
2024 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• ANILKUMAR Anjali (India)
Investigating the relevance of 'corridors' for Asian elephant conservation and human elephant conflict mitigation
• BARRERA BELLO Ángela (Colombia)
Stakeholder perception on community-based mangrove restoration (CBMR) management and mangrove cover remotely-sensed verification: A case study in Sucre, Colombia
• BENOUNOU Maryeme (Morocco)
Species delimitation and genome size variation in tropical marine sponges
• BERGEMAN Sharon (Belgium)
Understanding sexual differences in elephant risk-taking behaviour related to crop consumption
• BOSKOVITS Nikoletta-Maria (Greece)
Morphological and biochemical study of the accessory glands in the parotoid glands of toads
• CARRARA Gabriella (Italy)
Understanding the role and implications of iconic species in conservation: insights from conservation professionals in the Galapagos
• CORBERA SERRAJORDIA Mireia (Spain)
Enemy recognition and nest defense strategies in Certhidea olivacea (Green warbler finch) in a dynamic community on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
• DA MOTA OLIVEIRA Izabel Maria (Brazil)
Using historic archives and recent remote sensing imagery to study long-term dynamics of mangrove forests in The Gambia.
• DEGRÈVE Lucas (Belgium)
Spatial modelling of illegal hunting and chimpanzee distribution in the Seringbara region of the Guinean Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
• DIRO Beyisa Benti (Ethiopia)
Carbon Stock of Woody Plants Along Environmental Gradient of Gullele Botanical Garden, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
• ENOS Ethan (United States of America)
Fish eyes: windows to understanding trophic ecology, movement, and residency of a potential invader across the Panama Canal
• ESTURAS Kris Jypson (Philippines)
Designing climate-smart marine protected areas resilient to chronic and acute climate change
• FOPAH MALLA Gisèle Sylvie (Cameroon)
Understanding the mechanisms of germination and seedling growth of six wild bean species (Vigna, Fabaceae)
• GERMAN Millie (United Kingdom)
Mangrove dynamics in the Pambala-Chilaw Lagoon complex, Sri Lanka: comparing forest structure and regeneration between 1997 and 2024
• HASAN Md. Khayrul (Bangladesh)
Unraveling intra- and interspecific variations in genome sizes among scleractinian corals
• KEVOGO Milton (Kenya)
Termite diversity and decomposition role in Gazi Bay mangrove forest, Kenya: a comparative study between natural and managed sites.
• KIEL Chathumini (Sri Lanka)
Projected Effects of Climate-induced Changes in Phytoplankton biomass in the Southern South China Sea
• KIRÁLY Borbála (Hungary)
Mapping stakeholders' views on the conservation impact of whale research and whale-watching activities in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
• LAM Si Yu (Hong Kong)
Can a sustainable swim bladder trade combat IUU fishing? A participatory value chain analysis in French Guiana.
• LATORRE VALENCIA Laura (Colombia)
Effect of landscape configuration on bird species richness and functional diversity in forest fragments within oil palm plantations in the Colombian Llanos.
• MELCHIORI Silvia (Italy)
Characterization of a seabird colony in Bona Island, Panama, and evaluation of drivers influencing the productivity during breeding season 2023-2024
• MIRANDA María del Rosario (Argentina)
Exploring the influence of colonization and speciation on ecological niche dynamics in oceanic islands
• NEUPANE Kushal (Nepal)
Assessment of people's attitudes towards the Sri Lankan leopard Panthera pardus kotiya in Sri Lankan hill country
• NIETO CISNEROS Nina Ysanne (Mexico)
Gastrointestinal parasites in critically endangered Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus) living in agroecosystem and natural forest habitats
• NUÑEZ MARTINEZ Maider (Spain)
Assessing the status and conservation of seahorses in Peninsular Malaysia: a multifaceted stakeholder approach
• PERMENTIER Tristan (Belgium)
Coral light acclimitization: illuminating the Montipora capitata proteome
• RAMÍREZ RUIZ Karla (Colombia)
Edge effects in a naturally fragmented ecosystem: impacts on mangrove forest structure and vegetation greenness in the Colombian Caribbean
• ROSAL Ma. Sherlita (Philippines)
Macro- and microplastics accumulation in natural and reforested mangroves and impact on associated macrobenthos at Matang, Malaysia
• SANCHEZ MELO Catalina (Colombia)
Geospatial Insights into the Coevolution of Heliconius and its host plants Passiflora in the Neotropics
• SANVITO Emilie (Belgium)
Competition and coexistence of savanna plants in relation to phosphorous and different forms of nitrogen
• SMORYGO Aleksandra (Russia)
Labyrinthula associated with mangrove leaf litter as a possible causative agent of seagrass wasting disease in Southeastern Australia
