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2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	24
Litter‐trapping tank bromeliads in five different forests: Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes	24
Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna	21
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers	18
Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review	18
Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes	17
Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes	17
Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri	16
Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina	16
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Genetic diversity and functional connectivity of a critically endangered salamander	15
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration	14
Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon	14
Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon	14
Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey	12
Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities	12
Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm	12
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Bioacoustic Assessment of Mangrove Health: Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Bird Richness	12
Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania	11
Habitat differences in seed‐dispersing vertebrates indicate dispersal limitation in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas	11
Phenotypic, Floristic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of the Pollen Niche of Amazonian Stingless Bees	11
Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?	11

Non‐floral scent sources of orchid bees: Observations and significance	11
Escape behavior lateralization of pointed‐belly frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in the southern Pantanal	11
Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya	11
Uncovering mechanisms of seed predation by fish	11
Moderate anthropogenic impacts alter temporal niche without affecting spatial distribution of ocelots in the Amazon rainforest	11
Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest	11
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Lepidoptera research in Puerto Rico: Reconnecting with historical legacies to guide future priorities	10
Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply	10
Proximate cues of flowering in a subtropical rain forest	10
Virtual special issue: Insights from a landscape ecological perspective for tropical biology and conservation	10
Forest resistance to drought in a humid tropical dipterocarp forest in the Western Ghats of India	10
Roost site use by Great (Buceros bicornis) and Wreathed (Rhyticeros undulatus) Hornbill and its implications for seed dispersal	10
Migration Patterns of Epiphyllous Bryophyte Metapopulations in Amazonian Fragmented Landscape Inferred From Census and Genomic Data	10
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) at risk in western Mexico	9
Niche expansion of capuchin monkeys to forest floor on guild‐reduced islands increases interspecific spatio‐temporal overlap	9
Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels	9
Isolated Trees in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape: A View Through the Soil Seed Bank	9
Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama	9
Knowledge gaps and opportunities for conservation with orchid collectors in Vietnam	9
Directed vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal of a fleshy‐fruited amaryllid in a heterogenous habitat	9
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Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico	9
Where Art Thou? Urbanization Decreases Attacks on Sentinel Prey by Arthropods, but Not Birds, in a Tropical City	9
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Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest	8
Challenges in the Early Ontogeny of a Mutualistic Plant: Resource Availability and Plant Defense in Juvenile Cecropia Ant‐Plants	8
ATBC 2022 Student and Early Career Awards	8
Associations of bird and bat species richness with temperature and remote sensing‐based vegetation structure on a tropical mountain	8
Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates	8
Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado	8
Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration	8
Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient	8
Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare	7
The Rapid Recovery of a Caatinga Dry Forest is Mediated by Disturbance‐Adapted Species	7
Drivers of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) predation on endangered primates within a transformed landscape in southern Mexico	7
Changing the main course: strong bat visitation to the ornithophilous mistletoe Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) in a Neotropical savanna	7
Epizoochorous seed dispersal by an Afroalpine savanna primate	7
Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands	7
Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest	7
Thomas E. Lovejoy III (1941–2021)—An individual for all times and places, especially in the tropics	7
Distance sampling from curving transects in dense tropical forests	7
A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures	7
