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Presidents

President (2010) - Frans BONGERS
Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Forest Ecology
and Forest Management Group
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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(Photo: Frans Bongers, ATBC President 2010 and Miguel Martinez-Ramos, ATBC President 2007 © ATBC, Marburg 2009)

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President Elect (2011) - Nigel E. STORK
Departments of Resource Management and Geography,
and Forest and Ecosystem Science, --
Burnley Campus, Melbourne University,
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
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Executive Officers

 

Executive Director - W. John KRESS
Department of Botany, MRC-166
United States National Herbarium
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, USA
Tel: 202 633 0920
Fax: 202 786 2563
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Treasurer - Kaoru KITAJIMA
Department of Botany
220 Bartram Hall
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Tel: 352-392-4234
Fax: 352-392-3993
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Secretary - Ellen ANDRESEN
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Antigua Carretera a Patzcuaro 8701
Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta
CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Tel. (52)(443) 322-2782
Fax. (52)(443) 322-2719
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Biotropica  Editor-in-Chief - Jaboury Ghazoul
Ecosystem Management
ETH Zurich
Universitätsstrasse 16
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel. (41) 44 632 8627
Fax. (41) 44 632 1575

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Council

2010-2011

Christopher W. DICK

Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and
Assistant Curator in the Herbarium at the University of Michigan

cwdick@umich.edu

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Nina FARWIG

Junior Professor in Conservation Ecology
University of Marburg, Germany

farwig@staff.uni-marburg.de

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Beth KAPLIN

Professor, Environmental Studies
Antioch University New England, USA

bkaplin@antioch.edu

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Navjot S. SODHI

Professor of Conservation Ecology
National University of Singapore

dbsns@nus.edu.sg

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2009-2010

Emilio BRUNA

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation &
Center for Latin American Studies
University of Florida, USA

embruna@ufl.edu

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Susan G. WARRINER LAURANCE

James Cook University
Australia

susan.laurance@jcu.edu.au

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Pia PAROLIN

University of Hamburg
Germany

piaparolin@gmx.de

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Stephen M. TURTON

Australian Tropical Forest Institute at James Cook University
Australia

steve.turton@jcu.edu.au

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2008-2009

Ellen ANDRESEN
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Andresen@oikos.unam.mx

Qing-Jun LI
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Yunnan, P. R. China
qjlixtbg@bn.yn.cninfo.net

Lúcia G. LOHMANN
University of São Paulo, Brazil
llohmann@usp.br

Campbell ("CAM") O. WEBB
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
stationed at Herbarium Bogoriense, Java, Indonesia
cwebb@oeb.harvard.edu

2007-2008

Julieta Benitez-Malvido 
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas 
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México 
Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 
# 8701, Col. San José de La Huerta, 
AP 27-3 Santa María de Guido,
CP 58089, México
jbenitez@oikos.unam.mx

Min CAO
Kunming Section 
Xishuamgbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 
88 Xuefu Road, Kunming 650223, P.R. China 
caom@xtbg.ac.cn 

Arturo SANCHEZ-AZOFEIFA
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department 
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 
Canada T6G 2E3 
arturo.sanchez@ualberta.ca 

Nigel Stork 
Australian Canopy Crane 
James Cook University, 
McGregor Road, PO Box 6811, 
Cairns QLD 4870, Australia
nigel.stork@jcu.edu.au 

2006-2007

Frans BONGERS
Forest Ecology and Forest Management (FEM) 
Centre for Ecosystem Studies 
Wageningen University 
PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen 
The Netherlands 
Frans.Bongers@wur.nl

Richard CORLETT
Department of Ecology and Biodiversity 
The University of Hong Kong 
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 
China 
corlett@hku.hk

Priya DAVIDAR
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 
Pondicherry University 
India
davidarp@si.edu 

Kaoru KITAJIMA
University of Florida
220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 
U.S.A. 
kitajima@ufl.edu

2005-2006

Jin CHEN
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 
Chinese Academy of Sciences 
88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650223 
China 
biotrans@bn.yn.cninfo.net

Susan J. MAZER
Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology 
University of California - Santa Barbara. 
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 
U.S.A. 
mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Patricia MORELLATO
Departamento de Botanica 
Universidade Estadual Paulista 
C P 199, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, 13506-900 
Brazil 
pmorella@rc.unesp.br

Marielos Peña-CLAROS
Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal 
PO Box 6204 
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 
mpena@ibifbolivia.org.bo

2004-2005

W. Scott ARMBRUSTER
School of Biological Sciences 
University of Portsmouth 
King Henry Bldg, King Henry I St. 
Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, U. K. 
ffwsa@uaf.edu

José M. V. FRAGOSO
Botany Department 
University of Hawaii at Manoa 
3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822 
USA
fragoso@stanford.edu

Lourens POORTER
Department of Forest Ecology and Forest Management 
Wageningen University 
The Netherlands 
Lourens.Poorter@wur.nl

Mauricio QUESADA
Departamento de Botanica 
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas 
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 
Apdo. 27-3 (Xangari), Morelia, Michoacán, 58089 
México 
mquesada@ibiologia.unam.mx

