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Peer-Reviewed Journals (PR01-51)

PR51. Forget, P.-M. Jordano, P. Lambert, J. E. , Böhning-Gaese, K., Traveset, A.  & S. J. Wright. 2011. Preface: Frugivores and seed dispersal (1985–2010); the ‘seeds’ dispersed, established and matured. Acta Oecologica 37 (6) 517-520. Available online 19 October 2011

PR50. Evidence for Seed Dispersal by Rodents in Tropical Montane Forest in Africa by Nyiramana, A., Mendoza, I., Kaplin, Beth A. & Forget, P.-M. Biotropica 43 (6) 654-657.

PR49. Ratiarison, S. & Forget, PM. 2011. Fruit availability, frugivore satiation and seed removal in 2 primate-dispersed tree species. Integrative Zoology 6(3):178–194. pdf

PR48. Jordano, P. Forget, P.-M., Lambert, J. E., Böhning-Gaese, K. , Traveset, A. & Wright, S.J. Frugivores and seed dispersal: mechanisms and consequences for biodiversity of a key ecological interaction. Biol. Lett. June 23, 2011 7:321-323.  pdf. Published online before print November 17, 2010, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0986.

PR47. Norconk, M. A., S. Boinski, & P.-M. Forget.  2011. Primates in 21st century ecosystems: does primate conservation promote ecosystem conservation? American Journal of Primatology 73:3-8. Early View.

PR46. Weber, N., Birnbaum, P., Forget, P.-M. et al. 2010. The oil of Carapa (Carapa spp. Meliaceae) in West Africa: uses and implications in the conservation of natural tree stands. Fruits 65:343-354. (Abstract). pdf

PR45. Vanthomme, H., Belle, B. & Forget, P.-M. 2010. Bushmeat Hunting Alters Recruitment of Large-seeded Plant Species in Central Africa. Biotropica 42:672-67. (Abstract). pdf

PR44. Norden N, Chave J, Belbenoit P, Caubère A, Châtelet P, Forget P-M, Riéra B, Viers J. & Thébaud C – 2009 - Interspecific variation in seedling responses to seed limitation and habitat conditions for 14 Neotropical woody species. Journal of Ecology 97:186-197. pdf

PR43. Lermyte C, Forget P-M - 2009. Rapid assessment of dispersal failure and seedling recruitment of large-seeded non-timber forest products trees in a tropical rainforest. Tropical Conservation Science 2(4) 404-424.

PR42. Forget, P.-M. 2009. 2008 ATBC Honorary Fellows Louise H. Emmons, Ph. D. Biotropica 41 (1) 137.

PR41. Forget, P.-M., Poncy, O., Thomas, R., Hammond, D.S. & David Kenfack. 2008. A new species of Carapa (Meliaceae) from Central Guyana. Brittonia 61(4) 366-374. pdf

PR40. Chave, J., Olivier, J., Bongers, F., Châtelet, P., Forget, P.-M., van der Meer, P., Norden, N., Riéra, B., & Charles-Dominique, P. 2008. Above-ground biomass and productivity in a rain forest of eastern South America. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 24, 355-366. pdf

PR39. Forget, P.-M. & Cuijpers, L. 2008. Survival and scatterhoarding of frugivores-dispersed seeds as a function of forest disturbance. Biotropica, 40: 380-385. pdf

PR38. Hammond, D. S., Gond, V., de Thoisy, B., P.-M. Forget & B. DeDijn. 2007 Causes and consequences of a tropical forest gold rush in the Guiana Shield, South America. AMBIO, 36, 661-670. pdf

PR37. Norden, N., Chave, J., Belbenoit, P., Caubère, A., Châtelet, P., Forget, P.-M., & Thébaud, C. 2007. Mast fruiting is a frequent strategy in woody species of Eastern South America. PlosOne 10:1-9. pdf

PR36. Norden, N., Chave, J., Caubère, A., Châtelet, P., Ferroni, N., Forget, P.-M., & Thébaud, C. 2007. Is temporal variation of seedling communities determined by environment or by seed arrival? A test in a neotropical forest. Journal of Ecology 95, 507-516. pdf

PR35. Baraloto, C. & Forget, P.-M. 2007. Seed mass, seedling morphology and response to deep shade and damage among French Guianan rain forest trees. American Journal of Botany 94: 901-911. pdf

