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Four neotropical rainforests / Alwyn H. Gentry, editor.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1990.
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xiii, 627 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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QH541.5.R27 F69 1990
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Rain forest ecology
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"Proceedings of a symposium, organized as part of the Association for Tropical Biology program at the 1987 meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences ... co-sponsored by the Organization for Tropical Studies [and held] at Ohio State University in Columbus on 10-12 August 1987"--Pref.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Part I. The sites
1. La Selva Biological Station: a blueprint for stimulating tropical research / David B. Clark
2. Barro Colorado Island and tropical biology / Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr., and S. Joseph Wright
3. An overview of research at Cocha Cashu Biological Station / John Terborgh
4. Central Amazonian forests and the minimum critical size of ecosystems project / Thomas E. Lovejoy and Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr.
Part II. Floristics
5. The distribution and diversity among families, genera, and habit types in the La Selva flora / Barry Hammel
6. The floristic composition of the Barro Colorado Island forest / Robin B. Foster and Stephen P. Hubbell
7. The floristic composition of the Rio Manu floodplain forest / Robin B. Foster
8. The floristic composition of the forests of central Amazonian Brazil / Ghillean T. Prance
9. Floristic similarities and differences between southern Central American and upper and central Amazonia / Alwyn H. Gentry
Part III. Birds
10. Birds of La Selva Biological Station: habitat use, trophic composition, and migrants / John G. Blake, F. Gary Stiles, and Bette A. Loiselle
11. The avifauna of Barro Colorado Island and the Pipeline Road, Panama / James R. Karr
12. Bird communities of the Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Amazonian Peru / Scott K. Robinson and John Terborgh
13. Species composition and trophic organization of the understory bird community in a central Amazonian terra firme forest / Richard O. Bierrebaard, Jr.
14. Birds of four neotropical forests / James R. Karr, Scott Robinson, John G. Blake, and Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr.
Part IV. Mammals
15. Mammals of La Selva, Costa Rica / Don E. Wilson
16. Neotropical mammal densities: how unusual is the community on Barro Colorado Island, Panama? / William E. Glanz
17. Ecological structure of the nonflying mammal community at Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Peru / Charles H. Janson and Louise H. Emmons
18. Estimation of mammalian densities in continuous forest north of Manaus / Jay R. Malcolm
19. Neotropical mammal communities / John F. Eisenberg
Part V. Reptiles and amphibians
20. The herpetofauna of La Selva, Costa Rica / Craig Guyer
21. The herpetofauna of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: an ecological summary / A. Stanley Rand and Charles W. Myers
22. A preliminary overview of the herpetofauna of Cocha Cashu, Manu National Park, Peru / Lily B. Rodriguez and John E. Cadle
23. Frogs, snakes, and lizards of the INPA-WWF reserves near Manaus, Brazil / Barbara L. Zimmerman and Miguel T. Rodrigues
24. Herpetofauna in neotropical rainforests: comparative composition, history, and resource use / William E. Duellman
Part VI. Forest dynamics
25. Forest dynamics at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, 1969-1985 / Diana Lieberman, Gary S. Hartshorn, Milton Lieberman, and Rodolfo Peralta
26. Structure, dynamics, and equilibrium status of old-growth forest on Barro Colorado Island / Stephen P. Hubbell and Robin B. Foster
27. Composition and dynamics of the Cocha Cashu "mature" floodplain forest / Alwyn H. Gentry and John Terborgh
28. Long-term change in the successional forest community of the Rio Manu floodplain / Robin B. Foster
29. Tree mortality and recruitment over a five-year period in undisturbed upland rainforest of the central Amazon / Judy M. Rankin-de-Merona, Roger W. Hutchings H., and Thomas E. Lovejoy
30. An overview of neotropical forest dynamics / Gary S. Hartshorn.
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4 neotropical rainforests.
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0300047223 ((alk. paper))
9780300047226 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
90011909
OCLC
20935299
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