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Discreet but diverse and specific: Determining plant-herbivore interactions across a species-rich plant family in a tropical rain forest 谨慎但多样化和特异性：确定热带雨林中物种丰富的植物家族中植物-食草动物的相互作用

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13392

Paola G. Santacruz Endara, Alix Lozinguez, Renato Valencia, Simon A. Queenborough, María-José Endara, Betzabet Obando-Tello, Thomas L. P. Couvreur

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Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests 人为灭绝解释了亚马逊雨林和非洲热带雨林中大型哺乳动物主要消费对象之间的大多数尺寸和营养不匹配

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-27 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13398

Robert S. Voss

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Non-floral scent sources of orchid bees: Observations and significance 兰花蜂的非花香来源：观察与意义

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13395

Jonas Henske, Bart P. E. De Dijn, Thomas Eltz

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Understanding growth strategies from functional and photosynthetic traits of tree seedlings in southeast Asian seasonally dry evergreen forest 从东南亚季节性干燥常绿林树苗的功能和光合特性了解其生长策略

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13394

Nantachai Pongpattananurak, Kanisorn Chowtiwuttakorn, Nisa Leksungnoen, Sangsan Phumsathan, Weerasin Sonjaroon, Phanumard Ladpala, Kanin Rungwattana, Nopparat Anantaprayoon, Ekaphan Kraichak

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Interspecific interactions among major carnivores in Panna Tiger Reserve: A multispecies occupancy approach 潘那老虎保护区主要食肉动物之间的种间相互作用：多物种占据法

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13389

Supratim Dutta, Gopinathan Maheswaran, Ramesh Krishnamurthy

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Diversity and abundance of large old trees in Hainan Island: Spatial analysis and environmental correlations 海南岛大型古树的多样性和丰度：空间分析与环境相关性

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13391

Chunping Xie, Jiahao Yan, Dawei Liu, C. Y. Jim

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Reduction in mutualistic ant aggressive behavior upon sugar supplementation 补充糖分后互生蚂蚁攻击行为的减少

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13390

Sarah G. Hoffman, Luke R. Benson, Conner S. Philson, Rachel Y. Chock, Joseph N. Curti, César F. Flores-Negrón, Gregory F. Grether

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Is there really such a thing as Tropical Biology? 真的有热带生物学这种东西吗？

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13387

Emilio M. Bruna

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More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India 越多越好？芒果园对印度马哈拉施特拉邦红土高原爬行动物群落组成的影响

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13388

Prathamesh Amberkar, Rahul Mungikar

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Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey 支持包容性科学界：ATBC 社会调查的启示

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Biotropica Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/btp.13378

Bea Maas, Catherine Cardelus, Farah Carrasco-Rueda, Yolanda Chirango, Vinita Gowda, Flavia Montaño-Centellas, Rebecca Ostertag, Anand Roopsind, German Vargas, Biplang Godwill Yadok, Louis Santiago

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