PR34. Forget, P.-M. & P.A. Jansen. 2007. Hunting increases dispersal limitation in the tree Carapa procera, a Nontimber forest product. Conservation Biology 21, 106-113. pdf

PR33. Ratiarison, S. & Forget, P.-M. 2005. Frugivores and seed removal at Tetragastris altissima (Burseraceae) in a fragmented forested landscape of French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21:501-508. pdf

PR32. Baraloto, C., Forget, P.-M., & Goldberg, D. E. 2005. Direct and indirect effects of seed size on neotropical tree seedling establishment. Journal of Ecology 93: 1156–1166. pdf

PR31. Chauvet, S. & P.-M. Forget. 2005. Edge effects on post-dispersal seed removal in a fragmented rain forest in French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21:113-116. pdf

PR30. Chauvet, S., F. Feer & P.-M. Forget. 2004. Variation in seed fate of two Sapotaceae species, in the context of escape and satiation hypotheses. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19, 1-9. pdf

PR29. Forget, P.-M. 2004. Tropical rain forests tomorrow: No future ? Tropinet (supplement to Biotropica 36) 15:1-3.

PR28. Larue, M., S. Ringuet, D. Sabatier, & P.-M. Forget. 2002d. Fruit richness and seasonality in a fragmented landscape of French Guiana. Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et La Vie), Supplément, 8, 39-57.

PR27. Leigh, E.G., J.F., Cosson, J.M. Pons, & P.-M. Forget. 2002c. L'étude des îlots forestiers nous permet-elle de mieux connaître le fonctionnement de la forêt tropicale ? Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie), Supplément, 8, 181-194.

PR26. Feer, F. & Forget, P.-M. 2002. Spatio-temporal variation in post-dispersal seed fate. Biotropica 34, 555-566. pdf

PR25. Forget, P.-M. 2002b. Explorations scientifique et aurifère : le paradoxe de Saint-Eugène, Guyane française. Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et La Vie), Supplément, 8, 13-20.

PR24. Forget, P.-M. & Pons, J.M. 2002a. Perspectives de recherches et futur de la station de Saint-Eugène. Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie), Supplément, 8, 195-199.

PR23. Feer, F., Julliot, C., Simmen, B., Forget, P.-M., Bayart, F. & Chauvet, S. 2001. Recruitment, a multi-stage process with unpredictable result: the case of a Sapotaceasae in French Guianan forest. Revue d’ Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie) 56, 119-145.

PR22. Forget, P.-M., Rankin De Merona, J.M. & Julliot, C. 2001. The effects of forest type, harvesting and stand refinement on early seedling recruitment in a tropical rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17, 593-609. pdf

PR21. Forget, P.-M. & Vander Wall, S.B. 2001. Scatter-hoarding rodents and marsupials: convergent evolution on diverging continents. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16, 65-67. pdf

PR20. Forget, P.-M., T. Milleron, F. Feer, O. Henry & G. Dubost. 2000. Effects of dispersal pattern and mammalian herbivores on seedling recruitment in Virola michelii (Myristicaceae) in French Guiana. Biotropica 32, 452-462. pdf

PR19. Forget, P.-M., M. Mercier & F. Collinet. 1999b. Spatial patterns of two rodent-dispersed rainforest trees Carapa procera (Meliaceae) and Vouacapoua americana (Caesalpiniaceae) at Paracou, French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 301-313. pdf

PR18. Forget, P.-M., K. Kitajima & R. B. Foster. 1999a. Pre- and post-dispersal seed predation in Tachigalia versicolor (Caesalpiniaceae): effects of timing of fruiting and variation among trees. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 61-81. pdf

PR17. Forget, P.-M., S. Gourlet-Fleury & B. Vannière. 1998a. Exploitation, chasse et régénération naturelle sont-elles compatibles en forêt guyanaise? In M. Fleury & O. Poncy (Eds). Conserver, gérer la biodiversité: quelle stratégie pour la Guyane? JATBA, Revue d’Ethnobiologie 40: 79-101.

