Biotropica

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Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes	23
Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review	23
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Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina	21
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers	20
Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri	20
2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	20
Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes	20
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration	17
Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient	16
Litter‐trapping tank bromeliads in five different forests: Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes	15
Genetic diversity and functional connectivity of a critically endangered salamander	15
Competitive effects of a dominant palm on sapling performance in a Neotropical rainforest	15
Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna	15
Bioacoustic Assessment of Mangrove Health: Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Bird Richness	14
Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm	14
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Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon	14
Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest	13
Geographical variation in the bill–flower fit in a plant–pollinator interaction in western Mexico	12
Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey	12
Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon	12
Habitat differences in seed‐dispersing vertebrates indicate dispersal limitation in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas	11

Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply	11
Phenotypic, Floristic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of the Pollen Niche of Amazonian Stingless Bees	11
Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania	11
Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya	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
Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities	11
Directed vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal of a fleshy‐fruited amaryllid in a heterogenous habitat	10
Moderate anthropogenic impacts alter temporal niche without affecting spatial distribution of ocelots in the Amazon rainforest	10
Uncovering mechanisms of seed predation by fish	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
Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?	10
Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama	10
Niche expansion of capuchin monkeys to forest floor on guild‐reduced islands increases interspecific spatio‐temporal overlap	10
Perceptions by early career tropical researchers on the impact of COVID‐19 six months into the pandemic	10
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Forest resistance to drought in a humid tropical dipterocarp forest in the Western Ghats of India	9
Roost site use by Great (Buceros bicornis) and Wreathed (Rhyticeros undulatus) Hornbill and its implications for seed dispersal	9
Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels	9
Knowledge gaps and opportunities for conservation with orchid collectors in Vietnam	9
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) at risk in western Mexico	9
Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico	9
Conservation conundrum: Endangered species persists on noxious weed	9
Altitudinal variation of leaf carbon isotope for Dendrosenecio keniensis and Lobelia gregoriana in Mount Kenya alpine zone	9
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Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration	8
An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free‐ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon	8
Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare	8
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Challenges in the Early Ontogeny of a Mutualistic Plant: Resource Availability and Plant Defense in Juvenile Cecropia Ant‐Plants	8
Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review	8
Epizoochorous seed dispersal by an Afroalpine savanna primate	8
Lepidoptera research in Puerto Rico: Reconnecting with historical legacies to guide future priorities	8
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ATBC 2022 Student and Early Career Awards	8
Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest	8
Thomas E. Lovejoy III (1941–2021)—An individual for all times and places, especially in the tropics	7
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	7
Community composition of tree and palm species following disturbance in a forest with bamboo in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil	7
Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species	7
Associations of bird and bat species richness with temperature and remote sensing‐based vegetation structure on a tropical mountain	7
Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates	7
Effects of pasture‐burning management on anuran communities in subtropical Brazilian grasslands	7
Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest	7
Changing the main course: strong bat visitation to the ornithophilous mistletoe Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) in a Neotropical savanna	7
Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient	7
Variations in the reproductive cycle of Bornean montane tree species along elevational gradients on ultrabasic and non‐ultrabasic soils	7
Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado	7
Degradation and Fragmentation Effects on Structural Complexity in West‐African Forest Patches	7

How can academics contribute to biodiversity science?	7
Impact of human disturbance on the abundance of non‐breeding shorebirds in a subtropical wetland	7
Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands	7
Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats	6
A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures	6
Vertical stratification of dung beetles in young secondary forests of Singapore	6
More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India	6
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”	6
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Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica	6
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review	6
Large Yearly Fluctuations in Congregation Sizes of Migratory Danainae Butterflies in the Western Ghats, India	6
Distance sampling from curving transects in dense tropical forests	6
Integration of genetic structure into conservation of an endangered, endemic lizard, Ceratophora aspera: A case study from Sri Lanka	6
Lost in Amazon: Evidencing the southern extension of the geographic distribution of Linné's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)	6
Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors	6
A universal pharmacy: Possible self‐medication using tree balsam by multiple Atlantic Forest mammals	6
