Close neighbors, not intruders: investigating the role of tank bromeliads in shaping faunal microbiomes [PDF]
PeerJBackground Tropical montane cloud forests contain high levels of epiphyte diversity. Epiphytic tank bromeliads play an important role in the functioning of these ecosystems and provide a microhabitat for many species of invertebrates.
Rodolfo Martínez-Mota +4 more
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Species Distribution Modeling Reveals Future Climate Refugia and Important Areas for Rocky Plants in Brazil's Iron Quadrangle [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.Climate change is projected to sharply reduce suitable habitats for eight endemic rupestrian plant species in Brazil's Iron Quadrangle. Ensemble niche models reveal species‐specific vulnerabilities and highlight climatic refugia and corridors that may support persistence.
Ana Flávia Francisconi +4 more
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Phylogeny, structural patterns, and polymorphisms in Dyckia spp. from the Espinhaço mountain range based on complete chloroplast genome [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceDyckia spp. are xeromorphic bromeliads, with diversity centered in the ferruginous rocky outcrops of the Espinhaço mountain Range in Brazilian tropical savana.
João Victor Da Silva Rabelo-Araujo +8 more
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Species Richness, Abundance, and Vertical Distribution of Epiphytic Bromeliads in Primary Forest and Disturbed Forest [PDF]
PlantsEpiphytes represent a key component in tropical forests. They are affected by anthropogenic and natural disturbances suffered by forests, since they depend on their hosts and the microclimatic conditions they generate.
Sugeidi S. Siaz Torres +5 more
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Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) display selective behaviors while foraging bromeliads (Puya spp.) in high elevation puna grasslands. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAndean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) forage extensively on bromeliads (Puya spp.) across their range, although their selectivity for bromeliads is less understood. We report on foraging activity by Andean bears on two species of bromeliad, Puya leptostachya
Nicholas W Pilfold +5 more
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Exploring the mycobiota of bromeliads phytotelmata in Brazilian Campos Rupestres [PDF]
Braz J Microbiol, 2023 Vera Lúcia dos Santos +6 more
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Epiphytic CAM Bromeliads indicate vulnerability of tropical forest communities to climate change. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2023 Jamie Males +5 more
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Forests, 2022 Air and water pollution are global environmental problems; thus, bioindicators have become important tools for monitoring various pollutants, including metals and metalloids. Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale and Tillandsia usneoides L.
W. Carrillo, J. Calva, Á. Benítez
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New Phytologist, 2021 ⦁Bromeliads represent a major component of neotropical forests and encompass a considerable diversity of life forms and nutritional modes. Bromeliads explore highly stressful habitats and root-associated fungi may play a crucial role but their driving ...
C. Leroy +4 more
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Do bromeliads affect the arboreal ant communities on orange trees in northwestern Costa Rica?
PLoS ONE, 2022 Ants often interact with other invertebrates as predators or mutualists. Epiphytic bromeliads provide nesting sites for ants, and could increase ant abundances in the tree canopy.
Beatrice Rost-Komiya +3 more
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