ECOL TROPICAL FORESTSummarizes research from the tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, with sections on the physical and biotic settings, frugivores, insects and their predators, litter arthropods and their predators, and long-term changes. First published in 1982, this edition contains an afterword summarizing findings of the last 15 years in areas such as plant physiology, the dynamics and diversity of the tropical forest, and the ecological implications of mutualism. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS | 7 |
Geology Climate and Hydrology of Barro | 21 |
Wariation in Rainfall on Barro Colorado | 46 |
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abundance agoutis animals Anolis limifrons antwrens army ants arthropods average bands Barro Colorado Island behavior birds breeding canopy census clumped coatis density Dipteryx dispersal distribution dry season dry weight Eciton Ecology edited by Egbert Egbert G estimate feeding Figure flowering fluctuations Folivores foraging Foster frugivores fruit gaps germination groups hectare home range howler monkeys Hybanthus individuals insects July June juveniles larvae leaf leaves Leigh males mammals manakins Milton months mortality Neotropical nests number of species old forest Omphalea Orchid Island pacas Panama panamensis peak period plants plot population predators rainfall rainy season Rand red-capped manakins reproduction rhythm runoff samples seedlings seeds Sept Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution Press Smythe soil moisture Spondias mombin squirrels study area Table Tetragastris Thorington total number traps treefalls trees troops Tropical Forest understory Urania Virola weeks wet season Wolda young forest