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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 »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 47(2): Introduced plants & the diet of tortoises on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Yum. A male tortoise (C. porter) feeding on the probably introduced Paspalum conjugatum (Photo by Christian Ziegler).

  The March 2015 Editor’s Choice Article is: Blake, S., Guézou, A., Deem, S. L., Yackulic, C. B. and Cabrera,… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Anti-Herbivore Defenses in Cecropia

Tara and Jenn with an immature leaf of C. sciadophylla.  As the leaves emerge from the stipules they are usually bright crimson in color and contain high levels of chemical defenses, appreciably higher than in the mature leaves.  We found high concentrations of phenolics, condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins), and protein precipitable phenolics in immature leaves.  Interestingly, we failed to detect the presence of either alkaloids or cyanogens.  (Photo J. Bevington)

Latteman, T. A., Mead, J. E., DuVall, M. A., Bunting, C. C. and Bevington, J. M. (2014), Differences in Anti-Herbivore… Read More »

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