Volume 31 Number 2
Contents
PAPERS
Litterfall Mass, Chemistry, and Nutrient Retranslocation in a Monodominant Forest on Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil
Dora M. Villela and John Proctor
Factors Related to the Recovery of Subalpine Woodland on Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Steven C. Hess, Paul C. Banko, Gregory J. Brenner, and James D. Jacobi
Tropical Monodominance: A Preliminary Test of the Ectomycorrhizal Hypothesis
Sylvia D. Torti and Phyllis D. Coley
Factors Limiting Tropical Rain Forest Regeneration in Abandoned Pasture: Seed Rain, Seed Germination, Microclimate, and Soil
Karen D. Holl
Isolated Pasture Trees and the Vegetation under their Canopies in the Chiapas Coastal Plain, México
Adriana Otero-Arnaiz, Silvia Castillo, Jorge Meave, and Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez
Nitrogen Fixation in Soils and Canals of Rehabilitated Raised–Fields of the Bolivian Altiplano
David D. Biesboer, Michael W. Binford, and Alan Kolata
Heterogeneity of Light Availability and its Effects on Simulated Carbon Gain of Tree Leaves in a Small Gap and the Understory in a Tropical Rain Forest
Yanhong Tang, Naoki Kachi, Akio Furukawa, and Muhamad B. Awang
Effects of Elevated CO2 and Defoliation on Compensatory Growth and Photosynthesis of Seedlings in a Tropical Tree, Copaifera aromatica
Catherine E. Lovelock, Juan Posada, and Klaus Winter
Vegetative Life History of a Dominant Rain Forest Canopy Tree
Daniel G. Gavin and David R. Peart
Ants, Stem Borers, and Pubescence in Endospermum in Papua New Guinea
Deborah K. Letourneau and Pedro Barbosa
A Nectar Reward: Is More Better?
José A. Salguero-Faría and James D. Ackerman
Does Optimal Packing of Flowers in Syconia Shape Style Length Variation in Monoecious Figs?
K. N. Ganeshaiah, Prarthana Kathuria, and R.Uma Shaanker
The Bromeliad Microcosm and the Assessment of Faunal Diversity in a Neotropical Forest
Barbara A. Richardson
Evaporative Water Loss in Insular Populations of the Anolis cristatellus Group (Reptilia: Sauria) in the British Virgin Islands II: The Effects of Drought
Gad Perry, Razi Dmi’el, and James Lazell
Roosting and Foraging Behavior of Two Neotropical Gleaning Bats, Tonatia silvicola and Trachops cirrhosus (Phyllostomidae)
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Dorothea Friemel, Charles O. Handley, Jr., and Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler
Sampling Effects on Food Availability Estimates: Phenological Method, Sample Size, and Species Composition
Claire A. Hemingway and Deborah J. Overdorff
NOTES
Local Distribution of Chusquea tomentosa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) Before and After a Flowering Event
Margaret J. Stern, Karen Goodell, and Deborah K. Kennard
Dump Material as an Effective Small-Scale Deterrent to Herbivory by Atta cephalotes
Jeanne A. Zeh, Adrian D. Zeh, and David W. Zeh
Selection of Oviposition Sites by a Lepidopteran Community of a Tropical Forest in Southeastern Brazil
André V. L. Freitas, Inara R. Leal, and Sirayama O. Ferreira
Do Tapirs Steal Food from Palm Seed Predators or Give Them a Lift?
Fábio Olmos, Renata Pardini, Ricardo L. P. Boulhosa, Roberto Bürgi, and Carla Morsello