Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Erica Schwarz CARSON:“carson_index” — 2008/5/27 — 14:41 — page 497 — #7

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as environmentally acquired immune systems
265–6
most research on Clavicipitacea 256
Santa Rosa’s fungal blessings 267–8
chimaera of “inside-out lichens” 268
taxonomy of tropical endophytes 256B
transmission in tropical forests 255–8
UV radiation, desication and propagule
mortality 258
tropical
descriptive studies 255
endophyte diversity 259–62
and tropical forest community ecology 263–4
what is an endophyte 255B
definition 255B
studied by culturing 255B
unculturable species 255B
endosymbiotic fungi 254
entomopathogens 262B, 266
environmental dissimilarity 16–17
data should be normally distributed 16, 16
a measure of may be defined 16–17
environmental dissimilarity measures 17
equalizing effects/influences 106, 111
minimize fitness differences among species 183,
184
vs. stabilizing effects 106, 111, 183–5
exotic plant invasions in tropical forests 409–26
biotic exchange 409
ecosystem resistance, ecosystem resilience 410
exotics
cited as invasive in tropical forests 411,412–13
lower pest loads when invasive 419
impacts of 416–20
importance of propagule supply 419–20
invasible tropical systems 414–16
invasives, historic component to distribution 410
low availability of exotic plant propagules 410
major conservation and management
concerns 420
processes affecting establishment/impact of
invaders 410, 411
propagule pressure 410
exotic species
life-history attributes 420
low abundance 420
plantations, success in tropics 419
exploitation, regulation in tropical rainforests 452
parks not the only answer 452
reduced impact logging (RIL) 452
extinction 33, 39 ,40

and location of tropical refugia 37 ,40

a major crisis 430

Faith’s biodiversity index 15

fast-growing species, in gaps 251

FDPsseelarge tropical forest dynamics plots (FDPs)

fire 446

effects of uncontrolled fires 446

have become more common 446

see alsowildfires, direct threat in the Amazon

Fisher’sα, diversity parameter 146

Fisher’s logseries 146–7, 148, 153

fitness value, of traits that enhance survival 170

floristic diversity

modeled 17

partial correlation with base-metal cations 24

space dependence of 25

foliage availability, potential effects of contrasts in 63

foliar endophytes 255

foraging functional groups 341–2

additional groups remain to be defined 341

aggregate formicine trophobiont tending

341, 341

fine-grained searchers 342

leaf-foragers, diverse food searching habits 341–2

predatory taxa, coarse-grained leaf visiting 342

sepalous formicines, solitary foraging 341

trophobiont-tenders and leaf-foragers 341

foraging functional groups, and ant community

structure 342–3

Dolichoderusspecies 342–3

guild structure key determinant of local species

diversity 343

leaf-foragers may be superior exploitative

competitors 342

small-bodied ants, attractive partners for plants

and trphobionts 344–5

small-bodied taxa likely to accept low quality

resources 343

territoriality correlation 342

trophobiont-tenders

better adapted for interference competition 342

may encounter fewer potential prey than

leaf-foragers 343

foraging functional groups, and plant defense 343–5

attributes which reduce damage to plants 343,

344

EFN plants, disproportionately CHO-rich nectar

338 , 344

leaf-foragers, net positive effect on plants 343