arum: 39, 53; ornamental (Monstera deliciosa), 52. See also
philodendron
Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad: 21–2, 25, 288
Askins, Robert A.: 146–7
Asner, G.: 378,
Atacama Desert: 20, 115, 243–4
Atlantic Forest: 27, 377
avocado: 102, 210
B
bacteria: 50, 56, 75, 77, 79, 81–2, 88–9, 93, 176, 187–8, 225,
253, 336
Baker, I: 195
bamboo: 143, 145, 237
Banana (Musa sapientum): 86–7, 93, 96, 111, 210, 361, 365,
369–70
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola): 262. See also tanager
bancos (tree grove): 256
barbet: 263, 275; Black-girdled (Capito dayi), 275; Prong-billed
(Semnornis frantzii), 276; Red-headed (Eubucco bourcierii),
275; Toucan (Semnornis ramphastinus), 276
barbtail: 298
barbthroat: 278. See also hummingbird
Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama: 36, 99–100, 106, 134–6,
177, 188, 192, 381
basilisk: 149, 352–3; Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus),
383; Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons), 353; Helmeted
Basilisk (Corytophanes cristatus). See also iguana
bat: 61, 123–4, 148, 150, 156, 159–61, 242, 320, 330; adaptive
radiation in, 121–3, 146; Bulldog (Noctilio leporinus),
122–3; Chestnut Short-tailed (Carollia castanea), 122;
Vampire (Desmodus rotundus), 123; echolocation by,
121–2; False Vampire (Vampyrum spectrum), 122; fruit
dispersal by, 163; fruit-eating, 48; ghost (Diclidurus spp.),
123; Greater Tent-making (Uroderma bilobatum), 319;
Greater White-lined (Saccopteryx bilineata), 122; Honduran
White Bat (Ectophylla alba), 124; kapok pollinating,
171; leaf-nosed (Phyllostomidae), 156; Long-nosed or
Proboscis (Rhynchonycteris naso), 124; microchiroptera,
121, 161; nectarivorous, 174; Neotropical Pygmy Fruit-
eating (Dermanura phaeotis), 121; pollination by, 45–6,
107, 170–1, 173–4; as seed disperser, 108; small leaf-nosed
(Phyllostomidae), 123; Sucker-footed (Thyroptera tricolor),
124; Vampire (Desmodus rotundus), 12; Wrinklefaced
(Centurio senex), 121
Bates, Henry Walter: 34, 87, 199, 219, 263
batrachotoxins: 186, 365
Baywing, Grayish (Agelaioides badius): 304
Bazzaz, F.: 99
BCI (Barro Colorado Island, Panama): 36, 99–100, 106, 134–6,
177, 188, 192, 381
Beagle, hms: 120, 132, 244, 261
bean: 102, 111, 210; common (Phaseolus vulgaris), 111
Bear, Spectacled (Tremarctos ornatus): 242–3
Beard, J. S.: 250
bee: 171, 390–1; African Honey (Apis mellifera scutellata),
391; euglossine, 56, 171, 380–1; Eulaema polychroma, 171;
Western Honey (Apis mellifera), 391
beech: 134, 292; southern (Nothofagus), 292
beetle: 46, 108, 134, 137, 150, 171, 174, 242, 358, 380;
Cyclocephala spp., 174; Elephant (Megasoma elephas),
359–60; Harlequin Longhorn (Acrocinus longimanus),
359; Hercules (Dynastes hercules), 359–60; leaf-
(Chrysomelidae), 137; Rhinoceros (Megasoma spp.),
359–60; scarab, 360; stag, 360
Belém, Brazil: 31, 33, 210
Belize Association of Traditional Healers: 373
Belize City, Belize: 34
Belize, 18, 85, 121, 205, 250, 252; savanna in, 253–4
bellbird: 169, 286–8; Bare-throated (Procnias nudicollis),
287; Bearded (Procnias averano), 159, 287; Three-wattled
(Procnias tricarunculata), 287; White (Procnias alba), 287
Belo Monte Dam: 384
Belt, Thomas: 130
Beltian bodies: 194
Benson, W. W.: 197–9
bentbill: 126; Southern (Oncostoma olivaceum), 126. See also
flycatcher
Bermingham, E.: 140
Bierregaard, R. O.: 380
biodiversity: 21, 27, 50, 73, 75, 81, 84, 88, 104, 117, 133–6,
371–2, 377, 380–8. See also species richness
biogeochemical cycling: 79, 81–5, 91
biogeography: 29, 113–6, 130, 208
Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP):
380–2
Biological Species Concept (BSC): 113, 119–20
Biome: 21, 29, 32–3, 387
bioprospecting: 202
Bird Caye, Belize: 232
birds: 262–318
blackbird: 303, 306; Oriole (Gymnomystax mexicanus),
303; Redbreasted (Sturnella militaris), 303; Red-winged
(Agelaius phoeniceus), 303; Scarlet-headed (Amblyramphus
holosericeus), 260; Unicolored (Agelasticus cyanopus),
303–4; Yellow-hooded (Chrysomus icterocephalus), 306
blossomcrown: 276. See also hummingbird
Blue Creek Village, Belize: 365
Bolivia: 18, 236, 244, 252, 259. See also Pantanal
borhyaenoids: 133
botfly: 328, 389–90; Human (Dermatobia hominis), 390
Boto: 213. See dolphin
Bottlebrush, Common (Melaleuca citrina): 46
Brazil National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA): 380
Brazil: 18, 20, 25, 27, 30–1, 77, 105, 113, 131, 134, 138, 236,
250, 252, 254, 256, 259, 261, 297, 365, 368, 370–1, 373,
376–81, 384. See also Manaus; Pantanal
Brazilian Shield: 87, 208
Brightsmith, FD.: 91
bromeliad (Bromeliaceae): 24, 39, 53–5, 57, 71, 119, 146,
237, 242, 245, 247–8, 251, 254–5, 300, 307, 356. See also
pineapple
Brower, L.: 198418 index index