The “Adopt-a-tree” strategy – a legacy of Scott A. Mori (1941-2020)

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  • Pierre-Michel A.A. Forget Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Author Biography

Pierre-Michel A.A. Forget, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

My main interest is animal-plant interaction, especially seed dispersal and tree recruitment in tropical rainforests. I also studied the effect of the climate variability on fruit productivity and seed dispersal in French Guiana, aiming at measuring how climate change may affect fruit availability for frugivores, thus seed fate and tree recruitment on the long term. I have especially focused my studies on the trees Carapa (Meliaceae, Mahogany family) which offer important ecosystemic services for both nature and human beings in America and Africa, for wood and non-timber forest production (see Carapa akuri). My other favorite studied plant families are Arecaceae, Burseraceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Clusiaceae, Myristicaceae, and Sapotaceae. I am concerned by the sustainability and equitable use and fairtrade market of non-timber forest products (eg Andiroba and Touloucouna oil). Among animals, my major studied animal group are rodents, but I also have expertise on frugivores bats, primates, and birds. I am combining taxonomy and ecology in order to better understand how trees dispersed and radiated in both Africa and America. I have analysed seed and seedling ecology in various forest types and conditions of perturbances (fragmentation, logging, hunting, road). Currently, I mainly work in French Guiana, Central Africa (Nigeria) and South East Asia (Malaysia, Thaïland). A complete description of our on-going projects is presented at the Forget Lab Projects.

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2020-12-31

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