Parker, Russell
Department of Primary Industries
Meiers Road
Indooroopilly QLD 4068
Australia
Telephone 61 7 877 9363
Fax 61 7 371 0766
e-mail parkerr@dpi.qld.gov.au

I am involved in research and extension in Integrated Pest Management in ornamental crops in Queensland, Australia, concentrating on biological control of twospotted mite, mealybugs, thrips, broad mites and whitefly.


Parolin, Pia
INPA / Max Planck, C.P. 478, 69011 Manaus, AM, Brazil Tel 0055 / 92 / 643 3267
Fax 0055 / 92 / 642 1503, 644 1029
e-mail: pparolin@cr-am.rnp.br

Reseacrh interests: tree ecology and physiology, floodplains, photosynthesis, flood stress, tree adaptations to inundation.


Parsons, Thomas J.
406 PSH
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
402-472-3167
fax 402-472-2853
tparsons@crcvms.unl.edu

I'm a molecular evolutionary geneticist interested in speciation and systematics of neotropical birds, with emphasis on hybrid zones. I'm also studying dipterid genetics and evolution of sibling species complexes; so I'm interested in mechanisms of generation of biodiversity.


Patel, Aviva
Ecosystem Health
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
Canada N1G 2W1
Phone: (519)824-4120 x3704
Fax: (519)763-4686
email: avivapat@uoguelph.ca

Interest: Ecology and evolution of figs (Ficus) and fig wasps, particularly in Old World tropics; pollination biology; sustainable development issues in the tropics.


Paterson, James D., Dr
Anthropology Department
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, T2N 1N4
(403) 220-6951(Lab) 6433(Office)
Fax (403)282-8606
email: paterson@acs.ucalgary.ca

Behavioural ecology of terrestrial and arboreal monkeys. Field work on _Papio cynocephalus anubis_ in Uganda, _Alouatta palliata_ in Mexico, _Macaca fuscata_ in captive colonies. Current main interests in behavioural thermobiology, foraging and tree utilization patterns.


Paterson, Shane
Department of Zoology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602, U.S.A.
Telephone (706) 542-7978
Fax (706) 542-4271
e-mail spater@zookeeper.zoo.uga.edu

I am interested in tropical/subtropical marine fish ecology, with a behavioral twist, including predator-prey interactions (particularly the behavioral ecology of piscivorous reef fishes). Currently studying the great barracuda (Sphyraeana barracuda) in Turks & Caicos and FL Keys.


Patton, James L.
Curator of Mammals and Professor of Integrative Biology Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
telephone: 510-642-3567
FAX: 510-643-8238
e-mail: patton@uclink.berkeley.edu

Systematics, speciation, and evolutionary genetics of small mammals (primarily echimyid and murid rodents and didelphid marsupials) of the neotropical forests - wet Andean slopes, Amazonia, and Mata Atlantica.


Pavis, Claude
INRA, Laboratoire de Recherches en Productions Vegetales BP 1232, F-97185 Pointe-a-Pitre Cedex
Guadeloupe (FWI)
Tel : (590) 25 59 00
Fax : (590) 25 59 24
e-mail : pavis@antilles.inra.fr

Research interests : plant resistance to insects, chemical ecology, allelochemical and pheromonal communication, banana, banana weevil borer, (Musa sp., Cosmopolites sordidus).


Pendry, Colin A.
Department of Botany, Trinity College
Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: 353 1 702 1421
Fax: 353 1 702 1147
email: capendry@mail.tcd.ie

Interests: Taxonomy - revision of the Polygalaceae for the Flora of Thailand and the Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; Ecology - nutrient cycling in tropical montane forests.


Perez, Beatriz
University of California at Santa Barbara Dept. of Biology
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
(805) 893-7398
FAX: 805-893-4724
perez@lifesci.lscf.ucsb.edu

Research interests: Effects of land use changes on tropical stream/river communities; trophic interactions; effect of development of tropical rivers and their floodplains on fish distributions and abundances.


