PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

1. THE INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH PROGRAM: A METHODOLOGY FOR RELATING HUMAN INCENTIVES AND ACTIONS ON FOREST COVER AND BIODIVERSITY

Elinor Ostrom

2. DESIGNING AND MANAGING PERMANENT MONITORING PLOTS AS TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Peter Dogse

3. CANADA'S ECOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT NETWORK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LONG-TERM BIODIVERSITY MONITORING

Patricia Roberts-Pichette

4. BUILDING A NETWORK FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND MONITORING IN CANADA: EMPHASIS ON SI/MAB PLOT-BASED METHODOLOGY IN KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK

Clifford Drysdale

Geoff Howell

5. FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY OF AN OLD-GROWTH WHITE PINE FOREST IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO, CANADA

A. U. Mallik

S. Robertson

6. LONG-TERM RESEARCH ON FOREST DYNAMICS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: A NETWORK OF PERMANENT FOREST PLOTS

Steven A. Acker

W. Arthur McKee

Mark E. Harmon

Jerry F. Franklin

7. TWENTIETH-CENTURY GROWTH TRENDS AT THE GUS PEARSON NATURAL AREA, ARIZONA, USA

Franco Biondi

8. LONG-TERM USE OF BREEDING BIRD CENSUS PLOTS TO MONITOR POPULATIONS OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS BREEDING IN DECIDUOUS FORESTS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, USA

Laurie J. Goodrich

Cathy B. Viverette

Stanley E. Senner

Keith L. Bildstein

9. RESPONSES OF PLANTS AND BIRDS TO HURRICANE DISTURBANCES IN A DRY TROPICAL FOREST OF QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO

Dennis F. Whigham

James F. Lynch

10. FOREST COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND REGENERATION IN A DRY FOREST OF THE NICARAGUAN PACIFIC COAST

Cesar Sabogal

Luis Valerio

11. A COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF THE BISLEY BIODIVERSITY PLOT AND EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS, LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, PUERTO RICO

Fred N. Scatena

12. FIVE YEARS OF FOREST DYNAMICS FOLLOWING HURRICANE HUGO IN PUERTO RICO'S LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST

Francisco Dallmeier

James A. Comiskey

Fred N. Scatena

13. HURRICANE EFFECTS AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY IN A SUBTROPICAL RAIN FOREST

Peter L. Weaver

14. LONG-TERM MONITORING PROTOCOL FOR BATS: LESSONS FROM THE LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST OF PUERTO RICO

Michael R. Gannon

Michael R. Willig

15. LONG-TERM MONITORING OF SNAILS IN THE LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST OF PUERTO RICO: HETEROGENEITY, SCALE, DISTURBANCE, AND RECOVERY

Michael R. Willig

Michele F. Secrest

Stephen B. Cox

Gerardo R. Camilo

John F. Cary

Javier Alvarez

Michael R. Gannon

16. INSIGHTS INTO FOREST DYNAMICS FROM LONG-TERM MONITORING ON ST JOHN, US VIRGIN ISLANDS

Caroline S. Rogers

Anne E. Reilly

17. THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS ON HURRICANE IMPACT IN CINNAMON BAY WATERSHED, ST JOHN, US VIRGIN ISLANDS

Peter L. Weaver

18. HURRICANE HUGO: WINDS OF CHANGE...OR NOT? FOREST DYNAMICS ON ST JOHN, US VIRGIN ISLANDS, 1986-1991

Anne E. Reilly

19. THE STRUCTURE OF TWO SUBTROPICAL DRY FOREST COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND OF ST JOHN, US VIRGIN ISLANDS

Gary J. Ray

Francisco Dallmeier

James A. Comiskey

20. THE PERMANENT FIELD RESEARCH STATION `LES NOURAGUES' IN THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST OF FRENCH GUIANA: CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON TREE DIVERSITY, STRUCTURE, AND DYNAMICS

Odile Poncy

Bernard Riera

Denis Larpin

Pierre Belbenoit

Mathilde Jullien

Michel Hoff

Pierre Charles-Dominique

21. MEASUREMENT OF SPECIES RICHNESS OF VASCULAR PLANTS IN A NEOTROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN FRENCH GUIANA