• SPIESSENS Anna (Belgium)
Removing illegally-fished seafood products from the Australian market can increase the profits of domestic fisheries
• TRUYTS François (Belgium)
The influence of spiritual beliefs on a community's interaction with natural resources in the mangrove: a case study with Diolas in Casamance, Senegal
• VROMAN Sara (Belgium)
CSI Chocolate : combining molecular tools and field observations to identify the cryptic pollinators of cacao
• WALTERS Giovanni (United States of America)
Optimizing trade-offs between competing conservation interests in southern African savanna social-ecological systems
• YUE Ying (China)
Valuation of ecosystem services by local communities around Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Malaysia
2023 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• BUNCHERD Natcha (Thailand)
Population genetic structure of Octopus mimus in the East Pacific
• DOGNY PIETTE Clara (Belgium)
The footprint left by pre-Columbian Amerindians on vegetation: Analysis of the floristic composition of tree communities in French Guiana
• DROUET Huran Tonalli (Mexico)
The lightning thief: how much mangrove biomass is lifted when lightning strikes a mangrove forestry concession and at which socio-economic risk for the local manager ?
• HOPPE Sophie (Belgium)
Sentiment analysis of content posted on social media to map public perception on mangrove, saltmarsh, seagrass and coral reef ecosystems
• KRATZ Fanny (France)
Unravelling the secret life of cacao pollinators – behaviour, breeding habitats and relationships across the Neotropics
• LAGUMBAY Irene Jean (Philippines)
Community Structure, Biomass and Carbon Stock of Mangroves in Areas Vulnerable to Typhoons in Eastern Visayas, Philippines
• OLGA Berhanu Kebede (Ethiopia)
Land use/land cover changes due to gold mining in the eastern Guji, Ethiopia:
a time-series analysis based on Landsat satellite data
• PELSMAEKERS Elissa (Belgium)
Assessment of macro- and microplastics in the mangrove bay of Gazi (Kenya): identity, quantity, distribution and sources
• VOGT Koro Eleanor (Netherlands)
Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Gabon expand the potential cultural repertoire of the genus Gorilla
2022 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• AYITEY Samuel (Ghana)
Physicochemical parameters and bacteria as indicators of sewage pollution in Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka
• BERNARD Tom (France)
Bird diversity and feeding guilds in Kalametiya Lagoon, Sri Lanka
• CHEN Danyang (China)
Historical forestry for charcoal trade in Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Malaysia
• COLOSIMO Agostina (Argentina)
Seed dispersal of an exotic tree (Azadirachta indica) by capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) in a fragmented dry forest in Costa Rica
• DABALÀ Alvise (Italy)
Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services
• DOURADO BATISTA Carlos Victor (Brazil)
Assessing man-ecosystem relationships between Caiçara traditional communities and Mangroves affected by extreme events and COVID-19 in the southeastern of Brazil
• FOURCHAULT Léa (Germany)
Designing cross-sectoral, surface-toseabed protected areas in the Indian Ocean
• GOVENDER Maheshwaran (South Africa)
Turtles, tourism, and conservation: An investigation of stakeholders and their discourses on sea turtle management in southern and southwestern Sri Lanka
• HAZARD Quentin (France)
Ecological impact of habitat loss and fragmentation on an insectivorous bat community in a Malaysian hydroelectric reservoir
• HEYERES Martin (Belgium)
A global databases approach to establish a Red Listing of Mangrove Ecosystems across the Indo-West Pacific region
• KRAUSS Jacob (United States of America)
Range and Distribution of Seychelles Black Parrot (Coracopsis barklyi)
• LHOSUPASIRIRAT Papichaya (Thailand)
Impacts of Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) on stakeholders’ perceptions: A case study in Thailand
• LIU Jasmine (United States of America)
Effects of phylogenetic relatedness and neighborhood crowding on tropical tree performance
• MARUFATUZZAHAN (Bangladesh)
Investigating bioactive skin peptides in the Neotropical tree frogs Trachycephalus resinifictrix and Osteocephalus taurinus (Anura: Hylidae): A transcriptome study
• MELO FLÓREZ Lina (Colombia)
Towards sustainable mangrove management using Ostrom’s framework
• MITCHELL Laetitia (France)
Song structure comparison between two humpback whale populations sharing the same breeding area in Nicaragua
• MURGUEITIO CALLE Amalia (Colombia)
A spatially heterogenous coral bleaching event in eastern Sri Lanka: impact and recovery patterns of reefs and fish assemblages
• NAANDAM Yennupaak (Ghana)