Petersen, Henry
University of Iceland
Department of Biology
Grensasvegur 12 Reykjavik
91-694606
php@lif.hi.is
or
php@rhi.hi.is

Currently i am doing a MS in fish population genetics but the future is unknown. I am interested in evolution and ecology, computational biology and both zoology and botany. In short interested in everything.....


Peterson, Pete
5276 Hollister Ave. Suite 260
Earth Space Research Group
Santa Barbara, Ca. 93111
phone (805) 893-4917
fax (805) 964-0157
email pete@esrg.ucsb.edu

I am interested in how atmospheric and physical processes are coupled with biological processes in the ocean (the Arabian Sea in particular), using satellite derived fields of surface fluxes in energy and moisture. Interested in effect of aeolian aerosols, fluctuations of PAR and input of fresh water to the ocean surface on primary productivity.


Pfenning, Ludwig
Fundacao Tropical de Pesquisas e Tecnologia R. Latino Coelho, 1301
Cx/P 1889
13087-010 Campinas SP, Brazil
Phone +55-0192-427022
Fax +55-0192-427827
email ludwig@bdt.ftpt.br

Mycology, soil microbiology, ecology and systematics of filamentous fungi, rhizosphere fungi.


Pimentel, Tania Pena
INPA - Coordenacao de Pesquisas em Ecologia Caixa Postal 478 - CEP 69083-000 - Manaus - AM - Brazil tel.: 00 55 92 642-3300 - ext. number - 324 fax.: 00 55 92 642-1834
tania@cr-am.rnp.br

I'm a biologist, and I work at a biogeochemical lab, in several kinds of analyses. Research interests: limnology; aquatic biology; biogeochemistry; greenhouse effect; atmospheric methane aspects; mercury pollution.


Pineda-Lopez, Raul
Lab. Parasitologia
Div. Ciencias Biologicas
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco
Villahermosa, Tabasco CP86000
Mexico
Phone: (93) 154491 and (93)12993
FAX: (93)121637
E. mail R.F.Pineda@exeter.ac.uk (until june/94)

Main research on macroparasite communities of freshwater tropical fish, both exotic (mainly tilapias) and native (mainly cichlids).


Pitman, Nigel
Department of Botany
Box 90339
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0339, USA
(919) 286-0586 H
ncp@acpub.duke.edu

I am interested in patterns of diversity and distribution in the Neotropics, particularly among Ecuadorean trees.


Poulsen, Axel Dalberg
Botanical Museum
University of Copenhagen
130 Gothersgade
DK-1123 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Phone +45-35322200
Fax +45-35322210
e-mail AXELP@bot.ku.dk

Quantitative ground herb assesments all over the tropics with a special interest in gingers and ferns.


Powers, Donald R., Dr.
Biology Department
George Fox College
Newberg, OR 97132
(503) 538-8383 ext. 277
dpowers@foxmail.gfc.edu

I am interested in avian (specifically hummingbird) physiology. I expect to be working in the tropics soon.


Pratt, J.R. (Dick)
7 Ferguson Bldg.
Penn State
University Park, PA 16802
814/865-6942
FAX 814/865-3725
email: pqq@psuvm (bitnet) pqq@psuvm.psu.edu (internet)

Interests: protists - are protists really cosmopolitanly distributed? I am especially interested in the protozoa of litters, soils, and freshwater.


Quinones, Alvaro
University of Wisconsin
Dpto. Food Toxicology And Microbiology
1925 Willow Dr. Rm 260
Madison, WI 53717, USA
Telephone 608-263-6949
Fax          608-263-1114
e-mail       aquinone@facstaff.wisc.edu

Research: Microbiology studies of Clostridium botulinum, Salmonella sp, Listeria monocytogenes, and E. coli.


