Tree crown volume is a fundamental tree characteristic. It correlates to forest biomass
production and most relevant ecosystem and environmental functions, such as carbon …

Exploration of tree crowns worldwide often reveals rich epiphyte communities composed of
lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants. In very old, wet forests, nearly every tree surface …

Abstract Floodplains in the Pacific Coastal Ecoregion (PCE) stem from steep eroding
mountain landscapes in a rain forest environment, and sustain a rich array of natural …

We document for the first time the epiphytic composition and biomass of canopy emergent
trees from temperate, old-growth coastal rainforests of Chile (42° 30′ S). Through tree …

Vines and epiphytes contribute importantly to the biodiversity of temperate rainforests of
southern South America. However, compared with their tropical counterparts, these …

Vascular epiphyte communities, comprising up to 25 percent of tropical forest flora,
contribute to plant diversity and thus ecosystem‐level processes; however, one of the …

Old-growth temperate rainforests are, per unit area, the largest and most long-lived stores of
carbon in the terrestrial biosphere, but their carbon dynamics have rarely been described …

Epiphytes represent a conspicuous component of the canopy of old‐growth forests, reaching
biomass values of up to 44 t/ha. Forest epiphytes host a rich invertebrate community; …

The vertical distribution of H ymenophyllaceae species has been related to
microenvironmental variations around host trees. We addressed the questions: Do the …

We characterized the tree community of a mesic hardwood hammock in south-central
Georgia as an oak-pine-hickory forest, with Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum), Magnolia …