Epiphyte diversity and biomass loads of canopy emergent trees in Chilean temperate rain forests: A neglected functional component

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1490-1501

  Díaz, Iván A ^a,b,c   Sieving, Kathryn E ^b   Peña Foxon, Maurice E ^c   Larraín, Juan ^d   Armesto, Juan J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aextoxicon punctatum; Emergent canopy trees; Epiphytes; Eucryphia cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ARALIACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; CANOPY TREES; CARBON UPTAKE; COASTAL FOREST; DRY MASS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; MAIN COMPONENT; MANAGEMENT UNIT; MATURE FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLD-GROWTH; RAIN FORESTS; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TREE CROWNS; TRUNK DIAMETERS; WATER STORAGE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY;

DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EPIPHYTE; FERN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; TREES;

CHILE;

AEXTOXICACEAE; AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM; ARALIACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CUNONIACEAE; EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA; FASCICULARIA BICOLOR; FILICOPHYTA; GESNERIACEAE; HYMENOPHYLLACEAE; HYMENOPHYLLUM; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; RAUKAUA; SARMIENTA REPENS;

EID: 77949273877     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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