Biotropica - 44 (5), 2012

Contents:


    Dipterocarp Biology as a Window to the Understanding of Tropical Forest Structure: Where are we Looking Now? (pages 575–576)

    Peter Ashton and Chris J. Kettle

  
    Demographic History of Shorea curtisii (Dipterocarpaceae) Inferred from Chloroplast DNA Sequence Variations (pages 577–585)

    Koichi Kamiya, Satoshi Nanami, Tanaka Kenzo, Reiji Yoneda, Bibian Diway, Lucy Chong, Mohamad A. Azani, Nik M. Majid, Shawn K. Y. Lum, Khoon-Meng Wong and Ko Harada

    
    Fine-scale Spatial Genetic Structure of Ten Dipterocarp Tree Species in a Bornean Rain Forest (pages 586–594)

    Tsuyoshi Harata, Satoshi Nanami, Takuo Yamakura, Shuhei Matsuyama, Lucy Chong, Bibian M. Diway, Sylvester Tan and Akira Itoh

    
    Habitat Associations and Community Structure of Dipterocarps in Response to Environment and Soil Conditions in Brunei Darussalam, Northwest Borneo (pages 595–605)

    Rahayu S. Sukri, Rodzay A. Wahab, Kamariah A. Salim and David F. R. P. Burslem

    
    The Effect of Habitat Association and Edaphic Conditions on Tree Mortality during El Nino-induced Drought in a Bornean Dipterocarp Forest (pages 606–617)

    Akira Itoh, Satoshi Nanami, Tsuyoshi Harata, Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Sylvester Tan, Lucy Chong, Stuart J. Davies and Takuo Yamakura

  
    Continuous and Fluctuating Leaf Phenology of Adults and Seedlings of a Shade-tolerant Emergent Tree, Dipterocarpus sublamellatus, in Malaysia (pages 618–626)

    Noriyuki Osada, Naoko Tokuchi and Hiroshi Takeda

   
    Light-based Regeneration Niches: Evidence from 21 Dipterocarp Species using Size-specific RGRs (pages 627–636)

    Christopher D. Philipson, Philippe Saner, Toby R. Marthews, Reuben Nilus, Glen Reynolds, Lindsay A. Turnbull and Andy Hector

   
    Ectomycorrhizal Associations of the Dipterocarpaceae (pages 637–648)

    Francis Q. Brearley

    
    A Revised Conservation Assessment of Dipterocarps in Sabah (pages 649–657)

    Colin R. Maycock, Chris J. Kettle, Eyen Khoo, Joan T. Pereira, John B. Sugau, Reuben Nilus, Robert C. Ong, Nazahatul A. Amaludin, Mark F. Newman and David F.R.P. Burslem

   
    New Directions in Dipterocarp Biology and Conservation: A Synthesis (pages 658–660)

    Chris J. Kettle, Colin R. Maycock and David Burslem

    
    Soil Carbon and Nutrient Changes Associated with Deforestation for Pasture in Southern Costa Rica (pages 661–667)

    Timothy Huth, Stephen Porder, Joaquin Chaves and Jessica H. Whiteside

  
    Australian Tropical and Subtropical Rain Forest Community Assembly: Phylogeny, Functional Biogeography, and Environmental Gradients (pages 668–679)

    Robert Kooyman, Maurizio Rossetto, Chris Allen and William Cornwell

  
    Effects of Local Plant Density and Incomplete Dichogamy on the Reproductive Success of the Rare Neotropical Palm Geonoma epetiolata (pages 680–688)

    Silvana Martén-Rodríguez, Mauricio Quesada and Braham Momen

    
    Mating Behavior Drives Seed Dispersal by the Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger (pages 689–698)

    Jordan Karubian, Renata Duraes, Jenny L. Storey and Thomas B. Smith

   
    Impact of Culm Harvest on Seed Production in a Monocarpic Bamboo (pages 699–704)

    Arun Jyoti Nath, Donald C. Franklin, Michael J. Lawes, Mukta Chandra Das and Ashesh Kumar Das

   
    The Ranging Costs of a Fallback Food: Liana Consumption Supplements Diet but Increases Foraging Effort in Howler Monkeys (pages 705–714)

