Ranked by the ISI index, Biotropica is a highly regarded source of original research on the ecology, conservation and management of all tropical ecosystems, and on the evolution, behavior, and population biology of tropical organisms. Published on behalf of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, the journal's Special Issues and Special Sections quickly become indispensable references for researchers in the field. Biotropica publishes timely Papers, Reviews, Commentaries, and Insights. Commentaries generate thought-provoking ideas that frequently initiate fruitful debate and discussion, while Reviews provide authoritative and analytical overviews of topics of current conservation or ecological importance.  The newly instituted category Insights replaces Short Communications.

Editor-in-Chief
Jennifer Powers

Associate Editors
Tomás Carlo
Eleanor Slade
Ferry Slik

Book Review Editor
Norbert Kunert

Editorial Coordinator
Wendy Martin

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Biotropica Editorial Board 2019


Luis Abdala Roberts, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico. Plant-herbivore interactions, tri-trophic interactions, biological control, plant defenses, biodiversity-ecosystem function, indirect defenses, ecological effects of intra-specific variation, latitudinal gradients in species interactions.

Katharine Abernethy, University of Stirling, UK. Central Africa, hunting, forest ecology, mandrills, phenology, phylogeography.

Xavier Arnan, Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Spain. Ants, community ecology, disturbance, ecological networks, functional ecology, plant-ant interactions.

Elizabeth Arnold, University of Arizona, USA. Fungi, molecular systematics, phylogenetics, symbiosis, evolution, endophytes, mycorrhizae, tritrophic interactions.

Heidi Asbjornsen, University of New Hampshire, USA. Ecosystem ecology, cloud forest, paramo, ecohydrology, plant ecophysiology, ecosystem services, water, carbon, climate change, drought, land use change, forest management, agroforestry, forestry.

Robert Bagchi, University of Connecticut, USA. Tropical ecology, plant coexistence, biodiversity, Janzen-Connell hypothesis, environmental change, plant-insect/fungal interactions, Spatial ecology, numerical ecology.

David Bickford, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Amphibians, herpetology, conservation biology, ecology, climate change, reproductive ecology, behavioral ecology, policy.

John Blake, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Faculty, Florida, USA. Birds, avian ecology, community ecology, Neotropics, seed dispersal, camera trap and mist net.

Nico Blüthgen, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. Plant-insect interactions, ecological networks, community ecology, ants, dung beetles, herbivores, pollinators.

Jedediah Brodie, University of Montana, USA. Large mammals, plant-animal interactions, Southeast Asia.

Emilio Bruna, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Plant demography and population ecology, ant-plant mutualisms.

Julio Campo Alves, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, Mexico. Carbon cycling, ecosystem processes and restoration ecology, nutrient cycling, tropical forests, wildfires and ecosystem function.

Tómas Carlo, Associate Editor, Penn State University, USA. Seed dispersal, frugivory, facilitation, bird-plant interactions, birds, mistletoes, landscape, neighborhoods.

Ana Carnaval, City College of New York, USA. Amphibians, evolution.

Liza Comita, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA. Community ecology, tropical forest dynamics, seedling ecology, regeneration, plant-pathogen interactions, plant ecology.

Laurence Culot, Sao Paulo State University – UNESP, Brazil. Plant-animal interactions, primate ecology and behavior, seed dispersal, dung beetles, defaunation, movement ecology, forest fragmentation.

Cecilia Dahlsjö, University of Oxford, UK. Termites, ecology, species diversity, Species biomass, tropical forests, forest ecology, invertebrates, ash dieback, temperate forests, ecology.

Jim Dalling, University of Illinois, USA. Tropical forest regeneration, seed ecology, plant-soil interactions, montane forest ecology.

Amy Dunham, Rice University, USA. Defaunation, Madagascar and African rain forest, phylogenetic community structure, plant-vertebrate interactions, primate ecology, seed dispersal.

Alvaro Duque, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia. Tropical forests, plant-soil associations, carbon stocks and dynamics, functional traits.

