Publications
Monographs and Books
Articles and Book Chapters
Miscellaneous
Book Reviews
Monographs and Books
Baker, P. J., P. G. Scowcroft, & J. J. Ewel. 2009. Koa (Acacia koa) Ecology and Silviculture. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-211. Albany, CA. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 129 p. (PDF)
Myers, R. L. & J. J. Ewel (eds.). 1990. Ecosystems of Florida. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville. 765 pp.
Ewel, J. & L. Conde. 1981. Potential Ecological Impact of Increased Intensity of Tropical Forest Utilization. BIOTROP, SEAMO Regional Center for Tropical Biology, Bogor, Indonesia. Special Publication No. 11. 70 pp. (PDF)
Wade, D., J. Ewel, & R. Hofstetter. 1980. Fire in South Florida Ecosystems. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, General Technical Report SE-17, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, North Carolina 125 pp. (PDF)
Ewel, J. & J. L. Whitmore. 1973. Ecological Life Zones of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Institute of Tropical Forestry, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Forest Service Research Paper ITF-18. 71 pp. + map. (PDF)
Ewel, J. , A. Madríz & J. Tosi. 1968. Las Zonas de Vida de Venezuela: Memoria Explicativa Sobre el Mapa Ecológico. Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría, Caracas. 165 p. + map. (Revised and reprinted 1978.) (PDF)
Articles and Book Chapters
Ewel, J. J., L.A. Schreeg, & T.R. Sinclair. 2019. Resources for crop production: accessing the unavailable. Trends in Plant Science 24: 122-129. (PDF)
Ledo, A., K.I. Paul, D.F.R.P. Burslem, J.J. Ewel, C. Barton (& 21 others). 2017. Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally. New Phytologist 217: 8-11. (PDF)
Guerrero-Ramirez, N.R., D. Craven, P.B. Reich, J.J. Ewel, F. Isbell (& 16 others). 2017. Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:1639-1649. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J., G. Celis & L. Schreeg. 2015. Steeply increasing growth differential between mixture and monocultures of tropical trees. Biotropica 47: 162-171. (PDF)
Hobbs, R. J., E. Higgs, C. M. Hall, P. Bridgewater, F. S. Chapin III, E. C. Ellis, J. J. Ewel, L. M. Hallett, J. Harris, K. B. Hulvey, S. T. Jackson, P. L. Kennedy, C. Kueffer, L. Lach, T. C. Lantz, A. E. Lugo, J. Mascaro, S. D. Murphy, C. R. Nelson, M. P. Perring, D. M. Richardson, T. R. Seastedt, R. J. Standish, B. M. Starzomski, K. N. Suding, P. M. Tognetti, L. Yakob, & L. Yung. 2014. Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems. Front Ecol Environ 12: 557-564. DOI: 10.1890/130300
Ewel, J. J., M. J. Mazzarino & G. Celis. 2014. Soil changes in model tropical ecosystems: effects of stand longevity outweigh plant diversity and tree species identity in a fertile volcanic soil. Ecosystems 17: 820-836 (and cover image). DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9753-9
Ewel, J. J., J. Mascaro, C. Kueffer, A. E. Lugo, L. Lach & M. R. Gardener. 2013. Islands: Where novelty is the norm. pp. 29-44 in: R. J. Hobbs, E. S. Higgs, and C. M. Hall(eds.) Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., NY (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 2013. Case study: Hole-in-the-donut, Everglades. pp. 11-15 in: R. J. Hobbs, E. S. Higgs, and C. M. Hall(eds.) Novel Ecosystems: Intervening the New Ecological World Order. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., NY (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & S. W. Bigelow. 2011. Tree species identity and interactions with neighbors determine nutrient leaching in model tropical forests. Oecologia 167: 1127-1140. DOI 10.1007/s00402-001-2052-7 (PDF)
Davis, M. A., M. K. Chew, R. J. Hobbs, A. E. Lugo, J. J. Ewel, G. J. Vermeji, J. H. Brown, M. L. Rosenzweig, M. R. Gardener, S. P. Carroll, K. Thompson, S. T. A. Pickett, J. C. Stromberg, P. Del Tredici, K. N. Suding, J. G. Ehrenfeld, J. P. Grime, J. Mascaro, J. C. Briggs. 2011. Don’t judge species on their origins. Nature 474: 153-154. (PDF)
Clark, M. L., D. A. Roberts, J. J. Ewel & D. B. Clark. 2011. Estimation of tropical rain forest aboveground biomass with small-footpring lidar and hyperspectral sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment. 115: 2931-2942. (PDF)
