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 …

Vascular epiphytes are an important component of many ecosystems and constitute a
substantial part of global plant diversity. In this context, accidental epiphytism, that is, the …

When human activities change the landscape, several processes affecting remnant
vegetation take place simultaneously: there is less suitable habitat, populations become …

Tropical montane forests (TMF) are characterised by high endemism, species richness and
turnover across elevations. A key question is how niche‐based processes, via adaptation of …

A central issue in ecology is the understanding of the establishment of biotic interactions. We
studied the factors that affect the assembly of the commensalistic interactions between …

Epiphytic plants are important components of the forest ecosystem, but little is known about
their ecology due to logistical constraints and the lack of a conceptual framework to guide …

The great heterogeneity of tropical systems challenges our understanding of how niche and
neutral processes structure epiphyte communities. Dispersal, phorophyte identity and the …

Quality of the agricultural matrix profoundly affects biodiversity and dispersal in agricultural
areas. Vegetatively complex coffee agroecosystems maintain species richness at larger …

Despite the ecological importance of vascular epiphytes in the tropics, even basic
information on the processes that form epiphyte communities is scarce. This is partially due …

Forest fragmentation can negatively affect tropical epiphyte diversity, but the processes
leading to such impoverishment are insufficiently understood. Due to a lack of experimental …