to Neotropical Montane Oak Forests -- Global and Neotropical Distribution and Diversity of Oak (genus Quercus) and Oak Forests -- Paleo-Ecology and Biogeography -- Immigration of Oak into Northern South America: a Paleo-Ecological Document -- Effects of the Younger Dryas Cooling Event on Late Quaternary Montane Oak Forest in Costa Rica -- Altitudinal Zonation of Montane Oak Forests Along Climate and Soil Gradients in Costa Rica -- Saprotrophic and Ectomycorrhizal Macrofungi of Costa Rican Oak Forests -- Diversity and Biogeography of Lichens in Neotropical Montane Oak Forests -- Epiphytic Communities of Bryophytes and Macrolichens in a Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest -- Stand Structure and Composition -- Composition and Structure of Humid Montane Oak Forests at Different Sites in Central and Eastern Mexico -- Oak Forests of the Hyper-Humid Region of La Chinantla, Northern Oaxaca Range, Mexico -- Structure and Composition of Costa Rican Montane Oak Forests -- Structure and Composition of Colombian Montane Oak Forests -- Population Dynamics -- Regeneration and Population Dynamics of Quercus rugosa at the Ajusco Volcano, Mexico -- Ecology of Acorn Dispersal by Small Mammals in Montane Forests of Chiapas, Mexico -- Establishment, Survival and Growth of Tree Seedlings Under Successional Montane Oak Forests in Chiapas, Mexico -- Population Structures of Two Understory Plant Species Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Costa Rican Montane Oak Forests -- Ecosystem Disturbance and Regeneration -- Secondary Succession in Montane Pine-Oak Forests of Chiapas, Mexico -- Changes in Diversity and Structure Along a Successional Gradient in a Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest -- Regeneration Dynamics in a Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest After Reduced-Impact Logging -- Growth and Physiological Responses of Oak, Pine and Shrub Seedlings to Edge Gradients in a Fragmented Mexican Montane Oak Forest -- Morphological Variations of Gall-Forming Insects on Different Species of Oaks (Quercus) in Mexico -- Above-Ground Water and Nutrient Fluxes in Three Successional Stages of Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest with Contrasting Epiphyte Abundance -- Changes in Fine Root System Size and Structure During Secondary Succession in a Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest -- Soil Seed Bank Changes Along a Forest Interior-Edge-Pasture Gradient in a Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest -- Frugivorous Birds, Habitat Preference and Seed Dispersal in a Fragmented Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest Landscape -- Diet and Habitat Preference of the Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis) in Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest -- Small Terrestrial Rodents in Disturbed and Old-Growth Montane Oak Forest in Costa Rica -- Habitat Preference, Feeding Habits and Conservation of Baird’s Tapir in Neotropical Montane Oak Forests -- Conservation and Sustainable Use -- Dynamics and Silviculture of Montane Mixed Oak Forests in Western Mexico -- Vascular Epiphytes and Their Potential as a Conservation Tool in Pine-Oak Forests of Chiapas, Mexico -- Land Use, Ethnobotany and Conservation in Costa Rican Montane Oak Forests -- Charcoal Production in a Costa Rican Montane Oak Forest -- Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Management of Central American Montane Oak Forests -- Economic Valuation of Water Supply as a Key Environmental Service Provided by Montane Oak Forest Watershed Areas in Costa Rica -- Synthesis -- Neotropical Montane Oak Forests: Overview and Outlook.