5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010)

FSD 2010 - David W. Snow Award2010

FSD2010

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David W. Snow Award (2010)

Best Oral Papers by Students

First Prize - The Golden-Headed Manakin Prize

Edu Effiom, Henrik Smith, Ulf Ottosson and Ola Olsson. Large Primate hunting disrupts forest regeneration in African rainforest. Abstract.

A copy of Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape edited by Nigel Stork and Stephen M. Turton (valued at € 60), a copy of Tropical Forest Community Ecology edited by Walter Carson and Stefan Schnitzer (valued at € 48), a free online subscription to Biotropica (valued at € 219) (all donated by Wiley-Blackwell), plus € 100 cash donation from CSIRO.

 

Second Prize - The Silver Phaesant Prize

Jessica Lavabre and Jordi Bascompte. Disentangling seed dispersal of an endangered conifer. Abstract.

A copy of The Ecology of Tropical East Asia by Richard T. Corlett and of Dispersal in Plants by Roger Cousens et al. (total valued at £ 105 donated by Oxford University Press), plus € 100 cash donation from CSIRO.

 

 

Third Prize -  The Bronze Common Grackle Prize

Emily Moran and James S Clark. Contrasting patterns of seed dispersal in two red oak populations revealed by hierarchical Bayesian model integrating genetic and ecological data. Abstract.

Mari Terakawa, Isagi Yuji and Yumoto Takakazu. Microsatellite analysis of seed dispersal of Myrica rubra by the Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) on Yakushima Island, Japan. Abstract.

A € 100 cash donation from CSIRO and ATBC2008 Association for the two ex aequo.

 

Best Poster Papers by Students

Poster competition for the most engaging, inspiring and well-organised poster displaying solid science.

First Prize - The Golden-Headed Manakin Prize

Soumya Prasad. Community-wide characterization of seed dispersal in a faunally-intact dry tropical forest: examining the relative contribution of extant mega-fauna. Abstract.

A copy of Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World edited by Andrew J. Dennis, Ronda J. Green, Eugene W. Schupp, David A. Westcott  and a copy of Seed Fate edited by Pierre-Michel Forget,  Joanna E. Lambert, Phil E. Hulme and Stephen B. Vander Wall (valued at € 215 donated by CABI), plus € 100 cash donation from CSIRO.

 

Second Prize - The Silver Phaesant prize

Nathan Lichti, Michael Steele and Robert Swihart. Landscape effects on acorn dispersal by blue jays in Eastern North America. Abstract.

A copy of The Ecology of Tropical East Asia by Richard T. Corlett and of Dispersal in Plants by Roger Cousens et al. (total valued at £ 105 donated by Oxford University Press), plus € 100 cash donation from CSIRO.

 

 

Third Prize - The Bronze Common Grackle Prize

Daniel Martínez, Daniel García and Jose M. Herrera. Disperser-mediated plant-plant interaction in a secondary forest of northern Spain. Abstract.

Aisha Nyiramana, Beth Kaplin, Irene Mendoza and Pierre-Michel Forget. Evidence of seed removal and secondary dispersal of Carapa grandiflora (Meliaceae) tree in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Abstract.

A €100 cash donation from CSIRO and ATBC2008 Association for the two ex aequo.

 

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