Paul Eggleton, Natural History Museum, UK. Tropical Ecology, ecosystem engineers, termites, ants, earthworms, beetles.

Tom Fayle, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic and Imperial College London, U.K. Ant community ecology, ant-plant interactions, fragmentation and disturbance, food webs.

Paul Fine, University of California, USA. Burseraceae, white-sand forest, herbivory.

Donald Franklin, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia. Bamboo, phenology, seasonal tropics, migration and nomadism, vegetation ecology, avian life histories.

Eric Fuchs, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica. Tropical trees, breeding systems, dioecious species, population genetics, conservation genetics.

Orou Gaoue, University of Tennessee, USA. Plant population dynamics, non-timber forest products, ecological impacts of human activities, ethnoecology, tropical ecology, plant population ecology, integral projection model, plant-animal interactions.

Carlos Garcia-Robledo, University of Connecticut, USA. Biodemography, climate change, invasive species, molecular ecology, plant-insect interactions, quantitative genetics.

Ulmar Grafe, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. Amphibians, herpetology, animal-plant mutualisms, bioacoustics, behavioral ecology.

Sofia Gripenberg, University of Oxford, UK. Community ecology, insect ecology, plant-enemy interactions, ecology of seeds and seedlings, herbivory, food webs.

Peter Groenendijk, Instituto de Biologia UNICAMP, Brazil. Population dynamics, tropical forests, tree ecology, tree growth, sustainable timber yield, tree ring analysis, climate-growth relations, climate change.

Manuel R. Guariguata, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia. Tropical forest management for multiple goods and services, silviculture, forest restoration, secondary forest succession, participatory monitoring, forest certification, socio-ecological systems, international forest policy.

Torbjørn Haugaasen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. Amazonia, floodplain forests, plant-mammal interactions, seed dispersal, large-vertebrate assemblages, non-timber forest products.

Marney Isaac, University of Toronto, Canada. Agroecology, plant-soil interactions, biogeochemical cycling, environment and development.

Chris Kettle, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Tropical forest ecology, Southeast Asia, conservation genetics, plant reproductive ecology, population genetics and species co-existence.

Roger Kitching, Griffith University, Australia. Arthropods, moths, biodiversity, rain forests, phytotelmata, container hábitats.

Jeffrey Klemens, Thomas Jefferson University, USA. tropical dry forest, biology education, conservation.

Erin Kuprewicz, University of Connecticut, USA. Seed dispersal, community ecology, terrestrial mammal, conservation biology, seed predation, plant-animal interactions, tropical forest, Dasyprocta, Tayassu, scatter-hoarding.

Alexander Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Tropical biodiversity, functional change, ornithology, land-use change, migration, conservation biology, avian biogeography and taxonomy.

Susan Letcher, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. Community ecology, forest ecology, lianas, phylogenetic community structure, succession.

Tony Lynam, Wildlife Conservation Society, Thailand. Habitat fragmentation, deforestation, roads, small populations, endangered species, density estimation, occupancy, threats monitoring, large mammals, carnivores, ungulates, small mammals, home range estimation, camera-trapping, surveys, protected areas, conservation planning, landscapes, protection, law enforcement, hunting, wildlife trade.

Kim McConkey, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India. Plant-mammal interactions; seed dispersal; functional ecology; primates; bats.

Terry McGlynn, California State University, USA. Detrital food webs, ants and social insects, behavioral ecology.

Irene Mendoza, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain. Plant ecology, phenology, seed dispersal, climate change, forest regeneration.

Eike Neuschulz, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany. Ecosystem functioning, plant-animal interactions, seed dispersal, landscape fragmentation, biodiversity conservation.

E. Paine, University of New England, Australia. Biodiversity, community ecology, functional ecology, coexistence, seedling ecology, community dynamics, growth.

Renata Pardini, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Habitat fragmentation, habitat disturbance, mammals.

Jennifer Powers, Editor-in-Chief, University of Minnesota, USA. Ecosystems, ecology, nutrient cycling, carbon dynamics, succession, regeneration, plant functional traits, tropical dry forests, belowground processes.

