Researcher in systematic ichthyology, especially South East Asian freshwater fishes, with emphasis on the family Cyprinidae. Currently doing a revision of the genera Danio and Brachydanio.
Research: Working with Biomanipulation, lake restoration, watershed management, tropical fish (Tilapia) as a major element in the biomanipulation.
I am interested in the freshwater and coastal neritic marine ecosystems; a group of biologists is working with aerial photography and SPOT images, and using the program IDRISI in the coastal mangrove of Bahia Buenaventura and Malaga.
Ecology of fish and fish communities in the Amazon; Impacts of hydroelectric dams on the fish fauna; inland commercial fisheries in the Amazon.
Research interests: molecular plant pathology, currently working on bacterial disease of sugarcane (leaf scald disease) for PhD, will finish about end 93, early 94.
My interests are: Ecology of freshwater fishes, marine and freshwater fisheries, environmental impacts of aquaculture. Emphasis on Latin-America. At present working on marine fishes of NW-Atlantic.
Interests: spatial modeling, wetlands, mangroves, grassbeds, coral reefs, interactions among habitats
Ornithology, especially in the Tropical Andes Region and eastern Africa. Patterns of species richness and endemicity, and of diversification. Taxon biogeography, using DNA-based phylogenies. Correlating biodiversity and remote sensing data. Conservation priorities.
Quaternary vegetational history of the tropics, especially S.E. Asia and the Pacific Islands. Effects of ultraviolet insolation on tropical mountain vegetation. Ecology of tropical rainforest and tropical swamps.
Botany, Etnobotanics, Phytosociology, Sandbank Plants, Pest Plants.
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry and ecology of tropical lakes and river systems. Food web structure, energy flow and mercury dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. Biogenic gas production and transport. Conservation biology.
Senior undergraduate psychobiology major looking for an opportunity to work with an expedition or a professor performing research in Costa Rica or Belize for a couple of months in 1995-96. Specifically interested in studying rainforest ecology and/or coral reef ecology. I am PADI certified.
Ecology and biology of soil invertebrate Acari: Oribatida; Impact of deforestation on soil invertebrates; litter decomposition.
Or:
Herbariet, Bygn 137, Universitetsparken
Aarhus Universitet
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone 45-89-422751
Fax 45-86-139326
e-mail biobecu@aau.dk
Research: Taxonomic overview of Saxifragaceae and Crassulceae of Ecuador, with emphasis on neotropical Ribes.
Interests: Systematics and functional morphology of fishes.
Phone Japan-025-262-7155 Fax Japan-025-263-1277
e-mail fukuhara@ed.niigata-u.ac.jp
Life cycle regulation of aquatic insects in tropical regions, especially effects of lunar cycle on emergence of insects and general limnology of tropical lakes, especially ecology of benthic animals.
I direct the American Cocoa Research Institute Molecular Biology Laboratory at Penn State. Major projects in my laboratory are 1) to genetically transform Theobroma cacao, 2) to study the witches' broom pathogen of cacao, Crinipellis perniciosa, and 3) to study cocoa butter biosynthesis.
Conservation Biology, Landscape Ecology, Wildlife Management.
Biology and Ecology of neotropical wasps and bees, mainly solitary wasps of the genus Trypoxylon (Sphecidae) and stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae). Survey of tropical pests of crops in agroforestry systems.
I am a PhD student of Ecology at Universidade de Brasilia, working effects of fragmentation processes on small mammals living in gallery forests. My master's degree was on population biology of a fossorial mammal, Ctenomys minutus. Presently, I'm working in Brazilian tropical savannas.
Impacts of tropical deforestation on migratory birds, unusual evolutionary artifacts for West African avifauna, island ecology.
Interests: neotropical ecology and conservation, particularly of folivores and frugivores
Ecology of neotropical freshwater fish and invertebrates, especially in Trinidad.
I am a chemical oceanographer, but I am very actively working on the impact of pollutants (mainly petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals) on tropical benthic communities. I co-direct a big project funded by the EEC and Mexico.
Interests: Population & Community ecology of tropical plants. Specifically, seed dispersal and forest regeneration in logged strips in the Peruvian Amazon; and population ecology of understory palms in northeast Mexico (specifically the effect of leaf harvest on survival, growth & fecundity)
Research interests: systematics of Spigelia (Loganiaceae). Desiring to find good tropical collections of Spigelia and other Loganiaceae, especially from Mexico and South America!
I am presently a masters student, working on tropical ciliates. I am working with species from the Caribbean, off Jamaica. Included are growth rates, predation rates upon ciliates, and predation rates of ciliates.
National biodiversity inventories, protected areas planning and management,= deer
Interest in the population biology of tropical fungi. Specifically I have an interest in the basidiomycete Crinipellis perniciosa (causal agent of witches' broom disease of cocoa) and on Phytophthora infestans (causal agent of late blight of tomato in the upland tropics).