Bruno Georges Bordenave

Jean-Jacques de Granville

Michel Hoff

22. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ARBOREAL STRUCTURE IN A TROPICAL CLOUD FOREST: RAMAL INTERIOR OF THE CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA, LOMA DE HIERRO (ESTADO ARAGNA), VENEZUELA

Carlos Monedero Garcia

23. SPECIES DIVERSITY, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF SEMI-DECIDUOUS LOWLAND GALLERY FORESTS IN THE WESTERN LLANOS OF VENEZUELA

Basil Stergios

James A. Comiskey

Francisco Dallmeier

Angelina Licata

Miguel Nino

24. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FLORISTIC COMPOSITION, PHYSIOGNOMY, BIODIVERSITY, AND SOILS OF THE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH LLANOS OF VENEZUELA

Jose L. Berroteran

Santiago Ramos

Eligio Oropeza

Anibal Rosales

Vincenta Piccoli

25. FLORISTIC COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND DIVERSITY IN MOIST FOREST COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CASIQUIARE CHANNEL, AMAZONAS STATE, VENEZUELA

Gerardo Aymard

Nidia Cuello

Richard Schargel

26. FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE, TREE DIVERSITY, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLORISTIC DISTRIBUTION AND SOIL FACTORS IN EL CAURA FOREST RESERVE, SOUTHERN VENEZUELA

Hernan G. Castellanos

27. MESOSCALE PATTERNS OF TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY IN COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA

Joost F. Duivenvoorden

Johanna M. Lips

28. STRUCTURE AND FLORISTIC COMPOSITION OF A ONE-HECTARE PLOT OF WET FOREST AT THE PACIFIC COAST OF CHOCO, COLOMBIA

Gloria Galeano

Javier Cediel

Marco Pardo

29. DIVERSITY AND FAMILY COMPOSITION OF TREES IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF ECUADOR: A SAMPLE OF 18 ONE-HECTARE PLOTS

Renato Valencia

Henrik Balslev

Walter Palacios

David Neill

Carmen Josse

Milton Tirado

Flemming Skov

30. SPECIES COUNT OF VASCULAR PLANTS IN ONE HECTARE OF HUMID LOWLAND FOREST IN AMAZONIAN ECUADOR

Henrik Balslev

Renato Valencia

Guillermo Pazy Mino

Henning Christensen

Ingvar Nielsen

31. COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF A TIMBERLINE FOREST IN NORTH-CENTRAL PERU

Kenneth R. Young

32. MONITORING LEAF-LITTER AMPHIBIANS IN MANU NATIONAL PARK, PERU

Antonio W. Salas

Guillermo V. Tello

Wilfredo A. Arizabal

Pilar J. Sehgelmeble

Daniel H. Neira

33. FLORISTIC AND STRUCTURAL COMPARISON OF CERRADO (SENSU STRICTO) VEGETATION IN CENTRAL BRAZIL

Tarciso S. Filgueiras

Jeanine Maria Felfili

Manoel Claudio da Silva, Jr

Paulo Ernane Nogueira

34. FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF A ONE-HECTARE PLOT IN TERRA FIRME FOREST IN CENTRAL AMAZONIA

Leandro Valle Ferreira

Judy M. Rankin-de-Merona

35. FOREST STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY IN MANAGED AND UNMANAGED RAINFOREST OF BENI, BOLIVIA

James A. Comiskey

Francisco Dallmeier

Robin Foster

36. A COMPARISON OF THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF MONTANE AND LOWLAND TROPICAL FOREST IN THE SERRANIA PILON LAJAS, BENI, BOLIVIA

David N. Smith

Timothy J. Killeen

37. QUANTITATIVE ETHNOBOTANY: A TOOL FOR LINKING PERMANENT PLOT RESEARCH TO FOREST USE IN THE BENI BIOSPHERE RESERVE, BOLIVIA

Rachel Graham

Francisco Dallmeier

James A. Comiskey

38. STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, AND INFERRED DYNAMICS OF A SUBTROPICAL MONTANE FOREST OF NORTHWEST ARGENTINA

Hector R. Grau

Alejandro D. Brown

39. STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION IN A SUBTROPICAL MONTANE RAIN FOREST OF NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA

Carlos A. Iudica

Tomas M. Schlichter

40 FOREST BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH AND MONITORING IN THE NEW WORLD

James A. Comiskey

Francisco Dallmeier

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