Tropical montane cloud forests have a high diversity and abundance of epiphytes that have drought resistance adaptations to the water and nutrient limitations in the canopy. Most epiphytes in the canopy have drought adaptations and may have different distributions along the vertical gradient of a single tree in addition to varying at a landscape scale such as with elevation. Vascular epiphyte composition and eco-physiological strategies were studied along an elevational gradient of 1400-1830m in a cloud forest in Monteverde to see if there is a variation in diversity, abundance, and drought adaptation characteristics. I measured morphospecies diversity, abundance, foliar water uptake capacity, and leaf toughness for epiphytes on fallen bran...
Epiphytes are aerial plants, often characterized by CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) photosynthesi...
Epiphylls are very vulnerable to forest disturbance and climate change, making them good indicators ...
Taxonomically dissimilar epiphyte species can have comparable morphological and physiological traits...
Tropical montane cloud forests have a high diversity and abundance of epiphytes that have drought re...
Epiphytes play an integral role in nutrient cycling in tropical rainforests and are often found on t...
The Monteverde cloud forest is characterized by its high precipitation levels, frequency of cloud im...
Cloud forests are unique ecosystems due to their tropical nature, high elevations, and extremely hig...
Vascular epiphytes are an extremely diverse and prevalent plant-form of neotropical cloud forests, a...
Compared to other plant life forms, epiphytes remain understudied. Understanding the responses of ep...
I examined the distribution, abundance and diversity of vascular epiphytes at three scales: within i...
Little is known about the composition of tropical epiphytic communities and the influence of environ...
Tropical montane cloud forests support abundant epiphytic vascular plant communities that serve impo...
Aim: Understanding patterns of tropical plant diversity and their vulnerability to anthropogenic dis...
Variation in leaf functional traits along environmental gradients can reveal how vascular epiphytes ...
About ten percent of all vascular plant species world-wide are epiphytes and they are almost exclusi...
Epiphytes are aerial plants, often characterized by CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) photosynthesi...
Epiphylls are very vulnerable to forest disturbance and climate change, making them good indicators ...
Taxonomically dissimilar epiphyte species can have comparable morphological and physiological traits...
Tropical montane cloud forests have a high diversity and abundance of epiphytes that have drought re...
Epiphytes play an integral role in nutrient cycling in tropical rainforests and are often found on t...
The Monteverde cloud forest is characterized by its high precipitation levels, frequency of cloud im...
Cloud forests are unique ecosystems due to their tropical nature, high elevations, and extremely hig...
Vascular epiphytes are an extremely diverse and prevalent plant-form of neotropical cloud forests, a...
Compared to other plant life forms, epiphytes remain understudied. Understanding the responses of ep...
I examined the distribution, abundance and diversity of vascular epiphytes at three scales: within i...
Little is known about the composition of tropical epiphytic communities and the influence of environ...
Tropical montane cloud forests support abundant epiphytic vascular plant communities that serve impo...
Aim: Understanding patterns of tropical plant diversity and their vulnerability to anthropogenic dis...
Variation in leaf functional traits along environmental gradients can reveal how vascular epiphytes ...
About ten percent of all vascular plant species world-wide are epiphytes and they are almost exclusi...
Epiphytes are aerial plants, often characterized by CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) photosynthesi...
Epiphylls are very vulnerable to forest disturbance and climate change, making them good indicators ...
Taxonomically dissimilar epiphyte species can have comparable morphological and physiological traits...