Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Trenching increased growth, and irrigation increased survival of tree seedlings in the understorey of a semi-evergreen rain forest in Panama

Edmund V. J. Tanner and Ignacio M. Barberis

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 257-268

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004075 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Influence of gibbon ranging patterns on seed dispersal distance and deposition site in a Bornean forest

Kim R. McConkey and David J. Chivers

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 269-275

doi:10.1017/S0266467407003999 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Mortality and recruitment in a lowland tropical rain forest of French Guiana: effects of soil type and species guild

C. Madelaine, R. Pélissier, G. Vincent, J.-F. Molino, D. Sabatier, M.-F. Prévost and C. de Namur

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 277-287

doi:10.1017/S0266467406003944 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Resprouting versus turning up of leaning trees in a subtropical coastal dune forest in South Africa

Emmanuel F. Nzunda, Megan E. Griffiths and Michael J. Lawes

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 289-296

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004063 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Recruitment dynamics and ectomycorrhizal colonization of Dicymbe corymbosa, a monodominant tree in the Guiana Shield

Krista L. McGuire

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 297-307

doi:10.1017/S0266467406003968 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Impact of sowing, canopy cover and litter on seedling dynamics of two Polylepis species at upper tree lines in central Ecuador

Arne Cierjacks, Juan Enrique Iglesias, Karsten Wesche and Isabell Hensen

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 309-318

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004051 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Carbon and nutrient stocks in roots of forests at different altitudes in the Ecuadorian Andes

Nathalie Soethe, Johannes Lehmann and Christof Engels

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 319-328

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004002 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Litterfall production and fluvial export in headwater catchments of the southern Amazon

Evandro Carlos Selva, Eduardo Guimarães Couto, Mark S. Johnson and Johannes Lehmann

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 329-335

doi:10.1017/S0266467406003956 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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The population structure of the vascular epiphytes in a lowland forest in Panama correlates with species abundance

Gerhard Zotz

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 337-342

doi:10.1017/S026646740700404X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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The role of ants in the removal of non-myrmecochorous diaspores and seed germination in a neotropical savanna

Alexander V. Christianini, Antônio J. Mayhé-Nunes and Paulo S. Oliveira

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 343-351

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004087 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Shoreline vegetation distribution in relation to wave exposure and bay characteristics in a tropical great lake, Lake Victoria

Nicholas Azza, Johan van de Koppel, Patrick Denny and Frank Kansiime

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 353-360

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004117 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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The genetic diversity of Myrciaria floribunda (Myrtaceae) in Atlantic Forest fragments of different sizes

Edivani Villaron Franceschinelli, Giuliana Mara Patrício Vasconcelos, Elena Charlotte Landau, Kátia Yukari Ono and Flávio Antonio Maes Santos

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 361-367

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004099 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Short Communications

Fungal endophytes nearly double minimum leaf conductance in seedlings of a neotropical tree species

A. Elizabeth Arnold and Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 369-372

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004038 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Frugivory and seed dispersal by Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, in a moist evergreen forest of Thailand

Shumpei Kitamura, Takakazu Yumoto, Pilai Poonswad and Prawat Wohandee

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 373-376

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004026 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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The effect of gut processing on the quality of mistletoe seed dispersal

Lizanne Roxburgh

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 377-380

doi:10.1017/S0266467407004014 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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Bruchid beetle infestation and the value of Attalea butyracea endocarps for neotropical rodents

Dumas Gálvez and Patrick A. Jansen

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 23, Issue 03, May 2007, pp 381-384

doi:10.1017/S0266467407003975 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Apr 2007

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