Miscellaneous Notes & Reports in Natural History,
Ecology, Conservation and Resources Management
No xxx
2010
An ecological bibliography of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica
Pierre Binggeli
The majority of the publications listed below exist in an electronic form and in due course a CD will be
produced.
Adams, C.D. (1972) Flowering plants of Jamaica.
University of West Indies, Mona,
Aldrich, M. (1992) Land use in the Blue Mountains of
Jamaica. Association of Professional Foresters Newsletter,
September 1992, 54-62.
Aldrich, M. (1993) Is there a role for agroforestry in
smallholder farming systems in the Blue Mountains of
Jamaica? MSc dissertation, University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh.
Bellingham, P.J. & Tanner, E.V.J. (2000) The influence of
topography on tree growth, mortality, and recruitment in a
tropical montane forest. Biotropica 32, 378-384.
Bellingham, P.J., Kapos, V., Varty, N., Healey, J.R.,
Tanner, E.V.J., Kelly, D.L., Dalling, J.W., Burns, L., Lee,
D. & Sidrak, G. (1992) Hurricanes need not cause high
mortality: The effects of Hurricane Gilbert on the forests
of Jamaica. J. trop. Ecol. 8, 217-223.
Bengry, R. & Serrant, S. (1949) Trip to Newhaven Gap.
Natural History Notes, 3, 189-194.
Amman, K. (1997) Botanists to blame? Pl. Talk 8, 4.
Anon. (1915) Review: montane rain-forest of Jamaica. J.
Ecol. 3, 244-246.
Asprey, G.F. & Robbins, R.G. (1953) The vegetation of
Jamaica. Ecol. Monogr. 23, 359-412.
Aylett, G.P. (1985) Irradiance interception, leaf
conductance and photosynthesis in Jamaican upper
montane rain forest trees. Photosynthetica 19, 323-337.
Bellingham, P.J. (1993) The effects of a hurricane on
Jamaican montane rain forests. Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Cambridge.
Bellingham, P.J. & Sparrow, A.D. (2009) Multi-stemmed
trees in montane rain forests: their frequency and
demography in relation to elevation, soil nutrients and
disturbance. J. Ecol. 97, 472–483.
Bellingham, P.J., Tanner, E.V.J. & Healey, J.R. (1995)
Damage and responsiveness of Jamaican montane tree
species after disturbance by a hurricane. Ecology 76,
2562-2580.
Bellingham, P.J., Tanner, E.V.J. & Healey, J.R. (2005)
Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien
tree Pittosporum undulatum in Jamaican montane rain
forests. J. Veg. Sci. 16, 675-684.
Chai, S.-L., Tanner, E. & McLaren, K. (2009) High rates
of forest clearance and fragmentation pre- and postNational Park establishment: The case of a Jamaican
montane rainforest. Biol. Conserv. 142, 2484-2492.
Christenhusz, M.J.M. & Toivonen, T.K. (2008) Giants
invading the tropics: the oriental vessel fern, Angiopteris
evecta (Marattiaceae). Biol. Inv. 10, 1215-1228.
Cruz, A. (1981) Bird activity and seed dispersal of a
montane tree (Dunalia arborescens) in Jamaica.
Biotropica 13(Suppl.), 34-44.
Dalling, J.W. (1994) Vegetation colonization of landslides
in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. Biotropica 26, 392-399.
Dalling, J.W. (1995) The effect of litter and soil
disturbance on seed germination in upper montane rain
forest, Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Science 31, 223229.
Dalling, J.W. & Iremonger, S. (1994) Preliminary estimate
of landslide disturbance in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica.
Caribbean Journal of Science 30, 290-292.
Dalling, J.W. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1995) An experimentalstudy of regeneration on landslides in montane rain-forest
in Jamaica. J. Ecol. 83, 55-64.
Eyre, L.A. (1987) Jamaica: test case for tropical
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deforestation? Ambio 16, 338-343.
Floyd, B. (1970) Agricultural innovation in Jamaica: The
Yallahs Valley Land Authority. Econ. Geogr. 46, 63-77.
Fuller, G.D. (1911) Evaporation in Jamaica. Bot. Gaz. 51,
319.
Gilbert, B.D. (1897) Three new ferns from Jamaica. Bull.
Torrey Bot. Club 24, 259-261.
Goodland, T. (1990) A report on the spread of an invasive
tree species Pittosporum undulatum into the forests of the
Blue Mountains, Jamaica. B.Sc. Thesis, UCNW, Bangor.
Goodland, T. & Healey, J.R. (1996) The invasion of
Jamaican montane rainforests by the Australian tree
Pittosporum undulatum. UCNW, Bangor.
Harris, W. (1909) The timbers of Jamaica. Bull.