Gutiérrez-Soto, M. V. & J. J. Ewel. 2008. Water use in four model tropical plant associations established in the lowlands of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 56: 1947-1957. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & M. J. Mazzarino. 2008. Competition from below for light and nutrients shifts productivity among tropical species. PNAS 105: 18836-18841; http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0807216105/DCSupplemental (PDF)
Baker, P. J., A. P. Robinson, & J. J. Ewel. 2008. Sudden and sustained response of Acacia koa crop trees to crown release in stagnant stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 656-666. (PDF)
Cole, T. G. & J. J. Ewel. 2006. Allometric equations for four valuable tropical tree species. Forest Ecology and Management 229: 351-360. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 2006. Species and rotation frequency influence soil nitrogen in simplified tropical plant communities. Ecological Applications 16: 490-502. (PDF)
Hobbs, R. J., S. Arico, J. Aronson, J. S. Baron, P. Bridgewater, V. A. Cramer, P. R. Epstein, J. J. Ewel, C. A. Klink, A. E. Lugo, D. Norton, D. Ojima, D. M. Richardson, E. W. Sanderson, F. Vallardes, M. Vilà, R. Zamora, &. M. Zobel. 2006. Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15: 1-7. (PDF)
Lovelock, C. E. & J. J. Ewel. 2005. Links between tree species, symbiotic fungal diversity, and ecosystem functioning in simplified tropical ecosystems. New Phytologist 167: 219-228. (PDF)
Hooper, D. U., F. S. Chapin III, J. J. Ewel, A. Hector, P. Inchausti, S. Lavorel, J. H. Lawton, D. M. Lodge, M. Loreau, S. Naeem, B. Schmid, H. Setälä, A. J. Symstad, J. Vandermeer, & D. A. Wardle. 2005. Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge and needs for future research. Ecological Monographs 75: 3-35. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & A. J. Hiremath. 2005. Plant-plant interactions. pp. 3-34 in: D. Bursalem, M. Pinnard, and S. Hartley(eds.) Biotic Interactions in the Tropics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. (PDF)
Silver, W. L., A. W. Thompson, A. Reich, J. J. Ewel, & M. K. Firestone. 2005. Management Impacts on Soil Nitrogen Cycling in Tropical Plantation Forests: Potential Controls on Nitrogen Retention. Ecological Applications 15: 1604-1614. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & F. E. Putz. 2004. A place for alien species in ecosystem restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 354-360. (PDF)
Bigelow, S. W., J. J. Ewel, & J. P. Haggar. 2004. Enhancing nutrient retention in tropical tree plantations: no short cuts. Ecological Applications 14: 28-46. (PDF)
Reich, A., N. M. Holbrook, & J. J. Ewel. 2004. Developmental and physiological correlates of leaf size in Hyeronima alchorneoides (Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 582-589. (PDF)
Russell, A. E., C. A. Cambardella, J. J. Ewel, & T. B. Parkin. 2004. Species, rotation-frequency, and life-form diversity effects on soil carbon in experimental tropical ecosystems. Ecological Applications 14: 47-60. (PDF)
Reich, A., J. J. Ewel, N. M. Nadkarni, T. Dawson, & R. D. Evans. 2003. Nitrogen isotope ratios shift with plant size in tropical bromeliads. Oecologia 137: 587-590. (PDF)
Hiremath, A. J., J. J. Ewel, and T. J. Cole. 2002. Nutrient use efficiency in three fast-growing tropical trees. Forest Science 48: 662-672. (PDF)
Hiremath, A. J. and J. J. Ewel. 2001. Diversity and ecosystem functioning in managed tropical ecosystems. Pages 465-468 in: K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaakner, and K. S. Bawa (eds.) Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems. Oxford–IBH, New Delhi, India. (PDF)
Hiremath, A.J. and J.J. Ewel. 2001. Ecosystem nutrient use efficiency, productivity, and nutrient accrual in model tropical communities. Ecosystems 4: 669-82. (PDF)
Ewel, J.J. 1999. Natural systems as models for the design of sustainable systems of land use. Agroforestry Systems 45:1-21. (PDF)
