FSD 2010 - Robertson

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

Thursday 17 June - 14:00-16:00 (Joffre A/B)

Organismal and natural history oriented research (part II) ; Germination, microsites and frugivores (Abstracts)

Organizer: Alastair Robertson (Ecology, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University) ; co-chairperson: Hazel Chapman (University of Canterbury)

To evaluate the importance of dispersal mutualisms, it is important to know whether regeneration absolutely depends on handling by the frugivore. Frugivores can affect regeration in various ways, including changing the timing and amount of germination, altering the microsites that seeds are deposited in, and changing rates of attack by seed predators or pathogens. In this symposium we hope to review the range of effects on plant germination and establishment that result from the actions of frugivores (or their absence).

Speakers and titles (Abstracts)

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Speaker

Title

1

Nathalang, A.

Interannual variability in fruiting affects the diet of frugivores

2

Wongsriphuek, C.

Liana seed dispersal by white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in the seasonal evergreen forest, Thailand: Dispersal distance, germination rates, and dispersal quality

3

Chapman, H.

Post-dispersal seed removal and seed germination of Cercopithecus nictitans dispersed seedin a West African montane forest.

4

Culot, L.

Linking tamarins’ behaviour with spatiotemporal pattern of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment

5

Cordeiro, N.

Giant African rats and an endemic tree: dispersal and harvesting pressures

6

D'Arcy, L.

High levels of seed predation for three important primate food species, within the tropical peat swamp forests of Central Kalimantan. A gap in the loop?

7

Robertson, A.

Germination consequences of non-dispersal in fleshy fruited plants

#	Speaker	Title
1	Nathalang, A.	Interannual variability in fruiting affects the diet of frugivores
2	Wongsriphuek, C.	Liana seed dispersal by white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in the seasonal evergreen forest, Thailand: Dispersal distance, germination rates, and dispersal quality
3	Chapman, H.	Post-dispersal seed removal and seed germination of Cercopithecus nictitans dispersed seedin a West African montane forest.
4	Culot, L.	Linking tamarins’ behaviour with spatiotemporal pattern of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment
5	Cordeiro, N.	Giant African rats and an endemic tree: dispersal and harvesting pressures
6	D'Arcy, L.	High levels of seed predation for three important primate food species, within the tropical peat swamp forests of Central Kalimantan. A gap in the loop?
7	Robertson, A.	Germination consequences of non-dispersal in fleshy fruited plants