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Monday, July 29th

Monday, July 29th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Grand Salon A - D/Riverside Hilton
Session P: Contributed Posters: Tropical Biology
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PTB001July 29th 5:30 pmGrand Salon A - D/Riverside HiltonLeaf Production in Relation to Damage of Seedlings in Amani Nature Reserve, (ANR)
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Poster: Tropical Biology SectionHalle, Ernestine Mefor; Ssali, Frederick; Gikonyo, Nancy.leaf production
Macaranga kilimandscharica
leaf damage
Fast growing species
PTB002July 29th 5:30 pmGrand Salon A - D/Riverside HiltonAquatic plants of the Orinoco basin of Colombia: inventory, plant communities and their habitats
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Poster: Tropical Biology SectionBedoya, Ana María; Fernández, Mateo; Madriñán, Santiago; Rial, Ana Isabel.aquatic plants
wetland
Orinoco basin
Colombia
plant comunities
PTB003July 29th 5:30 pmGrand Salon A - D/Riverside HiltonArchitecture of three Lupinus life forms in the Colombian Andes
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Poster: Tropical Biology SectionContreras, Natalia; Navas, Alfredo; Madriñán, Santiago.Lupinus
plant architecture
life form
Andes
Colombia
paramo
PTB004July 29th 5:30 pmGrand Salon A - D/Riverside HiltonPhylogenetic and phytochemical cascades in the evolution of tropical diversity
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Poster: Tropical Biology SectionSmilanich, Angela; Forister, Matt; Dyer, Lee; Jeffrey, Chris; Richards, Lora; Dodson, Craig; Wilson, Joe; Tepe, Eric; Whitfield, Jim; Jaramillo, Alejandra; Jahner, Josh; Glassmire, Andrea; Leonard, Michael; McMahon, Kevin; Miller, Jim; Parks, Kyle.Piper
Coevolution
speciation
Diversity
Phytochemistry
Eois
PTB005July 29th 5:30 pmGrand Salon A - D/Riverside HiltonEvidence-baseduse on plants for bioenergy in the Lawacherra Rain Forest: Lessons from the Bangladesh
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Poster: Tropical Biology SectionHasan, Md. Kamrul; Mollik, Md. Ariful Haque.Bangladesh National Herbarium
conservation
Endangered

Tuesday, July 30th

Tuesday, July 30th, 10:15 am to 11:30 am · Rosedown/Riverside Hilton
Session 25: Contributed Papers: Tropical Biology
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25001July 30th 10:15 amRosedown/Riverside HiltonFlora and Ecology of a Neotropical Savanna, Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras
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Oral PaperFawcett, Susan.Acoelorraphe wrightii
Blechnum serrulatum
Caribbean
Cladium jamaicense
coastal wetland
25002July 30th 10:30 amRosedown/Riverside HiltonHerbivory in fragmented populations of the Pineland golden trumpet (Angadenia berteroi)
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Oral PaperBarrios Roque, Beyte; Salas, Andrea; Koptur, Suzanne.herbivory
Fragmentation
25003July 30th 10:45 amRosedown/Riverside HiltonOf Bats, Birds, and Berries: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Species-Rich Neotropical Lobelioids (Campanulaceae)
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Oral PaperLagomarsino, Laura; Davis, Charles.Campanulaceae
Lobelioideae
phylogeny
rapid radiation
pollinator shifts
Neotropical
25004July 30th 11:00 amRosedown/Riverside HiltonEvolution of reproductive barriers within a non-adaptive hyper-species-rich radiation of Hawaiian Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae)
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Oral PaperJohnson, Melissa; Stacy, Elizabeth.Hawaii
Cyrtandra
Gesneriaceae
reproductive isolation
non-adaptive radiation
Allopatric speciation
Tuesday, July 30th, 11:30 am to 12:00 pm · Rosedown/Riverside Hilton
Session M25: Meeting: Tropical Biology Section business meeting
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July 30th 11:30 amRosedown/Riverside HiltonTropical Biology Section business meeting
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