Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology
Classic Papers with Commentaries
9780226102252
9780226102245
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology
Classic Papers with Commentaries
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology presents a timely collection of pioneering work in the study of these diverse and fascinating ecosystems. Modeled on the highly successful Foundations of Ecology, this book consists of facsimiles of papers chosen by world experts in tropical biology as the "classics" in the field. The papers are organized into sections on related topics, each introduced with a discussion of their role in triggering subsequent research. Topics covered include ecological and evolutionary perspectives on the origins of tropical diversity; plant-animal interactions; patterns of species diversity and distribution of arthropods, vertebrates, and plants; forest dynamics and ecosystem ecology; conservation biology; and tropical forest management.
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology makes essential works in the development of tropical biology available in a convenient form to both senior scholars interested in the roots of their discipline and to students encountering the field for the first time, as well as to everyone concerned with tropical conservation.
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology makes essential works in the development of tropical biology available in a convenient form to both senior scholars interested in the roots of their discipline and to students encountering the field for the first time, as well as to everyone concerned with tropical conservation.
862 pages | 20 halftones, 169 line drawings | 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 | © 2002
Published in association with the Association for Tropical Biology
Biological Sciences: Botany, Conservation, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Tropical Biology and Conservation
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Robin L. Chazdon
Part One
Tropical Naturalists of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries
Robin L. Chazdon and the Earl of Cranbrook
1
A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland (1814-21)
Excerpts from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804
2
H. W. Bates (1864)
Excerpt from The Naturalist on the River Amazons
3
T. Belt (1874)
Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua
4
A. R. Wallace (1895)
Excerpt from Natural Selection and Tropical Nature
5
A. F. W. Schimper ([1898] 1903)
Excerpt from Plant-Geography upon a Physiological Basis
Part Two
What Shaped Tropical Biotas As We See Them Today?
T. C. Whitmore
6
T. van der Hammen (1974)
The Pleistocene Changes of Vegetation and Climate in Tropical South America
7
J. Haffer (1969)
Speciation in Amazonian Forest Birds
8
P. H. Raven and D. I. Axelrod (1974)
Excerpts from Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements
9
F. G. Stehli and S. D. Webb (1985)
A Kaleidoscope of Plates, Faunal and Floral Dispersals, and Sea Level Changes
Part Three
Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of Tropical Diversity
Douglas W. Schemske
10
T. Dobzhansky (1950)
Evolution in the Tropics
11
A. G. Fischer (1960)
Latitudinal Variations in Organic Diversity
12
A. A. Fedorov (1966)
The Structure of the Tropical Rain Forest and Speciation in the Humid Tropics
13
E. R. Pianka (1966)
Latitudinal Gradients in Species Diversity: A Review of Concepts
14
D. H. Janzen (1967)
Why Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics
15
R. H. MacArthur (1969)
Patterns of Communities in the Tropics
16
J. H. Connell (1978)
Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs
Part Four
Plant-Animal Interactions and Community Structure
Bette A. Loiselle and Rodolfo Dirzo
17
D. H. Janzen (1970)
Herbivores and the Number of Tree Species in Tropical Forests
