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Sunday, 10th July 200517:00 h Icebreaker in the Botanical Garden of Leipzig University,
Monday, 11th July 20058:00 h Opening of Conference Office 9:00 h Welcome
Chairman: Gerhard Zotz,
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Tuesday, 12th July 2005
8:00 h Opening of Conference OfficeCanopy climate I: Canopy / atmosphere interactions
Chairman: Andrew Mitchell, Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, UK
9:00 h Introduction
9:05 h Forest Canopies and Climate Change: Science, Risk
and Law
Andrew Mitchell, Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, UK
9:30 h Biodiversity drives CO2 effects in the canopy of
a hundred year old deciduous forest
Christian Koerner, University of Basel, Switzerland
9:55 h Biology & Chemistry of Rainforest Canopies in
Amazonia might be crucial for Extra- Amazonian Continental Water
Cycle
A.D. Nobre1, C.A. Nobre2, J. Marengo2, J. Tomasella2, L.A. Cuartas2,
1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia INPA, 2Instituto Nacional
de Pesquisas Espaciais INPE, CPTEC
10:20 h Spatial Patterns and in the Dynamics and Physiology
of Amazonian Rainforests
Yadvinder Malhi1, Oliver Phillips2, Timothy Baker2, Jon Lloyd2,
Lina Mercado3, Sandra Patino2, Luiz Aragao1,1School of Geography
and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK, 2Earth and Biosphere
Institute, University of Leeds, UK ,3Centre for Ecology and Hydrology,
Wallingford, UK
10:45 h Coffee break
11:15 h Climate Change Impacts on the Forest Canopies
Dieter Anhuf, University of Passau, Germany
11:40 h Arthropods, the canopy and atmospheric dynamics:
Vital connections?
Roger Kitching1, Andrew Mitchell2,1Griffith University, Brisbane,
Australia,2Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, UK
12:05 h Predicted impact of global change on forest arthropods
Claire M.P. Ozanne, Imogen P. Palmer, Roehampton University, London,
UK
12:30 h Lunch
13:40 h Epiphytes as indicators of climate change
S. Robbert Gradstein, Jorge Jacome, Michael Kessler, Albrecht von
Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Goettingen, Germany
14:05 h Climate change, remote sensing and forest canopies
John Grace, University of Edinburgh, UK
Canopy climate II, Competition for light in forest canopies
Chairman: Karl Heinz Haeberle: Technical University of Munich, Germany
14:30 h Competitiveness and fitness of trees in a mixed
temperate forest: The case study "Kranzberger Forst"
Karl Heinz Haeberle, I.M.Reiter, A.J. Nunn, M. Loew, P. Nikolova,
T. Seifert, C. Heerdt, M. Leuchner, H. Werner, R. Matyssek, Ecophysiology
of Plants, WZW, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
14:55 h Robust segmentation routines for hemispherical photography
under different radiation conditions
Manuela Roscher, Sven Wagner, Ellen Schwalbe, Hans-Gerd Maas, Technical
University of Dresden, Germany
15:20 h Vertical attenuation of Photosynthetically Active
Radiation in forest canopies: average patterns, variation, and implications
Geoffrey G. Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater,
USA
15:45 h Beyond the Visible - application of infra-red thermography
within micrometeorological and biophysical forest canopy research
Joerg Szarzynski1, David C. Shaw2, 1Center for Development Research
(ZEF), Bonn, Germany, 2University of Washington, USA
16:15 h Retention of canopy closure in tropical rainforests:
a simple yet effective strategy for mitigating adverse impacts of
roads and other linear infrastructure corridors
Stephen M. Turton, Miriam W. Goosem, David S. Gillieson, Catherine
L. Pohlman, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
16:40 h Poster session and Coffee break
18:00 h Visits to the Leipzig crane site / Guided city tours
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Wednesday, 13th July 2005
8:00 h Opening of Conference OfficePhysiological, biomechanical and allometric constraint on tree height
Chairmen: Frederick C. Meinzer, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, USA, and Guillermo Goldstein, University of Miami, Coarl Gables, USA
9:00 h Introduction
9:05 h Biomechanical and Allometric Changes Along Latitude
and Elevation Transects: Are there General Trends?
Karl J. Niklas, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
9:30 h Limits to Tree Height: the Effect of Leaf Arrangement
and Physiology
Roland Ennos, University of Manchester, UK
9:55 h What happens after maximum crown size is reached?
