Biotropica 1999: Vol 31 Table of Contents

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BIOTROPICA Volume 31 Number 1
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PAPERS
Fire as a Recurrent Event in Tropical Forests of the Eastern Amazon: Effects on Forest
Structure, Biomass, and Species Composition
Mark A. Cochrane and Mark D. Schulze
Edge Structure Determines the Magnitude of Changes in Microclimate and Vegetation
Structure in Tropical Forest Fragments
Raphael K. Didham and John H. Lawton
Deforestation Rates (1938-1988) of Tropical Lowland Forests on the Andean Foothills of
Colombia
Andrés Vifia and Jaime Cavelier
Before Cattle: A Comparative Floristic Study of Eucalyptus Savanna Grazed by
Macropods and Cattle in North Queensland, Australia
R. J. Fensham and S. D. Skull
Structure of Benthic Diatom Assemblages from a Mangrove Environment in a Mexican
Subtropical Lagoon
David A. Siqueiros Beltrones and Edna Sanchez Castrejon
Abundance and Distribution of Native and Alien Grasses in a “Cerrado” (Brazilian
Savanna) Biological Reserve
V. R. Pivello, V. M. C. Carvalho, P. F. Lopes, A. A. Peccinini, and S. Rosso
Tree Ferns in the Interior and at the Edge of a Mexican Cloud Forest Remnant: Spore
Germination and Sporophyte Survival and Establishment
N. Bernabe, G. Williams-Linera, and M. Palacios-Rios
Litter Interception on Astrocaryum mexicanum Liebm. (Palmae) in a Tropical Rain Forest
J. Alvarez-Sanchez and S. Guevara
Root Architecture and Root:Shoot Allocation of Shrubs and Saplings in Two Lowland
Tropical Forests: Implications for Life-Form Composition
Peter Becker, Norhartini Sharbini, and Razali Yahya
Growth Ecology of Carapa nicaraguensis Aublet. (Meliaceae): Implications for Natural
Forest Management
Edward L. Webb
Ecology of Aglaia mackiana (Meliaceae) Seedlings in a New Guinea Rain Forest
Andrew L. Mack, Kalan Ickes, J. Heinrich Jessen, Brian Kennedy, and J. Ross Sinclair
Ecologia, Produccion y Aprovechamiento del Mangle Conocarpus erectus L., en Barra de
Tecoanapa Guerrero, México
Cristian Tovilla Hernandez y Guadalupe de la Lanza Espino
Ant-Homoptera Interactions in a Neotropical Savanna: The Honeydew-Producing
Treehopper, Guayaquila xiphias (Membracidae), and its Associated Ant Fauna on
Didymopanax vinosum (Araliaceae)
Kleber Del-Claro and Paulo S. Oliveira
Seed Dispersal by Monkeys and the Fate of Dispersed Seeds in a Peruvian Rain Forest
Ellen Andresen
Environmental Effects on Components of Pollen Performance in Faramea occidentalis (L.)
A. Rich. (Rubiaceae)
Steve E. Travers
Fruiting Phenology and the Conservation of the Great Pied Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) in
the Western Ghats of Southern India
Ragupathy Kannan and Douglas A. James
Associations between Anurans and Ants in a West African Savanna (Anura: Microhylidae,
Hyperoliidae, and Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Mark-Oliver Rédel and Ulrich Braun
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Semillas en Deposiciones de Aves: Importancia del Método Empleado Para su
Cuantificacion
Alejandra Irene Roldan and Rodolfo Omar Varela
Seasonal Changes in Liana Cover in the Upper Canopy of a Neotropical Dry Forest
Gerardo Avalos and Stephen S. Mulkey
Dry Season Migration by Costa Rican Lowland Paper Wasps to High Elevation Cold
Dormancy Sites
James H. Hunt, Renae J. Brodie, T. Paige Carithers, Paul Z. Goldstein, and Daniel H. Janzen
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BIOTROPICA Volume 31 Number 2
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Litterfall Mass, Chemistry, and Nutrient Retranslocation in a Monodominant Forest on
Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazil
Dora M. Villela and John Proctor
Factors Related to the Recovery of Subalpine Woodland on Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Steven C. Hess, Paul C. Banko, Gregory J. Brenner, and James D. Jacobi
Tropical Monodominance: A Preliminary Test of the Ectomycorrhizal Hypothesis
Sylvia D. Torti and Phyllis D. Coley
Factors Limiting Tropical Rain Forest Regeneration in Abandoned Pasture: Seed Rain,
Seed Germination, Microclimate, and Soil
Karen D. Holl
Isolated Pasture Trees and the Vegetation under their Canopies in the Chiapas Coastal
Plain, México
Adriana Otero-Arnaiz, Silvia Castillo, Jorge Meave, and Guillermo Ibarra-Manriquez
Nitrogen Fixation in Soils and Canals of Rehabilitated Raised—Fields of the Bolivian
Altiplano
David D. Biesboer, Michael W. Binford, and Alan Kolata
Heterogeneity of Light Availability and its Effects on Simulated Carbon Gain of Tree
Leaves in a Small Gap and the Understory in a Tropical Rain Forest
Yanhong Tang, Naoki Kachi, Akio Furukawa, and Muhamad B. Awang
Effects of Elevated CO, and Defoliation on Compensatory Growth and Photosynthesis of
Seedlings in a Tropical Tree, Copaifera aromatica
Catherine E. Lovelock, Juan Posada, and Klaus Winter
Vegetative Life History of a Dominant Rain Forest Canopy Tree
Danie! G. Gavin and David R. Peart
Ants, Stem Borers, and Pubescence in Endospermum in Papua New Guinea
Deborah K. Letourneau and Pedro Barbosa
A Nectar Reward: Is More Better?
