Journal of Tropical Ecology

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The role of the olive baboon (Papio anubis, Cercopithecidae) as seed disperser in a savanna-forest mosaic of West Africa

Britta Kerstin Kunz and Karl Eduard Linsenmair

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 235-246

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005014 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Tree phenology in montane forests of southern Ecuador can be explained by precipitation, radiation and photoperiodic control

Sven Günter, Bernd Stimm, Manuel Cabrera, Maria Luisa Diaz, Manuel Lojan, Eduardo Ordoñez, Michael Richter and Michael Weber

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 247-258

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005063 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Differential effects of mammalian seed predators on the regeneration of five Papua New Guinean tree species and implications for sapling recruitment

Elizabeth R. Jones, Lisa M. Curran, Debra D. Wright and Andrew L. Mack

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 259-267

doi:10.1017/S026646740800494X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Soil clay content and fire frequency affect clustering in trees in South African savannas

Thomas A. Groen, Frank van Langevelde, Claudius A.D.M. van de Vijver, Navashni Govender and Herbert H.T. Prins

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 269-279

doi:10.1017/S0266467408004872 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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The utilization of large savanna trees by elephant in southern Kruger National Park

Graeme Shannon, Dave J. Druce, Bruce R. Page, Holger C. Eckhardt, Rina Grant and Rob Slotow

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 281-289

doi:10.1017/S0266467408004951 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Comparative range use by three Atlantic Forest understorey bird species in relation to forest fragmentation

Miriam M. Hansbauer, Ilse Storch, Rafael G. Pimentel and Jean Paul Metzger

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 291-299

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005002 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Pollinators and defence of Stachytarpheta glabra (Verbenaceae) nectar resources by the hummingbird Colibri serrirostris (Trochilidae) on ironstone outcrops in south-east Brazil

Claudia Maria Jacobi and Yasmine Antonini

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 301-308

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005051 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Effects of habitat disturbance on ant community composition and seed dispersal by ants in a tropical dry forest in Costa Rica

Tamara J. Zelikova and Michael D. Breed

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 309-316

doi:10.1017/S0266467408004999 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Plant litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in north Queensland tropical rain-forest communities of differing successional status

Scott A. Parsons and Robert A. Congdon

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 317-327

doi:10.1017/S0266467408004963 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Interactions between galling insects and leaf-feeding insects: the role of plant phenolic compounds and their possible interference with herbivores

Enrique Pascual-Alvarado, Pablo Cuevas-Reyes, Mauricio Quesada and Ken Oyama

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 329-336

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005038 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Effects of canopy gap size on recruitment and invasion of the non-indigenous Rubus alceifolius in lowland tropical rain forest on Réunion

Stéphane Baret, Laurent Cournac, Christophe Thébaud, Peter Edwards and Dominique Strasberg

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 337-345

doi:10.1017/S0266467408004987 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Short Communication

No simple relationship between above-ground tree growth and fine-litter production in tropical forests

Luke P. Shoo and Jeremy VanDerWal

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 347-350

doi:10.1017/S0266467408004975 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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Host generalists dominate fungal communities associated with seeds of four neotropical pioneer species

Courtney G. Kluger, James W. Dalling, Rachel E. Gallery, Evelyn Sanchez, Cheyenne Weeks-Galindo and A. Elizabeth Arnold

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 03, May 2008, pp 351-354

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005026 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 May 2008

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