Rahbek, Carsten
Centre for Tropical Biodiversity
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen O
Denmark
Fax: +45 35 32 10 10
Phone: +45 35 32 10 31
E-mail: crahbek@ZMUC.KU.DK

Currently working with the elevational gradient of neotropical birds; age and geographical ranges of hummingbirds; computerization of all South American landbirds into WORLDMAP; correlation in species richness patterns between hummingbirds and butterflies.


Rainer, Heimo
Universit=E4t Wien
Institut f=FCr Botanik
Rennweg 14
A-1030 Wien, Austria
Tel: 0043-1-79794 232
Fax: 0043-1-79794 131
email: hrainer@oeaw.ac.at

Interests: systematics of neotropical Annonaceae (revision of Annona) and palms, phytogeography, ecology (rain forest structure, species composition).


Ramakrishnan, L (Ramki)
Department of Zoology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1064, USA
Phone: 512-471-1456
Fax : 512-471-9651
email: ramki@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

Research interests: (i) Theoretical: Population dynamics in spatially and temporally varying environments, conservation, simulation modeling. (ii) Taxonomic: Hill stream fishes, plants/monophagous insects. (iii) Geographic: Western Ghats (South India), Osa Peninsula (Costa Rica).


Ramos, Gabriel E.
Facultad de Ciencias
Biologia Marina
Universidad del Valle
Apartado Aereo 25360
Cali, COLOMBIA
Fax [57] (2) 3392440
e-mail geramos@hypatia.univalle.edu.co

I am working with aerial photographs and images SPOT from Bahias de Malaga and Buenaventura, Pacific coast of Colombia, with the softwares: IDRISI and ILWIS, for the classification and mapping of mangroves from these areas.


Rasnow, Brian, Dr.
Caltech, 216-76, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Tel. (818) 395-6818
Fax (818) 449-0679
rasnow@caltech.edu
http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/ElectricFish

I study electroreception in weakly electric fish, particularly how these fish perceive and identify objects and each other. I also work on alternative land use and pasture reclaimation in Costa Rica, and science education.


Ratcliffe, Brett C.
Systematics Research Collections
W436 Nebraska Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, U.S.A.
TEL: (402) 472-2614
FAX: (402) 472-8949
INTERNET: bcr@unlinfo.unl. edu

Systematics of tropical, especially Neotropical, scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).


Ree, Rick
4194 Yuculta Crescent
Vancouver, B.C., CANADA V6N 3R5
ree@bcu.ubc.ca
Renner, Susanne
Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
Institut fuer Spezielle Botanik
Bentzel-Weg 7-9
55099 Mainz, Germany
Phone 49-6131-393755
Fax 49-6131-393524
e-mail renner@mzdmza.zdv.uni-mainz.de

Research: Reproductive biology. Systematics of the Melastomataceae.


de Ridder, Jaco
Department of Biochemistry
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, 0001
Republic of South Africa
Tel (012) 420-2481
Fax (012) 342-1449
e-mail jaco@ccnet.up.ac.za

Our research interest lies on the subject of malaria - more specifically the study of various parasite proteins, both as vaccine candidates and drug targets.


Riede, Klaus
Institut fuer Biologie I(Zoologie)
Albertstr. 21a
79104 Freiburg i.Br.
Germany
tel:0761/203-2580
fax int+761-203-2596
e-mail: riede@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de

Tropical entomology, rainforests South East Asia, Neotropics, acoustic communication in insects.


Rietkerk, Max
Wageningen Agricultural University
Dept. Terrestrial Ecology and Nature Conservation P.O. Box 8080
6700 DD Wageningen, The Netherlands
tel. +31-8370-82973
fax +31-8370-84411
Max.Rietkerk@USERS.TCT.WAU.NL

Hysteresis and thresholds in Sahelian rangeland development. Discontinuous vegetation change. Application of catastrophe theory. Ph.D. research.


Rifkind, Jacques
11322 Camarillo St. #304
N. Hollywood, CA 91602 USA
Ph. (818) 980-6388
Fax (213) 666-4964
E-Mail Clerid@aol.com

Systematics of New World Cleridae (Coleoptera); particularly Mexico and Central America.