Adaptive reiteration as a mechanism for crown maintenance
Hiroaki Ishii, Kobe University, Japan
10:20 h Coffee break
10:50 h Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Hurricane Winds
on Subtropical Dry Forest Structure
Skip J. Van Bloem1, Peter G. Murphy2, Ariel E. Lugo3, 1University
of Puerto Rico,
Mayagueez, USA, 2Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 3International
Institute of Tropical Forestry, Puerto Rico, USA
11:15 h Fresh perspectives on hydraulic and hydrostatic
limitations to tree height and tree growth
Barbara J. Bond1, Michael G. Ryan2, Nathan Phillips3, Nate McDowell4,
Frederick C. Meinzer5, 1Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2U.S.
Forest Service, Ft. Collins, 3Boston University, 4Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, 5U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, USA
11:40 h Architectural complexity versus cellular senescence:
reconciling two alternative views on tree lifespan
Maurizio Mencuccini1, J. Martinez-Vilalta1, H. A. Hamid1, E. Korakaki1,
D. Vanderklein2, Steve Lee3, B. Michiels4, 1University of Edinburgh,
UK, 2MontClair University, USA, 3Forest Research, Northern Research
Station, Roslin, UK, 4Institute for Forestry and Game Management,
Geraardsbergen, Belgium
12:05 h Scaling of Plant Hydraulic Architecture
Joshua S. Weitz, Kiona Ogle, Henry S. Horn, Princeton University,
USA
12:30 h Lunch
13:30 h Size dependency of water- and nitrogen-use in photosynthesis
and hydraulic conductance of three Acer species with different maximum
sizes
Eri Nabeshima, Tsutom Hiura, Hokkaido University, Tomakomai, Japan
13:55 h Investigation into ecophysiology and increment of
tree crowns
Stephan Bonn, Andreas Roloff, Institute of Forest Botany and Forest
Zoology, Tharandt, Germany
14:20 h Coffee break
Floral ecology, reproductive systems, pollination and seed dispersal
Chairman: Gerhard Gottsberger, University of Ulm, Germany
15:00 h Keynote address
Is stratification of cerrado vegetation related to pollination and
seed dispersal systems?
Quantitative studies in a cerrado s.s. woodland in Brazil, and a
comparison with Neotropical lowland rainforests.
Gerhard Gottsberger, University of Ulm, Germany
15:30 h Long term Flowering and Fruiting Patterns of Canopy
Trees in the rainforest of Southern Western Ghats, India
T. Ganesh1, M.S. Devy1, P. Davidar, K.S.Bawa2, 1Ashoka Trust for
Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India,
2Pondicherry University, India
15:50 h Generative phenology of a complex mesophyll vine
forest plant community in Northeast Queensland, Australia
Christian Geyer, Daniela Inkrot, Wilfried Morawetz, University of
Leipzig, Germany
16:10 h Flowering biology of four temperate tree species
Ophir Tal, Wilfried Morawetz, University of Leipzig, Germany
16:30 h Reproductive biology in Apeiba - why is it such
a sticky subject?
Dawn Frame, Institute of Botany, Montpellier, France
16:50 h Coffee break
17:05 h Birds and their flowers in understory and up, UP
there in the canopy in a tropical rain forest, Southeastern Brazil
M.A. Rocca, M. Sazima, Universidade Estadual de Campina, Brazil
17:25 h Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp. (Mimosaceae):
Amount of nectar and gum and its importance for the mammal fauna
of a Mata Atlântica fragment in Pernambuco, Brazil
Daniel Piechowski, Gerhard Gottsberger, University of Ulm, Germany
17:40 h Herbivory and reproductive success: a case study
of the influence of a rutelid scarab beetle on fruit set of Sclerolobium
densiflorum Benth. (Caesalpiniaceae) trees in Mata Atlântica
rainforest fragments of Pernambuco, Brazil
Leonhard Krause, Gerhard Gottsberger, University of Ulm, Germany
17:50 h Considering directionality in fruit dispersal models
Konrad Waelder1, Sven Wagner2, 1TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 2Technical
University of Dresden, Germany
18:10 h Seed Dispersal of Epiphytic Bromeliads (Tillandsioideae)
in Costa Rica
M.A. de Jong, E.D. Borg, A.M. Cascante-Marin, J.G.B. Oostermeijer,
J.H.D. Wolf, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED),
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Thursday, 14th July 2005
8:00 h Opening of Conference Office
Arthropods in temperate and tropical forest canopies II
Chairmen: Andreas Floren, University of Wuerzburg, Germany, and Yves Basset, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama
9:00 h Keynote address
Andreas Floren, University of Wuerzburg, Germany / Yves Basset,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of
Panama
9:45 h The ants of Central European tree canopies (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) - an underestimated population
Bernhard Seifert, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde, Goerlitz,
Germany
10:05 h Single oaks in beech forests - important stepping
stones or lost islands?
