New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks

The Bromeliaceae family has been used as a model to study adaptive radiation due to its terrestrial, epilithic, and epiphytic habits with wide morpho-physiological variation. Functional groups described by Pittendrigh in 1948 have been an integral part of ecophysiological studies. In the current stu...

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Main Authors: Casandra Reyes-García, Narcy Anai Pereira-Zaldívar, Celene Espadas-Manrique, Manuela Tamayo-Chim, Nahlleli Chilpa-Galván, Manuel Jesús Cach-Pérez, Marypaz Ramírez-Medina, Ana Maria Benavides, Peter Hietz, Gerhard Zotz, José Luis Andrade, Catherine Cardelús, Rodolfo de Paula Oliveira, Helena J. R. Einzmann, Valeria Guzmán Jacob, Thorsten Krömer, Juan P. Pinzón, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Wolfgang Wanek, Carrie Woods
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3151