Publications: February 2012 - April 2012

Da-Yong Zhang, Bo-Yu Zhang, Kui Lin, Xinhua Jiang, Yi Tao, Stephen Hubbell, Fangliang He, and Annette Ostling.  2012. Demographic trade-offs determine species abundance and diversity. Journal of Plant Ecology 5(1):82-88

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He, Fangliang, Da-Yong Zhang, and Hui Lin. 2012. Coexistence of nearly neutral species. Journal of Plant Ecology 5(1): 72-81

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Katabuchi, M., H. Kurokawa, S.J. Davies, S. Tan and T. Nakashizuka, T. 2012. Soil resource availability shapes community trait structure in a species-rich dipterocarp forest. Journal of Ecology 100:643-651.

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Lutz, James A., Andrew J. Larson, Mark E. Swanson, and James A. Freund. 2012. Ecological Importance of Large-Diameter Trees in a Temperate Mixed-Conifer Forest.  PLoS ONE 7(5):e36131.

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Román-Dañobeytia, Francisco J., Samuel I. Levy-Tacher, James Aronson, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, and Jorge Castellanos-Albores. 2012. Testing the Performance of Fourteen Native Tropical Tree Species in Two Abandoned Pastures of the Lacandon Rainforest Region of Chiapas, Mexico. Restoration Ecology 20(3):378-386.

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Rosindell, J., P.A. Jansen, and R.S. Etienne. 2012. Age structure in neutral theory resolves inconsistencies related to reproductive-size threshold. Journal of Plant Ecology 5(1):64-71.

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Rüger, N. and R. Condit. 2012. Testing metabolic theory with models of tree growth that include light competition. Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01981.x

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Russo, S.E., L. Zhang and S. Tan. 2012. Covariation between understorey light environments and soil resources in Bornean mixed dipterocarp rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28:33–44.

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Swenson, N.G., J.C. Stegen, S.J. Davies, D.L. Erickson, J. Forero-Montaña, A.H. Hurlbert, W.J. Kress, J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, and J.K. Zimmerman. 2012. Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity. Ecology 93:490-499.

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Uriarte, María, James S. Clark, Jess K. Zimmerman, Liza C. Comita, Jimena Forero-Montaña, and Jill Thompson. 2012. Multidimensional trade-offs in species responses to disturbance: implications for diversity in a subtropical forest. Ecology 93(1):191-205.

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Zimmermann, A., T. Franke, and H. Elsenbeer. 2012. Forests and erosion: Insights from a study of suspended-sediment dynamics in an overland flow-prone rainforest catchment. Journal of Hydrology 428:170-181.

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Publications: October 2011- January 2012

