BIOTROPICA

Hey tropical ecosystem enthusiasts! Please welcome Dr. Rhett Harrison, who is the new Editor-in-Chief of Biotropica!

Three Generations of Biotropica Editors-in-Chief!

Going to ATBC in Oaxaca? Please join us for two Biotropica events on Tuesday:
How to publish your scientific results

and an informal Meet and Greet with the Biotropica Editorial Board.

This is your opportunity to get to know Biotropica!

Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands We analyzed the potential for the dispersal of aquatic plants by cattle through endozoochory in Neotropical wetlands. A total of 982 propagules and whole plants from 37 wetland plant taxa, belonging ...

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Successional Growth Dynamics of Woody Saplings in Tropical Dry Forest Understory The factors that drive sapling growth in tropical dry forest succession remain unclear. Growth rates are higher in the early stages of succession and then decrease. Light and not water seems to be th...

Here's a "must read" for everyone interested in mechanisms of secondary forest regeneration

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New database of tropical root data!!

Biotropica at the Forefront of Tropical Seed Dispersal Ecology Seed dispersal is one of the most frequently published topics in Biotropica. In this commentary, we highlight Biotropica's main contributions to the fertile field of frugivory and seed dispersal whil...

Yup! We publish lots of seed dispersal studies!!

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Periodic Mangrove Growth Induced by Water Salinity Fluctuations Under Tropical Monsoon Climate, Thailand Salinity fluctuations were influenced by monthly rainfall and geographical location in two monsoonal mangrove forests with different rainfall intensities in Thailand. Stem growth and leaf phenology o...

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Rewilding a Unique Namibian Landscape As part of an ongoing collaboration between Natural State and the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Yadvinder and Nikki recently visited a Natural State field site where, together with the Orange...

A little blog piece about our recent visit (and collaboration on) to an ambitious new #rewilding project southern Namibia with Natural State and ORKCA…
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Periodic Mangrove Growth Induced by Water Salinity Fluctuations Under Tropical Monsoon Climate, Thailand Salinity fluctuations were influenced by monthly rainfall and geographical location in two monsoonal mangrove forests with different rainfall intensities in Thailand. Stem growth and leaf phenology o...

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Happy Friday, everyone!

Pyraloid Moth Assemblages Exhibit Complex Morphological Patterns Across an Ecuadorian Mountainous Forest In this study, we examined how morphological traits and species diversity of Pyraloidea moths vary with temperature and vegetation cover along an Andean rainforest gradient in Ecuador. Using 4161 ind...

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Periodic Mangrove Growth Induced by Water Salinity Fluctuations Under Tropical Monsoon Climate, Thailand Salinity fluctuations were influenced by monthly rainfall and geographical location in two monsoonal mangrove forests with different rainfall intensities in Thailand. Stem growth and leaf phenology o...

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Predicting Climatic Limits Along a Rainfall Gradient of Dipterocarp Species Based on Leaf Turgor Loss Point Drought tolerance is an integral determinant of drought survival and distribution in trees. Therefore, an accurate and rapid assessment of drought tolerance can lead to improved prediction of forest ...

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Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates We tested the riverine barrier hypothesis in New World monkeys, finding that river width significantly correlates with molecular divergence across species. Our results suggest that rivers and mountai...

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Biotropica at the Forefront of Tropical Seed Dispersal Ecology Seed dispersal is one of the most frequently published topics in Biotropica. In this commentary, we highlight Biotropica's main contributions to the fertile field of frugivory and seed dispersal whil...

Biotropica and seed dispersal ecology

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Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya We examined the patterns in leafing, flowering, and fruiting of 54 tree species in a tropical forest over a 13-year period in the Eastern Himalaya. Phenological patterns were highly seasonal, and mos...

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Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado We confirmed that vegetation density in the study area influences all components of lizard diversity across taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic axes.

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Long‐Term Fire and Vegetation Change at Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Peru Cocha Cashu is a dynamic system that has experienced various forms of past ecological turnover. However, the dynamism seen at Cocha Cashu was not caused by intensive human activities in the past.

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120 Years of "Lemurology" (study of lemurs): what has changed? Read our newly published paper in Biotropica to find out more.

Our most recent paper - led by #AnkitaSinha and assessing spatio-temporal patterns among specialist river birds in the Indian Himalaya - has made the cover of @biotropica.bsky.social Free to air here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and here www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Las #invasionesbiológicas siguen patrones globales. El Paleártico, el Neártico y Australasia son los principales receptores, mientras que también el Neártico, la región indomalaya y el trópico africano son donantes clave. El comercio global juega un rol importante en este intercambio de especies 👇

We have a long way to go.. but this article is a great start!

120 Years of “Lemurology”: What has Changed? Lemurology, or the study of lemurs, is a dynamic field, exploring major topics and involving diverse scientists. We reviewed scientific articles about Lemurs from 1900 to 2022 and reported how studie...

Want to come up to speed with lemurology? This paper is your chance!

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Differences in Plant–Pollinator Network Structure and Pollinator Importance Between a Continental and an Oceanic Island Community The oceanic island networks had higher network connectance, nestedness, and specialization than the continental island networks. Plant niche overlap was higher on the oceanic island than on the conti...

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We still have such a long way to go:

Only 4% (!!!) of articles on lemurs in WebOfScience-listed journals is first-authored by Malagasy authors, yet Lemurs only occur in #Madagascar.

Nice article in @biotropica.bsky.social by an all-Malagsy team!

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Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out A study of 736 biological science journals showed only a small fraction are making efforts to foster a multilingual scientific community.

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out theconversation.com/prestigious-...

Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review Ecosystems can undergo abrupt and irreversible changes due to global changes. Our systematic review reveals how feedback mechanisms shape tropical terrestrial ecosystems, highlighting the relationshi...

Applied Ecology Lab - UFRRJ - New paper! We conducted a systematic review of the application of concepts from dynamic systems theory — alternative stable states, tipping points, and hysteresis — in tropical ecosystems. @biotropica.bsky.social
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I am moved to see that part of our 2001 litter traps are still operational after we stopped the phenology study at Nouragues in 2011, then published it in 2018 with @phenogirl.bsky.social in @biotropica.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/btp....