Foundations of tropical forest biology: classic papers with commentaries

Introduction / Robin L. Chazdon

Pt. 1. Tropical Naturalists of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries / Robin L. Chazdon / The Earl of Cranbrook

1. Excerpts from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804 / A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland

2. Excerpt from The Naturalist on the River Amazons / H. W. Bates

3. Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua / T. Belt

4. Excerpt from Natural Selection and Tropical Nature / A. R. Wallace

5. Excerpt from Plant-Geography upon a Physiological Basis / A. F. W. Schimper

Pt. 2. What Shaped Tropical Biotas as We See Them Today? / T. C. Whitmore

6. Pleistocene Changes of Vegetation and Climate in Tropical South America / T. van der Hammen

7. Speciation in Amazonian Forest Birds / J. Haffer

8. Excerpts from Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements / P. H. Raven and D. I. Axelrod

9. Kaleidoscope of Plates, Faunal and Floral Dispersals, and Sea Level Changes / F. G. Stehli and S. D. Webb

Pt. 3. Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of Tropical Diversity / Douglas W. Schemske

10. Evolution in the Tropics / T. Dobzhansky

11. Latitudinal Variations in Organic Diversity / A. G. Fischer

12. Structure of the Tropical Rain Forest and Speciation in the Humid Tropics / A. A. Fedorov

13. Latitudinal Gradients in Species Diversity: A Review of Concepts / E. R. Pianka

14. Why Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics / D. H. Janzen

15. Patterns of Communities in the Tropics / R. H. MacArthur

16. Diversity in Tropical Rain Forest and Coral Reefs / J. H. Connell

Pt. 4. Plant-Animal Interactions and Community Structure / Bette A. Loiselle and Rodolfo Dirzo

17. Herbivores and the Number of Tree Species in Tropical Forests / D. H. Janzen

18. Effects of Leaf Age and Plant Life History Patterns on Herbivory / P. D. Coley

19. Excerpt from Principles of Dispersal in Higher Plants / L. van der Pijl

20. Ecology, Flowering Phenology, and Hummingbird Pollination of some Costa Rican Heliconia Species / F. G. Stiles

Pt. 5. Coevolution / Robert J. Marquis and Rodolfo Dirzo

21. Excerpt from Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae / H. W. Bates

22. Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua / T. Belt

23. On the Pollination Ecology of Ficus sycomorus in East Africa / J. Galil and D. Eisikowitch

24. Biologically Active Compounds in Orchid Fragrances / C. H. Dodson, R. L. Dressler and H. G. Hills / [et al.]

25. Evolutionary Aspects of Fruit-Eating by Birds / D. W. Snow

Pt. 6. Case Studies of Arthropod Diversity and Distribution / Scott E. Miller, Vojtech Novotny and Yves Basset

26. Patchy Distributions of Ant Species in New Guinea Rain Forests / E. O. Wilson

27. Entomological Studies from a High Tower in Mpanga Forest, Uganda / A. J. Haddow, P. S. Corbet and J. D. Gillett

28. Tropical Forests: Their Richness in Coleoptera and Other Arthropod Species / T. L. Erwin

Pt. 7. Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity / B. A. Loiselle and R. W. Sussman / The Earl of Cranbrook

29. Excerpts from The Distribution of Feeding Habits among Animals in a Tropical Rain Forest / J. L. Harrison

30. Evolution of Primate Societies / J. H. Crook and J. S. Gartlan

31. Excerpt from The Seasonality and Population Dynamics of Equatorial Forest Birds in Sarawak / M. P. L. Fogden

32. Excerpts from Reproductive Strategies in a Tropical Anuran Community / M. L. Crump

33. Bird Species Diversity on an Andean Elevational Gradient / J. Terborgh

34. Excerpts from Food Niches and Coexistence in Sympatric Primates in Gabon / A. Gautier-Hion

Pt. 8. Floristic Composition and Species Richness / Robin L. Chazdon and Julie S. Denslow

35. Regeneration Patterns in the Closed Forest of Ivory Coast / A. Aubreville

36. Excerpt from Composition of Primary Rain Forest (II) / P. W. Richards

37. Estimate of the Number of Species of Trees in an Amazonian Forest Community / J. M. Pires, T. Dobzhansky and G. A. Black

38. Excerpts from Ecological Studies in the Mixed Dipterocarp Forests of Brunei State / P. S. Ashton

Pt. 9. Forest Dynamics and Regeneration / David F. R. P. Burslem and M. D. Swaine

39. Excerpt from Observations on the Ecology of the Budongo Rain Forest, Uganda / W. J. Eggeling

40. Rejuvenation as a Factor for Judging the Status of Vegetation Types: The Biological Nomad Theory / C. G. G. J. van Steenis

41. Distribution of Tropical American Rain Forest Species in the Light of Successional Processes / G. Budowski

42. Regeneration and Pattern in the Subtropical Rain Forest / L. J. Webb, J. G. Tracey and W. T. Williams

43. Excerpts from Change with Time and the Role of Cyclones in Tropical Rain Forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands / T. C. Whitmore

Pt. 10. Ecosystem Ecology in the Tropics / Julie S. Denslow and Robin L. Chazdon

44. Excerpt from The Soil under Shifting Cultivation / P. H. Nye and D. J. Greenland

45. On Biomass and Trophic Structure of the Central Amazonian Rain Forest Ecosystem / E. J. Fittkau and H. Klinge

46. Community Architecture and Organic Matter Dynamics in Tropical Lowland Rain Forests of Southeast Asia with Special Reference to Pasoh Forest, West Malaysia / T. Kira

Pt. 11. Human Impact and Species Extinction / Rodolfo Dirzo and Robert W. Sussman

47. Tropical Rain Forest: A Nonrenewable Resource / A. Gomez-Pompa, C. Vazquez-Yanes and S. Guevara

48. Distributional Ecology of New Guinea Birds / J. M. Diamond

49. Populations and Local Extinctions of Birds on Barro Colorado Island, Panama / E. O. Willis

50. Effects of Selective Logging on the Behavioral Ecology of West Malaysian Primates / A. D. Johns

51. Are We on the Verge of a Mass Extinction in Tropical Rain Forests? / D. Simberloff

Pt. 12. Securing a Sustainable Future for Tropical Moist Forests / D. Lamb and T. C. Whitmore

52. Problems of Shifting Cultivation and Economic Development in Northern Thailand / P. Kunstadter and E. C. Chapman

53. Daemonorhops / I. H. Burkill

54. Development of a Silvicultural System for the Conversion of Natural Inland Lowland Evergreen Rain Forest of Malaya / J. Wyatt-Smith

55. Second Look at the Economics of Natural Management System in Tropical Mixed Forests / A. J. Leslie

56. Forest Industries for Socio-Economic Development / J. C. Westoby.