18
P. D. Coley (1980)
Effects of Leaf Age and Plant Life History Patterns on Herbivory
19
L. van der Pijl (1972)
Excerpt from Principles of Dispersal in Higher Plants
20
F. G. Stiles (1975)
Ecology, Flowering Phenology, and Hummingbird Pollination of some Costa Rican Heliconia Species
Part Five
Coevolution
Robert J. Marquis and Rodolfo Dirzo
21
H. W. Bates (1862)
Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae
22
T. Belt (1874)
Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua
23
J. Galil and D. Eisikowitch (1968)
On the Pollination Ecology of Ficus sycomorus in East Africa
24
C. H. Dodson, R. L. Dressler, H. G. Hills, R. M. Adams, and N. H. Williams (1969)
Biologically Active Compounds in Orchid Fragrances
25
D. W. Snow (1971)
Evolutionary Aspects of Fruit-Eating by Birds
Part Six
Case Studies of Arthropod Diversity and Distribution
Scott E. Miller, Vojtech Novotny, and Yves Basset
26
E. O. Wilson (1958)
Patchy Distributions of Ant Species in New Guinea Rain Forests
27
A. J. Haddow, P. S. Corbet, and J. D. Gillett (1961)
Entomological Studies from a High Tower in Mpanga Forest, Uganda
28
T. L. Erwin (1982)
Tropical Forests: Their Richness in Coleoptera and Other Arthropod Species
Part Seven
Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity
B. A. Loiselle, R. W. Sussman, and the Earl of Cranbrook
29
J. L. Harrison (1962)
Excerpts from The Distribution of Feeding Habits among Animals in a Tropical Rain Forest
30
J. H. Crook and J. S. Gartlan (1966)
Evolution of Primate Societies
31
M. P. L. Fogden (1972)
Excerpt from The Seasonality and Population Dynamics of Equatorial Forest Birds in Sarawak
32
M. L. Crump (1974)
Reproductive Strategies in a Tropical Anuran Community
33
J. Terborgh (1977)
Bird Species Diversity on an Andean Elevational Gradient
34
A. Gautier-Hion (1978)
Food Niches and Coexistence in Sympatric Primates in Gabon
Part Eight
Floristic Composition and Species Richness
Robin L. Chazdon and Julie S. Denslow
35
A. Aubréville (1938)
Regeneration Patterns in the Closed Forest of Ivory Coast
36
P. W. Richards (1952)
Composition of Primary Rain Forest (II)
37
J. M. Pires, T. Dobzhansky, and G. A. Black (1953)
An Estimate of the Number of Species of Trees in an Amazonian Forest Community
38
P. S. Ashton (1964)
Excerpts from Ecological Studies in the Mixed Dipterocarp Forests of Brunei State
Part Nine
Forest Dynamics and Regeneration
David F. R. P. Burslem and M. D. Swaine
39
W. J. Eggeling (1947)
Excerpt from Observations on the Ecology of the Budongo Rain Forest, Uganda
40
C. G. G. J. van Steenis (1958)
Rejuvenation as a Factor for Judging the Status of Vegetation Types: The Biological Nomad Theory
41
G. Budowski (1965)
Distribution of Tropical American Rain Forest Species in the Light of Successional Processes
42
L. J. Webb, J. G. Tracey, and W. T. Williams (1972)
Regeneration and Pattern in the Subtropical Rain Forest
43
T. C. Whitmore (1974)
Excerpts from Change with Time and the Role of Cyclones in Tropical Rain Forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
Part Ten
Ecosystem Ecology in the Tropics
Julie S. Denslow and Robin L. Chazdon
44
P. H. Nye and D. J. Greenland (1960)
Excerpt from The Soil under Shifting Cultiva
Introduction
Robin L. Chazdon
Part One
Tropical Naturalists of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries
Robin L. Chazdon and the Earl of Cranbrook
1
A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland (1814-21)
Excerpts from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804
2
H. W. Bates (1864)
Excerpt from The Naturalist on the River Amazons
3
T. Belt (1874)
Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua
4
A. R. Wallace (1895)
Excerpt from Natural Selection and Tropical Nature
5
A. F. W. Schimper ([1898] 1903)
Excerpt from Plant-Geography upon a Physiological Basis
Part Two
What Shaped Tropical Biotas As We See Them Today?
