From: (Cam Webb)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:05:41 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: [mastwatch] Mastwatch mailing list and Borneo masting news


Status: RO




Dear Colleagues,

At one point you signed up as a contributor to the Mastwatch database:

 http://www.phylodiversity.net/mastwatch/

or expressed some interest in it. The site has had little traffic, but I
still think the idea of a network of observers around the region of SE
Asia dipterocarp forest is important.  I have set up this mailing list as
an easier way to share masting observations.  It will probably be a low
volume list, so I encourage you to stay subscribed.  Please post any
masting observations you have as they happen.  As before, sharing evidence
for past masts will also be very valuable.  Please share this list with
others who might be interested.  They can sign up at:

 http://lists.phylodiversity.net/listinfo.cgi/mastwatch-phylodiversity.net

I was stimulated to pick this project up again after visiting the lowland
dipterocarp  Palung (Google Earth KML file attached) in
mid December 2006, with Gary Paoli.  We found that many dipterocarp
species (of Shorea, Dipterocarpus and Hopea) were flowering or had
immature fruit.  Perhaps 25-35% of the large dipterocarp trees were
fertile.  We estimate that peak, ripe fruitfall will be in February.  A
number of other non-dipterocarp masting species were also flowering (e.g.
Scaphium, Durio).  The abundance of fertile dipterocarps was highest in
the low hills on clay -200 m.  All in all, a small mast seems
to be taking  site in West Kalimantan.

A less relevant but still interesting observation is that almost all the
large dipterocarps planted in the Bogor Botanical Garden were fertile and
dropping ripe fruits ca. 10 days ago.  Most of the fruits were not damaged
by insect seed predators.

Best wishes,

Cam Webb

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From: (Tim Thomas)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:12:06 -0500
Subject: [mastwatch] archives

Status: O




Cam, great. I'm glad you are starting this up again, since this is the 
sort of info that should eventually give someone a key insight to put 
mast predictions and explanations on a firmer footing. We just had a 
mast here in Northern Virginia (all the oaks as far as I could tell) and 
it was pretty spectacular and mysterious. 

BUT, i forgot my passwd, if i ever had one, and i can't see the archives 
of your mailing list. Can you send me a reminder, or let me register 
again to get a new one. thanks tim