The New Neotropical Companion
Plate 11- 1. Boa Constrictor on forest floor demonstrating cryptic coloration. The photo was taken with flash, at night. Photo b ...
Predator- Prey Dynamics and Evolution Everything is food. Well, let’s say potential food. Rain forests abound in animal life and ...
Plate 11- 5. This large wolf spider (family Lycosidae) is pretty cryptic as it searches for prey on the forest floor. Photo by J ...
Plate 11- 11. This katydid obviously bears a striking similarity to a small dead leaf. It is easy to see when the background col ...
In the tropics, what appears at first to be a leaf may be a katydid; a twig may turn out to be a walkingstick or a mantis; a tho ...
The stripes and spotted coat patterns break up the animal’s outline, rendering it less visible. Although cats are predators, cry ...
the open on the forest floor or are visible on leaves and branches, usually a short distance from the ground. They are a good su ...
patterns? Even though potentially lethal to any animal it happens to bite, a coral snake could still be killed or suffer extensi ...
plant. Once known as secondary metabolites, they are now usually termed defense compounds and collectively called allelochemical ...
concentration in older plants. This characteristic appears to be generally true for most tropical plants. Tannin levels are lowe ...
Cassava: Staple Root Crop of the World Tropics Manioc (Manihot esculenta) is a ubiquitous Neotropical tree grown for its tuber, ...
the fungus they cultivate. Many tannins retard microbes and pathogens, and therefore presence of tannin may affect rates of deco ...
High Fiber Content Is an Adaptation Leaf toughness, nutrition value, and fiber content strongly contribute to herbivore resistan ...
Domatia range from hollow stems to more sophisticated shelters such as specialized pouches or swollen thorns. Extrafloral nectar ...
including people, if they should brush against the tree (a personal experience not easily forgotten). Ants appear agitated, swar ...
Plants vs. Insects Ecologists debate the degree to which insect communities in the tropics exhibit greater host specificity and ...
only mature leaves are available, the monkeys eat just a little on one tree and then move to a different tree, minimizing their ...
glycosides and cyanohydrins. The high diversity of cyanogens among passionflower species could be an evolutionary response to he ...
For the time being, at least one passionflower species, Passiflora adenopoda, may have a firm advantage in the coevolutionary ar ...
butterflies that were recaptured showed wing damage from bird attacks. Benson was even able to identify one bird species, the Ru ...
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