    Jacob C. Dunn, Norberto Asensio, Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Stefan Schnitzer and Jurgi Cristóbal-Azkarate

   

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Biotropica - 44 (4), 2012

Contents:


    Movement Patterns and Spatial Relationships Among African Forest Elephants (pages 445–448)

    Stephanie G. Schuttler, Stephen Blake and Lori S. Eggert

  
    Impact of Past Forest Fires on Bird Populations in Flooded Forests of the Cuini River in the Lowland Amazon (pages 449–453)

    Camila D. Ritter, Christian B. Andretti and Bruce W. Nelson

   
    Ecology and Hybridization Potential of Two Sympatric Metallophytes, the Narrow Endemic Crepidorhopalon perennis (Linderniaceae) and its More Widespread Congener C. tenuis (pages 454–462)

    Michel-Pierre Faucon, Benedict M. Tshilong, Fabienne Van Rossum, Pierre Meerts, Guillaume Decocq and Grégory Mahy

    
    Vegetation Recovery 16 Years after Feral Pig Removal from a Wet Hawaiian Forest (pages 463–471)

    Rebecca J. Cole, Creighton M. Litton, Michael J. Koontz and Rhonda K. Loh

   
    Effects of Treefall Gap Disturbances on Ant Assemblages in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest (pages 472–478)

    Margaret Patrick, David Fowler, Robert R. Dunn and Nathan J. Sanders

   
    Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Brown Lemurs in a Malagasy Tropical Dry Forest (pages 479–488)

    Hiroki Sato

   
    The Effect of Spatial Structure of Pasture Tree Cover on Avian Frugivores in Eastern Amazonia (pages 489–497)

    Jesse R. Lasky and Timothy H. Keitt

  
    Emergent Impacts of Ant and Spider Interactions: Herbivory Reduction in a Tropical Savanna Tree (pages 498–505)

    Larissa Nahas, Marcelo O. Gonzaga and Kleber Del-Claro

   
    The ‘Island Rule’ Acting on Anuran Populations (Bufonidae: Rhinella ornata) of the Southern Hemisphere (pages 506–511)

    Rachel Montesinos, Hélio Ricardo da Silva and André Luiz Gomes de Carvalho

 
    Air-breathing Behavior of the Jeju Fish Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus in Amazonian Streams (pages 512–520)

    Joao Alves de Lima Filho, Jhany Martins, Rafael Arruda and Lucélia Nobre Carvalho

  
    Hydrologic Connectivity Affects Fish Assemblage Structure, Diversity, and Ecological Traits in the Unregulated Gambia River, West Africa (pages 521–530)

    Seth M. White, Markéta Ondračková and Martin Reichard

  
    Studying Large Mammals With Imperfect Detection: Status and Habitat Preferences of Wild Cattle and Large Carnivores in Eastern Cambodia (pages 531–536)

    Thomas N. E. Gray

   
    The Influence of Habitat, Season, and Detectability on Abundance Estimates across an Amazonian Parrot Assemblage (pages 537–544)

    Alan T. K. Lee and Stuart J. Marsden


    Avian Composition Co-varies with Floristic Composition and Soil Nutrient Concentration in Amazonian Upland Forests (pages 545–553)

    Lars Y. Pomara, Kalle Ruokolainen, Hanna Tuomisto and Kenneth R. Young

   
    Moving Day and Night: Highly Labile Diel Activity Patterns in a Tropical Snake (pages 554–559)

    Rickard Abom, Kris Bell, Lauren Hodgson and Lin Schwarzkopf

  
    The Impact of Forest Disturbance on the Seasonal Foraging Ecology of a Critically Endangered African Primate (pages 560–568)

    Claire E. Bracebridge, Tim R. Davenport and Stuart J. Marsden

   
    Conservation Implications of Rapid Shifts in the Trade of Wild African and Asian Pythons (pages 569–573)

    Luca Luiselli, Xavier Bonnet, Massimiliano Rocco and Giovanni Amori

   
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American Journal of Botany 99 (2), 2012

Lethaia

Biotropica - 44 (3), 2012

Contents:


    Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings (pages 271–275)

    Callum R. Lawson, Darren J. Mann and Owen T. Lewis

   
    Soil Effects on Forest Structure and Diversity in a Moist and a Dry Tropical Forest (pages 276–283)

