atbc 2014 program

Monday 21 July 2014

0700–1800 Registration and speakers support centre open

Opening plenary session Venue: Hall A

0800–0840 Official opening – Welcome to country: Henrietta Marrie (Chair: Steve Turton)

0840–0925 Plenary Speaker: Dr Craig Moritz (Chair: Susan Laurance)

Concurrent sessions

Climate Change Biology

Forest Ecology

Conservation Biology

Bush Meat & Wildlife Trade

Species Interactions

Room Hall A Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 3 Meeting Room 4

SYMPOSIUM: Latitude-altitude gradients - inferring the effects of climate change on biodiversity Chair: Alice Hughes

SYMPOSIUM: Seed fate: Understanding seed dispersal, seed survival, and plant recruitment in a changing world Chair: Pierre-Michel Forget

ORAL SESSION: Conservation biology Chair: Steve Turton

SYMPOSIUM: A recipe to combat the wildlife trade in Asia: Addressing all levels from trappers to law Chair: Berton Harris

ORAL SESSION: Species diversity Chair: Sandra Abell

0930–0945 David Bickford Frogs squeezed by climate change on Mt. Kinabalu

Alexander Christianini Ants remove seeds farther in the Brazilian Cerrado than elsewhere: implications for conservation

Richard Corlett Targeting Zero Plant Extinctions in Xishuangbanna, China

Berton Harris Changes in price and trade volume predict which species will be threatened by the pet trade

Igor Luis Kaefer Historical and environmental factors structuring diurnal anuran assemblages from the Upper Madeira River, Amazonia

0945–1000 Carlos Garcia-Robledo DNA barcodes reveal that maximum critical thermal

Sara Pinzon Navarro Comparing plant-insect interactions across continents

Katia Marie Ferraz National Action Plans for Endangered Species: The Use of Species

Kevin Darras Bird Trade In Jambi, Indonesia: Economy, Ecology, And Network

Juliana Menger Do environmental surrogates predict bird species

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limits of insect herbivores along elevational gradients decrease with elevation: implications for projected global warming

Distribution Models for Conservation Purposes

distributions in the Brazilian Amazon?

1000-1015 Catherine Yule From genes to ecosystems: applications of new genomics to tropical freshwater biology

1000-1030 Coffee break and posters

Climate Change Biology Forest Ecology Conservation Biology Bush Meat & Wildlife Trade

Species Interactions



SYMPOSIUM: Seed fate: Understanding seed dispersal, seed survival, and plant recruitment in a changing world Chair: Pierre-Michel Forget


SYMPOSIUM: A recipe to combat the wildlife trade in Asia: Addressing all levels from trappers to law Chair: Berton Harris

ORAL SESSION: Species interactions Chair: Sandra Abell

1030–1045 Claudia Hemp Species turnover and α-diversity of grasshoppers and bush crickets (orthoptera: acridoidea and ensifera) along climatic and landuse gradients on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa

Erin Kuprewicz Deciphering seed disperser decision-making: how seed size and chemical defenses influence seed fate

Jonathon Green The Economics of Threats to Shorebirds Surviving and Thriving in a Human Dominated Landscape

Tien Ming Lee Understanding the social factors driving wild bird keeping in Indonesia

Sandra Abell-Davis How important is grass in the diet of the tropical specialist fungivore Bettongia tropica?

1045–1100 Alice Hughes Latitude-altitude gradients-inferring the effects of climate change on biodiversity

Harald Beck Simulating defaunation to quantify the effects of mammals on an Amazonian understory plant community

Leonel Lopez-Toledo Contemporary and future distributions of Laelia speciosa: a highly host-dependent orchid

Freddy Pattiselanno Wildlife hunting by indigenous Papuan: a case study from Bird’s Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia

Ellen Andresen Seed exhumation: another ecological role of dung beetles

1100–1115 Yadvinder Malhi Response of tropical ecosystem structure and function to temperature: insights from a 3500 m elevation gradient in the Andes

Onja Razafindratsima Contribution of seed dispersers to plant recruitment success in a Malagasy forest

Luis Miguel Renjifo Evolution of Extinction Risk for Forest Birds in Colombia: A Decade of Change

Grace Ge-Gabriel Reducing Wildlife Trade in China

Megan Higgie Frog-biting flies of Australian tropical rainforests: species diversity, frog hosts, and their acoustic interactions

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1115–1130 Somayeh Nowrouzi Spatial Patterns of Diversity in Mountain Chains: Ants in the Australian Wet Tropics

James Smith Winging It: Using Tower Experiments And Seed Morphology To Predict Dispersal In Tropical Trees

Carla Eisemberg Threats to long-necked turtle Chelodina mccordi timolestensis in the Lake Iralalaro region Timor

Lishu Li What innovations are we trying to combat illegal wildlife trade in China?

Lori Lach Carbohydrate availability correlates with yellow crazy ant abundance and trophic position

1130–1145 Nantida Sutummawong Bird diversity along an elevational gradient at Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand

Aliyu Babale Post dispersal seed fate in a fragmented West African montane forest landscape

Dagmar Meyer Steiger The effects of landscape disturbance on adult mosquito community composition in tropical Australia

Amanda Sigouin The Global Impact of the Turtle Trade in Guangzhou, China

Jenny Yuen Yung Lau Evolution of pollinator traps in Goniothalamus and Dasymaschalon flowers (Annonaceae), associated with short floral receptive periods

1145–1200 Yuan-Tai Tsai 20th Century Climate Warming and elevation changes of small mammals in high mountains in Taiwan

Guohualing Huang Shifts in seed dispersal characteristics in fragmented tropical forests of Xishuangbanna, China

Elizabeth Pryde Conserving tropical forest birds in a native timber plantation

Rachakonda Sreekar A simple, replicable method for assessing wildlife exploitation intensity based on flight initiation distance

Rebecca Morris Antagonistic interaction networks are structured independently of latitude and host guild

1200–1215 Stephen Williams Using environmental gradients to understand biodiversity and species resilience in the Australian wet tropics

Carla Catterall Experimental Restoration: Can Birds, Structures and Weeds Help Reduce Dispersal Barriers in Retired Pasture?

Orou Gaoue Non-timber forest product harvesting reduces fruit production but increases clonal production of a tropical tree

Caroline Regina Schoener Supply Determines Demand: Influence of Partner Quality and Quantity on Bat-Pitcher Plant Interactions

1215–1230 Alan Andersen TERN infrastructure: what it is and how you can use it

Lachlan Charles The impact of rainforest structural attributes on seed rain patterns within abandoned pastures in Australia’s Wet Tropics

Mirza Dikari Kusrini Anthropogenic disturbances and diversity of herpetofauna in Nantu Forest, Sulawesi

Michael Gerhard Schoener Attractive and unmistakable: How pitcher attributes of carnivorous plants appeal to bats

1230–1345 Lunch break and posters

Plenary session Venue: Hall A

1345–1425 Plenary Speaker: Dr Jatna Supriatna (Chair: Jeff Sayer)

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Concurrent sessions

Climate Change Biology Forest Ecology Conservation Biology Bush Meat & Wildlife Trade

Species Interactions and Tropical Savannas



ORAL SESSION: Forest ecology Chair: Liz Pryde


SYMPOSIUM: Innovative ways for conserving the ecosystem services provided by bushmeat Chair: Nathalie Van Vliet

ORAL SESSION: Species interactions Chair: Sandra Abell

1430–1445 Lalita Simpson Vanishing with the clouds: rapid declines of mountain-top endemic plants of tropical Northeast Queensland

John Terborgh How many seeds does it take to make a sapling?

