Composition and structure of vascular erpiphytes in an old-growth forest of Olivillo (Aextoxicon punctatum R. et P.) in southern Chile

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dc.contributor.authorSan Martin, J.
dc.contributor.authorEspinoza, A.
dc.contributor.authorZanetti, S.
dc.contributor.authorHauenstein Barra, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorOjeda, N.
dc.contributor.authorArriagada, C.
dc.date2008
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-24T18:52:44Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T18:52:44Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-24
dc.description.abstractVascular epiphytes represent 10% of the total vascular plants of the world. Nevertheless, because it is hard to reach them in the forest upper-canopy where they usually live, there are few studies (especially in Chile) about them. With the objective of identifying the vascular epiphytes growing on tree stems (under 1.5 m height), we sampled three transects in an Olivillo old-growth stand, in the Rucamanque forest, in the central valley of south-central Chile, near the city of Temuco. Several variables were measured for both the vascular epiphytes and their host-trees. We studied the floristic composition of the vascular epiphytes community, and their relationship with their host-trees, as well as their sociability, cover, and frequency. Eight vascular epiphytes species were identified, corresponding to four genus distributed in three families: Hymenophyllum and Hymenoglossum (Hymenophyllaceae), Asplenium (Aspleniaceae) and Sarmienta (Gesneriaceae). We found only a non-statistically significant linear correlation between vascular epiphytes and their host-trees. We determined that Hymenophyllum cuneatum was the most important vascular epiphytes species.es
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dc.identifier.citationEcologia Austral, Vol.18, N°1, 1-11, 2008es
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/700
dc.language.isoenes
dc.language.isoeses
dc.sourceEcologia Australes
dc.subjectEpífitas vasculareses
dc.subjectComposición florísticaes
dc.subjectBosqueses
dc.subjectOlivilloes
dc.titleComposition and structure of vascular erpiphytes in an old-growth forest of Olivillo (Aextoxicon punctatum R. et P.) in southern Chilees
dc.title.alternativeComposición y estructura de la vegetación epífita vascular en un bosque primario de Olivillo (Aextoxicon punctatum R. et P.) en el sur de Chilees
dc.typeArtículo de Revistaes
uct.carreraAgronomíaes
uct.carreraIngeniería Forestales
uct.catalogadorFGEes
uct.comunidadRecursos Naturaleses
uct.facultadFacultad de Recursos Naturaleses
uct.indizacionScieloes
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