The value of bees to the
coffee harvest: Roubik
Tupper seminar
Tuesday, June 18, noon
seminar speaker will be
Andrew Cohen, San
Francisco Estuary Institute
Biological invasions in the
sea
Bambi seminar
No Bambi seminar scheduled
for next week. If you wish to
give a seminar please contact
your Bambi ?jefe?, Scott
Powell, or e-mail: Bambi.
Arrivals
Clare Gould, Princeton
University, Jun 15 - Jul 15, to
work with Martin Wikelsi, on
an automated telemetry
project for BCI.
Don Reynolds, Natural
History Museum of Los
Angeles County, and Gregory
Gilbert, University of
California, Jun 15 - Jul 8, to
study canopy fungi, in
Gamboa and Ft. Sherman.
Teruaki Nishikaiwa and
Masahiro Nohara, Nagoya
University, Japan, Jun 16-22,
to study the phenology of
ocelots, on BCI.
Manfred Hartbauer, Austria,
Jun 16 - Jul 13, to work with
Alexander Lang, on BCI.
Marco Leoni, University of
Chicago, Illinois, Jun 17 - Sep
15, to study intergroup
encounters among capuchin
monkeys on BCI.
Maurice Thomas, Palm Beach
Atlantic College, Jun 18 - Jul
1, to study reproductive
patterns, community
structure and population
fluctuations of bats in cave
roosts on Isla Col?n and Isla
Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro.
STRI news
 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panam?        www.stri.org        June 14, 2002
Nature (June 13) published David Roubik's article ?The value of
bees to the coffee harvest? proving that Africanized, non-native
honeybees can augment pollination and boost crop yields of
Coffea arabica by 50% or more. These findings, result from five
years of research in Panama, together with world coffee-harvest
statistics and field studies of organically shade-grown coffee,
indicate how coffee plants and growers would benefit from
habitats capable of sustaining these valuable naturalized
pollinators. The whole world was alerted of Roubik's discoveries
by Nature's posting in ScienceUpdate, and STRI's release in
EurekAlert!. More information can be seen online in BBC news,
New Scientist, Independent Online, Science Daily, etc. The photos
show Princesa Janca shade-grown coffee in Boquete, where bees
are everywhere. (Photos: Marcos A. Guerra)
La revista Nature (13 de junio) public? el art?culo ?El valor de las
abejas en los cultivos de caf?? de David Roubik, que prueba que
las abejas africanizadas no-nativas de miel pueden aumentar la
polinizaci?n y producci?n de los campos de cultivo de Coffea
arabica en un 50% o m?s. Estos descubrimientos, resultado de
cinco a?os de investigaci?n en Panam?, unido a estad?sticas
mundiales de cultivos de caf? y resultados de estudios en el
campo de caf? cultivado a la sombra, indican c?mo las plantas de
caf? y sus cultivadores se benefician de los ambientes capaces de
sostener estos valiosos polinizadores naturalizados. El mundo
entero fue alertado sobre los descubrimientos de Roubik por el
comunicado de Nature en ScienceUpdate, y el de STRI en
EurekAlert!. Mas informaci?n en BBC news, New Scientist,
Independet Online, Science Daily, etc. Las fotos muestran cultivos a
la sombra de Princesa Janca en Boquete, en presencia de abejas.
El valor de las abejas en cultivos de caf?: Roubik
More publications
Choat, J. Howard, and
Robertson , D. Ross. 2002.
"Age-based studies on coral reef
fishes." In Coral reef fishes:
Dynamics and diversity in a complex
ecosystem ed. By P.F. Sale: 57-80.
San Diego: Academic Press.
Engstrom, Tag N., Meylan, Peter
A., and Meylan, Anne B. 2002.
"Origin of juvenile loggerhead
turtles (Caretta caretta) in a
tropical developmental habitat in
Caribbean Panam?." Animal
Conservation 5: 125-133.
Guglielmo, Christopher G.,
O'Hara, Patrick D., and
Williams, Tony D. 2002.
"Extrinsic and intrinsic sources
of variation in plasma lipid
metabolites of free-living
western sandpipers (Calidris
mauri)." The Auk 119(2): 437-445.
Lessios, Harilaos A. 2002. "Gene
flow in the Mediterranean and
eastern Atlantic of three species
of sea urchins." In Hellenic
Zoological Society (Ed.), 9th
International Congress of the
Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece
and Adjacent Regions.
Hhessaloniki, Greece: The
Hellenic Zoological Society.
Price, J. Jordan, and Lanyon,
Scott M. 2002. "A robust
phylogeny of the oropendolas:
Polyphyly revealed by
mitochondrial sequence data."