Joerg Mueller, Bayerische Landesanstalt fuer Wald und Forstwirtschaft,
Freising, Germany
10:25 h Canopy and soil arthropod beta diversity in different
scales in subtropical evergreen forests of the Azorean islands
Paulo A.V. Borges1, Clara Gaspar1,3, Sérvio P. Ribeiro2,
Sandra Jarroca1, Ana C. Rodrigues1, Paula Gonçalves1, Catarina
Melo1, Artur R.M. Serrano4, Carlos Aguiar4, Genage André4,
José A. Quartau4, 1Universidade dos Açores, Portugal,
2Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil, 3University
of Sheffield, UK, 4Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa (DBA),
Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal
10:45 h Coffee break
11:15 h Diversity and guild structure of different xylobiontic
beetle groups in a neotropical rainforest (San Lorenzo, Panama)
and a temperate deciduous forest (Germany, Central Europe)
Juergen Schmidl, Ecology & Nature Conservation group, Institute
for Zoology I, Erlangen, Germany
11:35 h Comparison of the weevil biodiversity between tropical
and temperate primeval forests
Peter Sprick1, Andreas Floren², 1Hanover, ²University
of Wuerzburg, Germany
11:55 h Distribution and biodiversity of Orthoptera in a
neotropical rainforest (San Lorenzo, Panama) and a temperate deciduous
forest (Germany, Central Europe)
Johannes Bail, University of Erlangen, Germany
12:15 h Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) from the canopies of
tropical forests in Malaysia and of temperate forests in Poland
Klaus Horstmann, Andreas Floren, University Wuerzburg, Germany
12:35 h What proportion of tropical forest beetles are found
in the canopy?
Nigel Stork, James Cook University, Cairns Old, Australia
12:55 h Lunch
14:00 h IBISCA-Panama: a large-scale study of arthropod
mega-diversity in a rainforest. General protocol, preliminary results
and perspectives
Bruno Corbara, Canopy Raft Consortium & Université Blaise
Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
14:20 h Project IBISCA - One example: Stratification and
beta-diversity of Auchenorrhyncha in a Panamanian rainforest
Yves Basset1, Maurice Leponce2, 1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,
Panama City, Republic of Panama, 2Royal Belgian Institute of Natural
Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
14:40 h Distribution of ants in a Panamanian rainforest
Maurice Leponce1, Jacques H.C. Delabie2, Bruno Corbara3, Jérôme
Orivel4, Yves Roisin5, Servio Ribeiro6, Marcos T. Seniuk6, Flávia
A. Esteves6, Juergen Schmidl7, Andreas Floren8 & Alain Dejean4,
1Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium,
2U.P.A. Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Convention CEPLAC-UESC,
Itabuna, Brazil, 3LAPSCO, University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand,
France, 4University of Toulouse III, France, 5Free University of
Brussels, Belgium, 6Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, 7Ecology
& Nature Conservation, Inst. for Zoology I, Erlangen, Germany,
8University of Wuerzburg, Germany
15:00 h NN
Didham
15:20 h Coffee break
15:50 h Termites in the canopy of a Panamanian rainforest
Yves Roisin1, Alain Dejean2, Bruno Corbara3, Jerôme Orivel2,
Maurice Leponce4, 1Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 2Université
Toulouse III, France, 3 University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand,
France, 4Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels,
Belgium
16:10 h The bees of the canopy and the ground: new insights
from wet forest
David W. Roubik1, Dawn Frame2, 1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,
Balboa, Republic of Panama, 2Institute of Botany, Montpellier, France
16:30 h Patterns in Moth Assemblages Along Vertical Forest
Transects in The San Lorenzo Forest, Panama: Taxonomic Sufficiency,
Larval And Adult Preferences, and/or Seasonality?