Rios U., Gilberto
University of los Llanos Unellez
Museo de Ciencias Naturales Guanare
Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela
garu@wam.umd.edu

Actual address:
1700 Jasmine terrace Apt. 107
Adelphi, MD 20783
Phone:(301)434-6076

I'm actually a grad. student at Conservation Biology school in the University of Maryland at College park. The main interest of my research is wildlife management, actually applied to teach private landowners to use and preserve their wildlife resources. Also I work with biology and taxonomy of birds (in particular raptors), at UNELLEZ.


Roberts, Daniel E., Jr.
1100 25th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Fl. 33704, USA
813-894-0410
813-823-0166
robertd2@freenet.scri.fsu.edu

Reproductive physiology of tropical and subtropical marine finfish. I am interested in restoration and enhancement of perturbed systems, specifically in ways to measure the success of restoration projects. I also have a great deal of experience in cultivation of marine invertebrates and finfish.


Roberts, John W.
USDA-ARS/Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungi US Plant, Soil, & Nutrition Laboratory Tower Road, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-0331
Office Tele: 607-255-1274
FAX: 607-255-2459
e-mail: jwr4@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu

Research Interest: Germplasm conservation & management


Rodrigues de Miranda, Joachim
CIBCM, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica tel: +506 246749
fax: +506 249367/256196
e-mail joachim@cariari.ucr.ac.cr

Research: Rice Hoja Blanca Virus, THE virus disease of rice in Central/South America. Mainly molecular biology/evolution/epidemiology; the Big Dream to predict the durability of transgenic virus resistant rice with respect to virus evolution/epidemiology. Other interests: classical and molecular tropical population ecology.


Rodriguez, Lily, Dr.
Plan Director para el SINANPE
Av. Pablo Carriquirry 197, Lima 27, Peru Phone: 51-14-423252
Fax: 51-14-423252
e-mail lilyr@musm.edu.pe

Herpetologist, with special interest in community ecology and biodiversity working on the peruvian master plan for protected areas and long term studies on amphibian populations. Also working on networking of NGO's in conservation.


Rodriguez Bustamante, Norma Cecilia
Administracao de Pos-graduacao INPA/FUA Alameda Cosme Ferreira 1756
Caixa Postal 478 - CEP 69011-970
Manaus - AM - Brasil - S.A.
E-mail: norma@cr-am.rnp.br

I am interested in Termites Ecology, Termites Control and Food Preferences of termites.


Rogowitz, Gordon L.
Department of Biology
University of Puerto Rico
PO Box 23360
San Juan, PR 00931-3360

Tel. 809 764-0000, ext. 2028
Fax. 809 764-3875
EM: G_ROGOWITZ@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU

Physiological Ecology of Terrestrial Vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, and mammals); Animal Energetics; Reproductive Costs; Environmental Physiology.


Romero, Aldemaro
Department of Biology
University of Miami
P.O.Box 249118
Coral Gables, Fl 33124, USA
P: (305) 284 4272
F: (305) 284 3039
E-MAIL: AROMERO@UMIAMI.IR.MIAMI.EDU

Areas of interests: Aquatic mammals, evolution of behavior in fishes.


Romo, Monica
University of Missouri- St Louis
Department of Biology
8001 Natural Bridge Rd
St Louis, M0 63121-4499
telf: (314) 553-6200
fax: (314) 553-6233
e-mail: s926221@umslvma

I am a graduate student from Peru starting my PhD. I have studied seasonal variation in fruit consumption and seed dispersal by canopy frugivorous bats in Manu National Park, Peru.


Romoleroux, Katya
Herbariet, Bygn 137, Universitetsparken Aarhus Universitet
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone 45-89-422751
Fax 45-86-139326
e-mail biobecu@aau.dk

Or:
Herbario QCA, Departamento de Biologia
Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Ecuador Apdo 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador
Phone 593-2-529270 ext. -279
Fax 593-2-567117
e-mail botanica@puce.ec

Research: Taxonomic study of the Rosaceae of Ecuador.