T. C. Whitmore
6
T. van der Hammen (1974)
The Pleistocene Changes of Vegetation and Climate in Tropical South America
7
J. Haffer (1969)
Speciation in Amazonian Forest Birds
8
P. H. Raven and D. I. Axelrod (1974)
Excerpts from Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements
9
F. G. Stehli and S. D. Webb (1985)
A Kaleidoscope of Plates, Faunal and Floral Dispersals, and Sea Level Changes
Part Three
Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of Tropical Diversity
Douglas W. Schemske
10
T. Dobzhansky (1950)
Evolution in the Tropics
11
A. G. Fischer (1960)
Latitudinal Variations in Organic Diversity
12
A. A. Fedorov (1966)
The Structure of the Tropical Rain Forest and Speciation in the Humid Tropics
13
E. R. Pianka (1966)
Latitudinal Gradients in Species Diversity: A Review of Concepts
14
D. H. Janzen (1967)
Why Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics
15
R. H. MacArthur (1969)
Patterns of Communities in the Tropics
16
J. H. Connell (1978)
Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs
Part Four
Plant-Animal Interactions and Community Structure
Bette A. Loiselle and Rodolfo Dirzo
17
D. H. Janzen (1970)
Herbivores and the Number of Tree Species in Tropical Forests
18
P. D. Coley (1980)
Effects of Leaf Age and Plant Life History Patterns on Herbivory
19
L. van der Pijl (1972)
Excerpt from Principles of Dispersal in Higher Plants
20
F. G. Stiles (1975)
Ecology, Flowering Phenology, and Hummingbird Pollination of some Costa Rican Heliconia Species
Part Five
Coevolution
Robert J. Marquis and Rodolfo Dirzo
21
H. W. Bates (1862)
Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae
22
T. Belt (1874)
Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua
23
J. Galil and D. Eisikowitch (1968)
On the Pollination Ecology of Ficus sycomorus in East Africa
24
C. H. Dodson, R. L. Dressler, H. G. Hills, R. M. Adams, and N. H. Williams (1969)
Biologically Active Compounds in Orchid Fragrances
25
D. W. Snow (1971)
Evolutionary Aspects of Fruit-Eating by Birds
Part Six
Case Studies of Arthropod Diversity and Distribution
Scott E. Miller, Vojtech Novotny, and Yves Basset
26
E. O. Wilson (1958)
Patchy Distributions of Ant Species in New Guinea Rain Forests
27
A. J. Haddow, P. S. Corbet, and J. D. Gillett (1961)
Entomological Studies from a High Tower in Mpanga Forest, Uganda
28
T. L. Erwin (1982)
Tropical Forests: Their Richness in Coleoptera and Other Arthropod Species
Part Seven
Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity
B. A. Loiselle, R. W. Sussman, and the Earl of Cranbrook
29
J. L. Harrison (1962)
Excerpts from The Distribution of Feeding Habits among Animals in a Tropical Rain Forest
30
J. H. Crook and J. S. Gartlan (1966)
Evolution of Primate Societies
31
M. P. L. Fogden (1972)
Excerpt from The Seasonality and Population Dynamics of Equatorial Forest Birds in Sarawak
32
M. L. Crump (1974)
Reproductive Strategies in a Tropical Anuran Community
33
J. Terborgh (1977)
Bird Species Diversity on an Andean Elevational Gradient
34
A. Gautier-Hion (1978)
Food Niches and Coexistence in Sympatric Primates in Gabon
Part Eight
Floristic Composition and Species Richness
Robin L. Chazdon and Julie S. Denslow
35
A. Aubréville (1938)
Regeneration Patterns in the Closed Forest of Ivory Coast
36
P. W. Richards (1952)
Composition of Primary Rain Forest (II)
37
J. M. Pires, T. Dobzhansky, and G. A. Black (1953)
An Estimate of the Number of Species of Trees in an Amazonian Forest Community
38
P. S. Ashton (1964)
Excerpts from Ecological Studies in the Mixed Dipterocarp Forests of Brunei State
Part Nine
Forest Dynamics and Regeneration
David F. R. P. Burslem and M. D. Swaine
39
W. J. Eggeling (1947)
Excerpt from Observations on the Ecology of the Budongo Rain Forest, Uganda
40
C. G. G. J. van Steenis (1958)
Rejuvenation as a Factor for Judging the Status of Vegetation Types: The Biological Nomad Theory
41
G. Budowski (1965)
Distribution of Tropical American Rain Forest Species in the Light of Successional Processes
42
L. J. Webb, J. G. Tracey, and W. T. Williams (1972)
Regeneration and Pattern in the Subtropical Rain Forest
43
T. C. Whitmore (1974)
Excerpts from Change with Time and the Role of Cyclones in Tropical Rain Forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
Part Ten
Ecosystem Ecology in the Tropics
Julie S. Denslow and Robin L. Chazdon
44
P. H. Nye and D. J. Greenland (1960)
Excerpt from The Soil under Shifting Cultiva