TY  - JOUR
A1  - Monge-Najera, Julian
A1  - Blanco, Mario A.
T1  - The influence of leaf characteristics on epiphyllic cover : a test of hypotheses with artificial leaves
T2  - Tropical bryology
N2  - Studies of epiphyll ecology have been hindered by the biochemical and morphological variability of the leaf substrate. The use of artificial (plastic ribbon tape) leaves solved that problem in a study done at the Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica. It showed that after nine months of field exposure, relative epiphyll cover was similar in five leaf shapes and two sizes. Driptips do not affect epiphyll cover, which was four times higher under a clearing than in the shaded understory, for all leaf shapes and sizes.
Y1  - 1995
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/30316
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-303168
SN  - 0935-5626
N1  - The layout of the electronic version of this contribution differs from the layout of the original version published in the printed volume.
IS  - 11
SP  - 5
EP  - 9
PB  - D. Quandt, Univ. Bonn, Nees Inst. für Biodiversität d. Pflanzen
CY  - Bonn
ER  -