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The case for an epiphyte area index

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Three distinct ecosystems where epiphytes contribute a substantial vegetative area in the canopy.

Source: New Phytologist

Authors: Collin Wischmeyer, Sybil G. Gotsch, Philipp Porada, John T. Van Stan

Institutions: Cleveland State University, University of Kentucky, Universität Hamburg

Language: English

Topic: Fern and Epiphyte Biology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $5,790

Funders: National Science Foundation, Franklin and Marshall College, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Universität Hamburg

Awards: HPCCluster, Collaborative Research: MRA: Particulates in canopy flowpaths: A missing mass flux at the macrosystem scale?, Collaborative Research: RUI: Hydrology of the vegetation on vegetation: Comparison and scaling of rainfall interception and solute alteration by common arboreal epiphytes., Collaborative Research: RUI: Hydrology of the vegetation on vegetation: Comparison and scaling of rainfall interception and solute alteration by common arboreal epiphytes.

OpenAlex ID: W7170174261

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