2003-2004

 

Pierre-Michel FORGET
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 
Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité 
UMR 8571 CNRS-MNHN 
4 av. du Petit Château, F-91800 Brunoy 
France 
pmf@mnhn.fr

James L. HAMRICK
University of Georgia 
Athens, GA 30602 
USA
hamrick@dogwood.botany.uga.edu

Elizabeth V. KALKO
Department of Experimental Ecology (Bio III) 
University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89069 Ulm 
Germany 
&
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 
Attn.: Dr. E. Kalko (BCI), P. O. Box 2072; Balboa 
Panama 
Elisabeth.Kalko@biologie.uni-ulm.de

Heraldo VASCOLCELOS
Instituto de Biologia 
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 
CP 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia 
MG, Brasil 
heraldo@umuarama.ufu.br

2002-2003

Diego R. PÉREZ-SALICRUP
Departamento de Ecología de los Recursos Naturales 
Instituto de Ecología - UNAM 
Antigua Carretera a Patzcuaro 8701 
Col. Ex-Hacienda de San Jose de la Huerta CP 58190 
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 
diego@oikos.unam.mx

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Carla RESTREPO
Department of Biology 
PO Box 23360 
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 
PR 00931-3360 
crestre@goliath.cnnet.clu.edu

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Jan SALICK

 Missouri Botanical Garden 
PO Box 299 
St. Louis MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.

jan.salick@mobot.org

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R. Uma SHAANKER
Department of Crop Physiology 
University of Agricultural Sciences 
Bangalore, India
rus@vsnl.com

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Presidents Since 1963

President (2009) - Priya DAVIDAR

Priya Davidar

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Pondicherry University, India
pdavidar@pondiuni.edu.in

(Photo: Priya Davidar, ATBC President 2009 and Julie Denslow, ATBC President 1988 © K. Kitajima, Marburg, 2009)

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President (2008) - Pierre-Michel FORGET

Pierre-Michel FORGET

Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Brunoy, France
pmf@mnhn.fr

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(Photo : P.-M. Forget and Carapa surinamensis vouvher at Nouragues, French Guiana.)

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President (2007) - Miguel Martinez-Ramos

Miguel Martinez-Ramos

Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Mexico.

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(Photo: Frans Bongers, ATBC President 2010 and Miguel Martinez-Ramos, ATBC President 2007 © ATBC, Marburg 2009)

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President (2006) - William F. Laurance

William F. Laurance


James Cook University, Marine and Tropical Biology, Cairns, Australia

Formely Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama.

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(Photo : © Bill Laurance)

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President (2005) - Thomas E. Lovejoy

Thomas E. Lovejoy

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics & the Environment, Washington, DC, U. S. A.

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(Photo : Photo courtesy of Folha de Sao Paulo from Mongabay.com)

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President (2004) - S. Joseph Wright

S. Joseph Wright

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

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President (2003) - Richard Primack

Richard B. Primack

Biology Department, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

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President (2002) - Nalini Nadkarni

Nalini Nadkarni

 

Lab II, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA, U.S.A.

 

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(Photo Credit: John Huey, The Evergreen State College)

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President (2001) - Ted Fleming

Theodore H. Fleming


Department of Biology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 249118, Coral Gables FL, U.S.A.

 

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Presidents (1996-2000)

2000 - Kamaljit S. Bawa

Deptartment of Biology,
University of Massachusetts,
Boston MA, U.S.A.

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1999 - Paulo S. Oliveira


Zoologia, Universidad Estadual de Campinas,
Caixa Postal 6109,
Campinas, Brasil

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1998 - Robin Chazdon

 

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Connecticut,
CT 06269, U.S.A.

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Interview at Mongabay.com

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1997 - Deborah A. Clark


University of Missouri – St. Louis &
Interlink – 341,
Miami, FL, U.S.A.

 

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1996 - Francis E. Putz

 

Department of Botany,
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.

 

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(Photo : University fo Florida News)

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Presidents (1991-1995)

1995 - Lucinda McDade

 

Department of Ecology and Evolutionay Biology,
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

 

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1994 - Rodolfo Dirzo


Centro de Ecologia,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Mexico

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1993 - W. John Kress

 

Department of Botany,
National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC, U.S.A.

 

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1992 - Don E. Wilson

 

National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC

 

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1991 - Ariel E. Lugo


Institute of Tropical Forestry
USDA Forest Service,
Rio Piedras PR

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Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LUQ)

San Juan Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA)

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Presidents (1986-1990)

1990 - John Ewel

 

Department of Botany,
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.

 

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1989 - Gary S. Hartshorn

 

 

Tropical Science Center,
San Jose, Costa Rica

 

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1988 - Julie Denslow

Department of Biology,
Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.

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(with Priya Davidar, ATBC President 2009, © ATBC, Marburg, germany)

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1987 - José Sarukhan

 

Instituto de Biologia,
UNAM, Mexico

 

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1986 - Dieter Mueller-Dombois

Botany Department,
University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.

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