Tropical Rainforest Ecology, 2000-01

 

Group Projects

The role of minims (Atta cephalotes) in leaf decontamination outside nests: An explanation for hitchhiking? Katherine Fitzgerald, Sahir Kalim, Chris Martin, Rebecca Ryan, and Bridget Seegers. Abstract.

Risk-indifferent foraging behavior in territorial hummingbirds. Jeff Ciprioni, Matt Dufort, Christina Kimball, Carrie Lee, and Laila Parker. Abstract.

Mate guarding behavior and ecological distribution of Nyssodesmus python at La Selva Biological Station. Jesse Grossman, Stephanie Held, Helen Michael, Theodore Salk, and William Severud. Abstract.

 

Individual Projects

A December survey of the tadpole community of the research swamp. Jeffrey R. Ciprioni. Abstract.

An attempt to assess susceptibility of young red and mature green leaves to cutting by Atta cephalotes. Matt Dufort. Abstract.

Understory diversity in agroforestry ecosystems. Katherine Fitzgerald. Abstract.

Call frequency in the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates pumilio) in response to environmental patterns. Jesse M. Grossman. Abstract.

Response to web destruction in aggregated and solitary Nephila clavipes spiders. Stephanie Held. Abstract.

Demographic parameters and soil turnover rates of a population of Atta cephalotes. Sahir Kalim. Abstract.

Effect of crop size on the probability of fruit removal in the understory palm Synecanthus warscewiczianus (Arecaceae). Carrie Lee. Abstract.

The distribution of the scale insect Saissetia coffeae in old-growth rainforest continuous with abandoned agricultural fields. Chris Martin. Abstract.

Host selection in an undescribed mite phoretic on Nyssodesmus python (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Helen Michael. Abstract.

The role of aerial roots in hemiepiphytic life. Laila Parker. Abstract.

Possible edge effects caused by the trail Sendero Tres Rios at La Selva, Costa Rica: A study of the climbing vine Monstera tenuis. Rebecca Ryan. Abstract.

Substrate preference of Cryosophila warscewiczii, a neotropical palm. Theodore T. Salk. Abstract.

The role of edge effect in the epiphyll density on Dieffenbachia longispathe. Bridget N. Seegers. Abstract.

Arthropod discovery rates of carrion - diurnal versus nocturnal. Bill Severud. Abstract.