Ewel, J.J., D.J. O’Dowd, J. Bergelson, C.C. Daehler, C.M. D’Antonio, L.D. Gómez, D.R. Gordon, R.J. Hobbs, A. Holt, K.R. Hopper, C.E. Hughes, M. LaHart, R.R.B. Leakey, W.G. Lee, L.L. Loope, D.H. Lorence, S.M. Louda, A.E. Lugo, P.M. McEvoy, D.M. Richardson, & P.M. Vitousek. 1999. Deliberate introductions of species: research needs. BioScience 49: 619-630. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & A.J. Hiremath. 1998. Nutrient use efficiency and the management of degraded lands. Pp. 199-215. In: B. Gopal, P. S. Pathak, & K. G. Saxena (eds.). Ecology Today: An Anthology of Contemporary Ecological Research. International Scientific Publications, New Delhi. (PDF)
Menalled, F. D., M. J. Kelty, & J. J. Ewel. 1998. Canopy development in tropical tree plantations: A comparison of species mixtures and monocultures. Forest Ecology and Management 104: 249-263. (PDF)
Ewel, J.J.1997. Ecosystem processes and the new conservation theory. Chapter 20. Pp. 252-261. In: S.T.A. Pickett, R.S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, & G.E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation. Chapman and Hall, NY. (PDF)
Harrington, R. A. & J. J. Ewel. 1997. Invasibility of tree plantations by native and non-indigenous plant species in Hawaii. Forest Ecology and Management 99: 153-162. (PDF)
Haggar, J. P. & J. J. Ewel. 1997. Primary productivity and resource partitioning in model tropical ecosystems. Ecology 78: 1211-1221. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & S. W. Bigelow.1996. Plant life forms and tropical ecosystem functioning. Chapter 6. Pp. 101-126. In: Orians, G. H., R. Dirzo and J. H. Cushman (eds.). Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in Tropical Forests. Springer-Verlag. (PDF)
Haggar, J .P. & J. J. Ewel. 1995. Establishment, resource acquisition, and early productivity as determined by biomass allocation patterns of three tropical tree species. Forest Science 41: 689-708. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. & P. Högberg. 1995. Experimental studies on islands. Chapter 18, pp. 227-232 in: P. M. Vitousek et al. (eds.). Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes on Islands. Ecological Studies Vol 115. Springer-Verlag. (PDF)
Rodgers, H. L., M. P. Braake, & J. J. Ewel. 1995. Shoot damage effects on starch reserves of Cedrela odorata. Biotropica 27: 71-77. (PDF)
Haggar, J. P. & J. J. Ewel. 1994. Experiments on the ecological basis of sustainability: Early findings on nitrogen, phosphorus and root systems. Interciencia 19: 347-351. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 1993. The power of biology in the sustainable land use equation. Biotropica 25: 250-251. (PDF)
Galo, A. T., P. M. Rich & J. J. Ewel. 1992. Effects of forest edges on the solar radiation regime in a series of reconstructed tropical ecosystems. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 1992 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. pp. 98-108. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 1991. Yes, we got some bananas. (Diversity column). Conservation Biology 5: 423-425. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J., M. J. Mazzarino, & C. W. Berish. 1991. Tropical soil fertility changes under monocultures and successional communities of different structure. Ecological Applications 1: 289-302. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 1990. Introduction. Chapter 1, pp. 3-10 in R. L. Myers and J. J. Ewel (eds.). Ecosystems of Florida. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville. 765 pp. (PDF)
Myers, R. L. & J. J. Ewel. 1990. Problems, prospects, and strategies for conservation. Chapter 18, pp. 619-632 in R.L. Myers and J.J. Ewel (eds.). Ecosystems of Florida. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville. (PDF)
Babbar, L. I. & J. J. Ewel. 1989. Descomposición del follaje en diversos ecosistemas sucesionales tropicales. Biotropica 21: 20-29. (PDF)
Berish, C. W. & J. J. Ewel. 1988. Root development in simple and complex tropical successional ecosystems. Plant and Soil 106: 73-84. (PDF)
Brown, B. J. & J. J. Ewel. 1988. Responses to defoliation of species-rich and monospecific tropical plant communities. Oecologia 75: 12-19. (PDF)
