Tropical Forest Ecology@@@Tropical Forest Ecology: A View from Barro Colorado Island

By Jess K. Zimmerman, Egbert G. Leigh Jr.. 2000

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Effects of habitat fragmentation on pollination: pollinators, pollinia viability and reproductive success (2002, background): “Although it is known that most tropical plant populations are dependent upon pollinators for successful pollen removal and fruit set (Leigh 1999), there are very few ecological data Fig.”
Terrestrial Behavior of Ateles spp (2005, background): “Alternatively, leaves in seasonal and aseasonal forests are dissimilar in chemical composition (nitrogen:fiber ratios) due to their different life spans ( Leigh, 1999, pp. 162 ‐ 163).”
Spectral niche segregation and community organization in a tropical cricket assemblage (2013, background): “Forest habitats on BCI can be differentiated between 2 types of secondary forests (80–130 and 120–130 years old) and old-growth forests with and without palms, which are at least more than 400 years old (Leigh 1999; Mascaro et al.”
Tropical tree species assemblages in topographical habitats change in time and with life stage (2011, background): “Detailed descriptions of the climate, geology, flora and fauna of BCI can be found in the study by Croat (1978), Leigh, Rand & Windsor (1982), Leigh (1999) and Losos & Leigh (2004).”
The myriad consequences of hunting for vertebrates and plants in tropical forests (2003, background): “5 to 5 times greater than the biomass of terrestrial vertebrate folivores in tropical forests, and arboreal vertebrate folivores may consume up to 200 kg of leaves per hectare per year (Leigh 1999).”
Gleaning bats as underestimated predators of herbivorous insects: diet of Micronycteris microtis (Phyllostomidae) in Panama (2005, background): “In the context of overall production of leaf-biomass on BCI, which augments to an estimated 6 tons dry weight of leaves ha−1 y−1 (Leigh 1999), this appears little.”
Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in a land-bridge island system. (2010, background): “The forest on the mainland peninsulas is mature forest (400–600 years) interspersed with small patches of older secondary forest (about 80– 100 years) (Leigh, 1999).”
Response of recruitment to light availability across a tropical lowland rain forest community (2009, background): “Detailed descriptions of flora, fauna, geology and climate can be found in Croat (1978), Leigh, Rand&Windsor (1982) and Leigh (1999).”
Predicting tropical insect herbivore abundance from host plant traits and phylogeny (2012, background): “Key words: comparative methods; food webs; herbivory; Lepidoptera; lowland rain forest; New Guinea; plant defense.”
Allometry, adult stature and regeneration requirement of 65 tree species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (2006, background): “Detailed descriptions of BCI and the 50-ha plot can be found elsewhere (Condit 1998, Croat 1978, Hubbell & Foster 1983, Leigh 1999).”
Trophic structure in a large assemblage of phyllostomid bats in Panama (2004, background): “For more details on the physical and biological environment of BCI, see Croat (1978), Kalko et al. (1996a), and Leigh (1999) .”
Nitrogen and phosphorus interact to control tropical symbiotic N2 fixation: a test in Inga punctata (2013, background): “The species has evolved in taxonomically diverse forests (c. 300 tree species in 50 ha plot of BCI) where fixers are abundant (8% of stems; Hedin et al. 2009) and adapted to warm (annual average of 26 °C) and wet conditions (2600 mm year 1; Leigh 1999).”
The demographics of resprouting in tree and shrub species of a moist tropical forest (2000, background): “While the whole island is subject to stresses such as drought, notably during strong El NinÄ o Southern Oscillation events (Wright et al. 1999), it is free of large-scale disturbances such as hurricanes and ®re (Leigh 1999).”