Volume 27 Number 3
Contents

PAPERS


Structure and Organic Matter Dynamics of a Human-impacted Pine Forest in a MAB Reserve of Subtropical China
Sandra Brown, Melanie Lenart, Jiangming Mo, and Guohui Kong

Nutrient Dynamics of a Human-lmpacted Pine Forest in a MAB Reserve of Subtropical China
Jiangming Mo, Sandra Brown, Melanie Lenart, and Guohui Kong

Decomposition and Mass of Woody Detritus in the Dry Tropical Forests of the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Mark E. Harmon, Dennis F. Whigham, Jay Sexton, and Ingrid Olmsted

Contenido Mineral del Tejido Foliar de Especies de Manglar de la Laguna de Sontecomapan (Veracruz, Mexico) y su Relaci6n con la Salinidad
E. Medina, A. E. Lugo, y A Novelo

Gas Exchange in Six Tropical Semi-Deciduous Forest Canopy Tree Species During the Wet and Dry Seasons
K. P. Hogan, A. P. Smith, and M. Samaniego

Mangrove Species Distribution and Propagule Predation in Belize: An Exception to the Dominance-Predation Hypothesis
Karen L. McKee

Surface and Buried Seed Banks from Krakatau, Indonesia: Implications for the Sterilization Hypothesis
Robert J. Whittaker, Tukirin Partomihardjo, and Soedarsono Riswan

Colonization and Succession on Krakatau: An Analysis of the Guild of Vining Plants
Mark B. Bush, Robert J. Whittaker, and Tukurin Partomihardjo

Hurricane Andrew and a Florida Fig Pollination Mutualism: Resilience of an Obligate Interaction
Judith L. Bronstein and Martine Hossaert-McKey

Comparative Diets of Obligate Ant-Following Birds at a Site in Northern Bolivia
R. Terry Chesser

NOTES


Seed Set and Wasp Predation in Dioecious Ficus variegata from an Australian Wet Tropical Forest
George Weiblen, Brigitta Flick, and Hugh Spencer

Captures of Myonycteris torquata (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Forest Canopy in South Cameroon
Jean-Francois Cosson

Fruit Consumption and Seed Dispersal of Ziziphus cinnamomum (Rhamnaceae) by Two Sympatric Primates (Cebus apella and Ateles paniscus) in French Guiana
Shu-Yi Zhang and Li-Xin Wang

Chemosystematic Clues for the Choice of Medicinal and Food Plants in Amazonia
Otto R. Gottlieb, Maria Renata de M. B. Borin, and Barbara M. Bosisio

Safety Recommendations for Climbing Rain Forest Trees with 'Single Rope Technique'
Timothy G. Laman

ANNOUNCEMENT


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