gtö 2016 gtö TROPICAL DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND LAND USE DIVERSITY, TROPICAL TROPICAL DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND LAND USE PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY www.gtoe-conference.de · www.gtoe.de GÖTTINGEN, FEBRUARY 23 - 26, 2016 ISBN 978-3-00-052047-1 Society for Tropical Ecology | Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e.V. 1 TROPICAL DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND LAND USE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY AND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR TROPICAL ECOLOGY (GESELLSCHAFT FÜR TROPENÖKOLOGIE E.V. – GTÖ) Göttingen, February 23-26, 2016 IMPRESSUM Editors Eckhard Heymann German Primate Center, Dirk Hölscher, Hermann Behling, Front and back cover photo Ingo Grass, Jürgen Homeier, Simone Pfeiffer Simone Pfeiffer und Janina Schäfer Georg-August-University Göttingen Concept, Layout and Cover KCS Kuhlmann Convention Service [email protected] The respective authors are solely responsible This book is available at www.gtoe.de for the contents of their contributions in this Printed on 100% recycled paper. book. ISBN 978-3-00-052047-1 Tropical Diversity, Ecology and Land Use, Göttingen, February 23 - 26, 2016 2 3 LOCAL ORGANIZERS & SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS The organizing committee and the Society for Tropical Ecology would like to thank the following institutions for their support Welcome and Foreword 4 Society for Tropical Ecology (formerly Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e V , gtö) 9 Merian Award 10 Detailed Conference Program 12 Tuesday, 23 February 2016 13 Wednesday, 24 February 2016 16 Thursday, 25 February 2016 26 Friday, 26 February 2016 32 Plenary Sessions – Abstracts 36 Session 1 44 Session 2 56 Session 3 74 Session 4 80 Session 5 88 Session 6 110 Session 7 122 Session 8 134 Session 9 142 Session 10 150 Session 11 170 Session 12 194 Session 13 208 Session 14 226 Session 15 238 Session 16 246 Session 17 256 Session 18 264 270 Informations for participants 370 Scientific Poster Session - Abstracts Index of participants 376 Society for Tropical Ecology | Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e.V. Tropical Diversity, Ecology and Land Use, Göttingen, February 23 - 26, 2016 4 5 WELCOME Dear participants, dear colleagues, dear friends, Ecology & 29th It is our great pleasure to welcome you all to the first European Conference of Tropical Annual Meeting of the Society for Tropical Ecology-Gesellschaft für University and the German Primate Center) and organized by members of four faculties Tropenökologie (gtö) in Göttingen. This conference is jointly hosted by the Georg-August- (Agriculture, Biology, Forestry and Geosciences), the Center for Biodiversity and Land WELCOME AND Use (CBL) of the university, and from DPZ This diversity of organizers, and institutions that is done on the Göttingen Campus The title of the conference – Tropical diversity, FOREWORD to which they belong, reflects the broad spectrum of tropical and subtropical research ecology and land use – also mirrors this broad spectrum of research and at the same time highlights the interface between basic and applied scientific approaches. Located near the geographical center of Europe, Göttingen is the right place for a European conference The 2015 conference in Zürich had already attracted a broad European and proud that we can further contribute to making the society’s annual conference THE international audience and raised the profile of the Society for Tropical Ecology. We are event where tropical ecologists from all over Europe meet By the time of writing these lines, delegates from 15 European countries have registered Furthermore, the conference is attracting scientists and students from around 40 nations outside Europe The conference program includes a diverse spectrum of sessions where the latest that the conference will contribute to not only advancing tropical research, but will also achievements in tropical ecology research will be presented. We hope and are confident sent out a strong conservation message, as tropical ecosystems continue to be under heavy anthropogenic pressure that is now aggravated by the effects of global climate change new partnerships in research and conservation We wish you a very good time in Göttingen We hope that you will find the conference inspiring, and fostering existing and building and a successful and productive participation in the conference Eckhard W Heymann On behalf of the Local Organizers Hermann Behling Ingo Grass Eckhard W Heymann Dirk Hölscher Jürgen Homeier Stefan Hohnwald Simone Pfeiffer Society for Tropical Ecology | Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e.V. Tropical Diversity, Ecology and Land Use, Göttingen, February 23 - 26, 2016 6 7 WELCOME WELCOME Dear conference