Monteverde: ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest

Foreword / Gary S. Hartshorn

Foreword / Luis Diego Gomez P.

Manera de Introduccion / Luis Diego Gomez P.

1. Introduction / Nalini M. Nadkarni and Nathaniel T. Wheelwright

2. Physical Environment / Kenneth L. Clarke, Robert O. Lawton and Paul R. Butler

3. Plants and Vegetation / William A. Haber

4. Insects and Spiders / Paul Hanson

5. Amphibians and Reptiles / J. Alan Pounds

6. Birds / Bruce E. Young and David B. McDonald

7. Mammals / Robert M. Timm and Richard K. LaVal

8. Plant-Animal Interactions / K. Greg Murray, Sharon Kinsman and Judith L. Bronstein

9. Ecosystem Ecology and Forest Dynamics / Nalini M. Nadkarni, Robert O. Lawton and Kenneth L. Clark / [et al.]

10. Conservation in the Monteverde Zone: Contributions of Conservation Organizations / Leslie J. Burlingame

11. Agriculture in Monteverde: Moving Toward Sustainability / Katherine Griffith, Daniel Peck and Joseph Stuckey

12. Conservation Biology / Nathaniel T. Wheelwright

App. 1. Vascular Plants of Monteverde / William A. Haber

App. 2. Number of Species with Different Plant Growth Forms / William A. Haber

App. 3. Orchids of Monteverde / John T. Atwood

App. 4. Bromeliads of Monteverde / Harry E. Luther

App. 5. Host Plants of Selected Cercopoidea from Monteverde / Daniel C. Peck

App. 6. Preliminary List of Psylloidea Known from Costa Rican Cloud Forests (1200-2000 m) / David Hollis

App. 7. Eusocial Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae Polistinae and Sphecidae) Collected from Monteverde / Sean O'Donnell

App. 8. Amphibians and Reptiles of Monteverde / J. Alan Pounds and M. P. Fogden

App. 9. Birds of the Monteverde Area / M. P. Fogden

App. 10. Mammals of Monteverde / Robert M. Timm and Richard K. LaVal.