Alvarez, E., Duque, A., Saldarriaga, J., Cabrera, K., de las Salas, G., del Valle, I., Lema, A., Moreno, F., Orrego, S., Rodriquez, L., 2011. Tree above-ground biomass allometries for carbon stock estimation in the natural forests of Colombia. Forest Ecology and Management, 267 (2012):297-203.
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Heartsill Scalley, T., Crowl, T.A., and Thompson, J., 2009. Tree species distributions in relation to stream distance in a mid-montane wet forest, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 45 (1): 52-63.
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Iida, Y., Poorter, L., Sterck, F. J., Kassim, A. R., Kubo, T., Potts, M. D. and Kohyama, T. S., 2012. Wood density explains architectural differentiation across 145 co-occurring tropical tree species. Functional Ecology, 26 (1):274-282.
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Jansen, Patrick, 2011. The roles of vertebrates in forest dynamics: A new CTFS program. Proceedings of the Pasoh International Symposium, 10-11 November 2010, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Selangor.
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Kamiya, Koichi, Gan, Yik Yuen, Lum, Shawn K. Y., Khoo, Min Sheng, Chua, Siew Chin, Faizu, Nik N. H., 2011. Morphological and molecular evidence of natural hybridization in Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae). Tree Genetics & Genomes, 7:297–306.
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Kanagaraj, R., Wiegand, T., Comita, L. S. and Huth, A., 2011. Tropical tree species assemblages in topographical habitats change in time and with life stage. Journal of Ecology, 99:1441–1452.
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Kays, Roland, Jansen, Patrick A., Knecht, Elise M.H., Vohwinkel, Reinhard, and Wikelski, Martin, 2011. The effect of feeding time on dispersal of Virola seeds by toucans determined from GPS tracking and accelerometers. Acta Oecologica 37:625-631.
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Kays, Roland, Tilak, Sameer, Kranstauber, Bart, Jansen, Patrick A., Carbone, Chris, Rowcliffe, Marcus, Fountain, Tony, Eggert, Jay, and He, Zhihai, 2011. Camera Traps as Sensor Networks for Monitoring Animal Communities. International Journal of Research and Reviews in Wireless Sensor Networks (IJRRWSN), 1(2), June 2011.
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Makana, Jean-Remy, Ewamgo, Corneille N., McMahon, Sean M., Thomas, Sean C., Hart, Terese B., and Condit, Richard, 2011. Demography and biomass change in monodominant and mixed old-growth forest of the Congo. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 27:447-461.
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Martin, Adam R., Stedman, Elvis R., and Thomas, Sean C., 2011. Size-dependent changes in light requirements of tropical trees: weak light-growth relationships in seven Caribbean rainforest species preclude testing a general hypothesis. Journal of Negative Results - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 8:6-17.
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Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, Carbone, Chris, Jansen, Patrick A., Kays, Roland, and Kranstauber, Bart, 2011. Quantifying the sensitivity of camera traps: an adapted distance sampling approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2:464-476.
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Saner, P., Loh, Y.Y, Ong, R.C., Hector, A., 2012. Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Tropical Lowland Dipterocarp Rainforests in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. PLoS ONE 7(1): e29642.
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Šizling, Arnošt L., Kunin, William E., Šizlingová, Eva, Reif, Jiří, and Storch, David Storch, 2011. Between Geometry and Biology: The Problem of Universality of the Species-Area Relationship. The American Naturalist, 178(5):602-611.
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Stephenson, Nathan L., van Mantgem, Phillip J., Bunn, Andrew G., Bruner, Howard, Harmon, Mark E., O’Connell, Kari B., Urban, Dean L., and Franklin, Jerry F., 2011. Causes and implications of the correlation between forest productivity and tree mortality rates. Ecological Monographs, 81(4):527–555.
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Uriarte, Maria, Yackulic, Charles B., Lim, Yili, and Arce-Nazario, Javier, 2011. Influence of land use on water quality in a tropical landscape: a multi-scale analysis. Landscape Ecology, 26:1151–1164.
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van Breugel, Michiel, van Breugel, Paulo, Jansen, Patrick A., Martinez Ramos, Miguel, and Bongers, Frans, 2012. The relative importance of above- versus belowground competition for tree growth during early succession of a tropical moist forest. Plant Ecology, 213:25-34.
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Visser, M. D., Muller-Landau, H. C., Wright, S. J., Rutten, G. and Jansen, P. A., 2011.
Tri-trophic interactions affect density dependence of seed fate in a tropical forest palm. Ecology Letters, 14:1093–1100.
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Wang, Xugao Wang, Wiegand, Thorsten, Wolf, Amy, Howe, Robert, Davies, Stuart J., and Hao, Zhanqing Hao, 2011. Spatial patterns of tree species richness in two temperate forests. Journal of Ecology, 99:1382–1393.
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Yackulic, Charles B., Fagan, Matthew, Jain, Meha, Jina, Amir, Lim, Yili, Marlier, Miriam, Muscarella, Robert, Adame, Patricia, DeFries, Ruth, and Uriarte, Marie, 2011. Biophysical and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Forest Transitions at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales. Ecology and Society, 16(3):15.
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Publications: July-September 2011

Arias García, J.C., Duque Montoya, A.J., Cárdenas López, D., 2009. Crecimiento diamétrico de un bosque del Noroccidente amazónico. Revista Colombia Amazónica Nueva Época Vol. 2, 57-64.

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Barreto Silva, J.S., Duque Montoya, A.J., Cárdenas López, D., Moreno Hurtado, F.H., 2010. Variación florística de especies arbóreas a escala local en un bosque de tierra firme en la Amazonia colombiana. Revista Acta Amazónica, 40(1): 179-188.

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Calle Rendón, B.R., Moreno Hurtado, F.H., Cárdenas López, D, 2011. Relación entre suelos y estructura del bosque en la Amazonía colombiana, Biología Tropical Vol. 59 (3): 1307-1322.

