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Past and Recent History of Tropical Ecosystems: Cross-Continental Comparisons and Lessons for the Future Frugivores and Seed Dispersal: Mechanisms and Consequences of a Key Interaction for Biodiversity Organized in partnership with the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ), the British Ecological Society-Tropical Ecology Group (BESTEG) and the Société Française d’Ecologie (SFE) PROGRAM – ABSTRACTS The Venue – Le Corum Hosted by Sponsored by Program-Abstracts Table of Contents Welcome by the organizers The host institutions About the FSD2010 logo Meeting organization Chairpersons Academic committee Organizing committee Logistic, conference management, secretariat, public relation and communication Organizers/chairpersons of symposia Plenary speakers Sponsoring institutions and financial support Information for participants Program overview Meals FSD2010 Award David W. Snow for best student papers Information for authors Plenary talk Oral presentation Poster presentation Program schedule Overview Scientific program List of symposia Conference schedule at a glance Abstracts List of authors Advertizing More information at http://www.fsd2010.org 2 5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985- 2010)-13-18 June 2010, Montpellier, France-http://www.fsd2010.org Welcome by the organizers Welcome to the Region of Languedoc-Roussillon and the city of Montpellier Both the region and the city itself have enjoyed a remarkable history as well as recent growth. The city’s name – Montpellier – first appears in the early Middle Ages (AD 985); today, Montpellier is the fastest growing urban area in the country and France’s 8th largest city. Being 750 km distant from Paris, Montpellier is a bridge between northern and southern Europe. Moreover, it is at the brink of multiple habitats of keen interest to researchers of seed dispersal systems: lagunes and marine habitats 10 km away in the South, Mediterranean bush habitat (garrigue) 20 km North, and mountain habitats 70 km North. It is thus not by chance that this great city was nominated and elected by FSD2005 participants in Brisbane to host the 5th International Symposium on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. Part of the dynamic flair of Montpellier can be attributed to its Academy with 93,000 students today. Known as an important historical center of knowledge, the Schools of Medecines and Law of Montpellier were officially recognized as University in 1289. After being sold to the Crown of France in 1349, the city of Montpellier was considered the second country of the Kingdom, and had great potential to become a major city in France, henceforth the capital. But, the Plague, religious conflicts, and settlement of the Bourbon branch crown elsewhere (Paris, and then Versailles) changed the city’s destiny. Throughout the history of this great city, Montpellier has become one of the most important centers for ecological research in the world. Indeed, the city hosts two major research institutions devoted to the discipline: Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) and the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Montpellier (ISEM). Montpellier is also home to the Botanical Garden and Arboretum of Montpellier classified in 1992 as a historical monument. Founded in 1593 by King Henri IV and established under the leadership of the botanist Pierre Richer de Belleval, it served as model for the Jardin des Plantes de Paris in 1626. Originally implemented to cultivate medicinal plants, it rapidly developed as a tool to teach botany for students, and remains so. Today the garden contains more than two thousands of plant species, including 500 native to the Mediterranean region. More recently, the city of Montpellier created and opened in 2007 the Serre Amazonienne as part of the Zoo of Lunaret which is a tropical greenhouse representing the Amazon environment. With its seven climatic zones and habitats, the greenhouse hosts myriad tropical plant and animal species, including pacu fishes, iguanas, bats, guans, toucans, tamarins, agoutis, squirrel monkeys, howler monkeys – all well known frugivores and seed dispersers! We thus view Montpellier as an ideal location to welcome participants to the FSD2010, and hope that you will enjoy all that the city has to offer. Pierre-Michel Forget (UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN), Martine Hossaert-McKey (CEFE- CNRS) and Isabelle Olivieri (ISEM-UM2) 3 Program-Abstracts The host institutions: Montpellier concentrates one of the largest communities of Ecologists, population geneticists and evolutionary biologists in Europe (e.g., CEFE, ISEM). Several institutes with expertise on biological control are also in town (CSIRO, USDA). Furthermore, all main national research organisations are represented (INRA, CIRAD, IRD, CEMAGREF, IFREMER, BRGM, CEA, INRIA, INRAP), which are associated to Universities (3) or SupAgro or various Higher Education organisations. A large part of the research at CEFE and ISEM focuses on mediterranean and tropical ecosystems. CEFE and ISEM at University of Montpellier II furnishes a rich scientific environment for the themes of this Symposium-Workshop. