Workshop: Floristics, Phenology, and Frugivore Communities: A Pan-Tropical Comparison (Panama City, Panama; July 29 - August 2, 2002)

研讨会：植物区系、物候学和食果动物群落：泛热带比较（巴拿马巴拿马城；2002年7月29日至8月2日）

• 批准号: 0214507
• 负责人: Katharine Milton
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-06-15 至 2002-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0214507&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Floristics; Phenology; Frugivore; Communities

and maintained. In the most diverse habitats on Earth, the tropical rainforests, primates and other frugivores (fruit-eaters) play important roles by dispersing the seeds of many trees. In this symposium we will make a global comparison of tropical frugivores and plant communities. We will bring together for the first time researchers studying birds, bats, primates, elephants, and other animals with plant ecologists to identify and compare the "keystone" plant species that sustain a diversity of animals in different regions. By bringing together some of the world's finest tropical biologists to compare their knowledge, this symposium will try to create a tool for rapidly identifying the most important species for maintaining biodiversity. We will also study the ways that the loss of such species can affect ecosystems.There are three aims of the symposium: first, to identify and compare the key plants which sustain rainforest animal diversity; second, to identify those animals which are of greatest significance to these plant communities; and third, to study the importance of these interactions to conservation. The information collected in this forum will advance the field of ecology and aid the scientific management of endangered species and habitats. It will also bring students together with renowned scholars in the field, and build international collaboration on conservation strategies.

并维护。 在地球上最多样化的栖息地中，热带雨林、灵长类动物和其他食果动物通过传播许多树木的种子发挥着重要作用。 在本次研讨会上，我们将对热带食果动物和植物群落进行全球比较。 我们将首次将研究鸟类、蝙蝠、灵长类动物、大象和其他动物的研究人员与植物生态学家聚集在一起，以确定和比较维持不同地区动物多样性的“关键”植物物种。 通过汇集世界上一些最优秀的热带生物学家来比较他们的知识，本次研讨会将尝试创建一种工具来快速识别对维持生物多样性最重要的物种。 我们还将研究这些物种的消失如何影响生态系统。本次研讨会有三个目的：第一，识别和比较维持雨林动物多样性的关键植物；其次，确定对这些植物群落最重要的动物；第三，研究这些相互作用对保护的重要性。本次论坛收集的信息将推动生态学领域的发展，并有助于对濒危物种和栖息地进行科学管理。 它还将使学生与该领域的知名学者聚集在一起，并就保护策略建立国际合作。