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Cárdenas López, D., Cordero Parada, Z., Salinas Nelson, R., Suárez Suárez, S., Zuluaga Trochez, A., Barreto Silva, J.S.,  Arias García,  J.C.,, Castaño Arboleda, N., Duque Montoya, Á.J., Sua Tunjano, S., 2010. Composición florística de diez hectáreas de la Parcela Permanente Amacayacu, Amazonia colombiana, Revista Colombia Amazónica Nueva Época Vol. 3: 141-177.

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Martin, A.R., and Thomas, S.C., 2011. A Reassessment of Carbon Content in Tropical Trees. PlosOne 6(8), e23533.

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McEwan, R.W., Lin, Y.-C., Sun, I.-F.,  Hsieh, C.-F., Su, S.H., Chang, L.-W., Song, G.-Z.M., Wang, H.-H., Hwong, J.-L., Lin, K.-C.,  Yang, K.-C.,  Chiang, J.-M., 2011. Topographic and biotic regulation of aboveground carbon storage in subtropical broad-leaved forests of Taiwan. Forest Ecology and Management 262, 1817–1825.

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Peña, M.A., Cárdenas López, D., Duque Montoya, A.J., 2010. Distribución de especies y su relación con la variación ambiental y espacial a escala local en un bosque de tierra firme en la Amazonía colombiana. Revista Actualidades Biológicas, 32(92): 41-51.

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Rüger, N., Berger, U., Hubbell, S.P., Vieilledent, G., Condit, R., 2011. Growth strategies of tropical tree species: Disentangling light and size effects. PLoS ONE, 6:e25330.

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Rüger, N., Huth, A., Hubbell, S.P., Condit, R., 2011. Determinants of mortality across a tropical lowland rainforest community. Oikos, 120:1047–1056.

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Van Breugel, M., J. Ransijn, D. Craven, F. Bongers, J. S. Hall, 2011. Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models. Forest Ecology and Management 262, 1648–1657.

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Publications: April – June 2011

Heineman, K.D.,  E. Jensen, A. Shapland, B. Bogenrief, S. Tan, R. Rebarber, S. E. Russo. The effects of belowground resources on aboveground allometric growth in Bornean tree species. Forest Ecology and Management 261 (2011) 1820–1832.
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He, F and S.P. Hubbell. Species-area relationships always overestimate extinction rates from habitat loss. Nature 473 (2011) 368–371.
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Feeley, K. J., S.J. Davies, R. Perez, S. P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. Directional changes in the species composition of a tropical forest. Ecology, 92(4), 2011, 871–882.
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McMahon, S. M., Harrison, S. P., Armbruster, W. S., Bartlein, P.J., Beale, C, Edwards, M. E., Kattge, J, Midgley, G,  Morin, X,  and Prentice, I C. Improving assessments of climate-change impacts on global biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2011. Vol. 26, No. 5.
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Meegaskumbura, M., S. Meegaskumbura, G. Bowatte, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, R. Pethiyagoda, J. Hanken and C.J. Schneider. Taruga (ANURA: RHACOPHORIDAE), a new genus of foam-nesting tree frogs endemic to Sri Lanka. Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 39 (2): 75-94, 2010
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Norghauer, J.M., A. R. Martin, E. E. Mycroft, A. James, S. C. Thomas. Island Invasion by a Threatened Tree Species: Evidence for Natural Enemy Release of Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) on Dominica, Lesser Antilles. PLoS ONE 6(4): e18790.
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Pringle, E.G., R.I. Adams, E. Broadbent, P. E. Busby, C. I. Donatti, E. L. Kurten, K. Renton and R. Dirzo. Distinct Leaf-trait Syndromes of Evergreen and Deciduous Trees in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest. 2011. Biotropica 43(3): 299–308.
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Rahbek, C. and R.K. Colwell. Species loss revisited. Nature 473 (2011) 288–289.
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Schnitzer, S.A., J.N. Klironomos, J.  HilleRisLambers, L. L. Kinkel, P. B. Reich, K. Xiao, M. C. Rillig, B.A. Sikes, R.M. Callaway, S. A. Mangan, E.H. van Nes, and M. Scheffer. Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern. Ecology, 92(2), 2011, pp. 296–303.
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Uriarte, M., M. Anciaes, M.T.B. da Silva, P. Rubim, E. Johnson, and E.M. Bruna. Disentangling the drivers of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Ecology, 92(4), 2011, 924–937.
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Visser, Marco D., E. Jongejans, M. van Breugel, P. A. Zuidema, Y. Chen, A. Rahman K. and H. de Kroon. Strict mast fruiting for a tropical dipterocarp tree: a demographic cost–benefit analysis of delayed reproduction and seed predation. Journal of Ecology, published online 23 Mar 2011.
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New Book from the CTFS-SIGEO Network: The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia

