Diversity and distribution of vascular epiphytes in an insular Brazilian coastal forest

• DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v57i3.5489
• Publication Date: 2014-07-29T17:53:24Z
• Authors: Rodrigo De Andrad...; Marília Borgo; Sandro Menezes Silva
• Keywords: Epiphyte; Stratum

The study was carried out in a 3,000 m2 area of coastal Atlantic rain forest at Ilha do Mel island (25 degrees 30"S 48 23'W), on 100 assorted trees separated into 2 meter-high strata starting from the ground. In each stratum all occurring epiphytic species were recorded. sampled grouped three categories: exclusive, preferential, and indifferent, according to their abundance strata, selective, preferential forophytes. Intermediate registered highest diversity. Six considered exclusive one or two 15 restricted some 5 presented broad distribution. No showed uniform horizontal distribution area. epiphyte richness host tree varied zero 30. Regarding fidelity species, few selective mainly indifferent found. A total 82 surveyed tree, Wittaker plot indicate highly dominant assemblage.