The influence of leaf characteristics on epiphyllic cover : a test of hypotheses with artificial leaves
- 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.
Author: | Julian Monge-Najera, Mario A. Blanco |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-303168 |
ISSN: | 0935-5626 |
Parent Title (English): | Tropical bryology |
Publisher: | D. Quandt, Univ. Bonn, Nees Inst. für Biodiversität d. Pflanzen |
Place of publication: | Bonn |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 1995 |
Year of first Publication: | 1995 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2013/07/18 |
Issue: | 11 |
Page Number: | 5 |
First Page: | 5 |
Last Page: | 9 |
Note: | The layout of the electronic version of this contribution differs from the layout of the original version published in the printed volume. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 349058342 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Tropical Bryology / Tropical Bryology, Volume 11 (1995) |
: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-301444 |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |