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Family Composition Of Vascular Epiphytes Varies By Directional Quadrant, December 2003, David N. Bums
Family Composition Of Vascular Epiphytes Varies By Directional Quadrant, December 2003, David N. Bums
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
Vascular epiphytes are an extremely diverse and prevalent plant-form of neotropical cloud forests, and are strongly affected by abiotic factors including light and moisture. The goal of this study was to determine whether the family composition and diversity of vascular epiphytes living on pasture tree trunks differed by quadrant (northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest). It was hypothesized that the northeast quadrant would exhibit the greatest diversity due to the mist-laden trade winds blowing from that direction. Twenty trees in a pasture surrounded by lower montane wet forest in Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica were divided into four quadrants and sampled for …