Roger Kitching1, Evandro Gama De Oliveira2, Yves Basset3, Aydee
Cornejo4
1Griffith University, Australia, 2University of Ouro Preto, Brazil,
3Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 4University of
Panama, Panama
16:50 h Gall-former insect species and density distribution
across canopy habitats in a wet tropical forest
Sérvio P. Ribeiro, Andiara Vieira, Federal University of
Ouro Preto, Brazil
17:10 h Free Discussion
20:00 h Conference Dinner in the Leipzig "Moritzbastei"
(EUR 30, incl. buffet, 2 drinks, live music)
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Friday, 15th July 2005
8:00 h Opening of Conference OfficeForest Canopy Herbivores and Herbivory Across the Globe
Chairman: David C. Shaw, University of Washington, USA
9:00 h Introduction
David C. Shaw, University of Washington, USA
9:05 h The many ways we measure herbivory
Kristina Ernest1, David Shaw2, 1Central Washington University, 2University
of Washington, USA
9:30 h The Dynamics of Insect Defoliators and Canopies
in Northern Forests of Canada
Vince Nealis, Natural Resources Canada, Victoria, Canada
9:55 h Forest herbivory in Puerto Rico and North Carolina:
Linking the green and brown food webs
H. Bruce Rinker1, Steven J. Fonte2, Barbara C. Reynolds3, 1Pinellas
County Environmental Lands Division, Tarpon Springs, 2University
of California, Davis, 3University of North Carolina, Asheville,
USA
10:20 h Coffee break
10:55 h Patterns of herbivory in mangrove canopies in relation
to nutrient availability
Ilka C. Feller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland,
USA
11:20 h Herbivory rates and leaf damage distribution in
the canopies of Neotropical ecosystems: from savannas, semi-deciduous
forests, to wet rainforests
Sérvio P. Ribeiro, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
11:45 h High Above the Kangaroos: Herbivory Down Under
Meg Lowman, Saul Lowitt, New College of Florida, Sarasota
12:10 h Lunch
13:30 h Insect herbivores on a large tropical island: the
ordinary and the extraordinary from New Guinea
Vojtech Novotny, Czech Academy of Sciences & Biological Faculty,
University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
13:55 h Between diversity, resource, and pollution: herbivores
in Central European managed forests
Ulrich Simon, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
14:20 h Spatial patterns of folivory at Acer pseudoplatanus
L. in a Central-European mixed deciduous forest
Jan Mitscherling1, Peter J. Horchler2, Wilfried Morawetz1, 1University
of Leipzig, 2German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz,
Germany
14:45 h Spatial and seasonal patterns of insect herbivory
in southern beech (Nothofagus) Patagonian forests, Argentina
Cristina Noemi Mazía1, Enrique J. Chaneton1, Thomas Kitzberger2,
1Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2Universidad del Comahue, Argentina.
15:10 h Poster session & Coffee break
16:30 h Visits to the Leipzig crane site / Guided city tours
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Saturday, 16th July 2005
8:00 h Opening of Conference OfficeEvolution, biodiversity and genetics
Chairman: Wilfried Morawetz, University of Leipzig, Germany
9:00 h Introduction
9:05 h Floristic Background of Yunnan Province - with Perspectives
of Forest Canopy Study
Min Cao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
9:25 h Interspatial phenological differences of a mammal
pollinated canopy tree species and associated movement patterns
of arboreal mammals in south India: consequences to fruit production
M.S. Devy, T. Ganesh, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the
Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India
9:45 h Species diversity and spatial distribution of epiphytes
in a montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forest at Xujiaba region,
Ailao Mts., SW China
Wenyao Liu1,2, Haiqing Xu1, 1Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming,
Yunnan P.R. China, 2Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
10:05 h National Biogenetic Information System ( Nbgis)
For Sustainable Management of Bioresources (Biodiversity)
P. Shanmughavel, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
10:25 h Coffee break
10:45 h Development of Epiphytic Communities and Structural
Complexity in Riparian Forests along the Queets River in Olympic
National Park, Washington, USA
Robert Van Pelt, Robert J. Naiman, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA
11:05 h How Tree Structure Promotes Biodiversity in a Redwood
Rain Forest Canopy
Stephen C. Sillett1, Robert Van Pelt2, 1Humboldt State University,
Arcata, 2University of Washington, Seattle, USA
11:25 h Construction and Management of a Canopy Walkway
in a Tropical Lowland Rainforest Remnant - the Singapore Experience
Benjamin Lee, Central Nature Reserve, c/o National Parks Board,
Singapore
11:45 h Lunch
13-17:00 h
Informatics Workshop
Anne Fiala, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, USA
We invite participants to a half-day eco-informatics workshop organized by The Canopy Database Project (http://canopy.evergreen.edu). The Canopy Database Project (CDP) brings together canopy researchers and computer scientists to address issues of data acquisition, management, analysis and exchange relating to canopy studies at all stages of the research process. Our workshop will start by demonstrating the use of databases in research, and their potential advantages over more traditionally-used spreadsheet programs. We will then demonstrate the functionality of our tool for creating an MS Access database package (DataBank), which 'automagically' creates a database along with data-entry forms and metadata (ecological metadata language EML). Participants will work on transferring their own datasets into a database using DataBank. We will also present the functionality of our visualization tool (CanopyView) using a sample dataset that we provide. This workshop will enhance each participant's ability to efficiently carry out their research, including synthetic research, which demands combining of data from multiple sources.