PR16. Forget, P.-M. & D. Sabatier. 1997c. Dynamics of a seedling shadow in a frugivores-dispersed tree species in French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:767-773. pdf + Addendum

PR15. Forget, P.-M. 1997b. Ten-Year Seedling Dynamics in Vouacapoua americana in French Guiana: a hypothesis. Biotropica 29: 124-126. pdf

PR14. Forget, P.-M. 1997a. Effect of microhabitat on seed fate and seedling performance in two rodent-dispersed tree species in rainforest in French Guiana. Journal of Ecology 85:693-703. pdf

PR13. Forget, P.-M. 1996. Removal of seeds of Carapa procera (Meliaceae) by rodents and their fate in Rainforest in French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 12: 751-761. pdf

PR12. Forget, P.-M. 1994b. Regeneration pattern of Vouacapoua americana (Caesalpiniaceae), a rodent-dispersed tree species in French Guiana. Biotropica 26: 420-426. pdf

PR11. Forget, P.-M., E. Munoz & E. G. Leigh, Jr. 1994a. Predation on seeds falling late in the fruiting season of Scheelea palm on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Biotropica 26: 408-419. pdf

PR10. Forget, P.-M. 1993. Post-dispersal predation and scatterhoarding of Dipteryx panamensis (Papilionaceae) seeds by rodents in Panama. Oecologia 94: 255-261. pdf

PR09. Forget, P.-M. 1992b. Seed removal and seed fate in Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 24: 408-414. pdf

PR08. Forget, P.-M. 1992a. Regeneration ecology of Eperua grandiflora (Caesalpiniaceae), a large-seeded tree in French Guiana. Biotropica 24: 146-156. pdf

PR07. Forget, P.-M. & T. Milleron. 1991c. Evidence for secondary seed dispersal in Panama. Oecologia 87: 596-599. pdf

PR06. Forget, P.-M. 1991b. Scatterhoarding of Astrocaryum paramaca by Proechimys in French Guiana: comparison with Myoprocta exilis. Tropical Ecology 32: 155-167. pdf

PR05. Forget, P.-M. 1991a. Comparative recruitment pattern of two non-pioneer tree species in French Guiana. Oecologia 85: 434-439. pdf

PR04. Forget, P.-M. 1990. Seed-dispersal of Vouacapoua americana (Caesalpiniaceae) by caviomorph rodents in French Guiana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6: 459-468. pdf

PR03. Puig, H., P.-M. Forget et P. Sist. 1989b. Dissémination et régénération naturelle de quelques arbres en forêt tropicale guyanaise. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 136: 119-131.

PR02. Forget, P.-M. 1989a. La régénération naturelle d'une espèce autochore de la forêt guyanaise: Eperua falcata Aublet (Caesalpiniaceae). Biotropica 21: 115-125. pdf

PR01. Forget, P.-M., J. Lebbe, R. Vignes, H. Puig et M. Hideux. 1986. Microcomputer-aided identification: an application to trees from French Guiana. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 205-223. Abstract.

Book Chapters (BC01-13)

BC13. Gueye, M., Kenfack, D., Forget P.-M. 2009. Importance socio-culturelle, potentialités économiques et thérapeutiques du Carapa (Meliaceae) au Sénégal. Pages 357-366 In Systematics and conservation of African plants. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew edited by X. van der Burgt, J. van der Maese & J.-M (eds). pdf

BC12. Forget, P.-M., Dennis, A.J., Jansen, P.A., Kitamura, S., Lambert,  J.E., Mazer, S.J. & Westcott, D.A. 2007 Relation between seed allometry and frugivore size in tropical rain forests : a cross-continental comparison. Pages 5-36. In Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world edited by A. J. Dennis, R. A. Green, E. W. Schupp and D. A. Westcott. pdf + Appendix I et Appendix II (pp 628-652).

BC11. Forget, P.-M. & D. Hammond. 2005. Rainforest vertebrates and food plant diversity in the Guianan Shield. Pages 233-294 in D. S. Hammond, editor. Tropical forests of the Guiana shield: ancient forests in a modern world. CABI International, Wallington, UK.

BC10. Vander Wall, S. B., P.-M. Forget, J. E. Lambert & P.E. Hulme. 2005. Seed fate pathways: filling the gap between parent and offspring. Pages 1-8 in P.-M. Forget, J. E. Lambert, P. E. Hulme, & S. B. Vander Wall, editors. Seed fate: predation, dispersal and seedling establishment. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK. pdf

BC09. Forget, P.-M. & D. Wenny. 2005. How to elucidate seed fate? A review of marking methods used to study seed removal and secondary seed dispersal. Pages 379-393 in P.-M. Forget, J. Lambert, P. Hulme & S. B. Vander Wall (Eds), Seed fate: predation, dispersal and seedling establishment. CABI publishing, Wallingford.

