University of Aarhus — palm-publications

(updated November 2004)

 

Andersen, J., K. K. Boye & F. Borchsenius. (submitted). Checklist of the palms (Arecaceae) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve. in: Mohamad, M. & Malim, P. (eds.) Second Tabin Scientific Expedition.

Arguëllo M., A. 1989. Arecaceae, pp. 53–64 in: Jørgensen, P. M. & Ulloa U., C. ( eds.), Estudios botánicos en la “Reserva ENDESA” Pichincha, Ecuador. AAU Reports 22.

Balslev, H. 1986. A listing of Ecuadorean Palms, pp. 48–51 in: Dennis V. Johnson, Final Report WWF 3322, Economic Botany and Threathened Species of the Palm Family in Latin America and the Caribbean. WWF, Washington.

Balslev, H. 1987. Palmas nativas de la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Colibrí 3: 64–73.

Balslev, H. 1989. Ecuadors palmer — og tropeskovens skjulte ressourcer. Naturens Verden 7: 266–277.

Balslev, H. 1990. Palms of Ecuador. [Abstract]. pp. 23–26 in: S. Lægaard & F. Borchsenius (eds.), Nordic Botanical Research in the Andes and Western Amazonia. AAU Reports 25.

Balslev, H. 1991. Review of P. B. Tomlinson. 1990. The Structural Biology of Palms, Oxf. UP. Nordic Journal of Botany 11: 152.

Balslev, H. 1998. Review of A. Henderson 1995. The palms of the Amazon. Principes 42: 56, 40.

Balslev, H. 2000. Review of Sago Palm 5(1). Economic Botany 54: 406.

Balslev, H. 2000. Review of Peach Palm. Bactris gasipaes Kunth by Jorge Mora-Urpí, John C. Weber, and Charles R. Clement (1997). Economic Botany 54: 551–552.

Balslev, H. 2000. Review of El Pameral Histórico de Elche by Francisco Pico Meléndez (1997). Economic Botany 54: 559.

Balslev, H. 2002. Palmas austroecuatorianas. pp. 107–136 in: Z. Aguirre et al. (eds.). Botanica Austroecuatoriana. Abya Yala, Quito.

Balslev, H. & A. Barfod. 1987. Ecuadorean palms — an overview. Opera Bot. 92: 17–35.

Balslev, H. & U. Blicher-Mathiesen. 1991. La “palma real” de la Costa ecuatoriana (Attalea colenda, Arecaceae) un recurso poco conocido de aceite vegetal, pp. 47–62 in: Rios, M. & Borgtoft Pedersen, H. ( eds.), Las Plantas y el Hombre. Herbario QCA y Abya Yala. Quito.

Balslev, H. & F. Borchsenius. 1999. Arecaceae pp. 248–255 in: Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Mis. BG 75.

Balslev, H. & A. Henderson. 1986. Elaeis oleifera (Palmae) encontrada en el Ecuador. Publ. Mus. Cienc. Nat. Ecuador 5: 45–49.

Balslev, H. & A. Henderson. 1987. A new Ammandra (Palmae) from Ecuador. Systematic Botany 12: 501–504.

Balslev, H. & A. Henderson. 1987. Prestoea Palmito. Principes 31: 11.

Balslev, H. & A. Henderson. 1987. The identity of Ynesa colenda O. F. Cook (Palmae). Brittonia 39: 1–6.

Balslev, H. & M. Moraes. 1989. Sinopsis de las Palmeras de Bolivia. AAU Reports 20: 1–107.

Balslev, H., M. Rios, G. Quezada & B. Nantipa. 1997. Palmas útiles en la Cordillera de los Huacamayos. PROBONA, Quito. Colección Manuales de Aprovechamento Sustentable de Bosque 1: 1–57.

Barfod, A. 1988. Pollen morphology of Ammandra, Palandra and Phytelephas (Arecaceae). Grana 27: 239–244.

Barfod, A. 1988. Leaf anatomy in Phytelephantoid Palms (Palmae) and its implications on taxonomy. Nordic Journal of Botany 8: 341–348.

Barfod, A. 1989. The rise and fall of vegetable ivory. Principes 33: 181–190.

Barfod, A. S 1991. A monographic study of the subfamily Phytelephantoideae (Arecaceae). Opera Botanica 105: 1–73.

