Tropical Forest Community Ecology

62 John R. Paul and Stephen J. Tonsor Species GenBank accession numbers Piper multiplinervium AF275168 Piper munchanum AF275164 ...

Chapter 5 PATTERNSOFHERBIVORYAND DEFENSEINTROPICALdryAND RAINFORESTS Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege OVERVIEW Studies on tropical ...

64 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege Studies on the biology of tropical forests have a strongbiasonTRFs,andherbivoryisnoexception. ...

Table 5.1 Sources of information used in this chapter. Location Precipita-tion(mm) Tempera-ture◦( C) Seasonality(months withprec ...

Table 5.1 Continued Location Precipita-tion(mm) Tempera-ture◦( C) Seasonality(months withprecipitation≤100 mm) No. ofspecies For ...

Los Tuxtlas, Mexico(19 ◦^04 ′N, 18 ◦^35 ′W) 4725 17–29 2 18 Rain 11.9 R. Dirzo (unpublisheddata) Los Tuxtlas, Mexico(19 ...

68 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege becomes irrelevant from the dry forest perspec- tive, given that during the dry season, when t ...

Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Forests 69 Predicted plant responses Episodic Lower Restricted Lower Lower Higher ...

70 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege Testin gthese predictions is frau ght with compli- cations due to the effect of a host of unco ...

Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Forests 71 but, for the purpose of the comparisons of this chapter, we filtered th ...

72 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege contrast between deciduous versus slow-growth species is highly significant: the median dam- a ...

Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Forests 73 0 10 20 30 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 (0.06) 160 Concentration (% of dry ...

74 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege data considerin gdifferences in phenolo gy and growth rate in TDF and TRF plants, respectively ...

Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Forests 75 Lonchocarpus Leaf area eaten (%) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 (^18) Dry forest ...

76 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege bottom-up factors but also by top-down controls (see Dyer and Coley 2002). Clearly, our empha- ...

Patterns of Herbivory and Defense in Tropical Forests 77 Historia Natural de Los Tuxtlas. UNAM-CONABIO, Mexico City. Dirzo, R. a ...

78 Rodolfo Dirzo and Karina Boege systems.Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment25, 165–174. Marquis, R.J. (1984) Leaf herbivor ...

Chapter 6 ECOLOGICALORGANIZATION, BIOGEOGRAPHY,ANDTHE PHYLOGENETICSTRUCTUREOF TROPICALFORESTTREE COMMUNITIES Campbell O. Webb, C ...

80 Campbell O. Webbetal. and Leighton 2004), elevation (van Steenis 1972, Liebermanet al. 1985, Ashton 2003a), rain- fall (Gentr ...

Phylogenetic Community Structure and Biogeography 81 flowerin gand fruitin gtimes (Miconia, Snow 1966; ShoreasectionMutica, Asht ...