Biotropica - 42 (1), 2010

Contents:

SPECIAL SECTION: LAND TRANSITIONS IN THE TROPICS

Land Transitions in the Tropics: Going Beyond the Case Studies (pages 1–2)
María Uriarte, Laura Schneider and Thomas K. Rudel

Forest Rehabilitation and Its Implication for Forest Transition Theory (pages 3–9)
Wil De Jong

The Importance of Defining ‘Forest’: Tropical Forest Degradation, Deforestation, Long-term Phase Shifts, and Further Transitions (pages 10–20)
Francis E. Putz and Kent H. Redford

Untangling a Decline in Tropical Forest Resilience: Constraints on the Sustainability of Shifting Cultivation Across the Globe (pages 21–30)
Deborah Lawrence, Claudia Radel, Katherine Tully, Birgit Schmook and Laura Schneider

Composition and Dynamics of Functional Groups of Trees During Tropical Forest Succession in Northeastern Costa Rica (pages 31–40)
Robin L. Chazdon, Bryan Finegan, Robert S. Capers, Beatriz Salgado-Negret, Fernando Casanoves, Vanessa Boukili and Natalia Norden

An Untidy Cover: Invasion of Bracken Fern in the Shifting Cultivation Systems of Southern Yucatán, Mexico (pages 41–48)
Laura C. Schneider and D. Nelun Fernando

150 Years of Tree Establishment, Land Use and Climate Change in Montane Grasslands, Northwest Argentina (pages 49–58)
Julieta Carilla and H. Ricardo Grau

Synthesis: Land Transitions in the Tropics (pages 59–62)
María Uriarte, Laura Schneider and Thomas K. Rudel


COMMENTARIES

Leaving the Oil Under the Amazon: Ecuador's Yasuní-ITT Initiative (pages 63–66)
Matt Finer, Remi Moncel and Clinton N. Jenkins

Wash and Spin Cycle Threats to Tropical Biodiversity (pages 67–71)
Lian Pin Koh, Jaboury Ghazoul, Rhett A. Butler, William F. Laurance, Navjot S. Sodhi, Javier Mateo-Vega and Corey J. A. Bradshaw


INSIGHTS

Can Growth Form Classification Predict Litter Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition Rates in Lowland Wet Forest? (pages 72–79)
Louis S. Santiago


PAPERS

Tropical Biology

Prevalence of Tree Regeneration by Sprouting and Seeding Along a Rainfall Gradient in Hawai'i (pages 80–86)
Posy E. Busby, Peter Vitousek and Rodolfo Dirzo

Variation in Susceptibility to Hurricane Damage as a Function of Storm Intensity in Puerto Rican Tree Species (pages 87–94)
Charles D. Canham, Jill Thompson, Jess K. Zimmerman and María Uriarte

Short-Term Temporal Changes in Tree Live Biomass in a Central Amazonian Forest, Brazil (pages 95–103)
Carolina V. De Castilho, William E. Magnusson, R. Nazaré O. De Araújo and Flávio J. Luizao

Phenology, Lignotubers, and Water Relations of Cochlospermum vitifolium, a Pioneer Tropical Dry Forest Tree in Costa Rica (pages 104–111)
Lottie Fallas-Cedeno, N. Michele Holbrook, Oscar J. Rocha, Nelly Vásquez and Marco V. Gutiérrez-Soto

Canopy Herbivory and Insect Herbivore Diversity in a Dry Forest–Savanna Transition in Brazil (pages 112–118)
Frederico S. Neves, Lucimar S. Araújo, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, Marcílio Fagundes, G. Wilson Fernandes, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa and Mauricio Quesada

Forest Fragment and Breeding Habitat Characteristics Explain Frog Diversity and Abundance in Singapore (pages 119–125)
David Bickford, Tze How Ng, Lan Qie, Enoka P. Kudavidanage and Corey J. A. Bradshaw

Differential Use of Trails by Forest Mammals and the Implications for Camera-Trap Studies: A Case Study from Belize (pages 126–133)
Bart J. Harmsen, Rebecca J. Foster, Scott Silver, Linde Ostro and C. Patrick Doncaster


Erratum

Erratum (page 134)



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POLITYKA I NIE TYLKO , PRZEPISY KULINARNE , ULUBIONE KSIĄŻKI , DOWCIPY , GEOGRAFIA , ŚWIEBODZICE , FORUM O RODZAJU HOYA