Barfod, A. S 1991. Usos pasados, presentes y futuros de las palmas Phytelephantoidées (Arecaceae), pp. 23–46 in: Rios, M. y Borgtoft Pedersen, H. (eds.), Las Plantas y el Hombre. Herbario QCA y Abya Yala. Quito.

Barfod, A. 1991. Disposal of Phytelephas macrocarpa and P. microcarpa (Arecaceae). Taxon 40: 103–110.

Barfod, A. 1992. Notes on the palm collections. - in: K. Larsen, Report on the Thai-Danish Botanical Expedition 1990. Thai Forest Bulletin 19: 26–30.

Barfod, A. S. 2000. A new species of Licuala from New Guinea. Palms 44(4): 198–201

Barfod, A. S. 2003. La signification des fleurs de palmiers. Le Palmier 34: 4–7.

Barfod, A. & H. Balslev. 1988. The use of palms by the Cayapas and Coaiqueres on the coastal plain of Ecuador. Principes 32: 29–42.

Barfod, A. S., Banka, R. & Dowe, J. L. 2001. Field Guide to Palms in Papua New Guinea. AAU Reports 40: 1–77.

Barfod, A., B. Bergmann. & H. Borgtoft Pedersen. 1990. The vegetable ivory has survived and is doing fine in Ecuador. Economic Botany 44: 293–300.

Barfod, A. S. & F. Borchsenius. 2000 A new species of Licuala (Arecaeae; Coryphoideae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Brittonia 52(4): 354–357.

Barfod, A. S., F. Ervik & R. Bernal. 1999. Recent evidence on the evolution of Phytelephantoid Palms. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 83: 265–277.

Barfod, A. S. & P. Forster. 2001. The Brass Photographs. Palms 45(1): 37–38.

Barfod, A., Henderson, A. & Balslev, H. 1987. A note on the pollination of Phytelephas microcarpa (Palmae). Biotropica 19: 191–192.

Barfod, A. S. & Saw, L. G. 2002. The genus Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Thailand. Kew Bulletin 57: 1–26.

Barfod, A. S. & Uhl, N. W. 2001. Floral development in Aphandra natalia (Balslev & Henderson) Barfod (Arecaceae, subfam. Phytelephantoideae). American Journal of Botany 88: 185–195

Bergmann, B. & Balslev, H. 1991. Diversidad y distribución de un importante recurso fitogenético: Las palmas (Arecaceae) en el Ecuador, pp. 143–150 in: Castillo, R., Tapia, C. y Estrella, J. ( eds.), Memorias de la II Reunión Nacional sobre Recursos Fitogéneticos. INIAP, Quito.

Bernal, R. & H. Balslev. 1997. Strangulation of the palm Phytelephas seemannii by the pioneer tree Cecropia obtusifolia: The cost of efficient litter trapping. Ecotropica 2: 177–184.

Bernal, R. & Ervik, F. 1996. Floral biology and pollination of the dioecious palm Phytelephas seemannii in Colombia: An adaptation to staphylinid beetles. Biotropica 28: 682-696.

Blicher-Mathiesen, U. & Balslev, H. 1990. Attalea colenda (Palmae), a potential lauric oil resource. Economic Botany 44: 360–368.

Blicher-Mathiesen, U. & Shukla V. K. S. 1990. New sources of edible oils, pp. 155–159 in: Proceedings from the International Symposium on New Aspect of Dietary Lipids. Benefits, Hazards, and Use. IUFoST, Göteborg 1990.

Borchsenius, F. 1993. Flowering biology and insect visitation of three Ecuadorean Aiphanes species. Principes 37: 139–150.

Borchsenius, F. 1997. Geonoma irena (Arecaceae), a new species from western Ecuador. Nordic Journal of Botany 16: 605–608.

Borchsenius, F. 1997. Palm communities in western Ecuador. Principes 41: 93–99.

Borchsenius, F. 1997. Flowering biology of Geonoma irena and G. cuneata var. sodiroi (Arecaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 208: 187–196.

Borchsenius, F. 1999. Morphological variation in Geonoma cuneata (Palmae) in western Ecuador. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 83: 131–139.

Borchsenius, F. (2002). Staggered flowering in four sympatric varieties of Geonoma cuneata (Palmae). Biotropica 34: 603–606.

