Tropical Rain Forest EcosystemsFrank B. Golley, Raymond Louis Specht |
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abundance adaptation Amazon Amazonia animals Anolis architecture Baker basal area bats Bawa bees behavior biological biomass Biotropica birds branch Brunig canopy chemical complex Costa Rica crown deciduous deciduous forest density dispersal distribution dry forest dry season Ecol Ecology ecosystem Editors elements energy environment environmental evergreen example Fabaceae factors fauna feeding Folivores foraging forest ecosystems forest trees Frankie fruits Golley gradient growth haš habitats Hallé Heatwole herbivores humid hummingbird insects Janzen Klinge km˛ leaf leaves litter lizards lowland mammals mature meristems montane nectar neotropical occur Odum Opler organisms Panama patterns phytomass Pijl plants pollination population potential Press Puerto Rico rainfall rates regions reproductive root seed predators Shorea albida soil species diversity species richness stand structure studies temperate forests temperature thermoregulation Tomlinson tree species tropical forests tropical moist forest tropical rain forest tropical trees types vegetation vertebrates wet forest wood