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02/07/12 - New paper about Carapa guianensis in Brazil
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, Karen A. Kainer, Lúcia H. Wadt, Christina L. Staudhammer, Valéria Rigamonte-Azevedo, Manoel Freire Correia and Lílian Maria da Silva Lima. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 28: 105 - 118.
02/05/12 - Forthcoming : a new paper about Andiroba (Carapa guianensis) in Brazil
The journal Forest Ecology and Management is publishing a Special Issue: Multiple Use of Tropical Forests: From Concept to Reality, volume 268 (14 March 2012), edited by Manuel Guariguata (CIFOR) and Plinio Sist (CIRAD). One paper is about The economic value of sustainable seed and timber harvests of multi-use species: An example using Carapa guianensis by C.A. Klimas, K.A. Kainer (Gainesville, FL, USA) and L.H. de Oliveira Wadt (Acre, Brazil). This paper has been presented at ATBC-SCB Africa in Arusha, Tanzania, in June 2011.
Christie Klimas in the field. (c) C. Klimas.
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)
