Jennifer M. Jacobs

Amazonian bamboo forests dominated by large woody bamboo plants in the genus Guadua cover approximately 180,000 km 2 and represent a key resource for many organisms. In southwestern Amazonia, native bamboo forests differ in structure, biodiversity, and growth dynamics from other forest types in the region. However, with the exception of a few speci...

Supplementary Material Table S1 and Table S2

Database (raw data) Database containing the following information: Family, family membership; SpN, name of species or morphospecies; Site, name of study site (each site contained one patch per habitat); Habitat, forest type (b, bamboo; tf, terra firme); Full_Site_Name, site name and habitat name; Trap, number of pitfall trap; Season, season (w, wet...

Here we describe the association of Enema pan (F., 1775) (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) with bamboo plants in the genus Guadua Kunth (Poaceae: Bambuseae) in a lowland rainforest in southeastern Peru. Mounds at the base of Guadua stems and underground tunnels over one meter long are constructed by adults. Males were found inside these tunnels...

We conducted the first inventory of ants on the Islas Murciélago, Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) of Costa Rica. We conducted this study on a chain of seven islands and a nearby mainland site, southwest of the Santa Elena Peninsula, northwestern Costa Rica. We collected ants during three different seasons throughout one year, using three tech...

The potential effect of forest type on the structuring of animal communities in western Amazonia remains poorly understood. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that amphibian species richness, composition and abundance differ across forest types in the lowland rain forest of south-eastern Peru. By using 320 individual transects, we compared the...

This study focuses on amphibian species diversity in the lowland Amazonian rainforest of southern Peru, and on the importance of protected and non-protected areas for maintaining amphibian assemblages in this region. We compared species lists from nine sites in the Madre de Dios region, five of which are in nationally recognized protected areas and...

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) compete intensively for dung resources, and most species forage in the understory. Here, we describe the unique behavior of one dung beetle species, Canthon aff. quadriguttatus (Olivier), associated with two species of monkeys from Peru. We observed this beetle species on the genital and anal re...

Bamboo stands form a specific forest type in southwestern Amazonia and a number of vertebrates are known to be associated with this particular habitat. This study compared the structure of terrestrial beetle communities in bamboo patches and adjacent terra firme forest at the Los Amigos Conservation Concession in southeastern Peru. Beetle diversity...