CTFS is pleased to announce the publication of The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia, edited by William J. McShea, Stuart J. Davies and Naris Bhumpakphan.  William McShea is a research ecologist at the Conservation Ecology Center in the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Institution. Stuart Davies is Director of the Center for Tropical Forest Science-Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory Program of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Naris Bhumpakphan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Biology at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Seasonally dry forests are the most widespread forest type remaining in South and Southeast Asia. For many endangered species, such as tigers, elephants, deer, and primates, this unique habitat is central to their survival. The forests are also intimately linked to humans in the region, who have lived in and relied on them for centuries. Despite the importance of seasonally dry forests, little is known of their ecology. The chapters in this volume draw connections between forests, endangered species, and agricultural communities in the region. The contributors, many of whom are in-country researchers and managers who have spent years studying this ecosystem, provide an overview of the ecology and conservation of seasonally dry forests in Asia. The book also includes case studies for the conservation of species dependent on these ecosystems, such as tigers, elephants, deer, banteng, and gibbons, and discussions of effective management and conservation of seasonally dry forests.

The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia is published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, and can be purchased here or at http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/Flyer2.shtml?SKU=1935623028.

Publications: Jan - Mar 2011

Brenes-Arguedas, T., A. B. Roddy, P. D. Coley, T. A. Kursar. 2010. Do differences in understory light contribute to species distributions along a tropical rainfall gradient? Oecologia. Published online 1 Dec 2010.

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Goldsmith, G. R., L. S. Comita, and Siew Chin Chua. 2011. Evidence for arrested succession within a tropical forest fragment in Singapore. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27:323–326.

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Heckel C. D., N. A. Bourg, W. J. McShea, and S. Kalisz. 2011. Nonconsumptive effects of a generalist ungulate herbivore drive decline of unpalatable forest herbs. Ecology, 91(2), 319–326.

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Kress WJ, Erickson DL, Swenson NG, Thompson J, Uriarte M, et al. 2011. Advances in the Use of DNA Barcodes to Build a Community Phylogeny for Tropical Trees in a Puerto Rican Forest Dynamics Plot. PLoS ONE 5(11): e15409.

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Meegaskumbura, M. and K. Manamendra-Arachchi. 2011. Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2747: 1–18 (2011)

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Metz, Margaret, Wayne Sousa, and Renato Valencia. 2010. Widespread density-dependent seedling mortality promotes species coexistence in a highly diverse Amazonian rain forest. Ecology, 91(12),3675-3685

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Mohandass, D.and P. Davidar. 2011. The relationship between area, and vegetation structure and diversity in montane forest (shola) patches in southern India. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 3: 1, 67-76

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Nock, C.A., P.J. Baker, W. Wanek, A. Leis, M. Grabner, S. Bunyavejchewin and P. Hietz. 2011. Long-term increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand. Global Change Biology 17, 1049–1063.

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Norden, N., R. C. G. Mesquita, T. V. Bentos, R. L. Chazdon & G. B. Williamson. 2011. Contrasting community compensatory trends in alternative successional pathways in central Amazonia. Oikos 120(1), 143-151.

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Novotny, V., S. E. Miller, L. Baje, S. Balagawi, Y. Basset, et al. 2010. Guild-specific patterns of species richness and host specialization in plant–herbivore food webs from a tropical forest.

Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 1193–1203

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Wright, S. J., K. Kitajima, N. J. B. Kraft, P. B. Reich, I. J. Wright, D. E. Bubker, R. Condit, J. W. Dalling, S. J. Davies, S. Diaz, B. M. J. Engelbrecht, K. E. Harms, S. P. Hubbell, et al. 2010. Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees. Ecology, 91(12), 2010, pp. 3664–3674

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Zimmermann, A., B. Zimmermann, and H. Elsenbeer. 2010. Comment on ‘‘Spatial throughfall heterogeneity in a montane rain forest in Ecuador: Extent, temporal stability and drivers” by Wullaert et al. [J. Hydrol. 377 (2009) 71–79]. Journal of Hydrology 395,133–136.

