Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

Figure 8.13. Blakea chlomntha. Drawing by B. Angel. Figure 8.14. Oryzomys fulvescens (rice rat) feeding at B. chlorantha flower ...

INTERACTIONS AMONG INGA, HERBIVORES, ANTS, AND INSECT VISITORS TO FOLIAR NECTARIES Suzanne Koptur nga is a large genus (ca. 400 ...

is slower at cooler temperatures of higher elevations), thus spending more time being vulnerable to parasit- oids and predators. ...

8.16, bottom). The newly hatched larva (ca. 1 mm long) burrows into the anther tube and eats the pol- len as the bud grows. Afte ...

blance is maintained because of selection for similar- ity (Willson and Agren 1989) and that the reproductive success of the rew ...

The pollination system of B. involucrata shares several features with those of other bee-pollinated Begonia species. A marked di ...

among species (Snow 1965, Levin and Anderson 1970, Stiles 1977). To understand seasonal rhythms in the forests of Monteverde, I ...

Figure 820, Number of species of bird-dispersed trees in the Lauraceae flowering (A) or fruiting (B) in Monteverde. Only species ...

Figure 8.21. Fruiting phenology of Phytolacca rivinoides, Witheringia meiantha, and W. coccoloboides at Monteverde. Values given ...

To understand the relationship between seasonal patterns of solitaire abundance and fruit removal rates, I examined the correlat ...

also result from (1) phylogenetic constraints on phonological plasticity, (2) competition with other plant species for dispersal ...

In many cases, the seeds had been taken inside fallen logs, into small burrows, and under trees. I assumed these seeds were eate ...

SPECIALIZED SEED DISPERSAL: MISTLETOES AND FRUIT-EATING BIRDS Sarah Sargent mall-fruited plants usually have broad, nonspe- cifi ...

ily Viscaceae (Sargent 1994). The four include three species of Euphonia and one member of the closely related genus Chlorophoni ...

I investigated the consequences of avian seed dis- persal for Ocotea tenera, an understory lauraceous tree that colonizes distur ...

comparisons of genetic diversity and relatedness val- ues of naturally occurring subpopulations with val- ues from experimental ...

Figure 8.24. Characteristics of myrmecophytic Cecropia trees. A, Crown of tree showing radiating long-petioled leaves. B, Apical ...

high disturbance versus low disturbance, dry versus wet, and lowland versus upland habitats. The A. muel- leri complex prefers C ...

THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT BIRD SPECIES AS SEED D1SPERSERS 1C Greg Murray n index that weights the contribution of each bird sp ...

number of plant species is disproportionately impor- tant to Monteverde frugivores (Fig. 8.26), parallel to the first result. A ...