402 Robin L. Chazdon
Burslem, D.F.R.P. and Swaine, M.D. (2002) Forest
dynamics and regeneration. In R.L. Chazdon and
T.C. Whitmore (eds),Foundations of Tropical Forest
Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries. University
of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 577–583.
Capers, R.S., Chazdon, R.L., Redondo Brenes, A., and
Vilchez Alvarado, B. (2005) Successional dynamics
of woody seedlin gcommunities in tropical secondary
forests.Journal of Ecology93, 1071–1084.
Ceccon, E., Huante, P., and Campo, J. (2003) Effects
of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on the sur-
vival and recruitment of seedlings of dominant tree
species in two abandoned tropical dry forests in
Yucatan, Mexico.Forest Ecology and Management182,
387–402.
Chao, A., Chazdon, R.L., Colwell, R.K., and Shen, T.-J.
(2005) A new statistical approach for assess-
in gsimilarity of species composition with inci-
dence and abundance data. Ecology Letters 8,
148–159.
Chazdon, R.L. (2003) Tropical forest recovery: legacies
of human impact and natural disturbances.Perspec-
tives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics6,
51–71.
Chazdon, R.L., Careaga, S., Webb, C., and Vargas, O.
(2003) Community and phylogenetic structure of
reproductive traits of woody species in wet tropical
forests.Ecological Monographs73, 331–348.
Chazdon, R.L., Colwell, R.K., and Denslow, J.S. (1999)
Tropical tree richness and resource-based niches.
Science285, 1459a.
Chazdon, R.L., Colwell, R.K., Denslow, J.S., and
Guariguata, M.R. (1998) Statistical methods for esti-
matin gspecies richness of woody re generation in
primary and secondary rain forests of NE Costa Rica.
In F. Dallmeier and J. Comiskey (eds),Forest Biodi-
versity Research, Monitoring and Modeling: Conceptual
Background and Old World Case Studies. Parthenon
Publishing, Paris, pp. 285–309.
Chazdon, R.L., Letcher, S.G. Breugel, M.et al. (2007)
Rates of change in tree communities of secondary
tropical forests followin gmajor disturbances.Proceed-
ings of the Royal Society of London, Series B362,
273–289.
Chazdon, R.L., Redondo Brenes, A., and Vilchez
Alvarado, B. (2005) Effects of climate and stand age
on annual tree dynamics in tropical second-growth
rain forests.Ecology86, 1808–1815.
Chinea, J.D. (2002) Tropical forest succession on aban-
doned farms in the Humacao Municipality of eastern
Puerto Rico.Forest Ecology and Management167,
195–207.
Chinea, J.D. and Helmer, E.H. (2003) Diversity and com-
position of tropical secondary forests recoverin gfrom
large-scale clearing: results from the 1990 inventory
in Puerto Rico.Forest Ecology and Management180,
227–240.
Chokkalingam, U. and De Jong, W. (2001) Secondary
forest: a workin gdefinition and typolo gy.International
Forestry Review3, 19–26.
Christensen, N.L. and Peet, R.K. (1984) Convergence
durin gsecondary forest succession.Journal of Ecology
72, 25–36.
Clark, D.A. (2004) Sources or sinks? The responses of
tropical forests to current and future climate and
atmospheric composition.Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences
359, 477–491.
Clark, D.B. (1996) Abolishin gvir ginity.Journal of Tropi-
cal Ecology12, 735–739.
Clark, D.B., Clark, D.A., and Read, J.M. (1998) Edaphic
variation and the mesoscale distribution of tree
species in a neotropical rain forest.Journal of Ecology
86, 101–112.
Clements, F.E. (1904)The Development and Structure of
Vegetation.Botanical Survey of Nebraska 7. Studies in
the Vegetation of the State. Lincoln, NE.
Clements, F.E. (1916) Plant Succession: An Analysis
of the Development of Vegetation.Carnegie Institute
Publication 242. Washington, DC.
Clements, F.E. (1928)Plant Succession and Indicators.
Wilson, NewYork.
Cochrane, M.A. and Schulze, M.D. (1999) Fire as a
recurrent event in tropical forests of the eastern Ama-
zon: effects on forest structure, biomass, and species
composition.Biotropica31, 2–16.
Colwell, R.K. and Coddington, J.A. (1994) Estimating
terrestrial biodiversity through extrapolation.Philo-
sophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Series B)345,
101–118.
Condit, R., Hubbell, S.P., LaFrankie, J.V.,et al. (1996)
Species–area and species–individual relationships for
tropical trees: a comparison of three 50-ha plots.
Journal of Ecology84, 549–562.
Connell, J.H. (1971) On the role of natural enemies in
preventin gcompetitive exclusion in some marine ani-
mals and in rain forest trees. In P.J. Den Boer and
G.R. Gradwell (eds),Dynamics of Populations. PUDOC,
Wageningen, pp. 298–312.
Connell, J.H. (1978) Diversity in tropical rain forests and
coral reefs.Science199, 1302–1310.
Connell, J.H. (1979) Tropical rain forests and coral reefs
as open non-equilibrium systems. In R.M. Anderson,
B.D. Turner, and L.R. Taylor (eds),Population Dynam-
ics. British Ecological Society, Blackwell Publishing,
Oxford, pp. 141–163.
Connell, J.H. and Slatyer, R.O. (1977) Mechanisms of
succession in natural communities and their role