Borchsenius, F. & Balslev, H. 1990. Three new species of Aiphanes and notes on the genus in Ecuador. Nordic Journal of Botany 9: 383–393.

Borchsenius, F. Balslev, H. & Svenning, J.-C., 2002. Two new species of Geonoma sect. Taenianthera from western Ecuador. Nordic Journal of Botany 21: 341–347.

Borchsenius, F. & Bernal, R. (1996). Aiphanes. Flora Neotropica 70: 1–95.

Borchsenius, F., H. Borgtoft Pedersen & H. Balslev. 1998. Manual to the palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37: 1–240.

Borchsenius, F. & Skov, F. 1999. Conservation status of the palms of Ecuador. Acta Botanica Venezuelana 22: 221–236.

Borchsenius, F. & Skov, F. 1997. Ecological amplitudes of Ecuadorian palms. Principes 41: 179–183.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1991. Management, extractivism and commercial use of wild palms in Ecuador, pp. 13–22 in: Rios, M. & Borgtoft Pedersen, H. ( eds.), Las Plantas y el Hombre. Herbario QCA y Abya Yala. Quito.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1991a. Manejo, extractivismo y uso comercial de palmas silvestres, pp. 143–150 in: Castillo, R., Tapia, C. & Estrella, J. (eds.), Memorias del II Reunión Nacional sobre Recursos Fitogéneticos. INIAP, Quito.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1992. Uses and management of Aphandra natalia (Palmae) in Ecuador. Bull. Inst. fr. études andines 21(2): 741–753.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1994. Management and economic uses of Astrocaryum standleyanum in Ecuador. Economic Botany 48: 310–325.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1994a. Los productos forestales no madereros de los bosques del Ecuador, pp. 31–33 in: Memorias del Encuentro sobre el desarrollo de la pequeña industria forestal rural en el Ecuador. FAO, INEFAN, RAE. Quito.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1995. Predation of Phytelephas aequatorialis seeds ("vegetable ivory") by the bruchid beetle Caryoborus chiriquensis. Principes 39(2):89-94.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1996. Production and harvest of fibers from Aphandra natalia (Palmae). Forest Ecology and Management 80: 155–161.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. & H. Balslev 1992. Economic botany of Ecuadorean palms, pp. 173–191 in: M. Plotkin and L. Famolare, (eds.), Sustainable harvest and marketing of rain forest products. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. & H. Balslev. 1990 Ecuadorean Palms for Agroforestry. AAU Reports 23: 1–122. [Spanish translation: Borgtoft Pedersen, H. & H. Balslev. 1993. Palmas útiles – especies ecuatorianas para agroforestería y extractivismo. Ediciones Abya-Yala, Quito, pp. 157]

Borgtoft, H.B. & Skov, F. 2001. Mapping palm extractivism in Ecuador using pair-wise comparisons and bioclimatic modeling. Economic Botany 55(1): 63–71.

Byg, A. & H. Balslev. 2001. Traditional knowledge of Dypsis fibrosa (Arecaceae) in Eastern Madagascar. Economic Botany 55: 263–275.

Byg, A. & H. Balslev. 2001. Diversity and use of palms in Zahamena, eastern Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 10(6): 951–970.

Byg, A. & H. Balslev. 2003. Palm heart extraction in Zahamena, eastern Madagascar. Palms 47(1): 37–44.

Byg, A. & H. Balslev. (in press) Factors affecting local knowledge of palms in Nangaritza valley, southeastern Ecuador. Journal of Ethnobiology 24(2): 000–000.

Dominy, N. J., Svenning, J.-C. & Li, W.-H. 2003. Historical contingency in the evolution of primate color vision. Journal of Human Evolution 44: 25–45.

Dowe, J. & Barfod, A. S. 2001. New species of Livistona R. Br. (Arecaceae) from north Queensland and New Guinea. Austrobaileya 6(1):165–174.

Dransfield, J., Barfod, A. S. & Pongsattayapipat, R. (in press). A preliminary checklist to Thai Palms. Thai Forest Bulletin 32

Ervik, F. 1993. Polinización de la palma productora del marfil vegetal (Phytelephantoideae). pp. 9 in: Valencia, R., K. Romoleroux ( eds.). Trabajos Ecuatorianos en Botánica 1, Proceedings from the Primer Congreso Ecuatoriano de Botánica, Quito.

