Extreme drought disrupts plant phenology: Insights from 35 years of cloud forest data in Venezuela.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4012
Abstract: Potential effects of climate change on plant reproductive phenology include asynchronies with pollinators, and reductions in plant fitness, leading to extinction and loss of ecosystem function. In particular plant phenology is sensitive to extreme weather… read more here.
Keywords: plant phenology; phenology; drought disrupts; cloud forest ... See more keywords
Leaf functional traits predict cloud forest tree seedling survival along an elevation gradient
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DOI: 10.1007/s13595-019-0900-5
Abstract: Cloud forest tree seedlings of higher leaf mass to area ratio and leaf dry matter content displayed higher survival along an elevation gradient in the forest understorey. Phenotypic plasticity in leaf functional traits was not… read more here.
Keywords: elevation gradient; seedling survival; along elevation; elevation ... See more keywords
Effects of environmental filters on early establishment of cloud forest trees along elevation gradients: Implications for assisted migration
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.042
Abstract: Abstract Cloud forest tree species are reported to be shifting and retracting their distributional ranges in response to increasing temperatures. However, there is limited information regarding the impact of increasing temperatures on the recruitment of… read more here.
Keywords: along elevation; cloud; assisted migration; cloud forest ... See more keywords
Role of spatial and environmental factors in structuring vascular epiphyte communities in two neotropical ecosystems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125621
Abstract: Abstract The great heterogeneity of tropical systems challenges our understanding of how niche and neutral processes structure epiphyte communities. Dispersal, phorophyte identity and the environmental conditions created by phorophytes are the main determinants of vascular… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; size; epiphyte communities; vascular epiphyte ... See more keywords
DNA barcoding ferns in an unexplored tropical montane cloud forest area of southeast Oaxaca, Mexico
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02237-8
Abstract: DNA barcoding can be useful for species identification and phylogenetic analysis, but its effectivity has not been verified in most neotropical cloud forest plants. We tested three plastid barcodes, rbcLa, matK, and trnH-psbA, in selected… read more here.
Keywords: cloud forest; dna barcoding; psba; trnh psba ... See more keywords
Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3
Abstract: Study of all flies (Diptera) collected for one year from a four-hectare (150 x 266 meter) patch of cloud forest at 1,600 meters above sea level at Zurquí de Moravia, San José Province, Costa Rica… read more here.
Keywords: number species; number; malaise traps; cloud forest ... See more keywords
A new species of planthopper in the genus Myconus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Achilidae) from the Los Angeles Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.8
Abstract: Recent survey work in Costa Rica has resulted in the discovery of a wide variety of undescribed species of planthoppers in the families Derbidae and Cixiidae. During a light trapping event in the Los Angeles… read more here.
Keywords: costa rica; los angeles; cloud forest; angeles cloud ... See more keywords
Dual-Band Infrared Scheimpflug Lidar Reveals Insect Activity in a Tropical Cloud Forest.
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DOI: 10.1177/00037028231169302
Abstract: We describe an entomological dual-band 808 and 980 nm lidar system which has been implemented in a tropical cloud forest (Ecuador). The system was successfully tested at a sample rate of 5 kHz in a cloud forest… read more here.
Keywords: band; dual band; cloud forest; lidar ... See more keywords
Comparing the success of active and passive restoration in a tropical cloud forest landscape: A multi-taxa fauna approach
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242020
Abstract: Tropical forest restoration initiatives are becoming more frequent worldwide in an effort to mitigate biodiversity loss and ecosystems degradation. However, there is little consensus on whether an active or a passive restoration strategy is more… read more here.
Keywords: recovery; tropical cloud; active passive; restoration ... See more keywords
Soil culturable microbial diversity in an undisturbed montane cloud forest of Oaxaca, Mexico
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DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.4980
Abstract: Montane cloud forests are among the most threatened ecosystems globally. These forests face several stressors, such as deforestation and climate change, jeopardizing their functional sustainability. Although microbial communities act as key regulators of the soil… read more here.
Keywords: microbial diversity; cloud forest; cloud; montane cloud ... See more keywords
Vepris bali (Rutaceae), a new critically endangered (possibly extinct) cloud forest tree species from Bali Ngemba, Cameroon
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DOI: 10.3372/wi.48.48207
Abstract: Abstract: Vepris bali is the first known species of Vepris in WC Africa with opposite, trifoliolate leaves and is further unusual for its long petiolules. Known only from Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, a remnant of… read more here.
Keywords: bali ngemba; vepris bali; endangered possibly; critically endangered ... See more keywords