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New Book from the CTFS-SIGEO Network

We are pleased to announce the publication of Trees of Panama and Costa Rica by Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez and Nefertaris Daguerre. Richard Condit is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. Rolando Pérez is chief botanist and Nefertaris Daguerre is a forest specialist with the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the STRI.

L-to-R: Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez , and Nefertaris Daguerre.

This is the first field guide dedicated to the diverse tree species of Panama and Costa Rica. Covering almost 500 tropical tree species, Trees of Panama and Costa Rica includes 438 high-resolution color photos, 480 color distribution maps, and concise descriptions of key characteristics for every species. Family and species accounts are treated alphabetically and describe family size, number of genera and species, floral characteristics, and relative abundance. Color distribution maps supplement the species descriptions, and facing-page photographic plates detail bark, leaf, flower, or fruit of the species featured. Helpful appendices contain a full glossary, a comprehensive guide to leaf forms, and a list of families not covered.

Trees of Panama and Costa Rica is published by Princeton University Press and can be purchased here: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9289.html or at Amazon.com here: http://www.amazon.com/Trees-Panama-Costa-Princeton-Guides/dp/0691147108

Publications, Oct - Dec 2010

Eastwood, R., P. Kongnoo, and M. Reinkaw. Collecting and eating Liphyra brassolis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in southern Thailand. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera (2010) 43: 51-61.
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Kraft, N. J. B., M. R. Metz, R. S. Condit, and J. Chave. 2010. The relationship between wood density and mortality in a global tropical forest data set. New Phytologist, 188: 1124–1136.
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Publications: Aug – Oct 2010

Baltzer, JL, and SC Thomas. 2010. A second dimension to the leaf economics spectrum predicts edaphic habitat association in a tropical forest. 2010. PloS ONE 5(10): e13163.
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Jones, FA, and LS Comita. 2010. Density-dependent pre-dispersal seed predation and fruit set in a tropical tree. Oikos 119(11): 1841-1847.
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Malhado, ACM, GF Pires, and MH Costa. Cerrado conservation is essential to protect the Amazon rainforest. 2010. AMBIO 39(8): 580-584.
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Ogden, FL, RF Stallard, H Elsenbeer, and J Hall. 2010. Panama Canal Watershed Experiment—Agua Salud Project. AWRA Summer Specialty Conference Proceedings, 30 Aug - 1 Sep.
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Stallard, RF, FL Ogden, H Elsenbeer, and J Hall. 2010. Panama Canal Watershed Experiment—Agua Salud Project. Water Resources IMPACT 12(4): 17-20.

Weerasinghe, SM, C Chandrasekara, G Seneviratne, CVS Gunatilleke, and IAUN Gunatilleke. 2010. Growth variations of edaphic specialist species in a reciprocal pot experiment in Sri Lanka. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka 38(3): 171-179.
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Publications: Apr - Jul 2010

