Table 5.1
Continued
Location
Precipita-tion(mm)
Tempera-ture◦(
C)
Seasonality(months withprecipitation≤100 mm)
No. ofspecies
Foresttype
Herbivory(% LAE)
TP(% drymass)
CT Toughness
(g mm
−^2
)
Source
Barro Colorado Island,Panama(9
◦^10
′N, 79
◦^51
′W)
2623
32
3–4
6
Rain
0.136/day
a
6.15
5.68 66.37
Coley (1983)
Chajul, Mexico(14
◦^04
′N, 91
◦^30
′W)
3859
22
2
27
Rain
9.72
R. Dirzo (unpublisheddata)
Manaus, Campo 41,Brazil(2
◦^30
′N, 60
◦W)
2600
26
4–5
3
Rain
11.00
b
Benitez-Malvido andKossmann-Ferraz(1999)
Manaus, Campo 41,Brazil(2
◦^30
′N, 60
◦W)
2600
26
4–5
16
Rain
10.42
R. Dirzo (unpublisheddata)
Dorrigo, Australia(30
◦^20
′S, 153
◦E)
1527
21–25
3–4
3
Rain
15.12
Lowman (1992)
Douala-Edea,Cameroon(3
◦^35
′N, 9
◦^54
′E)
3750
23–32
1
16
Rain
7.52
6.36 –
McKey
etal
. (1978)
Douala-Edea,Cameroon(3
◦^35
′N, 9
◦^54
′E)
3750
23–32
1
16
Rain
6.80
5.84 –
Waterman
etal
.
(1980)
Douala-Edea,Cameroon(3
◦^35
′N, 9
◦^54
′E)
3750
23–32
1
16
Rain
6.95
5.66 –
Gartlan
etal.
(1980)
El Verde, Puerto Rico(18
◦^19
′N, 65
◦^45
′W)
3460
21–25
1
13
Rain
7
Odum andRuiz-Reyes (1970)
Kibale, Uganda(0
◦^13
′N, 30
◦^19
′E)
1671
12–25
2–4
14
Rain
3.47
2.57 –
McKey
etal
. (1978)
Kibale, Uganda(0
◦^13
′N, 30
◦^19
′E)
1671
12–25
2–4
14
Rain
3.35
2.40 –
Waterman
etal
.
(1980)
Kibale, Uganda(0
◦^13
′N, 30
◦^19
′E)
1671
12–25
2–4
14
Rain
3.63
3.45 –
Gartlan
etal
. (1980)
Kuala Lampur,Malaysia(3
◦^43
′N, 102
◦^17
′E)
2000
23–33
NA
1
Rain
4.12
4.93 –
Waterman and Ross(1988)
Les Nourages, FrenchGuiana(4
◦^05
′N, 52
◦^40
′W)
NA
NA
NA
NA
Rain
5.3
Sterck
etal
. (1992)
La Selva, Costa Rica(10
◦^26
′N, 83
◦^59
′W)
3962
26
0–1
1
Rain
27.35
Marquis and Clark(1989)
Los Tuxtlas, Mexico(19
◦^04
′N, 18
◦^35
′W)
4725
17–29
2
61
Rain
8.9
Dirzo (1987)