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  • Fig. 7. Dr. Steve Yanoviak in the field in Panama. (Photo: Christian Ziegler)

    Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 49(1): The running speed of ants

  • Fig. 4. Using a green LED, we were able to collect the male Photuris fireflies used in the study by imitating the female part of the courtship flash dialogue, which served to entice males to fly down from the forest canopy (Photo: F. V. Vencl).

    Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(5): Volatile emission by fireflies to defend against predators

  • Figure 1. Worker of species ‘OG’ (‘Orange Goo’) feeding from supplied sugar water. Hypertrophy of MG reservoirs is visible through the integument. An upraised gaster is typical of ants feeding on liquids or responding to perceived threats. (Photo D. Davidson)

    Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(4): Diet of Borneo’s Exploding Ants

  • 2016 Honorary Fellow of the ATBC: Dr. C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke (#ATBC16)

    2016 Honorary Fellow of the ATBC: Dr. C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke (#ATBC16)

  • "Even long rain periods and rather bad road conditions could not lower my enthusiasm about the field work in South Africa" (Photo by Franziska Peter)

    2016 Denslow & Ashton Prizes (Outstanding Papers in @Biotropica)

  • #ATBC16 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners

    #ATBC16 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners

  • Biotropica renames its "Outstanding Paper" awards for two pioneering scientists

    Biotropica renames its “Outstanding Paper” awards for two pioneering scientists

  • Cameroon, near Jakiri Koumengba (photo by jbdodane, CC BY-NC 2.0)

    Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(3): Mapping Hunting Pressure in Central Africa

  • Columnar cactus forest and mezquite patches in Zapotitlan Salinas. (Photo by Jazmin Osorio).

    Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(2): Tracking Nutrients in Avian Consumers in a Subtropical Desert

  • Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) researchers upload data they've just collected in one of their plots. Photo by Nanang Sujana for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and reproduced under the CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. For more information on CIFOR's work see www.cifor.org and blog.cifor.org.

    Announcing @Biotropica’s New Data Archiving Policy (effective 1 January 2016)

  • Fig. 7. Dr. Steve Yanoviak in the field in Panama. (Photo: Christian Ziegler)
  • Fig. 4. Using a green LED, we were able to collect the male Photuris fireflies used in the study by imitating the female part of the courtship flash dialogue, which served to entice males to fly down from the forest canopy (Photo: F. V. Vencl).
  • Figure 1. Worker of species ‘OG’ (‘Orange Goo’) feeding from supplied sugar water. Hypertrophy of MG reservoirs is visible through the integument. An upraised gaster is typical of ants feeding on liquids or responding to perceived threats. (Photo D. Davidson)
  • 2016 Honorary Fellow of the ATBC: Dr. C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke (#ATBC16)
  • "Even long rain periods and rather bad road conditions could not lower my enthusiasm about the field work in South Africa" (Photo by Franziska Peter)
  • #ATBC16 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners
  • Biotropica renames its "Outstanding Paper" awards for two pioneering scientists
  • Cameroon, near Jakiri Koumengba (photo by jbdodane, CC BY-NC 2.0)
  • Columnar cactus forest and mezquite patches in Zapotitlan Salinas. (Photo by Jazmin Osorio).
  • Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) researchers upload data they've just collected in one of their plots. Photo by Nanang Sujana for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and reproduced under the CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. For more information on CIFOR's work see www.cifor.org and blog.cifor.org.

Editor's Desk

Announcing @Biotropica’s Global Student Book Club! #1: @HopeJahren’s “Lab Girl”

Announcing @Biotropica's Global Student Book Club! #1: @HopeJahren's "Lab Girl"

Any tropical biologist who has worked in a remote field site or been unable to work for days because of… Read More »

Complete list of Denslow & Ashton Prize Recipients

Can you name this tropical biologist?

After announcing that we renamed our “Outstanding Paper” awards after Julie Denslow and Peter Ashton, I realized we didn’t have… Read More »

Biotropica renames its “Outstanding Paper” awards for two pioneering scientists

Biotropica renames its "Outstanding Paper" awards for two pioneering scientists

Each year Biotropica’s Editorial Board recognizes two outstanding papers published in our journal in the previous calendar year with the Award for… Read More »

Editor's Choice

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 49(1): The running speed of ants

Fig. 7. Dr. Steve Yanoviak in the field in Panama. (Photo: Christian Ziegler)

I am pleased to announce the Editor’s Choice Article for Biotropica 49(1): Stephen P. Yanoviak, Cheryl Silveri, Alyssa Y. Stark,… Read More »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(5): Volatile emission by fireflies to defend against predators

Fig. 4. Using a green LED, we were able to collect the male Photuris fireflies used in the study by imitating the female part of the courtship flash dialogue, which served to entice males to fly down from the forest canopy (Photo: F. V. Vencl).

I am pleased to announce the Editor’s Choice Article for Biotropica 48(5): Fredric V. Vencl, Kristina Ottens, Marjorie M. Dixon, Sarah Candler, Ximena E. Bernal, Catalina… Read More »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(4): Diet of Borneo’s Exploding Ants

Figure 1. Worker of species ‘OG’ (‘Orange Goo’) feeding from supplied sugar water. Hypertrophy of MG reservoirs is visible through the integument. An upraised gaster is typical of ants feeding on liquids or responding to perceived threats. (Photo D. Davidson)

I am pleased to announce the Editor’s Choice Article for Biotropica 48(4): Diane W. Davidson, Alexey Kopchinskiy, Kamariah Abu Salim, Marica Grujic, Linda Lim,… Read More »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(3): Mapping Hunting Pressure in Central Africa

Cameroon, near Jakiri Koumengba (photo by jbdodane, CC BY-NC 2.0)

  I am pleased to announce the Editor’s Choice Article for Biotropica 48(3): Stefan Ziegler, John E. Fa, Christian Wohlfart,… Read More »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(2): Tracking Nutrients in Avian Consumers in a Subtropical Desert

Columnar cactus forest and mezquite patches in Zapotitlan Salinas. (Photo by Jazmin Osorio).