Gustavo Romero, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Multi-trophic interactions and their ecological consequences, food webs, trophic cascade, indirect effects, climate change, phytotelmata, bromeliad.

Ann Russell, Iowa State University, USA. Biogeochemistry of tropical and managed systems, plant species traits and ecosystem properties, belowground processes, and carbon sequestration.

Sabrina Russo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Forest dynamics, seed dispersal, ecological statistics and modelling.

Mahesh Sankaran, National Centre for Biological Studies, India. Savanna ecology, fire, large mammalian herbivores, herbivore-plant-soil interactions, climate change, biodiversity-ecosystem, function.

Laura Schneider, Rutgers University, USA. Secondary forest, landscape ecology, tropical agriculture, land-use, disturbances, remote sensing.

Lisa Schulte, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium. Amphibians, herpetology, communication, pheromones, parental care, reproductive ecology, behavioral ecology, Neotropics.

Eleanor Slade, Associate Editor, University of Oxford, U.K. Dung beetles, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, South East Asia, tropical forests, oil palm, decomposition, invertebrates, habitat fragmentation, citizen science.

Ferry Slik, Associate Editor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens, China. Species diversity, floristics, forest biomass, phylogenetic diversity, species traits, forest fire, droughts, botany.

Alexander Smith, University of Guelph, Canada. Arthropods, insects, ants, biodiversity, food webs, forest, host specificity, insect community, elevation, species richness, tropical.

Michael Staab, University of Freiburg, Germany. Ants; community ecology; biodiversity-ecosystem functioning; plant-insect interactions; ecological networks; functional and phylogenetic ecology.

Ted Webb, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Tree community dynamics, disturbance, forest management, logging, biodiversity conservation, agroforestry.

Steven Whitfield, Zoo Miami, USA. Amphibians and reptiles, amphibian decline, biodiversity, conservation, disease ecology, Neotropics, Sub-tropical Florida.

Natalie Wright, Kenyon College, USA. Avian ecology, ornithology, island biogeography, island ecology, high altitude biology, functional ecology, morphological ecology, evolutionary ecology, comparative methods, flight.

Steve Yanoviak, University of Louisville, USA. Community ecology, animal behavior, forest canopy ecology, arthropods, insects, ants.

Rakan Zahawi, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA. Community ecology, forest dynamics, habitat fragmentation, natural regeneration, restoration ecology, seed dispersal, succession.

Amanda Zellmer, Occidental College, USA. Species distribution modelling, ecological distribution modelling, spatial ecology, landscape genetics, amphibians, ecoinformatics, biodiversity informatics.
 
 
The Editors wish to thank the following recent members of the Editorial Board for their services to Biotropica:

Saara DeWalt, Biological Sciences, Clemson University, USA. Population and community plant ecology, invasive species ecology, liana ecology, secondary succession, seedling ecology, tropical forest dynamics, population genetics.

Donald Drake, University of Hawaii, USA. Island biology, seed ecology, plant reproductive biology, plant conservation.

Bryan Finegan, Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Education (CATIE), Costa Rica. Secondary forest ecology and management.

Beth Kaplin, Antioch New England Graduate School and National University of Rwanda, Rwanda. Primate ecology and conservation, forest phenology, regeneration dynamics, seed dispersal ecology, protected areas conservation, ADD, edge and matrix effects.

Vojtech Novotny, Institute of Entomology, Czech Republic. Biodiversity, food webs, forest, host specificity, insect community, insect herbivore, species richness, tropical.

Douglas Robinson, Oregon State University, USA. Birds, avian ecology, community ecology, habitat fragmentation.

Luitgard Schwendenmann, The University of Auckland, Australia. Ecosystem functions, biogeochemistry, ecohydrology, forest carbon, stable isotopes, mangroves, land use change.

James Watling, John Carroll University, USA. Amphibians and reptiles, community ecology, conservation biogeography, ecological modeling, landscape ecology.

Catherine Yule, Monash University, Malaysia. Freshwater ecology, peat swamp forests, litter decomposition, macroinvertebrates.