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Drivers of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) predation on endangered primates within a transformed landscape in southern Mexico	6
Nonchalant neighbors: Space use and overlap of the critically endangered Elongated Tortoise	6
Uncovering the vertebrate scavenger guild composition and functioning in the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot	6
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Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change	6
Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya	6
Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (Adansonia digitata)	6
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Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall	5
Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico	5
Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey	5
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil	5
Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India	5
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility	5
Ants mediate community composition of root‐associated fungi in an ant‐plant mutualism	5
Detecting ecological thresholds for biodiversity in tropical forests: Knowledge gaps and future directions	5
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats	5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests	5
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities	5
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows	5
Recruitment limitation in three large‐seeded plant species in a tropical moist forest	5
The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams	5
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages	5
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer	5
Short flowers for long tongues: Functional specialization in a nocturnal pollination network of an asclepiad in long‐tongued hawkmoths	5
Biotropica's first open call for editorial service	5
The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration	5
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals	5
Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest	5
Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests	5
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar	5
Population Estimate and Spatial Distribution of Capybaras in Lake Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil	5
Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape	5
Population structure and dynamics, breeding activity and phenology of the blue‐sided treefrog (Agalychnis annae)	5
2021 Student and Early Career Awards	4
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Neo‐tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	4
Habitat quality and edge area of fragments determine insect diversity in a heavily used landscape: Implications for forest landscape restoration	4
Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses	4
Agriculturally developed areas reduce genetic connectivity for a keystone Neotropical ungulate	4
Integrating effects of neighbor interactions for pollination and abiotic resources on coffee yield in a multi‐strata agroforest	4
Recolonizing native wildlife facilitates exotic plant invasion into Singapore's rain forests	4
Seed removal, seed dispersers, and the allocation of tissues in Myrtaceae seeds	4
Plant species specificity of ant–plant mutualistic interactions: Differential predation of termites by Camponotus crassus on five species of extrafloral nectaries plants	4
Value of human‐modified forests for the conservation of canopy epiphytes	4
Chimpanzees as ecosystem service providers: Seed dispersal of an economically important plant resource	4
Effects of forest fragmentation on the weight of understory birds at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia	4
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Limited seed dispersal shapes fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in a Neotropical dioecious large‐seeded palm	4
Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests	4
When are buttresses and stilt roots necessary for a tree in terra‐firme Amazonian forests?	4
Coarse woody debris density and carbon concentration by decay classes in mixed montane wet tropical forests	4
Snow damage in a Himalayan forest maintains the dominance of evergreen oaks	4
Endemic island plant–herbivore interactions: Kamehameha butterfly (Nymphalidae) and Hawaiian Urticaceae	4
Root vascular anatomy predicts maximum growth rates in savanna trees and grasses	4
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Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	4
Seed fate in ant‐mediated dispersal: Seed dispersal effectiveness in the Ectatomma ruidum (Formicidae)—Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Rutaceae) system	4
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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
Influence of microhabitat on the distribution of tadpoles of three endemic Nyctibatrachus species (Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats, India	4
Logging leaves a fingerprint on the number, size, spatial configuration and geometry of tropical forest canopy gaps	4
Size and crown shape predict reproductive maturity of Carapa guianensis in upland and floodplain forests in the northeastern Amazon	4
Regionally unique ant assemblages associated with community‐based conservation in northwestern Ghana	4
Two observations of rescue behavior in wild Asian elephants	4
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Leaf litter weevil richness increases with elevation in a tropical–temperate transitional forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeastern Mexico	3
Thin corridors limit wildlife: Variance of tropical carnivore distribution and habitat use in a critical rainforest corridor	3
Fruit tree phenology in traditionally managed versus protected forests in Malaysian Borneo	3
Can matrix structure affect animal navigation between fragments? A dispersal experiment using release platforms	3
Long‐term comparison of the orchid bee community in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica	3
Sacred groves of Central India: Diversity status, carbon storage, and conservation strategies	3
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly on seedlings of a Neotropical monodominant tree	3
Are fragments fruitful? A comparison of plant–seed disperser communities between fragments and contiguous forest in north‐east India	3
Mutualistic relationships in marine angiosperms: Enhanced germination of seeds by mega‐herbivores	3
Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of anuran assemblages across habitats and seasons in a Neotropical savanna	3
Pollination of Chamaepentas nobilis (Rubiaceae) by long‐proboscid hawkmoths in south‐central Africa: Trait mismatching and floral scent chemistry	3
Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists	3