I am pleased to announce the Editor’s Choice Article for Biotropica 48(2): Herrera M., L. G. and Osorio M., J…. Read More »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 48(1): White Sand Forests & the Evolutionary History of Pagamea

Near the slops of the Andes collecting Pagamea thyrsiflora, the only highland species of the Guiana Shield to reach the Andean region. The author (right) with Ricardo Apanú and his son on the top of the Cerro Tayu-Mujaji, Amazonas, Peru. (Photo: Eric F. R. Rodriguez).

I am pleased to announce the Editor’s Choice Article for Biotropica 48(1): Vicentini, A. (2016), The evolutionary history of Pagamea… Read More »

Photos from the Field

Photos from the Field: Patterns of plant phenology in Amazonian seasonally flooded and unflooded forests

Photos from the Field: Patterns of plant phenology in Amazonian seasonally flooded and unflooded forests

Hawes and Peres, (2016). Patterns of plant phenology in Amazonian seasonally flooded and unflooded forests. Biotopica, 48:465-475. doi: 10.1111/btp.12315 Few… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Knowledge and Experience Predict Indiscriminate Bat-Killings

Carollia perspicillata is a common, fruit-eating bat across much of Latin America, but people sometimes confuse it for a vampire bat, exacerbating human-bat conflict.

J. Leighton Reid, (2016). Knowledge and Experience Predict Indiscriminate Bat-Killing Intentions among Costa Rican Men. Biotropica, 48: 394–404. doi: 10.1111/btp.12279 Human–wildlife… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Predicting the Terminal Velocity of Dipterocarp Fruit

The first author, James Smith, prepares to release a dipterocarp fruit from a tree tower in Danum Valley, Malaysian Borneo. Dipterocarp fruit were experimentally released to measure their terminal velocities (rate at which the fruit descends through the air column). We regressed species terminal velocity against fruit wing-loading (fruit mass divided by wing area), generating a model from which terminal velocities of dipterocarp fruit can be predicted from their morphological dimensions.

James R. Smith, Robert Bagchi, Chris J. Kettle, Colin Maycock, Eyen Khoo and Jaboury Ghazoul, (2016). Predicting the terminal velocity… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Phenology of Predation on Insects in a Tropical Forest

Having fun with home-made flagging tape (from plastic bags). Mwesige Isaiah and Francis Katuramu Kanywanii wear the skirts, Boniface Balyeganira and Harriet Kesiime are also present. (Photo: Freerk Molleman).

Freerk Molleman, Triinu Remmel, and Katerina Sam, (2016). Phenology of Predation on Insects in a Tropical Forest: Temporal Variation in… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Tracking Nutrient Routing in Avian Consumers

Momotus mexicanus (Photo by J. Osorio M.)

Gerardo Herrera and Jazmín Osorio, (2016). Tracking Nutrient Routing in Avian Consumers in a Subtropical Desert. Biotropica, 48: 255–264. doi: 10.1111/btp.12274 The… Read More »

Awards

2016 Honorary Fellow of the ATBC: Dr. C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke (#ATBC16)

2016 Honorary Fellow of the ATBC: Dr. C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke (#ATBC16)

In 1963, the Council of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation established the election of Honorary Fellows as ‘persons… Read More »

2016 Denslow & Ashton Prizes (Outstanding Papers in @Biotropica)

"Even long rain periods and rather bad road conditions could not lower my enthusiasm about the field work in South Africa" (Photo by Franziska Peter)

Every year Biotropica’s Editorial Board selects the recipients of the Denslow and Ashton Prizes, which recognize two outstanding papers published in… Read More »

#ATBC16 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners

#ATBC16 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) recognizes the exceptional research of our students and early career scientists with… Read More »

Guest Posts

Special Issue: Natural regeneration in the Tropics

Landscape in the Marqués de Comillas area, part of the La Selva Lacandona region, southeastern Mexico. This area was open to human communities in 1970 and now the landscape is conformed of a mosaic of different agricultural uses and remnants of old-growth forest and patches of secondary forests. (Photo by: Leonor Solís. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM. Used with permission and all rights reserved).

–For immediate release– Natural regeneration often ignored as a viable land-use option   Biotropica’s latest Special Issue published online Monday… Read More »

Frogs affected by logging even after 40 years

Raorchestes chalazodes on a slide caliper (photo by K S Seshadri)

—  PRESS RELEASE —  Frogs affected by logging even after 40 years Additional photos available here on September 26th 11… Read More »

Special & Virtual Issues

Special Issue: Natural regeneration in the Tropics

Landscape in the Marqués de Comillas area, part of the La Selva Lacandona region, southeastern Mexico. This area was open to human communities in 1970 and now the landscape is conformed of a mosaic of different agricultural uses and remnants of old-growth forest and patches of secondary forests. (Photo by: Leonor Solís. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM. Used with permission and all rights reserved).

–For immediate release– Natural regeneration often ignored as a viable land-use option   Biotropica’s latest Special Issue published online Monday… Read More »

Tropical Biology and Conservation in Brazil

Tropical Biology and Conservation in Brazil

Brazil always fascinated early naturalists – many will be familiar with the writings of Darwin, Wallace, Roosevelt, von Humboldt, and… Read More »

Dynamics in Hurricane Prone Forests

Dynamics in Hurricane Prone Forests

This virtual issue compiles studies from around the world on cyclone impacts on forests and their species to provide insights… Read More »

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