From: (Colin Maycock) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:33:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Mastwatch] Developing El Nino Status: O Hi All, Looks like we are going to get another El Nino this year http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/elnino/fcst_gifs/fcst_made_2012-08_for_2012-09.html We are still active in Sepilok (have one of David's student moment helping to recensus our 168 ha Dipterocarp plot) - so will keep people informed if we start to see signs of flowering. Colin From: (Sakai Shoko) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:42:24 +0900 Subject: [Mastwatch] Developing El Nino Status: O Dear all, In Lambir Hills, Sarawak, my colleagues have confirmed flower buds on some dipterocarp species including Shorea beccariana, one of the most abundant dipterocarp species in the 4ha crane plot. So we are expecting general flowering, although the magnitude of the event is not clear yet. It is unusual to have flowering in Summer of the northern hemisphere in Lambir. Our friends also told me that local people around Bintulu observed intensive flowering of durians in July, and they expected large crop this year. Shoko Shoko SAKAI Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Motoyama 457-4, Kamigamo Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan Tel:?075-707-2302 Fax:075-707-2507 E-mail: From: (Colin Maycock) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:58:38 +0800 Subject: [Mastwatch] Developing El Nino Status: O Hi Shoko, Thanks for the Lambir update. Last week - we asked the Beaufort DFO to send his staff to survey the Dipterocarpus lamellatus in the Sianggau Forest Reserve (western Sabah, close to Lawas border) - stage there wasn't any signs of flowering. But with your info about Lambir starting to show signs - I will send the Rare and Threatened plant projects RA to have a look. We are keen on getting seeds for this species as the current known global population for this tree is 3 adults and about a dozen juveniles. Colin did a quick survey of teh Dipts around RDC and the canopy walkway On 8/11/12, Sakai Shoko wrote: > Dear all, > > In Lambir Hills, Sarawak, my colleagues have confirmed flower buds on > some dipterocarp species including Shorea beccariana, one of the most > abundant dipterocarp species in the 4ha crane plot. > > So we are expecting general flowering, although the magnitude of the event > is not clear yet. It is unusual to have flowering in Summer of the > northern hemisphere > in Lambir. > > Our friends also told me that local people around Bintulu observed > intensive flowering > of durians in July, and they expected large crop this year. > > Shoko > > Shoko SAKAI > Research Institute for Humanity and Nature > Motoyama 457-4, Kamigamo > Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan > > Tel:?075-707-2302 > Fax:075-707-2507 > E-mail: > _______________________________________________ > Mastwatch mailing list > > http://lists.phylodiversity.net/listinfo.cgi/mastwatch-phylodiversity.net > From: (Cam Webb) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:52:04 +0700 (WIT) Subject: [Mastwatch] West Kalimantan Status: O Hi All, Seems like we can add West Kalimantan to the developing mast. A colleague (Loren Bell) who just came out of the Palung said there were dipterocarps flowering. I'll pass on more news when I know more. Best, Cam