The current knowledge of the physiological ecology of vascular epiphytes is reviewed here
with an emphasis on the most recent literature. It is argued that by far the most relevant …

Epiphytic angiosperms represent ca. 10% of the world's flowering plants and are key
elements in tropical forests. Here we synthesize the available literature on their population …

Forest canopies buffer climate extremes and promote microclimates that may function as
refugia for understory species under changing climate. However, the biophysical conditions …

Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

We investigated species-specific relationships among two species of vascular epiphytes and
ten host tree species in a coastal plain forest in the southeastern United States. The …

In tropical forests, vascular epiphyte diversity increases with tree size, which could result
from an increase in area, time for colonization or an increase in microhabitat heterogeneity …

Epiphytes have been called particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their
existence at the interface of vegetation and atmosphere. We review the available evidence …

We studied species richness, composition, and vertical distribution of vascular epiphytes at
two sites in the Bolivian Andes. To account for the epiphyte flora on understory trees …

Botanists based in the temperate zone see little evidence that bark is one of the most
intensively exploited of the many kinds of substrates used by higher plants. Numerous algae …

Plant functional traits impact the fitness and environmental niche of plants. Major plant
functional types have been characterized by their trait spectrum, and the environmental and …