Characterization of a polyhydroxyalkanoate producing strain isolated from the Bidong Island in Terengganu, Malaysia
• NYANDWI Alphonse (Rwanda)
Succession of vegetation in the mangroves of Unawatuna, Galle, Sri Lanka: comparisons of current and historic vegetation structure and stratification
• PATHAK BROOME Aranya (India)
Global variation in biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships in rock pool metacommunities
• PERUZZO Sofia (Italy)
Mangrove social-ecological system in Jaffna Peninsula: mapping stakeholder perceptions for mangrove conservation
• RAÑISES Dina Mae (Philippines)
Intra- and interspecific variation in genome size of the coral genus Agaricia from Curaçao
• SERNA RODRIGUEZ Karen Melissa (Colombia)
Socio-ecological sustainability of fishery systems in Sri Lanka: A view from fishers perspective
• SEROUX Morgane (France)
Exploring potential fisheries benefits of high seas marine reserves using a bio-economic size-spectrum model.
• THANGASAMY Needhi Kiruba (India)
The selfish herd effect in social insects: a literature review and a field test on a tropical social wasp
• TORRES Michael Jose (United States of America)
A multidisciplinary approach to gain sustainable improvement of rice productivity through the co-cultivation with the fern Azolla
• TURQUAND Maud (France)
Characterization of ubiquitous interactors of the plastid transcriptional complex during the transition from dark to light
• VANNOZZI BRITO Vitor (Brazil)
Modelling native tree species distributions in the face of climate change to inform species selection for coffee agroforests in the Western Ghats, India
• VERCRUYSSE Camille (Belgium)
Seed and pollen dispersal of Terminalia superba Engl & Diels (Combretaceae), a Central African forest tree species
• ZAKRZEWSKI Sara (United States of America)
Rapid morphological adaptation to novel environments in a globally invasive species, the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)
2021 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• ASANTE Frederick (Ghana)
Bench-marking the value of mangrove ecosystem goods and services in Ghana
• BOUEIZ Maya (Lebanon)
A pelagic marine reserve network in the Pacific Ocean that best protects critical habitats
• BUENAFE Kristine Camille (Philippines)
Benefits and costs to pelagic fisheries of conservation-sensitive, climate-smart closures in the Pacific Ocean
• CUINAT-GUERRAZ Soline (France)
Mammalio-limnology: exploring the structuring role of large mammals in pond landscapes
• DE GEEST Anne Marieke (Netherlands)
Simulating failure scenarios of an overburden stockpile at the Grasberg Mine, Papua, using AW3D30 and Gravitational Process Paths
• FERNÁNDEZ MATÓ Pol (Spain)
Biotic and abiotic environment explains genetic variation in an ancient, widespread tropical rainforest tree
• GARCÍA VALDEZ Fernanda (Mexico)
The complex of Ficus thonningii Blume in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a numerical taxonomic approach
• GILBERT Molly (United Kingdom)
Sleeping tree selection and camouflage potential in the nocturnal and gliding Sunda colugos (Galeopterus variegatus) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia
• GUILLEMINOT Julie (France)
Changing small islands: tourism conservation interactions in Pulau Kapas, Terengganu, Malaysia, through the combination of Social Network Analysis and Q methodology
• JAAFAR Ridwan (Nigeria)
The big picture: Disentangling drivers of dung nutrient stoichiometry of mammalian herbivores in African savannas
• LEONG AI TING Rachel (Singapore)
Human dimensions of bat conservation in view of the COVID-19 pandemic – an urban perspective
• MEYERS Barbara (Belgium)
Distribution of arbuscular versus ectomycorrhizal associations in tropical ecosystems and their differential role on the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles and soil enzyme activity
• MILJEVIC Iva (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Chemical assay and anatomical localization of terpenoids in Encephalartos spp. (Zamiaceae)
• NGENDAHIMANA Ephrem (Rwanda)
Mangrove ecosystem functions, goods, and services in Southern and North-western Sri Lanka; insight towards ethnobiology and mangrove conservation
• OFORI Samuel (Ghana)
Mangrove and lagoon ecosystem degradation caused by shrimp farming in the Pambala-Chilaw Lagoon Complex, Sri Lanka
• OSBORN Amanda (United States of America)
Seagrass survival strategy in Peninsular Malaysia: A multi-species investigation of reproduction and dispersal
• RIDDER Grace (United States of America)
Possibilities and limitations of hierarchical modeling of species communities to uncover the climate niches of African tree species
• SAHA Anik (Bangladesh)
Evolution of crustaceans' genome size: a role for eco-physiological and life-history traits?