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE). The Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive » unites scientists from CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), universities of Montpellier, CIRAD (Centre for Agronomic Research Applied to Development), EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), and SupAgro (Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier). The CEFE also hosts researchers from IRD (Institute for Research and Developement). The activities of the CEFE focus on important societal concerns: biodiversity, global change and sustainable development. The overall objective is to establish scenarios for changes in the structure, functioning and evolution of ecological systems and of strategies for their conservation, restoration and rehabilitation. Research at CEFE is coordinated around four transversal themes: (1) human actions, human-influenced systems and conservation biology; (2) the adaptive significance of life history traits in relation to environmental constraints ; (3) the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning; and (4) global change and ecosystem functioning. Director: Jean-Dominique Lebreton (member of the French Academy of Sciences) Website: http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/ Institut des Sciences et de l'Evolution Montpellier (ISEM). The Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution Montpellier units scientists from the University of Montpellier II, the CNRS and IRD. Research at ISE-M focuses on the patterns and mechanisms of evolution in the living world. It aims to better understand the processes involved in the origins and dynamics of biodiversity. A specific approach taken by scientists at the ISE-M is to work on both extant and fossil material and to study plants, animals, and micro-organisms. The main research areas are paleontology and paleobiology, paleoenvironment and paleoclimate, molecular phylogeny, evolutionary biology, Human evolutionary biology, and integrative biology. Director: Jean-Christophe Auffray Website: http://www.isem.cnrs.fr/ 4 5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985- 2010)-13-18 June 2010, Montpellier, France-http://www.fsd2010.org About the FSD2010 logo The FSD2010 logo was prepared by Erin Kuprewicz, Ph. D candidate at University of Miami, Florida (http://www.bio.miami.edu/kuprewicz/). After being held in the tropics (Veracruz, Mexico) and sub tropics (Rio Grande do sul, Brazil; Southern Queensland, Australia), FSD2010 is in the temperates, in a mediterrranean environment, Southern Europe. Because frugivory and seed dispersal are not constrained by latitude, a logo was designed to put emphasis on plants and animals that occur within and outside the tropics. Erin Kuprewicz's logo presents an oak (Quercus sp.) tree, Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius), Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), Apodemus sp., and Sus scrofa. Note that the light green foliage of the tree matches the Herault Department map, the dark green being the Mediterranean Sea. Erin Kuprewicz also designed the ATBC2008.org logo. Illustrations at FSD2010.org website are by Erin Kuprewicz and François Feer. Many thanks to Ellen Andresen, Steve Blake, Jedediah Brodie, Rhett A. Buttler, Tomás A. Carlo, Hazel Chapman, Benoit de Thoisy (Association Kwata), René Dumoulin (Oiseaux.net), Nico Eisenbauer, Jakob Fahr, Guillaume Feuillet (Association Kwata), Jules Fouarges (Oiseaux.net), Sean Mc Cann, Benoit Guenard, Nicole Gross-Camp and Simon Camp, Arndt Hampe, Kent Harrison, Dennis Hansen, Alain Houle, Kae Kawanishi, Britta Kunz, Diego Lizcano, Antonio J. Manzaneda, Patrica Medici, Phil Myers, Paulo Oliveira, Marco Aurelio Pizo, Soumya Prasad, Emilie Regnier, Carolina Santos, Joël N. Strong, Kevina Vulinek, Diego Zárate and Pierre-Michel Forget for sharing pictures of frugivores and plants to illustrate the website, and for helping us to prepare and edit the pages of the frugivores of the month.Thanks to all participants for sharing photos at the website Galleries. Meeting organization Chairpersons Pierre-Michel Forget. UMR 7179 CNRS-Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) Martine Hossaert-Mckey. CNRS-Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) Isabelle Olivieri. Université de Montpellier II-Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution Montpellier (ISEM) 5 Program-Abstracts Academic committee Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Pedro Jordano, Estacion Biol. Donana, CSIC Pierre-Michel Forget, UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN Joanna Lambert,
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