Tropical Forest Canopies: Ecology and Management: Proceedings of ESF Conference, Oxford University, 12–16 December 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-3
Introduction — Canopy science: time to shape up....Pages 5-11
Alice grows up: canopy science in transition from Wonderland to Reality....Pages 13-21
Forest canopy research: sampling problems, and some solutions....Pages 23-38
Plants in the forest canopy: some reflections on current research and future direction....Pages 39-50
Epiphytes and their contribution to canopy diversity....Pages 51-63
Plant size: an ignored parameter in epiphyte ecophysiology?....Pages 65-72
Pollination and phenology of flowers in the canopy of two contrasting rain forest types in Amazonia, Colombia....Pages 73-85
Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests How much do we really know?....Pages 87-107
Arboreal tropical forest vertebrates: current knowledge and research trends....Pages 109-120
Vertical stratification of figs and fig-eaters in a Bornean lowland rain forest: how is the canopy different?....Pages 121-132
Understorey versus canopy: patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a Bornean rain forest....Pages 133-152
The influence of anthropogenic disturbances on the structure of arboreal arthropod communities....Pages 153-167
Seasonal changes in the canopy arthropod fauna in Rinorea beniensis in Budongo Forest, Uganda....Pages 169-178
Arthropods in tropical oaks: differences in their spatial distributions within tree crowns....Pages 179-191
Behaviour and ecology of birds in tropical rain forest canopies....Pages 193-202
Canopy processes: implications for transpiration, interception and splash induced erosion, ultimately for forest management and water resources....Pages 203-214
Modelling rainfall and canopy controls on net-precipitation beneath selectively-logged tropical forest....Pages 215-229
Micrometeorological conditions and canopy energy exchanges of a neotropical rain forest (Surumoni-Crane Project, Venezuela)....Pages 231-239
The influence of epiphyte cover on branch temperature in a tropical tree....Pages 241-250
Forest light and its influence on habitat selection....Pages 251-261
Methods to assess tropical rain forest canopy structure: an overview....Pages 263-277
Tree architecture in a Bornean lowland rain forest: intraspecific and interspecific patterns....Pages 279-292
Canopy surface topography in a French Guiana forest and the folded forest theory....Pages 293-300
Crown typology and the identification of rain forest trees on large-scale aerial photographs....Pages 301-312
The management implications of canopy research....Pages 313-317
Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation....Pages 319-333
Reproductive ecology of tropical forest trees in logged and fragmented habitats in Thailand and Costa Rica....Pages 335-345
Edge effects and tropical forest canopy invertebrates....Pages 347-359
Enhancement of forest canopy research, education, and conservation in the new millennium....Pages 361-367
Back Matter....Pages 369-370