Biodiversity loss from deforestation may be partly offset by the expansion of secondary forests
and plantation forestry in the tropics. However, our current knowledge of the value of these …

The identification of high‐performance indicator taxa that combine practical feasibility and
ecological value requires an understanding of the costs and benefits of surveying different taxa…

Nineteen species of lizards simultaneously studied at the Curuá-Una in the central Amazon
of Brazil separate on the basis of microhabitat use and prey types. There is no relationship …

… humeralis averaged 30.3 ± 0.2 C, T sst averaged 27.9 ± 0.1 C, and T a averaged 27.8 ±
0.1 C. T b and T sst were not correlated (G. hasemani, F 1,20 = 0.47, P = 0.50; G. …

… The lowest Tb recorded for an active lizard was 25.7C and the highest was 33.8C. Tss
associated with these lizards was 27.1 ± 0.2C and Ta was 27.0 ± 0.1C. Tb was significantly higher …

We studied the ecology of Anolis punctatus and Anolis transversalis at six localities in the
Amazon region of Ecuador and Brazil from 1994-1999. Both lizards are arboreal, about the …

The Amazonian lizard Anolis trachyderma was studied at three sites stretching from eastern
Ecuador to the central Amazon of Brazil. These lizards occupy low vegetation and leaf litter …

This study aimed at surveying the local calliphorid and sarcophagid species in Maranhão
State (Brazil) to determine their distribution and abundance, as well as the distribution of exotic …

Abstract Information is presented on social wasps and bees caught in carrion traps in ‘terra
firme’ rainforest in Caxiuanã, PA, Brazil. Six species of epiponine wasps were captured. …

We studied the ecology of four species of closely related leaf litter geckos, Coleodactylus
amazonicus, C. septentrionalis, Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma, and Pseudogonatodes …