Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Lonchocarpuslatifolia

Fabaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Lonchocarpuspentaphyllus

Fabaceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy trees

Augspurger(1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Lueheaseemannii

Tiliaceae

N/A

Yes

Understory tocanopy trees

Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

JenaroHerrera, Peru(seeTable 13.1)

Macoubeaguianensis

Apocynaceae

No

No

Canopy tree

Notman

et al

.

(1996)

0.0699

1.5

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Maquiracostaricana

Moraceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Subcanopytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

Maraca Island,Brazil (seeTable 13.1)

Maximilianamaripa

Arecaceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Fragoso

et al

.

(2003), Fragoso(1997)

0.149

128

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Miconia affinis

Melastomataceae No (Condit

et al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understorytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Miconiaargentea

Melastomataceae Yes (Condit

et al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Subcanopytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Miconianervosa

Melastomataceae No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

Neung South,Ghana

Milicia regia

Moraceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Hood

et al

.

(2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Mouririmyrtylloides

Melastomataceae No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ochromapyramidale

Bombacaceae

N/A

No

Understory tocanopy trees

Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ocotea cernua

Lauraceae

No

N/A

Subcanopytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Montanetropical forest

Monteverde,Costa Rica

Ocoteaendresiana

Lauraceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Wenny (2000)

Large seeded:1cm

×

3cm

seeds

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ocotea skutchii

Lauraceae

No

N/A

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

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