Biotropica

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Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica	65
DNA‐based fungal diversity in Madagascar and arrival of the ectomycorrhizal fungi to the island	34
What do adult black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) actually eat?	25
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From the front door to the basement: Invertebrate communities' structure as a proxy for determining cave zonation in Neotropics	21
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats	19
Turtle Ant Resemblance in a New World Stink Bug, Preliminary Evidence for Mimicry	18
2024 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	18
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Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes	16
Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri	16
Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of anuran assemblages across habitats and seasons in a Neotropical savanna	15
Direct comparisons of logging and agroforestry influence on tropical mammals in Sarawak, Borneo	15
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil	15
Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna	15
The effect of warning signs on the presence of snare traps in a Ugandan rainforest	14
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Host specificity and association of Cerambycidae with the physical characteristics of the wood of trees in a tropical dry forest	12
Anticipating the potential impacts of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans on Neotropical salamander diversity	12
Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest	12
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Standing Herbivory Is Not Affected by Tree Sex or Conspecific Density in a Dioecious Understory Tropical Tree Species	11
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows	11

2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	11
ATBC 2023 Student and Early Career Awards	11
Smaller size of harlequin toads from populations long exposed to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis	10
Competitive effects of a dominant palm on sapling performance in a Neotropical rainforest	10
Leaf litter weevil richness increases with elevation in a tropical–temperate transitional forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeastern Mexico	10
The role of howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the primary succession of the Paraná flooded forest (Argentina)	10
Functional traits predict tree‐level phenological strategies in a mesic Indian savanna	10
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Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina	10
Effects of land‐use on fruit bat distribution in different habitats along the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	10
Native ants help to spread an invasive African grass in the Cerrado	10
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Are fragments fruitful? A comparison of plant–seed disperser communities between fragments and contiguous forest in north‐east India	9
Effects of latitude and plant relative abundance on predispersal granivory	9
Grassland trees and the common bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus promote Afromontane forest restoration	9
Determinants of resource use in lizard assemblages from the semiarid Caatinga, Brazil	9
Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (Adansonia digitata)	8
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Palm live aboveground biomass in the riparian zones of a forest in Central Amazonia	8
Ecosystem‐wide responses to fire and large mammal herbivores in an African savanna	8
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Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change	7
A bird's‐eye view: Evaluating drone imagery for the detection and monitoring of endangered and invasive day geckos	7
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals	7
Plant phylogenetic diversity influences arthropod communities in tropical forest restoration plots	7
Fish communities critically depend on forest subsidies in small neotropical streams with high biodiversity value	7
Land use has little influence on the soil seed bank in a central African moist forest	7
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers	7
Juçara palm ecological interactions threatened by climate and land‐cover changes	7
Soil nitrogen mediates the effect of climatic distance on herbivory rates in a tropical herb	7
Fruit trees drive small‐scale movement of elephants in Kibale National Park, Uganda	7
Nectar robbing effects on pollinators of a key nectar source plant (Tecoma fulva, Bignoniaceae) in a dry tropical Andean valley	7
Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists	7
Genetic diversity and functional connectivity of a critically endangered salamander	6
Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall	6
Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review	6
Spatial structure of rainforest termites: Two matched pioneering cross‐continental case studies	6
Species richness and assemblages of bats along a forest elevational transect in Papua New Guinea	6
Distinct leaf water potential regulation of tree species and vegetation types across the Cerrado–Amazonia transition	6
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities	6
The flooded habitat adaptation, niche differentiation, and evolution of Myristicaceae trees in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India	6