Ervik, F. 1993. Notes on the phenology and pollination of the dioecious palms Mauritia flexuosa and Aphandra natalia in Ecuador, pp. 7-12 in: W. Barthlott, C. M. Naumann, K. Schmidr-Loske and K.-L. Schuchmann ( eds.), Animal-plant interactions in tropical environments. Zoologisches Forschungs-institut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn,.

Ervik, F. & Barfod, A. S. 1999. Thermogenesis in palm inflorescences and its ecological significance. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 22(1): 195–212.

Ervik, F. & Bernal, R. 1996. Flower biology and insect visitation of the monoecious palm Prestoea decurrens on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Principes 40: 86–92.

Ervik, F. & Feil, J. P. 1997. Reproductive biology of the monoecious understory palm Prestoea schultzeana in Amazonian Ecuador. Biotropica 29: 309–317.

Ervik, F., Tollsten, L. & Knudsen, J. T. 1999. Floral scent chemistry and pollination ecology in phytelephantoid palms (Arecaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 217: 279–297.

Garces, G.G. & Skov, F. 1989. Geonoma linearis: A rheophytic palm from Colombia and Ecuador. Principes 33: 108-112.

Grimaldi, D., F. Ervik, R. Bernal. 2003. Two new Neotropical genera of Drosophilidae (Diptera) visiting palm flowers. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 109–124.

Hall, P. & H. Balslev. 1996. Do palm species communities exist in Ecuadorian Amazonia ? [Abstract]. Suppl. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77(3): 178.

Henderson, A. & Borchsenius, F. (eds.) 1999. Evolution, Variation and Classification of Palms. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 83 (324 pp).

Holm Jensen, O. & H. Balslev 1995. Ethnobotany of the fiber palm Astrocaryum chambira (Arecaceae) in Amazonian Ecuador. Economic Botany 49 (3): 309–319.

Kjær, A., Barfod, A. S., Asmussen, C. B. & Seberg, O. 2004. Investigation of genetic and morphological variation in the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu; Arecaceae) in Papua New Guinea. Annals of Botany 94:109–117.

Knudsen, J. T., Tollsten, L. & Ervik, F. 2001. Flower scent and pollination in selected neotropical palms. Plant Biology 3: 642–653.

Koziol, M. J. & Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1993. Phytelephas aequatorialis in human and animal nutrition. Economic Botany 47: 401–407.

Lescure, J. P., Balslev, H. & Alarcón, R. 1987. Plantas útiles de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. ORSTOM, PUCE, INCRAE y PRONAREG, Quito.

Moraes, M., G. Galeano, R. Bernal, H. Balslev & A. Henderson. 1995. Tropical Andean Palms, pp. 473-487 in: S. P. Churchill. H. Balslev, J. L. Luteyn & E. Forero (eds.), Biodiversity and Conservation. Neotropical Montane Forests. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. 1995.

Olesen, J. M. & H. Balslev. 1990. Flower biology and pollinators of the Amazonian monoecious palm Geonoma macrostachys: A case of Bakerian mimicry. Principes 34(3): 181–190.

Olesen, J. M., Christensen, A. M., Eskildsen, L. I., Svenning, J.-C. & Lindberg, R. 2002. Plants in the devil's garden: intruders of an ant-plant mutualism. Ecotropica 8: 81–86.

Pongsattayapipat, R. & Barfod, A. S. (accep.). On the identities of Thai Sugar Palms. Palms

Sambou, B., Lawesson, J. E. & Barfod, A. S. 1992. Borassus aethiopum Mart. - a threatened multi-purpose palm in Senegal. Principes 36:148-155.

Sambou, B., A. Goudiaby, F. Ervik, D. Diallo, M. C. Camara. 1998. Palm wine exploitation by the Bassari threatens Borassus aethiopum in Guinea. Abstract pp. 60-61. The annual meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. July 13-17, 1998.

Sambou, B., Goudiaby, A., Ervik, F., Diallo, D. & Camara, M.C. 2002. Palm wine harvesting by the Bassari threatens Borassus aethiopum populations in north western Guinea. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 1149–1161.

Shukla, V. K. S. & Holm Jensen, O. 1996. Fatty acid composition and tocopherol content of Amazonian palm oils. J. Food Lipids 3: 149–154.

