FSD 2010 - Kelly etal

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

Thursday 17 June - 16:15-18:00 (Einstein)

Consequence of the loss of large frugivores (Abstracts)

Organizers : Dave Kelly (School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury dave.kelly(a)canterbury.ac.nz); Co-Chair : Kim McConkey

Large frugivores are disproportionately affected by humans, whether from habitat loss or direct hunting. This means that there is greater pressure on dispersal mutualisms for large-fruited species which depend on larger frugivores. In this symposium we intend to look at the extent of losses of large frugivores in different parts of the world, and the consequences of this. Are fruits still being dispersed? Can new animals or smaller animals compensate? How likely is mutualism failure? Contributed papers on this topic are welcomed for inclusion in the symposium. See Hansen & Galetti 2009. The forgotten megafauna. Science 324: 42-43.

Speakers and titles (Abstracts)

#	Speaker	Title
1	Kelly, D.	Large fruits without large frugivores: can variance save dispersal?
2	Wotton, D.	Seed dispersal with the wreckage of an avifauna: consequences for large-seeded trees in New Zealand
3	McConkey, K.	Big fruit for small mouths: the ability (or inability) of gibbons and flying foxes to disperse megafaunal fruits
4	Melo, F.	Successional trajectories of defaunted tropical forests: effects of vanishing large frugivores and the role of remaining seed dispersers
5	Effiom, E.	Bush meat hunting disrupts forest regeneration in African rainforest
6	Swamy, V.	A basin-wide study of seed rain patterns in lowland western Amazonia
7	Rogers, H.	What is the fate of a silent forest? The impact of the complete loss of frugivorous forest birds from the island of Guam