Rainforest air-conditioning: The moderating influence of epiphytes on the microclimate in tropical tree crowns

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-59

  Stuntz, Sabine ^a   Simon, Ulrich ^b   Zotz, Gerhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canopy microclimate; Epiphytes; Evapotranspiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNONA; ANNONA GLABRA; ARTHROPODA; DIMERANDRA EMARGINATA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA FASCICULATA; VRIESEA;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANNONACEAE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANNONACEAE; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036559599     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-001-0117-8     Document Type: Article

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