Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest
other members of the schmidti-complex or the result of adaptation to particular microclimatic conditions. In cloud forests, the ...
but at pupation it spins a floor structure that keeps the pupa above the liquid remaining at the bottom of the cell (Rozen 1984) ...
below 1500 m, especially in the lowland rain forests of the Caribbean and on the Osa Peninsula. I have found only seven species ...
conditions. In temperate Europe, bees experience a brief abundance of floral resources in summer fol- lowed by a long cold winte ...
Figure 4.18. Scorpion. Photograph by Barbara Clauson. Spiders are divided into two major groups: the wandering spiders (e.g., ju ...
Figure 4.19. Average, maximum, and minimum values of height (in cm) of vertical distribution of orb-weaving spiders in three hab ...
web in leaf litter near trunks or roots, but in primary forest it expands its vertical distribution to epiphytes on vertical tru ...
. 1987a. Predation by and activity patterns of "para- sitic" beetles of the genus Amblyopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journ ...
(Coleoptera, Chrysamelidae, Megalopo dinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69:1-8. Eickwort, G. C. 1975. Gregariou ...
Jeanne, R. L. 1975. The adaptiveness of social wasp nest architecture. Quarterly Review of Biology 50:267-287. . 1979. A latitud ...
Mischocyttarus sp.) as prey. Journal of Insect Behav- ior 9:159-162. . 1996b. RAPD markers suggest genotypic effects on forager ...
Sorensen, J. T., B. C. Campbell, R. J. Gill, and J. D. Steffen- Campbell. 1995. Non-monophyly of Auchenor- rhyncha ("Homoptera") ...
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Amphibians and Reptiles J. Alan Pounds I like the look of frogs, and their outlook, and especially the way they get together in ...
Figure 5.1. (top) Fleischmann's Glass Frogs (Hyalinobatmchium fleischmanni) in amplexus. Photo- graph by Michael and Patricia Fo ...
1996). The reports, however, have met with some skep- ticism. Because extreme natural fluctuations could be mistaken for a more ...
Figure 5.3. A Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) in the Monteverde cloud forest. Photograph by Michael and Patricia Fogden. et al. ...
(MCFP). The absence of any obvious change in amphib- ian habitats and the persistence of bird species known to be sensitive to d ...
Figure 5.5. Montane Anole (Norops altae) displaying his dewlap in a territorial dispute with another male. This species has decl ...
Table 5.1. Numbers of species of amphibians and reptiles by distributional zone in the Monteverde area. Zone Taxon Amphibians Ca ...
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