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.

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Author:Julian Monge-Najera, Mario A. Blanco
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):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht