Data are compared for plants≥ 2.5 cm dbh in 0.1-ha samples of Neotropical montane
forests above 800 m altitude. The available data set comes from 36 tropical Andean sites …

Extensive areas of the tropics have been converted into pasture for cattle ranching.
Frequently, abandoned pasture does not revert to forest. The goal of this project was to …

Aim To document the elevational pattern of epiphyte species richness at the local scale in
the tropical Andes with a consistent methodology. Location The northern Bolivian Andes at …

Aim Epiphytes contribute up to 30% to the number of vascular plant species in certain global
biodiversity hotspots, eg the Ecuadorian Andes. However, their large scale diversity patterns …

The cornerstone of palaeoecological research, concerned with vegetation dynamics over
the recent geological past, is a good understanding of the present-day ecology and …

The vascular flora of 1.5 ha of montane rain forest on a ridge top at 2550-2650 m near
Merida, Venezuela was surveyed, compared with other montane forests in the region, and …

Local adaptation of populations along elevational gradients is well known, but conclusive
evidence that such divergence has resulted in the origin of distinct species in parapatry …

Se caracterizó la diversidad, la composición florística y la estructura de los bosques de la
Reserva Torre Cuatro, la cual hace parte de la zona amortiguadora del Parque Nacional …

We compared the diversity, taxonomic composition, and pollination syndromes of bromeliad
assemblages and the diversity and abundance of hummingbirds along two climatically …

Abiotic and vegetation data were collected along two altitudinal transects through mature
montane Quercus forests on the Pacific and Atlantic slopes of Costa Rica's Chirripó Massif …