Slide 51
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ADDITIONAL READING

Most of the ideas presented in this photo essay come from the following publications.

Mori, S. A. 2000. Bats, bees, and Brazil nut trees. Natural History, April 2000. Pp. 66-69.

Mori, S. A., P. Becker & D. Kincaid. 2001. Lecythidaceae of a central Amazonian lowland forest. Implications for conservation. Pages 54-67 in R. O. Bierregaard, Jr., C. Gascon, T. E. Lovejoy & R. C. G. Mesquita (eds), Lessons from Amazonia. The ecology and conservation of a fragmented forest. Yale University Press, New Haven & London.

Mori, S. A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: the zygomorphic-flowered New World Genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of the secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376.

Mori, S. A., G. T. Prance & A. B. Bolten. 1978. Additional notes on the floral biology of Neotropical Lecythidaceae. Brittonia 30: 113-341.

Oliveira, A. A. de & S. A. Mori. 1999. A central Amazonian terra firme forest. I. High species richness on poor soils. Biodiversity and Conservation 8: 1219-1244.

Peres, C. A. 1991. Seed predation of Cariniana micrantha by brown capuchin monkeys in central Amazonia. Biotropica 23(3): 266-270.

Prance, G. T. & S. A. Mori. 1978. Observations on the fruit and seeds of Neotropical Lecythidaceae. Brittonia 30: 21-33.

Prance, G. T. & S. A. Mori. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma, & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270.

Tsou, Chih-Hua & S. A. Mori. 2002. Seed coat anatomy and its relationship to seed dispersal in subfamily Lecythidoideae of the Lecythidaceae (the Brazil nut family). Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43: 37-56.

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