Mazzarino, M. J., J. Ewel, C. Berish, & B. Brown. 1988. Efectos de una sucesión de cultivos en la fertilidad de suelos volcánicos respecto a la sucesión natural. Turrialba 38: 345-351. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 1987. Restoration is the ultimate test of ecological theory. pp. 31-33 in: W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin, and J. D. Aber (eds.). Restoration Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. (PDF)
Anderson, A. B., E. S. Anderson, & J. J. Ewel. 1987. People and the palm forest: biology and utilization of babassu forests in Maranhão, Brazil. pp. 3-7 in: A. E. Lugo et al. (eds.) People and the Tropical Forest. U. S. Man and the Biosphere Program, Department of State, Washington, D. C. (PDF)
Young, K. R., J. J. Ewel, & B. J. Brown. 1987. Seed dynamics during forest succession in Costa Rica. Vegetatio 71: 157-173. (PDF)
Matson, P., P. Vitousek, J. Ewel, M. Mazzarino, & P. Robertson. 1987. Nitrogen transformations in a cleared tropical forest soil. Ecology 68: 491-502. (PDF)
Brown, B. & J. Ewel. 1987. Herbivory in simple and complex tropical successional ecosystems. Ecology 68: 108-116. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1986. Designing agricultural ecosystems for the humid tropics. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17: 245-271. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1986. Invasibility: Lessons from South Florida. Chapt. 13, pp. 214-230 in: H. Mooney and J. Drake (eds.). Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. Springer-Verlag, N. Y. (PDF)
Russell, A. E. & J. Ewel. 1985. Leaching from a tropical Andept during big storms: A comparison of methods. Soil Science 139: 181-189. (PDF)
Blanton, C. & J. Ewel. 1985. Leaf-cutting ant herbivory in successional and agricultural tropical ecosystems. Ecology 66: 861-869. (PDF)
Raich, J., J. Ewel & M. Olivera. 1984. Soil-CO2 efflux in simple and diverse ecosystems on a volcanic soil in Costa Rica. Turrialba 35: 33-42. (PDF)
Williams-Linera, G. & J. Ewel. 1984. Effect of autoclave sterilization of a tropical andept on seed germination and seedling growth. Plant and Soil 82: 263-268. (PDF)
Ewel, J., P. Chai, & M. T. Lim. 1983. Biomass and floristics of three young second-growth forests in Sarawak. Malaysian Forester 46: 348-364. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1983. Succession. Chapter 13, pp. 217-223 in F. B. Golley (ed.) Ecosystems of the World. Vol. 14A. Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems: Structure and Function of Tropical Forests. Elsevier, Amsterdam. (PDF)
Ewel, J., S. Gliessman, M. Amador, F. Benedict, C. Berish, R. Bermúdez, B. Brown, A. Martínez, R. Miranda, & N. Price. 1982. Leaf area, light transmission, roots, and leaf damage in nine tropical plant communities. Agro-Ecosystems 7: 305-326. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1981. Environmental implications of tropical forest utilization. pp. 157-167 in F. Mergen (ed.) Tropical Forests: Utilization and Conservation. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut. (PDF)
Ewel, J., C. Berish, B. Brown, N. Price, & J. Raich. 1981. Slash and burn impacts on a Costa Rican wet forest site. Ecology 62: 816-829. (PDF)
Dunevitz, V. & J. Ewel. 1981. Allelopathy of wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) on Schinus terebinthifolius. Florida Scientist 43: 13-20. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1980. Tropical succession: manifold routes to maturity. Biotropica 12: 2-7. (Also, editor and author of Introduction to this special supplement on tropical succession.) (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1977. Differences between wet and dry successional tropical ecosystems. Geo-Eco-Trop 1: 103-117. (PDF)
Capehart, B., J. Ewel, B. Sedlik, & R. Myers. 1977. Remote sensing survey of Melaleuca. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 43: 197-206. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1976. Litter fall and leaf decomposition in tropical forest succession in eastern Guatemala. Journal of Ecology 64: 293-308. (PDF)
Golley, F., J. Ewel & G. Child. 1976. Vegetation biomass of five ecosystems in northwestern Colombia. Tropical Ecology 17: 16-22. (PDF)
Duever, M. & J. Ewel. 1975. A structural description of second- growth vegetation in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. pp. 143-150 in F. B. Golley et al. (eds.) Mineral Cycling in a Tropical Moist Forest Ecosystem. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. (PDF)
