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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 »

#ATBC15 Honorary Fellows: Dieter Mueller-Dombois & John J. Ewel

Jack Ewel and one of his former doctoral students - Ankila Hiremath of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment.

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

#ATBC15 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners

2015 Gentry Award Winner Sarah Jane Wilson and the Santa Lucia Cloud Forest Reserve's Jorge Noe Morales in the Ecuadorian Andes (Photo by Jake Brennan).

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

Biotropica 45(6) Editor’s Choice: Snails, Slugs, & Rain Forest Nutrient Cycling

Succinea cepulla crawling across the litter at one of our sites. It not only leaves a slime trail, which contains water and polysaccharides, but also leaves behind food byproducts (e.g., fecal matter) both of which may promote microbial growth.

I’m pleased to announce the November 2013 Editor’s Choice article: Wallace M. Meyer III, Rebecca Ostertag, and Robert H. Cowie…. Read More »