A review of the ecological value of Cusuco National Park: an urgent call for conservation action in a highly threatened Mesoamerican cloud forest

TE Martin, SEL Jones, TJ Creedy… - Journal of …, 2021 - pure.qub.ac.uk
A review of the ecological value of Cusuco National Park: an urgent call for conservation
action in a highly threatened Mesoamer Page 1 A review of the ecological value of Cusuco …

Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

FM Sabatini, B Jiménez-Alfaro, U Jandt… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global patterns of regional (gamma) plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether
these patterns hold for local communities, and the dependence on spatial grain, remain …

Conservation status of vascular epiphytes in the neotropics

MJ Carmona-Higuita, G Mendieta-Leiva… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
The Neotropical realm hosts some of the Earth's most species-rich biodiversity hotspots, with
vascular epiphytes significantly contributing to this diversity, regionally accounting for up to …

Source height and contact with terrestrial soil drive transplanted epiphyte performance

ME Spicer, J Ortega - Journal of Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epiphytes are characterized by their ability to survive without a root connection to the
ground, but many basic life‐history traits and ecological trade‐offs of this unique aerial …

A wide range of South American inselberg floras reveal cohesive biome patterns

RG Barbosa-Silva, CO Andrino, L Azevedo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inselbergs are azonal formations found scattered in different biomes globally. The first
floristic list focusing on an inselberg in the Brazilian Amazon is presented here. We aimed to …

Vascular epiphytes in Argentinian Yungas: distribution, diversity, and ecology

SJ Ceballos - The Botanical Review, 2023 - Springer
Vascular epiphytes are an important component of the flora of subtropical regions, but they
remain understudied compared to tropical regions. Subtropical montane region of Yungas in …

The Amazon epiphyte network: a first glimpse into Continental-Scale patterns of Amazonian vascular epiphyte assemblages

A Quaresma, CE Zartman, MTF Piedade… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epiphytes are still an understudied plant group in Amazonia. The aim of this study was to
identify distributional patterns and conservation priorities for vascular epiphyte assemblages …

Endemism Centres of the Five Richest Vascular Epiphyte Families in the Neotropics

MJ Carmona‐Higuita, G Mendieta‐Leiva… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Endemic species, characterised by limited geographic ranges, face a high risk of
extinction. The neotropical region harbours diverse ecosystems and a substantial number of …

Significance of AI-assisted techniques for epiphyte plant monitoring and identification from drone images

SV VV, V Sowmya, R Sivanpillai, GK Brown - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring forest canopies is vital for ecological studies, particularly for assessing epiphytes
in rain forest ecosystems. Traditional methods for studying epiphytes, such as climbing trees …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of Quercus spp. for diversity and biomass of vascular epiphytes in a managed pine-oak forest in Southern Mexico

N Martínez-Meléndez, N Ramírez-Marcial… - Forest Ecosystems, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Forestry management modifies the diversity, structure, and functioning of
intervened forests. Timber extraction reduces tree density and basal area, leading to …