Volume 30 Number 3

Contents


PAPERS


Wood Volume, Foliar Chemical Composition, and Soil Nitrogen Turnover of Metrosideros Polymorpha (Myrtaceae) Stands on a Slope of Haleakala, Hawaii
Kanehiro Kitayama, Hannu Raitio, Dieter Mueller-Dombois, Edward A. G. Schuur
A Floodplain Palm Forest in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico Five Years after Hurricane Hugo
Jorge L. Frangi and Ariel E. Lugo
Tree Regeneration and Species Diversity Following Conventional and Uniform Spacing Methods of Selective Cutting in a Subtropical Humid Forest Reserve

Florencia Montagnini, Beatriz Eibl, Lilian Szczipanski, and Román Ríos
Effects of Canopy Gaps, Topography, and Soils on the Distribution of Woody Species in a Central Brazilian Deciduous Dry Forest
Ary T. Oliveira-Filho, Nilton Curi, Enivanis A. Vilela, and Douglas A. Carvalho
Seasonal Foliage Changes in the Eastern Amazon Basin Detected from Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Images
Stephanie A. Bohlman, John B. Adams, Milton O. Smith, and David L. Peterson
Edaphic Distribution of Some Species of the Fern Genus Adiantum in Western Amazonia
Hanna Tuomisto, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, and Robbin C. Moran
Pattern and Performance of Understory Bamboos (Chusquea spp.) under Different Canopy Closures in Old-Growth Oak Forests in Costa Rica

Yvonne Widmer
Hurricane Disturbance, Plant-Animal Interactions, and the Reproductive Success of a Tropical Shrub
John B. Pascarella
Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Four Species of Primates in Madagascar's Eastern Rainforest
J. Lawrence Dew and Patricia Wright
The Effect of Rust Infection on Reproduction in a Tropical Tree (Faramea occidentalis)
Steven E. Travers, Gregory S. Gilbert and Ethan F. Perry
Thrips Cross-Pollination of Popowia pisocarpa (Annonaceae) in a Lowland Dipterocarp Forest in Sarawak
Kuniyasu Momose, Teruyoshi Nagamitsu, and Tamiji Inoue
Effects of Selection Logging on Birds in Northern Belize
Andrew A. Whitman, John M. Hagan III, and Nicholas V. L. Brokaw
Home Range and Movement Patterns of White-Lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) Herds in the Northern Brazilian Amazon

José M. V. Fragoso


NOTES

Impact of a Rare Storm Event on an Amazonian Forest
Mercedes S. Foster and John Terborgh
Wasp Composition in Inflorescences of Two Dioecious Fig SpeciesÐImplications for the Fig/Wasp Mutualism
Aviva Patel
Defense of Acacia Collinsii by an Obligate and Non-obligate Ant Species: the Significance of Encroaching Vegetation

Andrew V. Suarez, Consuelo De Moraes, and Anthony Ippolito
Parasitic Phorid Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with Army Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae, Dorylinae) and their Conservation Biology

Brian V. Brown and Donald H. Feener, Jr.
Active Role of Two Ponerine Ants in the Elaboration of Ant Gardens

Jérôme Orivel, Alain Dejean, and Christine Errard
Pre- and Post-Fire Habitat Utilization by Rodents of Cerrado from Central Brazil
Emerson M. Vieira and Jader Marinho-Filho
Single Rope Techniques in Tropical Rain Forest Trees : Going Down Safe and Sound
Hans ter Steege