Impact of human disturbance on the abundance of non‐breeding shorebirds in a subtropical wetland	7
Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species	7
An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free‐ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon	7
Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review	7
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ATBC 2025 Student and Early Career Awards	7
Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats	7

Clades That Frequently Accumulate Metals Do Not Have Low Abundance in the Tropical Forests of Sulawesi, Indonesia	7
Variations in the reproductive cycle of Bornean montane tree species along elevational gradients on ultrabasic and non‐ultrabasic soils	7
How can academics contribute to biodiversity science?	7
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ATBC Code of Conduct	7
Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change	6
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Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico	6
Degradation and Fragmentation Effects on Structural Complexity in West‐African Forest Patches	6
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”	6
More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India	6
Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors	6
Effects of pasture‐burning management on anuran communities in subtropical Brazilian grasslands	6
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows	6
Large Yearly Fluctuations in Congregation Sizes of Migratory Danainae Butterflies in the Western Ghats, India	6
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Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica	6
A universal pharmacy: Possible self‐medication using tree balsam by multiple Atlantic Forest mammals	6
Inga and Lianas Are Key Players in the Tropical Nitrogen Cycle of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Insights From Linking Rates of Nitrogen Fixation With DNA Barcoding Root Identification	6
Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (Adansonia digitata)	6
Lost in Amazon: Evidencing the southern extension of the geographic distribution of Linné's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)	6
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The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration	5
Population structure and dynamics, breeding activity and phenology of the blue‐sided treefrog (Agalychnis annae)	5
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar	5
Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests	5
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats	5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests	5
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil	5
Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya	5
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages	5
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility	5
Biotropica's first open call for editorial service	5
The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams	5
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities	5
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals	5
Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall	5
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer	5
Recruitment limitation in three large‐seeded plant species in a tropical moist forest	5
Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey	5
Population Estimate and Spatial Distribution of Capybaras in Lake Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil	5
Ants mediate community composition of root‐associated fungi in an ant‐plant mutualism	5
Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest	5
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review	5
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Chimpanzees as ecosystem service providers: Seed dispersal of an economically important plant resource	4
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Succession and seasonality drive tropical butterfly assembly after an extreme hurricane	4
2021 Student and Early Career Awards	4
Thin corridors limit wildlife: Variance of tropical carnivore distribution and habitat use in a critical rainforest corridor	4
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Physiological and Growth Responses of Tropical Dry Forest Tree Seedlings to Water and Nutrient Additions: Comparisons Between Nitrogen Fixers and Non‐Fixers	4
When are buttresses and stilt roots necessary for a tree in terra‐firme Amazonian forests?	4
Neo‐tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	4
Radial and vertical variation of wood nutrients in Bornean tropical forest trees	4
The legacy of forest logging on organic matter inputs and storage in tropical streams	4
Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape	4
Habitat quality and edge area of fragments determine insect diversity in a heavily used landscape: Implications for forest landscape restoration	4
Size and crown shape predict reproductive maturity of Carapa guianensis in upland and floodplain forests in the northeastern Amazon	4
Frugivory by Three Species of Lizards in Madagascar: Implication for Their Ecological Roles as Seed Dispersers	4
Value of human‐modified forests for the conservation of canopy epiphytes	4
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Integrating effects of neighbor interactions for pollination and abiotic resources on coffee yield in a multi‐strata agroforest	4