José A. Salguero-Faria and James D. Ackerman
Does Optimal Packing of Flowers in Syconia Shape Style Length Variation in Monoecious
Figs?
K. N. Ganeshaiah, Prarthana Kathuria, and R. Uma Shaanker
The Bromeliad Microcosm and the Assessment of Faunal Diversity in a Neotropical Forest
Barbara A. Richardson
Evaporative Water Loss in Insular Populations of the Anolis cristatellus Group (Reptilia:
Sauria) in the British Virgin Islands Il: The Effects of Drought
Gad Perry, Razi Dmi’el, and James Lazell
Roosting and Foraging Behavior of Two Neotropical Gleaning Bats, Tonatia silvicola and
Trachops cirrhosus (Phyllostomidae)
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Dorothea Friemel, Charles O. Handley, Jr., and Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler
Sampling Effects on Food Availability Estimates: Phenological Method, Sample Size, and
Species Composition
Claire A. Hemingway and Deborah J. Overdorff
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Local Distribution of Chusquea tomentosa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) Before and After a
Flowering Event
Margaret J. Stern, Karen Goodell, and Deborah K. Kennard
Dump Material as an Effective Small-Scale Deterrent to Herbivory by Atta cephalotes
Jeanne A. Zeh, Adrian D. Zeh, and David W. Zeh
Selection of Oviposition Sites by a Lepidopteran Community of a Tropical Forest in
Southeastern Brazil
André V. L. Freitas, Inara R. Leal, and Sirayama O. Ferreira
Do Tapirs Steal Food from Palm Seed Predators or Give Them a Lift?
Fabio Olmos, Renata Pardini, Ricardo L. P. Boulhosa, Roberto Burgi, and Carla Morsello
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BIOTROPICA Volume 31 Number 3
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Short-Term Disappearance of Foliar Litter in Three Species Before and After a Hurricane
Neal H. Sullivan, William B. Bowden, and William H. McDowell
Nodding Capitula in Superparamo Asteraceae: An Adaptation to Unpredictable
Environment
Petr Sklenar
Variation in Nickel Content in the Nickel-Hyperaccumulating Shrub Psychotria douarrei
(Rubiaceae) from New Caledonia
Robert S. Boyd, Tanguy Jaffré, and John W. Odom
Biomass Allocation in Cyperus papyrus in a Tropical Wetland, Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Rosalind R. Boar, David M. Harper, and Christopher S. Adams
Effects of Light Regime on Antioxidant Content of Foliage in a Tropical Forest Community
Steven Frankel and May Berenbaum
Effects of End of Dry Season Shoot Removal on the Growth of Three Savanna Grasses
with Different Phenologies
Juan F. Silva and José Raventos
Population Structure and Life Cycle of Borassus aethiopum Mart.: Evidence of Early
Senescence in a Palm Tree
Sébastien Barot and Jacques Gignoux
Patterns of Clonal Diversity in Dicranopteris linearis on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Ann E. Russell, Tom A. Ranker, Chrissen E. C. Gemmill, and Donald R. Farrar
Dispersal of Amazonian Trees: Hydrochory in Swartzia polyphylia
G. Bruce Williamson, Flavia Costa, and Carolina V. Minte Vera
inflorescence Height Affects Visitation Behavior of Bees—A Case Study of an Aquatic
Plant Community in Bolivia
Andreas Gumbert and Jan Kunze
Seed Dispersal by Bats and Birds in Forest and Disturbed Habitats of Chiapas, México
Rodrigo A. Medellin and Osiris Gaona
Plant and Litter Influences on Earthworm Abundance and Community Structure in a
Tropical Wet Forest
Grizelle Gonzalez and Xiaoming Zou
Distribuci6n, Abundancia y Reproduccion de Harengula jaguana Goode y Bean, 1879, en
la Plataforma Continental del Sur del Golfo de México (Pisces: Ciupeidae)
M. C. Garcia-Abad, M. Tapia-Garcia, A. Yafez-Arancibia, and P. Sanchez-Gil
Feeding Ecology of the Giant Otter, Pteronura brasiliensis
Fernando C. W. Rosas, Jansen A. S. Zuanon, and Sarah K. Carter
Use of Vocal Signatures for the Inventory of Free-flying Neotropical Bats
Michael J. O’Farrell and Bruce W. Miller
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Leaf Optical Properties of Trees and Lianas in the Outer Canopy of a Tropical Dry Forest
Gerardo Avalos, Stephen S. Mulkey, and Kaoru Kitajima
Pollen Sculpture in Subtropical Rain Forest Plants: Is Wind Pollination More Common
than Previously Suspected?
