Richard Condit
Staff Scientist
e-mail: conditr@gmail.com
Link: CTFS
Address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Box 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
or
Unit 0948
APO AA 34002-0948
Telephone: +507 212-8045
FAX: +507 212-8148
Publications
Publications by Richard Condit in STRI Bibliography
Research Interests
Population biology; population modeling; quantitative ecology; community ecology
Current Research
Geographic ranges of the tree species, Panama, Amazonia, and Africa
Population fluctuations of tropical tree species and the stability of communities
Species abundance distributions in tree communities
Population growth of northern elephant seals in the North Pacific
Growth and mortality of tropical tree species
Forest restoration on tropical pastures and farms
Online Articles and Programs
Deriving the probability of future populations statesComputer programs for analysis of tree plot data: R code & documentation
Education and Degrees
Ph.D. (Biology) - University of California, Santa Crux, 1984
B.S. (Biology) - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1978
Selected Bibliography
Condit, R., P.S. Ashton, P. Baker, S. Bunyavejchewin, S. Gunatilleke, N. Gunatilleke, S.P. Hubbell, R.B. Foster, L. Hua Seng, A. Itoh, J.V. LaFrankie, E. Losos, N. Manokaran, R. Sukumar, and T. Yamakura. 2000. Spatial patterns in the distribution of common and rare tropical tree species: a test from large plots in six different forests. Science, 288: 1414-1418.
Condit, R., W.D. Robinson, R. Ibáñez, S. Aguilar, A. Sanjur, R. Martínez, R. Stallard, T. García, G. Angehr, L. Petit, S.J. Wright, T.R. Robinson, and S. Heckadon. 2001. Maintaining the canal while conserving biodiversity around it: a challenge for economic development in Panama in the 21st century. Bioscience, 51: 389-398.
Condit, R., P.S. Ashton, N. Manokaran, J.V. LaFrankie, S.P. Hubbell and R.B. Foster. 1999. Dynamics of the forest communities at Pasoh and Barro Colorado: comparing two 50 ha plots. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 354: 1739-1748.
Condit, R., R. Sukumar, S.P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. 1998. Predicting population trends from size distributions: a direct test in a tropical tree community. American Naturalist, 152: 495-509.
Condit, R., S.P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. 1996. Changes in tree species abundance in a Neotropical forest: impact of climate change. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 12: 231-256.
Condit, R., S.P. Hubbell, J.V. LaFrankie, R. Sukumar, N. Manokaran, R.B. Foster, and P.S. Ashton. 1996. Species-area and species-individual relationships for tropical trees: a comparison of three 50 ha plots. Journal of Ecology, 84: 549-562.