Roper, James J.
Utah State University
Department of Biology
Logan, UT 84322, USA
office: (801)797-2504
FAX: (801)797-1575
email: jroper@cc.usu.edu

Interests: Latin American Ecology, mainly avian, small mammals and herp. My research took place in Panama on nesting ecology and nest predation of an understory bird. I am starting a post-doc now, but will continue to develop research ideas in the tropics.


Rosenberg, William
Department of Biology
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, New York 11210
U.S.A.
wilbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu

My current topic of interest is eye development in unique species of tropical fish. I am interested in the genes involved in eye development.


Ross, Carole
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian
U.K., EH25 9RG
Tel: +44-131-650-6246/8850
Fax: +44-131-445-5099
email: c.ross@ed.ac.uk

Research centres on the use of cultured trypanosomes to improve methods of control of trypanosomiasis. Current work centres on acquisition and mechanism of drug resistance.


Rossiter, Shannon
935 16th St
Boulder, Co 80302, USA
Phone 303-449-4016
email rossiter@ucsu.colorado.edu

I am a student looking for opportunities in the tropics.


Rotunno, Teresa
GSO/URI, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI, USA 02882 401-874-6583
401-874-6240
trotunno@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu

My interests include fisheries topics such as larval transport and recruitment, all aspects of marine fisheries reserves and predation studies. Currently, however, my time is spent researching the northwest atlantic cod and haddock populations on Georges Bank.


Royero, Ramiro
Biological Sciences
University of Bristol
Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UG
United Kingdom
email: R.Royero@Bristol.ac.uk

Specialization: Evolution, ecology, and conservation of neotropical fishes. Director of an NGO in Caracas, Venezuela (FUDECI) responsible for organizing professional meetings, conducting field research, and monitoring populations of forest organisms.


RUEDAS, Luis A.
Thomas More College
Ohio River Biological Station
Route 8, Box 86, House 3
California, KENTUCKY 41007-9510, U.S.A. Phone: 606/635-5816
Facsimile: 606/344-3342; -3345
(Specify: Ohio River Biological Station c/o Department of Biology) e-mail: usr7933a@tso.uc.edu

Systematics, zoogeography, ecology, and evolution of mammals; particularly (but not exclusively) Rodentia and Chiroptera; particularly in the Philippines; also Southeast Asia in general (Himalayas to Malay Archipelago to New Guinea); Latin America and Africa to some extent.


Ruokolainen, Kalle
Department of Biology
University of Turku
FIN-20014 Turku, FINLAND
Phone +358-2-3335634
Fax +358-2-3335564 or -3336363
e-mail karuoko@utu.fi

Plant geography and tree species diversity in western Amazonia, especially Peru. Ecology and systematics of the Melastomataceae and the Myristicaceae.


Rupert, Matthew
333071 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA 30332-1480 USA
Phone 1-404-206-0850
e-mail gt3071a@prism.gatech.edu

I am an undergraduate student of international affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. My research interests lie in international health, international biological transfer, and international security policy.


Russo, Ricardo, Ph.D.
Professor of Tropical Silviculture
Escuela de Agricultura de la Region Tropical Humeda P.O. Box 4442-1000
San Jose, COSTA RICA
Phone: (506) 255-2000
Fax: (506) 255-2726
e.mail: r-russo@ns.earth.ac.cr

Research interests: reforestation of abandoned pasture lands with native timber species, agroforestry systems in the humid tropic


Rutherford, Mateo C.
A78 Leonardo Ln.
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(408) 427-9956
mateo@cats.ucsc.edu

I am a biology/environmental studies major here at UCSC and have worked with the Tropical Science Center in San Jose, Costa Rica. Main interests are in plant ecology/mutualisms. BACK TO

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