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402 Robin L. Chazdon Burslem, D.F.R.P. and Swaine, M.D. (2002) Forest dynamics and regeneration. In R.L. Chazdon and T.C. Whitmo ...

Chance and Determinism in Tropical Forest Succession 403 in community stability and organization.American Naturalist111, 1119–11 ...

404 Robin L. Chazdon slash-and-burn agriculture in central Amazonia. Journal of Tropical Ecology21, 519–527. Gleason, H.A. (1926 ...

Chance and Determinism in Tropical Forest Succession 405 Janzen, D.H. (1970) Herbivores and the number of tree species in tropic ...

406 Robin L. Chazdon Nepstad, D., Uhl, C., Pereira, C.A., and da Silva, J.M.C. (1996) A comparative study of tree establishment ...

Chance and Determinism in Tropical Forest Succession 407 Schnitzer, S.A. and Bongers, F. (2002) The ecology of lianas and their ...

408 Robin L. Chazdon Vandermeer, J., Mallona, M.A., Boucher, D., Yih, K., and Perfecto, I. (1995) Three years of ingrowth follow ...

Chapter 24 ExoticPlantInvasionsin TropicalForests:Patterns andHypotheses Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt OVERVIEW Inthetrop ...

410 Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt could reflect biotic resistance (Mack 1996) to exotic invaders and/or historically low ...

Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests 411 Disturbance and habitat fragmentation Species diversity Functional diversity Comp ...

Table 24.1 Exotic species cited in the text as invasive in tropical forests. Exotic species Growthform Invasive range Invadedeco ...

Melastoma candidum Shrub/tree USA (Hawai’i) Tropical moist forest Island ecosystems,disturbance, opencanopy Smith (1985) Miconia ...

414 Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt INVASIBLE TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS While many tropical forests appear to be sub- stantially ...

Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests 415 1995, Mueller-Dombois 1995, Daviset al.2000, Macket al.2002). On the continental ...

416 Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt to the restoration of tropical dry and mesic for- est ecosystems (D’Antonio and Vitouse ...

Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests 417 native and exotic species richness are positively correlated. Thus there appears ...

418 Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt native species. For example, new treefall open- ings are colonized by a combination of ...

Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests 419 repelled by native herbivores. We suggest that such generalist natural enemies ma ...

420 Julie S. Denslow and Saara J. DeWalt browsing are little affected by exotic species where human traffic is low (T.Tunison pe ...

Exotic Plant Invasions in Tropical Forests 421 will assume increasing importance in the con- servation of forest preserves as ha ...