Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cordia bicolor

Boraginaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Midstory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cordialasiocalyx

Boraginaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Midstory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Cordia obliqua

Boraginaceae

N/A

Yes

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 9.9

3.8

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Coussareacurvigemmia

Rubiaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

Yes (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understorytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Montane forest

Anadusianhighlands,Spain

Crataegusmonogyna

Rosaceae

N/A

No

Unreported,probablycanopy tree

Hulme (1997)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Crotonbillbergianus

Euphorbiaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understorytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cupaniasylvatica

Sapindaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understorytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Desmopsispanamensis

Annonaceae

Yes (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Conditet al

. 1994,
Uriarte

et al

.

2004)

Understorytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Conditet al

. (1994),
Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Fresh mass:1.4

±

0.5

g,

length:17.0

±

1.8

mm

(mean

±

SD)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Diospyrosmontana

Ebenaceae

N/A

No

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002)

Lowland

terra

firme

Dipterocarpforests,Indonesia

Dipterocarpuskerrii

Dipterocarpaceae N/A

No

Canopy trees

Stoll andNewberry(2005)

3–4 cm long

8.1

Lowland

terra

firme

Cocha Cashu,Peru (Cintra1997), (Romoet al

. 2004),
Manu, Peru(Terborghet al
. 1993)

Dipteryxmicrantha

Fabaceae

Yes (Cintra1997), no(Cintra 1997,Terborgh

et al

.

1993)

No (Cintra1997, Romoet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Cintra (1997),Romo

et al

.

(2004),Terborgh

et al

.

(1993)

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