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FSC hosts seminar on
rain forest conservation

LAKELAND, Fla. (March 12, 2002) -Florida Southern College's Natural Science Division will host a seminar given by Dr. Margaret Lowman, executive director of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Lowman will speak on "Life in the Treetops - The Challenges of Rain Forest Conservation." The event will take place March 15 at 1:25 p.m. in room PS 156 of the Polk Science Building. It is free and open to the public.

Dr. Lowman is internationally recognized for her research on ecological aspects of canopy processes. She has conducted work in all three major rain forest regions of the world - Africa, Australia/Asia, and the neotropics. Her studies include comparisons of canopy processes among different forests, recruitment of tropical trees into the canopy, mechanisms that promote species diversity, herbivory, and the methodology for canopy field work. She is a Fellow of the Explorers Club, and is on the executive boards of the Association of Tropical Biology, Earthwatch, International Center for Tropical Biology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Amazon Center for Education and Environmental Research (Peru). She holds associate positions at University of South Florida, University of Florida and Williams College.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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