Theodore Evans Change of social insect assemblages along a gradient of anthropisation in Singapore

Nathalie Van Vliet Bushmeat research in the past 3 decades: What has it changed for sustainable hunting?

Alyssa Stewart Resource partitioning among Old World pollinating bats

SYMPOSIUM: The use of camera trapping for monitoring biodiversity in tropical ecosystems Chairs: Antony Lynam & Timothy O’Brien

ORAL SESSION: Tropical savannas Chair: Eda Addicot

1445–1500 Antony Lynam What do camera-trap records tell us about ecological requirements of wild cats in tropical Asia?

Yuuya Tachiki Spatio-temporal pattern formation in plant communities by Janzen-Connell process

Markus Eichhorn Shifting cultivation enhances fruit availability and vertebrate diversity in a South-East Asian rain forest

Daniel Cornelis Should African governments pull bushmeat trade out the shadows in the Congo Basin?

Eda Addicott We can see them, but are they real? Evaluating mapped regional ecosystems of north-eastern Australia

1500–1515 Yi Fei Chung Connecting Nature Reserves: The First Overhead Wildlife Bridge in Tropical Asia

Abdrilalao Rakotonavalo Effect of dispersal and ecological factors on spatial distribution of seedling in Ranamafana

Rhett Butler Lessons from Mongabay: experiences in communicating scientific research to the public

Lauren Coad Can alternative livelihoods projects reduce hunting pressure? Lessons from Central Africa for practitioners and donors

Ana Bello The demography of the lizard Micrablepharus atticolus Rodrigues, 1996 (Gymnophthalmidae) and fires in Cerrado, Brazil

1515–1530 Sebastien Le Bel Addressing information gaps on hunting sustainability in Central Africa: opportunities and limits of innovative technologies

Matt Bradford Rapid recovery of rainforest fruit production following severe disturbance

Sigrid Heise-Pavlov Using community and project based records of Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) sightings for conservation planning

Christopher Golden Health and economic valuation of the subsistence harvest of wildlife in Madagascar

Heather Campbell Ant-myrmecophyte interactions and coexistence in Namibia

1530–1545 Noel Thomas Tropical island terrestrial vertebrate assemblage in Pulau Ubin, Singapore

Michael Oatham Seedling dynamics and implications for tree diversity in stands of a mono-dominant tropical tree

Ellen Field ALERT - Scientists Engaging in Environmental Advocacy using Social Media

Hirokazu Yasuoka Change in Game Harvest Composition, southeastern Cameroon: A Potential Indicator of Overhunting for Local People

Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro What are the key points for carbon storage by species in a Brazilian Cerrado remnant?

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1545-1600 Barbara Haurez. Seed dispersal by western lowland gorillas: what about gut passage effect?

1545–1615 Coffee break and posters

Methods Forest Ecology & Extractive Industries

Conservation Biology Bush Meat & Wildlife Trade

Oral Session


SYMPOSIUM: The use of camera trapping for monitoring biodiversity in tropical ecosystems Chairs: Antony Lynam & Timothy O’Brien

ORAL SESSION: Forest ecology Chair: Liz Pryde

ORAL SESSION: Conservation biology Chair: Richard Corlett

SYMPOSIUM: Innovative ways for conserving the ecosystem services provided by bushmeat Chair: Nathalie Van Vliet

ORAL SESSION: Tropical savannas Chair: Eda Addicot

1615–1630 Timothy O’Brien Camera Traps for Conservation: Monitoring Protected Area Investments to Safeguard Biodiversity

Ryan Chisholm Immigration and the maintenance of tree diversity in a tropical forest

Catherine Moran Science-Planning partnership to improve landscape management

Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez Towards Sustainable Bushmeat Procurement To Improve Food And Income Security In Amazonia

Guarino Colli The structure of lizard assemblages in abandoned eucalyptus plantations in the Brazilian Cerrado

1630–1645 Jamie Wadey Doubling the density of camera traps improves effectiveness of vertebrate monitoring in a tropical rainforest

Robert Bagchi Contrasting intra- and inter cohort spatial pattern of Amazonian trees along a hunting gradient

Michael Esbach Community-Level Partnerships as Key Conservation Outcomes: Lessons from the Solomon Islands

Enrique de la Montaña Predicting hunting behavior among indigenous communities in Ecuador: insights from a bioeconomic model

Guilherme Ferreira Estimating occupancy of large mammals in a protected area within the Brazilian Savanna

SYMPOSIUM: Nutrition-sensitive forest policy and landscape management Chair: Amy Ickowitz

SYMPOSIUM: Extractive industries: The next big driver of change for tropical nature Chair: Sean Sloan

1645–1700 Bruce Cogill Biodiversity and nutrition

Sean Sloan Environmental impacts of future mining in the Congo Basin

Andrew Marshall A Holistic Indicator Selection Protocol for Identifying Measures of Conservation Success Using Conceptual Models

Daniel Cruz Participatory monitoring of the bushmeat trade in the Amazonian triborder frontier (Colombia, Peru & Brazil)

Denis Gautier The limits and failures of existing forest governance standards in semi-arid contexts

1700–1715 Louise Buck Engaging stakeholders in assessing nutritional outcomes in integrated management systems: a tool to elaborate

Stephen Turton Paradise lost? The status and future of East Rennell world heritage area, Solomon Islands

Mercy Rampengan Biodiversity agroforest provide resilience to natural hazards-A case study from Siau island, Indonesia

Sara Hernandez Economic value of bushmeat and poverty alleviation in the Amazonas

Flavia Nogueira De Sa Defensive strategies and phenology of leaves of two guapira species in the Brazilian Savannah

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the landscape measures approach

1715–1730 Samson Foli The contribution of forests to food production in humid and dry forest landscapes. A systematic review

Lingfei Weng Tradeoffs between mining and conservation in Congo Basin

Umesh Srinivasan The value of logged forest: demography of six understorey bird species in response to logging

Blanca Yagüe Cultural Connections of Periurban Indigenous Communities to Tropical Forest through Bushmeat Networks in Leticia (Colombia)

Davi Lima Pantoja Fire and lizards in a Neotropical savanna hotspot

1730–1745 Kiersten Johnson Forest cover associated with child health and nutrition: evidence from Malawi DHS and satellite data

Lian Pin Koh The four horsemen of deforestation in Indonesia: logging, fiber, oil palm and mining

Anuj Jain Improving range and connectivity for two threatened tropical butterfly species

Flavia Mori Sarti Beyond protein intake: bushmeat as a source of micronutrients in the tri-frontier region (Brazil-Colombian-Peru)

Kate Parr Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood and threatened

1745–1800 Patricia Torres Perceptions of forest value change with deforestation and declining bushmeat consumption

Luiz Mestre Effects of selective logging on Amazonian Birds: A case of study in Jamari, Rondonia, Brazil

Mohammed Alamgir Where are the hot spots of ecosystem services?

