The ecology of the period between seed germination and the establishment of independent
juvenile plants is discussed with reference to the utilization of seed reserves, resource …

A demographic study was carried out on Bertholletia excelsa, the Brazil nut tree, in two
primary forest sites in Northern Bolivia where Brazil nuts have been harvested for several …

The establishment of commercial tree regeneration is currently a focus for concern regarding
the sustainability of logging in the tropical forests of Bolivia. This study compared the density …

Data from a total of 117ha of small (0.25–4ha) permanent plots in four ecoregions of Bolivia,
along with information on harvest data, were used in a simulation model to determine the …

We evaluated the impacts of selective logging on tree regeneration one, four, and eight
years after harvests in Antimary State Forest in the State of Acre, Brazil. We inventoried tree …

Silvicultural treatments are generally performed to improve yields of commercially valuable
tree species by increasing their recruitment and growth rates. In this study we analyze the …

Tropical forests are characterized by diverse assemblages of plant and animal species
compared to temperate forests. Corollary to this general rule is that most tree species …

Mature tropical forests at agricultural frontiers are of global conservation concern as the
leading edge of global deforestation. In the Ituri Forest of DRC, as in other tropical forest …

Despite all efforts to promote sustainable use of timber resources in tropical forests, the
current management criteria still require adjustments at a species level, considering specific …

We describe temporal patterns of food consumption by Peruvian spider monkeys (Ateles
chamek) in a semihumid forest in lowland Bolivia. We assessed dietary composition in …