    Marielos Pena-Claros, Lourens Poorter, Alfredo Alarcón, Geoffrey Blate, Urbano Choque, Todd S. Fredericksen, Marco J. Justiniano, Claudio Leano, Juan Carlos Licona, William Pariona, Francis E. Putz, Lincoln Quevedo and Marisol Toledo

  
    Effects of Climate Change on the Potential Species Richness of Mesoamerican Forests (pages 284–293)

    Duncan J. Golicher, Luis Cayuela and Adrian C. Newton


    Marine-derived Nutrients from Green Turtle Nests Subsidize Terrestrial Beach Ecosystems (pages 294–301)

    Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Karen A. Bjorndal, Patrick W. Inglett and Alan B. Bolten

 
    Nitrogen Addition Shapes Soil Phosphorus Availability in Two Reforested Tropical Forests in Southern China (pages 302–311)

    Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, Hua Fang, Feifei Zhu, Yunting Fang, Wei Zhang and Juan Huang

  
    Diameter Growth of Juvenile Trees after Gap Formation in a Bolivian Rain Forest: Responses are Strongly Species-specific and Size-dependent (pages 312–320)

    Claudia C. Soliz-Gamboa, Anne Sandbrink and Pieter A. Zuidema

 
    Recent Changes in Patch Characteristics and Plant Communities in the Jalca Grasslands of the Peruvian Andes (pages 321–330)

    Carolina Tovar, Joost F. Duivenvoorden, Isidoro Sánchez-Vega and Arie C. Seijmonsbergen

  
    The Impact of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Patterns on Growth and Phenology of Emergent Tree Species in Southeastern Amazonia, Brazil (pages 331–340)

    James Grogan and Mark Schulze

  
    Survival and Growth of Juvenile Bromeliads in Coffee Plantations and Forests in Central Veracruz, Mexico (pages 341–349)

    Susanne Scheffknecht, Manuela Winkler, Martín Mata-Rosas and Peter Hietz

  
    Avian Habitat Preference in Tropical Forest Restoration in Southern Costa Rica (pages 350–359)

    J. Leighton Reid, J. Berton C. Harris and Rakan A. Zahawi

  
    Exploitation of Fallen Diaspores by Ants: Are there Ant–Plant Partner Choices? (pages 360–367)

    Alexander V. Christianini, Antônio J. Mayhé-Nunes and Paulo S. Oliveira

 
    Spillover of Insects from Rain Forest into Adjacent Oil Palm Plantations (pages 368–377)

    Jennifer M. Lucey and Jane K. Hill

 
    Decisions on Temporal Sampling Protocol Influence the Detection of Ecological Patterns (pages 378–385)

    Cristina Banks-Leite, Robert M. Ewers, Rafael G. Pimentel and Jean Paul Metzger

   
    Evidence for Convergent Evolution in Gape Morphology of the Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) with Swifts, Swallows, and Goatsuckers (pages 386–393)

    Landon R. Jones, Hal L. Black and Clayton M. White

  
    Diets of Frugivorous Bats in Montane Rain Forest and Coffee Plantations in Southeastern Chiapas, Mexico (pages 394–401)

    Carlos García-Estrada, Anne Damon, Cornelio Sánchez-Hernández, Lorena Soto-Pinto and Guillermo Ibarra-Núnez

 
    Impact of Hurricane Dean (2007) on Game Species of the Selva Maya, Mexico (pages 402–411)

    Pablo J. Ramírez-Barajas, Gerald A. Islebe and Sophie Calmé

   
    Bird Assemblages in Anthropogenic Habitats: Identifying a Suitability Gradient for Native Species in the Atlantic Forest (pages 412–419)

    Gustavo A. Zurita and Maria I. Bellocq

  
    High Turnover Rates in Remnant Populations of the Harlequin Frog Atelopus cruciger (Bufonidae): Low Risk of Extinction? (pages 420–426)

    Margarita Lampo, Senaris J. Celsa, Argelia Rodríguez-Contreras, Fernando Rojas-Runjaic and Carmen Z. García

   
    Moderate Human Disturbance of Rain Forest Alters Composition of Fruiting Plant and Bird Communities (pages 427–436)

