94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

PS 53-128

Effect of cattle grazing in the herbaceous vegetation of tropical dry forests in Morelos, Mexico
Jessica De la O-Toris, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; Cristina Martínez-Garza, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

PS 53-129

Interacting effect of habitat and conspecific density on tree mortality in a Bornean rain forest
Akira Itoh, Osaka City University; Satoshi Nanami, Osaka City University; Takuo Yamakura, Osaka City University; Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Utsunomiya Unversity; Sylvester Tan, Forest Department Sarawak

PS 53-130

Establishment of a 20-ha forest dynamics plot in Xishuangbanna, SW China
Min Cao, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS; Liqing Sha, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS; Luxiang Lin, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

PS 53-131

Elephants and trees, the complex dynamics of Malvales in a 50 hectare forest dynamics plot at Mudumalai southern India
Hebbalalu S. Suresh, Indian Institute of Science; H. S Dattaraja, Indian Institute of Science; R. Sukumar, Indian Institute of Science

PS 53-132

Changes in beetle community associated with a successional gradient in a Mexican tropical dry forest
Cesar Manrique-Ascencio, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Karina Boege, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM; Ek del-Val, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas

PS 53-133

1/f Noise in spatial patterns of Dipterocarpaceae trees in a tropical rainforest, Sarawak, Malaysia
Takuo Yamakura, Osaka City University; Akira Itoh, Osaka City University; Satoshi Nanami, Osaka City University; Sanae Mori, Osaka City University; Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Utsunomiya Unversity; Sylvester Tan, Forest Department Sarawak; Hua-Seng Lee, Sarawak Timber Association; Peter. A. Palmiotto, Antioch New England Graduate School; Stuart J. Davies, Center for Tropical Forest Science; Peter Shaw Ashton, Harvard University

PS 53-134

Characterization of gap formation in a strongly seasonal African forest
George B. Chuyong, University of Buea; Andrew E Egbe, University of Buea; David Kenfack, Center for Tropical Forest Science & Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory; Duncan Thomas, Oregon State University

PS 53-135

Population structure and growth rates of three dioecious tree species in a sub-tropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Jimena Forero-Montana, University of Puerto Rico; Jess K. Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras; Jill Thompson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Edinburgh)

PS 53-136

Road-effects on diversity and composition of vertebrates in an isolated forest in the Colombian Andes
Fernando Vargas-Salinas, Universidad de Los Andes; Ingrid Delgado-Ospina, Universidad del Valle; Fabián López-Aranda, Universidad del Valle

PS 53-137

Evolution of tree architecture and allometry in the Brazilian cerrado
On Lee A. Lau, North Carolina State University; William A. Hoffmann, North Carolina State University

PS 53 - Forest Habitats: Tropical and Seasonal Tropical