Department. Agric. Jamaica. New Series, 1 (1), 10-38.
Kingston, Jamaica.
Healey, J.R. (1990) Regeneration in a Jamaican montane
tropical rainforest. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cambridge.
Healey, J.R. (1989) A bioassay study of soils in the Blue
Mountains of Jamaica. In Proctor, J. (Ed.) Mineral
nutrients in tropical forest and savanna ecosystems, pp.
273-287. Blackwell, Oxford.
Healey, J.R., Goodland, T.C.R. & Hall, J.B. (1992) The
impact on forest biodiversity of an invasive tree species
and the development of methods for its control. 1991-2
Annual Report of ODA For. Res. Project R4742, UCNW,
Bangor.
Healey, J.R., Goodland, T.C.R. & Hall, J.B. (1994) The
impact on forest biodiversity of an invasive tree species
and the development of methods for its control. 1993-4
Annual Report of ODA For. Res. Project R4742, UCNW,
Bangor.
Healey, J.R., Goodland, T.C.R., Binggeli, P. & Hall, J.B.
(1995) The impact on forest biodiversity of an invasive
tree species and the development of methods for its
control. Final Report of ODA For. Res. Project R4742,
UCNW, Bangor.
Hodges, M. (Ed.) (1993) Blue Mountain guide. Mona,
Jamaica, Natural History Society of Jamaica.
Johnson, D.S. (1914/15) The Cinchona Botanical Station.
Pop. Sci. Monthly 85, 512-530. 86, 33-48.
Grubb, P.J. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1976) The montane forests
and soils of Jamaica: a reassessment. J. Arnold Arbor. 57,
313-368.
Kapos, V. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1985) Water relations of
Jamaican Upper montane rain forest. Ecology 66, 241250.
Keapoletswe, K.K. (1993) Fourteen years of regeneration
in a cut gap in tropical montane rain forest in Jamaica.
M.Sc. Thesis, UCNW, Bangor.
Keeler, K.H. (1979) Distribution of plants with extrofloral
nectaries and ants at two elevations in Jamaica. Biotropica
11, 152-154.
Kellermann, J.L., Johnson, M.D., Stercho, A.M. &
Hackett, S.C. (2008) Ecological and economic services
provided by birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
farms. Conserv. Biol. 22, 1177-1185.
Lack, D. (1976) Island biogeography illustrated by the
land birds of Jamaica. Blackwell, Oxford.
McDonald, M.A., Healey, J.R. & Jones, M. (2003)
Variations and phenotypic correlation of growth attributes
of Calliandra calothyrsus in the Blue Mountains of
Jamaica. Agrofor. Syst. 50, 293-314.
McDonald, M.A. & Healey, J.R. (2000) Nutrient cycling
in secondary forests in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Forest Ecol. Mgmt 139, 257-278.
McDonald, M.A., Healey, J.R. & Stevens, P.A. (2002) The
effects of secondary forest clearance and subsequent landuse on erosion losses and soil properties in the Blue
Mountains of Jamaica. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 92, 1-19.
McDonald, M.A., Hofny-Collins, A., Healey, J.R. &
Goodland, T.C.R. (2003) Evaluation of trees indigenous to
the mountain forests of the Blue Mountains, Jamaica for
reforestation and agroforestry. Forest Ecol. Mgmt 175,
379-401.
McDonald, M.A., Stevens, P.A. & Healey, J.R. (2003) Soil
fertility under Calliandra calothyrsus hedgerows and other
land-use treatments following forest clearance in Jamaica.
Agrofor. Syst. 57, 127-135.
Iremonger, S. (1997) Blue and John Crow Mountains,
Jamaica. In Davis, S.D., Heywood, V.H., HerreraMacBryde, O., Villa-Lobos, J. & Hamilton, A.C. (Eds)
Centres of plant diversity, Vol. 3. The Americas, pp. 262265. WWF & IUCN, Cambridge.
McDonald, M.A., Stevens, P.A., Healey, J.R. & Devi
Prasad, P.V. (1997) Maintenance of soil fertility on
steeplands in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica: the role of
contour hedgerows. Agrofor. Forum 8(4), 21-25.
Iremonger, S. (2002) A guide to plants in the Blue
Mountains of Jamaica. University of the West Indies Press,
Mona.
McGregor, D.F.M. (1988) An investigation of soil status
and landuse on a steeply sloping hillside, Blue Mountains,
Jamaica. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 9, 60-
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Meir, P. (1991) A pilot study of tree-ring formation in a
Jamaican montane rainforest. Unpublished report, SAFS,
University of Wales, Bangor.
Mitchell, T.C. (1989) A study of the impact of an invasive
tree Pittosporum undulatum on the bird diversity of the
Blue Mountains of Jamaica. B.Sc. Thesis, University of
Cambridge.
