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Gas Exchange and Water Relations in Epiphytic Tropical Ferns

1989
The abundance of epiphytes is a characteristic feature of the rich vegetation of the wet tropics. Among the epiphytic vascular plants ferns are quite frequent (Chaps. 2, 3 and 9). According to Holtum (1969), about half of the some 500 known fern species in Malaysia are epiphytes. Recently the ecophysiological problems linked with epiphytism are gaining
M. Kluge, P. N. Avadhani, C. J. Goh
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Herbivory on epiphytic ferns of a Mexican cloud forest

Fern Gazette, 2006
The often-stated hypothesis that ferns are attacked less by herbivores than are angiosperms has not been confirmed for terrestrial ferns. Several authors reported for terrestrial ferns and angiosperms the same number of insect pest species, and similar leaf damage of 5-38 percent, depending on species, leaf age, and type of vegetation.
Mehltreter, Klaus, Hülber, Karl, Hietz, Peter   +2 more
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Degrees of crassulacean acid metabolism in tropical epiphytic and lithophytic ferns

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 1999
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) was observed in three species of tropical ferns, the epiphytes Microsorium punctatum and Polypodium crassifolium and the lithophyte Platycerium veitchii . Polypodium crassifolium and P. veitchii exhibited characteristics of weak CAM.
Holtum, Joseph A.M., Winter, Klaus
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Herbivory in epiphytic bromeliads, orchids and ferns in a Mexican montane forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2005
Herbivory is important in tropical woody plants, but the few data available suggest that rates of herbivory are mostly low in epiphytes. We quantified herbivory at the community level in five bromeliad, three orchid and five fern species of a Mexican humid montane forest. Leaf area loss was <1.5% in bromeliads and orchids, but much higher (7–20%) in
Winkler, Manuela, Hülber, Karl, Mehltreter, Klaus, Franco, Jose Garcia, Hietz, Peter   +4 more
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In Vitro Propagation of Two Epiphytic Ferns

2022
Shibila Thangaiah, Johnson Marimuthu
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Diversity of Epiphytic Fern and Fern Allies in Darjeeling Region of Eastern Himalaya, India

Indian Journal of Ecology, 2022
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Desiccation and rehydration dynamics in the epiphytic resurrection fern Pleopeltis polypodioides

Plant Physiology, 2021
Craig Brodersen, Kyra Prats, Brodersen Craig R   +2 more
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Low-Trunk Epiphytic Ferns on Tree Ferns Versus Angiosperms in Costa Rica1

BIOTROPICA, 2003
Robbin C. Moran, Susan Klimas, Mónica Carlsen   +2 more
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Colony Growth and Development in an Epiphytic Fern Species, Platycerium Bifurcatum.

<p><strong>Cooperation is one strategy that can allow organisms to thrive in often harsh environmental conditions. While it is well understood in animals, it is much less understood in plants. The Australian staghorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum) is an epiphyte that forms large colonial nests commonly found on the branches and trunks of ...
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Association of Epiphytic Fern Vittaria lineata with Moss Octoblepharum albidum on Palm Sabal palmetto in Southeast Florida, with Notes on Accompanying Fern Phlebodium aureum

American Fern Journal, 2022
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