squash: 102, 369
squirrel: 330, 332; Amazon Dwarf (Microsciurus flaviventer),
24, 332; Amazonian Red-tailed (Sciurus granatensis), 332;
Central American Variegated (Sciurus variegatoides), 332;
tree (Sciurus spp.), 332. See also rodent
stabilimenta: 118
stability-time hypothesis: 141–2
starthroat: 276. See also hummingbird
stinkbug (family Pentatomidae): 183
stork: 257, 259–60; Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), 258–60; Maguari
(Ciconia maguari), 258–9; Wood (Mycteria americana),
258–9
streamcreeper: 298
Stutchbury, B.: 152
suboscine birds: 297
succession(al): 94–100, 102–4, 107–8, 110–12, 145, 172, 175,
188, 210, 232, 289, 316, 318, 323, 358, 370, 377, 382, 386;
point bar ecological, 210; secondary, 103, 106, 385
Sunbeam, Shining (Aglaeactis cupripennis): 278. See also
hummingbird
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias): 226, 263
sundew: 206
Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica): 226
Suriname: 18, 109, 165, 252
survival of the fittest: 116
Swallow-wing (Chelidoptera tenebrosa): 290
swallow: 210, 220–1, 317–8; Barn (Hirundo rustica), 221;
Southern Rough-winged (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis), 220;
White-winged (Tachycineta albiventer), 220. See also martin
swamp: 49, 205, 209, 213, 231, 259, 366; Caroni, 117; Zapata,
218
sycamore: 32
sylph: 276. See also hummingbird
sympodial construction:, 42
T
table mountain. See tepui: 206–7
tamandua: 92, 337–8; Northern (Tamandua mexicana), 337;
Southern or Collared (Tamandua tetradactyla), 337. See also
anteater
tamarin. See monkey
Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum): 169–70, 213
Tambopata Reserve, Peru: 136
tanager: 23–4, 59, 69, 113, 144, 156, 158–9, 162–3, 171, 173,
178, 236, 240, 247, 262–3, 276, 279–81, 302, 306–7, 315–6;
ant- (Habia spp.), 281; Bay-headed (Tangara gyrola), 236;
Blue-and-gold, 280; Blue-gray (Thraupis episcopus), 280–1;
Blue-winged Mountain- (Anisognathus somptuosus),
281; bush- (Chlorospingus spp.), 240, 279; Cone-billed
(Conothraupis mesoleuca), 28; Crimson-collared, 280;
Emerald, 280; Flame-colored, 280; Golden-hooded, 280;
Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii), 240; Green-
headed (Tangara seledon), 280; Hepatic, 279; Palm Tanager
(Thraupis palmarum), 152; Paradise (Tangara chilensis), 113;
Red-necked (Tangara cyanocephala), 280; Saffron-crowned,
280; Scarlet, 279; Scarlet-bellied Mountain- (Anisognathus
igniventris), 240; Silver-throated (Tangara icterocephala),
280; Summer (Piranga rubra), 279, 307; Swallow
(Tersina viridis), 70–1; Western, 279. See also Bananquit;
dacnis; chlorophonia; conebill; eupohnia; flowerpiercer;
honeycreeper
tannins: 88–9, 188–92
tapaculo: 240, 263, 297; Ocellated (Acropternis orthonyx), 240
Tapajós National Forest, Santarém, Brazil: 76
tapir (Tapiridae): 48, 61, 81, 123, 132, 157, 344–5, 367; Baird’s
(Tapirus bairdii), 36, 129, 242, 335; Brazilian (Ta p i r u s
terrestris), 61, 128–9, 260, 224, 334–5; Mountain (Ta p i r u s
pinchaque), 129, 335
Tarapoto Island, Peru: 210
Tattersall, G.: 273
Tayra (Eira barbara), 254, 340–1
Teak, Asian (Tectona grandis): 27
Teal, Puna (Anas puna): 248–9
Tegu: Argentine Black-and-white (Tupinambis merianae), 354–
5; Common (Tupinambis teguixin), 354–5; Red (Tupinambis
rufescens), 355
temperature: 20, 28–31, 33, 36, 79, 82–3, 90, 97, 100, 113, 116,
130, 138, 140–1, 150, 174, 230, 235, 241, 245, 250, 277, 383;
mean annual (MAT), 29–30, 79. See also climate; climate
change
tepui: 206–7
Terborgh, J.: 149–50, 281, 382, 385
termite: 39, 44, 81, 86, 88, 91–3, 338, 358; Nasutitermes spp.
(family Termitidae), 92; ecological importance of, 91–3
Tern: Large-billed (Phaetusa simplex), 220–1; Yellow-billed
(Sternula superciliaris), 220–1
terpenoids: 83, 176, 191
terra firme: 39, 87, 130–1, 135, 213, 229, 326, 329, 366, 368, 370
Terra Nova Rain Forest Reserve, Belize: 373
terra preta: 366
terror bird (Phorusrhacidae): 131–3, 256
tetra: 259; Cardinal (Paracheirodon axelrodi), 228; Neon
(Paracheirodon innesi), 228
thistletail: 298
Thompson, L.: 37
thornbird: 298. Rufous-fronted (Phacellodomus rufifrons),
297–8
thornwoods: 256
thrush: 162, 297, 303, 315; Clay-colored (Turdus grayi), 152;
Rufous-bellied (Turdus rufiventris), 297; Wood (Hylocichla
mustelina),316
Thylacosmilus: 133
tick: 26, 337, 389
Tierra del Fuego: 19, 128, 234–5, 244
tiger-heron. See heron
Tikal, Guatemala: 47, 102–3, 366–7; National Park, 267
Timarca Island, Peru: 210
timberline: 245, 247
Timbo (Lonchocarpus utilis): 228
tinamou: 39, 48, 58, 69, 156, 263–5; Great (Tinamus major), 68,
264
Tityra, Masked (Tityra semifasciata): 162–3430 index index