Morton, C.V. (1965) A new Jamaican Cyathea. Am. Fern
J. 55, 30-32.
Moser, M. (1968) Dermocybe and Cortinarius collections
of R. W. G. Dennis from the Blue Mountains, Jamaica.
Kew Bull. 22, 87-92.
Muchoney, D.M., Iremonger, S. & Wright, R. (1994) Blue
and John Crow Mountains National Park, Jamaica. The
Nature Conservancy, Arlington.
Newton, A.C. & Healey, J.R. (1989) Establishment of
Clethra occidentalis on stems of the tree-fern Cyathea
pubescens in a Jamaican montane forest. J. trop. Ecol. 5,
441-445.
Swabey, C. (1941) The principal timbers of Jamaica.
Kingston, Jamaica.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1977) Mineral cycling in montane rain
forests in Jamaica. Ph.D. dissertation, University of
Cambridge.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1977) Four montane rain forests of
Jamaica: A quantitative characterization of the floristics,
the soils and the foliar mineral levels, and a discussion of
the interrelations. J. Ecol. 65, 883-918.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1980) Litterfall in montane rain forest of
Jamaica and its relation to climate. J. Ecol. 68, 833-848.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1980) Studies on the biomass and
productivity in a series of montane rain forest in Jamaica.
J. Ecol. 68, 573-588.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1981) The decomposition of leaf litter in
Jamaican montane rain forests. J. Ecol. 69, 263-275.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1982) Species diversity and reproductive
mechanisms in Jamaican trees. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 18, 263278.
Palmer, K.V.W. (1940) Some natural history descriptions
of Jamaica. Scientific Monthly 51, 321-328.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1983) Leaf demography and growth of the
tree-fern Cyathea pubescens Mett. ex Kuhn in Jamaica.
Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 87, 213-227.
Pessin, L.J. (1922) Epiphyllous plants of certain regions in
Jamaica. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49, 1-14.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1985) Jamaican montane forests: nutrient
capital and cost of growth. J. Ecol. 73, 553–568.
Porten, A.V. (1947) Observations on the vegetation in the
Blue Mountains during the summer camp in August 1947.
Natural History Notes 3. Kingston, Jamaica.
Tanner, E.V.J. (1986) Forests of the Blue Mountains and
the Port Royal Mountains of Jamaica. In Thompson, D.A.,
Bretting, P.K. & Humphreys, M. (Eds) Forests of Jamaica,
pp. 15–30. The Jamaican Society of Scientists and
Technologists, Kingston.
Proctor, G.R. (1950) A note on Chusquea. Natural History
Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 44, 160.
Richardson, J.H. (1982) Some implications of tropical
forest replacement, Jamaica. Zeitschrift für
Geomorphologie N.F. Suppl. Bd. 44, 107-118.
Rozema, J., Chardonnens, A., Tosserams, M.,
Hafkenscheid, R. & Bruijnzeel, S. (1997) Leaf thickness
and UV-B absorbing pigments of plants in relation to an
elevational gradient along the Blue Mountains, Jamaica.
Pl. Ecol. 128, 151-159.
Tanner, E.V.J. & Kapos, V. (1982) Leaf structure of
Jamaican upper montane rain-forest trees. Biotropica 14,
16-24.
Tanner, E.V.J., Kapos, V., Freskos, S., Healey, J.R. &
Theobald, A.M. (1990) Nitrogen and phosphorus
fertilization of Jamaican montane forest trees. J. trop.
Ecol. 6, 231–238.
Seifriz, W. (1950) Chusquea. Nature 4199, 635-6.
Shreve, F. (1914) A montane rain-forest. A contribution to
the physiological plant geography of Jamaica. Carnegie
Institution of Washington, Washington.
Thompson, D.A. (1983) Effects of Hurricane Allen on
some Jamaican forests. Commonwealth Forestry Review
62, 107-115.
Sugden, A.M., Tanner, E.V.J. & Kapos, V. (1985)
Regeneration following clearing in a Jamaican montane
forest: results of a ten year study. J. trop. Ecol. l, 329-351.
Varty, N. (1991) The status and conservation of Jamaica’s
threatened and endemic forest avifauna and their habitats
following Hurricane Gilbert. Bird Conservation
International 1, 135-151.
Swabey, C. (1941) Exotic trees at a tropical hill station.
Caribbean Forester 2, 73-4.
Vernon, P. (199). Predicatability of seedling dynamics in a
Jamaican montane rain forest. MSc dissertation,
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University of Wales, Bangor.
term effects of Hurricane Gilbert on terrestrial bird
populations on Jamaica. The Auk 109, 148-166.
Wunderle, J.M., Lodge, D.J. & Waide, R.B. 1992 Short-
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