Presentation of IBISCA participants IBISCA - ESF - UNEP - GCP workshop in Brussels, 6-8 June 2005 ‘Towards a Census of C

1. Presentation of IBISCA participants IBISCA - ESF - UNEP - GCP workshop in Brussels, 6-8 June 2005 ‘Towards a Census of Canopy Life’

2. Observers present at this workshop ESF observer Lucien Hoffmann Public Research Centre-Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg UNEP observer Margaret Oduk United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya Andrew Mitchell Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, United Kingdom [field] Olivier Pascal Pro-Natura International, Paris, France [field] Christian Van Osselaer Florinvest SA, Brussels, Belgium

3. Entomologists with strong interests in taxonomy Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Henri-Pierre Aberlenc CIRAD, Montpellier, France Héctor Barrios University of Panama, Panama, Panama [absent] Gianfranco Curletti Museum of Carmagnola, Carmagnola, Italia Neil D. Springate The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Alexey Tishechkin Lousiana State Arthropod Museum, Baton Rouge, USA [absent]

4. Entomologists with strong interests in ecology/taxonomy Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Johannes Bail Institute for Zoology I, Erlangen, Germany Lukas Cizek Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic[absent] Enrique Medianero University of Panama, Panama Frode Ødegaard Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway Mathieu Rapp Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland [absent] Yves Roisin Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Jürgen Schmidl Institute for Zoology I, Erlangen, Germany

5. Entomologists with strong interests in ecology, present at this workshop (1) Yves Basset Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Bruno Corbara Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France Raphael Didham University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Laura Fagan Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand Andreas Floren Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Roger Kitching Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004

6. Entomologists with strong interests in ecology, present at this workshop (2) Aydee Cornejo-Remice Movimiento de Investigaciones Biológicas de Panamá Maurice Leponce Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Evandro Gama de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Jérome Orivel Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, France Sérvio RibeiroUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004

7. Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Entomologists with strong interests in ecology, absent from this workshop Anovel Barba University of Panama, Panama Alain Dejean Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, France Markus Manumbor New Guinea Binatang Research Centre, Madang, Papua New Guinea Martin Mogia New Guinea Binatang Research Centre, Madang, Papua New Guinea Sara Pinzón University of Panama, Panama David Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Neville Winchester University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

8. Botanists Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Phillipe CuénoudMuséum d’ Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland [2005] Dawn Frame Institut de Botanique, Montpellier, France Francis Hallé Institut de Botanique, Montpellier, France [absent] Andres Hernandez Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama [absent] Mirna Samaniego Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama [absent]

9. Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Technical staff not present at this workshop Thierry Aubert Professional climber, les ACCRO-branchés, France Nouï Baiben Professional climber, Les ACCRO-branchés, France Patrick Basset Logistical help, Swiss Bank Corporation, Geneva, Switzerland Eric Bauhaus Logistical help, Sailors Publications, Panama Stephane Bechet Professional climber, Les ACCRO-branchés, France Julien Belleguic Professional climber, Les ACCRO-branchés, France Dany Cleyet-Marrel Tree bubble, Océan Vert, France Gilles Ebersolt Canopy raft & logistics, Océan Vert, France Maxence Jaillet Filmmaker, Canada Kevin Jordan Professional climber, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada Roger LeGuen Photograph & Filmmaker, France Laurent Pyot Canopy raft and bubble, Océan Vert, France & several students from the University of Panama

10. Not present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Entomologists with strong interests in the tropics Darren Bito University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Jon Bridle Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom Jacques Delabie Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, France Thomas Lewinsohn Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil Owen Lewis University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Olivier Missa University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Claire Ozanne Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom Tomas Roslin University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Line Sorensen University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

11. Ecologists with strong interests in mathematical theory Marc Dufrêne Ministère de la région wallone, Gembloux, Belgium Olivier Hardy Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Not present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004

12. Taxonomists for primary focal taxa Not present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 List not exhaustive!

13. Not present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Taxonomists for secondary focal taxa List not exhaustive!

14. Present during IBISCA field work, 2003-2004 Patron of IBISCA Prof Edward O. Wilson Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University Cambridge, USA “The biodiversity is the one of the bigger wealths of the planet, and nevertheless the less recognized as such”. Edward O. Wilson (1992)