Maria Paula Quiceno Certifying bushmeat market chains: an option for sustainable hunting in Colombian Amazon?

Emerson Vieira Partitioning of small-mammal diversity at a landscape scale in a neotropical savanna

1800-1815 Natalia Huang Answering the question: a strategic approach to biodiversity investigations for environmental impact assessment

Nina Wauters The tropical fire ant in Galapagos: distribution, impact, population genetic structure and routes of invasion

1815-1830 Nega Tassie Abate Climate Change and Species Distribution Modelling: Implications for Bird Conservation in Ethiopia

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Tuesday 22 July 2014



0830–0915 James Cook University Vice Chancellor and President Address (Chair: Susan Laurance, President ATBC)

0915–1000 Plenary Speaker: Senator Christine Milne (Chair: Susan Laurance)


Concurrent sessions

Restoration and Regeneration

Species Diversity Forests, Soils & Ecosystems

Wildlife Ecology & Plant Ecophysiology

Methods


SYMPOSIUM: Conservation, evaluation, and valuation of secondary forests Chair: Calen May-Tobin

SYMPOSIUM: From the mountains to seas: Altitudinal trends in New Guinea biodiversity Chair: Maurice Leponce

ORAL SESSION: Forests & ecosystems Chair: Chris Margules

SYMPOSIUM: Movement for change: emerging research and technology for understanding movement and biodiversity responses to global change Chair: Soumya Prasad

SYMPOSIUM: Multi-taxa biodiversity surveys in the tropics: Integrating taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, and conservation

Chair: Christopher Baraloto

1030–1045 Robin Chazdon What is a secondary forest? Implications of legal and ecological definitions

Robert K Colwell Modelling Elevational Range Attractors Under Geometric Constraints

Peter Okello Alele Influence of Tropical Wetland Ecosystem Alteration and Disturbance on Microbial Communities

Hamish Campbell Integrating telemetry data with stable isotopes: rehashing old tools

William Magnusson RAPELD methodology for surveying and monitoring in the Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio)

1045–1100 David Edwards Do secondary forests provide cheap carbon and biodiversity co-benefits?

Vojtech Novotny Vegetation change along a complete rainforest altitudinal gradient at Mt. Wilhelm

Imam Basuki Soil dynamics in tropical forest transition: a case study from Borneo, Indonesia

Lisa Davenport Migratory Connectivity in Orinoco Geese from Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia

Michael Liddell SuperSites - three new ecosystem observatories in the Tropics of Northern Australia

1100–1115 Douglas Boucher Policy barriers to protecting 'disturbed forests'

Daniel Bickel The Diversity of Diptera and Hymenoptera on Mt Wilhelm: faunal changes with elevation

Benjamin Morgan Precipitation drives arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in dry seasonal forests of the Yucatan Peninsula

Soumya Prasad Not so far? Seed dispersal by a large-bodied avian frugivore, the Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)

Louise Ashton Altitudinal multi-taxon surveys in Australian and Chinese rainforest

1115–1130 Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa Characterizing the extent and status of secondary forests using advanced and emerging remote sensing techniques

Kalsum Mohd Yusah Ant-mediated nutrient redistribution rates along gradients of altitude and disturbance in Borneo and New Guinea

Kei-ichi Okada Productivity and nutrient concentration of fine roots under contrasting nutrient availabilities on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Philipp Sommer Towards Continental-scale Tracking of Flying Foxes with Delay-tolerant Wireless Networking

Jean-Marc Hero Monitoring biodiversity using standardized methodology and scale, on an international systematic LTER plot network

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1130–1145 Michael Pescott The High Carbon Stock Approach - no deforestation in practice

Yves Roisin Shifts in wood decomposer insect community along an elevation gradient in New Guinea

Peter Van Der Meer Sustainable management of peat swamp forest in South-East Asia

David Westcott Movement, disease and seeds: flying-fox as vectors in complex landscapes

Christopher Baraloto Coordinated Turnover Of Amazonian Tree, Arthropod And Fungal Communities Across Geographic And Environmental Gradients

ORAL SESSION: Biogeorgraphy Chair: David Westcott

1145–1200 Jeffrey Sayer Secondary forests provide conservation opportunities in Indonesia

Maurice Leponce Arboreal ant mosaics meltdown with elevation

Michael Murray-Hudson Hydro-climate pulsing at different time scales drives α, β, and γ diversity in the Okavango Delta

Ryan Burke Top-down effects of an herbivorous primate: Ecosystem processes mediated by Geladas in the Ethiopian Highlands

Flavia Costa Near-infrared spectroscopy facilitates rapid identification of both young and mature plants of diverse Amazon forests

ORAL SESSION: Secondary forests Chair: Miriam Goosem

1200–1215 Miriam Goosem Tree and sapling diversity in chronosequences of successional rainforest

Pagi Toko Altitudinal, alpha and beta diversity trends in moths and butterflies in Papua New Guinea and their biological drivers

Silvio Ferraz A tropical forest restoration-planning framework for water and aquatic ecosystem conservation in agricultural landscapes

Pui Sze Li Historical biogeography of Asimina-Disepalum (Annonaceae): origins of tropical intercontinental disjunctions and diversifications in Southeast Asia

1215–1230 Aida Rodrigues Site fidelity by army ant-following birds in primary and secondary forests of the Central Amazon

Bonny Koane Herbivore damage increases avian and ant predation of caterpillars on trees along an altitudinal gradient

Scott Saleska Tower-mounted cameras confirm remotely sensed dry-season “green-up” of Amazon forests, revealing mechanisms underlying tropical seasonality

Markus Gastauer Diversification of extant Atlantic rainforest species richness: radiation in isolated dominions

1230-1245

Daniel Magnabosco Marra The effects of large-scale wind disturbances on forest structure and species composition in Central Amazon

1230-1245

Tobin Northfield Coevolution and the effects of climate change on interacting species


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Plenary session Venue: Hall A

1345–1425 Plenary Speaker: Dr William Laurance (Chair: Nigel Stork)

Concurrent sessions



Plant Ecophysiology Climate Change & Land Use



SYMPOSIUM: From the mountains to seas: Altitudinal trends in New Guinea biodiversity Chair: Vojtech Novotny

ORAL SESSION: Forests & ecosystems Chair: Steve Turton

SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of climate change on tropical trees: Current knowledge and pressing uncertainties Chair: Nathan McDowell

SYMPOSIUM: Ant responses to anthropogenic disturbance and climate change: Community structure and interactions with plants Chair: Inara Leal

1430–1445 Shogoro Fujiki Algorithm to estimate the ages of tropical secondary forests after shifting cultivation

Katerina Sam Explaining the species richness of birds along a complete rainforest elevational gradient in the tropics

Gita Kasthala Phenotypic plasticity in response to habitat heterogeneity in a New Guinea crayfish (Cherax pallidus)

Owen Atkin Leaf photosynthetic and respiratory CO2 exchange in two thermally-contrasting Australian tropical rainforest ecosystems

Alan Andersen Ant community responses to disturbance: an overview

1445–1500 Catarina Jakovac Land use as a filter for species composition

Chris Dahl Where is the peak of altitudinal diversity in New Guinea frogs?

Tianjiao Li Fish Diversity In Nee Soon Swamp Forest, Singapore

Lucas Cernusak Strong Response of Tropical Conifers but not Angiosperms to Altered CO2 Concentration

Fernando Augusto Schmidt Response of ant communities to recovery time after human disturbances

1500–1515 Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Velez Land cover change interacts with drought severity to change fire regimes in Western Amazonia

Mark Ziembicki Rapid response of game wildlife to community-established 'no-take' zones in the YUS Conservation Area, Papua New Guinea

J Pablo Arroyo-Mora Detection of mangrove species from airborne hyperspectral imagery in Sierpe, Costa Rica

Raymond Dempsey Photo-Protective Responses in the Leaves of Tropical Trees During the Dry Season Transition

Ricardo Campos Effect of land use on sodium limitation by ants

1515–1530 FB Vincent Florens Impact of invasive alien species on the orchid community of a tropical island's wet forest

Dirk Nikolaus Karger Comparing elevational and latitudinal gradients of fern diversity: from New Guinea to Hokkaido

Tomoya Inada Neighboring tree effects on shorea johorensis under post-logging management with line planting in Central Kalimantan

Ruginia Duffy Non-linear responses to seasonal precipitation in a conifer, Agathis atropurpurea, from tropical Queensland

Benjamin Hoffmann Invasive ants: impact patterns, control prospects and climate change predictions

1530–1545 Hathai Sangsupan Microenvironmental Limitations on Seedling Germination and Establishment in a Restored

Andrew Krockenberger Elevational patterns of bat diversity on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Eric Katovai Recovery dynamics of floristics in logged forests of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

Alfredo Huete Evidence of seasonal productivity and light limitations along a longitudinal rainfall equatorial forest transect

Jonas Maravalhas Variable fire regimes as drivers of ant diversity in the cerrado, a Neotropical savanna hotspot

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Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest

1545-1600

Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri Acacia: Another Nail In The Coffin For Kerangas?

1545-1600 Miriam Supuma Growth and survivorship of trees at different elevations in Papua New Guinea

1545-1600 Israel Del Toro Biodiversity along a rainfall gradient: insights into climate change impacts on Australia's ant biodiversity




Plant Ecophysiology Climate Change & Land Use



SYMPOSIUM: From the mountains to seas: Altitudinal trends in New Guinea biodiversity Chair: Vojtech Novotny

ORAL SESSION: Forests & ecosystems Chair: Jaboury Ghazoul

SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of climate change on tropical trees: Current knowledge and pressing uncertainties Chair: Nathan McDowell

SYMPOSIUM: Ant responses to anthropogenic disturbance and climate change: Community structure and interactions with plants Chair: Alan Andersen

1615–1630 Eduardo Van Den Berg Composition divergence between highly diverse pastures' tree community and associated forest remnants

Tom Fayle Ant-plant mutualistic interaction networks, altitudinal gradients, and ant partner sharing

Oliver Wearn Local-scale alpha- and beta-diversity of Bornean mammals: Implications for conservation in logged and fragmented habitats

Jonathan Lloyd Five myths of tropical tree response to climate change

Gabriela Burle Arcoverde Grazing impacts on savanna ant communities in the Australian seasonal tropics

1630–1645 Marcus Bulstrode Managing Riparian Vegetation Towards Systems Recovery in the Wet Tropics: why throw out the baby?

Legi Sam The structure of plant-herbivore food web along an altitudinal gradient in Papua New Guinea

Silke Buschmann Stand dynamics, regeneration requirements, and genetic variability in populations of Terminalia carolinensis on Kosrae, Micronesia

Louise Neo Last Swamp Standing: Freshwater Swamp Vegetation Ecology In The Face Of Climate Change And Urbanisation

Alex Salas-Lopez Effects of habitat transformation by humans on the trophic ecology of ants in French Guiana

1645–1700 Lih Chyun Loo The regeneration of native tree species in human disturbed forests at Meinong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Roger Kitching Australasian Altitudinal Transects: the Challenge of the Comparative Dimension

Tomas Ariel Carlo Negative frequency-dependent frugivory and seed dispersal increase plant diversity in early successional forests

Suat Hui Yeoh When Do Rainforest Trees Bloom?

Rebecca Sandidge Tiny savannas and deep seas: ant diversity and distribution on several small Indonesian islands

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ORAL SESSION: Conservation biology Chair: Vojtech Novotny

ORAL SESSION: Climate change & tropical trees Chair: Susan Laurance

1700–1715 Ana Palma Diversity and Functional Characteristics of Seedling Communities Along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence

Louise Barnett Going feral: the colonisation of tropical environments by an invasive gecko

Martyna M Kotowska Above- and belowground biomass, productivity and carbon sequestration in lowland rainforest transformation systems on Sumatra

Darren Bito Herbivore assemblages along an altitudinal gradient: indicators of climate change?

Petr Klimes Trophic ecology of canopy ant communities in a primary and secondary rainforest

1715–1730 Claudia Paz Tree species and their association with soil properties in secondary forests

Bruno Cid Home-range size and avoidance behavior of reintroduced agoutis in Brazil

Akira Nakanishi Vertical stratification and host-size dependence of vascular epiphytes in a tropical montane forest

Felicien Tosso African species distribution modeling and assessment of the impact of climate change

Inara Leal Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on ant-plant interactions in Brazilian Caatinga

1730–1745 Aaron Shiels Shifts in invasive rodent communities following restoration of an endangered dryland forest, Maui Island, Hawaii

Corie Yanger Impacts of an invasive thrips on Hawaiian Myoporum reproduction and establishment

Akiko Satake Nitrogen as a key regulator of mast flowering

Deborah Apgaua Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: the forgotten biome- Structure, diversity and future directions

Emilio Bruna Anthropogenic impacts on leaf-cutter ants (Atta) in Brazil's Cerrado and the consequences for plant-animal interactions

1745–1800 Erica Pohnan Post-fire sapling survival at a tropical forest restoration site in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Robyn Wilson Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of the invasive crow in rural and urban landscapes

Yoko Ishida Factors influencing plant water-use in a tropical rainforest

Marcelo Tabarelli The Multiple Impacts of Leaf-Cutting Ants and Their Novel Ecological Role in Human-Modified Neotropical Forests

1800-1815 Chris Harwood Opportunities and constraints for development of Allanblackia spp. as a new cash crop for Africa

Jim Wallace Clouding the issue: rain, forests and climate change

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Wednesday 23 July 2014



0830–0910 Plenary Speaker: Dr Nigel Stork (Chair: Robin Chazdon)

Concurrent sessions

Conservation Biology Conservation & Development

Roger Kitching Festschrift

Plant Ecology Evolutionary Biology


SYMPOSIUM: Intelligent design: Managing landscapes to improve the future of biodiversity conservation Chairs: David Edwards & Roman Carrasco

SYMPOSIUM: Post-conversion conservation: Biodiversity and ecosystem function in emerging tropical landscapes Chair: William Foster

SYMPOSIUM: Insect ecology & diversity Chair: Nigel Stork

ORAL SESSION: Functional traits Chair: Chris Baraloto

SYMPOSIUM: The origin and future of tropical biodiversity: An evolutionary perspective Chair: Daniel Faith

0915–0930 Matthew Potts Rereading tropical landscapes: policies, plantations and unintended consequences

William Foster Post-conversion agricultural landscapes: failed forests or novel ecosystems?

Nigel Stork Insect ecology & diversity

David Schellenberger Costa Evidence for trait filtering along environmental gradients and trait-neutral assembly at environmentally similar but spatially separated ecosystems

Lucia Lohmann Using Lianas to Untangle the History of Tropical Ecosystems

0930–0945 Corey Bradshaw Country-level conservation investment reduces risk of biodiversity decline in tropical protected areas

Timm Döbert The impacts of fragmentation and alien invasions on native biological diversity in tropical lowland rainforest

Myron Zalucki From movement and egg laying in monarch butterflies to infinity and beyond

Marion Pfeifer Leaf Area Index Dependencies On Climate and Disturbance in the Tropics

Elizabeth Stacy Elevation gradients as drivers of speciation in the Hawaiian landscape-dominant tree, metrosideros

0945–1000 Zuzana Burivalova Logged forests are not all the same: thresholds of logging intensity for maintaining tropical biodiversity

Lisa Denmead Does biodiversity loss from oil palm plantations impact production?

Naomi Pierce Hidden Diversity In The Arthropod Communities Of Nepenthes Pitcher Plants

David Tng Letting giants be - an ecological framework for managing Australia's tropical giant trees

Joel Cracraft Diversification dynamics and assembly of the Amazonian avifauna

1000-1015 Pedro Higuchi Relationships between functional traits and demographic rates for tree species in an araucaria forest, Brazil

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Concurrent sessions


Roger Kitching Festschrift






SYMPOSIUM: Trait-based trade-offs in tropical forests Chairs: Kaoru Kitajima & Sabrina Russo

SYMPOSIUM: The origin and future of tropical biodiversity: An evolutionary perspective Chair: Lucia Lohmann

1030–1045 David Edwards Intelligent design: Landscape configuration mediates trade-offs between land-sharing and land-sparing agriculture

Felicity Edwards Functional diversity and the value of forests for agriculture

Melinda Laidlaw Mapping beta-diversity in Australian subtropical rainforest

Kaoru Kitajima Ontogenetic shifts and concordance of functional traits and their association with tree demography in Panama

John Wiens Phylogenies, niche evolution, and the origin and future of tropical biodiversity

1045–1100 Xingli Giam Can forested riparian buffers mitigate the impact of oil palm monoculture on freshwater biodiversity?

Franziska Peter Forest fragmentation interferes with the natural control of herbivores by insectivorous birds

Yves Basset Arthropod distribution in tropical rainforests: Contribution of horizontal, vertical and seasonal gradients to species diversity

Pimonrat Tiansawat Seed defensive traits in relation to adult light requirements, seed mass and seed persistence of 10 Macaranga species in Borneo

Alison Shapcott Using DNA barcodes to assess phylodiversity and conservation of SE Queensland's rain forests

1100–1115 Jessie Wells Can multi-objective spatial planning enable conservation of biodiversity and flows of ecosystem services in Borneo?

Julie Hinsch Insect/plant interactions in oil palm plantations

Louise Ashton What's up is up: Vertical stratification of moths is universal

Kyle Tomlinson Responses of savanna tree species seedlings to grass competition: geographical patterns, trade-offs, and functional traits

Daniel Faith An expanded PD phylogenetic diversity toolbox integrates DNA barcoding into biodiversity assessments in the tropics

SYMPOSIUM: Tropical plant biodiversity science in the "big molecular" age - advances, opportunities and challenges Chair: Darren Crayn

1115–1130 Alexander Anderson Land-use, Climate Change and Avian Ecosystem Services in

Eleanor Slade Preserving biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in oil

Akihiro Nakamura Beta-diversity patterns along elevational gradients: a cross-

Christopher Baraloto Coordination of traits related to hydraulics with

Darren Crayn Linking large phylogenies and large biological datasets to

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the Montane Neotropics: Managing for Resilience

palm dominated landscapes: insights from a key ecological indicator group

taxon and cross-continental approach

fundamental functional tradeoffs in tropical trees

advance botanical research and teaching

1130–1145 Brett Scheffers Identifying hotspots of climate microrefugia under land-use change

Chun Chia Huang Roosting and Trophic Ensembles of Bats Respond Differently to Coffee Agricultural Intensification in Southeast Asia

Chris Burwell The influence of altitude and latitude on tropical rainforest ant communities in eastern Queensland, Australia

Nathan Swenson The spatial distribution and demographic consequences of leaf venation diversity in tropical tree assemblages

W John Kress Comparative evolutionary diversity and phylogenetic structure across multiple forest dynamics plots: a mega-phylogeny approach

1145–1200 John Garcia-Ulloa A context-specific and data-efficient approach for quantifying avoided biodiversity loss under REDD+

Bea Maas Birds and bats affect multitrophic interactions and crop yield in cacao agroforestry landscapes

Erica Odell Latitudinal responses of rainforest macro-moth assemblages along natural climatic gradients in Queensland, Australia

Masahiro Aiba A comparative analysis of trait associations among forest types in Southeast Asia

Campbell Webb Using DNA barcode markers to reconstruct forest tree community assembly across the Indonesian archipelago

1200–1215 L Roman Carrasco Meeting future oil palm demands with minimal biodiversity loss

Matthew Struebig Bat diversity across landscape gradients in South East Asia: implications for designing managed areas

Claire Ozanne What Dipteran communities tell us about Ethiopian forest fragments

Catherine Yule Leaf litter nutrient dynamics of Shorea uliginosa and Koompassia malaccensis in a tropical peatswamp forest

Katharina Schulte Next-generation tropical biodiversity science and conservation - opportunities and challenges

1215–1230 David Wilcove Imperfect Policies for a Wildly Imperfect World

Miriam Teuscher Enrichment plantings in oil palm plantations - an effective measure to restore biodiversity?

Terrence McGlynn Behavioral and ecological mechanisms of conspecific food robbing in the Neotropical ant Ectatomma ruidum

Sabrina E Russo A mechanistic dynamic energy budget model to predict tropical tree species distributions

Maurizio Rossetto Functional phylogeography of Australian rainforests - exploring new questions in the genomics era

1230-1245

Joeri Sergej Strijk Colonization and diversification in the Western Indian Ocean: creating a phylogeographic synthesis


Biotropica Editorial Board Meeting (Meeting Room 2)

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Concurrent sessions


Roger Kitching Festschrift & Landscape Ecology






ORAL SESSION: Plant ecophysiology Chair: Joseph Holtum

SYMPOSIUM: Tropical plant biodiversity science in the "big molecular" age - advances, opportunities and challenges Chair: Darren Crayn

1345–1400 Stuart Pimm Connecting habitat fragments in lowland coastal forests of Brazil - a biodiversity hotspot

Sarah Luke The impacts of forest logging and oil palm agriculture on stream invertebrates in Malaysian Borneo

Yves Basset Density of insect galls in the forest understorey and canopy: Neotropical, Gondwanan or global patterns?