• SOUZA DE AZEVEDO Victor (Brazil)
Evaluating habitat loss of giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) populations in South America regarding fires and deforestation: a meta-analysis
• VAN DE SANDE Eliza (Belgium)
Do symbiotic relationships influence feeding in insectivorous Nepenthes plants?
• VANEGAS GONZALEZ Maria Juliana (Colombia)
Evaluation of the sexual reproductive characteristics and spawning of Acropora species in Pulau Bidong, Malaysia
• VARGAS RIVERA Gersey (Colombia)
Remote, but connected: The COxI haplotypes of five widespread butterflies of the remote Azores archipelago
2020 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• AFFHOLDER Oscar (France)
The effects of anthropization on the French Guyana forest dung beetle communities
• AGNIHOTRI Ananya (India)
Studying variation in the morphological traits of Estrilda astrild with climate and environment across Sub- Saharan Africa
• BARBA HERRERA Sonia (Spain)
Going Digital On Plants Of Lower Tapajós River Basin, Central Amazon, Brazil: An e-Flora Of Solanaceae For A Wide Community.
• BARMAN Sanzib Kumar (Bangladesh)
Effects of different nitrogen concentrations on the growth and proximate composition of Tetraselmis chuii
• BOURGES Aymeric (France)
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) envenomation, functional venomics and antivenom neutralization: A status quo review
• BRÖRKEN Charlotte (Germany)
Mainstreaming biodiversity in development co-operation: Impact of international governance dynamics on provider strategies
• CHEUNG Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong)
The feeding ecology and behaviour of Haberma tingkok Cannicci & Ng, 2017, with a review on phylogeny of tree-climbing mangrove crabs
• DERVAUX Brieuc (Belgium)
Chemical Ecology of lone and cluster nesting social wasps in the tropical rainforest
• DOMINGUEZ MARTINEZ Rosa Mar (Spain)
Conservation of the high seas: designing climate-smart reserves in the Indian Ocean
• DUCRET Hugo (France)
Genetic population structure of Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) and phylogeographic comparison with three congeners in the Indo-Malay Archipelago
• GIRARD--ANG Thaïs (France)
Evolution and biogeography of Palmkings and Jungle Queens (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Amathusiini)
• KLEIN Jan Lukas (Germany)
Floristic Diversity Patterns in Western Central Africa: A new forest typology for Gabon
• LEWANDOWSKI Sacha (France)
Heavy metals pollution profiles in selected upland tributaries of Sri Lanka; insight into sources and health risk with particular emphasis on Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu)
• NÈVE DE MÉVERGNIES Thibault (Belgium)
Tackling the African weaver ants’ interspecific interactions in Senegalese mango orchards to optimize their biological control potential
• SAUVAIRE Maxime (France)
Long term monitoring of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting at Chagar Hutang, Redang Island, Malaysia: morphometry and reproductive output
• TEIMOORY Hossein (Iran)
Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Water Area and Surface Sediments of the Kalametiya Lagoon in Sri Lanka and Accumulation of Heavy Metals by Typha angustifolia; Eco-sustainable Phytoremediation for wetland management
• TULEY Lucy (United Kingdom)
Investigating ontogenetic shifts in the diets of dugongs using stable isotope analysis of tusk collagen
• VAN WEYNBERGH Marianne (Belgium)
From egg to adult: Larval host plant use by three Danaines (Lepidoptera) in Australia
• WARD Abigail (United States of America)
Assessing the potential of marine fish and parasite transfer across the Panama Canal
2019 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• AL-SAADI Athraa (Iraq)
Biosynthesis, chemical and molecular characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates produced by new bacterial strains isolated from Redang and Bidong islands in Terengganu, Malaysia
• ALEMU Solomon Chanie (Ethiopia)
Abundance and foraging ecology of Black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus guereza) in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia
• AYALA JOYA Laura Melisa (Colombia)
Promoting dialog among stakeholders and surrounding communities in the framework of socio- ecological resilience:
A case study in the Serranía de los Yariguíes, Santander, Colombia
• BORDBAR Farzaneh (Iran)