Snow damage in a Himalayan forest maintains the dominance of evergreen oaks	4
Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses	4
Seed fate in ant‐mediated dispersal: Seed dispersal effectiveness in the Ectatomma ruidum (Formicidae)—Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Rutaceae) system	4
Limited seed dispersal shapes fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in a Neotropical dioecious large‐seeded palm	4
Short flowers for long tongues: Functional specialization in a nocturnal pollination network of an asclepiad in long‐tongued hawkmoths	4
Experimental Determination of Labidus coecus Army Ant Diet: Novel Evidence for a Feeding Strategy	4
Coarse woody debris density and carbon concentration by decay classes in mixed montane wet tropical forests	4
Effects of forest fragmentation on the weight of understory birds at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia	4
Effect of Local and Landscape Variables on Bird Communities in Forest‐Agricultural Mosaics in Northeast Luzon, Philippines	4
Logging leaves a fingerprint on the number, size, spatial configuration and geometry of tropical forest canopy gaps	4
Agriculturally developed areas reduce genetic connectivity for a keystone Neotropical ungulate	4
Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	4
Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests	4
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Mangrove Pollinator Functional Diversity Decreases With Patch Size and Landscape Anthropization	4
Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India	4

Leaf litter weevil richness increases with elevation in a tropical–temperate transitional forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeastern Mexico	3
Soil nitrogen mediates the effect of climatic distance on herbivory rates in a tropical herb	3
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Determinants of resource use in lizard assemblages from the semiarid Caatinga, Brazil	3
Quantifying Patterns of Lightning‐Caused Canopy Disturbances via Integration of Drone Imagery and Field Surveys	3
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Microclimate and seed bank under Pithecellobium keyense (Fabaceae) in a coastal scrubland	3
Endemic island plant–herbivore interactions: Kamehameha butterfly (Nymphalidae) and Hawaiian Urticaceae	3
The effect of flight efficiency on gap‐crossing ability in Amazonian forest birds	3
Can matrix structure affect animal navigation between fragments? A dispersal experiment using release platforms	3
Quantifying the role of termite decomposition in a mesic savanna	3
Two observations of rescue behavior in wild Asian elephants	3
Epiphytic ant‐plant obtains nitrogen from both native and invasive ant inhabitants	3
Pollination of Chamaepentas nobilis (Rubiaceae) by long‐proboscid hawkmoths in south‐central Africa: Trait mismatching and floral scent chemistry	3
Patterns of liana diversity and host interaction networks in selectively logged and unlogged forests of Uppangala, Western Ghats, India	3
Latitudinal cline of flowering and fruiting phenology in Fagaceae in Asia	3
DNA‐based fungal diversity in Madagascar and arrival of the ectomycorrhizal fungi to the island	3
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Identifying Mozambique's most critical areas for plant conservation: An evaluation of protected areas and Important Plant Areas	3
Hurricane‐associated population decrease in a critically endangered long‐lived reptile	3
Evolutionary history and precipitation seasonality shape niche overlap in Neotropical bat–plant pollination networks	3
Periodic Mangrove Growth Induced by Water Salinity Fluctuations Under Tropical Monsoon Climate, Thailand	3
Regionally unique ant assemblages associated with community‐based conservation in northwestern Ghana	3
Wildlife predation by dogs in Madagascar	3
Recolonizing native wildlife facilitates exotic plant invasion into Singapore's rain forests	3
Evidence for acoustic niche partitioning depends on the temporal scale in two sympatric Bornean hornbill species	3
Heads nods and boat bobs: Behavior of Iguana iguana is affected by environment and boat traffic in riparian tropical forest	3
Sacred groves of Central India: Diversity status, carbon storage, and conservation strategies	3
Long‐term comparison of the orchid bee community in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica	3
Distinct leaf water potential regulation of tree species and vegetation types across the Cerrado–Amazonia transition	3
Fruit tree phenology in traditionally managed versus protected forests in Malaysian Borneo	3
Direct comparisons of logging and agroforestry influence on tropical mammals in Sarawak, Borneo	3
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Flower visitor networks: Reduced reproductive success driven by antagonists in a hummingbird‐pollinated species	3
Does the stork bring home the owl? Dusky Eagle‐Owls Bubo coromandus breeding on Woolly‐necked Stork Ciconia episcopus nests	3
Root vascular anatomy predicts maximum growth rates in savanna trees and grasses	3
120 Years of “Lemurology”: A Qualitative Review of What We Have Learned	3
Seed removal, seed dispersers, and the allocation of tissues in Myrtaceae seeds	3
My cave, my rules: Specialization, modularity, and topology of bat‐fly interactions in hot and cold caves from eastern South America	3
