VOL. 36 · NO. 4 | December 2004
 
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REVIEWS (1)
PAPERS (13)
BIOTROPICA
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SPECIAL REPORT
Kamaljit S. Bawa, W. John Kress, Nalini M. Nadkarni, Sharachchandra Lele
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 437-446, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1609
KEYWORDS: biodiversity, biological research, conservation, social science, sustainable development, tropical ecosystems, tropical forests
REVIEWS
Egbert Giles Leigh Jr., Priya Davidar, Christopher W. Dick, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, John Terborgh, Hans ter Steege, Stuart Joseph Wright
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 447-473, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1607
KEYWORDS: α-diversity, β-diversity, Janzen–Connell, neutral theory, pest pressure, regional diversity, stability-time, speciation
PAPERS
Steven J. Fonte, Timothy D. Schowalter
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 474-482, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1597
KEYWORDS: Cecropia schreberiana, Dacryodes excelsa, Decomposition, greenfall, Guarea guidonia, herbivory, Hurricane, litterfall, Manilkara bidentata, Puerto Rico
Christoph F. J. Meyer, Gerhard Zotz
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 483-491, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1608
KEYWORDS: aerial roots, Anthurium clavigerum, Araceae, Barro Colorado Island, growth rates, hemiepiphytes, lowland tropical moist forest, Panama, Philodendron radiatum, survival analysis, vertical distribution
Martha Méndez, Rafael Durán, Ingrid Olmsted, Ken Oyama
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 492-504, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1601
KEYWORDS: Elasticity analysis, endemic cacti, Plant demography, population dynamics, Pterocereus gaumeri, rare species
Douglas Sheil, Agus Salim
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 505-521, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1599
KEYWORDS: African semi-deciduous rain forest, bark damage, Cynometra alexandri, herbivory, Loxodonta africana, monodominant, species richness, Succession, tolerance, Uganda
Robert Hodgkison, Sharon T. Balding, Akbar Zubaid, Thomas H. Kunz
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 522-533, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1593
KEYWORDS: Chiroptera, dipterocarp forest, foraging ecology, migration, nomadism, phenology, Pteropodidae, refuging, Southeast Asia
Donald J. Brightsmith, Romina Aramburú Muñoz-Najar
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 534-543, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1602
KEYWORDS: cation exchange capacity, geophagy, macaw, moist tropical forest, parrot, Particle size, Peru, Psittacidae, salinity, sodium
Mariano Codesido, David Bilenca
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 544-554, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1595
KEYWORDS: bird assemblages, trophic guilds, diversity, Chaco, Argentina, subtropical semiaridforest
Joseph M. Wunderle, Javier E. Mercado, Bernard Parresol, Esteban Terranova
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 555-571, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1592
KEYWORDS: Boidae, disturbance ecology, Epicrates inornatus, habitat use, home range, hurricane effects, Puerto Rico, vines
Lauren J. Chapman, Kimberly R. Schneider, Chrissy Apodaca, Colin A. Chapman
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 572-585, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1598
KEYWORDS: air breathers, aquatic insects, hypoxia, papyrus swamp, tracheal gills, Uganda
Mark L. Galatowitsch, Ronald L. Mumme
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 586-595, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1600
KEYWORDS: Costa Rica, flush–pursuit foraging, Homoptera, insect defenses, Myioborus, spp, Redstarts
Gustavo Q. Romero, João Vasconcellos-Neto
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 596-601, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1596
KEYWORDS: animal–plant interaction, Brazil, Bromeliaceae, Eustiromastix, plant structure, Psecas, Salticidae, spider, Tropical rain forest
Tomás A. Carlo, Jaime A. Collazo, Martha J. Groom
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 602-614, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1604
KEYWORDS: avian foraging, bird-friendly coffee, Cecropia, frugivory, Guarea, Phoradendron, plant phenology, Puerto Rico, Schefflera, shaded coffee plantations
Konrad Fiedler, Christian H. Schulze
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 615-627, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1594
KEYWORDS: alpha diversity, beta diversity, Community composition, habitat disturbance, Malaysia, moths, Pyraloidea, temporal variability, Tropical rain forest
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Matti Nummelin, Seppo Kaitala
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 628-632, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1610
KEYWORDS: forest management, indicators, insects, logging
Xao-Bao Deng, Pan-Yu Ren, Jiang-Yun Gao, Qing-Jun Li
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 633-636, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1603
KEYWORDS: Alpinia kwangsiensis, nectar robber, plant–animal interactions, rodent, squirrel, Tamiops swinhoei hainanus, tropical forest; Xishuangbanna
Peter D. Walsh, Phillipp Henschel, Kate A. Abernethy, Caroline E. G. Tutin, Paul Telfer, Sally A. Lahm
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 637-641, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1605
KEYWORDS: Equatorial Africa, invasive species, leopard, logging, Wasmannia auropunctata
Sarita B. Fáveri, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 641-646, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/1606
KEYWORDS: ants, ant–plant interactions, herbivory, mutualisms, myrmecophytes
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Richard B. Primack
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 647, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/0006-3606(2004)036[0647:HF]2.0.CO;2
No abstract available
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 648-649, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/0006-3606(2004)036[0648:AGA]2.0.CO;2
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Robin Chazdon
BIOTROPICA 36 (4), 651, (1 December 2004) https://doi.org/10.1646/0006-3606(2004)036[0651:CIPOB]2.0.CO;2
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