Antonini, G.A., K. C. Ewel, & J. J. Ewel. 1974. Ecological modeling of a tropical watershed: a guide to regional planning. Chapter 3, pp. 51-74 in B. S. Hoyle (ed.) Spatial Aspects of Development. John Wiley & Sons, London. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1971. Biomass changes in early tropical forest succession. Turrialba 21: 110-112. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1969. Spectral solar radiation intensity in two Florida forests. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 32: 164-170. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1963. Height growth of bigleaf mahogany. Caribbean Forester 24: 34-35. (PDF)
Miscellaneous
(mostly gray)
Ewel, J. J. 2014. Basic ecology from expert practitioners. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 95:115–116. (PDF)
Putz, F. E., J. Ewel, and A. E. Lugo. 2007. Forest management versus forest degradation and destruction. Letter in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 237-238. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. Life Zone Maps of Pacific Islands. Pacific Islands Forests and Trees. June 2004, pp. 14-15 w/ diagram insert. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 2003. Resolution of Respect: Howard Thomas Odum (1924-2002). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 84: 13-15. (PDF)
Ewel, J. J. 2002. Obituary: Howard Thomas Odum, 1924-2002. Southeastern Biology 49: 393-395. (PDF)
Lugo, A.E., W.L. Silver, S. Brown, F.N. Scatena, and J.J. Ewel. 2001. Managed ecosystems deserve greater attention. Letter in Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 82: 91-93. (PDF)
Hiremath, A., J. Ewel & M. Cifuentes. 1997. Pérdida de nutrimentos por escorrentía de fuste en ecosistemas tropicales simplificados. In: Proceedings, III Congreso Forestal Centroamericano. San José, Costa Rica, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía. pp. 31-33. (PDF)
Ewel, J., M. Cifuentes & A. Hiremath. 1997. El míto de la luz como limitante del crecimiento: Efecto de la competencia por nutrimentos sobre los arboles. In: Proceedings, III Congreso Forestal Centroamericano. San José, Costa Rica, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía. pp. 305-307. (PDF)
Ewel, J.J. 1995. Foreword for: A.E. Lugo & C. Lowe (eds.) Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology. Ecological Studies Vol 112. Springer-Verlag.
Ewel, J., D. Ojima, D. Karl, & W. DeBusk. 1982. Schinus in successional ecosystems of Everglades National Park. South Florida Research Center Report T-676. 141 pp. (PDF)
Ewel, J. 1981. Secondary forests: the tropical wood resource of the future. pp. 53-60 in M. Chavarria (ed.) Simposio Internacional sobre las Ciencias Forestales y su Contribución al Desarrollo de la América Latina. San José, Costa Rica.
Ewel, J., D. Ojima & W. Debusk. 1981. Ecology of a successful exotic tree in the Everglades. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks. 8: 419-422. U.S.D.I., National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
Ewel, J., D. Ojima & W. Debusk. 1981. Seed fluxes among Everglades ecosystems. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks. 11: 96-98. U.S.D.I., National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
Ewel, J. 1979. Ecology of Schinus. pp. 7-21 in R. Workman (ed.) Technical Proceedings of Schinus Workshop. Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Sanibel, Florida.
Ewel, J. & L. Conde. 1979. Seeds in soils of former Everglades farmlands. pp. 225-234 in R. Linn (ed.) Proceedings of the Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks, Vol. 1. U.S.D.I., Washington, D. C.
Ewel, J. & L. Conde. 1978. Environmental implication of any-species utilization in the moist tropics. pp. 63-80 in Proceedings of the Conference on Improved Utilization of Tropical Forests. U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, Madison, Wisconsin.
Youngs, R., D. Smith, J. Ewel, & J. Laundrie. 1978. Utilization of mixed tropical hardwoods – technical options and silvicultural and environmental implications. Proceedings of the 8th World Forestry Congress, Djakarta, Indonesia, October 1978.
