Biomass and water storage dynamics of epiphytes in old-growth and secondary montane cloud forest stands in Costa Rica

L. Koehler; C. Tobon; K.F.A. Frumau; L.A. Bruijnzeel

doi:10.1007/s11258-006-9256-7

Biomass and water storage dynamics of epiphytes in old-growth and secondary montane cloud forest stands in Costa Rica

L. Koehler, C. Tobon, K.F.A. Frumau, L.A. Bruijnzeel

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Epiphytic biomass, canopy humus and associated canopy water storage capacity are known to vary greatly between old-growth tropical montane cloud forests but for regenerating forests such data are virtually absent. The present study was conducted in an old-growth cloud forest and in a 30-year-old secondary forest (SF) on wind-exposed slopes in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Monteverde area) in northern Costa Rica. Epiphytic vegetation in both forests was dominated by bryophytes. Epiphyte mat weight (epiphyte biomass and canopy humus) at the stand level was 1,035 kg ha

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-184
Journal	Plant Ecology
Volume	193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-006-9256-7
Publication status	Published - 2007

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