Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Above-ground biomass and productivity in a rain forest of eastern South America

Jérôme Chave, Jean Olivier, Frans Bongers, Patrick Châtelet, Pierre-Michel Forget, Peter van der Meer, Natalia Norden, Bernard Riéra and Pierre Charles-Dominique

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 355-366

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005075 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Home-range use by the Central American agouti ( Dasyprocta punctata) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Enzo Aliaga-Rossel, Roland W. Kays and José M. V. Fragoso

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 367-374

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005129 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Annual flooding, survival and recruitment in a rodent population from the Niger River plain in Mali

Laurent Crespin, Yves Papillon, Doukary Abdoulaye, Laurent Granjon and Bruno Sicard

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 375-386

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005105 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Sex biases in parasitism of neotropical bats by bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae)

Bruce D. Patterson, Carl W. Dick and Katharina Dittmar

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 387-396

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005117 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Nutrient availability at different altitudes in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador

Nathalie Soethe, Johannes Lehmann and Christof Engels

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 397-406

doi:10.1017/S026646740800504X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Growth of Bauhinia thonningii trees and saplings over a decade in a savanna in Zambia: interactions of climate, fire and source of regeneration

Emmanuel Ngulube Chidumayo

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 407-415

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005099 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Effects of land-use/land-cover changes on land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, abundance in Puerto Rico

Yogani Govender, Alberto M. Sabat and Elvira Cuevas

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 417-423

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005130 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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A weak relationship between crown architectural and leaf traits in saplings of eight tropical rain-forest species in Indonesia

Koichi Takahashi and Yumi Mikami

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 425-432

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005178 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Changes in seed rain during secondary succession in a tropical montane cloud forest region in Oaxaca, Mexico

R. F. del Castillo and M. A. Pérez Ríos

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 433-444

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005142 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Ant community structure along an extended rain forest–savanna gradient in tropical Australia

Laura T. van Ingen, Ricardo I. Campos and Alan N. Andersen

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 445-455

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005166 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Short Communication

Variation in soil biological characteristics on an elevational gradient in the montane forest of north-west Argentina

Adriana B. Abril and Enrique H. Bucher

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 457-461

doi:10.1017/S0266467408005154 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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Sex ratio, size distribution and nitrogen resorption in the dioecious tree species Bursera morelensis (Burseraceae)

Numa P. Pavón and Irving de Luna Ramírez

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 04, July 2008, pp 463-466

doi:10.1017/S026646740800518X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 02 Jul 2008

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