Volume 30 Number 1

Contents


PAPERS


The Quantity and Turnover of Dead Wood in Permanent Forest Plots in Six Life Zones of Venezuela
Matt Delaney, Sandra Brown, Ariel E. Lugo, Armando Torres-Lezama, and
Narsizo Bello Quintero
Growth, Net Production, Litter Decomposition, and Net Nitrogen Accumulation by Epiphytic Bryophytes in a Tropical Montane Forest
Kenneth L. Clark, Henry L. Gholz, and Nalini M. Nadkarni
Soil Characteristics and Vegetation Structure in a Heavily Deteriorated Mangrove Forest in the Caribbean Coast of Colombia
Pablo Cardona and Leonor Botero
Growth Rings, Phenology, Hurricane Disturbance and Climate in Cyrilla racemiflora L., a Rain Forest Tree of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
Allan P. Drew
Evidence for Effective Seed Dispersal by the Sulawesi Red-Knobbed Hornbill, Aceros cassidix
Margaret F. Kinnaird
The Influence of Temporal Changes in Fruit Availability on Diet Composition and Seed Handling in Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti)
B. A. Kaplin, V. Munyaligoga, and T. C. Moermond
Predatory Mites in Tropical Australia: Local Species Richness and Complementarity
David Evans Walter and Heather C. Proctor
Local and Regional-Scale Food Web Structure in Nepenthes alata Pitchers
T. Sota, M. Mogi, and K. Kato
Cannibalistic Interactions Resulting from Indiscriminate Predatory Behavior in Tadpoles of Poison Frogs (Anura: Dendrobatidae)
Janalee P. Caldwell and Maria Carmozina de Araújo
Patterns of Genetic Population Differentiation in Four Species of Amazonian Frogs: A Test of the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis
Claude Gascon, Stephen C. Lougheed, and James P. Bogart
Biology of the Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) in a Rain Forest of Puerto Rico
Francisco J. Vilella


NOTES

Light Environment Affects Seedling Performance in Psychotria aubletiana (Rubiaceae), a Tropical Understory Shrub
Pilar Amézquita
Annual Variation in Fruiting Pattern Using Two Different Methods in a Lowland Tropical Forest, Tinigua National Park, Colombia
Pablo R. Stevenson, Marcela J. Quiñones, and Jorge A. Ahumada
Between-Species and Temporal Variation in Acacia-Ant-Herbivore Interactions
Greg Cronin
Pollination Biology of Symphonia globulifera (Clusiaceae) in Central French Guiana
George E. Gill, Jr., Ryan T. Fowler, and Scott A. Mori
Flowering Phenology and Pollination of Cobaea aschersoniana (Polemoniaceae)
Anthony Ippolito and Andrew V. Suarez