Arthropods in temperate and tropical forest canopies I
Chairman: K. Eduard Linsenmair, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
13:00 h Introduction
13:05 h The Distribution and Abundance of Canopy Arthropods
and their Relationship to Canopy Structure and Microclimate in a
Bornean Rainforest
Roman J. Dial1, Martin D. F. Ellwood2, Edward Turner2, William A.
Foster2, 1Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, USA, 2University
of Cambridge, UK
13:25 h Diversity of Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the
Floodplain-Forest Leipzig
Kathrin Stenchly1, Detlef Bernhard1, Oliver D. Finch2, 1University
of Leipzig, 2 Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
13:45 h Vertical stratification of the rare beetle, Rhynchaenus
testaceus, other leaf miners and their parasitoids on alder
Kerry Fieldhouse1, Claire McDonald2, Steve Compton3, Roger Key4,
1Leeds, 2Glasgow, 3University of Leeds, 4English Nature, UK
14:05 h Disturbance and the fate of a mesocosm fauna
Martin D.F. Ellwood, William A. Foster, University of Cambridge,
UK
14:25 h Invertebrate colonisation of artificial canopy habitats
in response to disturbance
Kathrin Affeld1, Susan Worner1, Raphael Didham2, Jon Sullivan1,
Richard Sedcole3; 1 Bio-Protection and Ecology Division, 3Lincoln
University, Canterbury, 2University of Canterbury, Christchurch
New Zealand
14:45 h The importance of ecological data on the assessment
of canopy-arthropod communities
Tapio Linderhaus, Wilfried Morawetz, University of Leipzig, Germany
15:05 h Coffee break
15:30 h Crowns of white fir as diversity "hot-spot"
for true bugs?!
Martin Gossner, Loricula - Agentur fuer Kronenforschung, oekologische
Studien und Determination, Fronreute, Germany, lecture given by
Jared David May
15.50 h How to tap a rich but nasty resource: on the ecology
and evolution of leafhoppers in deciduous forests
Herbert Nickel, Institute of Zoology, Ecology Group, Goettingen,
Germany
16:10 h Are sawflies adapted to host individuals?
Haike Ruhnke1, M. Schaedler2, S. Klotz1, R. Brandl2, 1UFZ Centre
for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Halle, 2University of
Marburg, Germany
16:30 h Arthropod community on 10 canopy tree species in
temperate deciduous forest
Masashi Murakami1, Tomoaki Ichie2, 1Hokkaido University Forests,
Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan, 2CTFS-AA, Natural Sciences, Singapore
16:50 h Estimating faunal diversity: Abundance, species
richness and faunal similarity of oribatid mite communities (Acari,
Oribatida) in the canopy of a temperate mixed forest
Stephanie Sobek1, Christian Kampichler1,2, Gerd Weigmann1
1Free University of Berlin, 2Universidad Juarez Autónoma
de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
17:10 h Conclusion and Farewell
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Sunday, 17th July 2005
Unfortunately, we had to cancel the excursions
„Opencast mining landscapes" (Sunday, 17 July 2005, 9:00
a.m., EUR 30) and "Fürst Pückler Parks" (Sunday,
17 July 2005, 8:00 a.m., EUR 50) due to a lack of participants.
Excursion fees that are already transferred to the conference account
will of course be refunded in Leipzig.
We are very sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.
