Bromeliad Communities in Isolated Trees and Three Successional Stages of an Andean Cloud Forest in Ecuador
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Authors
Dunn, Robert R.
Issue Date
1997
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Bromeliad communities in a 10-year-old secondary forest, a thirty-year-old secondary
forest, and in isolated trees in a tropical montane forest located in Las Palmeras, Ecuador,
were compared to the bromeliad community in a nearby mature forest to assess the
recovery of epiphyte communities following disturbance. Bromeliad abundance, species
richness and volume were greater in the mature compared to the two secondary forests.
Differences in bromeliad species richness and abundance among and within forests were
correlated with host tree DBH. Bromeliads on isolated forest trees were less diverse but
more abundant than on mature forest trees. There was no relationship between the distance
of isolated forest trees from adjacent forest and the abundance or species richness of the
bromeliads present in their crowns.
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20 p.
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Kalamazoo College
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