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Financial support, in the form of research grants, was provided by the Grand Circle Foundation (USA), The Lindeth Charitable Trust (UK), The Albert Reckitt Trust (UK), The Anglo-Peruvian Society (UK) and the Tambopata Reserve Society (UK). Institutional endorsement for the initial research proposal was provided by the Royal Geographical Society (UK) and Conservation International (PERU). Permission to undertake fieldwork in the Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone was granted by the Director of the National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA) - Permit numbers: 100-96 and 38-98. Further thanks are also extended to Jacqueline Ramírez, Director of the TCRZ/BSNP, for her guidance in preparing the initial brief for the proposal, and the INRENA park guards for their support and friendship.

We thank the following people (and institutions) for the provision of facilities, logistical support and background information of the study sites: Joe Koechlin, Anibal Clavijo and Pepe Purisaca (Cusco Amazónico Pueblo Hotel); Max and Mirta Gunther (Explorers’ Inn); Juan Toledo (EcoAmazonía Lodge); Mr. Pendavis, Antonio Mesones, Piet van Ipenberg, Freddy and Chicuta (Newton College, Sachavacayoc Centre); Orlando James (Sachavaca Inn); Eduardo Nycander, Kurt Holle, Mario Napravnik, Pepe Moscoso, Pepe Rojas, Aldo Villanueva and Vanessa Frias (Tambopata Research Center); Tom Hendrickson and Uriel de la Vega (Tambopata Jungle Lodge).

We are greatly indebted to our part-time field co-ordinators: Aleyda Curo Miranda, John Hazelmayer, Michael Langford (who also supplied us with excellent photographic images), Alexis Nuñez, José Ochoa Cámara, Juan Carlos Oyola Ponce and James Watling; as well as our numerous field assistants who were invaluable throughout the project: John Achicahuala, Silvia Arevalo Wu, Andrew Ashton, Margaret Bartee, Erika Bjorkland, Claire Boobyer, Carlos Ceballos, Shaun Coyle, Paul Chambers, Phillipa Chapman, Neil Cox, Jolene Csakany, Rosemerie Cuéllar, Kirsty Forbes, Sandra Felipa Luna, Cristina Farfán, William Farfán, Gabriela Garces, Emma Goldberg, Richard Griffiths, Anna Rose Hope, Kim Harding, Jane Horniblow, Sharrelle Hart, David Huaman, Vicky Huaman, Jeff Kidston, Bill Kemball, Tim Kent, Alex Latta, Rosalyn Leonard, Juan Jose Lopez, Maggie Lattin, Eduardo Mejia, Edwin Masias, Katia Molina, Rudolf von May, David Mansell-Moullin, Wilfredo Mendoza, Kate Newman, Mayuko Nakata, Edilberto Orosco, Frank Rheindt, Anna Rivas, Ivan Samuels, Kate Smith, Matt Sheaffer, Margarita Soto, Sergi Casals Garcia, Kercia Schroeder, Liz Tucker, Claire Tucker, Andrés Vera, Tim Vines, Matt Waldram, Stella Watts, Liz Webb (who also served as our field-doctor for a time), Whitney Webber, and Joanne Winston.

We must also mention: our camp cooks Juan Carlos Ochoa (a.k.a. Peaches) and Zenon, for their memorable concoctions!; Barry Walker for lending mist-nets, as well as Armando Valdez and Matt Denton for their advise regarding rare birds; Alexander and Alexander Ltd. (Southampton - UK), for insurance services; Barclays Bank (Cornmarket, Oxford - UK), for banking services; the many tour guides whom we got to know, for their general enthusiasm and spirit; the Huinga family, for their hospitality on numerous occasions; Victor Velásquez Zea (Fauna - INRENA), for inviting us to share our knowledge with local teachers; our boat driver, Victor Begázo Sandoval, and his family, for putting up with us all; David Macias for copies of numerous slides; and finally to Lance and Belinda Peck (GoneWild Productions) who very kindly donated the images for the home page.