    Kara L. Lefevre, Sapna Sharma and F. Helen Rodd

  
    Conflict between Fishermen and Giant Otters Pteronura brasiliensis in Western Brazilian Amazon (pages 437–444)

    Patrícia F. Rosas-Ribeiro, Fernando C.W. Rosas and Jansen Zuanon

   
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Biotropica - 44 (2), 2012

Contents:

  
    The Impact of Cyclone Fanele on a Tropical Dry Forest in Madagascar (pages 135–140)

    Rebecca J. Lewis and Katherine H. Bannar-Martin

   
    Investment in Fine Roots and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Decrease During Succession in Three Brazilian Ecosystems (pages 141–150)

    Waldemar Zangaro, Ricardo A. Alves, Luiz E. Lescano, Adrielly P. Ansanelo and Marco A. Nogueira

   
    Patterns and Correlates of Tropical Dry Forest Structure and Composition in a Highly Replicated Chronosequence in Yucatan, Mexico (pages 151–162)

    Juan Manuel Dupuy, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Rodrigo A. Hernández-Juárez, Erika Tetetla-Rangel, Jorge Omar López-Martínez, Eurídice Leyequién-Abarca, Fernando J. Tun-Dzul and Filogonio May-Pat

   
    Density Effects of a Dominant Understory Herb, Isoglossa woodii (Acanthaceae), on Tree Seedlings of a Subtropical Coastal Dune Forest (pages 163–170)

    Zivanai Tsvuura, Megan E. Griffiths and Michael J. Lawes

  
    Mistletoes Play Different Roles in a Modular Host–Parasite Network (pages 171–178)

    Julieta Genini, Marina C. Côrtes, Paulo R. Guimaraes Jr and Mauro Galetti

   
    The Structure of Morphological and Genetic Diversity in Natural Populations of Carica papaya (Caricaceae) in Costa Rica (pages 179–188)

    Jennifer E. Brown, Jenise M. Bauman, Joseph F. Lawrie, Oscar J. Rocha and Richard C. Moore

   
    Self-thinning and Tree Competition in Savannas (pages 189–196)

    William B. Sea and Niall P. Hanan


    Germination of Epiphytic Bromeliads in Forests and Coffee Plantations: Microclimate and Substrate Effects (pages 197–204)

    Peter Hietz, Manuela Winkler, Susanne Scheffknecht and Karl Hülber

 
    Fruit Removal and Natural Seed Dispersal of the Brazil Nut Tree (Bertholletia excelsa) in Central Amazonia, Brazil (pages 205–210)

    Joanne M. Tuck Haugaasen, Torbjorn Haugaasen, Carlos A. Peres, Rogerio Gribel and Per Wegge

  
    Influence of Grazing on Soil Seed Banks Determines the Restoration Potential of Aboveground Vegetation in a Semi-arid Savanna of Ethiopia (pages 211–219)

    Zewdu K. Tessema, Willem F. de Boer, Robert M. T. Baars and Herbert H. T. Prins

   
    Asian Tapirs Are No Elephants When It Comes To Seed Dispersal (pages 220–227)

    Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Carl Traeholt, Razak Jaffar, Luis Santamaria and Richard T. Corlett

   
    Consequences of Fragmentation of Tropical Moist Forest for Birds and Their Role in Predation of Herbivorous Insects (pages 228–236)

    Betsabé Ruiz-Guerra, Katherine Renton and Rodolfo Dirzo

   
    Increased Productivity and Reduced Seed Predation Favor a Large-seeded Palm in Small Atlantic Forest Fragments (pages 237–245)

    Cecilia S. Andreazzi, Clarissa S. Pimenta, Alexandra S. Pires, Fernando A. S. Fernandez, Luiz G. Oliveira-Santos and Jorge F. S. Menezes

   
    Plant-Inhabiting Ant Utilizes Chemical Cues for Host Discrimination (pages 246–253)

    Tiffany L. Weir, Scott Newbold, Jorge M. Vivanco, Megan van Haren, Christopher Fritchman, Aaron T. Dossey, Stefan Bartram, Wilhelm Boland, Eric G. Cosio and Waltraud Kofer

