ECOL TROPICAL FOREST

Summarizes research from the tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, with sections on the physical and biotic settings, frugivores, insects and their predators, litter arthropods and their predators, and long-term changes. First published in 1982, this edition contains an afterword summarizing findings of the last 15 years in areas such as plant physiology, the dynamics and diversity of the tropical forest, and the ecological implications of mutualism. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR