Identification of the natural breeding sites of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), potential vectors of leishmaniasis, in the province of Chaco, Argentina by Matías Ariel Parras, Juan Ramón Rosa, Enrique Alejandro Szelag, Oscar Daniel Salomón

“…A female of Migonemyia migonei was found in Pampa del Indio at the base of a bromeliad in the summer (January) and a pupal exuvium of a phlebotomine fly was found in Resistencia, in a place where dogs rested, in the winter (July). …”
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Multiple origins of crassulacean acid metabolism and the epiphytic habit in the Neotropical family Bromeliaceae. by Crayn, D, Winter, K, Smith, J

“…Diversification in bromeliads has been linked to several key innovations, including water- and nutrient-impounding phytotelmata, absorptive epidermal trichomes, and the water-conserving mode of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). …”

Isotopic biomonitoring of anthropic carbon emissions in a megalopolis by Edison A. Díaz-Álvarez, Erick de la Barrera

“…In this work, we (i) determined the tissue carbon content and the δ13C values for the epiphytic CAM bromeliad Tillandsia recurvata and the relationship of both parameters with the existing CO concentrations in the Valley of Mexico basin and (ii) mapped the spatial distribution of such elemental and isotopic composition for this plant within the basin, in order to assess its potential as an atmospheric biomonitor of carbon monoxide, a pollutant with important repercussions on public health. …”
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A new reproductive mode in anurans: Natural history of Bokermannohyla astartea (Anura: Hylidae) with the description of its tadpole and vocal repertoire. by Leo Ramos Malagoli, Tiago Leite Pezzuti, Davi Lee Bang, Julián Faivovich, Mariana Lúcio Lyra, João Gabriel Ribeiro Giovanelli, Paulo Christiano de Anchietta Garcia, Ricardo Jannini Sawaya, Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad

“…The new reproductive mode exhibited by B. astartea consists of: (1) deposition of aquatic eggs in leaf-tanks of terrestrial or epiphytic bromeliads located on or over the banks of temporary or permanent streams; (2) exotrophic tadpoles remain in the leaf-tanks during initial stages of development (until Gosner stage 26), after which they presumably jump or are transported to streams after heavy rains that flood their bromeliad tanks; and (3) tadpole development completes in streams. …”
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Cemeteries in Miami-Dade County, Florida are important areas to be targeted in mosquito management and control efforts. by André B B Wilke, Chalmers Vasquez, Augusto Carvajal, Maday Moreno, Yadira Diaz, Teresa Belledent, Laurin Gibson, William D Petrie, Douglas O Fuller, John C Beier

“…Problematic habitats for controlling mosquitoes in urban environments such as tire shops, bromeliad patches, and construction sites must be taken into consideration in the development of effective mosquito management and control in urban areas. …”
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Multiscale effects of habitat loss and degradation on occurrence and landscape connectivity of a threatened subspecies by Kira L. Hefty, John L. Koprowski

“…Fine‐scale features indicative of habitat degradation, such as increasing midstory vegetation cover and decreasing bromeliad cover, negatively influenced BCFS occurrence. …”
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Sucrose transport across the vacuolar membrane of Ananas comosus by McRae, SR, Christopher, J, Smith, J, Holtum, J

“…(pineapple), a widely cultivated bromeliad that exhibits crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), much of the carbohydrate synthesized during the daytime appears to accumulate as soluble sugars in the vacuole. …”

Geographic distribution and endemism of Bromeliaceae from the Western Sierra-Coast region of Jalisco, Mexico by Alejandra Flores-Argüelles, Ana Rosa López-Ferrari, Adolfo Espejo-Serna

“…Questions and / or Hypotheses: How bromeliads are distributed in Western Sierra-Coast region of Jalisco? …”
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Host genus and rainfall drive the population dynamics of a vascular epiphyte by Tamara Ticktin, Demetria Mondragón, Orou G. Gaoue

“…We carried out a five‐year study of the demography of >1000 plants of the endemic bromeliad, Tillandsia macdougallii L. B. Sm, growing on pine and oak trees in a Mexican montane forest. …”
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Oomycete metabarcoding reveals the presence of Lagenidium spp. in phytotelmata by Paula Leoro-Garzon, Andrew J. Gonedes, Isabel E. Olivera, Aurélien Tartar

