The bibliography in the following pages is copyrighted, but it may be used freely for educational purposes (not for commercial profit) if cited as follows: Frank, J.H. 2002. Heliconia. Published on WWW at http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/Frank/heliconiabiota/helbib.htm .

Auerbach, M.J., Strong, D.R. 1981. Nutritional ecology of Heliconia herbivores: Experiments with plant fertilization and alternative hosts. Ecological Monographs 51: 63-83.

Beaman, N.J. 1980. Dispersion, dispersal and phenotypic variability of Xenarescus monocerus, a Neotropical rolled-leaf hispine beetle. Unpublished M.S. thesis. George Washington University. 64 p.

Beutelspacher, R., Butze L., J.R. 1975. Insectos asociados a bracteas de Heliconia bihai y Heliconia latispatha Benth. (musaceas) en el sureste de Mexico. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 36: 157-168.

Bronstein, J.L. 1986. The origin of bract liquid in Neotropical Heliconia species. Biotropica 18: 111-114.

Brooke, A.P. 1990. Tent selection, roosting ecology and social organization of the tent-making bat, Ectophylla alba, in Costa Rica. Journal of Zoology 221: 11-19.

Butzler, J.M., Hellmuth, S.M. 2004. The adaptive nature of floral bracts in four Heliconia spp. Dartmouth Studies in Tropical Ecology 2004: 126-129.

Cutraro, J.L., Ercelawn, A.Y., LeBrun, E.G., Lonsdorf, E.W., Norton, H.A., McKone, M.J. 1988. Importance of pollen and nectar in flower choice by hummingbird flower mites, Proctolaelaps kirmsei (Mesostigmata: Ascidae). International Journal of Acarology 24: 345-351.

Dias da Cruz, D., Righetti de Abreu, V.H, Van Sluys, M. 2007. The effect of hummingbird flower mites on nectar availability of two sympatric Heliconia species in a Brazilian Atlantic forest. Annals of Botany 100: 581–588.

Dobkin, D.S. 1984. Flowering patterns of long-lived Heliconia inflorescences: Implications for visiting and resident nectarivores. Oecologia 64: 245-254.

Dobkin, D.S. 1985. Heterogeneity of tropical floral microclimates and the response of hummingbird flower mites. Ecology 66: 536-543.

Dobkin, D.S. 1990. Distribution patterns of hummingbird flower mites (Gamasida: Ascidae) in relation to floral availability on Heliconia inflorescences. Behavioral Ecology 1: 131-139.

Feinsinger, P. 1983. Variable nectar secretion in a Heliconia species pollinated by hermit hummingbirds. Biotropica 15: 48-52.

Foster, M.S., Timms, R.M. Tent-making by Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae), with plants used by bats for tents. Biotropica 8: 265-269.

Frank, J.H., Barrera, R. 2010. Natural history of Belonuchus Nordmann spp. and allies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia L. (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) flower bracts. Insecta Mundi (2010) 0110: 1-12

Frank, J.H., Morón, M.A. 2012. Natural history of four species of Platydracus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) flower bracts. Insecta Mundi  (2012) 0258: 1-12.

Gage, D.A., Strong, D.R. 1981. The chemistry of Heliconia imbricata and Heliconia latispatha and the growth of a hispine beetle herbivore. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 9: 79-82.

Gill, F.B. Ecological fitting: Use of floral nectar in Heliconia stilesii Daniels by three species of hermit hummingbirds. Condor 89: 779-787.

Gill, F.B. 1988. Effects of nectar removal on nectar accumulation in flowers of Heliconia imbricata (Heliconiaceae). Biotropica 20: 169-171.

Harvey, R. 1988. The ecology of arthropod communities associated with Heliconia leaf-curls in Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, southeastern Peru. Entomologist 107: 11-19.

Jalinsky, J.R., Wertenberger, R.A., Radocy, T.A., Chaboo, S. 2014. Insects inhabiting two host plants, Heliconia stricta Huber (Heliconiaceae) and Calathea lutea Schult (Marantaceae), in southeastern Peru. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87: 299–311.

Kress, W.J. 1985. Bat pollination of an Old World Heliconia. Biotropica 17: 302-308.

Kuhlman, M.L., Brandimarte, A.L., Shimuzu, G.Y. 1988. A entomofauna de fitotelmata de Heliconia sp. da Serra de Carajas, PA. Resumos do XV Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia (Curitiba, 1988): 629.

Lawton, J.H., Strong, D.R. 1981. Community patterns and competition in folivorous insects. American Naturalist 118: 317-338.

Linhart, Y.B. 1973. Ecological and behavioral determinants of pollen dispersal in hummingbird pollinated Heliconia. American Naturalist 107: 511-523.

Lounibos, L.P., Machado-Allison, C.E. 1993. Field test of mosquito ovipositional cues from Venezuelan phytotelmata. Florida Entomologist 76: 593-599.

Lounibos, L.P., Frank, J.H., Machado-Allison, C.E., Ocanto, P., Navarro, J.C. 1987. Survival, development, and predatory effects of mosquito larvae in Venezuelan phytotelmata. Journal of Tropical Ecology 3: 221-242.

