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01/06/12 - Interview of Pierre-Michel Forget at France Info, Info Science
Marie-Odile Monchicourt (Info Science, France Info) interviewed Pierre-Michel Forget (released 6 January 2012) about the discovery of seed dispersal of Carapa grandiflora by Giant rat Cricetomys kivuensis in Rwanda, a study published in Biotropica in November 2011. The interview is on line Here. More about Carapa grandiflora.
12/16/11 - New paper on Carapa guianensis in South America
Control of Carapa guianensis phenology and seed production at multiple scales: a five-year study exploring the influences of tree attributes, habitat heterogeneity and climate cues by Christie A. Klimas et al. (2012). Journal of Tropical Ecology, 28, pp 105-118 doi:10.1017/S0266467411000630. Voir Etudes
Christie Klimas in the field (© C. Klimas)
11/11/11 - Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010) is published
Frugivores and Seed Dispersal: Mechanisms and Consequences of a Key Interaction for Biodiversity Edited by Pierre-Michel Forget, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Pedro Jordano, Joanna E. Lambert, Anna Traveset and Joe S. Wright. Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 517-682 (November-December 2011). It is dedicated to the Memory of Pr. Dr. Elisabeth "Eli" Kalko (1962-2011).
Content at FSD2010.org or at Science Direct
Virtual plenary talks at FSD2010-Virtual.org (Registration is free but mandatory). (11 November 2011)
11/05/11 - New paper on diversity of Carapa in Central Africa
Testing species delimitation in sympatric species complexes: The case of an African tropical tree, Carapa spp. (Meliaceae)
In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 October 2011
Jérôme Duminil, David Kenfack, Vincenzo Viscosi, Laurent Grumiau, Olivier J. Hardy. (Photo: David Kenfack at Korup, Cameroun. © Odile Poncy, 2007)
11/02/11 - A New Herot Rat to Save African Rainforests
Evidence for Seed Dispersal by Rodents in Tropical Montane Forest in Africa by Nyiramana, A., Mendoza, I., Kaplin, Beth A. & Forget, P.-M. published as Insights in Biotropica 43 (6) 654-657. Press release (in french). (Photo : Kivu Giant Pouched Rat Cricetomys kivuensis handling a seed of Carapa grandiflora © Aisha Nyiramana, MNHN-University of Buraré). Website mnhn.fr
10/30/11 - Our Team in the National Newpaper Le Monde dated 29 October 2011
Our Research team and phenology project was highlighted in the Newpaper Le Monde. In an article entitled "En Guyane, une "forêt témoin" pour étudier biodiversité et climat" (In French Guiana, a "control forest" to study biodiversity and climate), Laurent Marot, reporter in Guyane, describes our research project on forest phenology (Irene Mendoza's post-doc project - see below) and tree diversity (see below) during the last October mission in the Week End supplement Science & Techno (page 3) of the edition dated 29 October 2011. (PDF available upon request).
Photo : members of research team who contributed to the tree inventory at Nouragues Forest in October 2011. From left to right - First row : Christopher Baraloto (PI), Michel Baisie, Julien Engel, Bernard Riera, Hélène Richard, Odile Poncy. Second row :Lionel Picart, Pierre-Michel Forget (co-PI), Alana Moore, Benjamin Leudet, Jocelyn Cazal, Lilian Procopio and Claire Fortunel. (© Lionel Picart, treeclimbing.fr).