The alien flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: taxonomic composition, origin, mode of introduction and functional traits
• BROHOLM Tessa (United States of America)
Spatial ecology and population size of Oreophrynella quelchii on Roraima-tepui, Guyana
• CHEVALIER Valentin (France)
Phenology of acoustic communities: analysis of two contrasted seasons in New-Caledonia
• CHONG Ho Yee Fiona (United Kingdom)
Ecological functioning of mangroves: a biological traits analysis
• DE ALBUQUERQUE RIBEIRO Rafaela (Brazil)
Designing climate-proof marine protected areas: a case study in South America
• DORÉ Maël (France)
Effects of Müllerian mimicry on community composition and climatic niche evolution in Neotropical butterflies
• GELADI Ilke (Belgium)
Galapagos landbirds and agriculture: Assessing the potential for working landscapes in the agricultural zone of Santa Cruz, Galapagos
• GOPALAKRISHNAN Lavaniadevi (Malaysia)
Using historical records and Landsat imageries to explore the changes in mangrove cover in Peninsular Malaysia
• KHATTAR Jennifer (Lebanon)
An interdisciplinary approach on exploring the perspectives of plant intelligence.
• M.TAWFEEQ Mohammed (Iraq)
Characterization of culturable bacterial communities associated with cage cultured fish under different stocking densities in Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu, Malaysia
• MANZI Olivier Jean Léonce (Rwanda)
Impacts of human activities on the forest-savanna ecotone: plant successions of Poaceae in malagasy savannas and the dynamics of a palm “Bismarckia nobilis Hildebrandt & H. Wendl.”
• MCINTOSH Ophélie (France)
The phylogenetic and molecular patterns of the reflectin protein family in coleoid cephalopod species
• RAO Manisha Narayan (India)
Comparing communities of Arauca, Colombia, based on their relationship with natural resources and perceptions of conservation initiatives
• SALIU Ibrahim (Nigeria)
The forester, the pilot and the geometer: an accuracy analysis of tree heights measured using forestry techniques, UAV and hypsometers (in tropical and temperate trees)
• SHAIKH Mohammed Hisham (India)
The control of the cnidarian host, Exaiptasia pallida, over proliferation of its algal endosymbiont, Breviolum minutum
• TSAI Dino Chueh Yu (Taiwan)
Efficacy of tissue culture-based in vitro screening method for drought tolerance in Mung beau (Vigna radiata l.): a preliminary investigation
• WOLSWIJK Giovanna (Netherlands)
Distribution of mercury in sediments, plant and animal tissues in Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Malaysia
2018 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• AUDA Emeline (France)
The effect of forest anthropization on the activity budget, postural and locomotor behaviours in a forest lemur
• BANSE Marine (Belgium)
Thermal performance curves of tadpoles from populations of different elevations of the Andean poison frog Epipedobates anthonyi
• BATEN MD Abdul (Bangladesh)
The Sundarbans mangroves as social-ecological system: a case-study on ecosystem functions, goods and services in Satkhira District, Bangladesh
• BÉLANGER Noémie (Canada)
Evaluating the relative importance of different larval habitats for cacao pollinators in cacao agroforestry systems in Nicaragua
• CAIRO Milena (France)
The foraging effort during migration and breeding of a partial migrator: the wandering albatross
• CHOWDHURY Zinat Jahan (Bangladesh)
Emergent traits of social immunity in primitively eu-social hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae)
• DE ANDRADE SCALABRIN Camila (Brazil)
Utilization of fishing resources and mangrove wood products in Mamanguape River Estuary (MRE), Northeastern Brazil
• DE BÉTHUNE Stef (Belgium)
Management regimes linking man and mammals in the Dja Conservation Complex, Cameroon
• DURRINGTON Benjamin Westbrook (United States of America)
Specificity of tropical ectomycorrhizas and plant hosts along a phosphorus gradient
• EVERS Sophie (France)
Human-wildlife conflicts: a behavioural study using animal sounds to deter chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
• FIORINI TORRICO Roberto (Bolivia)
Evaluating the importance of the golden-headed lion tamarins for the seed dispersal of fruiting trees in South Bahia, Brazil
• GAWRA Janan Khamo Gawra (Iraq)
An update to the phylogeography of Symphonia globulifera L. f. (Clusiaceae) in tropical Africa.
