Tropical forest canopies : ecology and management : proceedings of the ESF Conference, Oxford University, 12-16 December 1998 / K.E. Linesmair ... [et al.].

Proceedings of the European Science Foundation Conference on Tropical Forest Canopies.

"Reprinted from Plant ecology, volume 153, Nos. 1-2, pp. 1-130."

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 - Sampling and Access -- Alice grows up: canopy science in transition from Wonderland to Reality -- S.L. Sutton -- Forest canopy research: sampling problems, and some solutions -- M.G. Barker & M.A. Pinard -- Section 2 - Plants in the Canopy -- Plants in the forest canopy: some reflections on current research and future direction -- M.D. Lowman -- Epiphytes and their contribution to canopy diversity -- J. Nieder, J. Prosperi & G. Michaloud -- Plant size: an ignored parameter in epiphyte ecophysiology? -- G Schmidt, S. Stuntz & G. Zotz -- Pollination and phenology of flowers in the canopy of two contrasting rain forest types in Amazonia, -- Colombia -- A. van Dulmen -- Section 3 -Animals in the Canopy -- Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests: how much do we really know? -- Y. Basset -- Arboreal tropical forest vertebrates: current knowledge and research trends -- R. Kays & A. Allison -- Vertical stratification of figs and fig-eaters in a Borean lowland rain forest: how is the canopy different? -- M. Shanahan & S.G. Compton -- Understorey versus canopy: patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a -- Borean rain forest -- C.H. Schulze, K.E. Linsenmair & K. Fiedler -- The influence of anthropogenic disturbances on the structure of arboreal arthropod communities -- A. Floren & K.E. Linsenmair -- Seasonal changes in the canopy arthropod fauna in Rinorea beniensis in Budongo Forest, Uganda -- T. Wagner -- Arthropods in tropical oaks: differences in their spatial distributions within tree crowns -- U. Simon & K.E. Linsenmair -- Behaviour and ecology of birds in tropical rain forest canopies -- H. Winkler & M. Preleuthner -- Section 4 - Hydrology, Microclimate and Light -- Canopy processes: implications for transpiration, interception and splash induced erosion, ultimately -- for forest management and water resources -- I.R. Calder -- Modelling rainfall and canopy controls on net-precipitation beneath selectively-logged tropical forest -- N.A. Chappell, K. Bidin & W. Tych -- Micrometeorological conditions and canopy energy exchanges of a neotropical rain forest (Surumoni- -- Crane Project, Venezuela) -- J. Szarzynski & D. Anhuf -- The influence of epiphyte cover on branch temperature in a tropical tree -- M. Freiberg -- Forest light and its influence on habitat selection -- M. Thery -- Section 5 - Architecture -- Methods to assess tropical rain forest canopy structure: an overview -- F. Bongers -- Tree architecture in a Borean lowland rain forest: intraspecific and interspecific patterns -- F.J. Sterck, F. Bongers & D.M. Newbery -- Canopy surface topography in a French Guiana forest and the folded forest theory -- P. Birnbaum -- Crown typology and the identification of rain forest trees on large-scale aerial photographs -- V. Trichon -- Section 6 - Education, Management and Conservation -- The management implications of canopy research -- N.E. Stork -- Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation -- E.K.V. Kalko & C.O. Handley, Jr. -- Reproductive ecology of tropical forest trees in logged and fragmented habitats in Thailand and Costa -- Rica -- J. Ghazoul & M. McLeish -- Edge effects and tropical forest canopy invertebrates -- A. Foggo, C.M.P. Ozanne, M.R. Speight & C. Hambler -- Enhancement of forest canopy research, education, and conservation in the new millennium -- N.M. Nadkarni -- Subject Index.