Ewel, J. 1977. Soil Erosion and Prospects for Land Restoration in Haiti, USAID, Contract No. AID/1a-C1196. 26 pp. (Also translated into French.)
Ewel, J., R. Meador, R. Myers, L. Conde, & B. Sedlik. 1976. Studies of Vegetation Change in South Florida. U.S. Forest Service, Research Agreement 180492. 119 pp.
Ewel, J. 1973. An ecological view of energy flow in agroecosystems. pp. 87-117 in Agriculture and the Energy Crisis. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Ewel, J. & J. L. Whitmore. 1973. Las zonas de vida de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Americanas: una sinopsis. Instituto de Dasonomía Tropical, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Boletín de Investigación del Servicio Forestal, ITG-18A. 10 pp. + map.
Ewel, J. (chairing committee of five others). 1973. La Cuenca del Corcovado: Península de Osa, Costa Rica. (A privately published booklet, Spanish/English, to stimulate interest in this area, which later became a National Park.) 10 pp.
Madríz, A., J. Ewel, & A. González. 1963. Aspectos de ecología vegetal. pp. 15-17 in Informe Nacional Venezuela. Conferencia Latino-america para el estudio de las zonas áridas. (PDF)
Book Reviews
Arroyo, M. T. K., C. Donoso, R. E. Murúra, E. E. Pisano, R. P. Schlatter, & I. A. Serey. 1996. Toward an Ecologically Sustainable Forestry Project: Concepts, Analysis and Recommendations: Protecting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in the Río Cóndor Project – Tierra del Fuego. Reviewed in: The Quarterly Review of Biology 73: 238 (1998). (PDF)
Goldhammer, J. G. (ed.). 1992. Tropical Forests in Transition. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland. Reviewed in: Forest Ecology and Management 58: 170-171 (1993). (PDF)
Gómez-Pompa, A., T. C. Whitmore, & M. Hadley (eds.) 1991. Rain Forest Regeneration and Management. Man and the Biosphere Program, UNESCO, Paris, 457 pp. Reviewed in: Tropical Ecology 8:35-36 (1992).
Dover, M. and L. M. Talbot. 1987. To Feed the Earth: Agro-Ecology for Sustainable Development. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. 88 pp. Reviewed in: Conservation Biology 2: 124-125 (1988). (PDF)
Bormann, F. H. and G. Berlyn (eds.). 1981. Age and Growth Rates of Tropical Trees: New Directions for Research. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. 137 pp. Reviewed in: Forest Science 28: 422 (1982). (PDF)
Edwards, D. S., W. E. Booth, and S. C. Choy (eds.). 1996. Tropical Rainforest Research – Current Issues. Reviewed in: Forest Science 43: 456-457 (1997). (PDF)
UNESCO/UNEP/FAO. 1978. Tropical Forest Ecosystems. UNESCO, Paris. 683 pp. Reviewed in: Journal of Forestry 78: 575-576 (1980).
Balakrishnan, M., R. Borgstrom, and S. W. Bie (eds.). 1994. Tropical Ecosystems: A Synthesis of Tropical Ecology and Conservation. Reviewed in: The Quarterly Review of Biology 71: 141 (1996). (PDF)
Bullock, S. H., H. A. Mooney, and E. Medina (eds.). 1995. Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests. Reviewed in: Restoration Ecology 4: 325 (1996). (PDF)
Harrison, P. D. and B. L. Turner II (eds.). 1978. Pre-Hispanic Maya Agriculture. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 414 pp. Reviewed in: Human Ecology 7: 378-380 (1979). (PDF)
Whitmore, T. C. Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East. 1975. Oxford University Press, N.Y. 282 pp. Reviewed in: Journal of Forestry 75: 152 (1977). (PDF)
Hamilton, L. A.1976. Tropical Rain Forest Use and Preservation: A Study of Problems and Practices of Venezuela. Sierra Club, San Francisco, California. 72 pp. + appendices + maps. Reviewed in: Journal of Forestry 74: 770 (1976). (PDF)
Golley, F. B. and E. Medina (eds.) 1975. Tropical Ecological Systems: Trends in Terrestrial and Aquatic Research. Ecological Studies II. Springer-Verlag, N.Y. 298 pp. Reviewed in: Plant Science Bulletin 22: 11-12 (1976).