Observations of the tropical nitrogen (N) cycle over the past half century indicate that intact
tropical forests tend to accumulate and recycle large quantities of N relative to temperate …

Correlations between foliar nutrient concentrations and soil nutrient availability have been
found in multiple ecosystems. These relationships have led to the use of foliar nutrients as …

Over the past several decades, the conversion of native forest to agricultural land uses has
accelerated across the Amazon Basin. Despite a growing body of research on nutrient …

The diet and feeding behaviour of an habituated group of free-ranging spider monkeys
(Ateles belzebuth belzebuth) were studied from 1987 to 1989. Their dietary patterns were …

Tropical cyclones (TC s) are large‐scale disturbances that regularly impact tropical forests.
Although long‐term impacts of TC s on forest structure have been proposed, a global test of …

Because reducing aboveground competition for photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
increases growth and survival rates of tropical rain forest seedlings, belowground …

The flowering and fruiting phenology, floral biology, pollination ecology, and breeding
system of the emergent tree Ceiba pentandra were studied in the Brazilian Central Amazon …

The studies reported in this book were carried out within the Tropenbos-Colombia
programme and the Netherlands Centre for Geo-ecological Research (ICG) at the University …

We compared carbon and nutrient concentrations and stocks in aboveground vegetation
and soils between secondary forests (10-, 20-, and 40-year-old stands subject to repeated …

1. The Maraca rain forest occurs on sandy soils which have very low concentrations of
nutrients, but it has none of the structural features which are often held to be associated with …