Heads nods and boat bobs: Behavior of Iguana iguana is affected by environment and boat traffic in riparian tropical forest	3
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120 Years of “Lemurology”: A Qualitative Review of What We Have Learned	3
Frugivory by Three Species of Lizards in Madagascar: Implication for Their Ecological Roles as Seed Dispersers	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
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Wildlife predation by dogs in Madagascar	3
Determinants of resource use in lizard assemblages from the semiarid Caatinga, Brazil	3
Fruit trees drive small‐scale movement of elephants in Kibale National Park, Uganda	3
Evidence for acoustic niche partitioning depends on the temporal scale in two sympatric Bornean hornbill species	3
Plant phylogenetic diversity influences arthropod communities in tropical forest restoration plots	3
Latitudinal cline of flowering and fruiting phenology in Fagaceae in Asia	3
Nectar robbing effects on pollinators of a key nectar source plant (Tecoma fulva, Bignoniaceae) in a dry tropical Andean valley	3
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Epiphytic ant‐plant obtains nitrogen from both native and invasive ant inhabitants	3
Periodic Mangrove Growth Induced by Water Salinity Fluctuations Under Tropical Monsoon Climate, Thailand	3
Succession and seasonality drive tropical butterfly assembly after an extreme hurricane	3
Does the stork bring home the owl? Dusky Eagle‐Owls Bubo coromandus breeding on Woolly‐necked Stork Ciconia episcopus nests	3
The effect of flight efficiency on gap‐crossing ability in Amazonian forest birds	3
Shade tree traits and microclimate modifications: Implications for pathogen management in biodiverse coffee agroforests	3
Direct comparisons of logging and agroforestry influence on tropical mammals in Sarawak, Borneo	3
Anticipating the potential impacts of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans on Neotropical salamander diversity	3
Flower visitor networks: Reduced reproductive success driven by antagonists in a hummingbird‐pollinated species	3
Microclimate and seed bank under Pithecellobium keyense (Fabaceae) in a coastal scrubland	3
Soil nitrogen mediates the effect of climatic distance on herbivory rates in a tropical herb	3
My cave, my rules: Specialization, modularity, and topology of bat‐fly interactions in hot and cold caves from eastern South America	3
Identifying Mozambique's most critical areas for plant conservation: An evaluation of protected areas and Important Plant Areas	3
Quantifying the role of termite decomposition in a mesic savanna	3
Landscape structure and local variables affect plant community diversity and structure in a Brazilian agricultural landscape	2
Patterns in the genetic structure of 49 lowland rain forest tree species co‐distributed on opposite sides of the northern Andes	2
Interplay of environmental cues and wood density in the vegetative and reproductive phenology of seasonally dry tropical forest trees	2
Climate Heterogeneity Shapes the Diversity of Specialist Beetle Species Across Mountains in Malaysia	2
Interactive effects of elevation and newly paved road on avian community composition in a scientific reserve, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea	2
Biogeographic and evolutionary history of Crotonoideae based on pollen evidence from Indian Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments	2
Fine‐scale temporal dynamics of flower visitors sheds light on insect‐assemblage overlap between sexes in a dioecious Ecuadorian palm	2
Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado	2
Drivers of sunbird‐plant interactions on Mount Cameroon: Between neutrality and niche‐based processes	2
30 years brings changes to the arthropod community of Kibale National Park, Uganda	2
Anisophylly Is Associated With Climate in the Neotropical Genus Triolena (Melastomataceae)	2
Patterns of liana diversity and host interaction networks in selectively logged and unlogged forests of Uppangala, Western Ghats, India	2
DNA‐based fungal diversity in Madagascar and arrival of the ectomycorrhizal fungi to the island	2
Using the area of habitat to assess the extent of protection of India's birds	2
Frog call transmission in forestry monocultures: Are there drawbacks?	2
Do prey shape, time of day, and plant trichomes affect the predation rate on plasticine prey in tropical rainforests?	2
Lianas associated with continued forest biomass losses following large‐scale disturbances	2
Long‐term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia	2
Simulated Impacts of Harvesting Chamaedorea linearis and C. pinnatifrons (Arecaceae): Implications for Their Conservation	2
Disentangling drivers of thermal physiology: Community‐wide cold shock recovery of butterflies under natural conditions	2
Weathering the storm: Long‐term implications on the feeding ecology and habitat use of a frugivorous lemur following a tropical cyclone	2
Community science enhances modelled bee distributions in a tropical Asian city	2
Genetic inference of orchid colonization of a Costa Rican lava flow	2
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2021 Julie S Denslow, Peter Ashton Prizes for the Outstanding Articles Published in Biotropica	2
Distinct leaf water potential regulation of tree species and vegetation types across the Cerrado–Amazonia transition	2
Low Requirement on the Nest Site Selection Influencing the Invasion Success of House Geckos	2
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A waterfowl seed‐dispersal network from the Neotropical region is nested and modular	2
Passive acoustic data yields insights into bird vocalization behavior associated with invasive shrub removal	2
Evolutionary diversity gradients in neotropical tree assemblages: New insights from Non‐Flooded Evergreen forests	2
Long‐term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non‐native species	2
Structure of Epiphyte–Phorophyte Networks and Their Robustness to Species Loss in White‐Sand Ecosystems in the Amazon	2
Morphology of four common and phylogenetically distant ant species varies along disturbance and aridity gradients in the Caatinga dry forest	2
Limited genetic differentiation of Mycetomoellerius mikromelanos in Parque National Soberanía, Panama: Implications for queen dispersal	2
Guests in nests: A parallel between social plants and animals?	2
Drivers affecting habitat use in Afrotropical hipposiderid and pteropodid bats	2
Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea)	2
Biotropica at the Forefront of Tropical Seed Dispersal Ecology	2
Invasive Big‐Headed Ants and Black Rats Are Dominant Arthropod Predators Across Opposing Habitats of a Degraded Oceanic Island	2
Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate	2
Variation in biodiversity and abundance of functional groups of arthropods along a tropical elevational gradient in Puerto Rico	2
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Individual body mass and sex of a frugivorous bird affect the quality of seed dispersal	1