• HAGAN James George (South Africa)
Increased late season rainfall has limited effects on winter annual communities during drought
• HARIRI Mehran (Iran)
Investigating the antidiabetic properties of mangrove plant species and identifying causative genes for diabetes using CRISPR-cas9 in a zebrafish model system
• HEWITT Olivia Hannah (United Kingdom)
Larvae under the light: Response of bacterial symbionts in larvae of the coral reef sponge Amphimedon queenslandica to varying environmental light regimes
• JEBESSA Fikadu Erenso (Ethiopia)
Termite species diversity and their ecological role at Wenago indigenous agroforestry, Ethiopia
• KARSSA Tiruha Habte (Ethiopia)
Cultivation of Arthrospira strains in tropical conditions, with particular reference to Ethiopia
• LACHS Liam (Ireland)
Sewage-derived resort runoff threatens coral reefs? a pilot isotopic assessment of nitrogen at Pulau Redang, Malaysia
• LIBRIO Martina (Italy)
Soil fertility in a semi-arid region: role of Prosopis laevigata and perception of the indigenous people of the Mezquital Valley, Mexico
• LUYPAERT Thomas (Belgium)
Wildlife response to no-take zone establishment in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea
• MCCARTHY Morgan Lee (Germany)
Reading the bones – how archived skulls can inform temporal genetic variation in central Queensland’s dugong population
• MICKLEM Jessica Muriel (South Africa)
Ticking the boxes but not meeting the goal? An assessment of management interventions for green turtle snorkelling tourism in Apo Island, a marine protected area in the Philippines
• MUMU Nazia Naoreen (Bangladesh)
Estimating the growth rate of immature stages and indirect effect of climate change on the development and fecundity of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• OÑATE CASADO Javier (Spain)
Effect of tidal surface currents on the offshore hatchlings dispersion. A comparative study among green and hawksbill turtles on Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary, Pulau Redang, Malaysia.
• PETERS Laura Annick (Netherlands)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) as a top predator in Trinidad: factors influencing occupancy across habitats
• PUNTIN Giulia (Italy)
Use of stable isotopes to investigate nutrient dynamics in the zooxanthellate jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana
• RANDRIANIAINA Heritiana Alexis (Madagascar)
Ethnoecology and analysis of the effectiveness of community-based mangrove management (CBMM): a case study of the Andrevo and Ambondrolava mangroves in southwestern Madagascar.
• SAKHALKAR Sailee Pradeep (India)
The effect of distance to nearest neighbour on the behaviour of pollinator Epicephala sp. within a leafflower–leafflower moth (Glochidion hohenackeri–Epicephala sp.) obligate brood-site mutualism system
• SARKER Kishore Kumar (Bangladesh)
Comparative analysis of the population genetic diversity and structure of Avicennia alba and Avicennia marina in Peninsular Malaysia
• SHANKAR POTI Meenakshi (India)
Conservation and consumption of sea turtle eggs in Redang Island, Peninsular Malaysia
• SIRIEYS Auxane (France)
Koala home range across Australia: a synthesis informing landscape design
• TALUKDER Rasendra (Bangladesh)
Source identification and ecological risk assessment of heavy metal pollution in sediments of Setiu Wetland, Malaysia.
• URRUTIA SANCHEZ Miguel Angel (Bolivia)
Reading the signs: variation in growth and mortality rates in the tropical rainforests of French Guiana
2017 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• AGUIRRE ALCOLEA Rosa Isabel (Cuba)
A step into the unknown: a first survey of the koinocystidid (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia: Koinocystididae) microturbellarians of Cuba
• BALDUCCIO Nadia (Italy)
Distribution and habitat preferences of the Critically Endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) in the Utcubamba Province, Peru
• BAZZICALUPO Enrico (Italy)
The origin of the Mediterranean population of the tropical sea slug Bursatella leachii: reconstruction of its phylogeny and population dynamics
• BONNEFOND Anaïs (France)
Are tropical anurans able to adjust their calling behavior to changing hydric environments?
