Index
(Note: an/after a page locator indicates a figure; a t indicates a table.)
aboriginal people. See indigenous
people
Acanthopanax, 452
Acrididae, 98
Acrocinus longimanus (Harlequin
Beetle), 114
Actinidiaceae, 252
adaptive radiation, 75
Agallinae, 103
age
at first reproduction, 428
and vocalizations of Long-tailed
Manakins, 215
Agelenidae, 140
aggression
among hummingbirds, 199
in female frogs, 164
in mice, 238
Agouti paca (Paca), 24
Agoutis, 425
agriculture, 42, 43, 353, 373, 401,
406-407. See also beef
production; dairy production
development of, 391-392, 408
dual-purpose farms, 398-399, 406
ecocentric, 390
organic farming, 360, 380, 401,
402-403, 405
philosophies of, 390
subsistence, 391
sustainable, 389-390
truck farming, 403
agroecology, 369
Aguacate Group, 21, 22
air pollution. See pollution
Aleocharinae, 108, 110
Alex C. Walker Educational and
Charitable Foundation, 380
Alfaro's Pygmy Squirrels. See
Microsciurus alfari
Alliance for the Monteverde
Institute, 370
Alouatta palliata (Mantled Howler
Monkey), 233
Alston's Brown Mouse. See
Scotinomys teguina
altitude, 95, 97. See also migration,
altitudinal
and density of wasps, 131
and distribution of amphibians and
reptiles, 154, 155t
and distribution of beetles, 111,
112, 115, 118
and distribution of hymenopterans,
126-127, 138
and distribution of mammals, 225,
240
and distribution of orchids, 74
and distribution of phorid flies, 123
indicators, 8and pollination systems, 246, 252-
253
and soil organic matter, 28
and species richness, 201-202
Alzateaceae, 60
Amblyopinini, 109, 229
ambrosia beetles, 117-118
ammonia, 324, 326, 328
amphibians
abundance of, 158
biodiversity of, 423
declines in, 149, 151-153, 161-
163, 169, 172-173
geography and history of, 155-157
population ecology of, 157—163
sources of mortality in, 159-161
species list of, 537-538
andisols, 27
Andrews, Jean, 383
androdioecy, 251
andromonoecy, 251
anoles. See lizards; specific names of
anoles
antbirds, 185
antennae, of beetles, 111
anticancer compounds, 452
ants, 423
army, 130, 133, 185
attack by flies, 123
beetles associated with, 110561 Index