Phyllostomid Bats of Lowland Amazonia: Effects of Habitat Alteration on AbundanceBiotropica - Tập 39 Số 6 - Trang 737-746 - 2007
Michael R. Willig, Steven J. Presley, Christopher P. Bloch, Christine L. Hice, Stephen P. Yanoviak, M. Mónica Díaz, Lily Arias Chauca, Víctor Pacheco, Scott C. Weaver
ABSTRACTHabitat fragmentation and conversion are among the human activities that pose the greatest threat to species persistence and conservation of biodiversity. This is particularly true in the Neotropics, where bats represent important components of biodiversity from taxonomic and functional perspectives, and provide critical ecosystem services (e.g...... hiện toàn bộ
Forest Regeneration in Logged and Unlogged Forests of Kibale National Park, UgandaBiotropica - Tập 29 Số 4 - Trang 396-412 - 1997
Colin A. Chapman, Lauren J. Chapman
ABSTRACTProcesses of forest regeneration in two unlogged areas and in three areas that were logged nearly 25 years ago were quantified in Kibale National Park, Uganda. For forests to recover from logging, one would predict recruitment and growth processes to be accelerated in logged areas relative to unlogged areas, facilitating increased recruitment of trees into ...... hiện toàn bộ
The Impact of Hunting on the Mammalian Fauna of Tropical Asian ForestsBiotropica - Tập 39 Số 3 - Trang 292-303 - 2007
Richard T. Corlett
ABSTRACTPeople have hunted mammals in tropical Asian forests for at least 40,000 yr. This period has seen one confirmed global extinction (the giant pangolin,Manis palaeojavanica) and range restrictions for several large mammals, but there is no strong evidence for unsustainable hunting pressure until the last 2000–3000 yr, when elephants...... hiện toàn bộ
Censusing and Measuring Lianas: A Quantitative Comparison of the Common Methods1Biotropica - Tập 38 Số 5 - Trang 581-591 - 2006
Stefan A. Schnitzer, Saara J. DeWalt, Jérôme Chave
ABSTRACTLianas contribute to many aspects of tropical forest diversity and dynamics, and interest in liana ecology has grown substantially in recent years. Methods to census lianas and estimate biomass, however, differ among studies, possibly hindering attempts to compare liana communities. At Nouragues Research Station (French Guiana), we tested the extent to whic...... hiện toàn bộ