• CHAMBON Mouna (France)
Sustainability assessment of the management of the populations of Bismarckia nobilis Hildebr. and H.Wendl. in relation to global changes in the protected area of Antrema, Madagascar.
• COLLINS Laura Anne (United Kingdom)
Support base for discourses on mangrove forests in Singapore and assessment of (mis)matches with management and regulations
• DE LAAGE DE MEUX Raphaël (France)
Outils moléculaires de traçabilité pour l’élevage du charançon des palmiers en Afrique tropicale
• EDE Antoine (France)
Wildlife and human interactions on the edge of an African National park: Case study of Kibale National park, Uganda.
• FERNÁNDEZ PRADEL Mirna (Bolivia)
Drivers of diversity patterns in bromeliad aquatic communities along an elevational gradient in the Tropical Andes
• HIRWA Jean Paul (Rwanda)
Interactions among large mammals feeding on Astrocaryum standleyanum fruit on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
• HOSSAIN Mohammad Mosarof (Bangladesh)
Integrated assessment of mangrove ecosystem services in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh: focus on fisheries and timber
• INJIGU Berhanu Gebrekidan (Ethiopia)
Biodiversity of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in a tropical crater lake (Lake Hora, Ethiopia): The role of macrophyte habitats
• JAGANNATHAN Suneha (India)
Understanding diver perceptions of coral reef health
• LACARRA Emile (France)
Etude de la complémentarité fonctionnelle de diverses espèces de champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules pour l'adaptation des plantes au sol ultramafique. Application à la restauration écologique
• MARTÍNEZ ESPINOSA Columba (Mexico)
Assessment of local stakeholder perceptions and crab community analysis as key components to understand the sustainability of the social-ecological system of Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve
• MATVIJEV Katarina (Croatia)
Revisiting Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.: a taxonomical, ecological and genetic point of view
• NGUYEN Viet Anh (Vietnam)
Remote sensing and GIS application for monitoring invasive Merremia eberhardtii species in Son Tra natural reserve, Vietnam
• QUINTERO BORRERO Elena (Spain)
The effectiveness of fruits as a resource for seed-dispersing birds in the Atlantic rainforest
• SÁNCHEZ ORTIZ Tania (Mexico)
Seed dispersal effectiveness of Pachycereus weberi in south-central Mexico
• TURNER Catherine (Canada)
You can’t ignore your neighbours: Context dependent habitat selection amongst bromeliad infaunal communities
2016 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• AMOUSSOU Biowa Eldys Narcisse (Benin)
Using species distribution modelling to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of non-timber forest products in tropical Africa
• BEN SAADI Celina Tawes (Belgium)
Prey catch selectivity and pitcher infaunal community composition in two Nepenthes species in Peninsular Malaysia.
• BORELLA Lorenzo (Italy)
Population Structure and Exploitation of Blacktip Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from Redang and Bidong, Islands of Terengganu, Malaysia
• BUTLER Eleanor Claire (United Kingdom)
Using the FRAP method to detect early stress responses in two scleractinian corals
• CIPRIANI Vittoria (Italy)
Is the dietary variation related to changes of the venom composition in the Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja sp.)?
• EMIRU Kassu Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and diversity of Cyperus papyrus populations: a case of human impacted Cheleleka swamp (Ethiopia)
• GABORIAUD Clémentine, Sarah (France)
An analysis of green turtle tagging and nesting data from Redang Island, Terengganu Malaysia
• GOLDENBERG Jonathan (Italy)
Venom variation in Australian Black Snakes (Pseudechis sp.). An Ecological and Proteomics Approach
• GUILLEN OTERO Thais (Cuba)
Diversity and functionality of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A comparison between restored and natural ecosystems in ultramafic soils of New Caledonia. Application to ecological restoration.