Joseph Holtum Acacia peuce: Australia's tallest desert tree

Andrew Thornhill Phylogenetically comparing tropical and savanna floras

SYMPOSIUM: Tracing functional and phylogenetic diversity to predict rainforest distribution through time Chair: Robert Kooyman

1400–1415 Sarah Papworth Gold mining and agricultural concessions drive forest degradation in the largest protected area in Myanmar

Xingli Giam The conservation value of forested riparian buffers across multiple spatial scales: a global meta-analysis

Cecilia Dahlsjo Evolution And Body Size: Drivers Of Global Termite Patterns

Juan Manuel Posada Higher growth rates under constant than under variable light conditions in Abatia parviflora

Will Cornwell The relative importance of recent and ancient evolution for contemporary ecology

1415–1430 Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim Tourists' Wildlife Viewing Preferences: Shaping What to Conserve and What Not?

Norbert Kunert Road associated edge effects increase tree transpiration in a tropical moist lowland forest

David Guez Sugar, colour and odour preferences in two tropical species of bees - Apis cerana and Trigona carbonaria

Bruce Webber A stinking problem: building towards a biocontrol solution for the invasive tropical vine, passiflora foetida

Robert Kooyman Landscape patterns in continental rainforest phylogenetic and functional signal: some conservation implications

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SYMPOSIUM: Tree rings in the tropics: An ideal sensor for climate change and plant responses Chair: Dieter Anhuf

1430–1445 Amrita Neelakantan The changing nature human pressures around Kanha National Park

Jessica Thorn Potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem function in small-holder agro-ecosystems in Northern Ghana

Justine Jacquemin Spatio-temporal variation of ant distribution among ground layers in an Andean tropical forest

Edward Tsen Addressing the information gap at the core of tropical tree ring research

Shawn Laffan Spatially quantifying regional to continental to global patterns of diversity

ORAL SESSION: Evolutionary biology Chair: Lucia Lohmann

1445–1500 Federico Prado Conservation-development tradeoffs at different spatial scales in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Norman Lim Vertebrate scavengers control agents of human diarrhoeal diseases in oil palm plantations

Benjamin Kaluza Diversity Matters: How Landscape Related Resource Diversity Boosts Bee Fitness

Daniel Balanzetegui Simultaneous d

13C and d

18O

measurements to identify false rings in an Australian tropical conifer

Naoki Tani Partial self-incompatibility and/or inbreeding depression support Allee effect on dipterocarp mating system

ORAL SESSION: Fragmentation & landscape ecology Chair: Bill Laurance

1500–1515 Lahiru Wijedasa Peat Swamp Forest Conservation: Is there a future?

Matthew Luskin Cascading impacts from oil palm into remaining forests

Cristina Banks-Leite Testing the power of response traits for predicting species responses to habitat loss and degradation

Gerhard Helle Laser Microdissection-Flash-Pyrolysis-Gc-Irms: A New Method For Rapid High Precision Analysis Of 13C And 18O In Tropical Woody C3 And C4 Plants

Natalie Breidenbach Plant genetic diversity in tropical lowland rainforest transformation systems

1515–1530 Andrea Larissa Boesing Matrix composition affects bird extinction thresholds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Pieter Zuidema Detecting effects of long-term Co2 increase on tropical trees: on tree rings, isotopes and isotopomers

Yohan Pillon Phylogenomics of Metrosideros in Hawaii and the Pacific

1530–1545 Candelaria Estavillo Forest loss and the biodiversity threshold: an evaluation considering species habitat requirements and matrix habitats

Sean Reilly Evolutionary History and Conservation of Flying Lizards (Genus: Draco) from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

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Conservation Biology & Dry Forests

Conservation & Development

Landscape Ecology Wallacea Evolutionary Biology


SYMPOSIUM: Global dry forests: current and future research Chair: Terry Sunderland

ORAL SESSION: Conservation & development Chair: Steve Turton

ORAL SESSION: Fragmentation & landscape ecology Chair: Bill Laurance

SYMPOSIUM: Wallacea - a neglected biodiversity hotspot Chair: Jatna Supriatna Discussant: Jeffrey Sayer

ORAL SESSION: Evolutionary biology Chair: Lucia Lohmann

1615–1630 Karina Banda Vegetation in seasonally dry regions of the tropics: floristics and biogeography

Noelia Zafra-Calvo Enhancing Livelihoods and Effectiveness of Conservation Through Strategies of Sustainable Use: the Ruvuma Landscape

Veronique Lefebvre Continuous Spatial Model of Edge Influence in Fragmented Forest Landscapes

Jatna Supriatna Primate Diversity in Wallacea and Its Conservation

Sampath Seneviratne A peculiar biogeographic history for a flameback woodpecker (dinopium benghalense) revealed through high throughput sequencing

1630–1645 H Shivaramaiah Dattaraja The structure and dynamics of a seasonally dry tropical forest in Southern India

Hemchandranauth Sambhu Butterfly farming in Iwokrama Forest and North Rupununi Savanna, Guyana, South America

Smarajit Ojah The Corridor of Conservation: Assessing the Role of the Laokhowa-Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuaries and the Brahmaputra River Islands of Assam, India as Wildlife Corridor

Pete Wood Identifying priorities and gaps for conservation in Wallacea: the CEPF Ecosystem Profile process

Laura Simmons Patterns of genetic diversity for iconic swamp orchid Phaius australis in Australia

1645–1700 Houria Djoudi Dry Forests And Livelihoods: A Review?

Roberto Cazzolla Gatti The impact of selective logging and clearcutting on forest structure, tree diversity and above-ground biomass of African tropical forests

Mason Campbell The Ecological Response of Lianas to Long-Term Tropical Forest Fragmentation

James Langston Extractive industries, infrastructure and conservation in Wallacea

Suzan Benedick Genetic structure and biodiversity of Mycalesis orseis (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae) isolated populations in managed landscapes

1700–1715 Dominica Harrison Distinct hyperspectral mapping of tropical dry forest vegetation species in the thermal infrared (8µm-14µm)

Mareike Roeder Phylogenetic clustering increases with succession for lianas in a Chinese tropical montane rain forest

Felix Lim Fragmented habitat loss affects species-area relationships

Yves Laumonier Designing large-scale land allocation and conservation programs in Wallacea region: revisiting Moluccas Seram Island priorities

Pierre Taberlet Power and limitations of DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring in the tropics

1715–1730 Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa Phenological and water use efficiency responses of tropical dry forests in the Americas

Iris Motzke Effects of common management and landscape context on pollination services and yield in tropical homegardens

Gary Palmer Impacts of rainforest fragmentation on vertebrate seed predators and rates of seed predation

Hilda Lionata Rethinking conservation strategies in Wallacea: on the ground experiences of Burung Indonesia

Conrad Hoskin The roles of pre- and postzygotic isolation in generating speciation in a frog hybrid zone

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ORAL SESSION: Extractive industries Chair: James Langston