The Auk 119(2): 335?348.
Toller, Wesley W., Rowan, Rob,
and Knowlton, Nancy. 2002.
"Genetic evidence for a proto-
zoan (phylum Apicomplexa) as-
sociated with corals of the
Montastraea annularis species com-
plex." Coral Reefs Online.
STRI in the news
Pennisi, Elizabeth. 2002.
?Ecology: A coral by any other
name.? Science (June 14) 296
(5575): 1949-1950 [Mentions
Lessios and Knowlton].
More arrivals
Michael Kaspari and Mary
Johnston, University of
Oklahoma, Jun 19 - Aug 3, to
conduct a pilot study on the
dynamics and regulation of
brown food webs, on BCI
and Costa Rica, on a Mellon
Exploratory Award.
Paula Trillo, University of
Montana, Jun 19 - Aug 25, to
study color diversity in
Cassidinae beetles:
mechanisms of expression
and adaptive significance of
color components, at Tupper.
Kathleen Rudolph, intern
from the University of
California at Davis, Jun 20 -
Jul 15, to study the evolution
of defensive traits in young
leaves of Leguminosae, with
Phyllis Coley.
Departures
David W. Roubik, Jun 15 -
Jul 17, to Washington DC, on
vacation.
John Christy, Jun 20 - Jul 15,
to the U.S. on vacation. Will
also attend the International
Society for Behavioral
Ecology Congress in
Montreal, Canada, from July
6-13.
Cristi?n Samper, Jun 23 - Jul
13, to Cairns, Australia, to
attend the Canopy
Conference, followed by a
short vacation.
New publications
Buzas, Martin A., Collins,
Laurel S., and Culver,
Stephen J. 2002. "Latitudinal
difference in biodiversity
caused by higher tropical rate
of increase." Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences
99(12): 7841-7843.
Perurena promoted to director of
Safety Office and Industrial Hygiene
Safety officer Jos? Ram?n Perurena was promoted to director
of STRI's Safety Office and Industrial Hygiene, as per
recommendation of SI Office of Safety and Environmental
Management, effective July 1
st
. Perurena started working for
STRI in July, 1993 as safety officer, under the general
supervision of assistant director for Plant Services Carlos
Tejada. He has a master's degree in Mechanical Engineer
from Clemson University,
SC. Perurena will work under
the direct supervision of
acting director Cristi?n
Samper, and will be in charge
of the design and
implementation of STRI's
new safety program. Requests
for maintenance should all be
addressed to the Office of
Plant Services, at Pastor's
House. (Photo: M.A. Guerra)
Jos? Ram?n Perurena, a
cargo de la seguridad
industrial de STRI, fue
promovido a director de la
Oficina de Seguridad e Higiene Industrial, por recomendaci?n
de la Oficina de Administraci?n Ambiental y Seguridad del
Smithsonian, a partir del 1ro de julio. Perurena empez? a
trabajar para STRI en julio de 1993, bajo la supervisi?n
general de Carlos Tejada, director adjunto para Servicios a las
Instalaciones. Tiene una maestr?a en Ingenier?a Mec?nica de
Clemson University en Carolina del Sur. Trabajar? bajo la
supervisi?n directa del director encargado Cristi?n Samper, y
estar? a cargo de dise?ar e implementar el nuevo programa de
seguridad industrial. Todas las requisiciones de
mantenimiento deber?n enviarse directamente a la Oficina de
Servicios para las Instalaciones, en Pastor's House.
Five new research associates
Five scientists were added to STRI?s group of research
associates: Orangel Aguilera, Francisco de Miranda
University, Venezuela, Michael Kaspari, University of
Oklahoma, Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida, Juan L.
Mat?, University of Miami, RSMAS, and Roberta W.
Rubinoff, Smithsonian Institution. The title of research
associate provides a formal scholarly affiliation with the
institution. Photographer Christian Ziegler, co-author in the
latest book of staff scientist Egbert G. Leigh, Jr. (in press)
was granted an association in communication..
Cinco cient?ficos se a?adieron al cuerpo de investigadores
asociados a STRI: Orangel Aguilera, Universidad Francisco
de Miranda en Venezuela, Michael Kaspari, Universidad de
Oklahoma, Kaoru Kitajima, Universidad de Florida, Juan L.
Mat?, RSMAS, Universidad de Miami, y Roberta W.
Rubinoff, Smithsonian Institution. El t?tulo de investigador
asociado otorga una afiliaci?n acad?mica con la instituci?n. Al
fot?grafo Christian Ziegler, co-autor del m?s reciente de los
libros de Egbert G. Leigh, Jr. (en prensa) se le concedi? una
asociaci?n en comunicaci?n.