• HENDUS Barbara Christine (Germany)
Exploring links between bat colonies and invertebrate biodiversity in tropical cave systems – a case study with closed cenotes in Yucatán, México
• IZÁBAL MARTÍNEZ Juan Domingo (Mexico)
Spatio-Temporal Variability of Sea Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll-a in the Southern South China Sea based on Long-term (2005-2015) MODIS Satellite Data
• KAVAK Pinar (Turkey)
Climate-Based Changes in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) over Forest Ecosystems in Peninsular Malaysia
• MAHMUD Anisul Islam (Bangladesh)
Population estimation and behavioral patterns of Irrawaddy dolphins, Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray 1866) in the Brunei Bay, Malaysia
• NUNES DE MATOS FARMINHÃO João (Portugal)
To lump or not to lump: revisiting the taxonomy of Rhipidoglossum and its allied genera Cribbia, Margelliantha, and Rhaesteria (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae)
• REBOREDO SEGOVIA Ana Laura (United States of America)
Eyes on the Equator: Conservation Research Effort in the Tropics
• RUWAIMANA Monika (Indonesia)
Like a drone come true: Mapping of Mangroves in Setiu Wetland, Malaysia using ground-truth, satellite and drone imagery
• SYLVESTER Janelle Marie (United States of America)
Comparing Seedling Recruitment Limitation among Three Methods of Tropical Forest Restoration
• TOT Adrian (Serbia)
Hatching success and natural predators of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) eggs and hatchlings at Chagar Hutang, Redang Island, Terengganu, Malaysia
• UDDIN Mohammad Mazbah (Bangladesh)
Is phytoremediation an ecosystem service? Heavy metal accumulation and Partitioning of
consumable and non - consumable mangroves of the Kelantan Delta, Peninsular Malaysia
2015 TROPIMUNDO Graduates
• ABRHA Abadi (Ethiopia)
The Ecology of Harwood’s Francolin (Pternistis harwoodi) at Merhabete District, Central Ethiopia: Implications for Conservation
• BRAVO GOUVEIA Henrique Miguel (Portugal)
Coral reef quality off the west coast of Unguja Island, Zanzibar
• CAMPERIO CIANI Giorgia (Italy)
Galapagos giant tortoises and farmers: coexistence or conflict?
• CHAMBERS-OSTLER Alexander (United Kingdom)
The influence of fire and vegetation physiognomy on an ant-plant interaction in the Brazilian Cerrado
• CLEMENT Ysharda (Trinidad and Tobago)
Climate variability and climate change in zooplankton off eastern Australia
• DALCHAND Deepshikha (India)
Assessing Nearshore Wave Dynamics and Their Impact on Coral Reefs in the Ruvuma Region of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
• GARCIA ABALOS Carlos (Spain)
Knowledge and use of the ecosystem along different environmental and socioeconomic gradients in native and rural communities of the Peruvian Amazon: Matsés, Kandozi-Shapra and Allpahuayo-Mishana. Loreto region
• JECMENICA Vladimir (Serbia)
Towards better taxonomic classification of the Continental African Angraecum species from sections Conchoglossum and Afrangraecum (Orchidaceae)
• KAMGA Yanick Borel (Cameroon)
Modèles de différenciation d’Erythrophleum suaveolens, le long des gradients environnementaux au Cameroun
• MAKSIMOVIC Ana (Serbia)
Mitigating the impact of the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries on Silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis): small scale behavioral analyses and future improvements in the protocol for video data acquisition in the purse seine net
• MGELWA Abubakari Said (Tanzania)
The variation of plants and birds diversity along an urbanization gradient in Arusha Region, Tanzania
• MOLCHANOVA Mariia (Ukraine)
Benthic diatoms assemblages in highlands of Ethiopia
• MONTECINOS LLERENA Daniel (Bolivia)
Links between forest degradation and metacommunity structure of bromeliad infauna in a Bolivian humid mountain forest
• ROSCOE Charlotte Jaye (United Kingdom)
Supporting pollinator communities and supported by stakeholders? Measuring the ecological and social values of green roofs in Singapore
• SAVAGE Jessica (United Kingdom)
The effects of a major marine heat wave on zooplankton communities: a case study of the 2010/11 events off Western Australia
• SEID Mohammed Adefa (Ethiopia)
A Survey on the Diversity, Abundance and Vegetation Structure of Woody Plant Species in Burial Sites in Gobeya Rural Administrative of Tehuledere District, South Wollo, Ethiopia
• VANDROMME Mathil (Belgium)
Disentangling drivers of alpha and beta diversity in bromeliad metacommunities along a tropical elevational gradient
• VEGA GRAU Adriana Mercedes (Puerto Rico)
Soil macro invertebrates in understory forests under tropical exotic tree plantations
• WYNS Arthur (Belgium)
Arrested succession in Costa Rican lowland secondary rainforest through a Dicranopteris pectinata understory