TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

International Commission on Tropical Biology and Natural Resources

President: Kleber Del Claro, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

Vice Presidents I: Paulo S. Oliveira , Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Vice Presidents II:Victor Rico-Gray , Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., México

Commissioners:

Tropical Ecology

Kleber Del-Claro – Universidade Federal de Uberlândia – Biology Institute - Brasil

Mauricio Quesada, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,Mexico.

Tropical Botany

Fábio Rúbio Scarano – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – Biology Institute -Brazil

Ulrich Lüttge – University of: Techniche Univeritat Darmstadt - Institut für Botanik, Germany

Tropical Zoology

Regina Helena Ferraz Macedo – University of Brasília – Biology Institute - Brazil

Molly Morris – Ohaio University – Department of Biological Sciences – USA

Savannah Ecosystems

Ana Angélica Almeida Barbosa – Federal University of Uberlândia – Biology Institute Brazil

Nelson Ramirez – Central University of Venezuela –Tropical Botany Center – Venezuela

Desert Ecosystems

Silvio Carlos Rodrigues – Federal University of Uberlândia – Geography Institute -Brazil

Tropical Agriculture

Marcus Vinícius Sampaio – Federal University of Uberlândia – Agronomy Institute Brazil

Francisco José Morales Garzón – Head Virology Research Unit, International Center for Tropical Agriculture Colombia

Lísias Coelho – Federal University of Uberlândia – Agronomy Institute Brazil

Natural History of Tropical Plants

Kleber Del-Claro – Universidade Federal de Uberlândia – Biology Institute - Brasil

Human Impact on Tropical Ecosystems

Oswaldo Marçal Jr. – Federal University of Uberlândia – Biology Institute – Brazil

Tropical Phytopathology and Entomology (PE)

Arturo Bonet – Instituto de Ecologia A.C. - México

Glória Carrion Villarnovo - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - México

Case Studies

Kleber Del Claro - Federal University of Uberlândia – Biology Institute – Brazil

Robert J. Marquis – University of Saint Louis – Missouri – Department of Biology, USA

The bulleted items in the following represent Section titles. The size of a Section may vary from about 5 Topic level Chapters to about 15 Topic level Chapters. The size of an entry (Chapter) may vary from about 10000 words to about 30000 words. The total number of Chapters will ultimately be about 140.

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• Tropical Ecology (TE)
• Tropical Botany (TB)
• Tropical Zoology (TZ)
• Savannah Ecosystems (SE)
• Desert Ecosystems (DE)
• Tropical Agriculture (TA)
• Natural History of Tropical Plants (NH)
• Human Impact on Tropical Ecosystems (HI)
• Tropical Phytopathology and Entomology (TPE)
• Case Studies (CS)

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