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 …

THE UNEP WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE is the biodiversity
assessment and policy implementation arm of the United Nations Environment Programme …

Aim We aim to assess regional patterns in the distribution and species richness of vascular
epiphytes with an emphasis on forests that differ in altitude and the amount of rainfall …

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 …

Epiphytes contribute up to over 30% of the vascular plant diversity of old-growth tropical rain
forests, but little is known about their occurrence in exploited forests that are structurally …

Traffic of plants and animals of wild origin is a major threat to biological diversity creating a
need for legal protection of traded species. Epiphytic vascular plants are a diverse guild …

Los bosques de niebla de México: conservación y restauración de su componente arbóreo Page
1 http://www.revistaecosistemas.net/articulo.asp?Id=706 INVESTIGACIÓN Los bosques de …

As indicated in the introductory chapter to this book, knowledge of tropical montane cloud
forest (TMCF) occurrence, biodiversity, hydrology, and ecological functioning has increased …

Epiphytes and their associated biota are increasingly recognized as contributing to
biodiversity and to filling critical ecosystem functions in world forests. However, the attributes …

Antecedentes: Las Bromeliaceae mexicanas han despertado el interés de los botánicos
desde 1789; su estudio sistemático inició a partir de la década de los setenta del siglo …