   
    Contrasting Effects of Fire on Arboreal and Ground-Dwelling Ant Communities of a Neotropical Savanna (pages 254–261)

    Tiago L. M. Frizzo, Ricardo I. Campos and Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

   
    Foraging Behavior and Coexistence of Two Sunbird Species in a Kenyan Woodland (pages 262–269)

    Joseph O. Oyugi, Joel S. Brown and Christopher J. Whelan

   
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American Journal of Botany 99 (2), 2012

Biotropica - 44 (1), 2012

Contents:


    Removal Effects on Nectar Production in Bat-pollinated Flowers of the Brazilian Cerrado (pages 1–5)

    Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec and Paulo E. Oliveira

   
    Lust for Salt in the Western Amazon (pages 6–9)

    Robert Dudley, Michael Kaspari and Stephen P. Yanoviak

   
    Disturbance Type and Plant Successional Communities in Bahamian Dry Forests (pages 10–18)

    Claire C. Larkin, Charles Kwit, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Eileen H. Helmer, M. Henry H. Stevens, Montara T. K. Roberts and David N. Ewert

   
    The Quest for a Suitable Host: Size Distributions of Host Trees and Secondary Hemiepiphytes Search Strategy (pages 19–26)

    María P. Balcázar-Vargas, María C. Penuela-Mora, Tinde R. van Andel and Pieter A. Zuidema

   
    Fire and Host Abundance as Determinants of the Distribution of Three Congener and Sympatric Mistletoes in an Amazonian Savanna (pages 27–34)

    Rodrigo F. Fadini and Albertina P. Lima

  
    Tropical Understory Piper Shrubs Maintain High Levels of Genotypic Diversity Despite Frequent Asexual Recruitment (pages 35–43)

    Eloisa Lasso, James W. Dalling and Eldredge Bermingham

  
    Subsampling Herbarium Collections to Assess Geographic Diversity Gradients: A Case Study with Endemic Orchidaceae and Rubiaceae in Cameroon (pages 44–52)

    Vincent Droissart, Olivier J. Hardy, Bonaventure Sonké, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas and Tariq Stévart

 
    Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human Disturbed Habitats: Lessons from Early-Successional Heliconia Herbs (pages 53–62)

    Bráulio A. Santos and Julieta Benítez-Malvido

  
    Short-term Effects of Single Species Browsing Release by Different-sized Herbivores on Sand Forest Vegetation Community, South Africa (pages 63–72)

    Georgette Lagendijk, Bruce R. Page and Rob Slotow

   
    Optimizing Diversity Assessment Protocols for High Canopy Ants in Tropical Rain Forest (pages 73–81)

    Kalsum M. Yusah, Tom M. Fayle, Grant Harris and William A. Foster

  
    Upslope Range Shifts of Andean Dung Beetles in Response to Deforestation: Compounding and Confounding Effects of Microclimatic Change (pages 82–89)

    Trond H. Larsen

  
    The Evolution of Group Stability and Roost Lifespan: Perspectives from Tent-Roosting Bats (pages 90–97)

    Maria Sagot and Richard D. Stevens

  
    Monitoring a Puma (Puma concolor) Population in a Fragmented Landscape in Southeast Brazil (pages 98–104)

    Renata A. Miotto, Marcelo Cervini, Rodrigo A. Begotti and Pedro M. Galetti Jr.

 
    Differences in Diet Between Spider Monkey Groups Living in Forest Fragments and Continuous Forest in Mexico (pages 105–113)

    Óscar M. Chaves, Kathryn E. Stoner and Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez

   
    Narrow Fungal Mycorrhizal Diversity in a Population of the Orchid Coppensia doniana (pages 114–122)

    Rafael B. Valadares, Marlon C. Pereira, Joel T. Otero and Elke J. Cardoso

   
    Patterns and Trends of Forest Loss in the Colombian Guyana (pages 123–132)

    Nelly Rodríguez, Dolors Armenteras, Roberto Molowny-Horas and Javier Retana

   
    Remembering Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Klara Victoria Kalko (1962–2011) (pages 133–134)

    K. Eduard Linsenmair

   
    Thanks to Editors and ad hoc Reviewers 2010–2011 (pages 135–138)

  

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