I am student of Master in Botany. I have been working with Seed Dispersal in species of Dry Tropical Forest, but I have also worked with species of Rain Forest.
I study the biology, evolution and ecology of tropical grasses (bamboos are a subspecialty) in South America (mostly Brazil) and Africa.
Research interests: tropical diseases.
Research: Forest dynamics in NW Borneo.
Phytoplankton systematics/ecology; nuisance phytoplankton blooms & red tides; diatom life cycles, ultrastructure, & biogeography
Ecology and population biology of Dipterans, particularly their associations with parasitic nematodes and protozoans. Wildlife conservation with an emphasis on tropical birds.
Research Interests: Structure and dynamics of tropical forest communities. Life-history strategies of tropical plant species, especially seed dispersal abilities and seedling establishment requirements. Breeding systems and ecophysiology of tropical tree species. Evolution and ecology of species interactions. Extinction mechanisms in fragmented habitats
Interests include species/site productivity, long-term productivity of plantations, comparison of C and nutrient pools in plantations vs. natural and mixed forests.
Research interests: Utilization of biological nitrogen fixation in agroforistry systems in tropics. Specific research subject: diversity of Rhizobium bacteria that nodulate leguminous trees, and factors affecting host specificity
Research Interests: Terrestrial plant population ecology, population structure, growth and dynamics
I am close to finishing a masters on vocal communication in whistling frogs. My interests are herpetology, behavioural ecology communication, forest ecology, kin recognition, plant-animal interactions, and conservation. I want to do PhD research in the neotropics on treefrogs.
Research Interests: I am by training a coral reef ecologist currently trapped in the fisheries business. Interests include predator-prey interactions, mechanisms maintaining diversity, larval transport and biogeography.
Community ecology/Conservation of diversity, special interest in the application of statistics in ecology.
I am a recent graduate with a BS in Forest Biology from the University of Vermont. I have conducted canopy research examining atmosphere-canopy interactions of a mixed hardwoods forest. I have also independently researched epiphyte succession in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Fax: 07 214 2885 Email: tim@brs.ento.csiro.au
Pollination biology, bee biology, biological control.
My research is to determine when, what and how much pheromone is released from sandflies belonging to the genus Lutzomyia, the vectors of Visceral Leishmania in S. America. The purpose is to produce pheromone traps, either for monitoring or for use as an integrated method of pest control.
Fax: 21/692 56 35 e-mail: Stephan.Heeb@lbm.unil.ch
Research interests: tropical agronomy, pest biocontrol, applied microbiolog= y.
Research interests: Tropical fruit, also other tropical crops and plants, especially in the Caribbean. I spent several summers in Puerto Rico and visited other countries in my Cessna airplane.
Research Interests: mutualisms, especially seed dispersal and pollination; behavioral ecology of social insects, especially ants. I am editor of Biotropica, a quarterly journal of tropical biology sponsored by the Association for Tropical Biology.
Herbivore ecology.
Population genetics in neotropical forest trees, Conservation biology, systematics and evolution generally. Current Work: Taxonomic accounts for Flora Mesoamericana project, and research in secondary forest in Belize.
Main interests: Animal-plant interactions; phenology of flowering and fruiting; community diversity, especially in relation to other tropical areas. About to start graduate studies.
Research interests: spatial & temporal statistics, simulation modeling, landscape ecology, ecological remote sensing, grasslands & herbivory, the Pantanal of Brasil, nonlinear dynamical systems, vegetation-atmosphere modeling, rescaling methods, risk analysis (ecological & otherwise)
Research Interests: Tropical Ecology, Agroecology, Agroforestry, Conservation/Development, Land Use, Ant/Plant Interactions
Interests: Salinity and drought tolerance of crop plants, especially wheat, use of simulation models in breeding programmes for drought tolerance and in farming systems. Experience in India and Pakistan. General interest in sustainable agricultural development.
I am a Biology major at Allegheny College.
Interests: Avian behavioral ecology and conservation biology. Ecology, ornithology and conservation biology of dry tropical biomes.
I am currently working on policies and programs for international biodiversity conservation in developing countries. My doctorate and research expertise are in tropical marine ecology of coral reef fishes and reef communities.
Interests: systematics of world Evaniidae and other Hymenoptera, and photography of Acari.
Research interest : ecophysiology of tropical plants, transpiration of trees using flowmeter sensors, vulnerability of forest trees to cavitation, photosynthesis.
Address after October 93:
c/o Kasane Enterprises, Kasane, Botswana. Fax 267-650-223.
Will be doing research on ungulate herd movements in a semi-arid landscape for two+ years.
I am interested in Canopy Fogging, Ecology and diversity of Canopy
Arthropods, Plant-insect interaction, Fungus-Insects relationship, and
Predation of Seed by insect.
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