1730–1745 Lucienne Wilmé Dry forests in Madagascar, neglected and under pressure

Fernanda Resende Couto Sub-aerial communities emerging on artificial module contaminated by iron mining tailings: bioassays in the laboratory

Katja Rembold Consequences of rainforest transformation for plant diversity in Sumatra, Indonesia

Chris Margules Development and Conservation in Wallacea

Bendula Wismen An Evaluation the Herbarium Potential of the Penang Botanic Gardens, Malaysia

1745–1800 Nimal Gunatilleke Ecological Traits Underpinning Sustainable Management of the Sri Lankan Agarwood Species, Gyrinops walla Gaertn. (Thymeliaceae)

Wiske Rotinsulu Distribution and Conservation of the Tropical Palms of Sulawesi

1800-1815

Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono What can we learn from Western Indonesia in designing conservation programmes for Wallacea Region

Plenary Session Venue: Hall A

1800-1900 1900-2000

Conservation Committee Meeting (Chair: Pia Parolin) Plenary Speaker: Dr Tim Flannery (Chair: Bill Laurance)

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Thursday 24 July 2014



0830–0910 Plenary Speaker: Dr Yadvinder Malhi (Chair: Lucia Lohmann)

Concurrent sessions

Conservation Planning Conservation & Development

Climate Change Biology Research Methods Forest Ecology


SYMPOSIUM: Innovations in conservation planning in the Asia-Pacific region Chair: Bob Pressey

SYMPOSIUM: Ecosystem services approach to landscape restoration and sustainable livelihoods Chair: Hazel Consunji

SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of climate change on tropical birds: Current knowledge and pressing uncertainties Chair: Jeffrey Brawn

SYMPOSIUM: Trends at tropical biological field stations: Is there a future and what is it? Chair: Ronald Swaisgood

ORAL SESSION: Forest ecology Chair: Will Edwards

0915–0930 Rene Abesamis Realized Larval Dispersal Patterns And The Design Of Marine Reserve Networks In The Philippines

Hazel Consunji The Philippine National Greening Program: Challenges To Restoring Forests For Ecosystem Services Through Large-Scale Government Programs

Stuart Pimm Elevational Ranges of Birds on a Tropical Montane Gradient Lag Behind Warming Temperatures

Ronald Swaisgood The future of field stations in the tropics

Will Edwards Long term records provide reliable benchmarks to assess future changes: a leaf litter case study

0930–0945 Vanessa Adams Prioritizing management in protected areas: a weed management decision support tool for Kakadu National Park

Jia Li How well does species-led ecosystem restoration deliver ecosystem services?

Jeffrey Brawn What does 35 years of population monitoring tell us about neotropical birds and climate change?

Elizabeth Losos Trends in tropical field station use and implications for long-term sustainability

Rhett Harrison Quantifying the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on leaf decomposition across tropical disturbance gradient

0945–1000 Anderson Sevilha Conservation in a biodiversity hotspot: an approach to conservation prioritization based on multiple taxonomic groups

Benjamin Brown Scaling-up community based ecological mangrove rehabilitation (CBEMR) to landscape levels in Indonesia

Alexander Anderson Rapid Population Shifts in Australia's Tropical Montane Avifauna: Monitoring Responses to Climate Change

Andrew Krockenberger The Daintree Rainforest Observatory: A Soil-To-Atmosphere Window On The Australian Wet Tropics

Gbadamassi G O Dossa Role of wood traits and phylogeny in wood decomposition

1000-1015 Teng Li Will climate change have greater ecological effects in tropical or arctic regions?

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Concurrent sessions

Conservation Planning Conservation & Development & Landscape Restoration

Climate Change Biology Research Methods & Crocodile Conservation & Wildlife Ecology

Forest Ecology



SYMPOSIUM: Ecosystem services approach to landscape restoration and sustainable livelihoods Chair: Hazel Consunji

SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of climate change on tropical birds: Current knowledge and pressing uncertainties Chair: Jeffrey Brawn

SYMPOSIUM: Trends at tropical biological field stations: Is there a future and what is it? Chair: Ronald Swaisgood


1030–1045 Travis Sydes Integrated spatial planning in the Australian wet tropics: end users and visualization for spatial decision making

Beria Leimona Dynamics of customary resource governance: agroforestation with voluntary carbon support in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Michelle Reynolds Sea-level rise and storm-wave inundation of Pacific Island ecosystems

Vojtech Novotny Rainforest ecology in a tribal world: why should forest dwellers get excited about research stations?

Pieter Olivier Multi-scale sampling boosts inferences from beta diversity patterns in coastal forests of South Africa

1045–1100 Bob Pressey Conservation In Paradise: Prioritisation Of Management Actions On Tropical Islands

Stephen Elliott Suitability of the framework species method of forest restoration for carbon stock enhancement under REDD+

Cagan Sekercioglu Effects of Climate Change on Tropical Birds

Glen Reynolds Embedding Science In Rainforest Conservation, Restoration And Landscape Planning: Lessons From Danum Valley

Gonmadje Christelle Patterns of diversity and endemism of Atlantic rainforests of the Ngovayang massif (Cameroon)

ORAL SESSION: Global change biology Chair: Jeremy VanderVal

SYMPOSIUM: Bridging science and practice in crocodilian conservation Chair: Ruchira Somaweera

1100–1115 Alana Grech Planning for cumulative impacts in the Torres Strait

Noel Preece Can carbon sequestration support reforestation as a livelihood?

Luisa Otero Effects of recent climate warming on the reproductive phenology of Puerto Rican Anolis lizards

Hamish Campbell Predicting human attack-risk from crocodiles

Laura Warman Functional diversity across a 'native to novel' gradient in Hawaiian rainforest communities

1115–1130 Matthew Struebig Spatial planning for the effects of climate and land-cover change on Borneo's terrestrial mammals

Morena Mills Landscape Partnerships: Opportunities and constraints for forest conservation and restoration within the Atlantic Forest

Jeremy VanDerWal Climate Change Research: balancing 'publish or perish' with uptake and engagement

Majintha Madawala The Muggers of Sri Lanka - Conflicts and Conservation

Patrick Martin Climate and forest dynamics in tropical montane forests

1130–1145 April Reside Planning For Climate-Change Adaptation In The Australian Wet Tropics

David Lamb Using ecosystem services to facilitate forest landscape restoration

Andreas Hemp Kilimanjaro under global change

Ruchira Somaweera Management implications of the impacts of invasive cane toads on populations of freshwater crocodiles in

Ulmar Grafe Bornean amphibians are mostly insensitive to logging, but severely threatened by conventional oil palm

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northern Australia plantations

SYMPOSIUM: Emerging approaches and issues in tropical reforestation Chair: Luke Shoo

1145–1200 Ilisapeci Lyons Planning For Climate Adaptation With Indigenous Peoples In The Mackay Whitsunday Region

Sharif Mukul Neglecting conservation value of degraded tropical landscapes? Tree diversity following shifting cultivation in the upland Philippines

Gemma Rutten Vertical and horizontal vegetation structure across a broad range of natural and disturbed habitat types on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Geoff McClure The Relationship between Crocodile Farming and Crocodile Conservation in Australia

Robert Ewers Logging cuts invertebrate dominance of tropical rainforest ecosystem functions

ORAL SESSION: The state of the tropics Chair: Steve Turton

1200–1215 Stuart Cowell Using Healthy Country Planning on indigenous lands in Australia

Prasit Wangpakapattanawong Applying indigenous and scientific knowledge of swidden cultivation to tropical forest restoration

Ann Penny State of the Tropics: Is life in the world's tropical regions improving?