BC08. Baraloto, C. & P.-M. Forget. 2004. Effects of post-logging microhabitats on regeneration from seed: implications for sustainable forest management. Pages 191-203 in S. Gourlet-Fleury, J.-M. Guehl, & O. Laroussinie (Eds), Ecology and management of a Neotropical rainforest Lessons drawn from Paracou, a long-term experimental research site in French Guiana. Elsevier, The Hagues.

BC07. Forget, P.-M., D. Hammond, T. Milleron & R. Thomas. 2002. Seasonality of fruiting and food hoarding by rodents in Neotropical forests: consequences for seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. In Levey, D.J., Silva, W.R. and Galetti, M. (Eds), Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 241-253. pdf

BC06. Ratiarison, S. & P.-M. Forget. 2002. Impact of forest fragmentation on frugivory and primary seed dispersal in French Guiana. In Ganeshaiah, K.N., Shaanker, R.U. & Bawa, K.S. (Eds), Tropical Ecosystems. Structure, Diversity and Welfare. Oxford & IBH publishings Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Dehli and Calcutta, Bangalore, India, pp. 501-504.

 

BC05. Forget, P.-M. 2002. La dispersion de semillas en los bosques neotropicales: el caso de los caviomorfos. In Guariguata, M.R. & Kattan, G.H. (eds), Ecologia y conservacion de bosques neotropicales. Libro Universitario Regional, San José, Costa Rica, pp. 291.

BC04. Jansen, P.A. & P.-M. Forget 2001. Scatterhoarding by rodents and tree regeneration in French Guiana. In Bongers, F., Charles-Dominique, P., Forget, P.-M. & Théry, M. (eds), Nouragues: dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a neotropical rainforest. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 275-288. pdf

BC03. Forget, P.-M., F. Feer, S. Chauvet, C. Julliot, B. Simmen, F. Bayart, E. Pages-Feuillade. 2001. Post-dispersal seed removal in four frugivores-dispersed tree species. In: Bongers, F., Charles-Dominique, P., Forget, P.-M. & Théry, M. (eds), Nouragues: dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a neotropical rainforest.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 265-274.

BC02. Feer, F., O. Henry & P.-M. Forget. 2001. Frugivory and seed dispersal in terrestrial mammals. In Bongers, F., Charles-Dominique, P., Forget, P.-M. & Théry, M. (eds), Nouragues: dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a neotropical rainforest. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 227-232.

BC01. Forget, P.-M., T. Milleron & F. Feer. 1998b. Patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by neotropical rodents and seed fate in relation to seed size. In D. M. Newbery, H. T. T. Prins & N. D. Brown (eds), Dynamics of Tropical Communities, Blackwell Science, Cambridge, UK. pp. 25-49.

Editorship (ED01-04)

ED04. Forget P-M, Jordano P, Böhning-Gaese K, Lambert J.E , Traveset A & Wright SJ (Eds). 2011. Frugivores and seed dispersal: mechanisms and consequences for biodiversity of a key ecological interaction. Acta Oecologica-Elsevier. (in prep).

ED03. Forget, P.-M., J. E. Lambert, P. E. Hulme, and S. B. Vander Wall  (Eds) 2005. Seed fate: predation, dispersal and seedling establishment. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.

ED02. Forget, P.-M., 2002. (Ed.) Fragmentation de la forêt tropicale humide: le du barrage de Petit-Saut, rivière Sinnamary, Guyane française. Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie). Supplément. Abstract

ED01. Bongers, F. , Charles-Dominique, P., Forget, P.-M., & Thery, M. 2001. (Eds). Nouragues: dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a neotropical rainforest.  Kluwer, The Hagues. Google scholar

Report (RE01-02)

RE02. Forget, P.-M. & Poncy, O. 2008. Mission d’expertise réalisée du 3 au 7 décembre 2007 dans le cadre d’une mission d’inspection sur le projet d’exploitation aurifère de camp caïman (CBJ Cambior) sur la montagne de Kaw. MNHN. pdf at Ministère de l'Ecologie.

RE01. Forget, P.-M., Baraloto, C., Blanc, L. Petronelli, P. & Gourlet-Fleury, S. 2004. Sustainable harvesting of Crabwood (Carapa procera) seeds: dispersal, predation and regeneration. In Report of the Technical Workshop on Crabwood, Iwokrama, Georgetown, Guyana. NA on line.