“…In this study, culture-independent, metabarcoding analyses aimed at detecting L. giganteum in bromeliad phytotelmata (a proven mosquito breeding ground) microbiomes were performed. …”
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Investigation of the Potential Use of Curauá Fiber for Reinforcing Mortars by Afonso R. G. de Azevedo, Sergey Klyuev, Markssuel T. Marvila, Nikolai Vatin, Nataliya Alfimova, Thuany E.S. de Lima, Roman Fediuk, Andrej Olisov

“…Curauá is a bromeliad of Amazonian origin, present in some states in the northern region of Brazil and in other countries in South America. …”
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Zooplankton associated with phytotelms and treefrogs in a neotropical forest by Cláudio S. de Morais Júnior, Leidiane P. Diniz, Silvano L. do Nascimento Filho, Maiara T. da Silva Brito, Adilson de O. Silva, Geraldo J. B. de Moura, Mauro de Melo Júnior

“…Many studies on frog-mediated passive dispersal have been developed in bromeliads, but they usually focus on ostracods and annelids. …”
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Biologia de Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai H., D. & K., 1913 (Diptera: Culicidae) en la costa Pacífica de Colombia: I. Fluctuación de la población larval y características de sus cri... by César Murillo B., Rodrigo Astaiza V., Paulina Fajardo O.

“…A positive linear correlation was found between the water volume and the number of larvae of A. neivai observed in each bromeliad. In addition a direct relation was found between cumulative monthly rainfall and the fluctuation of the larval population. …”
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The Pressure Is On – Epiphyte Water-Relations Altered Under Elevated CO2 by Sven Batke, Sven Batke, Aidan Holohan, Roisin Hayden, Wieland Fricke, Amanda Sara Porter, Amanda Sara Porter, Christiana Marie Evans-Fitz.Gerald

“…Under lower light conditions water loss was reduced by approximately 20% for the CAM bromeliad under elevated CO2 and increased by approximately 126% for the C3 fern. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation on Fertility, Mating System, and Gene Flow in Vriesea gigantea (Bromeliaceae), an Atlantic Forest Species by Gecele Matos Paggi, Clarisse Palma-Silva, Camila Martini Zanella, Márcia Goetze, Miriam Valli Büttow, Christian Lexer, Fernanda Bered

“…The aim of this study was to assess the patterns and determinants of spatiotemporal variation in fertility, mating systems, and gene flow in the epiphytic bromeliad Vriesea gigantea, which is endemic to the Atlantic Forest. …”
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Extraction, characterization and properties evaluation of pineapple leaf fibers from Azores pineapple by Diego M. Chaves, Joana C. Araújo, Carina V. Gomes, Sónia P. Gonçalves, Raul Fangueiro, Diana P. Ferreira

“…Since Azorean Pineapple differs significantly from other plants in the bromeliad family, the properties and characterization of its leaf fibers were explored for the first time. …”
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Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species by Crayn, DM, Winter, K, Schulte, K, Smith, JAC

“…With respect to elevational gradients, the greatest number of C3 bromeliad species were found at mid-elevations between 500 and 1500 m, whereas the frequency of CAM species declined monotonically with increasing elevation. …”

Anfíbios Anuros da coleção Adolpho Lutz: III - Hyla claresignata Lutz & B. Lutz, 1939 by Bertha Lutz

“…It belongs to the rain-forest fauna of the Marítime Range. The adult is a bromeliad-dweller and the tadpole rhyacophilous. DESCRIPTION. …”
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Asynchronous recovery of predators and prey conditions resilience to drought in a neotropical ecosystem by Thomas Ruiz, Jean-François Carrias, Camille Bonhomme, Vinicius F. Farjalla, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Joséphine Leflaive, Arthur Compin, Céline Leroy, Bruno Corbara, Diane S. Srivastava, Régis Céréghino

“…Unlike freshwater communities’ direct response to drought, their post-drought recovery capacities remain understudied despite being an essential component driving ecosystem resilience. Here we used tank bromeliad as model ecosystem to emulate droughts of different duration and then assess the recovery capacities of ecosystem structure and function. …”
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Identification of bromelain subfamily proteases encoded in the pineapple genome by Ashley G. Yow, Hamed Bostan, Roberto Young, Giuseppe Valacchi, Nicholas Gillitt, Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, Massimo Iorizzo

“…Bromelain enzymes, or bromelains in short, are members of the papain family that are specific to the bromeliad plant family. The only major commercial extraction source of bromelain is pineapple. …”
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