Terhi Riutta The impact of logging on tropical forest net primary productivity and carbon dynamics

1215–1230 Erica McCreedy Spatial Tools to Support Community-Based Planning and Adaptive Management on Indigenous Land and Sea Country

Mia Derhe Investigating the efficiency of reforestation approaches for restoring rainforest biodiversity and function

Kwek Yan Chong Potential Impacts of Neotropical Cecropia Introduced to the Old World and Challenges in Eradication


Concurrent sessions

Conservation Planning Conservation & Development & Landscape Restoration

Climate Change Biology Wildlife Ecology

Forest Ecology



SYMPOSIUM: Emerging approaches and issues in tropical reforestation Chair: Carla Catterall

ORAL SESSION: Global change biology Chair: Dan Metcalfe

ORAL SESSION: Wildlife behaviour & ecology Chair: Robyn Wilson


1345–1400 Peta Standley Planning by Doing: Co-generative Natural Resource Management Planning for Cape York

Amanda Freeman Bird-mediated seed dispersal in assisted regeneration of retired pasture

Beth Crase Incorporating spatial autocorrelation into species distribution models alters forecasts of climate

Patrick Hart Effects of cicadas on bird communication in a noisy tropical rainforest

Nazahatul Anis Amaludin Sensitivity of Ecological Niche Models for Tropical Trees to the Spatial Resolution of Soils

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mediated range shifts Information

1400–1415 Alison Green Linking Regional, Ecoregional and Local Scale Marine Spatial Planning in the Coral Triangle

Sutthathorn Chairuangsri Application of the framework species method to initiate forest restoration on an open-cast limestone mine

Nathalie Butt Eucalypts in northern and tropical Australia face increasing climate stress

Miyabi Nakabayashi Feeding Strategy of Frugivorous Carnivores in Borneo: Comparison with Frugivorous Primates

Jaboury Ghazoul Devil in the Detail: Differential seedling responses to microtopography might explain species coexistence

1415–1430 Jorge Alvarez-Romero Planning for multiple objectives in coastal catchments in northern Australia: an operational framework for decision-makers

Panitnard Tunjai Selecting framework tree species for restoring tropical forest ecosystems: combining characteristics and comprises

Izabela Barata Designing a monitoring protocol for occupancy estimates and modeling on mountaintop amphibian species

Achara Simcharoen Female tiger home range size and prey abundance

Meghna Krishnadas Habitat niches of trees along landscape-scale environmental gradients in the Western Ghats

1430–1445 Rebecca Weeks Ten things to get right for conservation planning - in the Coral Triangle, and elsewhere

Susan Cordell Restoring ecosystem function using hybrid ecosystems

Evan J Pickett The importance of changing climatic variability for tropical wildlife population growth rates

Gaius Wilson Foraging Relationships Between Elephants and Lantana camara Invasion in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India

Tak Fung Environmental Stochasticity as an Essential Process Underlying Dynamic Patterns in Tropical Forest Biodiversity

ORAL SESSION: Conservation & development Chair: James Langston

1445–1500 Sadia E Ahmed Multi-scale tradeoff analysis of future Amazon deforestation

Cristina Martinez-Garza Experimental restoration in three dry forests of Mexico: exclusions, direct seeding and plantings

Carmen Montes Carbon stocks of tropical dry forests in the Colombian Caribbean region

Pietro Mello Conserving biogeography: habitat loss and vicariant patterns in endemic Squamates of the Cerrado hotspot

Casey Cox Distribution and abundance of lianas in lowland rainforest: a first time study in Australian rainforest

1500–1515 Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Why did the elephant cross the road?

Margaret Mayfield Factors influencing early tree growth and mortality in a tropical rainforest reforestation experiment

Galia Selaya Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) Dominates Terra Firme Forest Carbon Stocks In Southwestern Amazonia

Alastair Freeman Riparian habitat quality and the Gulf snapping turtle (Elseya lavarackorum) in northwest Queensland

Jason Vleminckx Soil charcoal to assess the impacts of past human disturbances on tropical forests

1515–1530 Christina Crespo Great Barrier Reef strategic assessment: a case study in sustainability?

Khwankhao Sinhaseni Determining optimum spacing for forest restoration plantings

Daniel Metcalfe No evidence for long-term increases in biomass and stem density in the tropical rainforests of Australia

Gabriel J Colorado Ecological dynamic of a bird community in a lowland tropical forest in the Colombian Darien

Danilo Boscolo Effects of landscape structure on native pollinators and its consequences for integrated agricultural landscapes management

1530–1545 Jose Manuel V Fragoso Modeling responses of socioecological systems

Jarrah Wills Plant regeneration within secondary re-growth,

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within protected areas to population growth and external forest removal

mixtures and monocultures in the Philippines


Conservation & Development

Conservation & Development & Landscape Restoration

Climate Change Biology Wildlife Ecology Forest Ecology


ORAL SESSION: Conservation & development Chair: James Langston

SYMPOSIUM: Emerging approaches and issues in tropical reforestation Chair: Amanda Freeman

ORAL SESSION: Global change biology Chair: April Reside

ORAL SESSION: Wildlife behaviour & ecology Chair: Robyn Wilson


1615–1630 Victoria Graham A more favourable side of REDD+

Luke Shoo Slow recovery of tropical forests on Australian old fields and the decision to actively restore

Isabel Rosa The carbon legacy of modern tropical deforestation

Christos Mammides Methods of measuring interspecific associations in mixed-species bird flocks and their stability to habitat changes

Tobias Smith Shifts in functional redundancy of predatory and flower-visiting flies across Australian tropical countryside landscapes

1630–1645 Stewart Macdonald Peripheral isolates as a storehouse of adaptive diversity under climate change

Rhett Harrison Harapan - Forest of Hope: Making restoration concessions a viable landuse option

Ferry Slik Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics

Khairul Nizam Kamaruddin Checklist of bats in Ibd Zoological Museum, Lanchang, Pahang, Malaysia

Claire Wordley Habitat suitability modelling and functional diversity in a previously unstudied bat assemblage

1645–1700 Bruce Wannan Cape York Peninsula - a flora that illustrates the development of the Australian sclerophyll biota

Ratthaphon Amphon Science Based Education and Training for Furthering Forest Restoration

Rempei Suwa Allometric equations for estimating biomass for a native palm species Euterpe precatoria in the Amazon

Sophie Calmé Foraging strategy of a Neotropical primate: how intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence destination and residence time

Seth Ganzhorn The effects of fragmentation on density and population genetics of a threatened tree species in a biodiversity hotspot

Closing Plenary Speaker 8 and conference awards session: Dr Susan Laurance, President ATBC (Chair: Steve Turton) Venue: Hall A

Banquet 1830 onwards Cairns Esplanade

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