#epiphyte assemblage

Host trait combinations drive abundance and canopy distribution of atmospheric bromeliad assemblages

Two individuals of Tillansia loliacea growing in the trunk of Pseudobombax tomentosum, a deciduous tree with reticulated trunk.(Photo credit: Davi Rodrigo Rossatto) Anyone interested in plants may already have asked themselves why some trees host a wide diversity and large numbers of epiphytes while others have none. This may occur by chance or could be derived from specific patterns driven by…