This user-friendly and authoritative book will serve scientists, growers, and sightseers as a
guide to the 67 genra and 550 species of naturally occurring palms found in the Americas …

Anthropogenic disturbances affecting tropical forest reserves have been documented, but
their ecological long-term cumulative effects are poorly understood. Habitat fragmentation …

(1) Most individuals of Astrocaryum mexicanum, a monopodial neotropical understorey
palm, endure treefalls that form gaps in the forest, by bending under falling trees and limbs …

The palm community in a forest of central Amazonia clearly shows three zones according to
the hydromorphic condition of the soil: well-drained soils of the upland forest, poorly-drained …

Although broadly defined as the study of the interrelationships between plants and people,
ethnobotany has, in most cases, focused solely on compiling lists of the plant species used …

The feeding preferences of howler monkeys at their northernmost distribution in the
Neotropics are reported for an annual cycle. A remarkable selectivity for 27 species …

The population genetics of the understory tropical rain forest palm Astrocaryum mexicanum
were studied in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico, using enzyme electrophoresis. The …

A natural habitat of the cycad Dioon edule Lindl. in central Veracruz, Mexico is described.
Prolonged drought periods and fire are factors contributing to seedling death resulting in a …

Litter and soil disturbance in the wake of white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) herds in
southeastern Peru indicates that these animals often forage intensively at the bases of" …

Howler monkey troops were censused at the biological reserve “Los Tuxtlas” in Veracruz,
Mexico. The reserve includes 700 ha of rain forest. Twenty howler monkeys were also …