Bastien-Henri, S, A Park, M Ashton, and C Messier. 2010. Biomass distribution among tropical tree species grown under differing regional climates. Forest Ecology and Management 260(3): 403-410.
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Chen, L, X Mi, LS Comita, L Zhang, H Ren, and K Ma. 2010. Community-level consequences of density dependence and habitat association in a subtropical broad-leaved forest. Ecology Letters 13(6): 695-704.
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Comita, LS, HC Muller-Landau, S Aguilar, and SP Hubbell. 2010. Asymmetric density dependence shapes species abundances in a tropical tree community. Science 329: 330-332.
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DeFries, RS, T Rudel, M Uriarte, and M Hansen. 2010. Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century. Nature Geoscience 3: 178-181.
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DeWalt, SJ, SA Schnitzer, J Chave, F Bongers, RJ Burnham, Z Cai, G Chuyong, DB Clark, CEN Ewango, JJ Gerwing, E Gortaire, T Hart, G Ibarra-Manriquez, K Ickes, D Kenfack, MJ Macia, JR Makana, M Martinez-Ramos, Jo Mascaro, S Moses, HC Muller-Landau, MPE Parren, N Parthasarathy, DR Perez-Salicrup, FE Putz, H Romero-Saltos, and D Thomas. 2010. Annual rainfall and seasonality predict pan-tropical patterns of liana density and basal area. Biotropica 42(3): 309-317.
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Eichhorn, MP, R Nilus, SG Compton, SE Hartley, and DFRP Burslem. 2010. Herbivory of tropical rain forest tree seedlings correlates with future mortality. Ecology 91(4): 1092-1101.
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Ingwell, LL, SJ Wright, KK Becklund, SP Hubbell, and SA Schnitzer. 2010. The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Journal of Ecology 98(4): 879-887.
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Kraft, NJB and DD Ackerly. 2010. Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest. Ecological Monographs 80(3): 401-422.
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Larjavaara, M. 2010. Maintenance cost, toppling risk and size of trees in a self-thinning stand. Journal of Theoretical Biology 265: 63-67.
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Larjavaara, M and HC Muller-Landau. 2010. Rethinking the value of high wood density. Functional Ecology 24(4): 701-705.
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Noumi, VN, L Zapfack, B Sonke, G Achoundong, and OC Kengne. 2010. Distribution et richesse taxonomiques des épiphytes de quelques phorophytes au Parc national de Korup (Cameroun). International Journal of Environmental Studies 67:1: 51-61.
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Park, A, M van Breugel, MS Ashton, M Wishnie, E Mariscal, J Deago, D Ibarra, N Cedeno, JS Hall. 2010. Local and regional environmental variation influences the growth of tropical trees in selection trials in the Republic of Panama. Forest Ecology and Management 260(1): 12-21.
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Russo, SE, WL Cannon, C Elowsky, S Tan, and SJ Davies. 2010. Variation in leaf stomatal traits of 28 tree species in relation to gas exchange along an edaphic gradient in a Bornean rain forest. American Journal of Botany 97(7): 1109-1120.
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Schnitzer, SA and WP Carson. 2010. Lianas suppress tree regeneration and diversity in treefall gaps. Ecology Letters 13(7): 849-857.
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Uriarte, M, EM Bruna, P Rubim, M Anciaes, and I Jonckheere. 2010. Effects of forest fragmentation on the seedling recruitment of a tropical herb: assessing seed vs. safe-site limitation. Ecology 91(5): 1317-1328.
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Wang, X, T Wiegand, Z Hao, B Li, J Ye, and F Lin. 2010. Species associations in an old-growth temperate forest in north-eastern China. Journal of Ecology 98(3): 674-686.
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Wright, SJ. 2010. The future of tropical forests. 2010. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1195: 1–27.
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Zuidema, PA, T Yamada, HJ During, A Itoh, T Yamakura, T Ohkubo, M Kanzaki, S Tan, and PS Ashton. 2010. Recruitment subsidies support tree subpopulations in non-preferred tropical forest habitats. Journal of Ecology 98(3): 636-644.
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Publications: Jan - Mar 2010

Craft, KJ, SU Pauls, K Darrow, SE Miller, PDN Hebert, LE Helgen, V Novotny, and GD Weiblen. 2010. Population genetics of ecological communities with DNA barcodes: An example from New Guinea Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107(11): 5041-5046.
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Itoh, A, T Ohkubo, S Nanami, S Tan, T Yamakura. 2010. Comparison of statistical tests for habitat associations in tropical forests: A case study of sympatric dipterocarp trees in a Bornean forest. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 323–332.
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McMahon, SM, GG Parker, and DR Miller. 2010. Evidence for a recent increase in forest growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107(8): 3611-3615.
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Muller-Landau, HC. The tolerance-fecundity trade-off and the maintenance of diversity in seed size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107(9): 4242-4247.
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Zimmermann, A, B Zimmermann, and H Elsenbeer. 2009. Rainfall redistribution in a tropical forest: Spatial and temporal patterns. Water Resources Research 45, W11413, doi:10.1029/2008WR007470.
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Zimmermann, B, A Zimmermann, RM Lark, and H Elsenbeer. 2010. Sampling procedures for throughfall monitoring: A simulation study. Water Resources Research 46, W01503, doi:10.1029/2009WR007776.
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Publications: Dec 2009

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Baltzer, JL, DM Gregoire, S Bunyavejchewin, NSM Noor, and SJ Davies. 2009. Coordination of foliar and wood anatomical traits contributes to tropical tree distributions and productivity along the Malay-Thai peninsula. American Journal of Botany 96(12): 2214-23.
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Dent, DH and SJ Wright. 2009. The future of tropical species in secondary forests: A quantitative review. Biological Conservation 142(12): 2833-43.
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Honorio Coronado, EN, TR Baker, OL Phillips, NCA. Pitman, RT Pennington, R Vasquez Martinez, A Monteagudo, H Mogollon, N Davila Cardozo, M Rios, R. Garcia-Villacorta, E Valderrama, M Ahuite, I Huamantupa, DA Neill, WF Laurance, HEM Nascimento, SS de Almeida, TJ Killeen, L Arroyo, P Nunez, and Freitas Alvarado. 2009. Multi-scale comparisons of tree composition in Amazonian terra firme forests. Biogeosciences 6(11): 2719-31.
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Nock, CA, D Geihofer, M Grabner, PJ Baker, S Bunyavejchewin, and Peter Hietz. 2009. Wood density and its radial variation in six canopy tree species differing in shade-tolerance in western Thailand. Annals of Botany 104: 297–306.
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Publications: Nov 2009

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Gonzalez, MA, C Baraloto, J Engel, SA Mori, P Pétronelli, B Riéra, A Roger, C Thébaud, and J Chave. 2009. Identification of Amazonian Trees with DNA barcodes. PLoS ONE 4(10): e7483.
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Kress, JW, DL Erickson, FA Jones, NG Swenson, R Perez, O Sanjur, and E Bermingham. 2009. Plant DNA barcodes and a community phylogeny of a tropical forest dynamics plot in Panama. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106(44): 18621-18626.
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Rüger, N, A Huth, SP Hubbell, and R Condit. 2009. Response of recruitment to light availability across a tropical lowland rain forest community. Journal of Ecology 97(6): 1360–1368.
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Tan, S, T Yamakura, M Tani, P Palmiotto, JD Mamit, CS Pin, SJ Davies, P Ashton, and I Baillie. 2009. Review of soils on the 52 ha long term ecological research plot in mixed Dipterocarp forest at Lambir, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Tropics 18(2): 61-86.
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Wan Juliana, WA, DFRP Burslem, and MD Swaine. 2009. Nutrient limitation of seedling growth on contrasting soils from Pasoh Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 21(4): 316-327.
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Wolf, A, S Davies, and R Condit. 2009. Report from the 2009 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting: Ecological insights from long-term research plots in tropical and temperate forests. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 90( 4): 519-525.
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Publications: Sep - Oct 2009

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Comita, LS, BMJ Engelbrecht. 2009. Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest. Ecology 90(10): 2755-2765.
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Comita, LS, M Uriarte, J Thompson, I Jonckheere, CD Canham, and JK Zimmerman. Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest. 2009. Journal of Ecology 97(6): 1346-1359.
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Crk, T, M Uriarte, F Corsi, and D Flynn. 2009. Forest recovery in a tropical landscape: what is the relative importance of biophysical, socioeconomic, and landscape variables? Landscape Ecology 24: 629-642.
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Dick, CW, WJ Kress. 2009. Dissecting tropical plant diversity with forest plots and a molecular toolkit. BioScience 59: 745-755.
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Legendre, P, X Mi, H Ren, K Ma, M Yu, I-F Sun, and F He. 2009. Partitioning beta diversity in a subtropical broad-leaved forest of China. Ecology 90(3) 663-674.
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Queenborough, SA, DFRP Burslem, NC Garwood, and R Valencia. 2009. Taxonomic scale-dependence of habitat niche partitioning and biotic neighbourhood on survival of tropical tree seedlings. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276: 4197-4205.
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Queenborough, SA, SJ Mazer, SM Vamosi, NC Garwood, R Valencia, and RP Freckleton. 2009. Seed mass, abundance and breeding system among tropical forest species: do dioecious species exhibit compensatory reproduction or abundances? Journal of Ecology 97(3): 555-566.
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Swenson, NG, BJ Enquist. 2009. Opposing assembly mechanisms in a Neotropical dry forest: implications for phylogenetic and functional community ecology. Ecology 90(8): 2161-2170.
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Valencia, R, R Condit, HC Muller-Landau, C Hernandez, and H Navarrete. 2009. Dissecting biomass dynamics in a large Amazonian forest plot. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 473-482.
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