July 14 & 15 1998

TREE ISLANDS OF THE GREATER EVERGLADES

Florida Atlantic University
University Center
Boca Raton, Florida

Organizers:

  Arnold van der Valk, Florida Center for Environmental Studies
  Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District
  Wiley Kitchens, U.S. Geological Survey

Presentations:

  - Stratigraphy, origins, and succession of tree islands on deep peats in the northern Everglades
       Patrick Gleason, Peter Stone and William Spackman

  - Tree islands of the southern Everglades: their geological and paleoecological characteristics
       Arthur D. Cohen, Peter Kremer and William Spackman

  - Tree islands of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
       Laura Brandt, Jennifer Silveira and Wiley Kitchens

  - Tree island plant communities and water management in the central Everglades
       Lorraine Heisler, Tim Towles, Laura Brandt and Robert Pace

  - Vegetation changes on fixed tree islands over two decades
       Paul Wetzel, Daniel Mason, Dale Gawlik and A. G. van der Valk

  - Hammock Forest Community Types of Everglades National Park and Adjacent Areas
       Tom Armentano, David Jones and Mike Ross

  - Feasibility of relating tree ring to Everglades hydrology
       William Connor

  - 5000 years of human ecology on Everglades tree islands
       Robert Carr

  - Breeding birds on bayheads in the central Everglades: who are the seed dispersers?
       Dale E. Gawlik, Peg Gronemeyer and Robert A. Powell

  - Small mammal population dynamics on tree islands
       Michael S. Gaines

  - The tree island fauna of Everglades National Park
       Oron L. Bass, Walter E. Meshaka, William B. Robertson, Jr., and
       Ray W. Snow

  - Evaluating changes in hydrology using tree island models
       Yegang Wu and Fred Sklar

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