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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: Light Response of Seedlings and Definition of Light Requirements

Shadehouses used to study light requirements of the azobe seedlings species

Biwolé et al. (2015). Light Response of Seedlings of a Central African Timber Tree Species, Lophira alata (Ochnaceae), and the… Read More »

@Biotropica 47(3): Editor’s Choice: Paleoclimate, Environmental Grain, & Species Distributions in Africa & S. America

The Giant Sloth Megatherium cuvieri, one of South America's largest Pleistocene mammals. This image is from the 1866 "Catalogue of casts of fossils"; Rochester, N. Y.,Benton & Andrews, Printers. (Courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library; CC BY 2.0).

I am pleased to announce the May 2015 Editor’s Choice Article: Nakazawa, Y. and Peterson, A. T. (2015). Effects of… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Priorities for Future Research & Education in the Congo Basin & Gulf of Guinea

N. Anthony et al. Biotropica

Anthony, N. M., Atteke, C., Bruford, M. W., Dallmeier, F., Freedman, A., Hardy, O., Ibrahim, B., Jeffery, K. J., Johnson,… Read More »

Biotropica 46(5) Editor’s Choice: Genetic Diversity & Phylogeography of trees in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains

Antje Ahrends prepares herbarium specimens at the forest edge. (Photo J. Finch)

  The September 2014 Editor’s Choice article is: Alistair S. Jump, Martin Carr, Antje Ahrends and Rob Marchant. 2014 Genetic Divergence… Read More »

Biotropica 46(4) Editor’s Choice: Plant quality in grazing hotspots in Serengeti & Kruger National Parks

Photo 1: Michael Anderson (right) and Deus Rugemalila (left) conducting a vegetation survey in Serengeti National Park. Photo credit: Anita Risch.

I’m pleased to announce the July 2014 Editor’s Choice article: Stephen G. Arnold, Todd M. Anderson and Ricardo M. Holdo. 2014. Edaphic,… Read More »

Photos from the field: Aliyu et al. 2014. Scatterhoarding rodents in African Forests

Ngel Nyaki forest

Babale Aliyu, Hammadu Adamu, Elena Moltchanova, Pierre Michel Forget and Hazel Chapman. 2014. The Interplay of Habitat and Seed Type… Read More »

Biotropica 46(3) Editor’s Choice: Projecting the impact of management decisions in Kenya

Sunrise at Buyangu Hill in Kakamega Forest, Photo by Nina Farwig

  The May 2014 Editor’s Choice Article is “Linking land-use scenarios, remote sensing and monitoring to project impact of management… Read More »

2010 Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology & Conservation

2010 Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology & Conservation

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and the Editors of Biotropica proudly announce the winner of the 2010 Biotropica… Read More »