participants, Dear participants, The Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), Göttingen University is Welcome to the European Conference of Tropical Ecology and the Annual Conference of pleased that the Society for Tropical Ecology has chosen Göttingen as the venue for the Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, gtö) in Göttingen The the joint event of the European Conference of Tropical Ecology and the 29th Annual conference last year was hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology The general topic of the conference Zurich This year’s conference is one of the largest on this topic and jointly hosted by the University of Göttingen and the German Primate Center Several scientists from the challenges we are facing to maintain the diversity of tropical ecosystems which are under faculties of Agricultural Sciences, of Biology & Psychology, of Forest Seiences & Forest “Tropical Diversity, Ecology and Land Use” is a very timely one. It reflects the huge pressure due to unsustainable land use and climate change There is a strong need for Ecology and of Geoscience & Geography from the University of Göttingen are members of joint research activities that are aimed at a better understanding of tropical ecosystems, the local organizing committee At the German Primate Center the Behavioral Ecology & their diversity and response to human interference and land use This topic is in the core Sociobiology Unit is involved in the organization This interdisciplinary and intermural of the research agenda of the CBL Only four years ago, Göttingen University established this interdisciplinary centre to concentrate research and teaching activities as well as the Göttingen Campus in an exemplary way setting reflects what we call the “Göttingen Spirit” and the close interactions on the fostering of alumni networks in biodiversity, ecology and land use which are scattered across several faculties and departments within the Göttingen Campus Collaborative The Iead topic of the conference is “Tropical diversity, ecology and land use” and globe The conference’s exciting and diverse program with its excellent speakers has interdisciplinary projects such as the DFG CRC 990 “Ecological and Socioeconomic encompasses very fascinating fields of research that are of great relevance across the illustrate these efforts attracted about 350 registered participants from 53 nations, incl 15 European nations Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)” The CBL has a strong interest in capacity building The topics of tropical ecology and land We are thrilled to see the growing number of international participants as it is an indicator use are covered by a set of teaching activities in several faculties and study programmes for the significance of these topics way beyond the boundaries of the tropics. The human impact on the tropical ecosystems of our planet has been rapidly growing over Students of the Master programme “Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution” will participate CBL contributes not only to the organization of this year’s conference, but is also hosting the last several decades This poses enormaus chailenges In some areas the biodiversity in the conference as part of their scientific and event management training. the annual conference A group of 15 scientists and executives from developing countries highly endangered So the local and global consequences for the ecosystem as weil the one of two DAAD Alumni Seminars which takes place for the first time in connection with is highly endangered due to human influence and many species are already extinct or transitions of Iandscapes are subject to many studies and conservational efforts Thus, it just received a one-week training in Göttingen and will now attend this conference. I wish you all a productive and inspiring conference and a pleasant stay in Göttingen the way we live Only by properly understanding and managing the tropical biodiversity is very important to ail of us to understand how these changes influence nature and lastly and extending sustainable land use will we be able to tackle the chailenges that lie ahead The conference will give you an overview on the current state of research on these topics and related issues It provides a wonderful arena for discussions on research results, Prof Dr Johannes Isselstein exchanging ideas, making future plans as weil as networking Head, Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use We invite you to explore the Göttingen Campus, wish you a pleasant time in Göttingen and great inspirations at the conference Prof Dr Ulrike Beisiegel Prof Dr Stefan Treue President, University of Göttingen Director, German Primat Center (DPZ) Society for Tropical Ecology | Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e.V. 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