Volume 32 Number 2

Contents


PAPERS

Nutrient Dynamics in Soil Derived from Different Parent Material on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Joseph B. Yavitt

Aerobic Heterotrophic Bacterial and Fungal Communities in the Topsoil of Omo Biosphere Reserve in Southwestern Nigeria
A. I. Okoh, G. O. Babalola, and A. O. Olaniran

Genetic Diversity of a Tropical Tree Species, Shorea leprosula Miq. (Dipterocarpaceae) in Malaysia: Implication for Conservation of Genetic Resources and Tree Improvement
S. L. Lee, R. Wickneswari, M. C. Mahani, and A. H. Zakri

Lack of Ecotypic Differentiation: The Effect of Elevation, Population Origin, and Wind on Plant Response in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
Ned Fetcher, Randall W. Myster, and Ligia Lebrón

Population Structure and Growth Patterns of Opuntia echios var. gigantea along an Elevational Gradient in the Galápagos Islands
David J. Hicks and Andre Mauchamp

Post-Hurricane Regeneration of Pioneer Plant Species in South Florida Subtropical Hardwood Hammocks
Charles Kwit, William J. Platt, and Harold H. Slater

Small Canopy Gaps Influence Plant Distributions in the Rain Forest Understory
Jens-Christian Svenning

Seedling and Sapling Dynamics of Treefall Pits in Puerto Rico
Lawrence Walker

Phenology of Tree Species in Bolivian Dry Forests
Marcos Joaquín Justiniano and Todd S. Fredericksen

Resource Limitation on Lifetime Reproduction in an Epiphytic Orchid
Elvia Melendez-Ackerman, James Ackerman, and Javier Rodriguez-Robles

Dioecy in South American Deprea (Solanaceae)
Neil W. Sawyer and Gregory J. Anderson

Disease of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) in Southwest Puerto Rico Caused by Cytospora rhizophorae
Andrew M. Wier, Terry A. Tattar, and Edward J. Klekowski, Jr.

Comparison of Herbivores and Herbivory in the Canopy and Understory for Two Tropical Tree Species
John A. Barone

Difference in Intensity of Ant Defense among Three Species of Macaranga: Myrmecophytes in a Southeast Asian Dipterocarp Forest
Takao Itioka, Masahiro Nomura, Yoko Inui, Takao Itino, and Tamiji Inoue

Seed Dispersal of a High Quality Fruit by Specialized Frugivores: High Quality Dispersal?
Daniel G. Wenny

Roosting Behavior of Colonial and Solitary Flying Foxes in American Samoa (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
Anne P. Brooke, Christopher Solek, and Ailao Tualaulelei.


NOTES

A Test of Nutrient Limitation in Two Tropical Montane Forests Using Root Growth Cores
Christopher Stewart

Effects of Foliar Nitrogen and Water Deficit on the Carbon Economy of Shorea smithiana Sym. Seedlings
Atsushi Ishida, Takeshi Toma, Shigeta Mori, and Marjenah

Colonization of Stripped Branch Surfaces by Epiphytes in a Lower Montane Cloud Forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Nalini M. Nadkarni

Diet of the Lowland Tapir (Tapirus Terrestris L.) in French Guiana
Olivier Henry, Franois Feer, and Daniel Sabatier