Geoff Williams and Paul Adam
The Mating System of Pterocarpus indicus Willd. at Mt. Makiling, Philippines
Reiner Finkeldey, Norma De Guzman, and Suchitra Changtragoon
Use of Ludwigia (Onagraceae) Pollen by a Specialist Bee, Diadasina distincta
(Hymenoptera: Apidae), at a Nesting Site in Southeastern Brazil
Rogério Parentoni Martins and Jerry Carvalho Borges
Mortal Mimicry in the Fly, Plocoscelus sp. (Diptera, Micropezidae)
William G. Eberhard
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BIOTROPICA Volume 31 Number 4
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1999 ATB Honorary Fellow: E. O. Wilson
PAPERS
Early Plant Succession in Abandoned Pastures in Ecuador
R. A. Zahawi and C. K. Augspurger
Ecology of Foliicolous Lichens at the “Botarrama” Trail (Costa Rica), a Neotropical Rain
Forest. |. Species Composition and its Ecogeographical Implications
Robert Licking
Long Term Persistence of Raphia taedigera Mart. Swamps in Nicaragua
Gerald R. Urquhart
Responses of Tropical Understory Plants to a Severe Drought: Tolerance and Avoidance
of Water Stress
Michael F. Tobin, Omar R. Lopez, and Thomas A. Kursar
Vagility and the Monsoon Rain Forest Archipelago of Northern Australia: Patterns of
Genetic Diversity in Syzygium nervosum (Myrtaceae)
Alison Shapcott
Single-Seeded Fruits and Seedling Establishment in Dalbergia miscolobium Benth.
(Papilionaceae)
Regina Miyuki Sassaki and G. M. Felippe
Litter Cover Variability Affects Seedling Performance and Herbivory
Julieta Benitez-Malvido and Isolde D. Kossmann-Ferraz
Small Gap Creation in Belizean Mangrove Forests by a Wood-Boring Insect
llka C. Feller and Karen L. McKee
Call for Student Papers—Gentry Award
Pollination Ecology and Effect of Nectar Removal in Macleania bullata (Ericaceae)
Luis Navarro
Reproductive Phenology of Woody Species in a North Australian Tropical Savanna
Richard J. Williams, Bronwyn A. Myers, Derek Eamus, and Gordon A. Duff
Reproductive Ecology of Understory Species in a Tropical Montane Forest in Costa Rica
Renate A. Wesselingh, Martin Witteveldt, Julienne Morissette, and Hans C. M. den Nijs
Rareza y Diversidad de Hormigas en Fragmentos de Bosque Seco Colombianos y sus
Matrices
Inge Armbrecht and Patricia Ulloa-Chacon
Seed Dispersal by Salvin’s Curassow, Mitu salvini (Cracidae), in a Tropical Forest of
Colombia: Direct Measurements of Dispersal Distance
Takakazu Yumoto
Behavioral and Physiological Differences between Two Parapatric Heliconius Species
Angus Davison, W. Owen McMillan, Ashleigh S. Griffin, Chris D. Jiggins, and James L. B. Mallet
Diversity and Abundance of Litter Frogs in a Montane Forest of Southeastern Brazil:
Seasonal and Altitudinal Changes
A. A. Giaretta, K. G. Facure, R. J. Sawaya, J. H. De M. Meyer, and N. Chemin
Home Range, Population Density, and Food Resources of Agouti paca (Rodentia:
Agoutidae) in Costa Rica: A Study Using Alternative Methods
Harald Beck-King, Otto von Helversen, and Rachel Beck-King
Distribution of Two Sympatric Species of Sloths (Choloepus didactylus and Bradypus
tridactylus) along the Sinnamary River, French Guiana
Erica Taube, Jean-Christophe Vié, Pascal Fournier, Christophe Genty, and Jean-Marc Duplantie
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Pollination of Moronobea coccinea (Clusiaceae) by the Golden-Winged Parakeet in the
Central Amazon
Alberto Vicentini and Erich A. Fischer
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Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) from the Brazilian Cerrado: Composition and Biogeographic
Relationships
Amabilio J. Aires de Camargo and Vitor O. Becker
Frogs and Snakes as Phoretic Dispersal Agents of Bromeliad Ostracods
(Limnocytheridae: E/pidium) and Annelids (Naididae: Dero)
Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez, Pablo J. F. Pena Rodrigues, and Ricardo Iglesias Rios
Erratum
ATB Travel Awards 1999
Call for Nominations—ATB Honorary Fellow 2000
Thanks to Reviewers
Subject Index to Volume 31
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