Seasonal Patterns in a Tropical Lowland Forest

Biotropica ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Boinski ◽  
N. L. Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest

scholarly journals TOTAL AND HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION IN A TROPICAL LOWLAND FOREST, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
V Jeyanny ◽  
K Wan-Rasidah ◽  
S Muhammad-Firdaus ◽  
D Tran-Van ◽  
L Muhammad-Asri
Keyword(s):  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Heterotrophic Respiration ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest

scholarly journals Behavior, Diet, and Breeding Biology of Double-Toothed Kites at a Guatemalan Lowland Site

The Condor ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Schulze ◽  
Jose LuÍs CÓrdova ◽  
Nathaniel E. Seavy ◽  
David F. Whitacre
Keyword(s):  
Clutch Size ◽  
Rainy Season ◽  
National Park ◽  
Maximum Density ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Nestling Diet ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest ◽  
Nestling Period ◽  
Closed Canopy

Abstract We studied Double-toothed Kites (Harpagus bidentatus) in tropical lowland forest at Tikal National Park, Petén, Guatemala, documenting behavior and diet during the incubation and nestling periods. These 200-g kites are Accipiter-like in form and strikingly size-dimorphic for a kite. Modal clutch size was two, producing 0.63 fledglings per nesting attempt and 1.25 per successful nest. Nesting was largely synchronous among pairs, with hatching during the first month of the rainy season and fledging one month later. Incubation lasted 42–45 days and nestlings fledged at 29.5 days on average. A radio-tagged fledgling was fed near the nest for 35 days; 6–8 weeks after fledging it dispersed at least 10 km, presumably reaching independence. Males did not incubate or brood, and rarely fed nestlings directly. Males typically provided most but not all prey (mainly lizards) during incubation and early nestling periods. Insects in the nestling diet increased through the nestling period as females increasingly hunted, often bringing in insects. These kites hunted from perches, below and within the closed canopy of tall, mature forest, taking 60.5% insects, 38.1% lizards, and 1.4% other vertebrates; vertebrates comprised at least 75% of prey biomass. Most prey were taken from vegetation, but prey in flight also were captured. Active, adjacent nests averaged 1.35 km apart, for a maximum density estimate of 0.60 pairs km−2 and a more likely estimate of 0.33–0.50 pairs km−2 in homogeneous, favorable habitat and 0.29–0.44 pairs km−2 for Tikal National Park as a whole.

Prey selection and food habits of three sympatric large carnivores in a tropical lowland forest of the Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot

2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Muthamizh Selvan ◽  
Gopi Govindhan Veeraswami ◽  
Salvador Lyngdoh ◽  
Bilal Habib ◽  
Syed Ainul Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Prey Selection ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Large Carnivores ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest

Canopy level fog occurrence in a tropical lowland forest of French Guiana as a prerequisite for high epiphyte diversity

2011 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Obregon ◽  
Christine Gehrig-Downie ◽  
S. Robbert Gradstein ◽  
Ruetger Rollenbeck ◽  
Joerg Bendix
Keyword(s):  
French Guiana ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest

Nest position and type affect predation rates of artificial avian nests in the tropical lowland forest on Mount Cameroon

Ostrich ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Djomo Nana ◽  
Ondřej Sedláček ◽  
Jana Vokurková ◽  
David Hořák
Keyword(s):  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Mount Cameroon ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest ◽  
Predation Rates
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