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Agent‐based modeling of the effects of forest dynamics, selective logging, and fragment size on epiphyte communities

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Forest canopies play a crucial role in structuring communities of vascular epiphytes by providing substrate for colonization, by locally varying microclimate, and by causing epiphyte mortality due to branch or tree fall.
Gunnar Petter, Gerhard Zotz, Holger Kreft   +2 more
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Impact of Land-Use Change on Vascular Epiphytes: A Review [PDF]

Plants
Human-caused habitat conversion, degradation, and climate change threaten global biodiversity, particularly in tropical forests where vascular epiphytes—non-parasitic plants growing on other plants—may be especially vulnerable.
Thorsten Krömer, Helena J. R. Einzmann, Glenda Mendieta-Leiva, Gerhard Zotz   +3 more
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Diverging Elevational Patterns of Tree vs. Epiphyte Species Density, Beta Diversity, and Biomass in a Tropical Dry Forest [PDF]

Plants
There is evidence to suggest that vascular epiphytes experience low competition for resources (light, water, and nutrients) compared to terrestrial plants.
Florian A. Werner, Jürgen Homeier
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Functional diversity of mesograzers in an eelgrass–epiphyte system [PDF]

Marine Biology, 2008
Historically, small invertebrate grazers in marine plant communities have been considered to be a relatively homogeneous group in their impact on ecosystem processes.
A Schanz, A Warén, AR Hughes, B Worm, CJM Philippart, CW Fong, DW Klumpp, GJ Edgar, GJ Edgar, GJ Edgar, GJ Edgar, H Hillebrand, H Orav-Kotta, J Hauxwell, J Montfrans van, JE Duffy, JE Duffy, JE Duffy, JE Duffy, K Sand-Jensen, MJ Brush, OJ Lorenzen, P Jernakoff, P Jernakoff, P Penhale, RB Taylor, RJ Orth, RK Howard, RS Steneck, S. Jaschinski, SL Williams, TA Nelson, TA Norton, U Sommer, U. Sommer   +34 more
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Phylogenetic diversity and the structure of host-epiphyte interactions across the Neotropics [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Understanding the mechanisms driving community assembly has been a major focus of ecological research for nearly a century, yet little is known about these mechanisms in commensal communities, particularly with respect to their historical/evolutionary ...
Marcio R. Pie, Fernanda S. Caron, Thom Dallimore, Helena Einzmann, Peter Hietz, Michael Kessler, Flavio Nunes Ramos, João Pedro Costa Elias, Holger Kreft, Thorsten Krömer, Maria Judith Carmona Higuita, Daniel Zuleta, Giesta Machado, André Luís de Gasper, Gerhard Zotz, Glenda Mendieta Leiva, Derio Antonio Jimenez-Lopez, Alex Fernando Mendes, Pedro Brancalion, Sara Mortara, Christopher Thomas Blum, Mariana Victória Irume, Nayely Martínez-Meléndez Nayely, Ana Maria Benavides, Carlos Renato Boelter, Sven Batke   +25 more
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Image analysis reveals environmental influences on the seagrass-epiphyte dynamic relationship for Thalassia testudinum in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Spatiotemporal patterns in seagrass-epiphyte dynamics for Thalassia testudinum in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico were evaluated through biomass measurements and scanned-image based metrics to investigate the potentially harmful impact of excessive ...
Chi Huang, Carissa Piñón, Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Kirk Cammarata   +3 more
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Vascular Epiphyte Assemblages on Isolated Trees along an Elevational Gradient in Southwest Panama

Diversity, 2021
Ongoing destruction of tropical forests makes isolated pasture trees potentially important for the persistence of original forest dwellers such as many vascular epiphytes.
Calixto Rodríguez Quiel, Gerhard Zotz
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Vascular epiphyte diversity and host tree architecture in two forest management types in the Himalaya

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Epiphytes are one of the most diversified plant life forms, whose species richness peaks in the tropics and subtropics. Here we examined vertical distribution metrics (i.e., number of epiphyte individuals and epiphyte species richness) of vascular ...
Yagya P. Adhikari, Samuel Hoffmann, Ripu M. Kunwar, Maria Bobrowski, Anke Jentsch, Carl Beierkuhnlein   +5 more
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How Epiphytic Are Filmy Ferns? A Semi-Quantitative Approach

Diversity, 2023
Similar to plants in many other families, members of the Hymenophyllaceae use numerous substrates for growth, e.g., soil, rocks or tree bark. However, substrate preference does not only differ among species but can also vary among members of the same ...
Gerhard Zotz, Helena J. R. Einzmann
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The Impact of a Severe El Niño Event on Vascular Epiphytes in Lowland Panama

Diversity, 2022
As climate change leads to increasing temperatures, tropical dry seasons are expected to become more severe. An overall intensification of drought events may strongly affect vascular epiphytes. Especially at the community level, the response of epiphytes
Helena J. R. Einzmann, Letizia Weichgrebe, Gerhard Zotz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source