Skov, F. (1994). Geonoma polyandra (Arecaceae), a new species from Ecuador. Nordic Journal of Botany 14: 39-41.

Skov, F. & Balslev, H. 1989. A revision of Hyospathe (Palmae). Nordic Journal of Botany 9: 189–202.

Skov, F. & Borchsenius, F. 1997. Predicting plant species distribution patterns using simple climatic parameters: a case study of Ecuadorian palms. Ecography 20: 347–355.

Svenning, J.-C. 1998. The effect of land-use on the local distribution of palm species in an Andean rain forest fragment in northwestern Ecuador. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 1529–1537.

Svenning, J.-C. 1999. Microhabitat specialization in a species-rich palm community in Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Ecology 87: 55-65.

Svenning, J.-C. 1999. Recruitment of tall arborescent palms in the Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador: Are large treefall gaps important? Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 355-366.

Svenning, J.-C. 2000. Environmental heterogeneity affects the distribution and performance of the Yasuní palms. Inside CTFS, Summer: 2+10.

Svenning, J.-C. 2000. Small canopy gaps influence plant distributions in the rain forest understory. Biotropica 32: 252–261.

Svenning, J.-C. 2000. Growth strategies of clonal palms (Arecaceae) in a Neotropical rain forest,Yasuní, Ecuador. Australian Journal of Botany 48: 167–178.

Svenning, J.-C. 2001. On the role of microenvironmental heterogeneity in the ecology and diversification of neotropical rain forest palms (Arecaceae). Botanical Review 67: 1-53.

Svenning, J.-C. 2001. Environmental heterogeneity, recruitment limitation, and the mesoscale distribution of palms in a tropical montane rain forest (Maquipucuna,Ecuador). Journal of Tropical Ecology 17: 97–113.

Svenning, J.-C. 2002. Crown illumination limits the population growth rate of a neotropical understorey palm (Geonoma macrostachys, Arecaceae). Plant Ecology 159: 185–199.

Svenning, J.-C. 2002. Non-native ornamental palms invade a secondary tropical forest in Panama. Palms 46: 81–86.

Svenning, J.-C. & H. Balslev. 1997. Small-scale demographic disequilibrium of Iriartea deltoidea (Arecaceae) in Amazonian Ecuador, pp. 263-274 in: R. Valencia & H. Balslev (eds.). Estudios sobre diversidad y ecología de plantas. Univ. Catolica, Quito.

Svenning, J.-C. & H. Balslev. 1998. The palm flora of the Maquipucuna montane forest reserve, Ecuador. Principes 42: 218–226.

Svenning, J.-C. & H. Balslev. 1999. Microhabitat-dependent recruitment of Iriartea deltoidea (Arecaceae) in Amazonian Ecuador. Ecotropica 5: 69-74.

Svenning, J.-C., Kinner, D. A., Stallard, R. F., Engelbrecht, B. M. J. & Wright, S. J. 2004. Ecological determinism in plant community structure across a tropical forest landscape. Ecology 85: 2526–2538.

Svenning, J.-C. & Macía, M. J. 2002. Harvesting of Geonoma macrostachys leaves for thatch: an exploration of sustainability. Forest Ecology and Management 167: 251–262.

Thione, L. A., F. Ervik. 1998. Impact of leaf and fruit harvest on the production of Borassus aethiopum in Senegal. Abstract pp 66-67. The annual meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. July 13-17, 1998.

Valencia, R., Foster, R. B., Villa, G., Condit, R., Svenning, J.-C., Hernández, C., Romoleroux, K., Losos, E. Magård, E. & Balslev, H. 2004. Tree species distributions and local habitat variation in the Amazon: a large forest plot in eastern Ecuador. Journal of Ecology 92: 214–229.

Vormisto, J., Svenning, J.-C., Hall, P. & Balslev, H. 2004. Diversity and dominance in palm (Arecaceae) communities in terra firme forest in the western Amazon basin. Journal of Ecology 92: 577–588.

