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A Century Of Wood Anatomy and 75 Years Of IAWA
A tribute to Lawrence R. Blinks: Ions, light, and algae
Botanical Cyberinfrastructure: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities, and Initiatives
Bringing Together the Living and Dead: Integrating Extant and Fossil Biodiversity in Evolutionary Studies
Deep Time Colloquium
Ecological Responses of Bryophytes to Changing Climate
Ecology and Floristics in Northern California - Current Knowledge and Unexplored Realms
Flora of North America: Synergy with other Botanical Projects
Human Transformation of California: Botany, History, and Sociology
Hybridization as a Stimulus for the Evolution of Invasiveness in Plants
Land Plant Evolution: Phylogenetics and Beyond
Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Quality
New Advances in Fern Ecology
Paleobotany in the Post-Genomics Era
Plenary Symposium: New Directions in Molecular and Organismal Botany
The Comparative - Phylogenetic Method of Reconstructing Evolutionary History
The Evolution of Ericales: Recent Insights using both Morphology and Molecules

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Monday, July 31st

Monday, July 31st
10:15 am to 12:00 am · 102/Plumas
Session 16: Contributed Papers: Tropical Biology Section
Presiding: Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University
16-1July 31st
10:15 am
102/PlumasFloristic comparison between the forests of Kaieteur and Kwakwani, Guyana and Barro Colorado Island, Panama
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PaperKelloff, Carol L..Kaieteur
Guyana
Potaro River
Guiana Shield
16-2July 31st
10:30 am
102/PlumasThe Flora of Kaxil Kiuic, Yucatán, Mexico
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PaperHayden, W. John.biodiversity
flora
Yucatan
México
16-3July 31st
10:45 am
102/PlumasFlowering phenology, flowering neighborhood, and fruiting in Swietenia macrophylla, Big-Leaf Mahogany, in southern Pará, Brazil
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PaperLoveless, Marilyn D., Grogan, James.phenology
fruit set
timber extraction
tropical rain forest
mahogany
16-4July 31st
11:00 am
102/PlumasAnts and Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries; a comparison of fire successional habitats on Andros (Bahamas)
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PaperKoptur, Suzanne, William, Pascale, Olive, Zuriany.interactions
ant-plant
Caribbean
fire
Succession
16-5July 31st
11:15 am
102/PlumasGenetic and habitat differentiation of Geonoma macrostachys (Arecaceae) Western Amazonian varieties
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PaperRoncal, Julissa, Francisco-Ortega, Javier, Lewis, Carl.Peru
species complex
inter-simple sequence repeat
genetic distinctness
habitat differentiation
floodplain
tierra firme
palm
Geonoma macrostachys
16-6July 31st
11:30 am
102/PlumasArabinogalactan proteins as markers of differentiation in East Indian Sandalwood tree
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PaperMishra, Biswapriya Biswavasa.
Sandalwood
arabinogalactan protein
differentiation
Yariv reagent

Tuesday, August 1st

Tuesday, August 1st
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm · Auditorium/Bell Memorial Union
Session 48: Contributed Posters: Tropical Biology Section - Posters
Presiding: Unknown,
48-214August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionPhenology and pollination of the ancestral grape relative Leea (Leeaceae/Vitaceae)
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Poster: Tropical Biology SectionMolina, Jeanmaire, Green, Ed, Struwe, Lena.pollination
breeding system
tropical rain forest
speciation
phenology

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