER (University of Utrecht, The
Netherlands)
Seedling demography and community structure in moist
neotropical lowland forest
11.40 N D BROWN & S JENNINGS (University of Oxford, UK)
Interactions between seedling banks and the magnitude and
frequency of forest disturbance
12.20 Summary
12.30 Lunch
Session 4. Animal population dynamics
14.00 Introduction
14.05 J HOLLOWAY (International Institute of Entomology, London,
UK)
The impact of traditional and modern cultivation practices,
including forestry, on Lepidoptera diversity in Malaysia and
Indonesia
14.45 S MDUMA1, R HILBORN2 & ARE SINCLAIR1 (Universities of
Vancouver1, Canada, and Washington, USA2)
The limitations of exploitation of large tropical mammals
15.25 Tea
16.00 N V C POLUNIN & BE BROWN (University of Newcastle, UK)
Dynamics of coral reef populations and communities
16.40 Summary
16.50 Posters
Wednesday 3 April
Session 5. Plant-animal interactions
09.00 Introduction
09.05 CEG TUTIN1,2 & L WHITE2 (University of Stirling1, UK and
Centre International de Recherches Medicales2, Franceville,
Gabon)
Primates, phenology and frugivory
09.45 HHT PRINS & H OLFF (Wageningen Agricultural University, The
Netherlands)
Changes in large herbivore assemblages in response to
external factors
10.25 Coffee
11.00 D HAMMOND & VK BROWN (International Institute for
Entomology, London, UK)
Disturbance, phenology and life-history characteristics as
factors influencing invertebrate attack on dispersed seeds
and seedlings of neotropical trees
11.40 P M FORGET, T MILLERON & F FEER (CNRS, Brunoy, France)
Spatiotemporal patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by
neotropical rodents: predation or secondary dispersal?
12.20 Summary
12.30 Lunch
Session 6. Large-scale vegetation dynamics
14.00 Introduction
14.05 J GIGNOUX & J C MENAUT (CNRS, Paris, France)
Modelling tree community dynamics in African savannas
14.45 T C WHITMORE1 & D F R P BURSLEM2 (Universities of
Cambridge1, UK, and Aberdeen2, UK)
Large-scale disturbances in tropical rain forests
15.25 Tea
16.00 R J WHITTAKER & S SCHMITT (University of Oxford, UK)
Disturbance and succession on Krakatau
(to be confirmed)
16.40 E J V TANNER & V KAPOS (University of Cambridge, UK)
Tropical forests - spatial pattern and change with time
17.20 Summary
17.30 Conclusion and Final Discussion
END OF SYMPOSIUM
