All green plants alternate between the gametophyte and sporophyte life stages, but only
seed‐free vascular plants (ferns and lycophytes) have independent, free‐living …

Ferns have a long geological record extending over millions of years, and they are
distributed in diverse environments worldwide; including swamps, coastal locations, open …

Drying to equilibrium with the air is lethal to most species of animals and plants, making
drought (ie, low external water potential) a central problem for terrestrial life and a major …

Most people correctly associate lush fern growth with humid and shady forests (Plates 1C,
2B). Indeed, the highest diversity of ferns is found in tropical rain forests, where some 65% of …

Las bromeliáceas epífitas son uno de los grupos de plantas más amenazados por el cambio
climático global dada su alta sensibilidad a la variación ambiental. En esta revisión se …

Forest fragmentation can negatively affect tropical epiphyte diversity, but the processes
leading to such impoverishment are insufficiently understood. Due to a lack of experimental …

The impact of human disturbance on colonisation dynamics of vascular epiphytes is poorly
known. We studied abundance, diversity and floristic composition of epiphyte seedling …

Aim: Shaded coffee plantations constitute an important refuge for biodiversity. Despite the
fact that epiphytic plants form a significant component of these agroecosystems, their …

Question: Are differences in microhabitat preferences of co‐occurring epiphytic
Hymenophyllaceae species (filmy ferns) correlated with differences in ecophysiological …

Different methods of measuring cavitation resistance in fern petioles lead to variable results,
particularly with respect to the P50 metric. We hypothesised that the fern dictyostele structure …