Machado-Allison, C.E., Rodríguez, D.J., Barrera R., R., Gomez Cova, C. 1983. The insect community associated with inflorescences of Heliconia caribaea Lamarck in Venezuela. p. 247-270 in Frank, J.H., Lounibos, L.P. Phytotelmata: Terrestrial Plants as Hosts for Aquatic Insect Communities. Medford, NJ; Plexus. vii + 293 p.

Machado-Allison, C.E., Barrera R., R., Frank, J.H., Delgado, L., Gomez-Cova, C. 1985. Mosquito communities in Venezuelan phytotelmata. p. 79-93 in Lounibos, L.P., Rey, J.R., Frank, J.H. Ecology of mosquitoes: Proceedings of a workshop. Vero Beach, FL; Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. xxi + 579 p.

Maguire, B., Belk, D. 1967. Paramecium transport by land snails. Journal of Protozoology 114: 445-447.

Maguire, B., Belk, D., Wells, G. 1968. Control of community structure by mosquito larvae. Ecology 49: 207-210.

McCoy, E.D. 1984. Colonization by herbivores of Heliconia spp. plants (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae). Biotropica 16: 10-13.

McCoy, E.D. 1985. Interactions among leaf-top herbivores of Heliconia imbricata (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae). Biotropica 17: 326-329.

Miller, J.Y., Sourakov, A. 2009. Scientific note: Some observations on Amauta cacica procera (Boisduval) (Castniidae: Castniidae) in Costa Rica. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19: 113-114.

Morrison, G., Strong, D.R. 1981. Spatial variation in egg density and the intensity of parasitism in a neotropical chrysomelid (Cephaloleia consanguinea). Ecological Entomology 6: 55-61.

Naeem, S. 1988. Predator-prey interactions and community structure: Chironomids, mosquitoes and copepods in Heliconia imbricata (Musaceae). Oecologia 77: 202-209.

Naeem, S. 1990a. Resource heterogeneity and community structure: A case study in Heliconia imbricata phytotelmata. Oecologia 84: 29-38.

Naeem, S. 1990b. Patterns of distribution and abundance of competing species when resources are heterogeneous. Ecology 71: 1422-1429.

Naeem, S., Dobkin, D.S., O'Connor, B.M. 1985. Lasioseius mites (Acari: Gamasida: Ascidae) associated with hummingbird-pollinated flowers in Trinidad, West Indies. International Journal of Entomology 27: 338-353.

Pipkin, S.B., Rodríguez, R.L., León, 1966. Plant host specificity among flower-feeding neotropical Drosophila. American Naturalist 100: 135-156.

Richardson, B.A., Hull, A.G. 2000. Insect colonisation sequences in bracts of Heliconia caribaea in Puerto Rico. Ecological Entomology 25: 460-466.

Richardson, B.A., Rogers, C., Richardson, M.J. 2000. Nutrients, diversity, and community structure of two phytotelm systems in a lower montane forest, Puerto Rico. Ecological Entomology 25: 348-356.

Staines, C.L. 1996. The genus Cephaloleia (Coleoptera: Chrysomeliadae) in Central America and the West Indies. Special Publication No. 3 of the Revista de Biología Tropical. 87 p.

Strong, D.R. 1983. Chelobasis bicolor (Abejón de Platanillo, Rolled Leaf Hispine). p. 708-711 in Janzen, D.H. Costa Rican Natural History. Chicago; University of Chicago Press.

Strong, D.R., Wang, M.D. 1977. Evolution of insect life histories and host plant chemistry: Hispine beetles on Heliconia. Evolution 31: 854-862.

Summers, K. 1999. The effects of cannibalism on Amazonian poison frog egg and tadpole deposition and survivorship in Heliconia axil pools. Oecologia 119: 557-564.

Timm, R.M., Mortimer, J. 1976. Selection of roost sites by Honduran white bats, Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Ecology 57: 385-389.

Vandermeer, J., Addicott, J., Andersen, A., Kitasako, J., Pearson, D., Schnell, C., Wilbur, H. 1972. Observations on Paramecium occupying arboreal standing water in Costa Rica. Ecology 53: 291-293.

Wirth, W.W. 1982. The cacao-pollinating midges of the Forcipomyia argenteola group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84: 568-585.

Wolf, L.L., Stiles, F.G. 1989. Adaptations for the "fail-safe" pollination of specialized ornithophilous flowers. American Midland Naturalist 121: 1-10.

Wolf, L.L., Hainsworth, F.R., Stiles, F.G. 1972. Energetics of foraging: Rate and efficiency of nectar extraction by hummingbirds. Science 176: 1351-1352.

Woolbright, L.L. 1996. Disturbance influences long-term population patterns in the Puerto Rican frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Biotropica 28: 493-501.

Wootton, J.T., Sun, I.-F. 1990 Bract liquid as a herbivore defense mechanism for Heliconia wagneriana inflorescences. Biotropica 22: 155-159.

Yee, D.A., Willig, R. 2007. Colonisation of Heliconia caribaea by aquatic invertebrates: resource and microsite characteristics. Ecological Entomology 32: 603-612.

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