Local colonization and extinction in forestry habitats: Assessing the effects of productive activities on the occupancy dynamics of bird populations	6
Long‐term dynamics of wild primate populations across forests with contrasting protection in Tanzania	6
Litter‐trapping tank bromeliads in five different forests: Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes	6
Importance of interaction rewiring in determining spatial and temporal turnover of tritrophic (Piper‐caterpillar‐parasitoid) metanetworks in the Yucatán Península, México	6
Ecological Resilience in a Primate Community Affected by Gold Mining in Suriname	6
Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors	6
The empty forest three decades later: Lessons and prospects	6
Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico	6
Identifying Mozambique's most critical areas for plant conservation: An evaluation of protected areas and Important Plant Areas	6

Wildlife rehabilitation centers as a potential source of transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 into native wildlife of Latin America	6
Hatching plasticity in a Southeast Asian tree frog mitigates submergence‐induced mortality	6
Arboreal monkeys facilitate foraging of terrestrial frugivores	6
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly on seedlings of a Neotropical monodominant tree	5
A universal pharmacy: Possible self‐medication using tree balsam by multiple Atlantic Forest mammals	5
Flower visitor networks: Reduced reproductive success driven by antagonists in a hummingbird‐pollinated species	5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests	5
Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya	5
Leaf‐Litter Depth, Not Canopy Openness, Mediates the Occurrence of an Invasive Shrub From the Forest Edge to Interior	5
Impacts of higher daytime temperatures on viable pollen and fruit production in common Cerrado tree Byrsonima pachyphylla (Malpighiaceae)	5
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Environmental filtering and deforestation shape frog assemblages in Amazonia: An empirical approach assessing species abundances and functional traits	5
Neglected epiphytism: Accidental epiphytes dominate epiphytic communities on tree ferns in the Atlantic Forest	5
Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate	5
Low Requirement on the Nest Site Selection Influencing the Invasion Success of House Geckos	5
Recovery of lizard assemblages 10 years after reduced‐impact logging in central‐eastern Amazonia	5
Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient	5
Interactions of the influences of habitat protection, habitat heterogeneity, and periodic flooding on waterbirds of the lower Paraná River, Argentina	5
Editorial: Biotropica Announces a New Paper Category: Synthesis	5
Low‐intensity cattle grazing is better than cattle exclusion to drive secondary savannas toward the features of native Cerrado vegetation	5
Heterospecific infanticide among sympatric peccaries in Costa Rica	5
Patterns of liana diversity and host interaction networks in selectively logged and unlogged forests of Uppangala, Western Ghats, India	5
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration	5
The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration	5
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review	5
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”	5
Aridity and chronic anthropogenic disturbance as organizing forces of fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in a Caatinga dry forest	5
Seasonal and interannual variation on social wasps’ assemblages in two habitats of a seasonally dry tropical forest region	4
Population dynamics and social organization of sambar (Rusa unicolor unicolor) in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka	4
Influence of a simulated hurricane on aquatic insect recolonization in the phytotelma ofHeliconia caribaea(Heliconiacaea)	4
Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the performance of a diet specialized neotropical herbivore and its host plant	4
Diversity and abundance of large old trees in Hainan Island: Spatial analysis and environmental correlations	4
Responses to water limitation are independent of light for saplings of a seasonally dry tropical forest	4
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At the tipping point: Can biodiversity and rural livelihoods endure uncontrolled cashew expansion in West Africa?	4
Lost mutualisms: Seed dispersal by Sumatran rhinos, the world’s most threatened megafauna	4
Tree diversity and carbon stocks in the Itombwe Mountains of eastern DR Congo	4
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Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India	4
Drought‐induced reductions in plant defenses: Insights from extrafloral nectaries in the Caatinga dry forest	4
Interspecific interactions among major carnivores in Panna Tiger Reserve: A multispecies occupancy approach	4
Insights into the functional ecology of páramo plants in Colombia	4
Variation in biodiversity and abundance of functional groups of arthropods along a tropical elevational gradient in Puerto Rico	4
Understanding growth strategies from functional and photosynthetic traits of tree seedlings in southeast Asian seasonally dry evergreen forest	4
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages	4
Drivers affecting habitat use in Afrotropical hipposiderid and pteropodid bats	4