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Rainforest Fragmentation Decreases the Robustness of Plant‐Frugivore Interaction Networks	3
Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists	2
Unraveling the Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Diversity of Lizard Assemblages in Riparian Forest Areas in the Amazon–Pantanal Ecotone	2
Using the area of habitat to assess the extent of protection of India's birds	2
2021 Julie S Denslow, Peter Ashton Prizes for the Outstanding Articles Published in Biotropica	2
Using Smartphones to Determine Hummingbird Dominance Networks in Quinde Ecotourist‐Route, Ecuador	2
Lianas associated with continued forest biomass losses following large‐scale disturbances	2
Reduction in mutualistic ant aggressive behavior upon sugar supplementation	2
Disentangling drivers of thermal physiology: Community‐wide cold shock recovery of butterflies under natural conditions	2
Simulated Impacts of Harvesting Chamaedorea linearis and C. pinnatifrons (Arecaceae): Implications for Their Conservation	2
Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado	2
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Interplay of environmental cues and wood density in the vegetative and reproductive phenology of seasonally dry tropical forest trees	2
Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate	2
Genetic inference of orchid colonization of a Costa Rican lava flow	2
Plant phylogenetic diversity influences arthropod communities in tropical forest restoration plots	2
Using Acoustic Monitoring to Assess Insectivorous Bat Richness and Activity in a Sub‐Tropical Savanna	2
Nectar robbing effects on pollinators of a key nectar source plant (Tecoma fulva, Bignoniaceae) in a dry tropical Andean valley	2
Evolutionary diversity gradients in neotropical tree assemblages: New insights from Non‐Flooded Evergreen forests	2
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Limited genetic differentiation of Mycetomoellerius mikromelanos in Parque National Soberanía, Panama: Implications for queen dispersal	2
The role of non‐natural foods in the nutritional strategies of monkeys in a human‐modified mosaic landscape	2
Climate Heterogeneity Shapes the Diversity of Specialist Beetle Species Across Mountains in Malaysia	2
Environmental variation associated with topography explains butterfly diversity along a tropical elevation gradient	2
Drivers affecting habitat use in Afrotropical hipposiderid and pteropodid bats	2
Passive acoustic data yields insights into bird vocalization behavior associated with invasive shrub removal	2
Drivers of sunbird‐plant interactions on Mount Cameroon: Between neutrality and niche‐based processes	2
A waterfowl seed‐dispersal network from the Neotropical region is nested and modular	2
Patterns in the genetic structure of 49 lowland rain forest tree species co‐distributed on opposite sides of the northern Andes	2
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Do prey shape, time of day, and plant trichomes affect the predation rate on plasticine prey in tropical rainforests?	2
Low Requirement on the Nest Site Selection Influencing the Invasion Success of House Geckos	2
Biogeographic and evolutionary history of Crotonoideae based on pollen evidence from Indian Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments	2
Biotropica at the Forefront of Tropical Seed Dispersal Ecology	2
Weathering the storm: Long‐term implications on the feeding ecology and habitat use of a frugivorous lemur following a tropical cyclone	2
Anisophylly Is Associated With Climate in the Neotropical Genus Triolena (Melastomataceae)	2
Morphology of four common and phylogenetically distant ant species varies along disturbance and aridity gradients in the Caatinga dry forest	2
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30 years brings changes to the arthropod community of Kibale National Park, Uganda	2
Space‐for‐time substitution reveals a hump‐shaped distribution of dung beetles	2
Long‐term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non‐native species	2
Frog call transmission in forestry monocultures: Are there drawbacks?	2
Structure of Epiphyte–Phorophyte Networks and Their Robustness to Species Loss in White‐Sand Ecosystems in the Amazon	2
Long‐Term Fire and Vegetation Change at Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Peru	2
Community science enhances modelled bee distributions in a tropical Asian city	2
Interactive effects of elevation and newly paved road on avian community composition in a scientific reserve, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea	2
Gamma, alpha, and beta diversity of ant assemblages response to a gradient of forest cover in human‐modified landscape in Brazilian Amazon	2
Anticipating the potential impacts of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans on Neotropical salamander diversity	2
Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea)	2
Variation in biodiversity and abundance of functional groups of arthropods along a tropical elevational gradient in Puerto Rico	2
Invasive Big‐Headed Ants and Black Rats Are Dominant Arthropod Predators Across Opposing Habitats of a Degraded Oceanic Island	2
Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of anuran assemblages across habitats and seasons in a Neotropical savanna	2
Guests in nests: A parallel between social plants and animals?	2