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Monday, August 2nd

Monday, August 2nd, 10:15 am to 11:30 am · 552A/Convention Center
Session 7: Contributed Papers: Tropical Biology
Presiding: Fabian A. Michelangeli, The New York Botanical Garden
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7001August 2nd 10:15 am552A/Convention CenterPossible pre-conditions to the evolution of monocarpy in a long-lived tropical rainforest tree, Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae).
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Oral PaperRead, Jennifer; Sanson, Gordon; Burd, Martin; Evans, Robert; Jaffre, Tanguy.monocarpy
life history
reproductive ecology
population dynamics
masting
semelparity
7002August 2nd 10:30 am552A/Convention CenterPhenotypic, molecular, chemical and reproductive variability in medicinally important Sida species
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Oral PaperKumar, Narendra; Samad, Abdul; Banerjee, Suchitra; Bagchi, GD.Sida
Species
Phenotypic
variability
molecular identification
Reproductive biology
chemical diversity
SEM
7003August 2nd 10:45 am552A/Convention CenterAnnual growth pattern of Cecropia sciadophylla: a comparison between two populations with contrasting precipitation seasonality
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Oral PaperZalamea, Paul-Camilo; Nicolini, Eric; Rodríguez, Manuel ; Sarmiento, Carolina; Stevenson, Pablo; Heuret, Patrick . Colombian population
French Guiana population
growth periodicity
leaf phenology
node production
plant morphology
Urticaceae
7004August 2nd 11:00 am552A/Convention CenterA survey of floral symmetry and herkogamy in the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae)
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Oral PaperKriebel, Ricardo; Michelangeli, Fabian A..Miconieae
floral symmetry
herkogamy
7005August 2nd 11:15 am552A/Convention CenterComparisons of foliar herbivory and leaf defenses among native tree species in a young plantation of Central Panama
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Oral PaperPaul, Gillian; Montagnini, Florencia; Berlyn, Graeme; Craven, Dylan; VanBreugel, Michiel; Hall, Jefferson.herbivory
leaf traits
Native Species Plantations
tropical America
reforestation
Tropical Timber Trees

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