 

 

M.Sc. theses on palms from the University of Aarhus

 

1986

Skov, F. 1986. A revision of Hyospathe (Arecaceae). M.Sc. tthesis. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 97. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1988

Borchsenius Kristensen, F. 1988. The genus Aiphanes in Ecuador. M.Sc. tthesis. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 97. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Borgtoft Pedersen, H. 1988. Biology, utilization and management of some Ecuadorean palms. M.Sc. tthesis. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 97. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1989

Bergmann, B. 1989. Slægten Chamaedorea Willd. (Arecaceae) in Ecuador. Unpublished thesis (Cand. scient.), Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Blicher-Mathiesen, U. 1989. The subtribe Attaleinae (Palmae) in Ecuador. Unpublished thesis (Cand. scient.), Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Moraes, M. 1989. El género Allagoptera. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 58 (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1993

Knudsen, H. 1993. Demography, palm-heart extractivism, and reproductive biology of Prestoea acuminata (Arecaceae) in Ecuador. M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. xxx (unpublished). Supervised by Finn Borchsenius.

 

1995

Askgaard, A. 1995. Comparative studies of floral morphology and anatomy in Chamaedorea (Arecaceae). M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. 111 (unpublished). Supervised by Anders S. Barfod.

Burholt, T. 1995. Contrasting pollination modes in three species of Licuala (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. xxx (unpublished). Supervised by Anders S. Barfod.

 

1996

Holm Jensen, O. 1996. Use and economic potential of the Palm Astrocaryum chambira. M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. xxx (unpublished). Supervised by Finn Borchsenius.

 

1997

Lindberg, R. 1997. Demography of Geonoma undata Klotszch (Arecaceae) using growth models and projection matrices. M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. xxx (unpublished). Supervised by Finn Borchsenius.

 

2000

Byg, A. 2000. Ethnobotany of palms in Madagascar. M.Sc. tthesis. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 54. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Krogh Boye, K. 2000. Palms in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia. M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. xxx (unpublished). Supervised by Finn Borchsenius.

 

2001

Baez, S. 2001. Edge effects on a palm community in western Ecuador. M.Sc. tthesis. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 54. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Montufar G., R. 2001. The phytogeoegraphy of Amazonian Palms. M.Sc. tthesis. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 54. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

2002

Damborg, A. Karakterudvikling inden for de coryphoide palmer. M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. pp. 66 (unpublished). Supervised by Anders S. Barfod.

Lozada M., T. 2002. Reproductive ecology and diversification of Geonoma macrostachys var. macrostachys in western Amzonia. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 70 (unpublished). Supervised by Finn Borchsenius.

Kjær, A. 2002. Genetic and Morphological Variation in the Sago Palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.; Arecaceae) in Papua New Guinea. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 60 (unpublished). Supervised by Anders S. Barfod.

 

 

PhD midway exam thesis on palms from the University of Aarhus

2003

Wendelboe, S. 2003. GIS based studies of Neotropical palm biogeography. Part A. progress report of Ph.D. study. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 31 + 10 app. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Pongsattayapipat, R. 2003. Management of Palm Resources in Thailand. Part A-progress report, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. 94 pp. Supervised by Anders Barfod.

 

 

PhD theses on palms from the University of Aarhus

 

1988

Barfod, A. 1988. Natural history and systematics of the subfamily Phytelephantoideae (Arecaceae). Ph.D. dissertation, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. 122 pp. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1989

Skov, F. 1989. Hyper Taxonomy – a new tool for revisional work and a revision of Geonoma (Palmae) in Ecuador. Ph.D. dissertation, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus. 293 pp. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1991

Borchsenius Kristensen, F. 1991. Taxonomy and pollination biology of the neotropical palm genus Aiphanes. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 212 (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1993

Borgtoft Pedersen. H. 1993. Extractivism in Ecuador with special emphasis on management and economic exploitation of native palms (Arecaceae). Ph.D. dissertation, Biological Institute., Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark (unpublished). Supervised by Benjamin Øllgaard.

 

1995

Ervik, F. 1995. Comparative studies of pollination biology in neotropical palms. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 227 (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1996

Bernal, R. Natural history of the vegetable ivory palm Phytelephas seemannii in Colombia. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 100 (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

Moraes, M. 1996. Bolivian Palms: distribution and taxonomy. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 212 (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

1999

Svenning, J.-C. 1999. Population and Community Ecology of Neotropical Rain Forest Palms (Arecaceae). Ph.D. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 142 + 4 app. (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.

 

2004

Byg, A. 2004. Humans and Plants of the Rain Forest. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. pp. 227 (unpublished). Supervised by Henrik Balslev.