Abstract Several studies of hurricane damage on epiphyte communities implied that epiphytes might be in danger being blown off their host when subjected to strong wind. There is very limited knowledge about the mechanical impact wind may have epiphytes. Using a wind-triggered camera set-up, we observed how epiphytic tank bromeliads are affected by Despite offering relatively large area ‘attack’...

A field experiment was employed in Florida Bay investigating the response of seagrass epiphyte communities to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) additions. While most of the variability in epiphyte community structure was related to uncontrolled temporal and spatial environmental heterogeneity, P additions increased the relative abundance of the red algae-cyanobacterial complex and green algae, wi...

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 (VEA) across We compiled the largest Amazonian plot database date, through a multinational collaborative effort 22 researchers 32 field sites located four countries – Epiphyte Network (AEN). addressed following c...

Studies of patterns in assemblages of epiphytic macroalgae growing on seagrasses have largely focussed at the scale of leaves or shoots. Few have examined patterns at larger spatial scales or the influence of host seagrass type on these patterns, despite interest in monitoring changes in epiphyte composition that can lead to the death of seagrasses. We studied spatial patterns in assemblages of...

Spatiotemporal patterns in seagrass-epiphyte dynamics for Thalassia testudinum the northwestern Gulf of Mexico were evaluated through biomass measurements and scanned-image based metrics to investigate potentially harmful impact excessive epiphyte accumulations on seagrass condition. Image analysis with Spectral Angle Mapper algorithms distinguished uncovered leaf pixels generate a normalized m...

It is well known that ecological processes such as population regulation and natural enemy interactions potentially occur over a range of spatial scales, and there is a substantial body of literature developing theoretical understanding of the interplay between these processes. However, there are comparatively few studies quantifying the long-term effects of spatial scaling in natural ecosystem...

Aim Angiosperm epiphytes have long been reported to larger geographic ranges than terrestrial species, despite evidence of their outstanding diversity and endemism. This apparent contradiction calls for further investigation epiphytes' poorly understood range size patterns. Here, we address the question whether different vulnerability extinction species. Location The Atlantic Forest Brazil, a g...

In a one-year-survey in Panama we examined the influence of a tree crown’s epiphyte assemblage on its ant fauna. Ants were collected with various types of insect traps in 25 crowns of Annona glabra trees. The study trees were assigned to three different categories according to their epiphyte load, and to an epiphyte-free control group. We collected 22,335 specimens of 91 morphospecies, 32 gener...