Volume 27 Number 2
Contents

PAPERS


Carbon Isotope Characterization of Vegetation and Soil Organic Maner in Subtropical Forests in Luquillo, Puerto Rico
Joseph C. von Fischer and Larry L. Tieszen

Spatial Gradients and Patch Structure on Two Puerto Rican Landslides
Randall W. Myster and Denny S. Fernandez

Natural Regeneration of Rhizophora mangle in Strip Clearcuts in Northwest Ecuador Jon Blanchard and Guillermo Prado

Flowering and Fruiting Phenologies of the Palm Acrocomia aculeata: Patterns and Consequences
Aldicir Scariot, Eduardo Lleras, and John D. Hay

Biomass Allocation by Broad-leaf Mahogany Seedlings, Swietenia macrophylla (King), in Abandoned Pasture and Secondary Dry Forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Karin Gerhardt and Dag Fredriksson

Comparative Phenology of Epiphytic and Tree-Phase Strangler Figs in a Venezuelan Palm Savanna
Francis E. Putz, Gabriela B. Romano, and N. Michele Holbrook

Produccion y Costo de Frutos y Semillas Relacionados a las Caracteristicas de las Inflorescencias
Nelson Ramirez and Paul E. Berry

Effects of Nectar Consumption by the Hummingbird Flower Mite Proctolaelaps kirmsei on Nectar Availability in Hamelia patens
Robert K. Colweli

Defoliation of the Mangrove Avicennia marina in Hong Kong: Cause and Consequences
C. Anderson and S. Y. Lee

Aposematic Sounds in Atrican Moths
Dorothy C. Dunning and Martin Kruger

Distribucion, Abundancia y Reproduccion de Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier (Pisces: Priacanthidae), en la Plataforma Continental del Sur del Golfo de Mexico
M. Tapia-Garcia, A. Yanez-Arancibia, P. Sanchez-Gil y M. C. Garcia-Abad

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Leaf-cutting Ant Nests and Soil Fertility in a Well-drained Savanna in Western Venezuela
Alejandro G. Farji Brener and Juan F. Silva

Flower Visitors of Clusia nemorosa G. F. W. Meyer (Clusiaceae) in an Amazonian White Sand Campina
Rita de Cassia Gustrongaraes Mesquita and Carlos Henrique Franciscon

Pollen Consumption by the Hummingbird Flower Mite Proctolaelaps kirmsei and Possible Fitness Effects on Hamelia patens
Christopher J. Paciorek, Brett R. Moyer, Rachel A. Levin, and Stacey L. Halpern

The Function of Near Neighbors in Decreasing Call Latency Period by the Tungara Frog, Physalaemus pustulosus
Pete N. Lahanas

An Epizoic Bryophyte and Algae Growing on the Lizard Corythophanes cristatus in Mexican Rain Forest
S. Rob Gradstein and Clementina Equihua

Seasonal Food Use by the Neotropical Squirrel Sciurus ingrami in Southeastern Brazil
Maristela Paschoal and Mauro Galetti