Vol 39, No 4 (2011)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Humid tropical ecosystems: changes, challenges, opportunities PDF
I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke 279-280

Reviews

A review of the possible impacts of climate change on forests in the humid tropics
W. A. J. M. De Costa 281-302

Research Articles

Viability status of biosphere reserves in Sri Lanka
A. H. Magdon Jayasuriya, Darrell J. Kitchener, Chandrasekhar M. Biradar 303-319
The variation of resource availability within canopy gaps and adjacent understories across elevational gradients of a Sri Lankan rainforest
Sisira Ediriweera, B.M.P. Singhakumara, Mark S. Ashton 321-331
Vegetative phenology of tropical montane forests in the Nilgiris, South India
H. S. Suresh, R. Sukumar 333-343
Effects of land use and management practices on quantitative changes of soil carbohydrates
R.R. Ratnayake, G. Seneviratne, S.A. Kulasooriya 345-353
Plant diversity and soil characteristics of the Ussangoda serpentine site
H.A.S. Weerasinghe, M.C.M. Iqbal 355-363
Impact of monkey-human relationships and habitat change on Semnopithecus vetulus nestor in human modified habitats
Jinie D. S. Dela 356-382
Current status of vertebrate diversity in anthropogenic and natural ecosystems in south-western Sri Lanka
S.N. Gamage, D.K. Weerakoon, A. Gunawardena 383-389
Linkages between changes in land cover (use) patterns, local perceptions and livelihoods in a coastal wetland system in Sri Lanka
S. Senaratna Sellamuttu, C.M. Finlayson, N. Nagabhatla, L. Diphoorn 391-402
Potential for rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) cultivation in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
V.H.L. Rodrigo, S.M.M. Iqbal, R.S. Dharmakeerthi 403-411


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