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The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams	4
Disentangling drivers of thermal physiology: Community‐wide cold shock recovery of butterflies under natural conditions	4
Using the area of habitat to assess the extent of protection of India's birds	4
Influence of avocado orchard landscapes on amphibians and reptiles in the trans‐Mexican volcanic belt	4
How do birds and ants contribute to the recruitment of a tropical tree?	4
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Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes	4
Individual body mass and sex of a frugivorous bird affect the quality of seed dispersal	4
Drivers of sunbird‐plant interactions on Mount Cameroon: Between neutrality and niche‐based processes	4
The above–belowground functional space of tropical dry forest communities responds to local hydric habitats	4
Landscape heterogeneity increases bird functional diversity within Neotropical vineyards	3
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Responses of tropical tree seedlings in the forest–savanna boundary to combined effects of grass competition and fire	3
Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest	3
Seasonal shifts in large mammal activity relative to fruit availability and hunting risk along a protected area boundary in Borneo	3
Diversity and dominance in bird assemblages across habitats in the Ñeembucú wetlands complex	3
Phorophyte size and soil profiles differentially correlate with community structure among hemiepiphytes and nomadic vines	3
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Upper thermal limits predict herpetofaunal responses to forest edge and cover	3
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Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon	3
Population structure and dynamics, breeding activity and phenology of the blue‐sided treefrog (Agalychnis annae)	3
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar	3
Effects of temperature and precipitation on litterfall phenology in four evergreen broad‐leaved forests of southern China	3
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer	3
Short flowers for long tongues: Functional specialization in a nocturnal pollination network of an asclepiad in long‐tongued hawkmoths	3
Bats and Mayan temples: Bat diversity and the potential for conservation of archeological zones in Yucatan, Mexico	3
Stem breaks as an indirect measure of megafaunal herbivory in tropical forests: An experimental study	3
Limited genetic differentiation of Mycetomoellerius mikromelanos in Parque National Soberanía, Panama: Implications for queen dispersal	3
Non‐native mammals are weak candidates to substitute ecological function of native avian seed dispersers in an island ecosystem	3
Landscape structure and local variables affect plant community diversity and structure in a Brazilian agricultural landscape	3
Variation in trunk taper of buttressed trees within and among five lowland tropical forests	3
Negative shoot phototropism in a climber and an epiphyte	3

Impacts of abiotic and biotic factors on terrestrial leeches in Indonesian Borneo	3
Biodiversity of India: Evolution, biogeography, and conservation	3
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility	3
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Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey	3
Recolonization of secondary forests by locally extinct fauna through the lens of range expansion: Four open questions	3
Diversity in habit expands the environmental niche of Ziziphus (Rhamnaceae)	3
Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado	3
Long‐term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia	3
Fine‐scale temporal dynamics of flower visitors sheds light on insect‐assemblage overlap between sexes in a dioecious Ecuadorian palm	3
Structure of Epiphyte–Phorophyte Networks and Their Robustness to Species Loss in White‐Sand Ecosystems in the Amazon	3
A waterfowl seed‐dispersal network from the Neotropical region is nested and modular	3
Ants mediate community composition of root‐associated fungi in an ant‐plant mutualism	3
High diversity and low specificity of fungi associated with seedless epiphytic plants	3
Climate and microhabitat shape the prevalence of endozoochory in the seed rain of tropical montane forests	3
Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon	3
Community science enhances modelled bee distributions in a tropical Asian city	3
Trophic allometry in a predator that carries corpses of its prey	3
Environmental, spatial and biotic factors affect the tadpole distribution in Brazilian savannas	3
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Linking Landscape Features, Anthropogenic Stressors, and Mammal Abundance to Unveil Seed Removal Patterns in Tropical Deforested Landscapes	3
In remembrance of Victor Rico Gray (1951‐2021): An astonishing tropical ecologist	3
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Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm	3
Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape	3
Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities	3
When partitioning is not an option: Resource availability predicts intraguild interactions in two isolated Amazonian primate assemblages	3
Interactive effects of elevation and newly paved road on avian community composition in a scientific reserve, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea	3