Diversity And Leaf Functional Traits Of Vascular Epiphytes Along Gradients Of Elevation And Forest Use Intensity

Download or read book Diversity and Leaf Functional Traits of Vascular Epiphytes Along Gradients of Elevation and Forest-use Intensity written by Valeria Guzman-Jacob and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical mountains are hotspots of biodiversity and refugia for plants and animals, especially in a world of accelerating climatic change (Steinbauer et al., 2018). Biological diversity on tropical mountains is shaped by abiotic and biotic factors. Therefore, elevational gradients provide an opportunity to study effects of different ecological and evolutionary factors over relatively short geographical distances (Körner, 2007). This is a unique opportunity that inspired naturalist to use them as natural laboratories. Along elevational gradients in tropical mountains, multiple ecological que...